(Steve Kuchera / main form of divination is tarot, a card deck that acts as “a pictorial language,” she said. During her senior seminar, she realized she was seeking more from her studies, and that’s when she found paganism.Ĭarolyn Kerns turns up a tarot card while doing a for Paige Wright. Studying world religions at Macalester College, she said there were places where academia ran into the mysteries of the universe, where research had to rely on the experiences of others. She recalled feeling like professing her faith in that way was “untrue to her heart.” After that, her interest in faith was academic. Kerns grew up in Duluth and first started to question her religion when she was baptized before confirmation at a local church.
As Kerns explained it, we have engineers who imagine a car, it comes out of the brain and onto a piece of paper, and then it comes into the world. And "magic" is the idea that humans have the capacity to manifest and shift things, a concept that can be taken tangibly. A "potion" is a magical tool made from plants, such as a salve or tea. A "witch" is a healer who works with nature, plants and cycles of the universe. About 11 years ago, Kerns started identifying as a witch, which includes a comprehensive belief system.
Kerns is a Duluth witch and priestess, and the owner of Northwoods Witch, where she offers tarot readings, spiritual direction and potions.
There’s a tradition behind storing things that "are magical to contain and protect them,” she said.
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