How to make a thousand witches with one Supreme Court decision

Magic has always been, in lore and in life, a tool of the oppressed. And, in today’s political climate, some modern practitioners predict a new wave of interest in the craft. There are already signs that the current rash of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, overtly racist rhetoric and violence and, of course, the dismantling of Roe v. Wade, have boosted the attractiveness of magic among women, people of color and other marginalized individuals.

“I fear women are becoming invisible again and will increasingly lose control over their own lives,” said Candace C. Kant, professor emerita of history and chair of the department of theology and religious history at Cherry Hill Seminary, an educational institution focused on paganism and earth-based religions.

“When you are looking at something like witchcraft, it moves outside of traditional patriarchal institutions and is more accessible to women and other oppressed peoples,” Kant explained. When barred from mainstream social or religious roles, the socially ostracized turned to their own rituals, often coming together to pray or effect change, said Kant.

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