The modern day witch...

To look at the subject of witches, one really must break them into two groups. There are the witches that come to most people's minds when the word is said and there are the modern day witches who are largely misunderstood.

The common "witch" that is thought of when one hears the word involves an ugly woman riding a broom, casting spells of misfortune upon people that are around her. This witch is truly viewed as a monster. You get this idea from childhood stories that we grew up hearing, movies, and even history books. This misconception led to the death of thousands of people, starting in the early thirteenth century.

The other witch that not many people know of is the modern day witch. They are more like the yoga-doing, incense-burning, nature loving following that practice the Wiccan religion. They are not associated with evil or Satan, nor do they dress in gothic attire. Instead, these witches are all around you and are a peaceful earth-based religion that worships a god and goddess. They care a great deal about nature and work on channeling energy within themselves. They do not have supernatural powers, nor do they cast spells. Instead, today's witches learn how to use the natural energy you are born with and use it in his or her life.


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a witch . . is by definition a witch . . loldevil wave
Aaaah MrLonely, but indeed which witch is which laugh
LIF: That is interesting information...
Happy halloween ItchyWitch... would you say that modern day witches are often misunderstood ?
lol...the things I know!! Lol...
All witches were always known as herbologists and healers wine
Mystyr: Herbologist perhaps, but not ALL of them using their knowledge to help othersdevil possibly having the ability to harm or heal...
Aswina, thank you for your comment...
Nature, woman and man... sounds very simplisticgrin
very interestingwine
Tango laugh
sometimes simple things are the best ones ...wink cool laugh wave
Aswina: Yes, I agreebouquet laugh
Parti rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing I can't work it out eithergrin
I like simple! grin
the modern witch tange is what you and mysty say or is that just a word they use to describe their title??? over shadow the bad ones with good ones instead dunno my grandmother was one, often heard that whilst growing up, just thought it was a name the locals gave her because of bla-bla, she had two sons and when her favourite of the two died she lifted him from his coffin, held him in her arms cried and moaned and cursed the one that lived..only when i saw this for myself then did i believe she was a witch and a bad one too she was .. she knew i hated her and even when she died, which was great' even though dead she managed to stop me from going to her funeral.. which was but only mighty fine for me yay
Itchywitch, that sounds like you have some real experience with a witch then... Thank you for sharing this interesting story...she does sound scary !
"B"... what about establishing the "Movement for Simple" wink laugh innocent lips wave
Hi Frank, so you have a true life story of a witch that was...ummm ! How should I put it ? She managed to curse people, that is bizzare., Itchy also has an account of her witchy grandma... So I can only conclude that bad witches do still existdunno
I'm off to bed., anymore comments or interesting stories are most welcome wave
Good Night Tange! wave
Me too Tange, they scare me! hug
they do exist tange .. i grew up to be a sunday girl becos of what my parents thought me but i believe in there ARE bad witches from my own self experiences from having a grandmother as one... she cursed her 2nd son to have such a horrible death for him not to be the first son to die..huh wonder did she know when she set the curse that him that killed over killed her 2nd son was him that murderd her first son also.. she treated her 2nd daughter so badly, sons and their mothers dunno
nite tange teddybear
i should go to bed too but i cant, sleep well youwave
frankie who flies a broom eh dunno
oops silly me, witches do... yeah right.
OK, On last true witch story then I'll quit ( promess ).In washington D C durring the early seventies in the surrounding suburbs of Prince Georges county they built a huge indoor arena the Capital Center . This would becomeme the home of the Bullits baketball team and the Capitals NHL team also . Just before compleation of the center it was running over budget and taking longer that expected ( well this is Washington D C ). There had also been four deaths do to accidents in it's construction . The owners where in a hurry to start booking for sports and rock concert contracts . The problem was that because of all the trouble there was a roumer that there was a curse on the place . Now because of this there was reluctence to get coustomers to sign contracts . The owners hired four witches to de-hex the place and kill the evil spell also add another protective one , they even had the ceremoney broadcast on the news networks . They also stated that all the four women where licened and certified witches and have the papers on file to prove it to anyone that questions the validity of the exorcisim . Yes truth is stranger than fiction . . the tainted troll . . sigh
the early 70's frankie????
your going by what was writen.. go by what you know and not becos of what you read
Itchy, I'm from the D C area and the blog about witches reminded me of the story . I also remember seeing it on the six o'clock news . And yes I remember it and did not just read it . I've also been to the Cap Center many times . It's in Landover Md . just before the Andrews AFB exit off the beltway .
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