Exploring Witchcraft

These are terms that may help you understand my essay better.

· Wicca- the natural religion of the world; not a Christian religion.

· Pagans- followers of a non-Christian religion, that focuses around nature.

· Spells- magical workings that change the present; mostly considered negative workings by the Church of Wicca.

When I was a little girl I wanted to control storms. I loved the rolling, dark clouds, swollen with rain and the wind that made little dust tunnels on our gravel driveway. I prayed for tornadoes to come so I could watch their natural ferocity through the basement window. When the skies became dark, I would run into the middle of the yard and command the wind to come. What I really wanted was to be a witch, to be able to control things with my own special powers. My mom taught us that witches were evil creatures created by Satan. But I didn't listen; I wanted to be a good witch. It never happened. I'm not a witch, but that doesn't stop me from believing in many aspects of the Wicca religion. I believe that everything on Earth should be respected. I believe in negative and positive energy and the concept that what you do in this life will directly affect the outcome of your afterlife. The subject of witches, their beliefs and superstitions, is not clearly defined. There is no absolute correct handbook that gives guidelines that a witch must follow, but rather, Wicca is a personal journey that varies from person to person.

Wicca is considered a natural, Neo-Pagan religion that finds its roots in ancient beliefs. It is said to be the oldest religion on Earth and has seen a major revival during the second half of the 20th century. This big revival occurred around 1960, when love, peace, and sexualit...

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..., respect for animals and death. If only people would know the facts about Wicca, not just myths that witches fly on brooms and cast spells, then people would be more accepting of the religion. I believe that this is a model religion and that if everyone would follow just a few aspects of Wicca the world be a more loving universe. Maybe if President George Bush valued the lives of animals and respected the Earth we wouldn't be facing the mass oil drillings in a beautiful wildlife reserve in Alaska, and maybe, just maybe, if the workers of local Paper Mills where followers of Wicca they would realize that the chemicals they are putting into the water are killing the fish and possibly giving there own families cancer. We can only hope, for the benefit of our earth, that people will respect the religion of Wicca and maybe the world would become a little better place.