People were superstitious then. If a king god sick then a witch must of put a curse on them, if someones field died then the neighbor must of been a witch, if a person had a cat then it was thought to be their Familiars and they were thought to be a witches.
People must realize that to implement the faith of Christianity it had to make all previous beliefs evil and that's how a black cat become a symbol of evil too.
Originally posted by debbiejo
It was a very misunderstood and superstitious time. Even werewolves were thought to be running around. If a person had scares then it was a sign to the church that at night the scares were because they had turned into werewolves and got scrars from running through the woods, and so to find out the church would cut their limbs off to see if there was hair beneath their skin. Oh course they died. Bled to death.
They got who they wanted to get, and the others were just made an example out of, in other words, everyone is responsible for watching out for the witches...because at one time, they were very much trusted for their craft and work,but yeah, power gets to everyones head and things were done to kill the king, he found out and decided to make even the innocent people start to look at their neighbors carefully...if he only killed the witches, then, others would wonder "how did he know" and most probably wouldn't care what their own neighbor was doing...but after they found out, they wanted the entire population to start watching, and how does that happen? unfortunately, but causing innocent people to die until everybody is now on the hunt for witches, it's a strategic plan for that EXACT reason, in order to make ALL WITCHES suffer b/c of the few who weren't loyal to the king. after that point, not only were true witches in danger, but anyone who was suspected of it, and things started to die down, once that happened, there was no need to burn people up for witchcraft b/c by then, everyone was out scouting their neighbor and eyeing them to make sure they weren't a nasty witch, job was done (in the mind of the king). he made ALL witches suffer, when at one time, they were honored for their craft and knowledge, but that's because they used it for good...once that stuff starts to be used for negative and to hurt and change people's life against their will, it was terrible...and once it became the business of the king b/c some witches brought it there, it was taken care of, so to speak. i don't agree with the tactics, but i understand EXACTLY what they were trying to do and why.
Originally posted by debbiejo
People were superstitious then. If a king god sick then a witch must of put a curse on them, if someones field died then the neighbor must of been a witch, if a person had a cat then it was thought to be their Familiars and they were thought to be a witches.
People must realize that to implement the faith of Christianity it had to make all previous beliefs evil and that's how a black cat become a symbol of evil too.
witchcraft isn't about superstition, it's a respected craft/technique and usually a person has to born a witch, although, you can learn it too. familairs can be witches, i think the word witch means wise one anyway, or it's wicca that means wise one.
no, the cat was used ever since Egypt. Egypt was under the brotherhood of the serpant/snake. Cats are built to kill snakes. Thus, when the female power wanted to take hold of Egypt (and this depends on if you believe in ancient technology, I think the Eygpts had information on DNA manipulation, in other words, they knew how to "bring things/new animals into life" by playing with DNA. Cats actually oringate from Africa (so do Dogs). Gypies, known for their craft, say their origin is Egyptian. The Irish, also known for their crafts, supposedly have their origins from Egypt. Anyway, when the fem power came into being in Egypt, they used the Cat in order to spiritually and physically empower themselves against the male ego structure/serpant brotherhood. That's why you see the female with the cat head, that's also telling the Sun heirarchy of the serpant that a new power is here and it's a force against the snake. Cats are reportedly telepathic and offer information that is devine (not known to humans), and were used to extract information, conduits for spirits...that's why the cats are known to be associated with the witch. since black was associated with evil back then, if someone wanted to scare the day lights out of someone without even evoking magic, they would just use a black cat and all the associations of fear would take care of itself.
Originally posted by debbiejo
Witches really don't have the power people think they do.
well, there is different levels of power and the idea that most don't use it against a person's will, if they do, that's known as evil or bad. so, there is a division about good versus bad crafts.
witches use herbs, you don't need to believe in herbs in order for it to work, most of our meds comes from herbs/plants, so, they are using chemistry to heal or hurt the body...b/c our body is part chemical, it recognizes chemicals that are smelled, applied to the skin, or ingested, no matter if they person gave it permission or not, same with energy, are spirit is made up of energy, that's why working energy is so used in that kind of work.
going against the free will is not good, most good witches know this and will not do such a thing. most witches that i knew are good, very few were control freaks, they usually have a lot of respect for energy and the earth and a moral code. they are usually friendly but they keep to themselves, but not all of them.
people were ignorant back then, so it was easier to control them via fear, so yeah, some of the stuff back then was just cake walk when it came down to "controlling" people...but witches back then had a function in society that was good, it only turned ugly when some witches used their energy and herbs to harm their king.
Originally posted by Devil King
I know thinking is a lot to sak, but I'm sure you aren't too stupid to figure it out. You asked the question.And I'll be 100% clear, as soon as you explain what the hell "explaim" means.
That's because it's a gift, a spiritual gift from birth. True witches are born witches, they may not even know why they can read thoughts or predict events...and they may not know the method, they just know. The more academic witches who aren't born into that kind of gift are learning the methods from books.
Originally posted by debbiejo
It was a very misunderstood and superstitious time. Even werewolves were thought to be running around. If a person had scares then it was a sign to the church that at night the scares were because they had turned into werewolves and got scrars from running through the woods, and so to find out the church would cut their limbs off to see if there was hair beneath their skin. Oh course they died. Bled to death.
our spirit is inside of our body, but you can't cut open the body to see the spirit. if you think of our world as in many layers of thin papers, we are interfacing with layer b, and think of this layer as this medium of communication we are using now, we don't know the other layers that make this application program work, we just use it... that's how we handle "reality", we don't question it, we just use it. now, true witches know how to work "behind the othe layers" or behind the other deminsions (if that's a more imaginative way of thinking of this stuff, it's very abstract, so, it's hard to use words to describe it)...so, if you think of our spirit or energy in another deminsion or layer that somehow interfaces with the one were are in now, it makes sense why you can't just cut a person and then see their spirit. the person can astral project if they know how, and you can see what spirit or soul is inside of them, and if the soul race matches the body or if the soul is even a human one...
Originally posted by Schecter
but you're not white on the outside. *calls security*
why do you care? what difference does it make to you? you are trying to bait me into a conversation b/c of your ego, why do you even care, what does it matte what i believe or think about myself, how does it concern YOU?
Originally posted by Czarina_Czarina
i am on the inside, sorry to hurt your feelings, what difference does it make to you?
MIXED, not black, but my soul race is white, and again, what difference does it make if i make this claim or not? if a female spirit is in a male's body, you can tell him he's male all day, his life will be of a female, no matter if you call him crazy or tell him it's in his head.
Originally posted by Czarina_Czarina
why do you care? what difference does it make to you? you are trying to bait me into a conversation b/c of your ego, why do you even care, what does it matte what i believe or think about myself, how does it concern YOU?
because you hate your reflection in the mirror and i find that hysterical.
Originally posted by Czarina_Czarina
MIXED, not black, but my soul race is white, and again, what difference does it make if i make this claim or not? if a female spirit is in a male's body, you can tell him he's male all day, his life will be of a female, no matter if you call him crazy or tell him it's in his head.
So, how does it feel being white, compared to black (like you are)?
Originally posted by Schecter
because you hate your reflection in the mirror and i find that hysterical.
If that was the case, and it's not the reason why I know this about myself, it seems like your ego is hurt knowing that someone found this out about themselves. This is more about YOU then it is about me. You are hurt at the fact that if a white female soul was switched into a black female body she will not like what has happened, that's your ego, not mine.
Originally posted by Czarina_Czarina
If that was the case, and it's not the reason why I know this about myself, it seems like your ego is hurt knowing that someone found this out about themselves. This is more about YOU then it is about me. You are hurt at the fact that if a white female soul was switched into a black female body she will not like what has happened, that's your ego, not mine.
So..basically you are boring like white people but don't have the advantages that our (white people, like me (not black, like yoiu) skin colour brings?
Funny.