Witches !!! dont you think you need a respectable pronoun for you?

Question

The name witch was given to condemn those who were not christians... and worked with Energy.

In Hinduism, witch-craft is part of left handed path of Tantra...working directly with Energy (Mother Shakti).. Those who do it for bad were called Chudail (like witch)..

Those who do it for love and control are called Bhairavi (goddess in hinduism)

Do u like the name Bhairavi or suggest another name for you ??

I am still waiting for "Olessya" of cuprin to answer!!!

Witches who are tainted by their environment are not witches.. and most of them replied here

If you cant connect yourself from East to West.. you are not a witch

Yr answer told abt you.. you are fake!!

If you dont know the relation between Tantra and Withcraft... then u r not a witch really get a life

Answer 1

I don't really apply any label to myself but you could refer to me as a visionary, mystic or spiritual person and healer perhaps.

I don't really follow any religion except my own inner love and that which inspires me, I follow very much what feels right.

Hari Om Tat Sat

Answer 2

I dont mind being called anything really, i know who i am, i know what i believe and why. A word is just a word, it is its INTENT that is important. Maybe the word witch was used as a negative word many years ago but that view is changing as the world becomes more accepting. I think being a Wiccan or witch means for me at any rate learning about the history of this path and thats what they were and are called, I wouldnt like to see the name changed, its name is part of its character and history and i dont think those too things should be changed. I also think changing it shows your bothered what other people think, and i am not :)

Answer 3

I think you mean noun, not pronoun. We can do quite well with the pronouns "she" and "he," as the case may be.

I tend to call myself a priestess more often than a witch, but that might not suit all witches. Fact is, Wicca is such an individual religion (if you can even call it a religion; many just say "path") that many different terms are used. "Practitioner of Wicca" sounds a bit cumbersome, doesn't it? What about wise woman, or the different roles of maiden, mother and crone? If I call myself a crone, will everyone understand that I mean a witch, or just an old woman?

But then, only people who are not witchs find the term "witch" negative. I guess I'll stick with that, for now.

What about just calling me by my name?

Answer 4

The word witch comes from the Anglo Saxon Wicce (f) and Wicca (m) meaning 'to know' it also has the root in 'to weave' giving us the words 'wicker' a woven basket or fence etc. Also the word Wittan which was an advisory group of elders to a Saxon king. It was only when Christianity came from the middle east and imposed itself on the native population of Britain, that witch became a bad word. Those who have stayed with or changed to their native ancestoral religions have reclaimed the word. And so to us the word goes back to it's orginal meaning. Unfortunately Christian missionaries have exported the word witch into other cultures and applied it to any native wise woman or man who works with any energy not Christ. That is unfortunate but not our problem, its just a different prospective.

Answer 5

I find "witch" a perfectly respectable noun, even if it does take a bit of education on occasion.

Personally, I call myself a Wiccan more often than a witch (the two are NOT necessarily the same thing), because I practice witchcraft within the larger context of the Wiccan faith.

Answer 6

Witch is for halloween llovers.. can't they reinvent halloween commercial tradition, it's a little immature to make everyone go buy candy, force their children to dress stupidly to feel like they need to do it to please the world and to get stupid candy that is not nutritious when they probably just want to come home from a bad day at school, have a home cooked nutritious meal and be a normal kid.
Really, halloween is another of the historic entertainment measures for kings and queens, including circuses, actors, bull fights, etc. It isn't hard to see that scary movies is just another off shoot of that area and that it is all outdated.
I mean really, look at the minds of the kings and queens of old days and how they killed very easily, tortured, whatever, and in comparison to their preferred entertainments. Is today's halloween really that special, or is it just as scary as entertaining murderous kings and queens of old times and stupid at that.
I say teach the worlds kids to stay away from that stuff, and learn what in the world every cultural activity or tradition really means.
There is a big difference between the people in old times that got called witches, and the ridiculous masks that the government endorses to be made every year to commemorate the execution of those labelled witches long ago.
Try watches, or watch... because isn't it after all that that witches do?
But the derogative word needs to be given a positive side, absolutely.

Answer 7

I'm very content with my "pronoun" thanks.
Everyone has a theory of it's origin.
Since when does early european witch craft have to do with early asian tantra?

Answer 8

Most answerers above are angry christians not witches

wait for witches to reply

I am a male withch, errrrr bhairav

Answer 9

Actually witch means :"wise one"

it's gaylic and the language predates the church.

Answer 10

well i actually am a christian but i would like to be a bhairavi