Insane people in to the occult and worse, usually take drugs.
That’s all too sadly real.
They don’t have magic powers, if that’s what’s meant by are they “real.”
“Insane people in to the occult and worse, usually take drugs.”
Don’t believe everything you read. By definition witchcraft is the practice of magic, especially for evil purposes; the use of spells. (Oxford dictionary)
But there are good and evil spells and they have nothing to do with magic. Just the belief that they work because someone said they did. I can say there will be someone killed on the roadways today. Does that make me a witch when it happens?
The modern name for witches is wiccans. Most wiccans believe in a horned male god and a moon goddess, though some Dianic Wiccans only believe in the goddess. Some Wiccans believe that the god and goddess are equal. Some wiccans worship nature, often personifying it as Mother Earth and Father Sky.
But witches have been tossed into things they had nothing to do with. They are not worshippers of Satan. And they have nothing to do with hallow’s eve. Never seen one riding a broom through the air. They are pagan by definition, and will no one harm unless given to them. Yes they dance and speak in unknown voices. So do Pentacostals. And not only good wiches are pretty like in the Wizard of Oz.
Witch craft is another of those stories that has been used for gain. Hollywood has brutalized their existance and anyone that didn’t fit the description of normallity of the town they were in was identified.
They are just people that believe in another form of a religion or sect. And where is the line drawn. Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate holidays that they believe do not fit true Christianity. These include Christmas, Easter, and even birthdays. The Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Christ did not command his birth - or any birth - to be celebrated; he just wanted his death to be remembered.
And then we get into religions like Islam, Buddism,
Judaism, and the extreme, Satanism. The satonic bible was published in 1969 by Anton MacVey. Are they all witches?
Witches are just people with a different religion. Word of mouth and agenda made them evil.
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