No. 89 What Does It Mean to Be a Witch? With Siri Vincent Plouff
Siri Vincent Plouff (they/them) is a Nordic witch, rune reader, and tarot reader living on Anishinaabe and Dakota land in Minneapolis, MN. As an unabashedly queer person, they are constantly interrogating runes and Nordic practices through a unique lens of gender identity. They see witchcraft as a way to break out of expectations, and live outside of society. They are in training with Kari Tauring, a modern-day völva, and Johannes Gårdbäck, a Trollkunning and professional folk magician. Siri teaches about the runes, tarot, and witchcraft. This conversation is not surface layer!
There's some really interesting inquisitive questions like:
-How to reconsider witchcraft
-How to broaden our scope of what witchcraft is
-How to find your own path
-What it means to be a magician
We also have a really interesting conversation about what it means to be a witch and claiming that term and being in relationship to that term, but also understanding that there are other ways to engage with magic without necessarily being a witch This is just a really rich conversation. Also a witch after our own heart, they give us an entire list of really incredible books, so at the end you can grab your pen to jot down these amazing books.
“Working with my ancestors is an act of decolonization and devotion to land. How do I, as someone who is descendant from colonizers live in right relationship with the land that I currently live on?”