why do withches prefers to use broomstick instead of wings to fly??

Question

nothing.... just wanna ask about this.

Answer 1

It is fiction and no basis.

Answer 2

First of all, I think you watch way too many movies.

Secondly, witches never flew on brooms.

Brooms have long been connected with witchcraft, almost universally portrayed as medieval-style round brooms and associated with female witches. Despite the association with women, in 1453, the first known case of claiming to have flown on a broomstick is recorded, confessed by the male witch Guillaume Edelin. There are, however, prior records of witches flying on sticks or similar objects, usually that had been first greased with a holusigeon flying ointment.

Anecdotally, the broom served another purpose during periods of persecution. Witches and other magic practitioners would disguise their wands as broom sticks to avoid suspicion. It is also a tradition that brooms have been used by some as receptacles to harbor temporarily a particular spirit.

Today the broom is included in lists of ritual tools in many pagan guide books, where it is often referred to as a "besom". A broom is sometimes laid at the opening of some covens' rossets. Representing the element of air, brooms are utilized in the purification of areas. They are used to sweep ritual circles clean of negative energy. The high priestess or high priest walks clockwise, traces the cast circle and sweeps with the broom a few inches off the ground. This practice can be used in addition to or in place of incense to purify a ritual space. It is often employed by those allergic to incense, and during rituals practiced in smoke free areas. It is also a technique associated with "kitchen witches" who use what's on hand to work spells.

Answer 3

Serious answer, as told to me by a Wiccan over five years ago.

"The broom started off as a phalic symbol to represent the male in the female dieties. Flying was not getting off the ground but from a special mixture placed on the broom and then rubbed on the woman. The mixture, plus using the broom as a phalic symbol (she got way more graphic here), caused a flying sensation."

Actually, I think she was full of it and liked to shock me.

Answer 4

Originally it wasn't a broom but a phallic staff, and it was used by female witches for a ritual where they would dance around a field jumping up in the air with the staff to show the crops how high to grow. During the Burning Times witches had to disguise their staffs to hide them so they were made to look like brooms. Someone probably saw the witches jumping and dancing around the field and thought they were trying to fly.

Blessed Be )O(

Answer 5

You have been watching to many movies. That is not what the broomstick is used for as a Wiccan.

Answer 6

Makes it easier for them to get a back rub while on flight

Answer 7

Don't know, but the reason they do not use vacuum cleaners is because they cannot find a cord long enough.

Answer 8

ha ha ... well u know they re all alone living in those lonely woods ... those brooms can also be used for ..... u know what i mean ...

hey obviously ... shes too a woman whos got needs ... and no one dare satisfy her so she does it heself .. she s the woman of the new generation ...

ok enough crap ... me out ...

Answer 9

SO that people dont confuse them with angels or F-16's

Answer 10

Brooms are easy to hide.

Answer 11

because there arms will get warn out