Witch!
Witchcraft! What is it
really?
Witchcraft is the oldest,most
irrepressible religion in the world
Its roots lie in the ancient
Matriarchal systems of Goddess worship.
A religion of Nature in which the
primary deity is female
It was easy for the Wise Ones to look
at the world
She was responsible for the teaching and
early care of the young.
These revelations and experiences
could hardly lead to any other choice
Although The Great Mother is the most
important deity,
The tenets of Witchcraft are few but
all-encompassing.
1)Reincarnation-Mortality
Reincarnation enlightens the Witch
to the fact that,
Cause & Effect,and an understanding
of it,
Retribution shows the Witch, in
graphic terms,
The Patriarchal Societies which
evolved in later times
They destroyed the temples and other
places of worship,
Despite the centuries of insidious
persecution,
The very word instantly invokes
visions for each of us,visions which
vary greatly from individual to
individual.
Many of these visions, however, are
quite false,brought about by many
centuries of severe persecutions,
mis-representations, prejudice and,in
recent years,lack of knowledge.
because it stimulates the intellect,
promotes a
simple, practical way of
life and,most importantly,is emotionally
satisfying.
(The Essence of
Femininity, The Earth Mother, The
Great Mother, etc.).
around them and see the
great importance of Feminine
Principle.
The female was,indeed,the one who bore
the young,
perhaps the most magickal of
all events to ancient man.
Then,she played by far the most
important role in rearing the young,
being totally responsible for feeding,
for without her milk there was no
life past birth.
In all youths the greatest comfort and
nurturing love were connected with
the mother.
than the total reverence and deification
of the female.
Witches do, generally,
recognize many Goddessess
and/or Gods
and are,therefore,polytheistic.
For with three simple Universal
Observations
all of life can be
explained and understood:
2)Cause & Effect-Magick
3)Retribution-Morality
as we come to this
material world over and over in a
series of learning periods,
or lifetimes,
we will eventually have to experience
all things,
be all things,understand all
things.
This creates a great tolerance
for other viewpoints in the Witch.
allows the Witch to see what makes
the world
work and how to live most
efficiently.
It gives them a great
advantage in that it explains the
working of Magick.
that every thought one
might have,every action
one may take,
is returned in like kind.
This realization forms the basis
of the Moral Code of the Witch.
had no tolerance
for the Goddess religions
and
systematically set out to destroy the
material vestiges,
kill or convert the
adherents and wipe out all
knowledge of them.
desecrated the sacred
groves and magickal places,
attempted to
pervert the old deities, mutilated and
totally suppressed sacred art,
tore down
libraries and burned books,
tortured and
killed many of the practitioners of the
Old Religions,
demeaned, persecuted and
oppressed women in general
and passed
strictly enforced laws which made theirs
the State Religion and forbade all other
viewpoints.
deliberate destruction
and perversions at the
hands of the
Christian Conspirators,Witchcraft has
survived.