Using critical thinking for occult and witchcraft research || #thinktober

Joining #thinktober to talk about the importance of critical thinking in our occult and witchy world. It's a very difficult topic and I'm just talking about one side and one aspect of it. Make sure to watch the other creators to get more insight into this topic!

Books seen in this video:
Psychic Witch - Mat Auryn
Sigil Witchery - Laura Tempest Zarkroff
Spirit Communication - Jason Miller

Laura Tempest Zarkroff:
@LTZWitch

Content creators participating in the #thinktober challenge:

@MagicalCrafting

@RoundtheCauldron

@TheOrderofChaos

@IvyTheOccultist

@PantheraTheFeralwoodWitch

@MaeviusLynn

@LavenderHazelwood

Resources used in this video:
M. K. H. Eggert, Prähistorische Archäologie. Konzepte und Methoden (Tübingen 2012).
Dark Academia Visual @KawaiiFoxita

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00:00 Intro
00:55 Callenges of critical thinking in the occult and in witchcraft
08:14 Verifying your resources
10:11 Working critically with the text itself
18:20 Additional tips
18:33 An example
23:03 Final words

[PantheraTheFeralwoodWitch]

This is such a great video! Proper research and vetting of sources is important!!

[Helensche]

I’m actually so happy I came across this video. I have yet to find ANY book on witchy subjects that cite any reliable sources or even attempt to explain where their information comes from. Granted, I havent read many books on the subject yet, because its been so disappointing. For example, I read „heimische Hexenkunst“. And, apart from stating in the beginning that the concept of Heimat is diverse and many „cultures“ coexist and intermingle, nowhere it is cited why the spells in the book are considered „heimisch“. Like, why are they in this book? Where do they come from? I know that there is not going to be research or verified primary literature on everything. But come on? They can just state anything, no questions asked.

[MaeviusLynn]

I enjoyed your video! I agree that the information we work with is difficult to determine scientifically, but we do have historical or oral traditions passed down in culture. That is interesting to think about. Also I loved hearing the German words. It makes me want to study German.

[QuiltingCrow]

Your video brought up another question for me: how can one believe in anything if one comes from a scientific background? I would appreciate it very much if you could make a video about this topic in the future.
I personally can make contact to spirits and gods/goddesses, but I don't believe it / in them. And that results in a severe inner struggle 😢

[TheOrderofChaos]

Great video! Source material is so important. There's so much 3rd party information going around, and it's always better to ne clear and know for yourself, even when you tryst te 3rd party source.

[S_Creed]

I really enjoyed your video, I really appreciate how much you put into explaining each point deeply. As you talk about it, and then show about it is very nice. Many people learn in different ways, such as reading, writing, listening, or seeing. Combining these ways of learning in the ways you do makes it easy to learn from you. Thank you

[dawnbeard]

A very well-put assessment on the aspects of critical thought one might want to apply to their craft. Might I add that you also have quite a pleasant voice for this presentation🙂

[charmich]

Amazing video 🙌 Everything people read can be both subjective and objective depending on how they perceive what they read. As well, sometimes the reader needs to learn how to be a critical thinker (which I hope is still taught in school🤔)citing in a book is also a huge help. You can go to the source book to find and read the cited work and see the points that they deem important and then present to you to enhance what you are learning. Thank you for sharing

[ashenwalls]

Such a good video! If you could make a video of the scientific theories you see used in magical writing and whether they've been disproven, it would be so helpful as well! Of course we should all check up on these things as we read as well.