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The archetype of the witch is long overdue for celebration. Daughters, mothers, queens, virgins, wives, et al. derive meaning from their relation to another person. Witches, on the other hand, have power on their own terms. They have agency. They create. They praise. They commune with nature/ Spirit/God/dess/Choose-your-own-semantics, freely, and free of any mediator. But most importantly: they make things happen. The best definition of magic I__e been able to come up with is __ymbolic action with intent" _ __ction" being the operative word. Witches are midwives to metamorphosis. They are magical women, and they, quite literally, change the world.
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The archetype of the witch is long overdue for celebration. Daughters, mothers, queens, virgins, wives, et al. derive meaning from their relation to another person. Witches, on the other hand, have power on their own terms. They have agency. They create. They praise. They commune with nature/ Spirit/God/dess/Choose-your-own-semantics, freely, and free of any mediator. But most importantly: they make things happen. The best definition of magic I__e been able to come up with is __ymbolic action with intent" _ __ction" being the operative word. Witches are midwives to metamorphosis. They are magical women, and they, quite literally, change the world.

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