Why Do Witchcraft Exist

Discovering Witches Ancient legends say that there was once a woman who wanted to become a witch, so she went to the river where she waited until midnight. At that time, the devil came out of the water and asked her why she was sitting there. The woman replied that she wanted to be made a witch, so the devil told her the necessary condition. She had to dance with him during each full moon (“Mythology in Romania”). The legend has it that the woman was accepted and became a witch, just by dancing with the devil. Although some people think witches are not real, there have been physical evidence, and historical documentation that proves otherwise.
Do witches and witchcraft really exist? Yes, people might also be a victim without even knowing …show more content…
Witches are often associated with the color black, it doesn’t mean that they are evil. They aren’t evil and neither is the color black, it is a powerful color in religious symbolism, worn by spiritual representatives of many faiths, such as priests, nuns, and Hasidic rabbis. Witches have holidays just like everyone else. Their holidays are centered around ancient solar and harvest festivals. Also they honor the solstice and equinoxes, and also the great fire festivals, such as the last harvest and the rites of spring. The most well known holiday for witches is Halloween, which they call Samhain. Witches cherish all of nature’s holidays as we cherish ours. Like other religious groups there are many others of witchcraft. Witches were the magic makers of the pre-christian pagan peoples of Western Europe. Pagan groups such as the Celts, were often connected to a certain region or territory. The various types of witchcraft practiced was the burning times, where hundreds of thousands of people were hung, burned, and tortured under the false charges of witchcraft. The witches that survived went underground, practicing inly within their families, passing on the secret knowledge of witchcraft through the generations. Today, witches celebrate the diversity within our movement, knowing that it nourishes the beauty and wisdom of the witchcraft religion. Salem and witchcraft have been the same for over three-hundred years. This is because in 162,20 innocent people were put to death under the charge of worshiping the Christian devil, a practice which at the time was mistakenly called witchcraft. A million of people go to Salem and visit each year, who hope to understand what happened there. In today’s date there are several of thousands of witches who help to make Salem one of the most visited city in America