Types of Witches: Five Classifications of Modern Witchcraft
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- 00:51 Folk Healer
02:07 Reconstructionist Pagan
03:16 Scholar/Researcher
04:56 Witchcore Enthusiast
06:00 Realist Conjurer
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I love how these become more of archetypes of the occult approach "this is a path/field of several paths I resonate with" more than an identity-based "this is what I am"
Music is Witchcraft through sound.
Drawing from the power of change in melodies, trance of repetition, and layers of harmony.
Ok, so I literally clicked on the thumbnail out of shock when it popped up on my home page, hahaha. And of course you would be the person to produce a “what type of witch are you” video that’s actually watchable. I really enjoyed the framing around process and approaches to analysis- super fun, thank you. I don’t even mind that youtube’s recommendations are probably about to repopulate my screen with a hundred banal videos on this topic that I will once more have to flag as unwanted content. And since you asked: I'm going to have to go with a combination of Scholar/Researcher and Realist Conjurer :P
haha, hey you! Where've you been? ;-) Missing your videos and chats. I totally would have guessed you to be a combo of Scholar/Researcher and Realist Conjurer!
@@BenebellWen Not surprised that you’d have me pegged, haha. And thank you, I miss spending quality time on my channel, but I've been stretched pretty much to max throughout the pandemic and so haven't had the bandwidth to do all the things. Still intent on getting back into it at some point but, in the meantime, I’ve been enjoying catching up on my favourite youtubers when I can. Thanks again for keeping me inspired and I hope you’re taking care of yourself. My best to you and yours.
After the good quality of information presented, my favorite moment was the "taoist witch grin"!
This is so much more useful than any other “what type of witch are you” video I’ve seen so far!
Yay! A "Witch Types" video that is actually thoughtful and thought-provoking. Leave it to Benebel Wen. I'd say I'm a hybrid of Scholar/Researcher and Realist Conjurer. I definitely read the heck out of everything I can, and I always prefer scholarly and primary sources. I also pull info from many different kinds of sources. I don't get all my witchcraft info just from books specifically about witchcraft, but also from books about art, culture, history, cooking, gardening, etc. And I definitely mix and match and improvise whatever works for my needs.
Your remarks about Witchcore Enthusiasts and the magic of aesthetics and its similarity to fengshui struck a chord with me. I've always loved the aesthetics of witchery and occultism, but I've hesitated to let myself go with it because I feel like it's so "on-brand" these days, and that bothers me. I often feel like fashionable popularity saps the meaningful value out of a thing. But maybe that's not true at all. I may have to wander down that path for a bit.
Folk Healer is not like me because although I do grow my own herbs for magical purposes and am very plugged into my physical and natural surroundings, I don't follow a practice of healing or herbal magic per se. I'm much more inside my head. But possibly Reconstructionist Pagan is the least like me, despite my historical and cultural research, because I don't feel any impulse to reconstruct the past. Intellectually, I don't think it's possible to do so. But again, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I should explore that area - although being of a multicultural heritage myself, I'd have to reconstruct quite a number of traditions, and any practice based on that might end up looking Realist Conjurer anyway.
I knew your take on this kind of video would be interesting, but wow... I recently set my spiritual and magical frameworks out in writing, so i'd have something to share with potential clients in my sound work to explain the contexts of the work. This is what i drafted:
"I would consider myself a pragmatically spiritual person - to me, if a spiritual practice works, it’s worth keeping. I don’t necessarily need a scientific explanation of why or how it works, though i do appreciate one. Some of what works for me doesn’t seem to make much sense, scientifically. Some of it has been thoroughly studied and corroborated in peer-reviewed academic contexts. All of it feels right to my gut, instincts and intuition".
So yeah, Realist Conjurer seems to be my thing, with Scholar/Researcher in supporting role.
It's just as fascinating to me to consider which aspect feels furthest away for me - the Witchcore Enthusiast. That feels like a big invitation to reflect on why that is (trauma related to being looked at) and how gentle engagement with that aspect could be a path towards more emotional healing and integration. I also love your suggestion to consciously cultivate relationship with each aspect in turn.
Thank you for this awesome video, which is more than "a little bit instructive" ;)
I feel so exposed that my taoist magic and chaos magic both fall under realist conjurer HAHA. i love how you place more well-known witch types into your own system. i love that you called divination as folk psychology. truly! i think im primarily scholar and realist conjurer. but this is making me want to explore witchcore enthusiast more. i really connect to the energy of spaces. as a realist conjurer, i prefer all my tools to be functional for me, but this is inviting me to gather some tools just for the potency of decor!
Only you could pull a video like this off and have it be thought provoking! I'm probably most Realist Conjurer/Reconstructionist Pagan. I'm probably least Witchcore Enthusiast but I do recognize glamour has a valuable place. I'm just not good at it. Thanks for another well done video!
Fascinating 🌟🙏🏼🌟 I start with whatever I’m curious about, and learn, practice and play for a bit. Then I tend to move on to another curiosity to see how I’m able to work with that medium. I’m in the curious student phase… but don’t identify with “Witch”, likely due to family history in Salem, MA (both maternal and paternal) were living together with the insanity of friends and neighbors being called out as “witches” for being human beings with knowledge or property or sickness. My ancestors were very helpful and advocates for the accused. ✨🙏🏼✨ I’m very grateful to know this.
Definitely I lean towards folk healer….. your suggestion at the end is really inspiring! I love your vibe & subscribed right away. Thanks for lending us your time & insight! 💖
I do like how you included the Witch core group as legitimate practitioners. I guess your right. when I see them on line I can tell they are passionate about their practice and it is working for them. It really doesn't have to evolve into anything other that what it is.. It in it's self is a practice. hummm Witch-core is not just a "gate way drug". Thank you
I seriously adore you more and more with each video! You're so down to earth and fabulous! Thank you for sharing your plethora of knowledge and insightful thoughts🤗
Unlike you, I suck at words and hope you are pickin' up what I'm layin' down!👏🤣😍
Also..... eclectic witch is what I most identify with? Shoot........🤷♀️🧙🏻♀️I believe that means that I lean heavily towards #5😬
But also......maybe..... #3......
Ya know what? I literally relate to all of these and can't make up my 🤬 mind!🤣🤣🤣
Guess my sign!🤪 Haahaa! Sheesh.....
😂 even as the person who came up with the categories, me too. I feel like I'm a hybrid of everything and at the same time none of the above 😂
@@BenebellWen for SURE! That's the joy of it all!🤗 constantly learning and morphing🥰
This was such an awesome take on this trend! I really enjoyed your classifications!
Such interesting stuff!
How anyone categorically dismisses the ancient practices and experiences of millions (maybe billions) as silly or crazy astonishes me. 💗💗
Thanks for this. It got me to thinking. To be honest I don't self identify as a witch, but back in the college days I went through an initiation ceremony to form a sort of coven. It was led by a woman from Iran with Turkic/Mongol features, and my friend who taught me some of his 'gongfu' participated. I fuse mundane reality with knowledge acquired from research and memories of past experiences as a member of my own peculiar sort of 'jianghu' Now you're a (digital) part of that 'jianghu' too. So I suppose I fall into the "realist conjurer." category, and I do my research. I am not indulging in escapist fantasy. I think I have a fairly firm grip on reality. Everything comes together in the here and now, so it's important to maintain situational awareness. We are all born of that web (or "matrix" if you will...) of karmic interactions that includes all life on this planet, human interactions, human history, wars and conquests, migrations of peoples, exchanges of ideas and technologies, and the world of trade and commerce. To me that "matrix" is Wusheng Laomu (Wujimu), the mother of the myriad things, the interconnected web of conditioned phenomena. And prajñāpāramītā is the mother of all buddhas. I don't really believe in "reincarnation" or an afterlife. There is no afterlife, only LIFE! And think about how many ancestors you have. You have two parents, four grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16 great great grandparents, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024... That's a lot of human karmic interactions.
#5 realist conjurer is most like me. The piecing together of "whatever works" is very much aligned with how I classify my spiritual beliefs and practices.
#1 is least like me. I do nor grow stuff nor brew/mix things together, although I feel like that is something I should learn. You putting that as a challenge that I should practice (do what you least resonate with) makes me face palm and groan.
I'm definitely a mix of all of these, but mostly, I'm the scholar/researcher and the folk healer.
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I'm naturally a Scholar/Researcher, I think. My practices heavily involve research and due to lack of terminology to describe my personal practice I've adopted the term occult scholar with an emphasis in cartomancy.
My direct opposite might be Witchcore Enthusiast, although I have specific objects for practice, like crystals - it doesn't necessarily dictate my aesthetic.
To your list, I might have considered adding something along the lines of "Social Practitioner". While all types could contain both social or antisocial forms of expression, the social practitioner is specifically interested in group practice.
I really like your classifications! I'm currently #5 realist conjurer and am actually in recovery from being a combination of #2 and #3. #4 Witchcore enthusiast is the one most unlike me.
You’re categories are much more resonate to me, love it
Going by what you’ve put forth here, that would very much make me the realist conjured because I’m very much a chaos magician. I am deeply inspired by Taoism, Buddhism, and Shinto as well as bits and pieces of many other things. I am thirty years old now and discovered how to manipulate and cultivate Qi purely by “coincidence” one day when I was fourteen and have used energy programming for about half of my life. It was only within the last year, however, that I began to classify myself as a witch/wizard/sorcerer.
Shinto doesn’t really recognize any magical practices like witchcraft, but many buddhist monks and Shinto priests use fu for many many purposes. The prevalence of Fu in pretty much any culture that has influence from China is the main reason I bought your book to learn! That said I’m also developing personal practices around reverence of Japanese Tengu and the stories of their magic, as well as the lore of the Legend of Zelda video game series since it carries many influences from Shinto and Buddhism and is also very magical. It probably helps that I’ve had something akin to last life memories from the world the series is set in.
The archetype I’m least like? Probably kitchen witch, but my ADHD has me so far behind of household chores that I don’t thing I can realistically dive into that yet.
I’d have to say I’m a bit connected with the witchy aesthetic type too, but in my own weird way. For example, I shave my head and wear Chinese Buddhist robes for part of my practice because I am so heavily inspired by Shaolin warrior monks.
I’m a Practical Conjurer! I also combine my witchcraft with Yungian Theory, DBT (dialectical behavior therapy), one on one talk therapy, all as “magical” practices. That makes me edge on academic witch too as I love to read psychology texts. I’m least of all a Reconstructionist as I don’t have a family history or ancestors to base my practice from.
I'm a happy blend of all five.
I love this system and your validation of the roles of each of these five types in the community. I personally have always identified as a folk healer and on,y in recent years embraced the idea of this being “witchcraft.” I am also a natural scholar and LOVE seeking knowledge from all sources I can access (which is why I value your analytical approach to your videos and books). I am least a Witchcore identity because I am a very private person regarding my personal practices, though living and working at home has pushed me to explore more how my personal space reflects my own needs and identify. So that outward evolution is happening whether I acknowledge it or not. Thank you for this thought provoking little video!
Folk healer describes me perfectly. I am an academic by trade so hearing about the scholar-researcher witch was interesting. I prefer to separate that aspect of my life from my witchcraft but some characteristics still do pop up in my practice. Not surprising when you think about it!
Wow... a video that actually makes sense and summarizes what the community is on a larger scale!!! THANK YOU ❤ Definitely a folk healer type here, if you put me into any of these... with a touch of scholar.
I do not agree with the idea that "witchcore enthusiasts" are powerful - all they know is how to display stuff for show. That's it.
I think I’m a mix of Scholar witch and realist conjurer.I work with the astrological energies and gods associated with the planets, and tend to do a lot of reading and study, but I also incorporate elements from various traditions including chaos magick. If it works, it works.
You're certainly an old soul... and a very beautifil one !!! ... 加油 !!! ... 😊
I have personally boiled it down to magick practitioners drawing from three things either individually or in combination: Faith, Intelligence, and Willpower. Very RPG but it works for me
I’m mainly 2, Reconstructionist Pagan. Interesting video, thoughtful!
I somehow resonate with all 5! Through research, I feel that mostly all serious religions and spiritualities all have an undercurrent of truth within them where they’re all discussing the same (or very similar) deeply-rooted wisdoms, although expressed differently via their culture, era, and language. The connecting points between the many are fascinating. 🌟
I have found that I have all five of those witchcraft classifications that you came up with. Each one I have used and still use and all are beneficial to my personal gnosis. Thanks for this video!!
I would fall into Folk Healer most. But I definitely have Realist Conjurer leanings. But I have a hard time really categorising myself because I’m so new and still have so much to learn.
Hey Benebell, i would add somewhere in there, a category for energy-workers/lightworkers of some persuasion or other, where you'd be really into crystals, leylines/earth energies and sacred places, either for healing or out of interest. I know i am one, and Kundalini yoga/Tummo is my main area of focus at the moment. Then again I definitely subscribe on a regular basis to all of the Five though! It's cool to see how you can be active on a lot of levels 🔥💛
Ooh! I like that! I do think it makes sense to add a six category labeled something to the effect of New Age witch or New Thought witch. 😍
@@BenebellWen What about Energy Worker Witch? I'm just thinking about the number of "witchy" type people I know who also got certified in Reiki or some other Eastern Energy Work (I've been obsessed with QiGong myself, the deeper reasons behind the movements and the energy they generate, to the Golden Needle technique of using energy needles instead of real ones for a treatment, and the deeper Taoist Mysteries tied into the practice. But it kinda goes hand in hand with being an acupuncturist. 🤓) Personally I've dabbled in each of these categories, and the 6th Energy one as well, but my personal practice is more of a mishmash of the 6 paths. My question to you would be; where would using practices learned from a past live memory lie in this breakdown of witchyness?
Wouldn't that be a variation on the Folk Healer?
How am i all of these?1? It's very fluid for me. mostly Im trying to connect with my ancestors and remember the Andean Cosmology that has been lost due to historical oppresion. My research jumps from western european tarot kaballah and Chakana symbology, buen vivir quero practices. Its interesting to find the similarities and I believe that in the end it will turn me into a realist conjurer, because I find it so easy to connect the traditions that i learn, specially because in the end in the andean cosmology there are no wrong religions, they all are true. this is the beggining of the journey. It does sometimes bothersme because theres very little information out their regarding Andean Cosmology, and I find myself sometimes being bitter about it because of where I live, the best way to learn has been through people who are not originally from that culture, but were able to go to those places learn about it, take it home and start their own practices. and share it with their communities at home. at the same time im grateful that they were able to go there and learn without being looked down. And a big part of andean cosmology is to give that information freely and my gatekeeping tendencies comes from the western/european mindset that im trying to get past.
Really interesting list you made. I like your descriptions and how you categorized these. xo, Aurora
B. You’re on a “Roll” starting 2022!
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I love the idea of devoting a month to each!
A hybrid of Folk-Healer and Realist Conjuror, i think. I work with Spirits a lot and helping promote positive change in my city area, but i support it by studying Old World methods and traditions as well as Folk and Fairy Tales to find new ways of enacting the results i need.
The one I vibe with the least? The Witch-core type. Im not a very showy person, generally. But i think part of thats due to rlly deep confidence issues, so perhaps bringing that into my practice now and then would help me see myself and the world differently. And i do enjoy some good Glamours... that could be fun too
I am not a witch and I don't plan to label myself anything except that I am 'spiritual' and walk my own unique pathway. I came from a Christian background and I am no longer interested in labeling myself in a denomination nor fitting myself in a doctrine. I found this video to be interested as it was very self-reflective. If I were to become a witch, I would be Folk Healer/Green Witch as I enjoy gardening, love to spend time in nature and I am a Reiki practitioner.
Was trying to hit ‘like’ and finger slipped onto ‘dis like’. Didn’t mean that! Enjoyed this video a lot!
omg this is SO funny and on point! I definitely relate to realist conjurer and passively, the witch-core enthusiast (just an aesthetic junkie at heart, so if you give me the chance to wear bats and all black , I WILL TAKE IT!)
The least like me is probably folk healer... but more down to earth ,practical magick has def been on my list of things 'to try' for 2022!
Such a fun and helpful approach in constructively identifying (or self-identifying) types of witchcraft! I would, primarily, consider myself a scholar/researcher; with a hefty dash of realist conjurer thrown in for good measure. I would be curious to know which well known titles you would most closely associate with these five categories (i.e. occultist and esotericist being inherently close to scholar/researcher, etc.).
I'm a bit of all of these!
Definitely a WItchcore Enthusiast with some Realist Conjuror. These remind me of Frater U:.D:.'s Models of Magic with a different twist. Scholar/Researcher was my previous practice - I would spend hours with my nose in the books learning Hermetic Qabalistic incantations and symbolism and then perform said rituals. Witchcore Enthusiast calls to me because I have more wands, athames, and tarot decks then I do clothes. Not to mention the things I make and imbue with my creative energy.
I would add two other "witch" types to this list for fun: the Fool or Trickster Witch and the Pop Culture Witch.
The Fool Witch, much like the old chaos magicians, would use laughter as their baseline for banishing. Think of Discordianism, where art and nonsense are a huge part of their practice. Every one can be Pope if they just decide! And don't forget the Fnords. I believe the Cult of the Subgenious was a huge influence on Discordianism.
The Pop Culture Witch creates their fanfictions as pathworkings, and uses reading comic books or manga and watching movies and animes as a form of understanding their mythologies. Think of a polytheist but with pop culture gods. I believe the first incarnation of this was in the early days of the Illuminates of Thanateros. Taylor Ellwood has written a handful of books on his practices and philosophies of Pop Culture Magic. Kenneth Grant, a former student of Aleister Crowley, took a liking to H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos and created an entire magical organization around eldritch sorcery. Phil Hine has a chapbook called the Pseudonomicon dedicated to Lovecraftian elements of sorcery.
Good vid, just a strolling wanderer that likes to gather all types of stones on a walk.
This video made me subscribe! ❤
I'm probably folk healer/realist conjurer. Both pretty equally. I use low magic elements and tools with high magic intentions and outlook. It's a mixed bag lol
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Too lazy to do magic 🤣 Lazy witched represents!
Jokes asides... I chose the path of being a Reconstructionist Heathen but I still have a long way to go to achieve even the beginning, 🤣.
I just love traditional ways at this point but then I also would love to be a folk witch since I want to make a tribute to the land of my parents but also love asian folk in general but not everything is accesible or approachable since a lot of them requires initiation even in my own culture hahaha. Adding to that, love the philosophy of Taoism. Then I have a part of me that is “science” that leads me to be a Chaote (Chaos Magic practitioner) so I'm really a mess and a mix 🤷.
Probably the most least I associate is the witchcore one 🤣. Couldn't care less about aesthetics 🤣.
All of these at some point, but none of them entirely...so Chaos?
I'm a scholar/researcher, 90%. The rest is divided between 1, 2 and 4, but the third one is me.
I fall into any of these five given categories at random. I think cosmic is my least comfortable, even though I’m pretty heavily into astrology. Maybe herbalism is my least practiced? Idek. New goal: I do all five consistently. SMIB 🙏🌈💛💫
A cosmic witch would be one who can connects and works with interdimensional energies and galactic/cosmic/ET spirits!
Folk healer and realist conjurer checking in. There must be a degree of researcher because I study astrology and tarot. However my research really stops there. Honestly sometimes I don't even consider myself a witch because my magical practice is almost non-existent. I might do spell work once a year. I least relate to the aesthetic witch. I feel like it can be very connected to consumerism and that can be a slippery slope for me. I'm trying to pull back on my shopping.
I'm.a mix of #5 and #1 for sure
Reconstructionist Pagan (Druidry study) with Folklore (honor the land spirits and do herbalism) and maybe Realistic Conjurer.....maybe...? / Witchcore Enthusiast is not the most the one I vibe with most.
Glamour magic sounds interesting, I think Marketing is a big user of it
I have your book - you are amazing!
I always consider myself an Academic Witch, now I guess I will called myself a Scholar one..I totally identify with your description of one, thanks for this video
What if I do all of those things at the same time 🥲
I study folk from a historical perspective and apply or reconstruct those practices but at the same time I also do things from a very intuitive based approach. Spirit work herbalism all that stuff. I also every once in a while do enjoy the aesthetic side of it all too. I just don't know, I feel I do a little bit of all of it. Most of the time I just call myself an "electic hedge witch" knowing that it doesn't quiet capture the complexity of what I'm actually doing.
I'm a modern day Taoist healer.
This was very interesting! I'm probably equal parts folk healer and scholar and the most unlike me would be witch core enthusiast. The thought of leaning into that makes me nervous, but I'm curious as to where it will lead.
I don’t really fit into any of your categories. My path is Hellenic Paganism but I’m *not* a Hellenic Reconstructionist. It doesn’t make sense to me to attempt to worship the same way the ancient Greeks (Hellenes) did when I am an African American woman living in the 21st century. I adapt practices that I determine have a relevant and/or important reason to be included in a ritual or my devotional practice. This approach is antithetical to the ancient Hellenics’ practice of orthopraxy. I am a nerd, I just feel there needs to be a reason for a practice beyond "That’s how they used to do it." I have always had an interest in the natural world in relation to witchcraft, particularly crystals and stones, herbs, essential oils, candles, etc. I definitely prefer Low magick to High but I realize I could end up delving into theurgy. I"d love an herb garden but I have a black thumb, so no. I have an affinity for tarot and want to know precisely how and why it’s effective. I’m currently reading a book on Huna (Hawaiian spirituality/psychology) and believe I’m on the right track. The author of the book has suggested exploring the I Ching as well, so I will look into this as well. Like many, I didn’t become a witch, I already was one but didn’t know it. I was one of the people who read _The Mists of Avalon_ and experienced an intense, profound feeling of homecoming when I read about the Old Religion practiced by Morgana. I had no idea people actually worshipped in this way that resonate with my soul and that there was a name for the practice. I grew up in the Southeast where there seems to be a Christian church on every corner. Even if you’re not raised a Christian, you are given the impression you _should_ be. It took a year of research (this is before the age of personal computers and the internet), but I finally found out what "the Old Religion” was. I have to admit seeing the word “witchcraft’ freaked me out. It freaked me out so much I abandoned my research for close to a year. When I got over my shock and fear, I threw myself into learning more. As it often happens, once I decided to learn about the religion, I found resources easily. I seemed to meet a pagan a day. This was when Wicca initially took off and new books about it came out regularly. It took me a while to realize I am Pagan, but not a Wiccan. Then there were the something frustrating months of researching and meditating to determine just what kind of Pagan I was. In hindsight, my affinity for the Greek Pantheon and love of Greek myths should have been the first and only clue I needed to investigate the Hellenic Pantheon. I thought I was settled on my path, but you know what they say:"If you want to make the gods laugh, tell them your life plans." A few years ago I attended a Health and Healing Faire and was delighted to see an older African American couple there}. I spoke to the woman for a short while and during the conversation I mentioning that I honored the Hellenic pantheon. She seemed a ]little upset by this. She insisted that I had ties to African deities and insisted I research them. I didn’t take her too seriously because I honestly thought I had just offended her sensibilities. About a month later {two separate, (White) mediums told me my father’s family has long, deep ties to Yemaya and that She wants to renew them. (My father’s current family are very devout Christians so I’d never hear this from them. My father is an Atheist. I had previously never been even remotely interested in traditional African religions (“thanks so much Hollywood for your warped, incorrect portrayals of Voodoo and Vodun. 😡) until I saw a Kickstarter campaign for an artist who wanted to create an authentic, respectful tarot deck based on a variety of the religions of the African Diaspora. The images were not only breathtaking. I found them literally compelling. I felt drawn to learn more about them. I;m still in the beginning stages, but I was blown away to discover Yoruba mythology and theology are almost identical to my base beliefs about religion in general, based on my personal gnosis from studying and meditating on Greek theology (beyond.the surface interpretations). I now have a statue of the beautiful Yemaya (as a mermaid) next to my statue of my beloved Dionysos.
Love it, “what this is, is fun” lol I was like- I’m in girl!
1/3 folk healer, 1/3 realist conjurer, 1/3 adhd sagittarius (is that a tautology?)
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I think the type of witch I'm most aligned with is the Scholar/Reseacher (because I'm a nerdy witch) and the least one is the Folk Healer (because I'm lazy lol)
Definitely the Scholar/Researcher
I guess I'm a Folk Healer Scholar who mixes in astrology and mythology - the Eclectic Witch!
Hmmm….So as a Tibetan Nyingma Buddhist practitioner who reads tarot and is now also deeply entrenched in studying Hermeticism and Western occult practices, I can see how I might fall into all 5 categories simultaneously. Especially now that I’m using your decks, day planner, two separate books of maps, and the principles behind the 22 weeks with the SKT, I think the chaos magician aspect is well represented. Within the Tibetan tradition there are DEFINITELY aspects of folk healer, pagan reconstruction, & witch (hard)core. Anyone who attempts to learn Tibetan astrology and integrate it into their practice is going to have to turn into a research scholar in the process, and the Rime movement in Tibetan Buddhism has created a lot of realist conjurers among us. Well done, Benebell! 🙌❤️🙏
I have a lot of the scholar & researcher type in me. Which means I have some pagan reconstructionist practices as well. I am interested in learning about both folk magic and ceremonial flavors of magic to the point where I don't know if I can define myself as one or the other. I use both approaches depending on the situation and context. I tend to have the "grey path" idea about these things and don't particularly like to be constrained by too many dogmatic dichotomies, there is a place for rules sometimes and ethics but its not a huge focus for me. People like to differentiate "high and low" magic or "black and white" magical practices. I tend to find these dichotomies unhelpful personally as they rely heavily on cultural context and taboos. Those labels say more about the societies, groups and organizations, personalities within those developed systems than they do about the actual reality of all of this stuff in my opinion.
I suppose I identify most with the realist conjurer and least with witchcore enthusiast 🤔
As an artist I select the aesthetic. 😂❤️🌻🌞🙏🌼🎨
I have 1 outfit, so you're WAY ahead of me. =D
As of this time, the types I resonate with the most are the Folk Healer and the Realist Conjurer. "Whatever works." 🤣 On the other hand, the type I resonate with the least is the Witchcore Enthusiast.
Thank you for this. I was just wondering tonight if there was a hacker x witchcraft aesthetic or practice. Nature and technology are my medium of choice. So, I feel folk and realist might describe me best. Maybe add a pinch of researcher. What least describes me is reconstructionist
I am a reconstructionist pagan that is heavily influenced from taoism.
Some of each. I practise Love and Service blended with Devotion. Although I don't identify as Hindu, I do work with each of the traditional Hindu paths: of action; of knowledge; of meditation (weakest link); and of loving devotion to personal 'gods'.
It's too late; I've taken it seriously. I'm a 3, and now it's my identity. 🤖 The one that resonates with me the least with is 1... but I shouldn't adopt that style! I can't even play support in League of Legends without forgetting to heal my ADC! 😢💔
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I love this video ❤️
I'm a 5 chaote and 1 folk healer and farthest from the scholar!
#3 all the way, lol. Well done fun!
Ty for your insight, Chi resonates. The witch that I see in me is the God Witch! 🤍🌈
im a folk healer
And oh, I am defenetly a Realistic Conjurer, and i am not a Recontructionalist Pagan...
You totally nailed me!!!!
Yes I probably all 5 witch 😁
Who cares! I love your outfits! Witchy clothes with natural fabrics are hard to find, Love this video idea I've run in to too many nerd witches. Love them, but I'm surrounded. :D Love you all! I think your perception of the 4th type Instagram witches is really interesting. Defenitely the 5th type speaking here! Yes archetypes and all are in us. Interesting. I'm a cross between type 1 and 5. Unusual. Really fascinating. My path I haven't embraced is type 4. Lol
🇬🇧 I’m really interested in ‘The Green Witch’ being interested in herbs and healing naturally 🍃
A green scholar pulling from aesthetics..yes..
I think m cusp of all 🤔
Folk witch, not healer here. I was a healer and hated it. But I am of the land here. I can hear the crow and know where bear is. I can watch the river and know if a storm is coming. I can feel the sap rising in the trees and know it is time to tap, or taste the air and know it is time to get the wood in for the winter. So I call myself a folk witch, but not a healer. Healing people sucks, most fight you every step of the way.
Basically a bit of all of them...
As far as I am concerned, I guess I am a little bit of all of these.
Im no3 and no5 most😋
Me: 1+2+3+5+Hinduism+Hellenism+Kemetism
gah pagan reconstructionist is not me....but I guess....I can, maybe ....peaks under the hood of European reconstructionism...nope nope nope. Just gonna hug my herbs, ephemeris, and research pile.
Folkhealer-ish...😉😊