I get really annoyed when heathens say that we should put more importance on our ancestors than the Gods, that the Gods will never care for us as much as our ancestors will. Not everyone has ancestors they want anything to do with. Most if not all of mine are rolling around in their evangelical and Puritan graves. I don’t want anything to do with them. My Confederate ancestors can stay bones and dust for all I give a shit. The Gods have been their for me and cared for me more than my ancestors ever will. I am everything my ancestors despised as a queer pagan. It’s fine if you honor the ancestors more than the Gods. It’s your life. You do you. But quit fucking telling the rest of us that we’re practicing Heathenry wrong because we don’t put as much weight on them as you.

An Open Letter To Young Witches.

stormwaterwitch:

mothmaam:

This is a rewrite and more organized rewrite of a post I wrote 8 months ago discussing why younger witches shouldn’t take offense if an older witch refuses to teach them and is getting notes again so here y’all go, a better written post.

Dear young witches who who are 13-17 or even younger. Do not take offense if an older witch who is a legal adult won’t teach you.

They’re legally not allowed to without your parent’s/guardian’s permission because you’re a minor and this law is in most countries and states (I know it’s illegal in the United States). Reason why, it counts as religious teaching (even though witchcraft itself is not a religion but a practice) and I know it sucks but that’s how it is.

If your parent/guardian doesn’t like you doing witchcraft or you’re in the woods we cannot even teach you in secret because that can look really bad; your parent/guardian could make up lies about us and get us in trouble with the authorities because they don’t want us teaching you or us being around you if they find out. I can already hear you saying “But I could defend you!” I’m really sorry but the judge isn’t going to believe a person as young as you. It’s a sad truth but minors are rarely listened to in court, especially in cases where it is parent versus teacher.

So, again, please don’t take offense if an older witch turns down teaching you the craft. We don’t hate you but we have to keep ourselves out of trouble and not end up arrested because your parents/guardians make up a lie.

However, you can still learn the craft without a mentor, it can be difficult but it can be done. Utilize Google, (Google is a modern witch’s best friend) it can lead you to various sources to learn from without a mentor. Be your own mentor if you can’t get one or wait until you’re no longer a minor (18 years of age in most countries) to seek a mentor.

In the meantime don’t take offense off an older witch won’t teach you because, again, us protecting ourselves from the law comes before us sharing and teaching our knowledge of the craft with others.

-I WILL NOT GIVE ADVICE TO ANYONE WHO I KNOW IS UNDER AGE FOR THIS REASON-