Saturday, December 26, 2009

Witches' Stereotyped!

If we were to do a survey on what most people think of witches, a majority of people would say that witches are ugly, old women who practice black magic and curse their victims. WRONG!!
Witches began being stereotyped back during the middle ages and at the beginning of the renissance era. For some stupid reason, the catholic church decided that witches/wiccans were evil. There is, my brothers and sisters, no such thing as an evil witch/wiccan. The Wiccan Rede exclaims "An it harm none, do as ye wilt." Plus, there's the Threefold Law, which basically states that what goes around comes around. There are, however, wiccans who are not bound to the Rede and Law like others. So, they are free to do so.
I told a friend of mine that I was wiccan, and right away he thought that that meant that I worshiped Satan. Oh, my friend, you could never be so wrong. See, Wiccans don't believe in the Christian God or Satan. We believe in the Goddess (the mother, maiden, and crone) and her followers, including the Goddess of a Thousand Names, Isis, the mother of Wicca, Hecate, and the Goddess of the Moon, Diana. These are just a few. We also believe in the Gods, including famous figures like Zeus, Hercules, etc...
Wicca is a nature based religion. We worship the earth as well as the Goddess. Most Wiccans share a great concern for the planet. Also, almost 60% of all Wiccans are vegitarian.
Witches are not old hags that fly around on broomsticks at night. In fact, not all Wiccans practice witchcraft, although a majority do. Practicing witchcraft is based off the practicer's beliefs.
Wiccans believe that every plant, mineral, animal, and human as a soul and that the souls are carried off into the next life. There are many theories about the next life, but they all end up with going onto a newborn infant.
Did you know that only 1% of all Americans are Wiccan? Ever since the buring ages (witch hunts), wiccans have been afraid to show themselves in fear that it will start all over again. Most Christians who are, as I call them, religion freaks are bound to follow the Bible and burn witches because they're "evil." But really, referring back to the whole "The Catholics just suddenly decided that Wiccans were evil" statment, there is no such thing as evil wiccans.
And so, if someone comes up to you and asks you your opinion about Witches, you can tell them that they're just people who aren't Christian, and there's nothing wrong with that.