What Makes it Witchcraft?
Kelden posted at By Athame & Stang: As a Traditional Witch, I believe that there are three essentials of what makes Witchcraft, Witchcraft: the practice of magic, working with Spirits and the Otherworld, and connecting with the natural landscape.
Differences Between Witches and Non-Witches
Notes made while reading “A Deed Without a Name” by Lee Morgan. Shamanic, ecstatic practice blurs the lines between physical, “in the body”, experiences and spiritual, “in spirit”, experiences. Extension of the senses leading to Other ways of being. Thus…
Shamanic, Ecstatic
Notes made while reading “A Deed Without a Name” by Lee Morgan. An ‘ecstatic’ is a type of mystic who leaves or transcends the flesh in powerful visions and has congress with another world. But a ‘shaman’ is one who…
How to become a witch
Notes made while reading “A Deed Without a Name” by Lee Morgan. Born that way -> approached by spirits or the Devil and informed of vocation/gifted with power. Initiated by other person -> share food/drink with fey/shifter, agree 3 times…
Initiation
Notes made while reading “Children of Cain” by Michael Howard. How to become a witch (magical transmission of knowledge and ‘passing on of power’): Initiation by faeries Initiation by other witches via ceremony Witch blood/elven blood Literary transmission, via texts/grimoires…