{"id":5385,"date":"2024-08-05T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2024-08-02T16:56:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T16:56:51","slug":"disabled-witchcraft-90-rituals-for-limited-spoon-practitioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/disabled-witchcraft-90-rituals-for-limited-spoon-practitioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled Witchcraft: 90 Rituals for Limited-Spoon Practitioners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accessible, inclusive, anti-capitalist magick<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Magick is all around us and should be for everyone. But the practices in many witchcraft books can be difficult for many of us to perform due to chronic illnesses, sensory issues, allergies, or other disabilities\u2014and the financial limitations that often go hand in hand with them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In this guide, disabled witch Kandi Zeller<\/a> sets out to change that. Through 90 inclusive (and sometimes spicy) magickal rituals designed for witches with disabilities of all kinds\u2014especially the invisible ones\u2014Disabled Witchcraft<\/em> lays out a truly accessible magickal practice with a solid dose of humor and heart. If your spoons (aka available energy and executive function) are limited on any given day, that doesn’t need to be a hindrance to following your spiritual path. From guidance on using crystals for nervous-system regulation to tarot readings for spoonies to laying a curse upon unjust health systems, you’ll find practical tools to harness the magick of your disabilities, fight both ableism and capitalism, and embrace a more expansive version of the path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on for an excerpt of Disabled Witchcraft: 90 Rituals for Limited-Spoon Practitioners<\/a> <\/em>by Kandi Zeller<\/a>, now available for preorder from our site or from your local bookseller. Out everywhere 9\/17\/24. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Witchcraft Is for Everyone: A Flexible Spiritual Practice for Disabled People<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Witchcraft is for everyone. That\u2019s one of the things I love most about witchcraft as spiritual practice: it is a flexible road, typically walked by the marginalized in resistance to unjust power structures (including religious structures).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a person who is disabled (at least in part due to religious trauma and abuse), queer, and an eclectic witch, I\u2019m no stranger to that road. I invite my fellow witchy, disabled spoonies on this journey through 90 rituals that are designed to be just as fabulously flexible, irreverent, and sacred as so many witches and other practitioners on the margins who have chosen similar paths of spiritual resistance throughout history. The rituals in this book honor and celebrate disability; they are also financially accessible and adaptable to whatever your circumstances are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious or spiritual label (or lack thereof), socioeconomic status, race, ability, or any other factor, you are welcome here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are witchy enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you have the spoons, let us walk this path together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disability, Witchcraft, and Why I Wrote This Book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To be disabled is to resist by your very existence. My disabled body smashes ableist assumptions in all spiritual spaces. In fact, I believe disability is itself a form of witchcraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? Because I personally define witchcraft as anything that connects me or others\u2014in a transformative way\u2014to divine love and community, whether I understand that community to be with God\/Goddess, saints, those who have gone before, those who will come after, other humans or creatures in the present, the universe, or some combination of the above. And if witchcraft is about transformational connection, my mind goes straight to the way disability interrupts\u2014and offers the opportunity to transform\u2014unjust societal structures by its very presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A system like capitalism that demands people all work forty hours per week (or more) at a set location, just to survive and pay their bills? Disability says no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A society that views healthcare as a luxury for those who can afford it, rather than a human right? Disability says no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A public place that isn\u2019t accessible to people of all abilities and mobilities? Disability says no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disability says, \u201cWe\u2019re here.\u201d Disability says, \u201cEveryone will one day be disabled, and many of us are already disabled and can\u2019t mask or perform ability at the expense of our bodies any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Witchcraft gives me a why, an undergirding love, a transformative fire of justice to bring to the systems we presently exist in. At its best, witchcraft (and spirituality in general) aligns us with the voices\u2014past, present, and future\u2014on the margins. For me, witchcraft has been a way to transform my experience (and the meaning I make of it) without directly relying on the unjust systems surrounding me. But that doesn\u2019t mean, as a disabled person, that I always have access to all parts of the craft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when I talk about access, I\u2019m referring in part to financial access. We live in a capitalist society. Even spiritual practices and medical care are monetized and often financially out of reach for many of us, especially those of us who are disabled. And, unfortunately, despite how inclusive witchy spaces can be, witchcraft books don\u2019t often address the barriers to access created by capitalism and ableism. A disabled witch is left to ask, What if I have severe allergies and can\u2019t do traditional incense? What if my medical bills are so high that I can barely afford any witchy shit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s questions like these that have led me to write this book, with a special focus on financial accessibility for disabled witches who find themselves with limited resources amid the swirl of unjust systems that surround us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a disabled witch, I\u2019ve had to cobble together a form of the craft that works for me, in spaces that have often been ableist and financially inaccessible, and I want others to have an easier time on their paths. I live with several disabilities, including but not limited to severe allergies, arthritis, migraines, PTSD, endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, vaginismus\/vulvodynia, GERD, dyscalculia, and probable AuDHD (working on a diagnosis for that one at the moment). For these reasons, I\u2019m writing this book for my fellow witchy spoonies who are in search of anti- capitalist, inclusive, and sometimes spicy rituals (with a side of humor and heart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hopes that you won\u2019t have to be as scrappy but will remain resourceful . . .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hopes that the craft will become more inclusive and expansive . . .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hopes that you\u2019ll know both snark and reverence are part of the wonder . . .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hopes that you\u2019ll find in the craft another way to resist . . .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hopes that you\u2019ll know the earthy, watery, windy, fiery power that is magickal you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s right. You are fucking magickal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to keep reading? Check out<\/em> Disabled Witchcraft: 90 Rituals for Limited-Spoon Practitioners<\/a> by Kandi Zeller<\/a>, available everywhere 9\/17\/24. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Accessible, inclusive, anti-capitalist magick Magick is all around us and should be for everyone. But the practices in many witchcraft books can be difficult for many of us to perform due to chronic illnesses, sensory issues, allergies, or other disabilities\u2014and the financial limitations that often go hand in hand with them. In this guide, disabled… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,247,248,153,246],"class_list":["post-5385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-books","tag-disability","tag-excerpt","tag-new-releases","tag-witchy"],"my_excerpt":"\n

Accessible, inclusive, anti-capitalist magick<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Magick is all around us and should be for everyone. But the practices in many witchcraft books can be difficult for many of us to perform due to chronic illnesses, sensory issues, allergies, or other disabilities\u2014and the financial limitations that often go hand in hand with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this guide, disabled witch Kandi Zeller<\/a> sets out to change that. Through 90 inclusive (and sometimes spicy) magickal rituals designed for witches with disabilities of all kinds\u2014especially the invisible ones\u2014Disabled Witchcraft<\/em> lays out a truly accessible magickal practice with a solid dose of humor and heart. If your spoons (aka available energy and executive function) are limited on any given day, that doesn't need to be a hindrance to following your spiritual path. From guidance on using crystals for nervous-system regulation to tarot readings for spoonies to laying a curse upon unjust health systems, you'll find practical tools to harness the magick of your disabilities, fight both ableism and capitalism, and embrace a more expansive version of the path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on for an excerpt of Disabled Witchcraft: 90 Rituals for Limited-Spoon Practitioners<\/a> <\/em>by Kandi Zeller<\/a>, now available for preorder from our site or from your local bookseller. Out everywhere 9\/17\/24. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n

Accessible, inclusive, anti-capitalist magick<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Magick is all around us and should be for everyone. But the practices in many witchcraft books can be difficult for many of us to perform due to chronic illnesses, sensory issues, allergies, or other disabilities\u2014and the financial limitations that often go hand in hand with them.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In this guide, disabled witch Kandi Zeller<\/a> sets out to change that. Through 90 inclusive (and sometimes spicy) magickal rituals designed for witches with disabilities of all kinds\u2014especially the invisible ones\u2014Disabled Witchcraft<\/em> lays out a truly accessible magickal practice with a solid dose of humor and heart. If your spoons (aka available energy and executive function) are limited on any given day, that doesn’t need to be a hindrance to following your spiritual path. From guidance on using crystals for nervous-system regulation to tarot readings for spoonies to laying a curse upon unjust health systems, you’ll find practical tools to harness the magick of your disabilities, fight both ableism and capitalism, and embrace a more expansive version of the path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on for an excerpt of Disabled Witchcraft: 90 Rituals for Limited-Spoon Practitioners<\/a> <\/em>by Kandi Zeller<\/a>, now available for preorder from our site or from your local bookseller. Out everywhere 9\/17\/24. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5440,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}