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Witchcraft
This is the category where your questions about witches and witchcraft as a spiritual path should go. Based on an ancient shamanistic way of life, witchcraft is a spiritual system known as "The Craft of the Wise" and were a valuable part of villages and communities. Practitioners were the healers and leaders of their people. Modern witches follow the cycles of the sun, the moon and the seasons of the earth for guidance and knowledge. Most, but not all witches practice some form of magic in its true meaning.
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The Craft is an entire life style, not just something those of us who practice do "on occasion" or at need. That explained... I will lay out a basic idea below of what I go through in order to create and perform a spell or ritual.
1) decide on your need.
2) be sure that a magical solution is the best coarse.
3) do your research
- figure out what house and phase the moon should be in
- decide what herbs, stones, colours, incense, and other ingredients you will need
- choose the deities you will ask for help.
- write your ritual (do not just pull things together - your written spell will make certain you know exactly what you are doing and will be able to re-do it or un-do it as you may in future).- gather your ingredients and get yourself prepared
4) meditate on your need/purpose one more time, to be sure you are about to do something for the "right" reasons.
5) when the moon is in the correct phase and house and you have all of your ingredients proceed according to your written spell/ritual (don't vary from it -see above why).
- cleanse yourself
- cleanse your sacred space
- light your incense
- create your sacred circle
- call the element (light candle if using)
- invite the deities ( never, ever call or demand their presence) (light the candles if you are using them)
- perform the ritual/spell as you have written it and raise and release your cone of power
- celebrate the small feast
- acknowledge the presence of your deities and be grateful for their help (do not dismiss them)
- thank and dismiss the elements (put out the candles, if you used them)
- ground the energies and release the sacred circle.
6) final and most important - ACT IN ACCORDANCE go out and do what you need to do to make this come about, expect it to happen (if your need/purpose was sound and reasonable it will)
This is just one of the ways we work, there are thousands of others.
Where is the witches grandma from?
The question cannot be answered because it lacks specific information.
What are the cumulative concepts of witchcraft?
The Cumulative Concept of Witchcraft is a theoretical approach to understanding witchcraft that is suggested by Brian P. Levack in his book on the subject: The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe. It includes a bottom up approach to witchcraft, which includes acts of maleficent or harmful magic typically at the lower class levels, and an elite view of witchcraft, which includes such things as making a pact with the devil, attending sabbaths, and having the mark of the devil upon the witches body.
Are there any hypnotizing spells?
No. Spells are not real. While hypnosis is a real thing it is based on psychology, not magic.
Goth is a subculture in music and dress style. Although some people who dress gothic in appearance may participate in various forms of witchcraft, it is not true of all people who classify themselves as goth.
How does ritual and magic interrelate?
In terms of Paganism ritual and magic are very related but it is important to know they can exist without each other.
Magic, or magick, is the act of using energy to move/make a change for the good of all involved (if you follow the Wiccan Rede).
Ritual is simply a ceremony that a Witch or Pagan would do to allow their minds to focus on the change at hand.
Therefore magic is usually done in ritual to add a little extra push but magic is strong without ritual as well. It is all a matter of how your state of mind develops and how strong your will/intent is.
In return, ritual may be performed without doing magic as some rituals are simply seen as stepping stones into a realm that is between time and space. Also rituals are used to celebrate holidays and initiations into covens.
What do pagans consider magic or spells?
A Pagan Perspective: Magic is the manipulation of naturally occurring energies, by an ethical practitioner, using their mind , their will and what ritual/spells as they see fit.
Spells are the (usually) written directions, materials list, and general information needed to effect the aforementioned naturally occurring energies, to a specific need or end.
What is the difference between Witchcraft and Paganism?
Just how the general religion is Christian but the sub-religions are like Methodist, Catholic, Baptist, Seventh Day Adventest, etc...
- I would like to add that the term Pagan is believed to be a term used to describe to local poor/country dwellers who chose to worship the old Gods. Many religions fall under the term "Pagan" or "Non-Christian": Native American, Buddist, Wicca, Witchcraft, Unitarian... read the following link to learn more about the term Pagan see link below.
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basically, all wiccans, or witches are pagan, and or harness the nautre that pagans believe in
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not all pagans are witches,/wiccans or do spells/magic
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Witchcraft is a practice, a tool. Not a religion. There ARE religions that utilitize magick and witchcraft - such as Wicca. But not all witches have a religious base and they certainly aren't all pagan.
Paganism is an umbrella term to refer to many non-Abrahamic faiths - like Druidism, Wicca, Asatru, etc.
What was Datura used for in New Mexico witchcraft?
Datura is a plant with hallucinogenic properties. Many plants with similar properties have been used throughout the ages as part of "Dream quest" rituals.
Dream quests are more properly the realm of Shamanism, however Shamanism and Witchcraft are often terms used interchangeably by people outside of those spiritual paths.
Answer one: No, not all of them.
Answer two: Paganism is an umbrella term for a collection of beliefs and spiritual pathways rooted in an affinity with nature and the natural cycle. Just like anyone else, Pagans are individuals, with different tastes, beliefs, and spiritual practices. Some do practice Witchcraft in one way or another, while others do not.
speaking to the dead or summoning the dead. This is against the Bible and is aligned with witchcraft.
There are a number of spells of that nature, but in my opinion, that has the same overall effect of a person-specific love spell. You are influencing that person's free will. Instead of a spell, why not try a little dreamwalking? It's kind of tricky at first, because you need to become aware that you are dreaming without actually waking up, but it's doable. Once you reach that lucid state, you can link with the person's mind and talk on a level where there can be no dishonesty on either part, because your subconscious minds will be communicating directly. That way, you can discuss what you both want. When they wake up, they may remember some fragment of the dream and call you.
Normally, Witchcraft is the use or belief in a demonic art or power.
and Craze would be and obsession.
So someone obsessed with Demonic ideology
How do you take away another witches power?
With a binding spell of course...thats all i dare say though....unless u wish to use it for good and not revenge....
What schould you do if you believe someone did witchcraft to you?
Since there is no such thing as witchcraft and spells, ignore it and try to forget about it. If the so called "witch" is in a place to poison you, then eliminate that association.
Witchcraft is definitely not okay... And once you get involved, its very possible to start thinking very strange things... and also very possible to get demon possessed... ESPECIALLY if you are not saved and right with Jesus. A while ago there was a woman who got into witchcraft and became demon possessed. What would happen was when someone would touch her, bite marks would appear on her body... and i know this is a little bit creepy but this is very true... i met the missionary who went to help her. It was demons that were biting her, and only she could see them. She was put into prison until they could find out what was wrong with her. Where she lived, no one believed in Jesus, and they sent news all over the Internet and radio and everything they could to help this woman... and when the missionary heard it over the radio, he was thinking: no way am i gonna go over to this lady and everything... and then Jesus spoke to him and said: if you don't go over to this lady to help her, she will die. So he ended up going to the lady who had recently had the demons talk through her to 2 people and say: you will die to the people who thought she was lying just to get famous, and they did die because they didn't speak the name of Jesus over it. And when the missionary got there, he saw her and said: in the name of Jesus I command u demons to be gone. Then she started rolling around on the floor while the demons were coming out, and then she just stood up and was perfectly fine and back to normal. She now tells everyone her story, and if you want more details look up Kenneth E. Hagin on google along with "demon possessed woman" to find more info and the rest of the story. Plz reply!! :)
How do you make a magic amulet?
To create something that plausibly looks like a magic amulet falls within the realm of jewelry; to create actual magic falls within the realm of fantasy. You get to invent your own magic rituals, if you so desire, because the world does not really run on magic. You can always pretend that it does.
Where were the most witches acused of working?
A Bakery, because all the kids that went missing, the witch obviously cooked.
Why women were accused of witchcraft?
It was believed that because Satan chose to tempt Eve, rather than Adam, to eat of the Forbidden Fruit, that women were more suseptable to being tempted by the Devil than men.
Chi, Ki, or Qui (depending on which Asian language is used) is energy. The term is usually reserved for life energy, but can refer to other sources as well. For example ReiKi (pronounced ray-key) is universal energy.
While the energy that witches use in magic is the same type of energy, the rituals are very different. Witchcraft usually refers to the traditional religious practices of tribes native to Europe.
Biblical witchcraft, however, refers to something else altogether. Exodus 22:18 "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" is a rather poor translation. The original Hebrew term, m'khashepah, refers to a person who speaks harmful words, or words in spell form that cause harm. Therefor, no form of healing energy or beneficial majick can be considered biblical "witchcraft".
Where can you find Latin witchcraft?
Latin witchcraft would be most closely connected to what is currently known as the Strega.
Raven Grimassi wrote an excellent book, "the Ways of the Strega" published by Llewellyn Publications in 1995, with a good basic founding in the fundamentals of the path.
What type of witchcraft is rebecca accused of?
I assume you're talking about Rebecca Nurse. She was accused of spiritually murdering seven children of her husband's neighbor and enemy, Mrs. Putnam, all of whom died suddenly after birth. The Putnams had a land dispute with Rebecca's husband. See literary references: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller and "A Break with Charity" (I forget author's name.)
