A witch’s mark was never something visible on the skin. It was cognitive. Perceptual. A way of moving through reality that altered other people’s inner weather. Not by force, but by presence.
Some cultures call it (Ashe), authority of spirit. The capacity for intention to carry weight because it is aligned, charged, and rooted. When a woman holds that kind of current, people around her don’t just feel her, they rearrange themselves around her. Thoughts surface. Truth leaks. Masks loosen. Historically, witchy women were known to enter the mind not because they invaded it, but because clarity is disruptive. When someone stands firmly in their own knowing, unresolved people begin to experience interference… these things look like: confusion, fixation, projection. They call it being influenced. In truth, they are being revealed to themselves. This is why elders warned witches about restraint. Not because the power was dangerous but because it was effective. A focused presence could bless, unsettle, protect, or unmake illusion without a single word spoken.
