The four elements fire, water, earth and air,
are known, and in union with the Witch's celestial self, the self being
the fifth element. Nature is from what I gathered the energy of the
Witch, the power source. Thus why one must be in harmony with nature
and it's elements. Celebration of birth and rebirth I assume is part of
that harmony. Quote:
all are one but the pattern is quite a puzzle......
fire and water are the framework and part of your body.....fire dna/blood, water the body
earth, spirit, and air are the way it happens like the postman, delivers only if you send out, and if you don't the bills and junkmail arrive...lol
fire and water are the framework and part of your body.....fire dna/blood, water the body
earth, spirit, and air are the way it happens like the postman, delivers only if you send out, and if you don't the bills and junkmail arrive...lol
"The birth and rebirth of all Nature, the passing of Winter and Spring,
We share with the life Universal, rejoice in the Magical Ring
Four times in the year (the marking of energy)
When daytime and night time are equal, when sun is at greatest and least,"
We share with the life Universal, rejoice in the Magical Ring
Four times in the year (the marking of energy)
When daytime and night time are equal, when sun is at greatest and least,"
wiccan
poetry, cute but not the witches direction, thats how individual
actions for paths like the breaking away from england thing.....
" they who seek, believe it is what Called to them to be, and maybe that is true..."
the past of the Real witch was marked by the devil, but to not find that they would be at odds, the wiccan
ideals claim that they didn't ( i know better ) It is a story as old and perhaps as tested as ( Job ) in the bible text,
( the trial of receiving or rejecting ) However today WE who serve nature in all it's parts make the choices, and so the New Craft idea's flowed because none wish to look back, But the true
the past of the Real witch was marked by the devil, but to not find that they would be at odds, the wiccan
ideals claim that they didn't ( i know better ) It is a story as old and perhaps as tested as ( Job ) in the bible text,
( the trial of receiving or rejecting ) However today WE who serve nature in all it's parts make the choices, and so the New Craft idea's flowed because none wish to look back, But the true
if you seek, you will find, but if you live just to live it finds you
this meaning that if you are what you say you are you can't hide it even if you wanted to but if you rush to it, it will not be exactly what you wanted, because you will get lost inthe endless patterns that it started from, instead of just having it arrive........
Example the lottery.........if you win it changes your life and if you lose it changes your life but if you don't play but it finds you you never lost......thus no change, but that of the money.....( job in the bible had that lottery played in his own home...)
and he never lost......but he did gamble......
this meaning that if you are what you say you are you can't hide it even if you wanted to but if you rush to it, it will not be exactly what you wanted, because you will get lost inthe endless patterns that it started from, instead of just having it arrive........
Example the lottery.........if you win it changes your life and if you lose it changes your life but if you don't play but it finds you you never lost......thus no change, but that of the money.....( job in the bible had that lottery played in his own home...)
and he never lost......but he did gamble......
the
shamanistic interlocking point was offered for the recorded 50 years,
of the wiccan history, not to find this link stops the growth and setups
the death of the wiccan self as term witch. It has become just another
religion of the soul seeker and not the answer to the nature of the
crafting principle, Not to harp on this, but sadness fills my heart when
I see that it is just like a fad.......
most of wicca was written by those of the mind, Dr, psychiatrist, and nuts.....sorry
but those that didn't want to fit in, say there is another way, or lets bring back the old,
but have no books/persons/or things to help, so drawn from culture what was there, meditation, yoga, and latin based forms of jibberish, and the kabbalah, now when the new witch, shows up, heck i know that kabbalah thing......? and says what the books say for 5 years, no the records of the 50 years it started to be known in magic....and beside it is fraternal magic ideal look at the ( seals of their order )
Witch in self has become locked into its own circle cermonial hope, trying to find what is already inside or hasn't anyone in their coven or group, ever picked up a refference book......lol
but those that didn't want to fit in, say there is another way, or lets bring back the old,
but have no books/persons/or things to help, so drawn from culture what was there, meditation, yoga, and latin based forms of jibberish, and the kabbalah, now when the new witch, shows up, heck i know that kabbalah thing......? and says what the books say for 5 years, no the records of the 50 years it started to be known in magic....and beside it is fraternal magic ideal look at the ( seals of their order )
Witch in self has become locked into its own circle cermonial hope, trying to find what is already inside or hasn't anyone in their coven or group, ever picked up a refference book......lol
The
History of Witch only helps those that feel it, and will not help those
wishing that the burning times stuff , was more then a thing that salem
tryed to use as tourist trap...
( why be proud you surived a burning, you never venture to know the truth of, or be at... )
like being on acid, do you.......lol drugs send not nor do they becon the soul.......
( why be proud you surived a burning, you never venture to know the truth of, or be at... )
like being on acid, do you.......lol drugs send not nor do they becon the soul.......
the
Witch in whole, without them and a full understanding of them leaves
one lacking in any gain. Thus the "Root" in which the rest flowers. No
root, no flower.
this is true.......you are correct
If
you do not mind me asking,,, Was it a calling for you, or did you
stumble into this (for lack of a better phrase) Universal Waking?
both, one as a Wizard, i tripped on my own knowledge, long story
and then i was summoned to find the truth of witch...........I am honored to know the circles secrets....
and then i was summoned to find the truth of witch...........I am honored to know the circles secrets....
because
the witches power is her circle and bond with the daughters of
she(elements)......you will learn that soon enough........
Introductory Lesson: Neo adv
Lesson One: Tempest adv
Initiation : Witch
Lesson Two: Neo witch
Lesson Three: Fire witch/Tempest dreamer (gypsy)
Lesson Four: Water witch/ neo scryer (druidic witch)
Lesson Five: Earth witch / the magi, consort, helper, (dawning witch)
Lesson Six: Air witch / iniated priestess,full,or moon
Lesson Seven: Full witch basics
Lesson Eight: The priestess
Lesson Nine: The High Priestess
Lesson Ten: Tes Mortes Sen Sodem ( the books of the dead )
Lesson Eleven: Atep Sheth Hoben Kempra Isi ( Egyptian/sumerian
Lesson Twelve: Tetragramantonic Wizard Secrets
Level Thirteen: Wizardry has Females (Wizardress)
| Being a Witch | by Luxas for everyone |
as defined in many books a witch is a person of power a conjurer ,
and often remarked as a male or female , well this is not always so....
and often remarked as a male or female , well this is not always so....
witch : in the basic terms is
Whom is interested in teaching the changing heart.....
Whom is interested in teaching the changing heart.....
and this is the skill of the basic craft......
craft : is the working of an design or skill....
and is the arcan-e basics for the forum of a witch.....
( not all witches were conjurer , some were healer of the physical ,
: in basic terms , they : who are the regulators of the written
words would like you to believe that real natural witches , developed
by the sciences of healing and herbal arts.....but this once again
is not so) , this reasoning stems from the fear over the actions one might do with having virtually unlimited but balanced contol over
the nature of the craft , and the intergration of the witch self teaches this...but the real center of the witch is much more...
as a beginner , newbie , neophyte , or other , you have felt the
energy of nature call to you, for it reveals the wick of the candle( the inner essense of witch) to the real seeker , witchcraft/wicca 101 is just a number , unless it is the basic learning of the self ( learning the
tools and of the placement in the craft.....( witch wise )
words would like you to believe that real natural witches , developed
by the sciences of healing and herbal arts.....but this once again
is not so) , this reasoning stems from the fear over the actions one might do with having virtually unlimited but balanced contol over
the nature of the craft , and the intergration of the witch self teaches this...but the real center of the witch is much more...
as a beginner , newbie , neophyte , or other , you have felt the
energy of nature call to you, for it reveals the wick of the candle( the inner essense of witch) to the real seeker , witchcraft/wicca 101 is just a number , unless it is the basic learning of the self ( learning the
tools and of the placement in the craft.....( witch wise )
as with all beginnings , focal magic( the abulities of channeling focused thought) is the key to the beginner's transformation
and awareness of the candle of the witch....ie wick
and awareness of the candle of the witch....ie wick
"to see is to know" as any witch teacher would say...
i will post the lessons to the linking of the craft in my locked book
for the true seeker.....
i will post the lessons to the linking of the craft in my locked book
for the true seeker.....
( the soul is skyclad in the wisp of the candle smoke without form or
design until the mind gives it shape and sets the truth to center ) meaning that the education of witch is trust in the self and learning by being touched (feeling the energies of living fields)
so in the story of the real witch ( Naked and accepting of the
candle to the natural self is the mirror(reflecting) or pool of truth)
design until the mind gives it shape and sets the truth to center ) meaning that the education of witch is trust in the self and learning by being touched (feeling the energies of living fields)
so in the story of the real witch ( Naked and accepting of the
candle to the natural self is the mirror(reflecting) or pool of truth)
For
nature is the only helper of the witch and never will it try to
master you , unless... you aren't true to your soul. ( more later )
Witches , or maidens as there were known , were sensual beings
Witches , or maidens as there were known , were sensual beings
and being so, they would smell the flowers and run in rain and
do
this all in the freedom of the naked sky.........(this was their given
mentality, or way they think) they want to live as most free things do,
it is just that soft side of being in the world that changes that give
them their magical essence....as they would do this things would happen to their body, they would hear nature call to them and they would see visions of the
past or future ( truthfully all living things have this memory but they
as well as the most adept in magic tend to stumble on its natures
secrets often, it was often that a warrior or such would see
this naked goddess and view them from afar....
and still she or they would not hide from view..........
for they
being without fear and sought out the truth of others, it is in her
nature to know the fields of things, as well as some adoring magi....
it was said that their touch was like fire and eyes like water..
they could hear your heart beat from a mile away.......
and i know this to be true, for all real ones...
( no they didn't seek sex , but they new the power of it..... )
and the energies of touch......
and if you were wanted by them they would take your energy as their
own...... , if willingly offered......
( mostly female , not often.......male...... )
there is more but you will have to read on to find out....
As awakened by the Dawn....
(places others think witches came from, but only their skills ventured out of these areas.....
(places others think witches came from, but only their skills ventured out of these areas.....
1st : summarian (bel, baal, vashari, teknu,pragman)
in rituals of sex or the arcane ,
the belief in fertitliy dieties and tools to harness power was
the acts of this magick and the fokelore of the ( jin )
magical beings that granted the user of them power to control the
elements of the earth...
and the protectors of the holders of these gates......
it is a long story but a system of cult like persons became the
focus the natures of rituals and rites of passion.....
( refered as heretic or pagan ) this is the primal center of
fertility.....as of the reasoning........
the belief in fertitliy dieties and tools to harness power was
the acts of this magick and the fokelore of the ( jin )
magical beings that granted the user of them power to control the
elements of the earth...
and the protectors of the holders of these gates......
it is a long story but a system of cult like persons became the
focus the natures of rituals and rites of passion.....
( refered as heretic or pagan ) this is the primal center of
fertility.....as of the reasoning........
2nd : Phoenisia (kabal, zao, lycri, apollyus,sethmos)
the center here was on the working of magick and the sciences of the
body and mind....mostly experimental,
how ever the divinational tools of the rude forms were in full
action..( animal guts , bumps on the skull , and such )
this is the prime root of the tarot.......and scrying.....
body and mind....mostly experimental,
how ever the divinational tools of the rude forms were in full
action..( animal guts , bumps on the skull , and such )
this is the prime root of the tarot.......and scrying.....
3rd : Egyptian (Isis, Maat, Sheth, Anubis, Nun, Geb, Thoth,)
the basic center of magic is on the passage of life and the direct
control of the natures and the center of , the ritual of massage
was a placement in the Arcane of magick
the process of the tuning of the body in this art was the releasing
of the energy of free will, and the linking of the talisman principles
was brought into focus, like all groups of magick , protection from
the otherside was also observed.......
control of the natures and the center of , the ritual of massage
was a placement in the Arcane of magick
the process of the tuning of the body in this art was the releasing
of the energy of free will, and the linking of the talisman principles
was brought into focus, like all groups of magick , protection from
the otherside was also observed.......
the rest deal in the tools of refinement as
the cup (magi/mage)
the dagger (priestess,slave)
the robe (druid, old wise one)
the wand ( consort, adept, )
and the sword.... (norse, guardian, pinprick)
all have there place in the refined witch , but not the harmony
of...
: some say the first witches were " lilith or morgana or of the old mora "
of...
: some say the first witches were " lilith or morgana or of the old mora "
: others give rise to cults of virgin priestess
( that devoted to the moon or sun )
( that devoted to the moon or sun )
: then others say witches were born from birth, with the moon marking
: then again still some say witches are not real........
Well the first witches , were not of the physical form but more of a
interlocking soul with the past....
interlocking soul with the past....
they were from the summarian period to the late french period...
( like most composed of mostly woman , and often refered to in myth
( like most composed of mostly woman , and often refered to in myth
( no direct record is marked by there own hand , but there were
links to this begining )
links to this begining )
( all of nature flows in life , and so that which is felt can be
traced or even copied..... )
( as for the term "witch" it was just that a word of defacement....
to show a fear of and a lothing to....
traced or even copied..... )
( as for the term "witch" it was just that a word of defacement....
to show a fear of and a lothing to....
( as for the flower of the craft i came from the bounty of the
elements and the sciences yet to be......)
elements and the sciences yet to be......)
( romania , gypsy : traveler of the path , were at time witches of
fate , and sought far for information..... )
fate , and sought far for information..... )
( many want claim to the nature of control , but a real witch in
the act of nature is , and doesn't seek , but knows.... )
the act of nature is , and doesn't seek , but knows.... )
( many stories arose of the acts of witchcraft , none were true )
( but all had there link with nature as well as fate... )
( but all had there link with nature as well as fate... )
being a witch is like a pebble in a raging river.....
( first the real craft , is)
( first the real craft , is)
: well without walls of religon,fate,or destiny..
these are shamanistic/cultural ideals ( karma , dogma , kitren )
next : being skyclad is healthy......to the self and soul.....
and
the earlier practicers of magic(k) viewed it as sacred and even
magical, much like american phobia's about self contend, that cultures
of all nations find so freeing as a subject, and even not worthy of
conversation.... next : the real witch is virbrational in the nature of life.....
( hands , feet , eyes , body and soul are all....) well you will
just have to feel it for yourself.......there are no words........
( like many things in life all have the spark but few have the
light...) meaning the abuilty to continue with its orginal starting
there is no lock on good or evil in the path of the craft.........
( you are your own tool for the working...... )
as you progress , nature will gift your will skills of your soul....
if not just to awaken others.......
( there is no crusade , no must be this , no border or wall
( we just as people place restrictions )
( sometime for fear , others for discardedness....)
| witch history | by Luxas for everyone |
Witchcraft,
practice of magic or sorcery by those outside the religious mainstream
of a society; the term is used in different ways in various historical
and social contexts.
Many people participating in the contemporary revival of witchcraft, known as the neopagan revival, identify themselves as benign witches. Therefore, the practice of witchcraft should not be associated with evil or the infliction of harm, nor with diabolism, (the invocation of Devils). In addition, many accusations of malicious witchcraft-especially in some primal societies and in early modern Europe and North America-have been unfounded and have sprung from irrational fears and social anxieties.
This article discusses witchcraft under three main headings: sorcery, with reference primarily to witchcraft in primal and ancient societies; diabolical witchcraft, with a focus on the persecution of alleged witches in Europe and the United States and on the social pathologies that accompanied this persecution; and modern witchcraft, dealing with contemporary witchcraft in the neopagan revival. These are different phenomena, and perceptions of witchcraft drawn from one arena cannot be applied indiscriminately to another.
Sorcery
Simple sorcery, or the use of magic accessible to ordinary people, such as setting out offerings to helpful spirits or using charms, can be found in almost all traditional societies. Although the distinctions are often blurred, practices such as these differ both from religion, in which gods are worshipped in awe or implored through prayer to help, and from the sophisticated arts of alchemists and ceremonial magicians. Sorcery is intended to force results rather than achieve them through entreaty, and it is worked by simple and ordinary means.
From a sociological point of view, the widespread practice of sorcery within a tribe or peasant community serves to reinforce and consolidate beliefs about the supernatural world and the relation of humans to that world. Psychologically, sorcery provides a means of establishing a sense of control over nature and thus mitigates the anxieties caused by disease, uncertain seasons, and natural disasters. When such eventualities occur despite preventive measures, they can be interpreted as the result of malicious witchcraft, and the alleged perpetrators may then be sought out and driven from the community. The function of the so-called witch doctor or medicine man in many societies is to counter the power of evil witchcraft through good magic. Shamans may also heal through comparable means by performing rites that expel pestilential spirits or by retrieving lost and stolen souls. Characteristically, they do this with the aid of helping spirits or gods invoked through incantations and rites.
Practices such as these were known to the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans. In the Old Testament, the apocryphal book of Tobit contains an account in which, at the instruction of an angel, an evil spirit is expelled from a bridal chamber by the odor of a smoldering fish heart and liver (Tobit 6:14-18). Nevertheless, the Bible also contains injunctions against witchcraft, such as "You shall not permit a witch to live" (Exodus 22:18), a command that was used to justify the persecution of witches in medieval Europe. The Greco-Roman world was permeated by belief in witchcraft. Roman poet Horace refers to hags who clawed the earth to invoke spirits of the underworld, and philosopher and novelist Apuleius mentions the practice of nailing owls over doors with wings outspread to deflect storms. After the Christianization of the Mediterranean world in the 4th century, countless customs like these-as well as comparable practices in northern Europe-were perpetuated as folk magic or were superficially Christianized in such practices as inscribing the Lord's Prayer on a piece of paper and keeping it in one's shoe as an amulet against bewitchment. Certain local sages or "wise women" were experts in popular witchcraft or sorcery, which often represented remnants of pre-Christian religion.
Diabolical Witchcraft
In the early Christian centuries, the church was relatively tolerant of magical practices. Those who were proved to have engaged in witchcraft were required only to do penance. But in the late Middle Ages (13th century to 14th century) opposition to alleged witchcraft hardened as a result of the growing belief that all magic and miracles that did not come unambiguously from God came from the Devil and were therefore manifestations of evil. Those who practiced simple sorcery, such as village wise women, were increasingly regarded as practitioners of diabolical witchcraft. They came to be viewed as individuals in league with Satan.
Nearly all those who fell under suspicion of witchcraft were women, evidently regarded by witch-hunters as especially susceptible to the Devil's blandishments. A lurid picture of the activities of witches emerged in the popular mind, including covens, or gatherings over which Satan presided; pacts with the Devil; flying broomsticks; and animal accomplices, or familiars. Although a few of these elements may represent vestiges of pre-Christian religion, the old religion probably did not persist in any organized form beyond the 14th century. The popular image of witchcraft, perhaps inspired by features of occultism or ceremonial magic as well as by theology concerning the Devil and his works of darkness, was given shape by the inflamed imagination of inquisitors and was confirmed by statements obtained under torture.
The late medieval and early modern picture of diabolical witchcraft can be attributed to several causes. First, the church's experience with such dissident religious movements as the Albigenses and Cathari, who believed in a radical dualism of good and evil, led to the belief that certain people had allied themselves with Satan. As a result of confrontations with such heresy, the Inquisition was established by a series of papal decrees between 1227 and 1235. Pope Innocent IV authorized the use of torture in 1252, and Pope Alexander IV gave the Inquisition authority over all cases of sorcery involving heresy, although most actual prosecution of witches was carried out by local courts.
At the same time, other developments created a climate in which alleged witches were stigmatized as representatives of evil. Since the middle of the 11th century, the theological and philosophical work of scholasticism had been refining the Christian concepts of Satan and evil. Theologians, influenced by Aristotelian rationalism, increasingly denied that "natural" miracles could take place and therefore alleged that anything supernatural and not of God must be due to commerce with Satan or his minions (see Aristotle). Later, the Reformation, the rise of science, and the emerging modern world-all challenges to traditional religion-created deep anxieties in the orthodox population. At the dawn of the Renaissance (15th century to 16th century) some of these developments began to coalesce into the "witch craze" that possessed Europe from about 1450 to 1700. During this period, thousands of people, mostly innocent women, were executed on the basis of "proofs" or "confessions" of diabolical witchcraft-that is, of sorcery practiced through allegiance to Satan-obtained by means of cruel tortures.
A major impetus for the hysteria was the papal bull Summis Desiderantes issued by Pope Innocent VIII in 1484. It was included as a preface in the book Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches), published by two Dominican inquisitors in 1486. This work, characterized by a distinct antifeminine tenor, vividly describes the satanic and sexual abominations of witches. The book was translated into many languages and went through many editions in both Catholic and Protestant countries, outselling all other books except the Bible.
In the years of the witch-hunting mania, people were encouraged to inform against one another. Professional witch finders identified and tested suspects for evidence of witchcraft and were paid a fee for each conviction. The most common test was pricking: All witches were supposed to have somewhere on their bodies a mark, made by the Devil, that was insensitive to pain; if such a spot was found, it was regarded as proof of witchcraft. Other proofs included additional breasts (supposedly used to suckle familiars), the inability to weep, and failure in the water test. In the latter, a woman was thrown into a body of water; if she sank, she was considered innocent, but if she stayed afloat, she was found guilty.
The persecution of witches declined about 1700, banished by the Age of Enlightenment, which subjected such beliefs to a skeptical eye. One of the last outbreaks of witch-hunting took place in colonial Massachusetts in 1692, when belief in diabolical witchcraft was already declining in Europe. Twenty people were executed in the wake of the Salem witch trials, which took place after a group of young girls became hysterical while playing at magic and it was proposed that they were bewitched. The subsequent witch hunt took place in the context of deep divisions between the church and a controversial minister. Personal differences were exacerbated in a small, isolated community in which religious beliefs-including belief in the reality of diabolical witchcraft-were deeply held. By the time the hysteria had run its course, little enthusiasm for the persecution of witches remained in Massachusetts or elsewhere.
Belief in traditional witchcraft, in the sense of sorcery, remains alive in India, Africa, Latin America and elsewhere. A belief in the possibility of something akin to diabolical witchcraft can still be found among some conservative Christians.
Modern Witchcraft
Many people participating in the contemporary revival of witchcraft, known as the neopagan revival, identify themselves as benign witches. Therefore, the practice of witchcraft should not be associated with evil or the infliction of harm, nor with diabolism, (the invocation of Devils). In addition, many accusations of malicious witchcraft-especially in some primal societies and in early modern Europe and North America-have been unfounded and have sprung from irrational fears and social anxieties.
This article discusses witchcraft under three main headings: sorcery, with reference primarily to witchcraft in primal and ancient societies; diabolical witchcraft, with a focus on the persecution of alleged witches in Europe and the United States and on the social pathologies that accompanied this persecution; and modern witchcraft, dealing with contemporary witchcraft in the neopagan revival. These are different phenomena, and perceptions of witchcraft drawn from one arena cannot be applied indiscriminately to another.
Sorcery
Simple sorcery, or the use of magic accessible to ordinary people, such as setting out offerings to helpful spirits or using charms, can be found in almost all traditional societies. Although the distinctions are often blurred, practices such as these differ both from religion, in which gods are worshipped in awe or implored through prayer to help, and from the sophisticated arts of alchemists and ceremonial magicians. Sorcery is intended to force results rather than achieve them through entreaty, and it is worked by simple and ordinary means.
From a sociological point of view, the widespread practice of sorcery within a tribe or peasant community serves to reinforce and consolidate beliefs about the supernatural world and the relation of humans to that world. Psychologically, sorcery provides a means of establishing a sense of control over nature and thus mitigates the anxieties caused by disease, uncertain seasons, and natural disasters. When such eventualities occur despite preventive measures, they can be interpreted as the result of malicious witchcraft, and the alleged perpetrators may then be sought out and driven from the community. The function of the so-called witch doctor or medicine man in many societies is to counter the power of evil witchcraft through good magic. Shamans may also heal through comparable means by performing rites that expel pestilential spirits or by retrieving lost and stolen souls. Characteristically, they do this with the aid of helping spirits or gods invoked through incantations and rites.
Practices such as these were known to the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans. In the Old Testament, the apocryphal book of Tobit contains an account in which, at the instruction of an angel, an evil spirit is expelled from a bridal chamber by the odor of a smoldering fish heart and liver (Tobit 6:14-18). Nevertheless, the Bible also contains injunctions against witchcraft, such as "You shall not permit a witch to live" (Exodus 22:18), a command that was used to justify the persecution of witches in medieval Europe. The Greco-Roman world was permeated by belief in witchcraft. Roman poet Horace refers to hags who clawed the earth to invoke spirits of the underworld, and philosopher and novelist Apuleius mentions the practice of nailing owls over doors with wings outspread to deflect storms. After the Christianization of the Mediterranean world in the 4th century, countless customs like these-as well as comparable practices in northern Europe-were perpetuated as folk magic or were superficially Christianized in such practices as inscribing the Lord's Prayer on a piece of paper and keeping it in one's shoe as an amulet against bewitchment. Certain local sages or "wise women" were experts in popular witchcraft or sorcery, which often represented remnants of pre-Christian religion.
Diabolical Witchcraft
In the early Christian centuries, the church was relatively tolerant of magical practices. Those who were proved to have engaged in witchcraft were required only to do penance. But in the late Middle Ages (13th century to 14th century) opposition to alleged witchcraft hardened as a result of the growing belief that all magic and miracles that did not come unambiguously from God came from the Devil and were therefore manifestations of evil. Those who practiced simple sorcery, such as village wise women, were increasingly regarded as practitioners of diabolical witchcraft. They came to be viewed as individuals in league with Satan.
Nearly all those who fell under suspicion of witchcraft were women, evidently regarded by witch-hunters as especially susceptible to the Devil's blandishments. A lurid picture of the activities of witches emerged in the popular mind, including covens, or gatherings over which Satan presided; pacts with the Devil; flying broomsticks; and animal accomplices, or familiars. Although a few of these elements may represent vestiges of pre-Christian religion, the old religion probably did not persist in any organized form beyond the 14th century. The popular image of witchcraft, perhaps inspired by features of occultism or ceremonial magic as well as by theology concerning the Devil and his works of darkness, was given shape by the inflamed imagination of inquisitors and was confirmed by statements obtained under torture.
The late medieval and early modern picture of diabolical witchcraft can be attributed to several causes. First, the church's experience with such dissident religious movements as the Albigenses and Cathari, who believed in a radical dualism of good and evil, led to the belief that certain people had allied themselves with Satan. As a result of confrontations with such heresy, the Inquisition was established by a series of papal decrees between 1227 and 1235. Pope Innocent IV authorized the use of torture in 1252, and Pope Alexander IV gave the Inquisition authority over all cases of sorcery involving heresy, although most actual prosecution of witches was carried out by local courts.
At the same time, other developments created a climate in which alleged witches were stigmatized as representatives of evil. Since the middle of the 11th century, the theological and philosophical work of scholasticism had been refining the Christian concepts of Satan and evil. Theologians, influenced by Aristotelian rationalism, increasingly denied that "natural" miracles could take place and therefore alleged that anything supernatural and not of God must be due to commerce with Satan or his minions (see Aristotle). Later, the Reformation, the rise of science, and the emerging modern world-all challenges to traditional religion-created deep anxieties in the orthodox population. At the dawn of the Renaissance (15th century to 16th century) some of these developments began to coalesce into the "witch craze" that possessed Europe from about 1450 to 1700. During this period, thousands of people, mostly innocent women, were executed on the basis of "proofs" or "confessions" of diabolical witchcraft-that is, of sorcery practiced through allegiance to Satan-obtained by means of cruel tortures.
A major impetus for the hysteria was the papal bull Summis Desiderantes issued by Pope Innocent VIII in 1484. It was included as a preface in the book Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches), published by two Dominican inquisitors in 1486. This work, characterized by a distinct antifeminine tenor, vividly describes the satanic and sexual abominations of witches. The book was translated into many languages and went through many editions in both Catholic and Protestant countries, outselling all other books except the Bible.
In the years of the witch-hunting mania, people were encouraged to inform against one another. Professional witch finders identified and tested suspects for evidence of witchcraft and were paid a fee for each conviction. The most common test was pricking: All witches were supposed to have somewhere on their bodies a mark, made by the Devil, that was insensitive to pain; if such a spot was found, it was regarded as proof of witchcraft. Other proofs included additional breasts (supposedly used to suckle familiars), the inability to weep, and failure in the water test. In the latter, a woman was thrown into a body of water; if she sank, she was considered innocent, but if she stayed afloat, she was found guilty.
The persecution of witches declined about 1700, banished by the Age of Enlightenment, which subjected such beliefs to a skeptical eye. One of the last outbreaks of witch-hunting took place in colonial Massachusetts in 1692, when belief in diabolical witchcraft was already declining in Europe. Twenty people were executed in the wake of the Salem witch trials, which took place after a group of young girls became hysterical while playing at magic and it was proposed that they were bewitched. The subsequent witch hunt took place in the context of deep divisions between the church and a controversial minister. Personal differences were exacerbated in a small, isolated community in which religious beliefs-including belief in the reality of diabolical witchcraft-were deeply held. By the time the hysteria had run its course, little enthusiasm for the persecution of witches remained in Massachusetts or elsewhere.
Belief in traditional witchcraft, in the sense of sorcery, remains alive in India, Africa, Latin America and elsewhere. A belief in the possibility of something akin to diabolical witchcraft can still be found among some conservative Christians.
Modern Witchcraft
| Magic's sides | by Luxas for everyone |
Any who practices what they claim as witchcraft
knows for a fact, wicca isn't witchcraft....
nor will it ever be....
knows for a fact, wicca isn't witchcraft....
nor will it ever be....
Witch, and Wicca
First both are the same in harmony,
First both are the same in harmony,
but wicca ( is trying to be a religion, and
basing their awareness of life on the workings
of Witches, but not actively seeking the root of the
witchcraft's truth this being, ( the wisdom and power
of nature, they meditate and focus spells and use amulets,
and believe this to form the truth, then through
union with ancient mindsets they gain the real witches aura )
Witchcraft is two parts ( witch & Craft )
most who claim to practice, require no tools
most who claim to practice, require no tools
for they the body, are the tool, but this is the Craft
part of witch, not the center ( energy is about charge )
and tuning forms magic ( the true power of the witch
is inside not out, ) but like a budding rose, it must be open
and awaken to feel, the full love of natures touch,
( this is the Witch part ) and wiccan's seem to miss
this and replace it with shaman and cultural ritual, and ancient totems........ ( in Real Witchcraft ) " the following is be
what is inside " example : wiccan ( has fashionized )
designed by a pantheum and jewelry as their act of
calling or hoping to be called,
by nature and the forces of life....
( sex is sacred and unified , because of fear not being loved,
by nature and the forces of life....
( sex is sacred and unified , because of fear not being loved,
so they seek through others this love nature gives... )
example : Witches ( have no fashion ) can wear cloaks,
but lack the desire to fit in, not because they are different,
no because they are Free by natures will,
( being skyclad is sometimes apart of their life )
no because they are Free by natures will,
( being skyclad is sometimes apart of their life )
and they fear nothing, sex is just an ancient ritual of charge
to them as well, ( then that sacred nature comes to their union,
as they pass on their gifts to others of their insight )
( real witches relive the past, by what they wear without
( real witches relive the past, by what they wear without
knowing that they are doing this.....) a form of habit dress
there are more examples.....but this should help
you see the diffrent ways ( that real nature is just and
those that try to become something they aren't shall
eventually run into someone they might be later more
connected to, to see their own true image...
this is the will, action in soul and body,
not design and words...........(fashionized )
"Fluff" is when you grow something without knowing
this is the will, action in soul and body,
not design and words...........(fashionized )
"Fluff" is when you grow something without knowing
what it takes to maintain it, and that is why, is the reason
saddly wicca seems a bit less then witch,
They offer the seed and the water,
but not the food or the light or the space, to grown they
add the other forms of plant food mix and match to try
to grow that seed, and say "its sad when it doesn't work"
and offer a new seed....(that is quite diffrent from witch)
because when they tender the seed, it says
what it needs no guessing, but you knew that already,
if you are one.....
paganism : for all direct purposes has both of wicca,
and the nature of the witch in their spirit..... to be exact ,
wicca is a part of Witch but not the inside, and most books
say well we can't teach you that, or you must find your own,
and this would be quite cool, if it was your contact or housekey
your missing right, what an adventure.....lol
A witch is the connection to the basic principles of nature
Fire : destiny;
water : future;
earth : nature; and
air : life,
in the simple terms........
Are all the linking of the energies of life.
Fire : destiny;
water : future;
earth : nature; and
air : life,
in the simple terms........
Are all the linking of the energies of life.
These are the founding energies of the basics of the 4 self's
But without the spirit or the soul, the fifth point it becomes
But without the spirit or the soul, the fifth point it becomes
just the value of the karmatic 4 self’s. The fear of not
connecting is the reasoning of why the growth, leaves
some to judge a higher self......or religious meaning....
Hence, the linking of shamanistic ideals in the craft,
Hence, the linking of shamanistic ideals in the craft,
which in the real center, of a living witch, there is none, but to
bring validate to the Wiccan principles : the shamanistic
bring validate to the Wiccan principles : the shamanistic
interlocking reasoning was offered for the
recorded 50 years, of the wiccan history, not to find this
link stops the growth and setups the death of the wiccan
self as learning what is term witch. It has become just
another religion of the soul seeker and not the answer
to the nature of the crafting witches self, Not to harp on this,
but sadness fills my heart when I see that others are just
happy to be of a "fad" (witchcraze) image.
happy to be of a "fad" (witchcraze) image.
And the robed concept comes from druid
and engardian times, not
of the center of the soul or spirit of witch.
of the center of the soul or spirit of witch.
The Advancing Witchcraft........and Levels
levels....of being.....witch or sage
Pre-witch/Adept :
As you begin to know the world by symbols and
names of the old and new , you will find that the
hidden silences of what we believe, are only half the reality
and still a mirror of
ours and others desires.
ours and others desires.
In a circle or out of, you will feel the
energy of the per-awakened soul ,yearning to
join you in harmony.., but you must choose to enter the circle
and welcome it. the candle becomes the light and
energy of the pe-awakened soul , the door it must
ask to be let through and the chain
that restricts it from view...
that restricts it from view...
After the awakened soul/spirit it will visit with images of your questioning " what you desire to know or be ? "
You will then be your own circle anytime or anywhere...
unless challenged by your own fears...
unless challenged by your own fears...
advanced witch in the circle :
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often call by priest or priestess they are steps in a
longer staircase many climb but few see that the stairs
are not really there (they are put there as a
test to nature of you...) nature want to know
your plans and your thoughts ( it could invade your mind
and find them, but it chosen not to, for you are in a maze
and have to find your way
out alone.....if you do reward is yours / if not then the
maze changes and again the test will happen..
( time is on your side always ) you just have to summon it )
natures magic is yours to command and conform...
you will see the 4 immortals keys
you will have the symbol of power on your person... infinity
a grimore ( shadow book ) will find you......
nature will say.......welcome.... (literally)
then the real power of your natural gift begins......
your name as a witch will be in the minds and
hearts of all creation... both good in nature and bad..
you will gain the ability to control direction of
living its self..if u wish...
Awaken is your eyes : evolved in mind and
body will you be....
( now the test begins again ) but not for you
a newbie or neophyte will seek your
aura.........( it is a cycle of witch )
then reflection for the mirror is now 4 pieces of
( now the test begins again ) but not for you
a newbie or neophyte will seek your
aura.........( it is a cycle of witch )
then reflection for the mirror is now 4 pieces of
light and by your image is gone ( past/present/future )
will you see in it....
congratulations : you are within your soul
the real craft....
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the body is a sacred tool it is in harmony with the spirit....
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the body is a sacred tool it is in harmony with the spirit....
Witch
: is a person who through nature feels and sees the nature of others or
things alike.... the tools of the craft are the harnessing of the
physicokenetic "electric touch" energy of the awakened soul...
( pendant and certain herbs and symbols : helps train the mind to focus on the energy that helps them go into harmony to communicate
with the soul.... ( god/goddess/other are the ancient messages and the forces that if you could tap into them ( they will expand your sight and vision of the world ( the real craft is not a religious center and that which is natural cant be easily re-made.
( being skyclad is for most their way of telling the body and the elements of harmony , they don’t fear them or their natures...) and they wish to join onto them without attachments...
( for you must be without fear , for nature will dare you on !
( pendant and certain herbs and symbols : helps train the mind to focus on the energy that helps them go into harmony to communicate
with the soul.... ( god/goddess/other are the ancient messages and the forces that if you could tap into them ( they will expand your sight and vision of the world ( the real craft is not a religious center and that which is natural cant be easily re-made.
( being skyclad is for most their way of telling the body and the elements of harmony , they don’t fear them or their natures...) and they wish to join onto them without attachments...
( for you must be without fear , for nature will dare you on !
come view the chain.....(to be explained later)
isn't it wonderful when all the pieces fit....
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