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JD Vance nailed it when he called them cat ladies. Because cats and witchcraft have historically gone hand-in-hand.
Of course, it is demonic when you cut to the chase.
Witches today are young influencers with popular social media accounts, where they host podcasts and post astrological divinations from their downtown dwellings.
Picture this: Two young women in floor-length dresses and pointed hats light nearly 50 candles that form a circle on a floor, brightening the dark space. Elaborate, converged spheres are painted on the surface in the middle, adorned with a large multi-pointed crystal.
This is the TikTok account of “Stella, Witch of the Moon.” She’s an artist whose Instagram bio describes her online space as “The Witch’s Cottage for like-minded witches, creatives, artisans, healers & magick weavers.”
She’s merely one of the #witchesoftiktok, who rack up hundreds of thousands of views and likes each day.
The demand for witchcraft content is certainly there — in real life and online — as modern women grow more disinterested in formalized, religious spirituality and seek looser, similarly historical forms. Leda Beluche, a self-described “energy theologist,” says it’s not a sinister inclination. It’s simply borne out of feminine interest in self-knowledge.
“Women have been in pain since the beginning of time, even if you go back to Salem and how the witches were, you know, prosecuted, and all this stuff,” Ms. Beluche said. “Women … have always [been] just so powerful, and they want to understand that.”
One way to understand the self is through astrological charts, she says. Indeed, “What’s your star sign?” has become a common query among friends, family, and total strangers alike. Ms. Beluche routinely asks it of her clients when they come into her small Upper East Side shop in New York, called Haus of Healing.
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Of course, it is demonic when you cut to the chase.
Witches today are young influencers with popular social media accounts, where they host podcasts and post astrological divinations from their downtown dwellings.
Picture this: Two young women in floor-length dresses and pointed hats light nearly 50 candles that form a circle on a floor, brightening the dark space. Elaborate, converged spheres are painted on the surface in the middle, adorned with a large multi-pointed crystal.
This is the TikTok account of “Stella, Witch of the Moon.” She’s an artist whose Instagram bio describes her online space as “The Witch’s Cottage for like-minded witches, creatives, artisans, healers & magick weavers.”
She’s merely one of the #witchesoftiktok, who rack up hundreds of thousands of views and likes each day.
The demand for witchcraft content is certainly there — in real life and online — as modern women grow more disinterested in formalized, religious spirituality and seek looser, similarly historical forms. Leda Beluche, a self-described “energy theologist,” says it’s not a sinister inclination. It’s simply borne out of feminine interest in self-knowledge.
“Women have been in pain since the beginning of time, even if you go back to Salem and how the witches were, you know, prosecuted, and all this stuff,” Ms. Beluche said. “Women … have always [been] just so powerful, and they want to understand that.”
One way to understand the self is through astrological charts, she says. Indeed, “What’s your star sign?” has become a common query among friends, family, and total strangers alike. Ms. Beluche routinely asks it of her clients when they come into her small Upper East Side shop in New York, called Haus of Healing.
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Young women gravitate toward modern witchcraft on social media
Forget what you think you know about witches. Today’s witches are young influencers with popular social media accounts.
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