Do you have to be born a witch to become one?

Answer 1

First I want to ask you... do you have to be a doctor to try to do surgery? Well, the answer is "no", you don't have to be a doctor to do surgery, however without surgical knowledge, expertise in the field and proper medical stuudies you won't know which tools to use, why the tools are used in the way the are, or what to do if you accidentally slice open a blood vessel, or worse chop into a lung. The answer is that you shouldn't do surgery unless you know what you're doing. To experienced Witches the Craft is a serious art, not a palor game. Let me give you an example? Do you know which day in the current month is the best day to work manifestation spells? I do, irregardless of which month it is, but that's because I studied magickal correspondences and worked hard to memorize things. Things I couldn't remember, I have my Book of Shadows and Grimoire and yes even the world-wide web, and the local library for. The other question is why in your right mind would you even want to attempt this? What is the motivation behind your intention? A serious Witch knows that one's intention is the prime factor in determining whether or not a spell will "backfire" or work properly, and produce the desired results. To perform Witchcraft correctly you would have to understand the associations. But, one last thing... what exactly is a Witch, anyway? Well, I'll tell you a basic definition... a Witch is a person who studies and practices various forms of magick (in the form of witchraft) to influence changes in their lives and in the world. There are all sorts of Witches, but that is the most basic definition. If you dedicate yourself to the study of Witchcraft, you are a Witch. I know, this is not the answer you were looking for, but it is the harsh reality. Think really hard... would you really want to try witchcraft without fully understanding what it means to be a witch? If you think that through, and you can't come up with anything... think of it like this... would you really want to perform surgery on a patient without fully understanding what it means to be a doctor?

Answer 2

No. There are many sects worldwide that practice what they claim to be witchcraft. Most accept new recruits.

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He/she above means Wicca or other Pagan religions. Not real witchcraft. They're right, though, to be a Wiccan, you don't have to be born from Wiccan parents. However, in order to be a witch, you must be born as one; with magic already about you.

Answer 3

Nobody is born a witch. One has to learn witchcraft from books and be trained by a teacher / mentor to be a Witch. Anybody who has a real interest and In teligence and Access to the knowledge and a trainer can be a Witch.

Answer 4

The Craft is different for the various paths.

Some members come from a long line of "family tradition" practitioners. Generally, but not always, these groups tend to only take family members into their ranks.

Many members follow one of many paths that are relatively new. These groups often, but not always, welcome new members from the general population.

In both cases the new member does a lot of learning to become a practitioner, no matter if the Craft is "in their blood" or not.