Sunday, March 15, 2009

Witch Craft


I was talking to a friend about witch craft recently when the thought had occurred to me the true craft of witchcraft has been almost lost. Most references to it are in context to religion. When in fact for the most part that is only a small portion of witch craft, that portion of the craft is what most role playing systems refers to as clerical magic. The bigger part there are only bits and pieces of that it seems most of the world is willing to let fall into forgotten myth, legend and history.
Worse yet most who claim to be interested are willing to let the major contents of the craft vanish and accept only that which is spewed by a religion that is less than a century old or passed by its want to be practitioners.
For those of us with an interest in the true craft it seems we are stuck with a few tid bits of truth and the task of recreating the craft to its true form.
This is a taunting task at best yet in the attempt to do so, those who practice their clerical magic seem to shun tease and make a living hell for us instead of opening their minds and admitting that there is more and attempting to help. This leads me to believe the fear what the true craft is capable of and want to convince everyone that their form is all there is and only a fool would contradict them.
As I see it they only harm themselves in doing so for it is the fool who accepts what is fed to him not the ones who question and open their minds to other possibilities.

Rogue