The Red Qirch Hat in Different Cultures: A Comparison of Styles and Meanings

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Is Taylor Swift Summoning Demons on "The Eras Tour"? Exorcist Issues Warning

Over the past year, Taylor Swift has packed stadiums all over the world for "The Eras Tour," a three-hour concert covering all of her albums throughout her 17-year career.

Swift also released "The Eras Tour" in theaters on October 13 and announced on November 27 that fans can stream her concert at home beginning December 13.

However, one concert performance has some fans concerned, as they believe it may contain a satanic ritual.

As Swift performs the song "Willow" from her "Evermore" album, the singer and her dancers dress in black capes and dance with orbs. Elements of Earth and fire are also a central part of the performance.

Diocese of Nashville exorcist Father Dan Reehil told ChurchPOP why the concert, which includes this performance, could spiritually endanger attendees.

He also explains how the "Willow" performance mimics witchcraft with its use of Earth, fire, black capes, and orbs.

Reehil says those who practice witchcraft "harness energy or they try to harness energy, and they look at the Earth with the elements of water, fire, Earth, and sky. They believe that they can harness this energy in some ways to do good and in some ways to do evil."

"The problem with the concert is that whether Taylor knew she was trying to imitate witches or in fact was doing some kind of a cult ceremony during the show is sort of irrelevant to the demons," Father Reehil continues.

"She is an incredibly talented and influential artist. And so the demons will take deep note of what she's doing and how she's doing it and who she's influencing. So when they imitate these rituals with these orbs and these black capes, that looks like something you'd find in the woods.

"Even if her intent was not to practice any witchcraft or do any of the incantations, she is probably attracting a lot of demons to her concerts.

"That's where the problem can lie because then you have these little girls who you know literally sort of worship her who are now putting themselves in a position where they could be attacked by demonic forces.

"So not saying that's going to happen to everybody, but you're definitely putting yourself in a very dangerous situation if you're going to a concert where there's somebody who's imitating or even practicing the art of witchcraft. I would say don't do it. Skip the concert."

Is Taylor Swift a Witch Now?

A lot of us developed new habits and interests during the 2020 lockdown. Some people took up knitting. Some folks baked bread. Some of us were lucky enough to create art. Some of us got really into witchcraft. And, hear me out, I think Taylor Swift did at least those last two. Yes. I’m pretty sure Taylor Swift is a witch now and I want to be the first to welcome her to the coven.

We got the first hints that Taylor was down with the goddess when folklore hit this summer. For one, folklore (the thing and not the album), is the literal gateway to magic, witchcraft, and the occult. We learn about spells and ghosts and the fae and all sorts of mystical things through actual folklore. Plus, the album was fall distilled into music and we all know fall is the witchiest season. And literally every witch I know was obsessed with it.

But now Taylor has made her witchy nature explicit with evermore and the accompanying videos, remixes, and tweets. Specifically, the opening song “willow” and the accompanying music video. In the video, Taylor follows a magic thread to find her love, and at one point ventures into a snowy forest to dance around a magic fire under the full moon with a bunch of people in capes and masks that look a lot like witches!

And that’s intentional, as are many of the multi-layered meanings and visuals in Taylor’s work (seriously, I’m not a Swiftie, but just researching this article I encountered all sorts of analysis of the references and themes in Taylor’s entire oeuvre and it’s seriously impressive). But with “willow” Taylor herself explicitly acknowledged, when chatting with fans about the video/song, that she thinks “sounds like casting a spell to make someone fall in love with you.”

Also, the song goes into the witchy bits right after she croons, “I come back stronger than a 90’s trend,” and we all know that the first pop cultural witch wave came in the 90s. (Believe me, I am still riding it). And by the way, that line is now Taylor’s Twitter bio. Need more proof? Her remixes, pictures, and tweets have been pretty clear: she’s a witch now!

Witches be like “Sometimes I just want to listen to music while pining away/sulking/staring out a window.” It’s me. I’m witches. Never fear, the “willow lonely witch remix” is here. 🔮 https://t.co/bJwRyvIOeM pic.twitter.com/NtpYsohJds

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 15, 2020

You know what? I love this step in Taylor’s narrative. Not only is she rising a new surge of interest in witchcraft, but she’s also taking it as part of the larger narrative of her work and career. She’s referenced witches before in her work, mainly to lampshade how she’s often called another word that rhymes with witch. Also, she dated Tom Hiddleston, which is something all witches would like to do. But this is better because the themes of witchcraft: claiming your power, getting back to nature, using music to lure men to fulfill their only real use as a ritual sacrifice , and feminism fits with this phase of her career.

Now, it shouldn’t be surprising that Taylor has entered her witch phase. Many of the great songstresses are honorary witches. Sarah McLaughlin is a witch (or she was at least one of the main soundtracks to my own magic in the 90s). Joni Mitchell is on the Practical Magic soundtrack and so, witch. And then there’s the ultimate musical witch: Stevie Nicks. Taylor, in embracing her witchiness, is stepping into a long and storied tradition. Now she just needs to collaborate with Nicks, or even maybe the ultimate voice of witchdom, Loreena McKennitt.

I know that Taylor’s steps down the lefthand path may be concerning for some and that’s fine. I actually relish how much this will freak out her more conservative fans, who I am sure exist. But I don’t think it will affect her social life: if potential partners already feared her because she might write songs about them, worrying about a post-breakup hex isn’t that much worse. It makes me very happy that Taylor has entered her witch phase, because, well, I’ll take any excuse to talk about witchcraft. And the way “willow” has been stuck in my head certainly feels like a bit like magic.

(images: Screenshots, UMG and TS/Republic)

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Anti-Hero? Taylor Swift Witchcraft Rumors Keep Swirling

Taylor Swift is arguably the most famous pop star in the world right now. But is she also a witch?

She’s currently riding the wave of her massively popular, eternally sold out Eras Tour all the way to the bank. Industry insiders estimate the worldwide sensation will make the 33-year-old singer a billionaire .

There’s no denying that the “Karma” composer, who’s been releasing albums since 2006 and writing songs since the age of 14, is at the absolute top of her game right now. Swift’s success and massive influence is so extreme that some followers have accused her of using witchcraft to reach those levels of fame, with some referring to Swift’s devotees as her “coven.” The rumors are so pervasive that the singer herself addressed them in a social media post.

So what’s up with Taylor Swift? Why do so many people believe she’s achieving mega success through occult practices?

First, it’s important to clarify that the Pennsylvania-born singer has never expressly encouraged witchcraft or other occult practices to her hundreds of millions of followers. While Swift is notoriously private about most facets of her personal life, she did identify as a Christian in the 2018 documentary “Miss Americana.” The conversation was spurred by Swift coming out as politically progressive for the first time.

“I can’t see another commercial and see Marsha Blackburn disguising these policies behind the words ‘Tennessee Christian values.’ Those aren’t ‘Tennessee Christian values.’ I live in Tennessee. I’m a Christian. That’s not what we stand for,” the singer said at the time. Prior to this revelation, she’d been criticized for years for remaining politically neutral in public. That all changed following Donald Trump’s presidency and the implementation of conservative policies she disagreed with.

For example, Swift is also explicitly pro-choice, calling abortion bans in her home state “shocking and awful.”

Other than that comment, Swift has never publicly discussed her religious views and if she practices any form of worship.

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She did, however, acknowledge the ongoing accusations of witchcraft in a post she shared on both X and Instagram on November 14.

The video clip showed Swift performing the song “Labyrinth” from her 2022 album, Midnights. The video showed how right at the point that Swift sang the lyric, “I thought the plane was going down / How’d you turn it right around,” an airplane could be seen flying over the concert venue.

“Never beating the sorcery allegations,” Swift joked in the caption.

This little dig likely refers to so many other similar events that have taken place at Swift’s shows. Taken apart, they may have been seen as coincidences, but since the timing always lines up so perfectly, it’s led some of Swift’s followers to accuse her of projecting some kind of otherworldly influence.

For example, earlier this year, a bolt of lightning struck above the venue just as Taylor sang the lyrics: “I’d dance in a storm / In my best dress” from her 2008 song “Fearless.” There was also literal lightning while Swift performed the 10-minute version of the song “All Too Well.” Right when the superstar sang the line, “F*** the patriarchy,” a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky.

Besides storms, there have been other coincidences at Swift’s concerts. On one occasion, fireworks went off in the distance during the instrumental part of the song “Enchanted.” In April, the Florida sky turned pink just in time for the performer to sing the romance-themed song, “Lover.”

During the Mexican leg of the Eras tour in August, rain started pouring on Swift as she performed “Midnight Rain” for the cheering crowd.

It’s not just coincidences leading fans to speculations about witchcraft. Swift’s Eras tour, which kicked off in March 2023, faced some criticism in the beginning as the entire performance for the song “Willow” was rife with occult visuals.

During the song, Swift and a group of dancers don long cloaks and carry glowing orange orbs as they move around the stage in a deliberately ritualistic manner. One TikTok video questioning that portion of the show went viral, with the content creator saying , “This is Taylor Swift’s song ‘Willow’ where she is a witch during rituals. The first video you saw was taken by a fan the other night at the concert, and he says, ‘Yes, summon the demons, b*tch!’”

Swift herself commented on the original video, suggesting that “summon the demons, b*tch” could replace the current crowd chant, “1, 2, 3, let’s go b*tch,” which many fans already say at her shows. She added several laughing-crying emojis, indicating she believed it was all a big joke.

Other videos of movie audiences screening the movie version of the singer’s concert, “Taylor Swift: The Era’s Tour,” depict theater attendees dancing in circles during the “Willow” portion of the film.

Before the Eras Tour, Swift faced negative feedback about the official music video for “Willow,” which also includes occult and ritualistic imagery. In the video, Swift goes into the woods at night with other individuals in hooded cloaks and masks. They all dance around a fire in a display that some deemed a celebration of witchcraft.

During a 2020 YouTube Q&A , Swift said the instrumentals for the song reminded her of spell-casting, which was her reasoning for including those visuals despite them not matching up to the lyrics of the song.

“Willow is about intrigue, desire and the complexity that goes into wanting someone. I think it sounds like casting a spell to make someone fall in love with you (an oddly specific visual),” she said at the time.

The Grammy Award-winning artist mentioned witchcraft again with an X post about a new remix of “Willow” she shared in December 2020.

“Witches be like ‘Sometimes I just want to listen to music while pining away/sulking/staring out a window.’ It’s me. I’m witches. Never fear, the ‘willow lonely witch remix’ is here,” she wrote in December 2020 along with a crystal ball emoji.

“Willows” isn’t the only Swift song with evil-looking imagery. In the music video for “Karma,” there’s a brief moment when the singer can be seen dancing in a devil mask while surrounded by demon-looking creatures. It’s a brief moment and doesn’t encompass the whole aesthetic of the video, but it does help add fuel to the fire of anyone looking to associate Swift with witchcraft.

Finally, some critics online who equate Swift with witchcraft reference the highly publicized phenomenon of Eras Tour concertgoers experiencing “post-concert amnesia” and not remembering attending the show.

“Thinking back on it, I don’t have any one specific memory I can recall, it’s more like an overall memory of the event,” attendee Danielle Lake-Patterson Dickson told ABC News in an article published in October.

Nicole Booz related her experience to The New York Post in May, describing it as “an out-of-body experience, as though it didn’t really happen to me.”

While most fans blame this feeling on being so excited for the event that their brain can’t process it, a few social media users suggest that something more sinister could be at play.

One Christian YouTuber dove into the rumors, explaining how some fans think Swift is “casting spells that are causing memory loss” from the stage. He said while some blame the amnesia on “sensory overload,” others insist it’s more like “demonic overload.”

Ultimately, there’s not enough evidence available to call Swift a practicing witch. But as long as she keeps incorporating occult imagery into her performances, the rumors will likely persist. Especially if the “Bad Blood” composer keeps talking about it.

Taylor Swift Says She’s ‘Never Beating the Sorcery Allegations’ After a Plane’s ‘Eras Tour’ Cameo

Taylor Swift may have just proved she’s a mastermind.

During an Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Swift, 33, surprised the audience with a sweet love song from her 2022 Midnights album. In “Labyrinth,” she sings, “I thought the plane was going down / How’d you turn it right around?”

In a video shared to Instagram, Swift can be seen singing and playing the piano while a plane flies over the stadium just as she sings the line about an aircraft. “Never beating the sorcery allegations ✨🛬✨,” she captioned the post on Monday, November 13.

In addition to her lengthy set list, Swift also plays two surprise songs at each show. Both are acoustic renditions — the first on guitar, the second on piano. Swift has been known to match her surprise songs with the setting. At her first show in Chicago, she sang “The Lakes,” and on night three in New Jersey she performed “Welcome to New York.”

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It seems to be no coincidence that the song she chose during her concert in Argentina touches on falling in love again. Swift recently debuted her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in September.

Swift and Travis, 34, have been seen supporting one another and even packing on the PDA. After her show on Saturday, November 11, fans spotted Swift running off stage to kiss Travis.

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During the concert, Swift also changed the lyrics to her hit song “Karma” to shout-out her new boyfriend. Instead of singing, “Karma is the guy on the screen, coming straight home to me,” Swift swapped “guy on the screen” for “guy on the Chiefs.” Per several fan clips of his reaction, Travis was all smiles and held his head in his hands before continuing to dance along to the concert.

Before Travis and Swift became romantically linked, the NFL player attended her Eras Tour concert when it made a stop in Kansas City. At the time, he shared on his and brother Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast that he failed to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it.

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