Butterfly runs a witch café in Zoetermeer: ​​”Here witches can be themselves”

Once every two months, Kiki at Franx is full of magic bars and robes. The Zoetermeerse Kunstcafé is the gathering place for self-proclaimed witches, shamans and other spirituals from South Holland. Butterfly (48) organizes this recurring event together with her best friend Sage (34). “We are a close community.”

Butterfly and Sage are self -chosen witch names. Their real names are known to the editors, but prefer not to see them in this article. They feel convicted, says Butterfly on the phone. “Men in particular are denigrating and ask questions such as” Where is your broom? ” As a result, witches crawl into their shell.

Chronically ill

To help that misunderstanding from the world: Butterfly has no magical broomstick. In her eyes, witchcraft looks different from the picture that is outlined in fantasy stories. “I am a nature witch, for example, with a magical action.

I received a serious autoimmune disease. It was edge of the board

Butterfly immersed herself in witchcraft after she became chronically ill. “I got a serious autoimmune disease at the time. I can help an ointments with smaller ailments. “

The Witch Café

In the meantime, the former Leen Bakker manager has been calling himself Butterfly for three years. She sells her creams, artworks and magic bars without profit through the webshop Butterfly and More and organized the first witch café in Zoetermeer in October 2024. “Many witches are afraid of the prejudices of others.

Then you imagine that roots grow out of your feet in the ground

In contrast to the meetings in Roald Dahls The witches, the witch café in Zoetermeer is going peacefully. There is a chat and toast, there are workshops and spiritual exercises. “For example, we did an earthing exercise in January.

To register

The following witch cafés will take place at Kiki at Franx on 27 March, 5 June, 28 August and 6 November 2025 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Butterfly and Sage work with a guest list of a maximum of fifty people, for which you can register by e-mail. “That is how we keep it intimate with fifty spiritual people;