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Didymus
July 1st 2005, 01:21 PM
http://www.nationnews.com/story/296175434721804.php

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AT AGE 11, he cast his first spell. Now at 18 years old, Jason (not his real name) professes to be a practising witch.

It started when he was eight years old. He recalled seeing the spirit of his paternal grandmother who had been dead for a number of years. And, at age 17, he predicted the death of his other grandmother. Soon after, she died.

In his own words:


"When I was 11, I was just getting into it. I gathered my cousins and instructed them to stand in a circle. I didn't know anything really but I had seen it in a movie called The Craft and I repeated something I heard from it.

"There was this boy our age who lived next door and I didn't like him much, so I got a needle and made them prick their fingers, smeared the blood on a piece of paper and, in my mind, I visualised him being punished in some way.

"In the evening, he was out on his bike, he fell off, landed on some 'galvanise' and cut himself up badly. I stopped because I didn't really want to harm or kill anyone," he recounted.

There was also another time when he placed a hex on a bully at his secondary school using what those in the world of witchcraft would call "the evil eye", where a witch just looks upon someone and curses them in that moment.

However, he only does this if he's really angry with someone to the point where he wants to physically beat that person. Instead of carrying out the action, he uses the same energy to put a curse on the individual.

"Persons I've tried hexing have either ended up being sick or harmed.

"The guy who was harassing me at school, my best friend and I placed a hex on him just by looking at him (the evil eye). He became ill for about a week," he disclosed.

There were no set rules as to how long a hex would last, he said.

One, however, must be careful. According to Jason, there is a law or rule in witchcraft which states that if you harm anyone without justification, then you can expect it to come back to you three-fold.

But besides bringing harm, he said he could also use his craft to heal people of sickness and disease. He can use dolls like those used in voodoo to heal different parts of the body.

"Persons who practise witchcraft aren't necessarily evil or dark. It has to do with intent. A person can be either good or bad. Some Christians can be good or bad too. They can pray to God to strike down someone for some reason, for example," he said.

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tmancour
July 1st 2005, 02:16 PM
This ran in Witchvox a couple of days ago.

Jason is probably typical of a teen witch, as he is most interested in the magick end of the Craft. It is to be expected. After my First Level initiation, I couldn't wait to go out and start throwing spells around. Age and wisdom have since taught me that the best magicks are more subtle and sophisticated than that. No doubt as he gets older he will either leave the Craft or develop a similar attitude.

While he doesn't expound on the less-sensationalistic, religious end of the Craft, that is, indeed, a major draw for young people as well. Teenagers have very high ideals and a very low tolerance for hypocrisy, and the Lord and Lady offer much that Christianity does not. Teenage girls, in particular, are drawn to the powerful goddess imagery, a valorization of the feminine divine that is almost totally absent in Christian lore. Showing that divinity can be female is highly empowering to young women, as is a faith where there gender is regularly blamed for everything from high divorce rates to the Fall from Eden.

The reporter on this particular article does emphasize a more lurid take on the subject; for a better article on paganism, check this out:

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/07/01/special_reports/religion/15_41_416_30_05.txt

We've seen a lot of these "Ohmygodthey'rewitches!" articles now that Wicca has entered the American consciousness. More and more of them are reporting accurately on the religion, for which I am glad.

Arion the Blue