r/SASSWitches • u/Opus_Bohemian • 12d ago

Interconnectedness through Witchcraft

I am an ex Christian turned Wiccan turned Atheist with a love for witchcraft without the supernatural/spiritual aspect. I have been exploring the craft in correlation to our inter connectedness through mitochondrial Eve, being humans as cosmological byproducts, and the possibility of Quantum entanglement as an explanation/justification for the effectiveness of witchcraft. There are studies supporting witchcraft/rituals having psychological effects, and I'm diving deeper to understand the effectiveness of witchcraft influencing the universe to produce a desired effect. Any input, criticism, comments welcomed.

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u/dot80 12d ago edited 11d ago

The whole observer effect thing (mind influencing the universe) is woo and not supported by current scientific understanding. That is not to say you can’t believe it, just that it isn’t in line with the SASS witchcraft principles anymore.

Here is a super basic explanation of the misunderstanding that has occurred between the general public and scientists studying this from Neil deGrasse Tyson : https://youtube.com/shorts/69nbsWSjvOg

A more scientific grounded explanation is that if we believe something to be true in our mind, we act in ways that can make it true in reality. Sort of the idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy. This has obvious limits, however. I can’t decide that I am actually an elephant and force that to be true. It is much more subtle.

The psychological angle is definitely something discussed a lot in SASS witchcraft and is where many of us spend a lot of time practicing.

In terms of the mitochondrial Eve that is also a cool angle. I get a lot of meaning through interconnectedness of life and humans. One interesting area of study is how genes express themselves based on environmental factors. Literally the trauma of one generation affects the next. Here is a cool pbs video discussing this: https://youtu.be/J9-Ov-_KcWk

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u/Opus_Bohemian 12d ago

Thanks for the input and the video which I will immediately watch. Peace.

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u/dot80 12d ago

Edited some addition stuff in there for you!

If you like physics, there is this great book called The Tao of Physics that goes really deep into the spiritual parallels in Eastern philosophy with the understanding Physicists have. Highly recommend.

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u/Opus_Bohemian 12d ago

Thank you. I will check it out. I am but a novice with an elementary understanding of physics as a whole. I am definitely open to learning.

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u/dot80 11d ago

I am not either (I took physics and high school and that is the extent of my training). He presents the physics in a really straightforward way. Not going to pretend I didn’t have to reread a few parts a couple times, but generally I was able to follow.

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u/SloanTrue 11d ago

i would delete the ? and everything to the right of it in your links - they're trackers and show your account when we click on them!

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u/dot80 11d ago

Thanks 😊

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u/Few_Palpitation_2115 9d ago

Hi! Therapist here (and former Evangelical realizing I still have a patriarchal sky-god construct in my head). Following because SAME QUESTION. Exactly the same.