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Maritza Schafer

Dwight from The Office is a witch!!

Published about 1 month ago • 2 min read

Hi Reader,

Last week, I started Liberation Magic, and one of the first witchwork assignments was to spend some time in nature everyday.

This is the most basic practice, being outdoors and remembering that for most of human existence, we didn’t think of nature as out there, but rather, we were truly one with it. And still are, whether we realize it or not.

A couple of days later, Dwight from The Office, Rainn Wilson, published an op-ed in the New York Times about his environmental work, and, I quote, he said the following:

To transform our relationship with our planet in this time of climate crisis, we need to value nature as profoundly sacred. Spiritual, even.
If we want to plug into the wonder of nature, we need to start by actually spending time outside.
.. for the last several hundred years, [we] had a relationship of extraction with our sacred Mother Earth. Instead we need one of sacred regeneration.
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Regeneration is the key word in this conversation; it points to the cycle of death, growth and life. Regeneration is hope.
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... I have let this concept sink in so that it motivates me to make my steps upon this Earth be more like prayers.

And I’m all like, I’ve never even watched The Office and now we have Dwight channeling my Liberation Magic lessons straight to the NYT!!

He was telling the story of an environmental gathering that included Indigenous elders, and not surprisingly, he ended up channeling a lot of witchy wisdom, because Indigenous wisdom around the world tends to share the same basic truths.

I felt so validated and seen. Not like I need a white guy from Hollywood to validate me, more like a “I TOLD YOU SO for the last 500 years, but who’s counting…”

The first practice in Liberation Magic is to spend time in nature. And one of the 3 magical axions that I teach is that everything is born, dies, and is reborn. What my boy Rainn calls Regeneration.

In a sea of shitty news, this article made me feel hope. When the most mainstream of the mainstream are understanding the true nature of reality, the wisdom of the witches, and shamans, and healers, and are comfortable talking about it in the newspaper, I’m choosing to take that as a sign of change.

What have you seen recently that might look like a sign of positive change? Please do let me know, I’m trying to collect as many as possible.

Courage, truth, and infinite love,

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​Source:
Wilson, Rainn. "What I Learned at a Fire Ceremony with King Charles." New York Times, September 24, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/rainn-wilson-king-charles-spirituality.html​

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