I Did Not Leave The Church To Find Another Doctrine
This will make some people uncomfortable. So be it. I did not leave structured religion to find another institution wearing black lace and a pentacle. And yet, lately, that is exactly what parts of the modern witchcraft community feel like. I have watched witches — women who speak of sovereignty, shadow work, liberation, divine feminine power — publicly diminish other witches over political differences. Not over cruelty. Not over harm. But over ideology. And my body recognizes it immediately. It feels like church. It feels like moral hierarchy. It feels like doctrinal purity tests. It feels like “agree or be cast out.” I have already walked that road. I will not walk it again. Sovereignty Does Not Mean Sameness Witchcraft — real witchcraft — is rooted in personal relationship. With land. With ancestors. With intuition. With truth earned through lived experience. It is not a voting bloc. It is not a uniform. It is not a hive mind. Since when did political ...
