Mystery Cult with Amanda Yates Garcia

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REMINDER: "White Magic" Reading Group Tonight at 6pm PST

REMINDER: "White Magic" Reading Group Tonight at 6pm PST

Plus Radical Witchcraft Class 3 this Sunday at 11am

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Feb 15, 2024
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REMINDER: "White Magic" Reading Group Tonight at 6pm PST
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Dear Witches of Literature,

I’m so excited to see you tonight at 6pm PST to discuss Elissa Washuta’s brilliant book, “White Magic.” We’ll be discussing the introduction (which is about the first 25 pages). It’s a quick (and enjoyable) read. Scroll down for the link to the texts.

This image is from the excellent Portland magic shop Queen Meb. Check it out!

Here’s a blurb from the back jacket:

Throughout her life, Elissa Washuta has been surrounded by cheap facsimiles of Native spiritual tools and occult trends, “starter witch kits” of sage, rose quartz, and tarot cards packaged together in paper and plastic. Following a decade of abuse, addiction, PTSD, and heavy-duty drug treatment for a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, she felt drawn to the real spirits and powers her dispossessed and discarded ancestors knew, while she undertook necessary work to find love and meaning. In this collection of intertwined essays, she writes about land, heartbreak, and colonization, about life without the escape hatch of intoxication, and about how she became a powerful witch.

Questions to spark the conversation…

  1. According to the text, why does Washuta choose to practice magic? How do her reasons compare with your own?

  2. What is Washuta’s critique of white magic as it is known in pop culture?

  3. How does magic relate to story-telling according to Washuta?

If you’d like to attend tonight’s Reading Group, the upcoming Radical Witchcraft class, or our monthly Full Moon circles, subscribe today!


Reminder, Radical Witchcraft, Class 3 is this Sunday

11am PST. We’ll be talking about radical deities you need to know about. This class is for Founder’s and Yearly subscribers only. Link to join will be sent out via email.


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