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#FediCoven 2026 Q3 - Are you out of the broom closet?

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The reality is a few know my precise position. The rest don't ask.

I do not volunteer information unless asked.

It sort of works out.

Signed,
The non-witch, non-reconstructionist Hellene.

And, with a title like that, who would ask...??? 😄

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#FediCoven 2026 Q3 - Are you out of the broom closet?

To friends, sure. I've always been out online too. I will not talk about it with strangers or acquaintances unless the topic comes up,, which is pretty rare, and even then I won't talk openly about my practice until I'm confortable enough with a particular person.

Then with family.. it's complicated. For the decent part of my family: I haven't told them and I don't see any reason to do so bc they would get scared probably, or laugh at me, or a mix of both. That doesn't mean they don't suspect I'm into what they probably consider weird shit bc when they have weird problems that a witch could solve they ask ME for help

Then for the other part of my family, my dad especially used to be so afraid of me. He was abusive and violent and was terrified of witches, so I used that to my advantage. I never came out to him because it would have been too dangerous, but I did try to hint at it on purpose to keep him at a distance and it really worked

I have no idea if I look like a witch now lol I always dressed a little weird a little goth but idk if it's related to me being a witchy person :bfoxcomfysip:

Elaborated on #FediCoven 2026 Q1 in this week’s post on causal determinism. https://harebones.com/causal-determinism/

#FediCoven 2026 Q3: Are you out of the broom closet?

I was raised in an Irish Catholic family. With that being said, my father practiced his own sort of Paganism, having been close to and dear friends with so many indigenous peoples, and my mother is Wiccan. So, of course, to some family members, I'm out. To others, I'm not. I actually live with my grandmother, my nana, and she thinks I just collect crystals. She also thinks I might be agnostic. It is what it is.

#Pagan #Paganism #Wicca #Wiccan #Heathen

#FediCoven 2026 Q2: What role does self-care play in your practice? Any tips?

Self-care is a huge part of my practice. A major one, actually. We have to take care of ourselves before we can even think of taking care of those around us. No matter what your religion is, that should play a role.

As for tips? Do what's right for your body. Listen to what your body needs. Drink more water. Take your medication if you're reading this and you haven't yet. Every little thing matters.

#Pagan #Paganism #Wicca #Wiccan #Heathen

#FediCoven 2026 Q3 - Are you out of the broom closet?

It's kind of contextual. I'm not just a witch, I'm a lot of different things... so I don't rly "look" like a witch most of the time. My style is kind of... me, tho, and outside work I do dress as I like.

But... I don't hide from talking abt it, u know?

#witch #witchy #witchcraft

#FediCoven 2026 Q1: For those who have a form of divination in their practice, does this indicate to you that the universe is predestined or deterministic?

Thank you, @HeliaXyana! :11111:

In some ways, I believe it is. In others, I do believe we forge our own path. You could ask any pagan and they would probably give you a different answer. While I think some things are set in stone, others might be changed.

#Pagan #Paganism #Wicca #Wiccan #Heathen

#FediCoven 2026 Q3 - Are you out of the broom closet?

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Which is a funny way of asking how open you are about your path and practise. Is that how open you'd like to be?
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For me, I wear my quirky self with pride. This includes my witchy style and accessories, so it's visible. But, I'm lucky enough to be somewhere that this is largely okay. Well, I moved here for that reason, really. I was born in a town and region where eccentricities were vilified. Which made the fact that there was never a broom closet strong enough to hold me, hmm, challenging. My views on life and existence were always very different, and I've always done spells and rituals. Even if I try really hard, I can't fake it enough to not be considered the witch of whatever context I'm in. The neighbourhood, the school, the dance academy, my family, university, even my gym. Sometimes that's fun. For example, I let the schoolkids pick strawberries in my front garden, so to them, I am the strawberry witch who teaches kids about edible plants. But it can also be exhausting. As some people assume I'm perpetually willing to help them fix their problems. Like the lady at the gym who demanded that I'd help her lose weight with a spell.... For free, of course, while I was sweating my ass off doing cardio...

But, since I have the luxury to be out and proud, I feel I should. Even if it creates just this tiny bit more social space and acceptance for any one else walking their path.

#witch #pagan

#FediCoven 2026 Q2 - What role does self-care play in your practice? Any tips?

My practice kind of... Uh, it kind of is self-care in its own way.

Magic and embracing spirituality are my ways to claim my womanhood. My being a woman, a witch, and transgender mesh so closely together that they're just sort of one thing.

My esoteric practice is a way to inhabit myself without shame and without self-censorship. It's a way to clean out the cobwebs in my soul.

There's no line between everyday life and magic for me. Yes, I've on occasion cast distinct spells. But to me, cooking a meal is magic practice. Taking care of my plants is magic practice. Voice training is magic practice.

It's hard to explain.

The correlation w me doing magic and me getting weird symptoms of ick is pretty close to 1:1. I do wonder who else gets the "universe seems to be pushing back" feeling?

I know what skeptics will say:

- Correlation doesn't equal causation (true)
- Maybe u sense ick and start magic (possible)
- It could be physical, you switched workouts (true)
- It is in ur head (literally tbh, my jaw is fked a little lol)

I reply:

True, but if u throw a ball 100x and it comes back down, gravity prob ur cause right?

I consider this a lot. I wonder. But also writing, when I decide to write I get weird in my hands.

- Defffffs true. But for heavy / strain, this is light. More cardio butttttt more shoulder stuffs so... maybe?

- Hn yesh but I can't exactly see thru if it us my own delusion. Can I?

#witchy #witch #interference #occult #FediCoven

#FediCoven 2026 Q2 - What role does self-care play in your practice? Any tips?

Protection is integral to my practice. We're at war.

#FediCoven 2026 Q1 - For those who have a form of divination in their practice, does this indicate to you that the universe is predestined/deterministic?

Thank you @HeliaXyana for these interesting questions. It's been an intense few days of study here in Bridger Hollow, but I'm here now and happy to see this.

Working as a draoi for the Mórrígan, goddess of change, magic, prophecy, and fate, I believe without any doubt that she brings about changes she wants in this and the Otherworld.

#FediCoven 2026 Q2 - What role does self-care play in your practice? Any tips?

As an abuse survivor, healing has been my priority with my practice since 2019 approximately. I still have a ton of stuff to do but, looking back, I'm positively impressed with how much I grew since then and my practice has been essential for it, even with the help of a professional from time to time.

Other than that I usually work with perfumes for protection and mood balance, and I'd like to cook more magically sometime. Yoga, taichi, skating and walking while focusing on my body, the moment and my surroundings is also a big part of self care to me, I need that kind of slow but intense movement in a quiet place (preferably in nature) to reconnect with myself and the present time, and lower my anxiety.

#FediCoven 2026 Q2 - What role does self-care play in your practice? Any tips?

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I hold that the body is a microcosm of the macrocosm--that is, we are the universe, we are god, so on and so forth. (To quote the old tumblr post, imagine if you had a box with a little bit of god in it. What would you do with that box? Your body is that box.)

Therefore our relationship with the world can start with our bodies. I have talked a little bit about considering the body as a complete ecosystem which self-maintains. Are you being kind to your ecosystem? Are you being sustainable? Does it have surpluses or deficits?

I am disabled, and this is a neutral fact, but I can also try to do things to make my life better and make the ecosystem more sustainable over time. I can think about what I eat and the actions of my body. I mentioned recently that I took up martial arts again, and this was half to improve my body in the day-to-day and half because of spiritual calling. The two aren't unrelated. Moving my body, getting more exercise, developing muscle and balance--these are all things that have improved my life in both ways.

#FediCoven 2026 Q2 - What role does self-care play in your practice? Any tips?

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(This is a selfish one, I basically could use some tips and inspiration.)
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For me, to be honest, I am not good at this. I am learning, but I've always seen my path as more of an intellectual endeavour. Which, in hindsight, is a bit stupid. I'm so much more open and aware when I am at peace with myself, and healthy, and yet, like many, I've learned to erase myself from my own perspective. Treated my self like a brain in a jar, along for the ride. Depression is a real bitch. But now, it feels like I need to relearn a language. Even looking myself in the eyes when staring in a mirror is, complicated. So, it's baby steps. Small rituals, care for my body to sooth my nervous system, and in general including my entire self more in every aspect of my practice.

I'm now keeping a small obsidian mirror in my shower and do some scrying shadow work while taking showers in the dark. That makes me aware that I'm not just scrubbing the vessel, that jar, but caring for my entire self, which includes my body.

#witchcraft #pagan #witch #selfcare

#FediCoven 2026 Q1 - For those who have a form of divination in their practice, does this indicate to you that the universe is predestined/deterministic?

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Just a simple and easy question about the nature of the universe. 🥰 In all seriousness, I subscribe to a causal deterministic or compatibilist view of the universe, where all occurrences are both cause and effect. That said...

Divination can change so much depending on the user and the technique. I go back and forth but tend to be of the mind that magic is in part our ability to influence the weavers (or Fates, or Norns, whatever you like), and I use some forms of divination that are not just revelatory but also meant to influence the future simultaneously. Mileage may vary on whether that, too, is predetermined.

But at the end of the day, my view is that the decisions I make are because of the person I am, and the person I am exists because of my past decisions and culture and experiences and genetics and spirit, and those things came to be because of events before that, all the way back, in a web so tangled and complex that the human mind can't possibly comprehend it all at once. Divination is in part our ability to sort through all of the influences and threads and see something we can actually understand, which is a translation process not without flaws.

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I also love this question as the 2026 Q1. Really excited to see more!

#FediCoven 2026 Q1 - For those who have a form of divination in their practice, does this indicate to you that the universe is predestined/deterministic?

I use a few different kinds of divination; tarot, runes, and observing omens in nature. For someone who does so much divination, it's probably odd when I say that I don't think divination tells the future at all.

See, I think divination tells you how things are right now, at the moment you do the reading. It is actually telling you the present conditions, like stepping outside to look at the sky to check the weather. Now, a good diviner (or meterologist) can read those signs and give you a decent prediction of what's going to happen. It's the reader that predicts the thing, not the cards. I think this is why it's an excellent self-reflection tool and not great at predicting who's gonna win the Super Bowl, ya know? It's also why different diviners can read different things in the same cards.

Basically, my answer is that the future is always currently happening during each moment, therefore nothing can be predetermined. Linear time is a farce, but we can make a good guess of how we will experience it.

#FediCoven 2026 Q1 - For those who have a form of divination in their practice, does this indicate to you that the universe is predestined/deterministic?

Nnnno.

I believe in a potentially infinite universe of possibilities, so tbh I view divination as seeing possible paths / outcomes, some more probable than others. Divination is more like... seeing what will prob happen if u let stuffs continue as they are. 

I think that mostly, ppl do passive divination. "What will happen with the stuffs" and they accept. Active divination more intervention-ish? Like, u do it to try to shift things. 

And yesh, I think u can. 

So, I'm a little bit of a precog. I can't control it and I don't even always know that I'm doing it, but I've had ppl ( @VulpineDruid ) catch it BC she was super confused wtf I was talking abt... until it happened.

The weirdly is that by pointing it out, the original conversation we had about the thing that hadn't happened, didn't happen, but the thing did. So tho the "future" was our conversation, and the event, we changed the future by not having the convo as part of it. 

So... no predestiny!

@DaimonRainbow

#witch #witchy #FediCoven #spellcraft #Predestiny #Psychic #occult

@harebones

Hey, I'm not committing to anything, just seeing how it goes and what interest there is, and you're absolutely not stepping on any toes. I like the idea of more folks doing more questions and prompts, and this one just popped into my head. Since you're considering longer form questions, I didn't think the occasional toot sized prompt would disrupt that. But if you feel it does, we could sort out a bit of synergy here.

For example; If you'd set a longform question a month, I could aim the toot sized prompts in the same direction to help participants work on their ideas casually before working out the longer form? Or, do the opposite, and ensure it each has its own focus.

Or, we could embrace the chaos, see what happens.

But please don't feel like I'm taking up that space, or that you'll be stepping on toes in any way. The variety and different approaches and perspectives is what makes #FediCoven so much magical fun.

I'm not a helpless victim.

I'm the mistress of my own fate.

My improbability a gravity well, drawing like into my orbit.

My defiance a beacon for those who would be my allies, lovers, friends.

My opposition to the Order they have created, a discordant melody weakening their veil.

I was born of chaos and tempered in hardship. 

And I'll fight until I win. 

https://princessnettles.com/index.php/2026/08/13/mantra/

#witch #witchcraft #spell #spellcraft #FediCoven #poetry

#FediCoven 2026 Q1 - For those who have a form of divination in their practice, does this indicate to you that the universe is predestined/deterministic?

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@harebones inspired me to restart some #FediCoven Questions, and this one sprang to mind. So, I'm just randomly chucking it out there, as I'm genuinely curious.

See, while I have a sense of divination and do tend to scry, do some pyromancy, interpret natural omens, and have a sense of what's on someone's path, to me, it feels like a river. You might not be able to perpetually swim upstream, but within the flow, you can make your own choices. But on some level, that would imply I believe reality is at least partially deterministic. In a sense, that life sets the music, but you're free to dance to it the way you see fit. But when I do any sort of reading for someone, I can feel things that are likely to be on their path, but it's not set in stone until it is written.

Perhaps it's a limitation of my abilities, but if it is, that means I concede there is more truth, more insight into the future to be gleamed. Which would mean I subscribe to a certain level of predestination in reality. Which doesn't feel correct either.

#witch #pagan

Hello #fedicoven! I’m considering trying to get a community project rolling: Community writing topics for witches, folk magicians, occultists, and similar practitioners. The idea would be to engage with topics in long-form (like blog posts, articles, or long posts) with the topic in the context of a greater conversation, encouraging responding to each other’s ideas.

If I were to kick off such a thing, what kind of cadence would be good for you?

#witchcraft #pagan #folkmagic