#raven grimassi

“Witchcraft is not rebellion—it is remembering a time when the earth still spoke and we listened.”

My eyes look out upon a modern world but see an ancient one.

The academic presentation is the view of witches by people who feared and hated them. It is not the account of people who actually knew authentic witches in their community and conversed with them about their beliefs of outsiders that scholars draw upon to present the history of witches and witchcraft.

"The ability of spiders to spin webs has caused them to be associated with magic in many folklore legends throughout Europe. Some commentators have likened the process to casting spells, and terms like "the thread of magic" and "a web of magic" indicate such beliets.

Does anyone have or remember that post regarding Christian Day and his online harrassment towards Salem shop owners? Didnt he harass ofwoodandbone too?

In the earlier lore about Lucifer he is associated with the sun in terms of being a herald. In this case he preceds the rising sun. Like all beings in ancient thought, Lucifer was believed to possess a dual nature, or what the Greeks called good and evil. He was given two names: Lucifero and Noctifero. The former pointed to him in the celestial realm while the latter placed him in the Underworld. Here, Noctifero holds the dark sacred night in which light is at home in the darkness. This relates to the ancient idea that the stars, moon, and sun only visit the mortal world (passing above us) but always return to the Underworld from which they rise. With the establishment of Christianity, Lucifer was eventually transformed into a demon called Lucifuge (he who flees or shuns the light). This placed him permanently in the realm below, denied Lucifer his higher celestial nature, and instilled enmity between light and darkness. Here he was depicted as one of the spirits of the stars in the 'nether parts of the world' who passed influence into the roots of certain plants. These plants featured prominently in the practices of Witchcraft and Sorcery. In some later magical systems Lucifuge was made a distinct demon, separate from Lucifer, who administrated Hell on the orders of Satan.

An ancient belief, spoken about by such figures as Plutarch, holds that the moon is the abode of the dead. According to such beliefs, departed souls are drawn into the moon where they remain until they are released back into new mortal bodies. Witches have long been associated with the dead, with the moon and among the oldest references to witchcraft is the gathering of witches at the crossroads, which was the place where wandering spirits of the dead were said to gather. Hecate … ruled over the crossroads and was associated with the souls of the dead. In some tales she is said to lead a train of wandering souls in the night sky.