After many years of ignoring what I am and hiding from it, I decided to be true to myself and returned to the craft that I started as a teenager. I stopped after a few things going wrong. Now, I'm back.
- This blog is me introducing myself
- What I remember
- What I am learning
- This is not a lesson or an example of how to be a witch
- Witchcraft is a very individual thing and I don't expect people to 'follow' me or be the same.
- I'm awakening after a long, long time asleep away from the craft.
I'm not interested in superstition
One of my biggest gripes is superstitious bullshit. Some spells are obviously made up rubbish and I wish people would just stop talking crap. True witchcraft is a connection between this world and the spirit realm. In order to invoke the power of witchcraft, the witch must use items, symbols and words that call the power of the Gods or nature. Witchcraft exists somewhere in the space between feeling and knowing. The witch, male or female, should feel the energy in their skin when casting and even at other times. The energy feels youthful and little crackling electrical energy. The witch will feel it in their shoulders, hands and stomach first.
The internet is full of rubbish and people lying. Being a witch is not about an image or playing a role in some sort of fantasy. Unfortunately, Christians and Hollywood have promoted many lies and propaganda about withes, likely out of guilt and fear because of what the Christians did to us in the past. With this in mind, if you want to believe in the superstitious nonsense and live like a prisoner of some sort of OCD hell, you go right ahead. If you want to be a witch and wear the coat of Christian lies living up to their idea of what a witch is, again you go right a head. However, if you want to know the truth, keep reading. Witchcraft is older than the religions and is not without its darker side as humans attempted to understand the world around them. As a modern day witch, I'm not interested in hurting or using animals in my spells and casting. I'm sure that such spells that claim to require animals or animal parts are again superstition and Christian lies. However, hunting was a part of life in the Iron Age, but there is no need for it now.
Witchcraft at its core is a respect for nature. Once you give up eating animals, the animals will treat you differently. They can tell if you secretly desire to eat animal flesh too. After a while, you might earn their trust enough for them to start speaking to you. Yes, they speak. When it happens, it will not be in any human language, but you will hear them and know what they said as if it was spoken in your first language. Respect for nature is why we ask permission and wait before taking anything from nature.
Commercialism
As you look around for information on witchcraft, shops will bombard you with 'must have' ingredients for your spells. Are you going to fall for their sales talk? People are looking to make money out of you, and they will lie about the power of an object or item just to get you to part with your money. Nevertheless, some things you will need to buy, such as salt and pens, but most things will come from nature, just remember to ask nature or the plant before taking it and don't take anything from private land.
The Three Fold Rule
This is not something that I believe in; nonetheless, I do believe you reap what you sow. So, for example, if you go around being hateful and nasty that is what you will receive back from the universe.
Spells and Casting
A good spell is hard to find, but once you start calling out to nature and the animals the right spells will come on their own to you. Spells often need an accent language like Norse Runes or Ogham. I find it is good to keep a journal of your experiences with spells, so you can repeat them if needed. Once you have spells that work, write them in your grimoire.
Health and safety is essential when using flames. I always use fire in a safe place with the correct equipment. I never use fire out in the countryside or in the house.
Nature provides the best ingredients
Be out in nature and look for natural things to decorate your home at festival time. I find making things out of materials I found in the countryside useful in protection charms and spells.
Bragging
There is nothing worse than a person that brags. Look at me, look at me, look at me! They say to their own detriment. Furthermore, if people find out you are a witch, they will just mock and ridicule you.
Although Wicca is new, Witchcraft is not
Witchcraft is very old. This is why I feel it is good to use old languages like Runes and Ogham. Feel the energy from nature and spend time out of the house in a safe place by the river or in the woods, for example. If you start to feel peace in your heart, you are doing something right.
It's obvious to me that all of humanity and the world lay under a curse, and it is the witches that have woken up first. I will go into more detail in a later blog about the curse, but for now, I will just say it is a curse of convenience, and we are all under it and that is why it's not fair to judge others or ourselves.
Because witchcraft is so old, I tend to shy away from religious ideas. You, however, might not. I'm from England, so I tend to look for things close or connected to the UK in times before the Romans; hence, Norse runes and Ogham from Ireland. The Romans bought with them things from Greece and Egypt, so I tend to stay away from such stuff with the exception of Hecate. However, I don't tend to believe in deities, but rather the forces of nature, and Mother Earth. For instance, Winter is a dangerous beast that will devour you, but is OK if you respect it and do the right things.
Peace in your heart
