Please don’t ask me about sacrificing cats or desecrating churches. I love my cats. And I don’t go into churches or synagogues unless a friend from that religion invites me to some special occasion. And if I DO enter a church, I am not struck by lightning. And if a Christian or a Jew or a Buddhist came to a pagan ritual our Gods would not strike them dead either. Isn’t that something to think about?
Wearing a pentacle is no different then wearing a cross, crucifix, or Star of David.
If you want me to take off the symbol of my religion (Wicca is a religion, protected by the First Amendment rights as other religions) because it’s offensive, you need to make everyone of their religion do that. That five-pointed star signifies the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire & Water, and the fifth point is Spirit; encircled by the World. How that can offend anyone boggles my little pagan mind. No image of tortured, dying man is more offensive, yet thousands of people openly wear crucifixes every day. Also, don’t ask me if I’m in a “ Coven “ in that half- horrified, half- fascinated tone of voice. If I want to talk about my Coven, I will bring it up. If I am a Solitary practitioner, I have no Coven to discuss. In any case, our rituals have candles, food, drink, and poetry, dancing yes; there is a knife but only cuts the air, not anyone’s flesh. I don’t drink blood.
I am not some kind of Vampire. I wear black because it keeps negativity away and because it looks better on me then orange and purple polka dots. If you want to ask me something related to MY religion, ask me when the next full moon is. Or the next blue moon. Or what a blue moon is. Ask me about herbs, Crystals, Healing. Even ask me to make you a love potion. But I don’t cast spells on other people and I won’t cast a spell on you to make you prettier, thinner, and more desirable. And I won’t cast spells on your quarry to make him/her love you. Trust me, you don’t want that, you don’t want the karma that involves, and neither do I!
That’s a form of manipulation, taking away someone’s power, infringing on his or her free will. Not nice at all. And I also won’t cast a binding spell to make someone stop doing something to you. Spell work is about co-creation.
A Witch works with universal energy, with the Gods, to tilt the engine of probability somewhat. Need money? Don’t try to ensorcelled your boss to give you are raise. Simply ask the Universe to increase the flow of abundance in your direction. That infringes on NO ONE’S free will. One last thing: giving me a book about Burning Times is like giving a book on the Holocaust to a Jewish person. It’s not funny and is rude. Yes, I do go to Salem, but not because any of those poor executed people were Witches (I think the Jury is still out on some of them), but because there’s cool pagan shops there. If there where cool pagan shops in a town called East Cow flop, I’d go there too.
Please don’t try to make me ashamed of whom I worship and what I am. Please don’t try to convert me or “ save me “. Don’t throw holy water on me. Don’t leave little pamphlets on my desk or windshield. I don’t need to be saved. Witches are proud of the fact that we don’t recruit people to become Witches. We simply ARE, and those around us see how we think, how we act and our inner peace, and only when someone says, “ How do I become a Witch? “Do we take them into the fold with us. I will Never leave religious tract with anyone. I don’t have one, unless you count this letter. I am not asking you to convert. I am only asking you to understand. If you don’t want to understand, just leave me alone.
~Author Unknown~
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