Editorial: Remember that Venezuela is a real place

Weekend editor Eric O. Scott reflects on events that unfolded this weekend. As bombs fell and political justifications followed, Venezuelan civilians paid the price. Venezuela is not an abstraction or a geopolitical chessboard, but a real place, filled with real people whose lives were extinguished without warning. This editorial examines power, accountability, and the moral cost of treating distant suffering as disposable.

What Baphoboo Taught Me

it’s important to have some fun. Witchcraft is serious, but it is also fun. Witchcraft is and can and should be both. For me, Witchcraft is about freedom, so being restricted to always being serious and logical is exhausting.

A Multicultural Witch’s Practice 101

However, when it comes to Witchcraft practice, it’s not just the language that matters. It’s the techniques we use, the tools we get, the points of view we work with, and even the people we meet and learn from. Being in Venezuela forced me to work with limited resources, sometimes even limited information, but since I came to the United States, a door opened for more of all of this.

Introducción a la práctica de un brujo multicultural

Sin embargo, cuando se trata de la práctica de la brujería, no sólo importa el idioma. Son las técnicas que utilizas, las herramientas que obtienes, los puntos de vista con los que trabajas, incluso las personas que conoces y de las que aprendes. Estar en Venezuela me obligó a trabajar con recursos limitados, a veces incluso información, pero desde que llegué aquí se abrió una puerta para más de todo esto.