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Writer's pictureBran Alder

What is witchcraft?

Witchcraft is the practice of giving your energy to the universe,

controlling it, and making events connect with what you want. Wicca, an

ancient religious practice, has spells in some covens, in which you can

also practice witchcraft. However, not all Wiccans are involved with

these activities. What makes Wiccan religion beautiful is that there are

no strict rules for members unless they are part of a specific coven. The

second phrase can be reworded and separated into two distinct

sentences. Therefore, new sentences "All the members of the coven are

Gypsies" and "They are also married to each other and have been for

decades" are produced. With all this being said, all people can cast a

spell or two regardless of it are they Wiccan or Pagan. However, not all

covens will recognize non-initiates as true witches. As magic is ruled by

the energy, it must be enough of it to execute the spell. You can raise

energy through different ways; dancing, running, jumping, singing,

chanting, and breathing exercises, are mainly some of them. As such,

the best way to raise energy is to do rituals outdoors and walk around

the place barefoot. By doing this, you can link with the Earth mother

herself and let her energy flow through you.<br>Wicca, in addition to its

numerous deities, teaches about the five elements. You might be asking

yourself why only four elements are mentioned while there are five:

Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. The fifth stands for the spirit. It is

represented by a Pentagram, which symbolizes the placement of all

these elements around one spirit. The applications of Pentagrams are

numerous and include a wide range of spiritualities. The pentacle, a

symbol of neo-paganism with its five points, was previously a part of the

practice of the Wiccan religion. Yet, the image of it as a satanic symbol

gained widespread recognition over the years with the release of a

multitude of horror films featuring the pentacle as a motif.?

The pentagram fits in the circle that is the Wheel of the Year and is the

prior of the five-point star. Therefore, this star is usually presented with a

circle around it, which touches all the five points. They should all be

looked at together as a symbol of balance in the universe. Magic users

often wear the pentagram as a symbol of protection and an ID among

other witches. This is known as the pentacle when worn. It is also

commonly used in spells and rituals.

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Afterward, the Wheel of the Year shifts from a calendar to a group of

mythological stories that describe the connection between the Goddess

and the God. Different stories are found across the traditions that invoke

them. Many of these myths have their starting point in the "Descent of

the Goddess" into the underworld. There she seeks the spirit of the

dead Sun God (also called the Horned God). When she finds him, she

becomes able to explain all the universe's great mysteries, including the

tragic yet beautiful death. The God and the Goddess engage in a sexual

relationship that reveals all their secrets to each other. The divine

intercourse leads to the birth and rebirth of the Sun God during Yule

festival. Although the entire Wiccan theogony is not binding on all the

members of the faith, the values and ethical teachings contained in

these stories, symbols, and rituals are universally applicable

Wiccans. The primary ideas of the religion are based on the values of

environmental, feminist, individualism, and hedonism. Wiccans are nice

and help in evolving without harming others. Being sincere and honest is

a requirement in this sense. (as long as it doesn't?t cause harm).

Witchcraft is an ancient practice that has been around since the

beginning of human civilization, and more likely than not, it has been

practiced even before civilizations were established.

Most probably, it is as old as civilization itself.

It was as early as 3100 B.C. when the ancient Egyptians worshipped it,

this was during their polytheistic period, for which we can show some

evidence, that includes sorcery. In the pre-Christian era, the northern

Europeans, Celts, Greeks, Romans, and Indians, as well as the Indians,

were thought to have used herbs, magic words, and stones in their

practice of magic and of having visited a seer to inquire about the turn of

events like battles, invasions, or simply life in general, see, what haps.

Assuming that we jumped till the time of Jesus Christ, we can clearly

see that the magic was still in practice at a great scale, as there are

several mentions of it in the Bible.


At the trials of witches both in Europe and the New World of the 16th

and 17th centuries that is the time when I would say the fear of

witchcraft was still there in the minds of the majority of people from Most

of those being cases of witchcraft were held in the late Middle Ages,

their belief was still very strong during that time, but as time moved on

what had been the practice of witchcraft changed, it was later on viewed

as a tool of the devil religious propaganda and the paranoia that

accompanied it.

It is by all means a distortion of the truth that witchcraft was established

as a separate entity with its own "tradition" in different areas, some of

whom were traced back to the second century AD.

Witchcraft was not part of the Roman Catholic Church and was

generally considered a threat to the faith of the people that was why it

had to be eradicated for their religion to succeed. Thus, witchcraft over

time became associated with the idea of "evil" and "Satan" in the

Christian context.

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