Walking the Hedge

Q:
I need to ask what I hope you won’t think of as a stupid question. I have been practising magic, well not practising working with lol for many years. Recently I was introduced to the church and started to question my belief in gods et al…now I believe in magic as I have seen it work and I honour my ancestors and nature, I work alone and up until very recently with little more than a candle and good intent…a friend who is Wiccan thinks I am one to, but reading this I wonder if I am not a witch? I am the person everyone comes to for advise about everything! thank you
- Samantha

A:
Hi Samantha, this is a good question, because it is one any person who has been interested in paganism, witchcraft, the occult etc has probably asked themselves.
Am I a witch? What makes a witch?
So lets look at this.

First of all, there are no stupid questions (that’s an actual rule here at the Hedge). I’d be more concerned about a person who doesn’t question things and/or who is afraid to ask and suffers confused silence instead Better to make a fool… Continue reading →