Trauma Has Forced Me to Become a Powerful Witch

In the introductory essay of White Magic, Elissa Washuta—a Native American author and member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe—examines the colonization of spirituality, as well as her own reticence to describe herself as a witch: “I just want a version of the occult that isn’t built on plunder, but I suspect that if we could […] The post Trauma Has Forced Me to Become a Powerful Witch appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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