I can’t wait to get my hands on some of those books. I have Spellcraft and have found it so helpful. My father was a practitioner of Old Norse magick. I grew up with images of Freyja. I learned to cast runes when I was a child. I find unfortunately that since white supremacists got ahold of anything Norse that trustworthy sources of knowledge are hard to come by. It’s even harder to find actual humans to engage with. I am trying in my ancestor work to dive into the Old Norse realm, but it’s challenging.
Thank you for this awesome list! I would like to add Ezra Rose’s *FYMA: The Lesser Key to the Appropriation of Jewish Magic & Mysticism*. They’ve available on a pay-what-you-want model on their itch.io site.
I would like to recommend the Intuitive Girls podcast. They have wonderful breakdowns on all the Sabbats, they speak quite a bit about appropriation, being anti-racist, and doing important work for the collective. I also appreciate their episodes about spiritual teachers/practices that have become problematic or have problematic roots. Throw in some pop culture and it’s like coffee with some cool friends. Also neurodivergent with neurodivergent kids.
I am a fellow traveler who grew up in northeast GA and now call Asheville home. What an incredibly rich resource you have provided with this article, Aris! I am so grateful. I struggle with issues of appropriation in the overculture and am so pleased to have found this piece. I love Lindsay Mack (the greatest Tarot teacher!), and I am looking forward to investigating your other recommendations!
ahh I'm so happy to hear this is helpful for you :)) I've honestly been surprised at the huge response I've had to this piece but it's awesome that I was able to curate a list that can be useful for so many people ❤️
I love your lists. 💙 As an herbalist, I think Karen Rose’s work is one of the very best and often is overlooked. She has such a deep understanding of what she is doing.
Thank you for these! I also really love Sarah Faith Gottessdiener’s work for her anti-appropriative, anti-capitalist take on witchcraft, tarot, and spirituality. Her podcast Moonbeaming is a favorite!
Love this resource. Definitely keeping this in my bookmarks. I also highly recommend Kelly-Ann Maddox’s Substack and YouTube channel. She does socially aware magic and is very open about her resources and ideas.
Aris, this is so lovely. Thank you for compiling it and thank you for including me! It’s an honor!
You're very welcome :) thank you for your medicine!
What a rich list of resources! Thank you for thinking of me!
of course! it's an honor to be a part of this community with you :)
Definitely feeling drawn to the runes book
yes! I love opening to a random page and studying whatever rune shows up for me :)
Thank you for sharing these! What a beautiful list. 🩷
you're welcome :) I've been wanting to do this for a long time! I'll definitely be adding to it as I find more resources
I can’t wait to get my hands on some of those books. I have Spellcraft and have found it so helpful. My father was a practitioner of Old Norse magick. I grew up with images of Freyja. I learned to cast runes when I was a child. I find unfortunately that since white supremacists got ahold of anything Norse that trustworthy sources of knowledge are hard to come by. It’s even harder to find actual humans to engage with. I am trying in my ancestor work to dive into the Old Norse realm, but it’s challenging.
yes it's so important to reclaim that history! thank you for doing the hard work 🙏🏻 if you find any resources I'd love to add them to the list :)
Happy to!
Check out Nordic animism. He’s on YouTube, instagram etc
Thank you, I’ll do that 😊
I’ve been listening to his podcast, having excited conversations with myself. Thank you so much for the recommendation!
For those who want the audio version of his podcast, here’s the rss feed link (copy and paste into your own podcatcher): https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/nordicanimism
hi again :) just saw there's this course called "Queering the Runes" based on a book by the same name that just came out in November!
https://lore-academy.teachable.com/p/queering-the-runes
This whole thing has created a hyper focus rabbit hole that I love. Definitely going to be writing about it a lot.
yay!!
What a great list of resources 🙏🏼✨ I also appreciated their book about The Missing Witches
https://www.missingwitches.com
thank you for sharing this! I'm excited to check it out :)
Amy and Risa are wonderful and inspiring, it's definitely worth checking out
Thank you for this awesome list! I would like to add Ezra Rose’s *FYMA: The Lesser Key to the Appropriation of Jewish Magic & Mysticism*. They’ve available on a pay-what-you-want model on their itch.io site.
omg amazing! thank you :)
I would like to recommend the Intuitive Girls podcast. They have wonderful breakdowns on all the Sabbats, they speak quite a bit about appropriation, being anti-racist, and doing important work for the collective. I also appreciate their episodes about spiritual teachers/practices that have become problematic or have problematic roots. Throw in some pop culture and it’s like coffee with some cool friends. Also neurodivergent with neurodivergent kids.
yes thank you so much for this recommendation!! I'll definitely check it out :)
I am a fellow traveler who grew up in northeast GA and now call Asheville home. What an incredibly rich resource you have provided with this article, Aris! I am so grateful. I struggle with issues of appropriation in the overculture and am so pleased to have found this piece. I love Lindsay Mack (the greatest Tarot teacher!), and I am looking forward to investigating your other recommendations!
ahh I'm so happy to hear this is helpful for you :)) I've honestly been surprised at the huge response I've had to this piece but it's awesome that I was able to curate a list that can be useful for so many people ❤️
I love your lists. 💙 As an herbalist, I think Karen Rose’s work is one of the very best and often is overlooked. She has such a deep understanding of what she is doing.
thank you! yeah I absolutely love her book
This was a lovely read! Thank you for sharing these resources
you're welcome :) and thank you!!
Backwoods Witchcraft is on my shelf! It’s fabulous
that's awesome :))
Thank you so so much! I have been needing a list like this for so long!
you're welcome :) thank you for reading, I'm so glad it's helpful for you ❤️
Thank you for these! I also really love Sarah Faith Gottessdiener’s work for her anti-appropriative, anti-capitalist take on witchcraft, tarot, and spirituality. Her podcast Moonbeaming is a favorite!
thank you for adding such an awesome rec to the list :)
so many great resources, thank you for sharing!!
I'm so happy this could be helpful for you :)
Love this resource. Definitely keeping this in my bookmarks. I also highly recommend Kelly-Ann Maddox’s Substack and YouTube channel. She does socially aware magic and is very open about her resources and ideas.
amazing, thank you for adding this rec :)