Overview: Combining thorough research, hands-on practical exercises, and thought-provoking discussions to help queer witches and allies build a magical practice that is authentic to them.

Step into the magic of your own identity and embark on an affirming spiritual practice.

Verdict: For thousands of years, various cultures around the world have drawn connections between magic, spiritual power, and LGBTQ+ identity. This guidebook retraces these ancient connections and weaves them into a secular witchcraft practice deeply rooted in modern queer history and culture.

Inclusive here of hands-on practical exercises and thought-provoking discussions, they all serve as guideposts to help queer witches and allies create a spiritual path that is authentic to them, no matter how they identify.

Many queer folks are attracted to witchcraft because of its DIY nature. There are very few rules to being a witch, and that makes it an accessible path for those who don’t want their spiritual practice to be burdened by other people’s biases.

Ergo, it is easy to see why the very fluid, personalized nature of witchcraft is appealing to their community.

And yet the witchy crowd is not without biases or issues, of course. Many witches put an emphasis on divine feminine and/or divine masculine energy and use gendered associations for the elements, which can be alienating for those people who do not identify with a binary gender.

An emphasis on sexual liberation and empowerment, whilst certainly healing for many witches, can make these spaces uncomfortable for asexual people. The toxic positivity culture that infects many spiritual spaces can add insult to injury for those who have been harmed by homophobia.

Therefore, in this enthralling, all-encompassing, emotively impassioned and dutifully resonant new book Lavender Witchcraft: Crafting Queer Magical Practice author Sam Wise sets out to untangle a lot of it for the reader, in hopes that it will make it easier for other queer witches and their allies to create affirming traditions.

Oh, and why Lavender? Well, lavender (both the plant and the color) has been associated with the queer community at least since the 1920s. Before the rainbow became the universal symbol for queer pride, both lavender and the color pink were used by their queer ancestors to represent their identities and their fight for equal rights.

Topics covered include elemental magic beyond binary gender, queer planetary magic, spiritual allies for all identities, sample holiday rituals, and more. Through this work, we cast a magic circle inclusive of all bodies and identities.

Simply put, this book is written for queer witches ... by a queer witch!

About the Author - Sam Wise (she/they) is a Reclaiming witch and eclectic pagan with years of experience combining magic, activism, and queer culture. She lives in Alpharetta, GA.

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