Oct 7, 2019
Gede Parma (Fio Aengus) is a Balinese-Australian witch, international teacher, magical mentor, author, and initiate. Gede (they/them pronouns) cherishes the initiatory mysteries of four powerful witchcraft traditions, and is a co-founder of the Coven of the Wildwood and midwife and initiate of the Wildwood Tradition. They are also an active initiate of Reclaiming and Anderson Feri. Gede has authored or coauthored five books.
Gede/Fio's work links animism to heresy to sorcery to poetry to spirit-work to sex to faerie faith to folklore. Most of their time is spent reading Tarot, working magic, teaching and celebrating the Craft, mentoring witches and spirit-workers, singing and drumming, and laughing with friends.
They currently reside in the lands of the Jagera and Turrbal Peoples, in so-called Brisbane, Australia.
Episode Highlights
- Gede talks about their first
spirituality came from being born into Balinese Hinduism which
includes mysticism and Tantra. They started exploring witchcraft on
their own in childhood.
- They share their ideas about
what it means to be born a witch and to practice
magic.
- We muse over the intersection of
queer people coming out and discovering their own personal
spirituality.
- Gede shares about their first
experiences of racism and cultural appropriation within their
multicultural experience growing up as a child in both Australia
and Bali; and within pagan community.
- We discuss the practice of white
on white calling out of cultural appropriation
- Gede talks about Intention vs.
impact, and the relationship of money and spiritual
appropriation.
- They talk about their engagement and influence from the Reclaiming tradition, and its embracing of multi-gendered identities in its community.
Web links
- Find more at
GedeParma.com
- Instagram, Facebook & YouTube
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