Post by Nox on Jul 1, 2016 3:54:22 GMT
Across the country, teens are turning to Tumblr to create their own online covens and anonymously study witchcraft. It's difficult to say exactly how many, but a Tumblr spokesperson wrote in an email that users published 225,472 original posts tagged "witchcraft" in the past six months alone, as well as 50,293 blog posts about "spells." Protection rituals, divination and the "Book of Shadows," the term for a witch's personal diary of spells and charms, are also popular Tumblr topics.
Tumblr witch blogs run the gamut, including diaries and how-to guides to blogs that mostly post images of crystals, herbs and other magical paraphernalia. There are many different types of witchcraft practiced in distinct ways, from "green magic" — witchcraft with natural elements like herbs and crystals — to "kitchen witchery," which involves using common kitchen ingredients to make potions or ceremonial fermented drinks.
Posts about divination, for example, might describe DIY prophecy techniques — such as meditative gazing into a mirror, crystal or candle flame. New forms of spell-casting have emerged specific to digital teenage witchery, such as "emojicraft," or the practice of using emojis to cast spells and reblogs to charge it with the power of cooperation from hundreds of fellow online witches.
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