Magic, Mediumship, and Female Protest

Are spells, curses, and rituals just spiritual theatre — or are they a form of real-world feminine resistance?

It’s a question that keeps cropping up in conversations around spirituality, especially when the incense burns alongside political fire. Magic — particularly as it’s portrayed in Wicca and modern witchcraft — is often seen as inherently feminine, rooted in intuition, lunar cycles, goddess energy, and emotional power. It evokes imagery of sacred circles, red tents, wise women, and ancestral matriarchs. In many people’s minds, this is spiritual matriarchy in motion — a counterbalance to centuries of male-dominated religious structures.

So when spellcasting turns political — when candles are lit in protest and rituals are performed against injustice — it taps into something deeper than incense and symbols. It becomes resistance wrapped in ritual, often led by women, framed by matriarchal energy, and unapologetically bold.

As someone who practices and teaches mental mediumship, I don’t deal in spells or so-called magic. I don’t wave wands or bind politicians with candle wax and chanting. What I do is connect people to the spirit world through structured, evidence-based mediumship — offering verifiable proof of survival after death.

But that doesn’t mean I dismiss what others call ritual or symbolic resistance.

In fact, I think it’s worth asking: what if the act of spellcasting — even if it doesn’t do anything in the material world — actually means something in the emotional and social world? What if it’s not about bending reality, but reclaiming power?

🔥 Magic as Symbolic Rebellion

Did it magically remove him from office? No. But it did something else: it united people. It gave form to powerlessness. It channelled rage, grief, and resistance into a visible, shared ritual.

That is a kind of power — just not one that fits neatly into our rational frameworks.

We see this in protest movements too: signs, chants, marches, costumes, even street theatre. These things don’t change laws overnight — but they change how people feel, and when people’s feelings shift, action often follows.

And it’s not a coincidence that many of these movements — and many of these rituals — are driven by women. Witchcraft, Wicca, and modern ritual magic have long been spaces where women reclaim control, step into leadership, and subvert patriarchal norms. These aren’t just aesthetic choices. They’re spiritual resistance strategies — and they echo across generations.

🕯️ Where I Draw the Line

For me, personally, spiritual work is about clarity, connection, and evidence. That’s why I’ve always championed mental mediumship — where the medium provides specific, verifiable details from spirit that can’t be guessed or faked. It’s not showmanship. It’s not theatre. It’s about truth.

That’s why I don’t call what I do “magic.”

But I also believe that dismissing ritual entirely misses the point. Much of what we call “magic” is really about intention and focus. If lighting a candle and saying a prayer helps someone gather strength, set boundaries, or heal from trauma — then that has value. Whether it works in the physical world doesn’t always matter. Sometimes, the change happens inside.

👔 A Male Medium in a Magical World

Now here’s a twist most people don’t expect: as a businessman, I’m technically part of the patriarchal structure. I own companies. I make executive decisions. And yes, I’m aware that comes with a certain kind of inherited power in society.

But within spiritualism, I’m in a very different position. Male mediums are few and far between. Most circles, churches, and public events are female-dominated — and rightly so, as women have historically been the spiritual leaders and torchbearers in modern spiritualist traditions.

Yet I do sometimes feel that men’s voices in spiritual spaces need a bit of looking after too. Not to overshadow — just to be included. Just to be heard. And that’s not about ego — it’s about balance.

So I walk an odd line: part of the system, but also a minority within the world I work in. And that perspective gives me a unique view on these discussions of power, ritual, and resistance.

🌌 What Happens on the Other Side?

And that brings me to a deeper question — one I’ve never heard asked often enough:

Is the spirit world a patriarchy? A matriarchy? Or are we all equal once we cross over?

Here’s the truth from my side of the table: in all my years working as a medium, I’ve never once had a spirit comment on gender power structures. Not once. Not even indirectly.

So I can only assume this: once we pass over, these issues become irrelevant. Spirit seems to speak from a place beyond human structures — where what matters is love, connection, healing, and truth. It’s not some cosmic parliament run by bearded elders or moon priestesses. If anything, the messages from spirit come through with startling neutrality — like, well… a starfish. Unisex. Balanced. Spiritually evolved and totally unfazed by our obsession with who’s in charge.

But let’s not get carried away with the sarcasm — because there’s still a very real truth here: life continues. In all its complexity. And that includes sex and gender, though maybe not in the rigid ways we define them here. Spirit is individual. Spirit is self-aware. The soul carries its experience, its essence — and that includes what it learned about power, identity, and relationship.

So no, you don’t magically transcend all accountability by dying. And no, the way you lived doesn’t just dissolve in some cosmic soup. We are all born to die — and that’s not morbid, it’s just fact. And as is said in many philosophies, it’s the journey through life towards death that defines your spirit.

The choices you make, the people you help or harm, the way you use your power — these leave a mark.

Hurt and oppress others, and your spirit carries that weight. Resist injustice and help others rise, and your spirit is lifted. I firmly believe you feel the impact of those actions when you cross over. Not as punishment, but as consequence. As truth. As growth.

So in that very individual sense, the issue of injustice is very much alive. You don’t escape it by dying. You face it — and you carry what you became.

✨ Spirit, Symbolism, and Technomages

Ultimately, spirit doesn’t care if you chant or journal. Spirit communicates through emotion, presence, memory, and message. Whether you light a candle or sit quietly in the dark, it’s your intention that matters.

Spells aren’t inherently good or bad. They’re tools. Just like words. Just like mediumship.

And the question isn’t “Is it real?” — the question is “What are you trying to do with it?”

That’s where the ethics come in.

If your ritual empowers you, uplifts others, and doesn’t harm — it has a place.

If it controls, manipulates, or claims more than it gives — it needs examining.

And no, I’m not a magician. I’m not a warlock. I’m a spiritual medium.

Although… if I’m honest… I might quite like to be a Technomage — the perfect hybrid of science and spirit from Babylon 5, weaving light and technology to create the illusion of magic while living by a strict moral code. I’ve written before about the show’s powerful spiritual themes — especially around life after death, the weight of moral choices, and the role of personal intention in shaping destiny. It still holds up as one of the most spiritually honest sci-fi shows ever made.

But here’s something worth noting: we never meet a female Technomage in the Babylon 5 universe. Not one. Despite the show’s spiritual depth, even its most mystical and advanced magical order still reflects a certain gender imbalance — fictional, yes, but telling. It reminds us how deeply entrenched patriarchy can be, even in the imaginations of otherwise visionary storytellers

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That’s what makes real-world spiritual spaces so important to question and evolve. If even fantasy magic leans male, what does that say about the space women have had to fight for — and create — in the real spiritual landscape?

And with whispers circulating that Babylon 5’s creator J. Michael Straczynski may be relocating to the UK, it raises an interesting question: Is he moving because of the shifting climate in the USA — socially, politically, or spiritually? If so, he wouldn’t be the first to find that the winds of change are pushing people toward places where their ideas and values feel more aligned.

In the end, rebellion, ritual, and resistance aren’t just political acts — they’re spiritual ones. And how you live does shape who you are in the spirit world. So choose wisely. Walk carefully. And maybe, just maybe, light the candle anyway.

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