| The written word is a powerful medium. Around the | | | | bunch of disconnected drivel was compiled together |
| time when the alphabet was first created, | | | | in the name of God, and people, obsessed with |
| Goddesses were worshipped in most parts of the | | | | ignorance greed, tried to "conquer" the rest of the |
| world. The word "witchcraft" did not exist and the | | | | world to "save them from sin". In the name of God |
| words "pagan", "heathen" did not exist either. | | | | they plundered, looted and murdered innocent people. |
| Cultures lived by following natural cycles of life by | | | | In the name of God, they destroyed ("colonized") |
| taking care not to destroy more than they had to. | | | | many beautiful nature loving cultures that were |
| Words written, mostly from a male perspective | | | | flourishing in different parts of the world. |
| started the downfall of the feminine themed ways of | | | | Traditional witchcraft, which was the way of life in |
| life including witchcraft. | | | | most of the world, was a motley mix of inspiration, |
| There is evidence of temples and places of worship | | | | meditation, spell working, divination and fortune-telling. |
| where Goddesses were revered and rituals | | | | It was concerned with the powers that exist in the |
| performed for the good of mankind. Fertility rituals, | | | | netherworld as well as life after death. It was |
| seasonal rituals and other ceremonies were | | | | fascinated by nature and with ways to control or |
| conducted usually officiated by women as they are | | | | change the direction of the wind, the flow of water |
| the people nature had chosen to carry on human | | | | and the movement of the planets. |
| existence. | | | | It did not have the Wiccan belief of the three-fold |
| Traditional witchcraft is the label given to the practice | | | | law of returns. Most witches were free to do any |
| of witchcraft that is not Wiccan and "non new-age" | | | | ritual that could potentially damage their lives as well |
| in origin. Traditional witchcraft is the collection of | | | | as that of others. However, they were not aware of |
| witchcraft beliefs and rituals that used to be | | | | the consequences of their actions. |
| practiced all over the world. | | | | Traditional witches believed in multiple Gods and |
| Since human beings have the capability to think | | | | Goddesses, each of them having a specific power or |
| imaginatively, we have always tried to distinguish the | | | | duty. There were local Gods, some having more |
| supernatural and experience the awe-inspiring | | | | power than others, Gods in human form, animal form |
| possibilities. Most cultures have ways to alter states | | | | or other mixed forms. In contrast, |
| of consciousness and try to connect to our origins or | | | | Wiccans believe that there are only two divine |
| "the source". In a few countries, where the | | | | beings, The Goddess and the God. |
| Europeans could not completely annihilate and | | | | Many other names may be used in rituals, but they |
| destroy the magickal cultures and their ways of life, | | | | are all"manifestations" of these two powerful entities. |
| these traditions still flourish. | | | | Wiccans also believe that the God and Goddess may |
| The advent of religious writing was what started the | | | | merge into the almighty "One" who combines the |
| vilification and defamation of natural ways of life. A | | | | powers of both. |