Why I Became A Witch?

Why I decided to become a Witch?





Over these last few weeks I have gotten some really bad hate emails through Myspace,Facebook,and My Yearbook. I am used to that and that email gets filed into the trash file. The problem I have had problem of late is there are people who are in my life telling me what I believe is not classified as a religion. Do not put down my religion(yes hard to believe that us Wiccans,Pagans, Shamans, Druids and Heathens and what other path you may follow most are classified as a faith so deal with it and move on).

So when people in my life told me what I was practicing and the faith I was following was fake, not real, or make believe what I follow and practice is no Hocus Pocus, no on-line fantasy game, and no Harry Potter movie. What I practice is Witchcraft under the bylaw of Wicca. For you who do not know you have the Ten Commandments. Us Wiccans have the Wiccan Rede your only rule we must stand by is "Ye harm none, and do as ye will" if we break this law than the law of three goes in effect which means it will come back to you three times as bad, with that being said when you do something good than something good will come back to you three times in good ways.

I am an eclectic Wiccan; many pagans follow this path which in short means the take their beliefs from many different faiths. I do follow this path. I am a Wiccan, I am a Witch and yes I do practice the craft of witchcraft. I do have a spell book which is called the Book of Shadows and yes there are spells in it. I do have visions and voice ever since I was a teenager and I also do have out of body experiences. I can travel to places past, present and future and not always of this earth and yes at times I can predict the future sometimes, so this gift makes me a shaman. My Goddess is Freyja if you know of anything of Norse mythology. She is the Goddess of passion, love and romance also of war and magic. She is very fond of cats so cats are sacred to her there are other animals but cats are very special to her. So with her being my Goddess, who I follow I also follow Heathens. Wiccan is the laws I follow to a tee the other faith I mix and match.


Ok I was getting of the subject a bit, the above is who I am and what I follow and practice. When I get emails or people telling me what I practice and believe is wrong or it is a sin or that it is weird and dark. Who are these people to tell me what I can or cannot do? What I can and cannot believe in, when these people more than likely don't even know the first thing about my craft and faith...so shame on them for telling me what I can or cannot do or what I should and should not believe in. I am Wiccan and I’m a Witch and I am proud of who I am. How dare you tell I can't do something so shame on you all. Guess what this is me and it is my life. So deal with it or move on.


I know this blog is a bit long already and it will even get longer so bear with me for a little bit longer. The question at hand why did I decide to become a witch? Why am I an Eclectic Wiccan? Why do I worship the Goddess Freyja? Why do I practice some of the ways of Shamanism? Many questions that a lot of people could not answer so easy, for me it was different; at a young age I knew I was different. I knew I had a gift of seeing and hearing things most people didn't. I could predict my own future and most things I did was the advice from this given gift. Over the years the gift got more advanced more detailed and as of late I have gained the gift of experiencing out of body experience. I was born Christian and raised Christian. So to do this I thought it would be impossible, but I was wrong. I went to church a lot, I did the Sunday school thing, numerous bible studies etc etc. I was the christen boy inside and out, or was I?


There was something eating at me and as I got older and my gift was showing me something besides the life of Christianity. So I started to ask questions at church and when some of the questions could not be answered it started to tear at me more and more to the point that was all that was on my mind. I wanted the questions answered than a now, not tomorrow.


I had this gift and I knew being a Christian I would be judged and mocked for it. At one point my gift was called a sin and that I need to seek out spiritual guidance and physiological help. Was I sick in the head? Was I emotionally different? No I wasn't. I was no longer motivated as being a Christian it didn't move me and going to church wasn't because I wanted to it was because I had to it was horrible seeing everyone looking at me and knowing exactly what they were thinking. They were thinking that I was evil and that I was going to rot in the fiery pits of hell. Which brings me back to my current religion in Wicca we are not evil, we don't cause pain, we don't worship Satan. Now hence your beliefs are different we believe that you can't have good without evil and I strongly believe you have to have both to have balance.


Wicca is a nature religion and we believe in the elements of Fire, Earth, Air, Water and lastly Spirit. We believe in love, peace, and harmony. We expand your horizons through knowledge. We become more one with yourselves and nature through the practice of witchcraft and rituals. Nature and animals are sacred to us. Everything is for the Gods and Goddesses. Some worship one or the other and some worship many. Many of us believe the Gods and Goddesses are of one. So I crossed because I felt good about myself, I was moved and finally found what I was looking for and that was inner peace and happiness.


So what's does that mean now? I am the same person, I believe in the same issues of the world, my attitude and what I like to do is the same. Only thing that has change is my religious beliefs. Wiccans have eight difference holidays in what we call sabots. I have separate blogs on them so they are there for you to read or you can email me or call me if you have any questions. I will be more than happy to answer them for you.


So what do I celebrate? I do celebrate the eight sabots in the name of Freyja and dedicate rituals in her lovely name. Does that mean I won't celebrate the normal holidays when invited by family and friends? No, it just means during that time I will pray and give thanks to my Goddess. This is the life I have chosen for myself and I think it was a good choice and if in the end it was the wrong choice me and only me will be judged. I strongly believe it is the right choice and in the end I will live in peace in the halls of my Goddess and all her wonder.


So to end this very long blog. I have many friends I like. A family I truly love from the bottom of my heart. To Ang the one person I am so in love with and wish sometimes I can show it more, I am learning what love feels like and it feels awesome. Thank You Ang in being there for me when I needed someone like you in my life when I was ready to give up on life, you have shown me life is worth living for even at times when things seem impossible, you have let me think that things are worth it and in the end nothing is impossible. Thank you so very much. I am in so love with you. Thank you all for bearing with me on this very long blog. Have a great week. Love, peace, and harmony to all.


Blessed Be


From Twisted Journal of Jale

Jeff aka Jale