Yes , it did take me by surprise , I thought the practice of witchcraft was a thing of the past and had died with burning of Joan of Arc at the stake in the 14th Century.
Interestingly enough witchcraft or Wicca as it is known has evolved into a Religion with followers known as wiccans.
Wicca is a neopagan, nature-based religion .It was popularised in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant, who at the time called it Witchcraft and its adherents “the Wica”.
Wiccans, as followers of Wicca are now commonly known, typically worship a God traditionally ( the Horned God) and a Goddess (traditionally the Triple Goddess ) , who are sometimes represented as being a part of a greater pantheistic Godhead, and as manifesting themselves as various polytheistic deities.
Characteristics of Wicca include the ritual use of magic, a liberal code of morality and the celebration of eight seasonal-based festivals.
At initiation, some Wiccans adopt a craft name to symbolise their spiritual “rebirth”, to act as a magical alter-ego, or simply to provide anonymity when appearing as a witch in public !
Has anyone else come across people of this “faith” and know of their practices , rituals and rites ?
I've met a few witches too.......they don't have magical powers.......they don't engage in practicing magic.........they don't wear pointy hats.........they don't sport warts on their noses.......they don't mutter cures while stirring a boiling cauldron.
Instead they simply have horrible witchy-biatchy attitudes...........and that said they might as well do ALL OF THE ABOVE. ;)
Wow this is really new to me…
