Salt in a Witch Wound

A couple days ago a post popped up from popular YouTuber, Diary of a CEO.

I listen in on some of his interviews, on various topics with various guests. They're in depth and usually good.

His latest interview which he posted the link to on Facebook is called: Evidence We Can Communicate With the Dead. What piqued my interest was he was interviewing a Neuroscientist, Dr. Tara Swart.

With the intention of listening to it later, I naively opened up the Facebook comment section eager to see if anyone had shared any experiences of their own. I'm sure there were some comments of the sort somewhere in there, but they were overshadowed by others. So many others:

"She's delusional."

"Needs help."

"Grief will have you believing crazy stuff."

"Pray for her."

"She's talking to demons."

"There's no evidence in the interview."

"Her closed body language and looking away easily means she's lying."

"What a joke."

"It's a coping mechanism."

"Demons."

"Pray to God."

"She's talking to a devil."

"Read the bible."

"Oh dear."

"You're connecting with evil spirits."

"When you talk with someone dead, its actually a demon."

"It's necromancy."

"God forbids it. You're not speaking with your loved ones."

"Demons are duping you."

"Hallucination, showing how weak and vulnerable the mind can be."

"Demonic."

"Wouldn't surprise me if she's a cult member in the occult."

"Demonic"

"Demonic"

"Necromancy. No."

"Witchcraft."

"Crazy."

"This is not healthy."

These were just some of the comments with an additional handful persecuting the host for doing the interview. Reading through each comment I felt myself internally curling up inside, and wanting to retreat into the safety of shadows and secrets.

Like salt thrown into my own Witch Wound, reading words thrown like stones at a woman who had done nothing wrong but speak her truth. The interview, I have listened to it now, was beautiful. A mix of science, the mind, and something more and the unconditional love of another being.

The Facebook comments section has since thankfully become more filled with people's stories. It certainly gave me something to muse over; how these fears of the other side, perceptions, and some indoctrinated states of belief have carried on for so, so many centuries, and how women and men are still demonised because of it, even in a world where culture, religion, beliefs are now so universally blended. Lydia the Bard sums it up perfectly with these lyrics, and one of my favourite songs, Don't Cry for your Daughters Eve: https://open.spotify.com/track/4bXLeoxlnN5V3OnY1EhT3J?si=f7a1f963e24a4841

Anyway that's what's been on my mind the past couple days. Witch Wounds, being brave and being part of breaking old repeating cycles and holding space for all walks of life.

For anyone interested in the watching the interview, it can be found here on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/yfEQRqFo2bI?si=AKVym51G95Tb4Weu