Dual-Faith Observance: Always Heresy, Never Blasphemy

The various streams of 'Traditional Witchcraft' often adhere to a concept of 'dual-faith observance' - a conception of multiple belief, where by the esoteric interpretation of one tradition allows for the praxis of another. Here we navigare a thin line between religion and spirituality, belief and faith, and modern conceptions of politics and Abrahamic cultural inheritance complicate it further. The religions of the right, expressed through orthodoxy, are practiced in tandem with the spiritualities of the left, expressed by heresy - but it's beyond compartmentalization. This is not ignorance of, or even ignoring the discrepancies, it is an embracing of them. Can someone practice two seemingly conflicting traditions at once? Once denial is sidestepped, and heresy embraced, all manner of things can be achieved!

Drawing upon a background in ritual theory and performance studies, and over two decades in the traditional craft community, Hathaway-Diaz will explore theory and praxis both,…