A Witch Alone . . . yet not.

I thoroughly define myself as witch—a student of the Old Ways, a celebrant of nature, a child of the God and Goddess and an explorer of the ways of my ancestors. As I’ve stated on more than one occasion, I feel you need to know where you’ve been to know where you’re going.

I’m a witch by what I like to call, an innate vocation, if you will. It wasn’t anything I planned or just decided. And for a long time, it wasn’t anything of which I was even aware. It just always was. The Goddess called me to her. Even as a child I did pagan/witchy things. I adored and talked to the moon as if She were my mother, noticed and relished the changing of the seasons, chatted with animals and plants—even rocks and trees—all the while feeling quite certain within myself that this was the correct way to behave and believe, though I didn’t reveal any of this to my family. Nor would they have accepted it if I had.

In this space of time, I feel that I’m where I am on my path to continue learning and to reiterate to myself the Old Ways by means of teaching others, so as to keep these practices alive and pass them on to those who would stop and learn. My strengths are my convictions in knowing what’s right and correct for myself and to follow my own heart, the ability to convey those beliefs in a positive manner, to be able to see the light that shines in all people and respect their viewpoints and principles for what they are—their own viewpoints and principles—and to know that we all have free choice in all situations . . . as well as consequences for those choices.

Here is Webster’s definition of a witch.

Witch: noun-Date: before 12th century
1 : one that is credited with usually malignant supernatural powers; especially : a woman practicing usually black witchcraft often with the aid of a devil or familiar
2 : an ugly old woman
3 : a charming or alluring girl or woman
4 : a practitioner of Wicca

It’s interesting that Webster gives the most accurate definition last and the least accurate first, in fact, the entire sequence seems to be backwards. It’s important to know that although nasty lies and rumors have run amuck, Wiccans and Witchcraft have absolutely nothing to do with the Devil or Satanism!