History of Witches and Spells
The creation of witches and spells has been led by the fear of unknown and its role in affecting our day to day life. For many centuries, the champions and masters of the craft have helped to carry forward this art and tradition. Witchcraft is an earth based religion and has been practiced for many centuries in the cultures and societies all over the world as per local traditions and beliefs. Belief in witches and spells, magic and witchcraft is found in many different cultures worldwide.
Witches and spells goes back to the Celts
The early believers of witches and spells did not believe in singular deity or god, and nor did they follow any guide book. In Germanic Europe, the serious accusations against the religion led to massive witch-hunts and killings. The origin of magic goes back to Celts, the descendents of Indo-Europeans living between 700 BC and 100 AD. In England, the word witch was not only used to describe the wicked magician, but also indicated the cunning person.
Celts worshipped god and goddess, and believed in one creative life source. Druids were the priests of Celtic religion, and they were in power though out the fourth century AD. The practices and beliefs of Celts were later known as Paganism, and the rituals and beliefs of Paganism were later blended with Indo-European descended groups. The religious practices and beliefs of Celts were later termed as Paganism, which included the practices such as concocting ointments and potions, performing magic and casting spells.
Witches and spells in America
Prior to fourteenth century, the term witchcraft meant the collection of practices and beliefs including healing through mixing ointments, spells, forecasting the future, dabbling in the supernatural and engaging in clairvoyance. After the discovery of North America, Europeans started migrating to this new land, and earlier colonial settlers started practicing witchcraft. Prior to this migration, witchcraft was forbidden in North American colonies and was branded as demon-worship. Some of the colonists where secretly witches and spells where casted as they knew if they were caught, they would be burned or hanged.
After 1000 AD, the witches and spells came under the wrath of Christianity, priests and many other beliefs of the society, and was considered as anti-Christian and a heresy. After 1200 AD, the Church ordered to discover the witches who were believed to be evil, and full fledged killing of witches was recorded in 1500s and 1600s. Unfortunately, in the recent years, the image of witches and spells has been associated with heathenism, evil, and unrighteousness, but people need to understand that it is a true religion of Nature and God, and witches and spells must be understood in its true perspective.
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