Witchy Glastonbury Vlog - Witchcraft & Occult in England Part II 

Sigyn, I couldn’t agree more. Witchcraft, above all other spiritual paths is an eclectic stir of all cultures and aren’t we delighted it is!? Each generation and culture has contributed their own aspect of what is often, quite similar to many others: Amazing in a time when word-of-mouth and the written word was all they had.. yet, oddly enough, the stories are distinctly similar (Baba Yaga or the Faries) the practices, the same (salt to protect or menstrual blood for love and lust). The phenomenon of Cultural Appropriation is a recent term, founded on really nothing but divisiveness. When we welcome foreign people into our homes, we do so, sharing our traditional foods or traditional holidays or practices… And when these foreign people pick up one of these practices and use them on their own (asking for a recipe, for example) they are honoring our culture. What a wonderful tribute and effort to understand another people and their way of life..After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. All things, Witchcraft are all things from all people- honestly, I don’t know how anyone can practice witchcraft and not misappropriate all cultures.. IF this is a yardstick by which we measure appropriation. I would wither if I couldn’t buy and burn my favorite Hindu incense, Damascus Rose reminds me of my Irish Grammy: A gift from my Military PawPaw who traveled the world- is it appropriation for her to have worn this delicious scent her Love brought her from exotic Turkey? No, she was reveling in the skilled craftsmanship of thousands of generations of humans, busy extracting this golden liquid from the petals of indigenous roses.. she was wearing living history and dreaming of a far away land she would, sadly, never experience.. but PawPaw had brought this to her from across time. She was APPRECIATING culture, not appropriating it, and let’s be clear: There is no better way to understand our neighbors than to walk a mile in their shoes and experience their existence, while sharing yours. In peace and understanding… 💗

@@aprilrrain Well stated! I agree with you greatly.

Exactly. She did that in the other vlog too. So annoying

@@michellegomes2030 Yes I did see that also. Unless you personally know the owners of a shop you should not accuse them of things or put negative things about them on a video to post online for anyone to see. The owner could be or have people of a Native American, Buddhist, HIndu etc background that is proud to sale items not regionally found in a shop. I am a black woman from the US originally but I live in Sweden. If me or my husband who is Swedish opened a shop and some items that are from black US culture were sold there and someone came in and said he as a white Swede was insulting, making money off black US culture he would be greatly offended. He had a simlar experience where at his work he had a photo quote of MLK, from his "I have a dream" speach. An American white guy insulted him saying he had no right to have that. And how he was upset that he leaves USA moves to Sweden and has to deal with "fake" liberals etc. He explained to him his wife is a black American woman so MLK and civil rights movement is something he feels strongly about. The white American guy just assumed my husband was ignorant, and was shocked he would have a black American wife.

Yes, and then she merrily buys some runes!? Just relax and perhaps give some psychedelics a go! Lovely video anyway.

It was beautiful! No we unfortunately flew back right on the 1st of May 😩😩 Thank you for the tips! We will definitely have to visit again!

I was about to comment the same! Avebury is very beautiful and for free 💚

That's so sad to read!! I don't know about Romuva, the tradition you've mentioned. But I'd like to share a little bit of my own experiences: before I got into Polytheism and Paganism and Witchcraft, I really loved Judaism and I was studying it for many years. I'm German, all my family members are. My great grandmother was killed by the Nazis because she was mentally ill. 😣 The Jewish community I joined for learning was so welcoming, I'm still surprised by those people!! But there are boundaries as well. There are practices that are closed - some of them like Recitation of the Kaddish, which is the prayer for the dead - you need 10 Jewish men for that - Jewish women are not allowed, non-Jews are also not allowed to pray Kaddish. And there are practices that are open to everyone that wants to improve their relationship with the Jewish G'd. At the time I stick to those open practices and I still do today. I always feel sorry for somebody experiencing things that you've gone through. It's very sad to follow a certain tradition because you love it and experience that other people of the same tradition are not open for you to even be there. 😕

Yea my father went in like 1990 or 91 and there was a fee then even. So not sure when it started but this is not knew.