11/19/2023 0 Comments Atr initated conjure queen![]() I, personally, like it this way, because, in reality, people of European descent have no business downright stealing what belongs to the originators who still walk this Earth from creation’s conception, simply for performative theatrics. Blackness is disproportionately isolated from mainstream representation. Without an African ancestral link, the practice becomes diluted, and ultimately something else. Africans have had well-established forms of esotericism all across the continent for thousands of years. ![]() According to the Ancient Greek School of Pythagoras, eso (within) represents the initiated and exo (without) represents those who, respectively, were not. These practitioners tend to be esoteric followers, which describes the quality of having exclusivity and secret meaning that is internally interpreted. The New Age spirituality movement began to spread in the ’70s and ’80s by way of occult and metaphysical religious communities such as Wicca, Satanism, Gnosticism, Scientology, certain areas of Buddhism, and many other unnamed spiritual identities. This timeframe encourages more to express gratitude and practice fellowship with ancestors, strengthening the connection to original roots before North American chattel slavery, but let’s be frank here: all magick belongs to the melanated. During this season, the veil between the physical and metaphysical realm is the thinnest, inviting the dead to coexist, especially with, and for, Black Americans. The month of October is not only the time in which many Americans celebrate Halloween and El Dia de los Muertos, it is also Hoodoo Heritage Month. Veaudeau is the European term for African magical practices and beliefs which explains how white privilege began to colonize the tradition. Much of what is represented in mainstream media is actually an appropriation of Haitian vodou, not to be confused with Hoodoo, which derives from African Traditional Religions (ATR). While all these representations are not completely inaccurate, magick’s true source remains secluded to the peoples of African descent. Most times, when anyone is referring to the concept of magick, the following types of imagery may come to mind: Hocus Pocus, Harry Potter, the Addams Family, black cats, spellbooks, potions, sorcery, folklore, and witches.
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