Which Witch is Which?

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I wanted to do a blog on Witches, you cant have this sort of blog and not include Witches... After 30 minutes of research I quickly realised that this is going to need multiple Blogs!!

Well we'd better start at the beginning – What is a Witch?

This sounds a simple question, but it really isn't – I once asked a friend of mine, who herself is a Witch, what it meant to be a Witch and she confidently told me that it was rooted firmly in Paganism and the belief that nature is sacred and that we are all part of nature, it's a spiritual state of being where we are all fundamentally connected. A Witch can tap into this “force of nature” and manipulate it to their will by changing the balance of the forces.

Witches are Pagans... So What is a Pagan?

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Well it turns out that Pagan is a term given by early Christians to anyone who followed multiple deities or false gods. Paganism comes from the Latin pāgānus which means "rural" or "rustic". Basically Paganism is the religion of the peasantry. So a Pagan is simply a non Christian who follows many gods These Gods included...

• Creator deity
• Death deity (chthonic)
• Life-death-rebirth deity
• Love goddess
• Mother goddess
• Sky deity (celestial)
• Solar deity
• Trickster deity
• Water deity
• Lunar deity

As you can see they were indeed rooted in nature and the world around them – So yes, Witches are Pagan (they have multiple deities) but not all Pagans are Witches.

So... What is a Witch?

Witches have been around it seems, in one way or another since the beginning of modern humans. They are people whose knowledge of the world is better than those around them and this knowledge is used to gain power of one form or another. Their knowledge is usually based around

Herb Lore - Using nature to cure people or maybe make them sick

Psychology – Understanding how people think or behave to manipulate them (not necessarily for bad)

Magic – This is probably a blog in itself...

So... WHAT IS A WITCH???

I'm avoiding it... Coming to it...

A Witch is as individual as you or me – Their personality will decide Which sort of Witch they are.

A Witch is male or female – Warlock male / Witch Female is a much later notion.

A Witch has few rules – Their deities, their lore, their beliefs and their practices are their personal choice.

A Witch has knowledge – Whether its Herb Lore or Psychology a good witch (ability wise) will know their stuff.

I've tried to keep this pretty simple and I'm aware it only scratches the surface... But the question of what is a Witch is difficult when not even the witches can agree.

So to keep things digestible I'm ending this blog here – The next blog will be on Types of Witch and what they do....

SOLITARY WITCH

ECLECTIC WITCH

HEREDITARY WITCH

HEDGE WITCH

KITCHEN WITCH

GREEN WITCH

COSMIC WITCH

Let me know what you think – do you agree/disagree? I always love to learn and hear other peoples opinions...

See you next time.