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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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Are there real magic wand shops in California?
There are metaphysical/new age/pagan shops all over the world where you can purchase a wand.
The wands come in wood, metal, glass, and hundreds of combination of materials.
In my experience the best wands are made by the individual practitioner, using materials that are attuned to his/her specific needs and talents.
For stage magic there are also Magic shops that will have a selection for use as props in a show.
If however you are looking for a shoppe like the one in the "Harry Potter" fictional series, I am afraid you are in for some disappointment, unless one of the big companies like Disney decide to open one. Do understand however, that sort of shoppe would not carry "real" magic wands.
You are not under a spell. You should see a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist. Hearing voices and believing someone has put a spell on you are possible symptoms of schizophrenia.
What is a black mirror used for in witchcraft?
A black or Dark Mirror is a tool used for scrying. Scrying is looking into the future.
What is the connection between witchcraft and communism?
There is no connection between witchcraft and communism.
Witchcraft is a spiritual path.
Communism is a political structure attaining to a classless, socialist structure with no religion.
there are still people who consider themselves witches, but what they can or can't do is another thing.
Why would people watch witches get hanged?
As far as we all know, people always liked to watch prosecutions, murders and violence. This is the same reason behind it as of why people watch action movies. I think the roots of this interest is in our wild origin - people interested in watching bloody shows such as fights between people and animals or and people and other people just because the experience they may receive by watching may help them to survive in a fight they will have themselves one day.
Who made witchcraft a capital crime?
Witchcraft being a capital crime, goes back thousands of years, by people afraid of black magic.
What is witchcraft and how does it connect with other religions?
witchcraft is another term for paganism, basically it is all neopagan revivalism, and is some such as Wicca is comprised of many ancient traditions such as Celtic and Greek. other pagan traditions unknown to most here in America, are also considered witchcraft. voodoo, hoodoo, native American, and any shaman, witch-doctor tribal healer, both in the past and yes indeed the present is all considered witchcraft.
Far as it connects with other religions it connects with all religions pre-christian but strangely enough it connects with Catholicism quite well, most holidays such as Christmas Easter and others are derived from pagan traditions. ever wonder what a bunny or Santa had to do with Jesus it doesn't. These are stories and traditions that originated in paganism the Easter bunny in reality has to do with fertility, Santa and the reindeer have to do with a mix of Norse gods and Celtic gods the deer Celtic god cernunnos, Santa is a mix of Odin and the Celtic holly king. witchcraft in essence is technically in this modern age a blend of many if not all of ancient pre-christian faiths, Christianity took many of those traditions and molded them into itself so that pagans would easily be converted.
Can the Benedictine medal and a pentacle be worn together?
The Benedictine medal is a devotional medal honoring Saint Benedict and the Holy Scapular. to wear a satanic pentacle with it would be very evil and would do you great harm spiritually.
Roman Catholic AnswerA pentacle and a pentagram are different words for a five pointed star. The pentagram usually refers to an inverted pentacle, often with a goat's head in the center of it. Unfortunately, although the pentagram is specifically a Satanic symbol, the pentacle is pagan and all pagan rites, even those not specifically Satanic, are based on spirits that are opposed to Christian worship, in other words, demons. Although the most successful demonic influences have divorced themselves from "demonic" and "Satan" at least in their face to the world. Avoid all of it, it is not of God.Pentacle before 1600 was used among Roman Catholics as a symbol of protection, that they believed to represent the five wounds of Christ. Still in some Roman Catholic churches built before 1600, you may find a pentacle engraved or as a window decoration. As an example, In Sri Lanka, you can still find a pentacle on the front top window of the St Mary's church dehiwala. After 1600 's the Vatican rejected the use of pentacle in any connection of the Roman catholic church. Since then the followers believed it is associated with the demons.
Pentacle now, is the official religious symbol of Wicca. Wiccans use the upright pentacle (inside a circle) as a symbol of protection. On the alter, Pentacle represents the element of Earth.
In the Wiccan point of view, wearing a medal that represents Gnosticism along with a pentacle does no harm.
What ingredients could you put in a spell?
To make a spell add more ingredients in the way of colours,herbs, oil, soap, candles or incense, etc.
I don't make spells but that might help.
The Pendle Witches or Lancashire Witches were the most famous witches in English legal history. In the year 1612, at Lancaster goal, in the English county of Lancashire, ten men and women were hanged for the crime of witchcraft.
The Pendle Witches, as they became known, were believed to have been responsible for the murder by witchcraft of seventeen people in and around the Forest of Pendle.
Is witchcraft a tradition in paganism?
ya its part of it.
In some of the branches of Paganism you can and do find people who use witchcraft as part of their spiritual path, however it is a personal choice and not all use it.
To use an old mathematical formula... All Witchcraft is Pagan, but not all Paganism is Witchcraft.
Candle magic is one of the simplest forms of magic, but also has the unique characteristic that it can become one of the most involved once you begin anointing with oils, herbs and incense.
Generally you will light a candle and use the flickering fame to concentrate on for meditation. Candles can also be used to draw energy into yourself, and expunge it back into the universe.
A lot of spells require candles as part of the ritual. You can find a list of spells at http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells.html which use candles with instructions on how to use them for each spell.
How do I learn magic spells like the egyptians studied?
Research, study and READ. There are many excellent books on magic in its diverse forms, and quite a few written about Egyptian magic. Once you have read at least six books by no less than three authors, you can start looking for practitioners in your own area.
What to use stormwater for in witchcraft?
Storm water comes in several forms.
Stormwater (rain collected during a serious storm and kept in a dark bottle - no sunlight should touch it) is commonly used to summon and/or control storm.
Stormwater (water from a lake or ocean collected during a big storm and stored in a dark bottle where it is not touched by sunlight) Can be used to summon or quell ocean storms. This was a common ingredient in protection spells for fishermen.
How do you benefit from witchcraft?
Only people that practice witchcraft can argue that with you.
I think with any religion, whichever you choose there is something that you benefit from it.
Atleast you believe in something.
With any religion the major benefit is self discovery. Learning about what you can handle. The kind of steel you are made of and how much you can take before you crack. No, witchcraft will not make you the next Harry Potter. What it will do is make you the next atheist.
How did people feel about witches?
There have always been mixed feelings about witches. Down through history, people have been afraid of witches and worried that they had power to harm them. People have also sought out witches for cures and magic spells, though. So they loved and hated them, just as in today's world.
What is ergotism in relation to witchcraft?
Ergotism is a condition caused by the ergot fungus. This grows on grains and causes hallucinations, convulsion, paranoia, and mania. Before people had the technology to store most food safely, stored grain would be contaminated by this fungus, and everyone who ate it would get sick without knowing why.
In 1976 Linda Caporael published an article in Science magazine which speculated that the Salem witch trials were actually due to ergot poisoning in the village. The symptoms that the Salem villagers described as being the result of witchcraft were some of the same symptoms that you get from eating ergot.
Are witches really on the earth?
First answer: No, they fly about two feet above it.
Second answer: Many claim to be witches. So, if they call themselves witches, maybe they are.
Question: But what is a witch?
In old stories they could cast spells on people and do magic things. Whether they actually did those things, it is very difficult (impossible?) to verify.
In modern times there are followers/practitioners of witchcraft, and doubtless some members of these groups call themselves witches.
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Which animals are used for black magic and why?
Most people do not believe in dark magick as Witche's usually follow the threefold law which explains that anything released comes back unto you three times more powerful. So if its "black" meaning negative then spite would kick your butt. My advice is stay away from the negative sorts and use magick to aid you. Magick is like beauty...its in the eyes of the beholder. If you take magick to a dark place then its is black, others wise magick is positive. Mind ye be the law of three! An' ye harm none do as ye will!
