The Vulgar Witch also rejects the false binary of "sacred sexuality." She is not performing a tantric ritual in silk sheets. She is having messy, loud, sometimes awkward sex, and she will use the resulting fluids in a love spell (or a revenge hex, depending on the morning after). The vulgar witch knows that the body is not a temple; it is a workshop. And workshops get dirty.
Naturally, The Vulgar Witch has her detractors. Some say she is "unspiritual." Others claim she gives witchcraft a bad name. Wiccan traditionalists may clutch their pearls at the lack of ritual purity. The Vulgar Witch
: Examining how historical women used "witchcraft" or were accused of it as a form of social resistance. The Vulgar Witch also rejects the false binary
The term "hedge witch" is deeply tied to the vulgar. The hedge is the boundary—between the village and the wild, the living and the dead, the clean and the rotten. The vulgar witch rides the hedge. She brings the filth of the graveyard into the kitchen, and the smoke of the hearth into the spirit world. And workshops get dirty
This is profoundly liberating for practitioners with chronic illness, disabilities, or body dysmorphia. You do not need a perfect, fit, "witchy" body to practice. You need only a body. Spit still works. Sweat still works. Tears are the most powerful amplifier in existence.
Forget rose water. The vulgar witch cleanses her space with "wash water"—the leftover water from scrubbing the floors, mixed with ammonia, a rusty nail, and three drops of her own urine.