Yes! I AM!!

Am I a Witch?  Yes indeed I am a card carrying, broomstick holding (Come on you didn't REALLY think we RODE them, did you?  We sweep with them...shocked?) Witch!  And I love it. 

Before you start running for the gasoline and a tall post to burn me at, let me tell you what this means.

• First, I believe that there is a God...several of them in fact AND a Goddess (also more than one).  I do not understand how anyone could know that the females of our species is the bringer of life and NOT believe that we have a feminine aspect to our Diety. 
• I believe that everything and everyONE on the planet is made up of  energies and that we can use these energies to affect changes in our lives and surroundings.
• I celebrate different phases of the moon and holidays (called Sabbats) with candle burning and incense, much like anyone else does in their churches.  I just happen to do my particular celebrations in my home at an altar.
• I do what I call spells which are very similar to what many other religions would call prayers.  (Yes this is my religion, regardless of what our former President G.W. thinks)
• Since I am also an Ordained Minister (I prefer Priestess but "tomato to-mah-to" I also perform certain rituals such as marriage ceremonies (handfastings) and baby naming ceremonies (Wiccanings) not to mention
• I read a crystal ball.  This, I do by pulling a person's energy through the ball and giving them what spiritual guidance I can by reading this energy back to them and offering ideas about what obstacles they may encounter in the near future.

Well now that you know what I am/do let's talk for a moment about what I am NOT and do NOT do shall we?

1. I am not now nor have I ever been a "bride of Satan"  Most of the Witches that I know do not believe in Satan although they DO believe in evil, dark forces, negative energies and in general bad karma.  While I have BEEN a bride more than once and I will admit that at least ONE of my exhusbands had a definite mean streak I'm relatively CERTAIN that he was NOT Satan.
2. I do not nor have I ever sacrificed any type of animal including humans in any of my rites, rituals or spells.  When I use any plant in my rituals I thank the Goddess for offering it to me and make an offering in return usually in the form of some baked good that I have baked myself left out for the animals to feast upon.  The only blood that I have ever offered in any ritual is my own and that is only in extreme circumstances and only the tiniest droplets.
3. I do NOT "cast evil spells" on people.  Witches have a very strong belief in ethics and follow the Rede "And ye harm none do what ye will" this means no thought word or deed that would harm ANYONE including self. and SHOULD we do that we believe that it would come back at us w ith a power of three so to do something like that would be incredibly stupid.  Now while I won't say that some people who CLAIM to be Witches aren't the sharpest crayons in the box, you can generally tell by talking to them for about 5 minutes if they are REAL Witches or not and the real ones wouldn't do bad spells (no matter HOW many people may ASK me to)

So now we've had our little primer on Witch 101 and it's been just loads of fun.  My intent in this blog is to just give a Witchy spin on stuff so stop on by if you care to and if not, well thanks for reading and have a nice day