SeaSon of the “WHICH”
It is October 2024 and I am totally out of the broom closet. I have been openly naming myself a Black witch doctor for a good three years. Since the middle of Covid, I believe. Since a pandemic overtook this country that was worse than the Spanish flu back in 1918. it is October and the season of the witch. I spell that now WHICH. Because, which of my many personas serves you best now?
My family practice experience with cradle to grave medicine in a conventional medical model?
My PhD in life experience? That is probably the most interesting; my background in cultural anthropology mixes with my growing awareness of intergenerational trauma, and legacy patterns.
And of course, the Reverend Doctor “O” making meaning out of our lives at this moment in time. Are we witnessing the sixth great extinction? Any rational person would say yes. Which is why I am moving into a more mystical relationship to my universe.
I realize that I lose people, when I use the word “witch”. I am particularly sensitive to that problem with a Black Christian audience. Reclaiming “witch” and reclaiming “Black Witch” and reclaiming “Witch Doctor” and reclaiming “Black Witch Doctor” has helped me to reclaim my authentic voice.
And now I can release that word when in the presence of folks who still fear it. I move forward and add a little spice from the “Women In Tune with Conscious Healing” Community; predominantly black women sourcing from Christian roots and I will release that objective objectionable word. For the sake of ongoing communication with the Black internist from Ghana who flinched when I used it.
I'll conclude as “”OPEYEMI–eternally grateful” as is the translation of my Yoruba language name.
“O” for short, especially for those people who panic over the ethnicity and the for syllables.
And I'll add Dr. “O” for my friends. For my colleagues. For my clients.
The apocalypse is upon us. Here we go.
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