Time and time again, I receive countless emails from witches in the UK. I do not recall receiving any from a Christian. What is going on over there? Is it popular to be a witch? Historically, the rise of witchcraft in any given culture meant the demise of traditional values. I would love to hear from anyone in (ALL) of the UK that is not impressed with white magic or wicca. I know everyone is not into witchcraft, so do send any responses claiming generalizations. If I have a question, I ask. This is exactly what I am doing; I am asking.
2007-11-01 22:42:26 · 21 answers · asked by shawnLacey 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Witch craft is using premature rise of power for wordly gains. It only causes pain and misery for the person who practices it and for others who come in touch with such a person. It causes spiritual fall and Thus its forbidden.
2007-11-03 07:28:28 · answer #1 · answered by dd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is more popular these days to follow earth-based and old pagan religions. That includes witchcraft. But don't fool yourself. Witchcraft in Europe has never been dead and is not a new thing at all. It is indeed very old.
I would like to know however where you get your historical information from that states that the rise of witchcraft means the demise of traditional values? That doesn't hold water for me at all. Anyway, when has there ever been a "rise" in witchcraft? People are just more open about it today since they are not being persecuted for it anymore.
I know some pagans and witches in the US and they have far more problems than those in the UK and Europe does. Especially the one I know who lives smack bang in the middle of the bible belt [for work reasons]. She's had her children victimised, her car scratched, her house thrown with rocks and rotten fruit. This is for real and then you wonder why the witches that there are in the US, won't come out of the "broom closet".
2007-11-01 23:07:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jingizu 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a Britain, I have little or no exposure to Wicca, Witchcraft on the otherhand does exist here, and has done since long before the Christian Church was ever estabelished.
I know of 4 different types of Celtic Paganism that exist here right now, they all have their own types of "Witches". They don't try and influence my life in anyway, I really can find no fault with them. I do not believe the same as they do, but I see no harm done by them.
2007-11-02 00:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gardner initially meant them to be a similar element. yet he prepare a complicated, ritualized equipment consistent with Pagan religions that did no longer unavoidably charm to everybody practising the extremely some varieties of magical arts that fall under the class of Witchcraft. Gardner merely did no longer talk for all Witches, who weren't all Pagan, who weren't all prompted by potential of ceremonial magic, who did no longer have faith issues like the rede have been meant to be ordinary regulation for Witches. even nonetheless many authors of the 80's and ninety's used the words interchangably, they by no potential actual have been. no longer all Witches have been Wiccan. Then of direction, in the final 10 years or so, further and extra, you notice people cropping up that don't prepare Witchcraft in any respect, yet are very interested in the non secular aspects of Wicca. this might nicely be a sparkling breed of Wiccan: the non-Witch Wiccan. i think of the least complicated thank you to tell apart between them is this: Witchcraft is a prepare, that would or won't be blended with a faith (like Wicca). Wicca is a faith, that would or won't be blended with the prepare of Witchcraft. they are able to bypass hand in hand, or be at a similar time unique.
2017-01-04 18:06:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would rather be pagan than a christian any day. I was born into it and I will die in it.
Do not think that every pagan practises witchcraft....they don't.
You say historically the rise of witchcraft in any culture meant the demise of traditional values. That is complete and utter nonense. Christianity has done, however, an exellent job of demising traditional values, despite the front of saying it upholds them....very hypocritical of them, ey what?
Give me paganism any day.
2007-11-01 23:06:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Historically, the rise of witchcraft in any given culture meant the demise of traditional values."
I would like a source for that please. Whether you want me to make a case against you for generalizing or not, you just did it, with no evidence or references to back it up.
On a similar note, you can't get any more traditional than so-called paganism...all modern religions are adaptations of pagan religions. Pagan is more traditional regarding reverence of nature, of the Earth. All traditional/indigenous peoples shared this reverence before the Middle-Eastern patriarchies took over, and dominionism over the earth became the new order.
As for the UK, 'witchcraft' is more of a fashionable play-act among younger people who want to be 'different'.
Most of them couldn't spot the difference between one herb or the next. As for the ones who can, and who do respect the Earth, then they have my respect. More importantly, I respect people's freedom to explore their spirituality. And the Wiccan rede beats the Bible or the Quran hands down....IMO.
"Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill, An it harm none do what ye will"
If only all religionists would heed those eight words.
2007-11-01 23:12:01 · answer #6 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't understand your comment about the demise of traditional values. Wicca is a far older religion than Christianity and only became associated with things like devil worship and evil spells when the christian church was trying to gain power and the early christian leaders spread these lies about. So true witches are followers of traditional values which are older and more solidly based in reality than any christian ones
2007-11-01 22:56:23 · answer #7 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
You need to realize compared to the U.S. more people in the UK don't have as high of a regard for Christianity, also witchcraft or eastern spirituality is less taboo, some people see it as getting in touch with nature and it has less ties with satanism over there. In the U.S. it is currently not as accepted but likely soon will be especially by the coming generation, it is masked as finding yourself or having a spirit guide who helps you along in life and gives you guidance, which is incidentally similar to Native American spirituality in some respects
2007-11-01 22:54:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The demise of traditional values?
Yikes! One of my ancestors was accused of being a witch because she was independent and spoke to her native neighbors in their own language, in the 1600's. The woman already spoke 5 or 6 languages.
Oh yeah, ignorance and fear of the unknown. You mean those traditional values?
2007-11-01 23:07:12 · answer #9 · answered by muppetkiller_2000 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
white witches do more than any religion and have been around for thousand of years
i think that other religions are just based on keeping people in control and making a so called gang
if you are not in the gang then you are rubbish
white witches do not discriminate and nor do they push there religious beliefs on to any one else
they are caring and sensitive people who like to help and guide people thought there lives
they can heal
and comfort people in there time of needs
help people with there losses
help people find this they have loosed
and most of all what they believe in really happens
what do other religion do apart from say that there gods will help them
we have a natural source and its called love
2007-11-01 23:30:39 · answer #10 · answered by Amanda C 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋