𝐃𝐞𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚

So soft and good

patriarchical religion is first and foremost a male supremacist tool for propaganda not a spirituality

Don’t accept witchcraft books for history. Read history texts. 

Don’t accept witchcraft books for mental processes. Read psychology and biological texts. 

Don’t accept witchcraft books for mythology. Don’t accept witchcraft books for religion. Read original texts and papers written researchers credited in their fields. 

Use witchcraft books for witchcraft, and witchcraft alone. That is what they specialize in and what they are published for. If it branches out into a different subject, be suspicious and research the topic later. 

On the note of that last point: if you’re reading a witchcraft book and they make a historical, medical, psychological, anthropological, or scientific claim, do one of two things.

• Stop reading right then and look up what they’ve claimed
• Make a note of the fact - sticky notes, notes app, notebook, etc. - and research it at a later date

When researching, look for high-authority cross-reference sources. What I mean by that is, look for sources that have a legitimate, easy-to-prove claim to expertise. This’d be sources like (for example, not exhaustive) university presses, scientific research papers, museum publications, experts with degrees and years of experience in their fields, and, for cultural information, elder members of said culture and internally-run cultural heritage organizations.

Great places to find solid sources for cross-referencing:

• The Smithsonian
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• JSTOR
• Oxford Academic Journal
• Sage Journals
• Science Direct
• Google Scholar
• Your local library

If no one else has made this claim, it’s probably not true and you should take it with a massive grain of salt.

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