South Asian Etsy Witches Would Like a Word
They spoke to us about their wildest spells, stories, and secrets — and why they’re convinced magic is real.
When Divya Darshani was 8 years old, she felt her “third eye open.” Her father had just passed away, and when she was looking at his coffin, she felt someone touch her shoulder. When she turned around, nobody was there. “The only thing I could attribute that moment to would be that my dad was trying to console me and calm me down,” she told The Juggernaut. “There were similar signs like that, feeling like I got touched, I got kissed on the cheek.”
She knew she had to do something. “I had to find a way to communicate with him,” she said. That began a years-long journey of Darshani learning how to read tarot, cast spells, and eventually establish her own practice. Now, she’s an online witch, and her craft is her only source of income. She’s never been happier.
Even though Etsy banned witches in 2015 (what is this, Salem?), the community has continued to thrive online. People rush to Instagram and TikTok witches to secure good weather on their wedding day, attract their crush, and remove enemies from their path. This Halloween season, The Juggernaut spoke to South Asian witches about their wildest stories — and how they’re pulling from age-old traditions.