Art Magick: How to become an art witch and unlock your creative power

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Nearby are several prints after designs by Albrecht Durer showing hypersexualized nude female witches. The image plays up the sexuality of witches, showing some of the women partially clothed or in suggestive positions. And while that might seem like appropriation to many people these days, as long as you practice in a solitary fashion and with respect for closed traditions, it’s no problem.

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The effect was similar with witchcraft: as society moved towards ideas that could be grounded in reason, there was a decline in superstitious beliefs. It is perhaps not surprising, then, that 19th- and 20th-century women’s liberation movements turned to the history of witch burnings to express the continuing plight of women living within the patriarchy.

Heretics, of course, were more frightening in large numbers, as they created a more significant threat to the status quo. For thousands of years, people from cultures around the world adorned themselves with tattoos as a mark of their faith or tradition. Envy was emaciated, her breasts were no longer good, which is why she was jealous of women, and she attacked babies and ate them. In this podcast you’ll hear from a variety of artists, witches, healers, and experts sharing their wisdom and stories, all with the intention of helping folx make art and share their unique magic with the world.

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But the hedge witch’s main focus is lifting the veil between humans and spirits – being able to cross into the realm of the dead and the gods and come back again. Even artists who would never consider themselves to be part of the occult have discussed the spiritual and transformative nature of creating art. No longer a symbol to incite oppression and aggression, these witches are rather melancholic and thoughtful, although still performing their magic.That’s not surprising, she said, “given that 50 percent of witchcraft executions took place in the Holy Roman Empire, a large geo-political unit including Germany. Listen as Zaneta shares the energies for this cycle and how we can work with these energies in our careers and creativity. The Hebrew Scriptures address witchcraft and the central text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Talmud, also describes punishments for witchcraft. Printmaking and texts played an important role in shaping people's ideas around witchcraft, and the invention of the Gutenberg printing press meant that texts referencing witches were more easily disseminated. The art and animation was very unique, from time to time time I could tell the animation was done in a 3D program whereas other times it seemed like the animation was drawn in 2D.

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Inside the circle are beautiful flowers, and outside are frogs and ravens – both of which are associated with witchcraft. Even in the Greco-Roman world, the legends about witches were sources of pottery decorations or the subject matter behind frescoes and sculptures,' says Deanna. Artists whom Tully picks out as working to celebrate the communion and the performances made possible by witchcraft and paganism include Norman Lindsay, Rosaleen Norton, and Carolee Schneemann. Depictions of witches from this era, said Millar, “don’t carry the same fear and repulsion as some of the much earlier images. Artist and practicing witch Kitty Fedorec says they were “inspired and excited” by pop-culture depictions of witches.

Female pleasure, especially sexual pleasure, has long been associated with paganism, and these dishevelled women revel in exactly that: extravagance and carnal excess.

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It was believed that witches could control fertility and bring about male impotence—suspicions that speak less of witches and more of patriarchal anxieties around the female body and its “powers. The word witch means "wise person" so if you are interested in energy work, the pursuit of enlightenment, and learning traditions of the old ways across the globe, you might just be a witch. He's using witches as a symbol, in a way – a metaphor for corruption and dissolution, particularly of clerics,' says Deanna. I have experienced profound change through using art in my craft and I believe it has made me a more effective witch (whatever effective means!

Meanwhile some women such as artists Carolee Schneeman and Virginia Lee Montgomery experimented with the idea of a witch in a very thoughtful way. Horgan’s new headstones stand as monuments to accused bodies—to the heretics denied burial and a proper place in history. It’s the blend of art, creative practice, meditation and magic I’ve needed but have never seen put all together in this way before!