- Witch is a woman thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones who can cast an evil spell on anyone., Popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat and flying on a broomstick...We surely must have seen witches in most of the tv series or movies.A witch seeks answers from the old ways of her ancestors – through study of folklore, legends, mythology, religion, and history in its many forms. A witch acknowledges that simply harnessing the power in her thoughts and words can make changes in the physical and spiritual realms. A witch sees the beauty in things that many people may overlook. Many witches use herbs and crystals in their practice. Just as stones and crystals have vibrations, so too do herbs and plants. A witch can use her craft in order to make changes in her own life, including but not limited to healing, prosperity, intuition, and protection. The word “witch” while it has much stereotype and superstition surrounding it, is also very powerful and ancient. It evokes a sense of memory or universal-connection that can't quite be explained unless you are a witch.
There are different kinds of witches.
Eclectic Witch
What is an eclectic witch? This is a witch who pulls from many different religions, traditions, and magical practices in order to create his/her own. For example, an eclectic witch might honor a Hindu god and a Celtic goddess but also weave in ancestor-worship into his/her practice. An eclectic witch might also not have any gods/goddesses but practice magic in sync with the natural elements around him/her.
Traditional Witch
Traditional (folkloric) witchcraft is a magical practice based on historical and folkloric accounts of witchcraft. While some may consider this their religion, it is separate from Wicca. Often, traditional witches read folk tales and witch trial documents in order to ascertain how witchcraft might have been practiced by one's ancestors. While it is difficult to say whether these accounts are the purest accounts of witchcraft, they are the closest we have to understanding what witchcraft was like hundreds of years ago. Antidotes from folk magic, folklore, folk medicine, and ancient myths are used daily in a traditional witch's practice (including wortcunning, shapeshifting, and more).
Green Witch
Green witches, also called garden witches, are individuals who practices most of their witchcrafts in the garden or among the greenery. Some say green witches are also forest witches as they are attached to all green things- plants, trees and wildflowers.
They will speak with the plants, connect with the spirits of the plants, perhaps even make offerings to their plant allies. They may also travel into the woods in order to attain certain plants or knowledge from the plants to use in their craft. They often use plants in their spells, charms, rituals and even in their cooking. Green witches also have a working partnership with the spirits of plants such as pixies, gnomes, dryads, nymphs, and other types of faeries.
Green witches study their local environments and get to know the plants in their areas. They can identify wildflowers, local trees, and wildgrowing herbs. They know their poisonous local plants and their medicinal plants.
Kitchen Witch
A kitchen witch, also called home and hearth witch, is an individual who makes most of her magic in the kitchen or at the hearth-side. These witches love to cook, work with herbs, make teas, brews, and unguents all from the comfort of his or her kitchen. Often this is the way our ancestors practiced their witchcraft...in the kitchen or while doing their daily chores. These things had to be done, and have to be done in daily life, so why not make them magical?
Kitchen witches use herbs with medicinal and magical intention in their cooking. They might have an herb garden or vegetable garden in which they imbue their intentions and then harvest to feed their families. For instance, perhaps a kitchen witch uses her homegrown rosemary as a protective herb and stuffs it inside an herb-roasted chicken in order to feed her family and give them magical protection through the rosemary. Kitchen witches also pray or chant over the food while they cook it or while they serve it (or both). They may also study older recipes and use recipes from their ancestry or culture or recipes that have been handed down to them by their ancestors.
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