The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/reiki)
Alan U. Dalul hears about a local curiosities market in his city, and hesitates at the idea of signing up to vendor as a tarot reader and sigil creator. But despite his anxiety, he finds himself practicing magic in a whole new way – and with a whole new community.
I don’t have control over death, as much as I like to include it in my practice. No Witch does.
Although I never felt confused about my identity as a multicultural Witch, I started to wonder if the language I used would make a difference. I didn’t think the spirits and energies I worked with would care about it, but I do. Language is part of who I am, what I say, the feelings I experience, and there are words that are not completely translated from one to the other.
Aunque nunca me sentí confundido acerca de mi identidad como brujo multicultural, comencé a preguntarme si el lenguaje que usaba marcaría la diferencia. No pensé que a los espíritus y energías con los que trabajo les importara, pero a mí sí. El lenguaje es parte de lo que soy, de lo que digo, de los sentimientos que experimento, y hay palabras que no se traducen completamente de uno a otro.
“I decided that if I was a monster in the eyes of the holistic community, I would embrace the concept. If I was already a Little Monster for loving Gaga, I could be a monstrous Witch too.”