Part 2: The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
Eating the fruit…. Last year I had written a post about the complexities of inheriting colonial knowledge called, The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree. Since then I have discovered additional information and have been working on a framework for evaluating ‘tainted sources’. To sum up the previous post, I had been working on a podcast […]
How to Ask the Right Question
About 18 months ago I started a quick and dirty blog-post to answer the question, ‘what exactly is witchcraft?’ I thought it would be simple, a post that I could write in my sleep.
I should have known better, as I tend to overcomplicate everything – but I also don’t like reductive essays or posts such as 10 easy ways to _____________.
I started with the question ‘what is a witch?’, but once I started writing and researching I realized the answer was not as straightforward as I thought.
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
This essay explores the uneasy question of whether all ideas that were shaped within colonial worldviews are irredeemably compromised, or if it is possible to incorporate ideas one finds useful while acknowledging the ugliness in the source. Through a reflection on Dion Fortune, it examines responsibility, context, and the intentions of our actions and ideas.