The roots of Witchcraft are just as ancient as the roots of Voodoo. Like Voodoo, the Craft of Witchcraft should never be confused with Satanism, the outright worship of Satan. The true Witch has nothing to do with such worship, even though there are some Satanists who will, wrongfully, call themselves "Witch." It is this type of misunderstanding that led to the persecution of witches in the olden days and in today's climate of knowledge, is an unnecessary burden.
The first principle is that of love and is expressed in the ethic; "do as you will, so long as you harm none."
The Witch should act within the structure of the Law of Cause and Effect.
Supplementary to this is the Law of Three, which states that whatever goes forth must return threefold, whether good of ill.
Understanding the principle of polarity; everything is dual; everything has two poles; everything has its opposite; for every action there is a reaction. "As above, so below" acknowledges the relationship between Heaven and Earth
Recognizing this polarity means acknowledging the Oneness of the Divinity; Godhead is one unique and transcendent wholeness.
In literature witches prophecies never lie, but witches do mislead. Shakespeare's Three Weird Sisters in Macbeth are the most famous witches in literature. They serve to set the ominous mood in the first scene as well as to deceive Macbeth into a false sense of security.
In literature, witches are usually female. In most fairy tales witches are horrible old hags with beaked noses, gnarled hands and long scraggy grey hair. The most obvious exception is in sleeping beauty where the witch is a very beautiful temptress. The beautiful temptress is a more common theme in general, if we look at the Odyssey or Christabel or Keat's La Belle Dame Sans Merci we find the witch of literature has transformed herself to steal away a soul or two.
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