EPISODE · Jul 23, 2023 · 11 MIN
WITCHCRAFT for LGBTQ+ & Mental Physical Disabilities
from ANGELA'S SYMPOSIUM 📖 Academic Study on Witchcraft, Paganism, esotericism, magick and the Occult · host Dr Angela Puca
#lgbtq #queer #disabled Paganism, Wicca, Shamanism, Magic and Esotericism in relation to the Queer community and the differently-abled people. Are these minorities more advantaged as witches in magick and occult esoteric workings? DISCLAIMER: I do not mean to say that in all magic-practising traditions there is a prevalence of marginalised individuals but just that this appears to be the case in Pagan, Neopagan and eclectic Wiccan communities in Italy. 'Magic' is here used to refer to the one practised by the aforementioned groups. CONNECT & SUPPORT💖 - WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://drangelapuca.com/#newsletter - BECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca - ONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposium - JOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/join - MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@drangelapuca/featured - MY STORE 🛍 https://drangelapuca.com/store - MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/ - Video Trascripts https://www.innersymposium.study/ 💬 FOLLOW ME👣 - YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟 - Instagram (drangelapuca) 📸 - TikTok (Angela's Symposium) 🎵 - Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦 - Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥 REFERENCES Bacigalupo, A. M. (2004) ‘The Mapuche man who became a woman shaman: Selfhood, gender transgression, and competing cultural norms’, American Ethnologist, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 440–457. De Martino, E. (2007) Il mondo magico: prolegomeni a una storia del magismo, Bollati Boringhieri. Doyle White, E. (2016) Wicca: History, Belief, and Community in Modern Pagan Witchcraft, None edition., Brighton, Chicago, Sussex Academic Press. Eliade, M. (1972) Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (trans. W. R. Trask), Princeton, Princeton University Press. Greenwood, S. (2013) ‘Feminist Witchcraft: A Transformatory Politics’, in Charles, N. and Hughes-Freeland, F. (eds), Practising Feminism, Routledge. Groce, N. and McGeown, J. (2013) Witchcraft, Wealth and Disability: Reinterpretation of a Folk Belief in Contemporary Urban Africa, SSRN Scholarly Paper, Rochester, NY, Social Science Research Network. Otto, B.-C. (2019) ‘The Routledge History of Medieval Magic’, in Page, S. and Rider, C. (eds), A discourse historical approach towards medieval learned magic, Routledge Handbooks Online. Preston Blier, S. (1993) ‘Truth and Seeing: Magic, Custom, and Fetish in Art History’, in Bates, R. H., Mudimbe, V. Y., and O’Barr, J. (eds), Africa and the Disciplines, University of Chicago Press, pp. 139–166. Rountree, K. (2004) Embracing the Witch and the Goddess: Feminist Ritual-Makers in New Zealand, London, Routledge. Sempruch, J. (2004) ‘Feminist Constructions of the “Witch” as a Fantasmatic Other’, Body & Society, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 113–133. Wallis, R. J. (2000) ‘Queer shamans: Autoarchaeology and neo-shamanism’, World Archaeology, Routledge, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 252–262. 00:00 Introduction: The queer & differently-abled communities 01:20 Breaking norms in a normative society 02:34 Liberation movements 04:41 Broad-mindedness in Paganism 05:58 Solving de Martino’s crisis of presence 08:13 Otto’s learned magic 09:53 Summary 10:39 Support Angela’s Symposium Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9yTox5Xs98
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#lgbtq #queer #disabled Paganism, Wicca, Shamanism, Magic and Esotericism in relation to the Queer community and the differently-abled people. Are these minorities more advantaged as witches in magick and occult esoteric workings? DISCLAIMER: I do not mean to say that in all magic-practising traditions there is a prevalence of marginalised individuals but just that this appears to be the case in Pagan, Neopagan and eclectic Wiccan communities in Italy. 'Magic' is here used to refer to the one practised by the aforementioned groups. CONNECT & SUPPORT💖 - WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://drangelapuca.com/#newsletter - BECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca - ONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposium - JOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/join - MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@drangelapuca/featured - MY STORE 🛍 https://drangelapuca.com/store - MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/ - Video Trascripts https://www.innersymposium.study/ 💬 FOLLOW ME👣 - YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟 - Instagram (drangelapuca) 📸 - TikTok (Angela's Symposium) 🎵 - Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦 - Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥 REFERENCES Bacigalupo, A. M. (2004) ‘The Mapuche man who became a woman shaman: Selfhood, gender transgression, and competing cultural norms’, American Ethnologist, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 440–457. De Martino, E. (2007) Il mondo magico: prolegomeni a una storia del magismo, Bollati Boringhieri. Doyle White, E. (2016) Wicca: History, Belief, and Community in Modern Pagan Witchcraft, None edition., Brighton, Chicago, Sussex Academic Press. Eliade, M. (1972) Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (trans. W. R. Trask), Princeton, Princeton University Press. Greenwood, S. (2013) ‘Feminist Witchcraft: A Transformatory Politics’, in Charles, N. and Hughes-Freeland, F. (eds), Practising Feminism, Routledge. Groce, N. and McGeown, J. (2013) Witchcraft, Wealth and Disability: Reinterpretation of a Folk Belief in Contemporary Urban Africa, SSRN Scholarly Paper, Rochester, NY, Social Science Research Network. Otto, B.-C. (2019) ‘The Routledge History of Medieval Magic’, in Page, S. and Rider, C. (eds), A discourse historical approach towards medieval learned magic, Routledge Handbooks Online. Preston Blier, S. (1993) ‘Truth and Seeing: Magic, Custom, and Fetish in Art History’, in Bates, R. H., Mudimbe, V. Y., and O’Barr, J. (eds), Africa and the Disciplines, University of Chicago Press, pp. 139–166. Rountree, K. (2004) Embracing the Witch and the Goddess: Feminist Ritual-Makers in New Zealand, London, Routledge. Sempruch, J. (2004) ‘Feminist Constructions of the “Witch” as a Fantasmatic Other’, Body & Society, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 113–133. Wallis, R. J. (2000) ‘Queer shamans: Autoarchaeology and neo-shamanism’, World Archaeology, Routledge, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 252–262. 00:00 Introduction: The queer & differently-abled communities 01:20 Breaking norms in a normative society 02:34 Liberation movements 04:41 Broad-mindedness in Paganism 05:58 Solving de Martino’s crisis of presence 08:13 Otto’s learned magic 09:53 Summary 10:39 Support Angela’s Symposium Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9yTox5Xs98
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