DIGITAL FOLKLORE AND CYBER WITCHCRAFT

The re-enchantment of technology confirms that technology is not inherently opposed to spirituality and that it is, to a certain extent, inevitable—while we may limit screen time or vow never to be iPad parents, the rage of digitalism is everywhere, and the values and aesthetics of the cyber world consolidate them, challenging existing orders in our physical and liminal worlds. In the magical world of cyber witches and folklorists, we find an intriguing compromise: if technology or God cannot be destroyed, they must be integrated, becoming part of contemporary fixation, folklore, tradition, and practice. 

– Isabella Greenwood

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