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The podcast and historical archives often dive into the lives of "vulgar" or folk practitioners who operated outside high-society occultism: Mary Bateman (The Yorkshire Witch)

The most immediate signifier of the Vulgar Witch is her language. In almost every folklore tradition, from the Russian Baba Yaga to the Scottish Limmer, the witch speaks in riddles, threats, or profanities. The Vulgar Witch

Check the hashtag. You will see white altars, rose quartz, and pastel-colored athames. There is a persistent fear of grossness in contemporary witchcraft. Ask a baby witch how they feel about using menstrual blood in a spell, and watch them recoil. Ask them about burying a jar of urine in the yard for a binding, and they will offer you a lavender cleansing spray instead. The podcast and historical archives often dive into

For centuries, "high magic" (ceremonial magic, Hermeticism, Thelema) was the domain of the educated, the wealthy, and the clerical. It involved Latin incantations, intricate sigils, and expensive robes. Meanwhile, "low magic" (folk magic, cunning craft, pow-wow, brujería) was the territory of the poor, the elderly, the illiterate, and the marginalized. You will see white altars, rose quartz, and

On re-enchanting the world through dirt, noise, and nerve.

So raise your chipped mug of burnt coffee. Toast to the hag, the crank, the crone, the unruly woman. Toast to the witch who spits, swears, and survives.