Do you believe in magic? Ever since I was a little girl, I had a fascination with witches and witchcraft. It all started with the reruns of the sitcom “Bewitched”, the storyline was about a pretty young witch named Samantha that married a mortal. The ordinary man did not want Samantha to use witchcraft, however she did anyway. Every weekly episode would be a new situation for Samantha to somehow cause chaos in the mortal world of her husband’s.
Moreover, as I grew older I would often read fairy tales that always included an evil witch, such as, “Snow White”, “Rapunzel” and “Hansel and Gretel”.
Even to this day I am still fascinated with witches and their magic. For example, I often sit with my daughter Tabitha (named after a fictional character in “Bewitched”), and watch Disney’s “Wizard of Waverly Place” (I know it’s a kid’s show, but I cannot resist). Furthermore, a few years ago I went to Salem Massachusetts, www.salemweb.com instead of a material birthday gift from my husband. So, in light of my mini obsession, it makes perfect sense that I choose to do my internet research on Witches and Witchcraft.
The World Wide Web has thousands upon thousands of websites from around the world that have information about Witches and Witchcraft. Therefore, I had a hard time weeding out the ones I liked best.
To begin with, I believe the most useful and interesting website that I found for my research is http://www.witchcraft.com.au/ . The website information ranges from how to do witchcraft to the history of witchcraft. The most interesting to me is the origins of Witchcraft (also referred to Wicca or Paganism). I learned that Witchcraft is a religion that has been practiced for over 40,000 years in many societies and cultures. For instance, there was Egyptian, Medieval and Native American Witchcraft.
Additionally,as with most religions across the globe, Witchcraft is a way of life with a sense of balance, faith, and a belief in a higher purpose. Sometimes a religion can be an escape from the otherwise chaotic life. Most religions in the world worship a god or gods. For instance, in the Catholic religion, we worship God (Jesus) and believe that our God is the creator of earth; whereas, in Witchcraft (Wicca) religion they worship a female Goddess, and a male God. Wiccans believe that the Goddess and God working together created the world. That belief sounds logical, because we need a female and a male to create life.
Furthermore, because witches have a deep faith in the power of nature, they would often “brew” raw items found on the earth, such as herbs, stones and bones. They would brew medicines to heal the sick and also to perform their rituals. Or were the Witches brewing a potion to cast a spell on someone?
Finally, that last sentence takes me to my other chosen website on my quest for knowledge of Witchcraft and Witches. Even though the first website had spells, I found http://www.spellsandmagic.com to be better targeted to spells and better organized with many spells to choose. According to the website, there are different types of magic. Such as, the white magic is used to heal, protect and to bless yourself or others, and is considered positive. While, black magic is of negative motives, such as, bringing about sickness, break-up love affairs and vengeance. The black magic is also called hexes or curses (remember the evil witches in the childhood fables). The gray magic is a white spell turned black. For example, you cast a spell for a married man or woman to love you (white). But, then a month later his wife/her husband die (black) and as a result, the spouse is free to love you. “Even if you meant no harm, yet someone was harmed, you will have to except the Karmic responsibility! What goes around comes around!” Witchcraft has a Wiccan rule: If a witch cast a spell, that spell cannot harm another person!
As a final point, my research gave me knowledge of the religion of Witchcraft, that is also called Wicca or Paganism. My research also gave me a glimpse of what it is to be a Witch and that most of them are not evil as I once thought. After all, isn’t there evil people in other religions as well. Also it gave me a better understanding of the importance of freedom of religion. But most essential it answered my question if I believe in magic. I do believe the mind can have a powerful force when mixed in with potions and spells. The magic is what you want to believe!
So, proceed with caution and enjoy the magic of the spells….http://www.spellsandmagic.com
Website cited: www.salemweb.com for your information only.
like you mentioned witches are a world wide phenomenom. Cool blog especially the part of the karmic responsibility, because I actually believe that. Thats why I dont mess with potions and witches... Too risky.
ReplyDeleteGreat, your structure makes it easy to read and the research makes it interesting. I learnt quite a few things in only one short entry. Clear, interesting and fun to read. Nothing else to had but thanks for this interesting reading.
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