Who Is A Witch

The origin of the word witch predates the Anglo-Saxon
period. Etymologically, the word has been derived from an

influenced by ancient, primarily pre-Christian and sometimes
pre-Judaic religion. A witch has deep faith in the elements

Old English masculine noun wicca, the feminine being wicce.
The word ‘wicker’ in old German also stood for a

of Nature such as earth, fire, nature, air, and water. Fire
cleanses and has an aura that transports her into the astral

soothsayer. A soothsayer is a fortune-teller or psychic.

world and enables her to view this world with psychic
clarity. Water purifies.connects with the Goddess herself.

In routine usage, a witch is a feminine noun for wizard or
sorcerer, but the former has different functional

The air is an all-enveloping blanket of gods. It wraps
around the witch and lifts her to the divine immenseness and

connotations from its masculine counterpart. While a wizard
or a sorcerer may have some element of manipulativeness in

freedom of the skies. The spirit of the witch gets united
with the air and floats freely in the sky. The witch

their craft, a witch, though a practitioner of witchcraft,
is far from being a crafty person. A witch is essentially a

achieves this uplifted state through meditation,
perseverance and sometimes she is blissfully born with these

very noble and deeply religious person whose purity of heart
combined with spiritual and meditation practices bestow her

talents.

with a deeply religious and mysterious aura. A witch does
not act with any ulterior motives, not to mention any

A witch is just as ordinary looking person as any one in
your neighborhood. She can be a housewife with kids doing

machinations in her pursuits. A witch is a very
compassionate person, gifted with supernatural powers and

her daily domestic chores. She too has her share of
emotions, but they function more at a macro level than at

works for the alleviation of pain and suffering of her
fellow human beings and brings them the much needed solace

personal. So if she is feeling sad, the sadness is not just
due to some personal vested interest, but it is born out of

and succor.

the suffering of the world around her. Another difference
between a witch and an ordinary woman is that a witch can

A highly misunderstood, deeply suspected, much maligned and
doggedly hounded person especially during the middle ages, a

commune with her goddess. The commune is just meant to bare
her soul reaching a complete state of oneness. A witch may

witch has regained lost ground and has acquired a
respectable position in the society. Colloquially, the term

even cry before the alter of her goddess whenever she feels
a spiritual vacuum and wants to replenish it with

witch, applied most often to a female, also includes male
practitioners of witchcraft, especially Wicca. Witches

godliness.

believe in certain ethical codes and strictly adhere to
them.

A witch performs her craft using many rituals such as
worshiping alone or in covens in the alter room. She lights

A witch engaged in her witchcraft practices spells developed

candles, incense, chants incantations and worships her
deities or goddesses. She meditates while staring into the

by worshiping many deities primarily the supreme Goddess and
sometimes her consort the God. The craft or workings of a

candle flames and in the course of meditation, she feels her
spirit leaving her body and enters into trance. A witch gets

witch are used for healing the acute health problems. For
curing these problems, she uses the personal powers in

lost in the awesome power of the Fire with her mind dancing
with the flames of the candles. Insightful images deluge her

combination with energies within candles, stones, herbs and
other natural items. Witch practices witchcraft to help

head and become a permanent part of her psyche.

better the world and mankind. A witch certainly is not ugly,
nefarious, dreadful hag who worships the devil or hurts the

Witches also practice necromancy and summon spirits of the
dead to gain knowledge of the future events from them. These

people as the stereotype image presents her to be.

spirits are called Operative Spirits or the Spirits of
divination.