09/12/2025
This morning I came across this quote that sums up many issues that bother me about modern paganism. I find that many practitioners proclaim ideas without any real awareness of how those ideas are situated within history, psychology, anthropology, religion, literature or aesthetics, or without some basic knowledge of some or just one of these fields. This is a very dangerous place to be in and I can already see the fascist elements in this approach, because it lacks crucial nuance:
'The pervasive attitude that every misfortune can be fixed with enough "manifesting" or "spellwork" smacks of late-stage capitalism wrapped in WhimsiGoth purple and green velvet. It is a hyper-individualistic approach that ignores systemic issues, and smacks of privilege. It tells the poor and the struggling that their failure to thrive is a magical failure, rather than a societal one. We are so focused on "my path" and "my practice" that we have created a culture of incoherence...' - Christopher Freeman
