\u201cWE ARE THE WITCHCRAFT. We are the
\noldest organization in the world. When man was born, we were. We sang the first
\ncradle song. We healed the first wound, we comforted the first terror. We were
\nthe Guardians against the Darkness, the Helpers on the Left Hand Side. Rock
\ndrawings in the Pyrenees remember us, and little clay images, made for an old
\npurpose when the world was new. Our hand was on the old stone circles, the
\nmonolith, the dolmen, and the druid oak. We sang the first hunting songs, we
\nmade the first crops to grow; when man stood naked before the Powers that made
\nhim, we sang the first chant of terror and wonder. We wooed among the Pyramids,
\nwatched Egypt rise and fall, ruled for a space in Chaldea and Babylon, the
\nMagian Kings. We sat among the secret assemblies of Israel, and danced the wild
\nand stately dances in the sacred groves of Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0–
\nJack Parsons, We Are the Witchcraft<\/i><\/p>\n
Archeological and
\nanthropological evidence shows that since before recorded history, people from
\nneighboring tribes would gather together. They would feast, tell stories, sing
\nsongs, and dance. These gatherings would promote trade, the dissemination of
\nknowledge, help people find mates outside their genetic lineage, and strengthen
\nsocial bonds. It was and remains a quintessential human experience. Reflections
\nof these gatherings exist today, manifesting at music festivals, conventions,
\nand churches. Sadly, much of the original form has been stripped away, creating
\na spectacle to be consumed rather than to be participated in. We believe that bringing
\nback the original forms and intent of the gathering of the tribes is essential
\nfor our spiritual awakening and for the survival of the species. <\/p>\n
We call it the Sabbat. A The purpose of the Sabbat is manifold. It If at all possible, a This discovery of what you \u201cWE ARE THE WITCHCRAFT. We are the oldest organization in the world. When man was born, we were. We sang the first cradle song. We healed the first wound, we comforted the first terror. We were the Guardians against the Darkness, the Helpers on the Left Hand Side. Rock drawings in the Pyrenees remember us, … Continue reading “The Sabbat in Emergent Magick”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,17,14,64],"class_list":["post-1255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-emergent-magick","tag-emk","tag-magick","tag-sabbat"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nloaded term, the use of the word Sabbat to describe a gathering of witches
\ncomes from the Middle Ages, when racist Europeans wanting to link Jewish
\nreligion with Satanism, bastardized the Jewish word for their religious
\nobservance, \u201cShabbat.\u201d We would not be the first to take a word used against us
\nand throw it back at our oppressors. And make no mistake, in modern times the
\nSabbat is an act of rebellion. It flies against every authority that wishes to
\nturn us into individual atoms of consumption that simply obey. In this sense, Emergent
\nMagick can be seen as an ideology. A new form of human interaction that eschews
\nthe 20th<\/sup> century\u2019s social structures\u2014capitalism, communism, and fascism\u2014and
\ncreates a new principle for humans to interact based on community, group
\nexperience, and spiritual fulfillment.<\/p>\n
\nprovides context for humans to come together in ways that benefit the group
\nrather than destroy and take. A successful Sabbat requires all participants to
\ninteract within altered states of consciousness. We commune with each other not
\nonly within the physical dimension, but in a spiritual dimension as well. A
\nSabbat has no audience. All participants contribute in their own way. Sabbat
\nshould be seen as not only a noun but a verb. It describes a living, breathing
\nprocess. A work of art created by all those who attend. Everything that happens
\nat a Sabbat\u2014dancing, eating, conversation, lovemaking\u2014contributes to the work
\nas a whole. The entirety of the Sabbat takes place outside \u201cnormal\u201d space and
\ntime. While the normal acquisition of food, shelter, and comfort that occurs
\nday-to-day also occur during the Sabbat, those activities are given greater
\npurpose and meaning.<\/p>\n
\nSabbat should be held outdoors. We understand that the elements, access, and
\nneed for privacy prevent many from doing so. We have held many a Sabbat in
\nhomes and other spaces, and the lack of access to natural spaces should not
\nhold you back. The reason for going out into the wild is that the Sabbat not
\nonly means communing with other humans, but communing with the natural world and
\nthe spirts it contains. Our arrogance as a species leads us to believe we are
\nsomehow outside or above the natural world. In truth, we exist because of it,
\nand the other beings, both physical and spiritual, are our equals. Interacting
\nwith them as equals opens us up to learning and levels of consciousness
\notherwise unattainable. Nothing will remind you of your own animal nature as
\nmuch as mud-caked feet, scratches and bruises, and sticks and bugs in your
\nhair. Hold one weekend-long Sabbat in the woods once per year, and you\u2019ll
\nremember what\u2019s truly important.<\/p>\n
\nfind physically and spiritually necessary is another goal of the Sabbat. While
\nwe commune with others and the world around us, we also commune with ourselves.
\nWhat you do during a Sabbat should test your limits. A true Sabbat will include
\nthings you never thought yourself capable. Tests of physical, mental, and
\nspiritual endurance push a magus to truly, \u201cKnow Thyself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"