Witchcraft
Midnight, full moon, The Witching Hour. How can you hear those words and not feel something stir inside of you. In the next few minutes, I will share with you: Why I chose witch craft as the topic f my informative speech, a will give you all a brief history of witchcraft within definitions, then I will go on to introduce some objects and go on to explain what they symbolize.Witch is a word that conjures up untold images and emotions in even the most steadfast believer: it is a word that whispers of the ancient and the instinctual: a word charged with mystery.It is something I knew nothing about.Well I should not say anything, because when I first started out I knew what the movies and media had hinted to.I was curious as to what was the true meaning of witchcraft and I certainly was not going to get that from movie like "The Wizard Of Oz."Brief history of Witch Craft with definitionsSo now the question comes about, how did witchcraft come about? It has been here since there were humans hunting and gathering. Their respect for the creatures sharing th
" Copy right 2000 by Canari Press, United States Of America. Since Witch Craft was a pre-Christian religion which has been around much longer than any other religion. The circle around the star symbolizes unity and wholeness, and the quest for divine knowledge. The pact would involve an exchange of a soul for special evil powers so that other mortals could be tormented. Finally the word witch conjured up another image. The devil is strictly a part of the Christian belief system, not the nature-loving earth religion of witchcraft. In the middle ages, magicians considered the pentagram more powerful than the cross. They contain all four of the elements -earth(solid wax) - air(pxygen to feed the flame), - water(melted wax), - and fireCandle light has the power to change an ordinary room to a room with mystical ambience, and a candle that has been charged, or instilled with magical intent, carries that intent to the heavens on its dancing flame. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**BibliographyCunningham, Scott, "Wicca-A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner. TransitionObjectsPentagramDifferent Meanings.
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