Do witches exist?!?

Question

are they real or they just exist in the legends??
Are they the people who use the power of their mind to spell magic??
im curious and serious ..plz tell me what you think about them?!

Answer 1

Witches exist in real life and legend, and use the power of their minds, bodies, and spirits in the practice of their craft.

By nature they are ordinary people. We all have the same basic makeup which is just expressed differently since each individual is unique.

A second question is what is witchcraft? According to the Judeo/Christain teaching as found in the Holy Bible, at its core, witchcraft is the sin of disobedience. Forms of withcraft include divination, casting of spells, worshiping of idols, channeling spirits, numerology, astrology, child sacrifice, cult prostitution. At its core, the goal of witchcraft is power. The great quest of mankind is dominion over the Earth, and even the heavens. The great allure of witchcraft is secret (occult) knowledge, how to manipulated matter via mind.

One of the best examples of witchcraft I know of is the account of Moses confronting Pharoah's wise men in the book of Exodus. Notice that the wonders those men produced were not discredited. What was in question, was the source of power by which they operated.

The more powerful witches operate through the spirit realm by accessing what formerly were called familiar spirits. Demons.

Much of this stuff is really hard to believe for the natural mind which is confined to interpreting the world through sensual knowledge - sight, touch, taste, smell, heat, pressure, motion, hearing, etc. As with any spiritual discipline, these things are known through the power of imagination and belief. Yet, especially in the case of clairvoyance, a few of our great institutions such as Duke and Stanford Universities believe in witchcraft. They may not call some of the research they conduct witchcraft by name but they do it just the same. People in government are interested, interested in anything that could provide an advantage over not just the enemy, but the public at large.

I take your question seriously because in my experience, I've encountered a few people who practice witchcraft. As has been said above - they are not to be feared for the most part. But I'll warn you - they are not to be trifled with either.

Trust God, keep your spiritual house in order, and leave those withces alone.

Answer 2

There are Wiccans, and they do spells, but I've yet to hear of one successfully turning someone into a toad. It's a religion, and one that isn't exactly as out-there as people seem to think. From what I understand, many Wiccans see the magic they do something like what Christians hope to do with prayers or the Power of Positive Thinking people hope to do in general- you're not doing miracles here, but you're hoping to... influence things. So, alas, no toads.

The witches as persecuted, tortured, and horribly executed for hundreds of years? Probably mostly myth. There are a few schools of thought on this. There's the misogynist pig theory, that most of the so-called witches were really women that were out of the mainstream in a dangerous way. Maybe they were rich and powerful in their own right, as happened in Salem a lot, or maybe they were "wise women". They knew how to heal, how to deliver babies, and they were not exactly the pious, married churchgoer that women were supposed to be.

There's also the hallucinogenic drugs theory. In Salem, there was supposedly some weird fungus or something that got on the grain and made everyone hallucinate witches. In Europe, the theory goes that the witches themselves took the hallucinogens (it gets very interesting, with the brooms. Seriously) and thought they were actually flying to a Sabbat. That would mean that those really wild confessions were real, in a sense.

Then there's the keeping the masses down theory, which says that the Inquisition was a way for the Church and the upper class to keep everyone in line by having them fight each other. If the baker suspects the butcher's wife of cursing his flour or whatever, the baker's not going to get all up in arms about the higher taxes, because he's got bigger things to worry about. There are witches!

It's probably more a combination of all of those, because things are rarely simple. Still no toads, though, and an appalling lack of gingerbread houses.

Answer 3

of we exist ! You want to learn about witches read books like Margaret Murray...Doreen Valiente for the new form of witchcraft of course good luck No we do not turn anyone or anything into toads or fly and witchcraft is more a state of mind and of your intention and no you do not need a coven to be a witch the first witch lived in a cave and had no time for coven as she tended her son and husband returning from a hunt where they were hurt ...and she found some plants to help heal the wounds Blessed be

Answer 4

The "witches" described in the Salem witch trials or movies/tv do not exist.

We do live in a country where the freedom of religion exists - look up the word "wicca" - they are considered "white witches", but they are honestly calm and gental nature lovers.

White witches do have chants and prayers that might be considered "spells" to an outsider - magic is movie fantasy. There are those who are true "devil worshipers" - but don't confuse them with wiccians.

Answer 5

There are still many Witches about. Black and white.
You should contact the white Witches,via the net,i'm sure there will be some in your area.
The white witches have "powers" we have forgot about,they do lot's of good.
Basically it is the old and more ancient Pagan form of Faith.
Pagan means from the country-side or "the rural people"as opposed to city dwellers.
Therefore i live in the country and in olden days i would have been classed as a Pagan.
Not as frightening as it sounds is it?Good Luck.

Answer 6

People who argue that witches do in fact exist may say this because they are afraid of anything different. Back in the 17th century, people found some acts of others to be strange, and in fear of those actions, they called them witches and felt better knowing why the actions were performed. When people got hurt or sick, the problems that were beyond what medical technology of the time could fathom were blamed on witchcraft.

Answer 7

Yes, witches exist in all kinds of different cultures. But don't go thinking that they are all the old crone, black pointy hat, wart on nose type since that's a completely made up western image.

Check out Paul Stoller's work with the Songhay - he was a sorceror's apprentice and encountered witches during his research.

Answer 8

The Blair Witch Project was a fictional movie made to look like a real documentary. It's all make believe.

Answer 9

Interesting question ....
During the shakespear time, Sigmond Frued was not even born yet, the theory of hullucination and e.t.c, was jet to be found.

In the 16th century Macbeth play, when he is at the banquet and goes through a period of "hullucination" and later turns to the withches for help.
In them days Sigmond Frued was not even born. Shakespear discribes Macbeth's behavior as what we, toady in the 21st century describe as hullucination. Why is this? Because of the evolution of technology and studies, we are aware of such things that exists. However, there may be alot of things out there that are yet to be discovered.

Answer 10

Almost every culture has a tradition that involves witchcraft. Yes, they exist; just not the way you think. It sounds like you're picturing Hollywood witchcraft, complete with pointy hats and powerful spells. THOSE witches are simply a part of our mythology.