Like everyone else, I’ve been following the developments of the Black Lives Matter movement very closely over the last few weeks and trying to consume every bit of information I come across. Plus, I did a lot of research on my own, specifically around my own industry and how we can do better within the spiritual and witchcraft community.
I’ve been trying to think of all the ways to help support my black witches and spiritual entrepreneurs, from trying to buy as much from black-owned spiritual shops and creators, to using my platform to lift others who deserve the recognition.
White privilege in the spiritual and magickal community
I feel like this was always something I was aware of, but just never consciously thought about because I’m a privileged, middle-class white woman, but the spiritual and witchy community is very, well… white. Everyone talks about the different types of spiritual practice and craft, but they very often only include practices widely used by white western witches.
I’m one of them! I recently wrote a blog all about the different types of witches and even though those types of witchcraft aren’t racially exclusive, they are still predominantly white practices. I will be working on that blog post moving forward to be more inclusive and I’ll make the changes as soon as I can, at the moment though I want to make sure I’m 100% clued up on those types of witchcraft before adding them in, so stay tuned.
If you’re looking to show your support for black-owned spiritual entrepreneurs, make sure to check out the shops, readers and tarot decks below. This is just a resource and directory, I’d highly encourage you to do your own research based off all of these!
Black-owned shops
Black tarot readers
Black witches, herbalists & spiritual bloggers
Photo by Jessica Felicio
Black-owned and created tarot decks
Adinkra Ancestral Guidance Cards
Tazama African Tarot Cards Deck
Black Tarot: An Archetypal Awakening Deck and Guidebook
Hashtags to find black and POC witches on Instagram
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