600 Witches Used Facebook To Hex The Stanford University Rapist
This is a better use of witchcraft than any ever employed on AHS Coven.
The internet erupted in rage and confusion after Stanford University student Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in county jail after sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. The victim, who has chosen to remain anonymous, detailed the horrific event — how she was left bruised and covered in pine needles behind a dumpster — in the letter she read to him at the trial. According to the Daily Dot, his sentence has since been reduced to a pathetic four months, the court citing concerns about the effect jail time would have on him.
This minor punishment fanned the flames of the social media fire. Fellow sexual assault survivors and supporters of the victim felt helpless. When the law doesn't have your back, where do you turn? A group of more than 600 witches figured the mystical forces of nature and the Internet might do the trick.
An Iowa-based witch coven led the charge to put a mass hex on Brock Turner.
With the help of the 13 local women who make up her coven, Melanie Elizabeth Hexen created a now deleted Facebook event to find people interested in participating in a group hex against Stanford University student Brock Turner.
Within 12 hours, 600 people from around the world had RSVPed to the mass hex.
"We all felt so much injustice and anger and sadness and the need to connect on a psychological level with other people who felt the same and could do something about it," Hexen told Broadly.
The event was set to begin at 10 p.m. Central time on June 7.
The witches began sharing photos of the altars they had set up on the Facebook event page as well as other social media platforms.
"It is my sincerest hope that this FB event is just the beginning of similar actions where magically minded people come together to find creative responses to horrible shit like this," said Chelsea Stoppelman on Instagram.
Hexen created a sample ritual for any of the participants to use.
It required a black candle, a photo of Turner wrapped in string and to chant the following hex: "In the most holy name of Hecate, the Goddess of Life and Death, She who holds the key to the underworld, let this rapist meet justice. Let him be destroyed."
Each ritual varied depending on the witch that performed it.
Some witches soaked their candles in urine or menstrual blood and others used sulphur and salt circles to help make their magic stronger.
Many witches chose to make the focus of their practice afflicting Turner with physical pain and impotence.
Others focused on channeling their energy into punishments for the judge and Turner's father, for coming to his son's defense, saying that he shouldn't be punished for "20 minutes of action."
It wasn't all dark magic. Some witches chose to focus on sending healing and light to the victim and those who saved her with positive incantations.
"That last little bit in the letter [the victim read to the court] where she says she stands with all women and believes them? That's practically a magic spell. Combine that with a white or green or pink candle (something healing and loving), and you've got yourself enough to make some magic," she told The Daily Dot.
There's always something magical about women who stand together.