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Wicca

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 What is WICCA? Wicca is an alternative minority "religion" formed by witches, it originally began  in the U.K .  in the 1940s.  Wicca and Witchcraft are part of the larger contemporary pagan movement, which includes druids and heathens among others. All these spiritual paths, as we pagans refer to them, base their practices on pre-Christian religions and cultures. If I were to explain to you the more... technical part of it it would be something among the lines of: The religion differentiates itself from more mainstream religions, such as Christianity, by celebrating a Goddess as well as a God. In addition, Wicca lacks a formal institutional structure such as a church and puts more emphasis on ritual and direct spiritual experience than belief.  We are not believers, we are practitioners . We do have one Golden Rule :  “ Harm none and do as you will ,” and we really don't have a sacred book from which to take our beliefs. There are a few good reads out the...

Us: The Witches

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 What is a Witch? Listen to the podcast here!  This question can be answered in many different ways. So... I am going to be splitting this HUGE question into some other... more simple ones.  What is the "current" concept of a witch? Witchcraft traditionally means the use of  magic  or supernatural powers to harm others.   A practitioner is a witch. In  medieval  and  early modern Europe , where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have attacked their own community, and often to have communed with evil beings.  It was thought witchcraft could be thwarted by  protective magic or counter-magic , which could be provided by  cunning folk  or  folk healers . Suspected witches were also intimidated, banished, attacked, or killed. Often they would be formally prosecuted and punished if found guilty or simply believed to be guilty.  European  witch-hunts  and...

Katt the Witch

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Katt the Witch  Listen to the Podcast Here Hello there! My name is Katt and I am very happy to have you here with me today.  Today's post will be pretty simple and short, but I would like to introduce myself a bit before we actually start talking about what really matters: magick.  I would love to introduce myself as a simple human being, but... I am afraid that is not possible. Not anymore. To make it easier for everyone who is reading this, I will just create a list, since I LOVE doing lists.  Hobbies: Reading (mainly fantasy) Writing (I am a blogger after all) Painting (I love digital art and have an Instagram account just for it) Music (listening to it, or singing) Videogames (Oh my, you'll see hahaha) Movies and TV (Big fan of horror, fantasy, and adventure movies) Walking my dogs  I am sure I have a lot more hobbies (like arts and crafts), and that some of you would like to know exact examples of books (like the Percy Jackson series), bands (like Imagine D...