Many years ago, before the famed Grimoire Spread post became popular, my most well-known article was my Potato Salad article. You’re welcome to go read it if you like, for context. In that article, I shared my revelation that where witchcraft was concerned, differing paradigms of practices were very similar to differing potato salad recipes. In a potato salad recipe, the only hard and fast rule is that there should be potatoes in it, and the rest is your own trappings.
The same is certainly true of witchcraft- like potatoes, witchcraft is a real and reliable thing in the world. And like potatoes, witchcraft doesn’t solve everything, but it is certainly a staple in many people’s diets.
Related to that subject, if one were to extrapolate from this metaphor, and decide that potatoes are a metaphor for magic, then it should be noted that not every potato dish is potato salad, and similarly, not all forms of magic are witchcraft. They do all seem to share the one fundamental rule established for potato salad, though: in a potato dish, there must be potatoes. In a magical paradigm, there must be actual magic.
Made this because of yet another Tumblr fiasco! Im a queer witch trying to find a new home that offers the same quirkyness as tumblr. But without the problems :)
View all posts by candlelightmagick
Candlelight-magick 