Its gothy teen phase, and in a good way mind you. The eighties were almost like the dark ages, with all those satanic panic freaks and bored housewives who wanted something to fear for the sake of fear. The 90's meanwhile, screw that noise, were going to be who we are. Honestly I wished that reconstructionist Paganism had the same approach.
See as how I wasn’t even born until 01, 🤗 seems edgy, progressive, and hippy,, in the best way tho, the 90s witchcraft movement is what I personally feel connected rather than the turn of the millennia. I hope you do the 80s next, if love someone I follow to tackle the « satanic panic » era, since I wasn’t even a thought yet, I have no idea what it was like
I remember the excitement of finding different angelfire and geocities websites for witchcraft. Animated gifs! Online, there was Witchvox, to get pagan news and thinkpieces. And Barnes and Noble had “To Ride A Silver Broomstick”right on the shelf for all to see.
Idk but Sleepy Hollow is a great series. Too baf it got cut off short. Perhaps those masons felt too exposed? I had a shrine to Janes Addiction the band in the early 90's before moving to Seattle. Wow, talk about some serious witches in Washington.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Charmed, and The Craft are responsible for my journey in witchcraft. I even have a black kitten now named Salem. This past decade would be good to look at. With the Charmed remake, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Secret Circle, The Order, and the English translated shows from others countries on Netflix involving witches, there’s just so much to look at. Not to mention all the new social media platforms, like Instagram and TikTok (witch tok), there’s lots of new and easy ways for witches, and those just starting with the craft, to be able to communicate with each other that we didn’t have in the 90s and early 2000s.
Yes! Discussing the 2000s and 2010s would be really interesting. There's so many new avenues to discover witchcraft now then in previous decades. We're definitely living in a really interesting time in terms of the growth of the witchcraft movement. :)
I feel like when The Craft came out it influenced a whole generation of young witches. I remember after watching, my mom taking me and my best friend to Barnes and Noble to buy us witchcraft books, I also had my first cappuccino that day. I still have most of the books, minus a Silver Ravenwoolf one my pet rat had a particular liking too. We read them everywhere and when we wanted to do a few spells, she even took us shopping for supplies. I was a preteen, so nothing serious was done at the time, a self love spell, some protection spells, ect. I was lucky to have suck a supportive parent.
@@GreenLantern1916 awww, thank you. She is pretty awesome. Always believed in having your own choice and personality. Go through life in stages and dont grow up too fast. I wasnt raised with abrahamic religion. she always taught me religion is each persons choice and shouldn't be forced on someone, especially not children. Holidays weren't religion based, and she loved Halloween so much she even trick r treated, not just dragged along for kids. She believes in ghosts and guardian Angel's.
@@kaotic_fabel Hey, that's great! I was just about to call it a night when I saw your post, just now. Now I'll be going to sleep with a smile. Thanks for posting this! :)
I was definitely already an “outsider” in high school, and that movie made me feel empowered, and connected. It put a name to something that was foreign to me, but yet already knew.
Ah, I loved this! The nostalgia! I was a 90s teen. I remember seeing The Craft for the first time as an isolated awkward gothic teen and being completely blown away. Then I was in my local Waterstones one day and saw ‘Bucklands Complete Book of Witchcraft’....WHAT?! Could witchcraft be real?! I snatched it up, bought it and read it on the bus on the way home....With my backpack up behind it so no one would see. After that I was hooked. I went back and bought all the witchcraft books I could, ‘Wicca’ by Scott Cunningham, ‘To Ride a Silver Broomstick’ by Silver Ravenwolf....I devoured them in my room and made my first athame from a stolen kitchen knife😂! And I watched all the witchy TV shows I could. Charmed was too cheesy but I wanted to be Willow Rosenberg, Sally Owens, Sarah, Sabrina. When my mother found out she laughed at me and called it a phase. Spoiler alert-It wasn’t. I’m 37 now and have had so many wonderful witchy adventures, attended rituals at ancient sites, and danced with all night with a voodoo priestess at a witchcraft festival. My Craft has evolved so much since those days of whispered rituals in my childhood bedroom. It’s a wonderful, positive part of my life and I love seeing this new generation discover it. Thank you for the video. It really made me smile!
Honestly, I came here for witchcraft-based movie recommendations, but might I just say this video is wonderfully made I loved it. I love seeing the whole perspective of the 90s from a witch who was there herself. Thank you so much for sharing!
I was born in the early 90's. Movies such as The Craft, Practical Magic AND of course the series Charmed is really what got me interested in witchcraft & paganism. It opened up the door for me to a whole new world.
Definitely spent a lot of time watching Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer series multiple times, but the Craft is VERY responsible for my foray into formal witchcraft studies which began in 1998.
I was lucky to have a mom that got caught up in the late 90's craze. She was obsessed with Practical Magic, Charmed, Buffy, and probably a few things I'm forgetting. My mom adopting Wicca is what made finding Norse Paganism easier for me starting in the early 2000's. I live in the Denver metro area so we were lucky to have a variety of witchy shops in the area, and honestly even though I didn't read any of them seeing the Silver Ravenwolf books, especially to ride a silver broomstick brought me so many flashbacks of a simpler time. I've come a long way, but some part of me misses the freedom of just walking to Metamorphosis (our closest local shop) and browsing around for hours, talking to Connie the owner and just... not knowing what I was looking for, but constantly having this feeling of hope and joy and that good things were just around the corner. Thank you so much for that. Could you do the 00's soon? If so, thank you very much.
That's so awesome you had supportive mom who was also interested in Paganism. :) I definitely plan on covering the 2000s in a future episode of this series.
Ohhh the sneaking the witchcraft books - I well remember that haha once I went to the library to ask if they had anything on the topic and the lady kept my library card to talk to my parents 😅🤣 Luckily my parents didn't care
@@ScarletRavenswood hero-magazine.com/article/72027/occult-filmmaker-gary-parsons-on-why-60s-britain-was-obsessed-with-witchcraft/ 1960’s - 1970’s hippies, spiritualism, and increasing interest in the occult ☺️
the problem with the victorian age is sources are somewhat muddled. , it's with the spiritualist movement that you get the most activity and then after WW1 a huge boost
"The Craft" was and still is one of the greatest witch movies. Even in germany it inspired a lot of teenager and brand new witches. My friends and me build a small coven. The only witch left today is me. And I am 38 now. 😂
Damn, this has me all over it. I was born in 87, the craft was the first movie that made me really rethink what I knew about everything else. I always knew that I didn't belong to the christianity group but didn't even know where to begin. I have always felt a connection to things like that, but honestly didn't think it was "real" until recently! This past year has been eye opening for me and am learning so much. Blair witch used to be one of my favorite movies and I didn't really know why lol love your videos, they've truly taught me so much!
The 90s was also for me the time to explore paganism. In that time both, paganism and witchcraft were inseparably intertwined, but magick never convinced me as being real. Could you make a video about witchcraft during the Renaissance, which was also the time of the Inquisition?
I was a a goth girl in the 90s I was in my twenties and I loved Sabrina the teenage witch I still have that on box set and loved the movie The Craft I also liked the recent craft that was released and I did go to borders books and get silver Raven Wolf books thanks for posting this video!!
The Craft was THE movie to lead me to witchcraft :) The rise of the internet made it so easy to find witches, books and contents about witchcraft and to had contact to other witches.
Well as one of the grumpy old fats who grew up in the 80s, the 90s was indeed a calmer time. I got married in the 90s in a handfasting and belonged to a couple of groups. The wonderful Borders Books (RIP) was mu standard hangout in Houston though in Austin Bookpeople (still there) had a huge Occult section. I'd love to see a piece on the 80s though it was a scarier time. My mom was terrified that I played Dungeons an Dragons sure that it was Satanic.
I definitely remember the amazing occult book section at Borders Books (RIP). I would love to do a future episode in this series about the 80s. I was born in '88 so I don't remember the Satanic panic but it would be a really interesting topic to research.
Imagine being in NYC with access to the fabled "Magical Child" which was pretty much what you'd expect a decades old magical supply house on the edge of greenwich village to be.
Wonderful video! I did an essay for my university on the Craft and Magical Feminism! You can also talk about witch TV series like Charmed and Sabrina... Another interesting time period would be the Renaissance or the Medieval ages. Make it a series please! It's safe to say everyone enjoyed this topic! Blessed be 😊
I'm feeling very 90s now. I still have that Buckland book on my shelf. I know I've had some of the Cunningham books too. I was very lucky to live near Rochester UK that had two to three 'alternative' shops at any one time.
Hi Scarlett! What a fun trip down memory lane! If/ when you decide to cover the 60's, for the television/movie section I was wondering if you've seen Rosemary's Baby? Also, there's an episode of The Twilight Zone called 'Jess-Belle'. Thanks for always uploading good content. I watch every chance I get! Much love from Houston, Tx!
I read the Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea when I was eleven, in the mid ‘80s which spring-boarded my interest in the weird. I have a copy still, over 30 years later. Shapeshifting greyhounds I believe also featured in the tales of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England.
@@ScarletRavenswood it was the first novel I ever read. I have it ready for when my daughter is old enough for the story. It’s aimed at pre teens. It’s still a great read, though!
it depends where you go. in britain it wasn't illegal until 1603 with the rise of the house of Stuart, the scottish royal family that had been heavily influenced by the french. Prior to that Elizabeth I had her own court magican john dee who some thought was also a spy, but that is why so much of witchcraft and wicca has an english base, it was underground for a much less shorter period of time than the rest of europe. an interesting aside John Dee used a code number when he wrote to the queen.-007
The 90s was definitely when I got involved. The Craft, and Practical Magic are still two of my favorite movies and really resonated with me. I bought the Teen Witch book and the kit back in the day and the graduated to Scott Cunningham when I met some other pagans in town with some experience. Witchvox which is sadly now defunct was kind of the beginnings of pagan social media and was a huge inflence along with endless gaudy Geocities and Angelfire sites with flashing faery GIFs and questionable content. I remember a huge debate in the community was between the old guard who came from very formal coven based traditions with initiation and grades and the debate over whether solitaries and "self initiation" or dedication was valid. I see this as having kind of morphed into the current closed practices debate. It was an exciting time to get into the craft, hanging out in bookstores, hunting all over the early web for good information and reading articles on Witchvox and meeting people by their email lists. Alot of books back then like with Laurie Cabot also still very much accepted the work of Margaret Murray as gospel something that has been largely discredited since.
I would love a series of these vids! The 1960s might be an interesting decade to tackle. Also, let's be honest. Silver RavenWolf owes a LOT to her cover artist. lol Even now I'd want to buy those books books again just for the nostalgia.
A lot of my teen witchy life revolved around a young pagan listserve called Saplings. Still in touch with someone from that group. Oh, and Witchvox... which just finally shutdown last year.
I was 13 and already very into my craft when this movie came out... Felt validated in a way i couldnt explain but now understand 😊 this was way before Google and the revolution of information. Every bit i got from books, library, folclore i absorved and this movie was One of it 😊
thank you sooo much for pointing out Cabot's errors. She has some good parts and her mediation is first rate but wow. this should come with subtitles. Being named the 'official witch' by Dukakis who thought he was being enlightened actually caused a massive back lash as people, mostly wiccans asked him then to define the official Catholic and official Presbyterian of Boston. The big change in books in the 90's was the production values got a lot nicer as printing them went more main stream. Prior to that you had to make do with massive tomes or stuff that looked like it was run off a mimeograph machine. They were things you could put on a book case. For blair witch I kept yelling at the screen for the guys to follow the stream down hill as it had to lead somewhere. Darwinism would have gotten them if not the witch and buffy was the best. For upcoming I'm obtuse but would like to see the 1920's or 40's. The 60's should be truly memorable. the 50's are sort of a dead zone of Americans except for a few things like Bell Book and Candle.
Being an Australian Teen in the 90s we had all this place we had Feona Horn and a magazine called Witch Craft. I found books from the 70s and 80s on my mums book shelf and was always in the New Age section of the book store.
This was totally memory lane 😊 I remember buying books and hiding them too haha. Spending time with my cousins at witchy stores in santa cruz......WAY b4 crystal shops took over. Those movies will be my to go on a relaxing weekend 😌 Darn, there's a book I bought and it was so interesting. I have no clue on the title. It had a candle and I think a skull and book on cover haha. My parents ended up finding and tossed. I remember getting in trouble reading about witchcraft at the middle school library. Good times. The 90s were amazing. Very fortunate to have experienced it fully
Yes!! I came into the craft in the 90s! I connected with so many people in MSN Communities and Yahoo Groups. It was a time when everything was fresh and exciting and there were SO MANY of us learning this new thing at the same time.
So excited to see the first part of this series! I was a teenager in the 90s but I didn't really get into the witch trend. I actually became obsessed with paganism! This was spurred on by tv shows such as Hercules and Xena and Roar. I also got into some fantasy type books like Faerie Tale and Mists of Avalon. I devoured every book at my local library on paganism and the occult. I wasn';t interested in witchcraft then because I thought it was a fad with some of my friends becoming overnight witches after seeing The Craft lol
I absolutely loved this video and would be absolutely stoked if you made a series out of it! I don’t know why but the 60’s seem very interesting as people became more relaxed with social taboos
At that time I was reading A lot of Carlos Castaneda (90s reading, 60/70s written) and a lot of shamanism in general. A lot of new age books, such as the great Celestine Prophecy. And I played Dungeon and Dragons. I like heavy stuff, but I don't always mind fluff, it can (as you explained here) be useful...and fun.
The Craft, Charmed, Practical Magic(the book and movie) as well as Harry Potter all played hands in what got me interested in Witchcraft. Seeing those Silver Ravenwolf books brought back so many memories...a boy I crushed on in 6th/7th grade was also into the craft at the time and I borrowed one of her books from him and then bought the rest. I never hid it from my parents which did cause an uproar as I come from a strict Pentecostal religion. Now that I'm an adult of 31 I'm finding my way back into Witchcraft again.
9:20 I am very lucky that I was raised by a witch (my mother) in the 80s and 90s! When I first became interested in learning, she pointed me in the direction!
First of all, I love seeing another Norse pagan here! love your videos, and love hearing more about some topics I hadn't evem considered before, I was thinking if you're going with time periods and witches through time, maybe cover something like the roots of certain magic practitioners? I'd love to hear more in detail about practitioners like Völvas or even tales like Circe- just a suggestion! :)
I met and became friends with several witches during the late 90's after I saw Practical Magic and a metaphysical shop opened up in my town. I have always used crystals and stones but that was another level of learning because I took classes in tarot, oracle and rune reading. Also started reading Silver Ravenwolf. I'm Lakota but live away from where my family and tribe are. I would be interested in learning more about the Victorian era of spiritualism. I highly recommend Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic book series. I just finished the 3rd book in the series.
Hi Scarlett. Interesting video. I received my Key Tarot deck, it is absolutely fabulous! I love it! Were you the model for the empress strength and the hermit cards? The cards are so gorgeous and they feel so nice too! Some of my favorite cards are the lovers, three of cups, two of cups, three of Pentacles, four of Swords, ten of Wands and eight of Wands. Three of Swords is very intriguing ...the heart and everything in that is just very very cool! My favorite card is probably the Sun absolutely adorable! I think it will very quickly become one of my favorite decks.
I was in 8th grade when The Craft came out and it really shaped my interest in Witchcraft. And I had to dress like them, complete with dog collar! Fantastic soundtrack too...now I would say my speed is more Practical Magic ☺️
This video saved my a**. My sister had that book by Silver Ravenwolf, and I couldn't remember the name (or author) for the life of me, and my vague Google search led me to this video. THANK YOU so much. Seriously.
You mentioned movies, a tv series that I find to be extremely underrated is The Worst Witch(1998) which has Felicity Jones. The overall setting and vibe of that show is phenomenal and fun. I would definitely recommend to anyone who hasn't watched.
The movie Carrie got me into Esp then after that came witchcraft. Tarot was always a divination source as well as using a mirror. Urban legends like bloody Mary were always intriguing.. Beetlejuice, the covenant, were also movies that opened a door. The songs I put a spell on you and the season of the witch were also influential.. I would do the 80's, then 70's, then 60's.. The wizard of oz also was also a influence.The movie teen witch from the 80's was awesome.
I love the 1920s and would love a video on that, but this is the first time I've heard of the Satanic Panic and am interested to hear about that to understand the generation before me.
Wonderful video Scarlett - it was The Craft for me when I was 10 or 11 that started me on my path 😆 Now in my thirties and many revelations later I still adore it. I have a witchy tarot channel too that I started last year (cus I started my first channel 2 and 1/2 years ago and I wanted a space to talk about witchcraft and tarot and my original channel didn't allow for that really so was soooo happy to start my witchy channel) and I'm just loving being more vocal in the community! It's so much fun 😊 Thanks 🙏 so much for sharing 💓
For me the turning point was Brida - book by Paulo Coelho. It's based in Wiccan however the main character seek for meaning and espiritual life just speak to me until this day. I love this book and the connection it brings with modern life, our constant curiosity and how many different paths are there for us to find and to feel we belong.
Watching the OG sabrina the teenage witch definitely left its mark + good old Pokemon. Although it was more childish than anything else imaginable Pokemon still made an impression of adventuring outside, understanding how the elements work and partnering with beings that are more powerful than we are
As usual, I enjoy your videos Scarlet Ravenswood. My own journey through witchcraft began in this decade (the 90's) too! You covered the books, films and even mention the New Age/Wicca shops which were common at this time in Massachusetts and yes, the younger generation were drawn to its particular magic. (I was 40.) The MUSIC was an even bigger draw for me. "Pagan Pop/Witch Rock" became a new sub-genre in popular music with artists like Blackmore's Night, Loreena McKennitt, Damh the Bard and Omnia, among others. Today's pagan music mostly still comes from European and Celtic cultural influences, but you rarely hear this music on American radio. However, if you are lucky enough to live near a pagan book store, look for CD's and if not, UA-cam will feature a huge selection of pagan performance folk/rock music.
I immersed myself in any books I could get hold of back in the 90"s, and at that time, Sil er Ravenwoflf was putting out some good ones, To Ride a Silver Broomstick was the first, but also Scott Cunningham, Doreen Vlante and Raymond Buckland were big players in my self education. I've been practicing witchcraft and paganism since 1996.
Scott Cunningham's Wicca, a guide for the solitary practioner for me, for sure. I learnt an awful lot from that book and everything resonated to me, I still have the same copy I bought way back then. It's not pretentious, keeps it simple and Scott's love for Wicca drips off every page.
omg the craft and charmed started it for me, then i drifted away and was agnostic/atheist, then recently at 26ish i was morse spiritual believing in gaia and now im going further into spirituality
interesting topic, love this video! 🥰 I think i was kind of born into a spiritual „world“ because my mom was exploring all the different paths back then. But what shaped my personal path the most was definitely practical magic and charmed. greetings from austria ❤️
I'd be curious how much anti-pagan pressure is there in Austria? in the US the religious right can be a right pain and where scarlet lives now is called the 'bible belt' for a reason.
I discovered witchcraft in '93-'94 (graduated high school in '95). I didn't really keep up with it after high school, but have found a new interest in it the past 3 years or so. I've been reading everything, and starting to develop my personal practice. That old interest from high school never really went away - it just went underground for a while.
This was so much fun to watch and very informative too. I would love a series where you go further back in time. I was born in 1991 so the 90s covered most of my childhood. But I discovered popculture relatively late as I was always caugth up in my own head :D Witchcraft became a serious lifestyle and craft for me only recently (in my twenties) so this was a lot of new information and I think very important to understand.
I agree about the 90s, it was wind chimes and incense, so beautiful were those nights of mystic magic, the best years, so far, of my life, very special window of time. Glad it lead you to do these videos, it is a great topic.
sleepy hollow was my favorite! and charmed was a fun show:) the halliwell sisters were more like superheroes. ....ahh yes, i remember silver ravenwolf too!
My classmates and I used to play “Halloween Town” at recess even thought we went to a Christian elementary school. It was our “outsider girl” secret. The class was small so there were three groups, the boys (grand total of 5), the popular girls, and the fantasy girls. You can probably guess what group I was in. We played magic in many different filters. Lord of the Rings and Narnia magic was okay, but Halloween town play was very taboo. We would grab various plants in the fields and mix them together in a home made mud bowl. We were doing play magic at a Christian school that was held in a church. 🤯
I think you’d like Film Theory’s Blair Witch video...he explains how there is no witch and it was all just a murder plot. Also, creepypastas omg that takes me back XD
Yes thoses years are my roots especially charmed and practical magic which is still my favourite movie ever ♥️ thanks for this video Scarlet and I'd love a serie 😊
I find that most of the best 'witchy media' came out in the 90's. Yes, there's Charmed, Buffy, The Craft, and Practical Magic, but also the music of Loreena McKennitt was HUGE and things like Dragonheart, Highlander the Series, and other 'sword and sorcery' works. Pretty sure that book by Laurie Cabot was the first one I bought.There was even some "Hercules and Xena" vibes still going. By the time the 2000's rolled around, we got stuff like Legend of Earthsea, Legend of the Seeker, Mists of Avalon, Avatar: the Last Airbender, and of course the big franchises of Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Harry Potter, and even Pirates of the Caribbean. Many of those were less about "hey look magic is real and can be a good thing" and more about "ok so magic is a thing, what could that really mean on a worldwide scale?". I still watch the Craft and Practical Magic as almost traditions every October, but many of the others are collecting virtual dust in my movies folder.
How would you define witchcraft in the 90s? Share below in the comments! 😆
Its gothy teen phase, and in a good way mind you. The eighties were almost like the dark ages, with all those satanic panic freaks and bored housewives who wanted something to fear for the sake of fear. The 90's meanwhile, screw that noise, were going to be who we are. Honestly I wished that reconstructionist Paganism had the same approach.
See as how I wasn’t even born until 01, 🤗 seems edgy, progressive, and hippy,, in the best way tho, the 90s witchcraft movement is what I personally feel connected rather than the turn of the millennia. I hope you do the 80s next, if love someone I follow to tackle the « satanic panic » era, since I wasn’t even a thought yet, I have no idea what it was like
I remember the excitement of finding different angelfire and geocities websites for witchcraft. Animated gifs! Online, there was Witchvox, to get pagan news and thinkpieces. And Barnes and Noble had “To Ride A Silver Broomstick”right on the shelf for all to see.
Idk but Sleepy Hollow is a great series. Too baf it got cut off short. Perhaps those masons felt too exposed? I had a shrine to Janes Addiction the band in the early 90's before moving to Seattle. Wow, talk about some serious witches in Washington.
@@dylantennant6594 right. Meanwhile Regan was celebrating the cremation of care ceremony at The Bohemian Grove. A place known for it's ritual affairs.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Charmed, and The Craft are responsible for my journey in witchcraft. I even have a black kitten now named Salem. This past decade would be good to look at. With the Charmed remake, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Secret Circle, The Order, and the English translated shows from others countries on Netflix involving witches, there’s just so much to look at. Not to mention all the new social media platforms, like Instagram and TikTok (witch tok), there’s lots of new and easy ways for witches, and those just starting with the craft, to be able to communicate with each other that we didn’t have in the 90s and early 2000s.
Yes! Discussing the 2000s and 2010s would be really interesting. There's so many new avenues to discover witchcraft now then in previous decades. We're definitely living in a really interesting time in terms of the growth of the witchcraft movement. :)
I feel like when The Craft came out it influenced a whole generation of young witches. I remember after watching, my mom taking me and my best friend to Barnes and Noble to buy us witchcraft books, I also had my first cappuccino that day. I still have most of the books, minus a Silver Ravenwoolf one my pet rat had a particular liking too. We read them everywhere and when we wanted to do a few spells, she even took us shopping for supplies. I was a preteen, so nothing serious was done at the time, a self love spell, some protection spells, ect. I was lucky to have suck a supportive parent.
Wow, you've got the coolest mom ever!
@@GreenLantern1916 awww, thank you. She is pretty awesome. Always believed in having your own choice and personality. Go through life in stages and dont grow up too fast. I wasnt raised with abrahamic religion. she always taught me religion is each persons choice and shouldn't be forced on someone, especially not children. Holidays weren't religion based, and she loved Halloween so much she even trick r treated, not just dragged along for kids. She believes in ghosts and guardian Angel's.
@@kaotic_fabel Hey, that's great! I was just about to call it a night when I saw your post, just now. Now I'll be going to sleep with a smile. Thanks for posting this! :)
The Craft was definitely to blame for my initial interest. It brought out what I already knew about myself, without knowing.....
I totally feel the same. The Craft was a big factor on how I first became interested in witchcraft.
I was definitely already an “outsider” in high school, and that movie made me feel empowered, and connected. It put a name to something that was foreign to me, but yet already knew.
Ah, I loved this! The nostalgia! I was a 90s teen. I remember seeing The Craft for the first time as an isolated awkward gothic teen and being completely blown away. Then I was in my local Waterstones one day and saw ‘Bucklands Complete Book of Witchcraft’....WHAT?!
Could witchcraft be real?! I snatched it up, bought it and read it on the bus on the way home....With my backpack up behind it so no one would see. After that I was hooked. I went back and bought all the witchcraft books I could, ‘Wicca’ by Scott Cunningham, ‘To Ride a Silver Broomstick’ by Silver Ravenwolf....I devoured them in my room and made my first athame from a stolen kitchen knife😂! And I watched all the witchy TV shows I could. Charmed was too cheesy but I wanted to be Willow Rosenberg, Sally Owens, Sarah, Sabrina. When my mother found out she laughed at me and called it a phase. Spoiler alert-It wasn’t.
I’m 37 now and have had so many wonderful witchy adventures, attended rituals at ancient sites, and danced with all night with a voodoo priestess at a witchcraft festival. My Craft has evolved so much since those days of whispered rituals in my childhood bedroom. It’s a wonderful, positive part of my life and I love seeing this new generation discover it. Thank you for the video. It really made me smile!
Honestly, I came here for witchcraft-based movie recommendations, but might I just say this video is wonderfully made I loved it. I love seeing the whole perspective of the 90s from a witch who was there herself. Thank you so much for sharing!
Love this. Just go backwards in time from here
Sounds like a good plan ;)
The mid to late 1800s spiritual movement would be interesting.
Agreed
I was born in the early 90's. Movies such as The Craft, Practical Magic AND of course the series Charmed is really what got me interested in witchcraft & paganism. It opened up the door for me to a whole new world.
My mother was a fan of Charmed. I myself saw the series while it was on netflix. Damn that show was great.
Definitely spent a lot of time watching Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer series multiple times, but the Craft is VERY responsible for my foray into formal witchcraft studies which began in 1998.
I was lucky to have a mom that got caught up in the late 90's craze. She was obsessed with Practical Magic, Charmed, Buffy, and probably a few things I'm forgetting. My mom adopting Wicca is what made finding Norse Paganism easier for me starting in the early 2000's. I live in the Denver metro area so we were lucky to have a variety of witchy shops in the area, and honestly even though I didn't read any of them seeing the Silver Ravenwolf books, especially to ride a silver broomstick brought me so many flashbacks of a simpler time. I've come a long way, but some part of me misses the freedom of just walking to Metamorphosis (our closest local shop) and browsing around for hours, talking to Connie the owner and just... not knowing what I was looking for, but constantly having this feeling of hope and joy and that good things were just around the corner. Thank you so much for that. Could you do the 00's soon? If so, thank you very much.
That's so awesome you had supportive mom who was also interested in Paganism. :) I definitely plan on covering the 2000s in a future episode of this series.
Ohhh the sneaking the witchcraft books - I well remember that haha once I went to the library to ask if they had anything on the topic and the lady kept my library card to talk to my parents 😅🤣 Luckily my parents didn't care
OMG I hate this so much for you. The librarian job is not there to censor you. Glad your parents were cool.
SERIES! SERIES! SERIES!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! I would love to do a series - which decade should I cover next?
@@ScarletRavenswood hero-magazine.com/article/72027/occult-filmmaker-gary-parsons-on-why-60s-britain-was-obsessed-with-witchcraft/ 1960’s - 1970’s hippies, spiritualism, and increasing interest in the occult ☺️
Would be interested in the Victorian and/or Edwardian age. Of course not only in connection to the UK.
And also witchcraft in Ancient Rome.
the problem with the victorian age is sources are somewhat muddled. , it's with the spiritualist movement that you get the most activity and then after WW1 a huge boost
"The Craft" was and still is one of the greatest witch movies. Even in germany it inspired a lot of teenager and brand new witches. My friends and me build a small coven. The only witch left today is me. And I am 38 now. 😂
This video gives me nostalgia for before I was born, I'm OBSESSED.
Damn, this has me all over it. I was born in 87, the craft was the first movie that made me really rethink what I knew about everything else. I always knew that I didn't belong to the christianity group but didn't even know where to begin. I have always felt a connection to things like that, but honestly didn't think it was "real" until recently! This past year has been eye opening for me and am learning so much. Blair witch used to be one of my favorite movies and I didn't really know why lol love your videos, they've truly taught me so much!
The 90s was also for me the time to explore paganism. In that time both, paganism and witchcraft were inseparably intertwined, but magick never convinced me as being real.
Could you make a video about witchcraft during the Renaissance, which was also the time of the Inquisition?
That's a great idea - I would love to research witchcraft during the Renaissance :)
About "The Craft" Fairuza Bulk the acttress who played Nancy Downs she also was a practicing wiccan
That's awesome! I didn't know that :)
Rachel True's a witch as well. She's got a book on Tarot out
@@ScarletRavenswood Not sure if she is still involved but she even bought the oldest witchy shop in the continental US at one point too.
And mysterious/ witchy things happened on set during filming.
@@queenflesh not surprised, that movie had power.
I was a a goth girl in the 90s I was in my twenties and I loved Sabrina the teenage witch I still have that on box set and loved the movie The Craft I also liked the recent craft that was released and I did go to borders books and get silver Raven Wolf books thanks for posting this video!!
The Craft was THE movie to lead me to witchcraft :) The rise of the internet made it so easy to find witches, books and contents about witchcraft and to had contact to other witches.
Looove practical magic and looooooooove Charmed. For me I think it was what made me interested in witchcraft
Practical Magic and Charmed are definitely a big part of how I first became interested in witchcraft :)
Well as one of the grumpy old fats who grew up in the 80s, the 90s was indeed a calmer time. I got married in the 90s in a handfasting and belonged to a couple of groups. The wonderful Borders Books (RIP) was mu standard hangout in Houston though in Austin Bookpeople (still there) had a huge Occult section. I'd love to see a piece on the 80s though it was a scarier time. My mom was terrified that I played Dungeons an Dragons sure that it was Satanic.
I definitely remember the amazing occult book section at Borders Books (RIP). I would love to do a future episode in this series about the 80s. I was born in '88 so I don't remember the Satanic panic but it would be a really interesting topic to research.
Imagine being in NYC with access to the fabled "Magical Child" which was pretty much what you'd expect a decades old magical supply house on the edge of greenwich village to be.
Absolutely love this video! Please please dive into the 80s or 70s next!
Sure! I definitely plan on doing an 80s and a 70s episode in this series :)
Wonderful video! I did an essay for my university on the Craft and Magical Feminism! You can also talk about witch TV series like Charmed and Sabrina... Another interesting time period would be the Renaissance or the Medieval ages. Make it a series please! It's safe to say everyone enjoyed this topic! Blessed be 😊
I'm feeling very 90s now. I still have that Buckland book on my shelf. I know I've had some of the Cunningham books too. I was very lucky to live near Rochester UK that had two to three 'alternative' shops at any one time.
As a teen of the 90s, this was a fun walk down Memory Lane. :-) Thanks a bunch , Scarlett!
Hi Scarlett! What a fun trip down memory lane! If/ when you decide to cover the 60's, for the television/movie section I was wondering if you've seen Rosemary's Baby? Also, there's an episode of The Twilight Zone called 'Jess-Belle'. Thanks for always uploading good content. I watch every chance I get! Much love from Houston, Tx!
This video made me smile the whole time and want to go watch all my favorite movies!!!
I wouldn’t mind a 90s part II video also!
I read the Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea when I was eleven, in the mid ‘80s which spring-boarded my interest in the weird. I have a copy still, over 30 years later. Shapeshifting greyhounds I believe also featured in the tales of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England.
I heaven't heard of that book, I'll have to check it out :)
The Hounds of the Morrigan was a good book; it was one of the first books involving the Celtic mythos.
@@ScarletRavenswood it was the first novel I ever read. I have it ready for when my daughter is old enough for the story. It’s aimed at pre teens. It’s still a great read, though!
@@joeysonofander7479 I loved that book so much.
I think going back to when witchcraft was first outlawed would be really interesting to see. Your ideas for videos are great!
it depends where you go. in britain it wasn't illegal until 1603 with the rise of the house of Stuart, the scottish royal family that had been heavily influenced by the french. Prior to that Elizabeth I had her own court magican john dee who some thought was also a spy, but that is why so much of witchcraft and wicca has an english base, it was underground for a much less shorter period of time than the rest of europe.
an interesting aside John Dee used a code number when he wrote to the queen.-007
The 90s was definitely when I got involved. The Craft, and Practical Magic are still two of my favorite movies and really resonated with me. I bought the Teen Witch book and the kit back in the day and the graduated to Scott Cunningham when I met some other pagans in town with some experience. Witchvox which is sadly now defunct was kind of the beginnings of pagan social media and was a huge inflence along with endless gaudy Geocities and Angelfire sites with flashing faery GIFs and questionable content. I remember a huge debate in the community was between the old guard who came from very formal coven based traditions with initiation and grades and the debate over whether solitaries and "self initiation" or dedication was valid. I see this as having kind of morphed into the current closed practices debate. It was an exciting time to get into the craft, hanging out in bookstores, hunting all over the early web for good information and reading articles on Witchvox and meeting people by their email lists. Alot of books back then like with Laurie Cabot also still very much accepted the work of Margaret Murray as gospel something that has been largely discredited since.
I would love a series of these vids! The 1960s might be an interesting decade to tackle. Also, let's be honest. Silver RavenWolf owes a LOT to her cover artist. lol Even now I'd want to buy those books books again just for the nostalgia.
Dam ur beautiful ❤️😘❤️ Dez wow and wow
ugh the Nostalgia
A lot of my teen witchy life revolved around a young pagan listserve called Saplings. Still in touch with someone from that group. Oh, and Witchvox... which just finally shutdown last year.
I was 13 and already very into my craft when this movie came out... Felt validated in a way i couldnt explain but now understand 😊 this was way before Google and the revolution of information. Every bit i got from books, library, folclore i absorved and this movie was One of it 😊
thank you sooo much for pointing out Cabot's errors. She has some good parts and her mediation is first rate but wow. this should come with subtitles. Being named the 'official witch' by Dukakis who thought he was being enlightened actually caused a massive back lash as people, mostly wiccans asked him then to define the official Catholic and official Presbyterian of Boston.
The big change in books in the 90's was the production values got a lot nicer as printing them went more main stream. Prior to that you had to make do with massive tomes or stuff that looked like it was run off a mimeograph machine. They were things you could put on a book case.
For blair witch I kept yelling at the screen for the guys to follow the stream down hill as it had to lead somewhere. Darwinism would have gotten them if not the witch and buffy was the best.
For upcoming I'm obtuse but would like to see the 1920's or 40's. The 60's should be truly memorable. the 50's are sort of a dead zone of Americans except for a few things like Bell Book and Candle.
Being an Australian Teen in the 90s we had all this place we had Feona Horn and a magazine called Witch Craft. I found books from the 70s and 80s on my mums book shelf and was always in the New Age section of the book store.
This was totally memory lane 😊
I remember buying books and hiding them too haha. Spending time with my cousins at witchy stores in santa cruz......WAY b4 crystal shops took over.
Those movies will be my to go on a relaxing weekend 😌
Darn, there's a book I bought and it was so interesting. I have no clue on the title. It had a candle and I think a skull and book on cover haha. My parents ended up finding and tossed.
I remember getting in trouble reading about witchcraft at the middle school library.
Good times. The 90s were amazing. Very fortunate to have experienced it fully
Yes!! I came into the craft in the 90s! I connected with so many people in MSN Communities and Yahoo Groups. It was a time when everything was fresh and exciting and there were SO MANY of us learning this new thing at the same time.
So excited to see the first part of this series! I was a teenager in the 90s but I didn't really get into the witch trend. I actually became obsessed with paganism! This was spurred on by tv shows such as Hercules and Xena and Roar. I also got into some fantasy type books like Faerie Tale and Mists of Avalon. I devoured every book at my local library on paganism and the occult. I wasn';t interested in witchcraft then because I thought it was a fad with some of my friends becoming overnight witches after seeing The Craft lol
I absolutely loved this video and would be absolutely stoked if you made a series out of it! I don’t know why but the 60’s seem very interesting as people became more relaxed with social taboos
Glad you liked the video! The 60s would be super fun to cover for a future episode in this series. :)
At that time I was reading A lot of Carlos Castaneda (90s reading, 60/70s written) and a lot of shamanism in general.
A lot of new age books, such as the great Celestine Prophecy.
And I played Dungeon and Dragons.
I like heavy stuff, but I don't always mind fluff, it can (as you explained here) be useful...and fun.
I've just recently started playing Dungeons & Dragons, it's been pretty fun so far :)
@@ScarletRavenswood great! 💚🐉
The spookiest thing that ever happened to me in the 90's was being born...
I was born in the 80s so I guess the 80s were the spookiest decade for me 😉
xD
@@ScarletRavenswood 80s?...you look 25
@@bronsonz-1500 I'm 32 ;)
@@ScarletRavenswood Well you're beautiful, beauty looks youthful.
The Craft, Charmed, Practical Magic(the book and movie) as well as Harry Potter all played hands in what got me interested in Witchcraft. Seeing those Silver Ravenwolf books brought back so many memories...a boy I crushed on in 6th/7th grade was also into the craft at the time and I borrowed one of her books from him and then bought the rest. I never hid it from my parents which did cause an uproar as I come from a strict Pentecostal religion. Now that I'm an adult of 31 I'm finding my way back into Witchcraft again.
9:20 I am very lucky that I was raised by a witch (my mother) in the 80s and 90s! When I first became interested in learning, she pointed me in the direction!
My mind is trying to wrap itself around your color-coded books! xD Very pleasing to look at!
First of all, I love seeing another Norse pagan here! love your videos, and love hearing more about some topics I hadn't evem considered before, I was thinking if you're going with time periods and witches through time, maybe cover something like the roots of certain magic practitioners? I'd love to hear more in detail about practitioners like Völvas or even tales like Circe- just a suggestion! :)
I met and became friends with several witches during the late 90's after I saw Practical Magic and a metaphysical shop opened up in my town. I have always used crystals and stones but that was another level of learning because I took classes in tarot, oracle and rune reading. Also started reading Silver Ravenwolf. I'm Lakota but live away from where my family and tribe are. I would be interested in learning more about the Victorian era of spiritualism. I highly recommend Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic book series. I just finished the 3rd book in the series.
This IS my childhood/teens ! Oh the nostalgia ... We are the weirdos ♥️
Hi Scarlett. Interesting video.
I received my Key Tarot deck, it is absolutely fabulous! I love it! Were you the model for the empress strength and the hermit cards? The cards are so gorgeous and they feel so nice too! Some of my favorite cards are the lovers, three of cups, two of cups, three of Pentacles, four of Swords, ten of Wands and eight of Wands. Three of Swords is very intriguing ...the heart and everything in that is just very very cool! My favorite card is probably the Sun absolutely adorable! I think it will very quickly become one of my favorite decks.
I'm so glad you love the deck! I modeled for Empress & Hermit, though it's not me in the Strength card. :)
I was in 8th grade when The Craft came out and it really shaped my interest in Witchcraft. And I had to dress like them, complete with dog collar! Fantastic soundtrack too...now I would say my speed is more Practical Magic ☺️
This video saved my a**. My sister had that book by Silver Ravenwolf, and I couldn't remember the name (or author) for the life of me, and my vague Google search led me to this video. THANK YOU so much. Seriously.
You mentioned movies, a tv series that I find to be extremely underrated is The Worst Witch(1998) which has Felicity Jones. The overall setting and vibe of that show is phenomenal and fun. I would definitely recommend to anyone who hasn't watched.
The majority of my early 90s learning happened over IRC. I'd just hang out in witchcraft-related rooms and pay attention.
The movie Carrie got me into Esp then after that came witchcraft. Tarot was always a divination source as well as using a mirror. Urban legends like bloody Mary were always intriguing.. Beetlejuice, the covenant, were also movies that opened a door. The songs I put a spell on you and the season of the witch were also influential.. I would do the 80's, then 70's, then 60's.. The wizard of oz also was also a influence.The movie teen witch from the 80's was awesome.
For me is was the movie Practical Magic and any book by Scott Cunningham
Fun throwback video! So much fun to reminisce! Laurie Cabot's 'Power Of The Witch' was released in October 1989, though, not 1990.
I love the 1920s and would love a video on that, but this is the first time I've heard of the Satanic Panic and am interested to hear about that to understand the generation before me.
Love all the thought and analysis you put in this video! Please make more like this!
Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it :)
Wonderful video Scarlett - it was The Craft for me when I was 10 or 11 that started me on my path 😆 Now in my thirties and many revelations later I still adore it. I have a witchy tarot channel too that I started last year (cus I started my first channel 2 and 1/2 years ago and I wanted a space to talk about witchcraft and tarot and my original channel didn't allow for that really so was soooo happy to start my witchy channel) and I'm just loving being more vocal in the community! It's so much fun 😊 Thanks 🙏 so much for sharing 💓
The 90s were the best for movies and tv and really got so many of us looking for more information about real witches xx
For me the turning point was Brida - book by Paulo Coelho. It's based in Wiccan however the main character seek for meaning and espiritual life just speak to me until this day. I love this book and the connection it brings with modern life, our constant curiosity and how many different paths are there for us to find and to feel we belong.
I'm a 19 year old witch. I also smuggled witchcraft books into my purse as a 11-17 year old. Some things never change ♡
The 1980's please!
Watching the OG sabrina the teenage witch definitely left its mark + good old Pokemon. Although it was more childish than anything else imaginable Pokemon still made an impression of adventuring outside, understanding how the elements work and partnering with beings that are more powerful than we are
As usual, I enjoy your videos Scarlet Ravenswood. My own journey through witchcraft began in this decade (the 90's) too! You covered the books, films and even mention the New Age/Wicca shops which were common at this time in Massachusetts and yes, the younger generation were drawn to its particular magic. (I was 40.) The MUSIC was an even bigger draw for me. "Pagan Pop/Witch Rock" became a new sub-genre in popular music with artists like Blackmore's Night, Loreena McKennitt, Damh the Bard and Omnia, among others. Today's pagan music mostly still comes from European and Celtic cultural influences, but you rarely hear this music on American radio. However, if you are lucky enough to live near a pagan book store, look for CD's and if not, UA-cam will feature a huge selection of pagan performance folk/rock music.
👏❣Another amazing video. My channel is on the struggle bus currently🤣 so seeing your awesome energy and inspiration helps massively. ❣
Keep it going and I'm sure your channel will start to pick up. 😊
My favourite was Double Double Toil and Trouble with the Olsen twins!!
Please do all the decades of the last 100 years! ☺️ Victorian- 70’s ✨
I knew you was going to play those clips like Sabrina The Teenage Witch. I know you all love it, don't lie lol etc 😄
I immersed myself in any books I could get hold of back in the 90"s, and at that time, Sil er Ravenwoflf was putting out some good ones, To Ride a Silver Broomstick was the first, but also Scott Cunningham, Doreen Vlante and Raymond Buckland were big players in my self education. I've been practicing witchcraft and paganism since 1996.
Scott Cunningham's Wicca, a guide for the solitary practioner for me, for sure. I learnt an awful lot from that book and everything resonated to me, I still have the same copy I bought way back then. It's not pretentious, keeps it simple and Scott's love for Wicca drips off every page.
Yes! That book was so influential :)
omg the craft and charmed started it for me, then i drifted away and was agnostic/atheist, then recently at 26ish i was morse spiritual believing in gaia and now im going further into spirituality
interesting topic, love this video! 🥰
I think i was kind of born into a spiritual „world“ because my mom was exploring all the different paths back then. But what shaped my personal path the most was definitely practical magic and charmed.
greetings from austria ❤️
I'd be curious how much anti-pagan pressure is there in Austria? in the US the religious right can be a right pain and where scarlet lives now is called the 'bible belt' for a reason.
I discovered witchcraft in '93-'94 (graduated high school in '95). I didn't really keep up with it after high school, but have found a new interest in it the past 3 years or so. I've been reading everything, and starting to develop my personal practice. That old interest from high school never really went away - it just went underground for a while.
like an old book or toy left on a shelf, waiting patiently for you to come back to it
OMG , I saw a new video and I got excited.
The other night on the Scorpio Full moon I accidentally put on "goth" pajamas, then decided to watch the Craft and it was so good
Yes this would be great as a series and also maybe even in a longer format if possible.
This was so much fun to watch and very informative too. I would love a series where you go further back in time. I was born in 1991 so the 90s covered most of my childhood. But I discovered popculture relatively late as I was always caugth up in my own head :D Witchcraft became a serious lifestyle and craft for me only recently (in my twenties) so this was a lot of new information and I think very important to understand.
this was v interesting and i’m looking forward to more videos in this series (if you decide to make them)
omgosh i had to first 2 of silver ravenwolf, the broomstick and cauldrom from the library, i always checked them out
I loved Sabrina, Charmed was great at the time. I feel so lucky to have grown up in the 90's
I agree about the 90s, it was wind chimes and incense, so beautiful were those nights of mystic magic, the best years, so far, of my life, very special window of time.
Glad it lead you to do these videos, it is a great topic.
So glad you enjoyed the video :)
@@ScarletRavenswood very much
sleepy hollow was my favorite!
and charmed was a fun show:) the halliwell sisters were more like superheroes.
....ahh yes, i remember silver ravenwolf too!
The first places I heard the word "Wicca" in was Halloweentown and Scooby Doo and the Witches Ghost. You have to start somewhere! lol
I did like this video a lot. Im a huge fan of the 70s thats the decade I was born into. The 80s is one I like to see u do as well
This video was so fun! Please make this a series. :) Any decade or century would be interesting for me!
My classmates and I used to play “Halloween Town” at recess even thought we went to a Christian elementary school. It was our “outsider girl” secret. The class was small so there were three groups, the boys (grand total of 5), the popular girls, and the fantasy girls. You can probably guess what group I was in. We played magic in many different filters. Lord of the Rings and Narnia magic was okay, but Halloween town play was very taboo. We would grab various plants in the fields and mix them together in a home made mud bowl. We were doing play magic at a Christian school that was held in a church. 🤯
I think you’d like Film Theory’s Blair Witch video...he explains how there is no witch and it was all just a murder plot. Also, creepypastas omg that takes me back XD
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a massive influence to me.
Yes thoses years are my roots especially charmed and practical magic which is still my favourite movie ever ♥️ thanks for this video Scarlet and I'd love a serie 😊
Love this! I feel like a comment I left a while ago helped inspire this video! :D
Craft was great!! Where to start praising it? Loved the philosophy of it. The art direction. Characters, snakes, so on...! Wonderful movie.
Yes! 😄
I find that most of the best 'witchy media' came out in the 90's. Yes, there's Charmed, Buffy, The Craft, and Practical Magic, but also the music of Loreena McKennitt was HUGE and things like Dragonheart, Highlander the Series, and other 'sword and sorcery' works. Pretty sure that book by Laurie Cabot was the first one I bought.There was even some "Hercules and Xena" vibes still going. By the time the 2000's rolled around, we got stuff like Legend of Earthsea, Legend of the Seeker, Mists of Avalon, Avatar: the Last Airbender, and of course the big franchises of Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Harry Potter, and even Pirates of the Caribbean. Many of those were less about "hey look magic is real and can be a good thing" and more about "ok so magic is a thing, what could that really mean on a worldwide scale?". I still watch the Craft and Practical Magic as almost traditions every October, but many of the others are collecting virtual dust in my movies folder.
Enjoyed the video! I would love to see one on the 2000s/early 2010s
I love buffy the vampire slayer willow was such good representation
Charmed charmed charmed was soooooo awesome. Practice magic. ( put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up and say DOCTER )
Charmed was about a trio of sisters who were witches