Swati Prakash

Top Tarot Healing and Wiccan Expert

Tag: Witches

  • Witches and Their Familiar Animals

    Witches and Their Familiar Animals

    Do you believe we are magical beings?

    If yes, did you think only human beings are magical?

    Animals of non human species are powerful beings with magic in them just like us. They all have their free will and creative energy.

    Respect of each person’s free will is most important in witchcraft as it’s all about free will and crafting a chosen reality out of your will as well as not harming others in the process (the Wiccan Rede). No one should be treated as an object or owned or forced to live with us against their will, or forced into becoming our companion animal, or farmed animal, or domesticated slave, or our victim to be bred, used, traded, or killed (not even to become food or pets).

    Witches don’t usually prefer to have ‘pets’. We may at times have familiars, i.e. some animals who are free to come and go as they please as per their own free will, and are willing to be with you if they like to. Not confined in a small space indoors ideally, although they might be indoors if they are happy. Not domesticated. Not owned.

    Contrary to what religions have claimed, witches do not work with demons or any devil, and their familiar animals are not their slaves, servants, or ‘demon spirits’ on animal form who do their bidding.

    Familiar, as the word indicates, is a term that simply means someone who is seen around or known to you. Often an animal from the neighbourhood might like you or spend some time with the you…as many animals can sense energy and know whom to trust, therefore those who have spiritual (magical) or healing energy can often attract various animals from time to time. Sometimes someone brings them to you especially because they felt they should. The bond needs to develop naturally. I always had a stray animal or two wandering around deciding to enter my home and live with me, or someone brought an injured one to me. Often pigeons walked into my rooms when hurt, or a cat or dog in Mumbai where so many were on streets. I always felt bad that humans have brought so much sorrow to them by not thinking about their needs and focusing only on our own desires.

    Sadly religions have destroyed free will, and stopped humans from using our own good sense. They have also created an illusion that other animals are below humans and are made to serve our wants. Most of the negative beliefs regarding humans being superior, made in the image of an all powerful lord who is a singular creator, and that it’s ok to harm, kill, breed, farm, and use other animals, are from religions who have destroyed sense and sensibility, and taken away our intuition, empathy, and natural inner power from us.

    We are all animals. We all have a sixth sense and magic inherent in us. Let’s use these powers well for the betterment of ourselves and all beings.

  • Eeeek …Witches! Really?

    Eeeek …Witches! Really?

    ‘Miss. Miss. Miss…can I tell you something?’ an excited three year old girl at my son’s nursery ran to me and started off. ‘There was a woman. She wanted to eat up all the pet animals. She was so scary. She was a witch. She was so evil….’ she went on breathlessly… and then quickly ran away to play with my son. The kids had just been subject to an hour long pantomine that told the wicked tale of the supposed evil that lurks as witches in the world.

    Now what can I say to a small kid of her age? In my book ‘Yes, You Are A Witch!‘ explains in a fun way, to older kids and young adults, how being a Witch is great and positive and how witchcraft is simply wise-craft, a positive application of a spiritual power that all of us are naturally endowed with, to improve our life. Yet instead of books like these, libraries have been stocked with children’s books such as ‘Witches’ by Roald Dahl, that bring forth images of horrible women who turn innocent kids to mice. I am glad that at least JK Rowling and Sir Terry Pratchett brought some kind of balance to this situation by depicting at least a few good witches their legendary fiction books. Yet the amount of misunderstanding that little ones have been subject to, in the name of ‘witchcraft’ and ‘witches’ through fiction and fairytales over the years of growing up right from babyhood is absolutley incredible.

    The other day I was reading a book called ‘Meg and Mog’ to my son which is about a witch who lives with her cat Mog. Turns out predictably that she dresses up in black cloak and a tall hat to fly on a broom up the chimney after midnight with her cauldron brewing bats, spiders, worms, beetles and frogs with her witchy friends at her ‘spell party’ gathering on the hill, where her friends get turned into, guess what – mice.

    Funny? Enjoyable? Yes for sure! But such stories while fictional also strengthen the mis-perception of witches being crazy weirdos having strange super-powers who are upto no good.

    Have you ever heard of any such negative images regarding any other real-life, very much existing, thriving community or sub-culture made of real people being spread amongst kids and adults alike in such a widespread way across centuries? Have you heard of books that have cartooned up any other social, professional, religious, or cultural group in this manner through fiction and non-fiction alike, brainwashing us right from the time we were little? What if we depicted any other professional skill in similar derogatory ways commonly in literature – lets say carpenters as men who sawed kids up, beauticians as ladies who skinned people alive, or religious priests as horrible men who abused little boys? Doesn’t sound fair now, does it?

    The last thing I want my son to grow up thinking is that witches are pure evil, kind of weird, whacko loonies or in any way ‘not normal’ people. Not because I am a Witch, but because I believe in sharing only truth.

    So when can we have some positive stories written about witches for little kids? Any of you writers listening out there? Coz if you don’t do it I surely will!

    (*)

    Swati Prakash

  • We Are Witches

    We Are Witches

    We are witches, we cast spells

    For everything to be all well

    While others gather arms and guns

    We believe in Harming None

    Those who try to kill and burn

    Will soon begin to lessons learn

    Its natures law, do as you will

    You cannot ever spirit kill

    Soon reborn from ash and dust

    Is life eternal, ever just

    That’s why we witches celebrate

    And simply write and seal our fate

    By earth and fire, wind and sea

    By the Goddess Blessed Be

    – Swati Prakash

    www.swatiprakash.com

  • What Witches Do (and don’t)

    What Witches Do (and don’t)

    Who are witches and what do they do?

    Any person with spiritual wisdom was in ancient times called a witch or wiz in the ancient western world, and a variety of other names elsewhere – healer, shaman, pundit, priestess, guru…all different names of magickal or spiritual folk or witches across the world

    In the medieval dark ages false stories were spread to deter people from witchraft/wizcraft, the craft of the wise, and a few hundred thousand innocent women are believed to be burnt or drowned to death in the name of curbing witchraft. Reason – religious suppression of free thought and discouraging spiritual awareness so that certain religions could dominate the world through fear and forced conversion.

    Well its time to once again claim our right to scientific and rational awareness, of spiritual energy, the nature of the universe, principles of manifestation. In other words witchraft is back in its true sense.

    So let me explain what witches really do now and did in the ancient world before the burning times, and yes I am talking of witchraft which is all about wit and wisdom and not only Wiccan witchcraft. Whichever religion you may follow other-wise, the idea of being positive is a common denominator of all kinds of witchcraft.

    Witches
    – are respected as spiritual counselors and guides
    – are invited to bless babies
    – conduct wedding ceremonies for couples
    – send blessing to homes
    – send healing energy to help people feel better
    – send blessings to families and those who wish to start families
    – care for and send healing to animals and plants
    – send blessings to earth, people and enterprises for accelerating growth and abundance
    – conduct funerals to bless and heal the spirit and the grieving
    – cleanse and purify the aura of people and spaces
    – work with positive faeries, angels, natural elements, gods and goddesses, crystals and herbs
    – send protection and positive energy

    These have been the traditional roles of witches since ancient times
    They can send healing and positive energy and help you banish negativity

    Remember they can try to help you by sending energy, but how much it will work, and how quickly, will depend on YOUR karma. Witches can control their own energy and improve their own life situations more easily. But your life is not in their hands. No person can control or change your karma or energy. You need to learn your lessons and change yourself. Witches only try to guide and help you to undertake your required life changes.

    Now read the following properly please:

    – WITCHES DO NOT FLY ON BROOMS OR TURN PEOPLE INTO TOADS OR ANYTHING ELSE
    – WITCHES DO NOT CAST EVIL SPELLS, HATE OR REVENGE SPELLS FOR ANYONE OR ON ANYONE
    – WITCHES DO NOT HARM ANYONE, ESPECIALLY NOT CHILDREN
    – WITCHES DO NOT GUARANTEE RESULTS, ITS YOUR KARMA THAT DETERMINES RESULTS
    – WITCHES DO NOT DEAL WITH DEVIL OR DEMONS OR ANY OTHER EVIL ENTITIES
    – WITCHES DO NOT PREDICT FUTURES OR TELL FORTUNES, THEY ONLY READ ENERGY AND SENSE POSSIBILITIES
    – WITCHES DO NOT CAST LOVE SPELLS TO BEWITCH ANYONE
    – WITCHES DO NOT CAST LOVE SPELLS TO BEWITCH ANYONE
    – WITCHES DO NOT CAST LOVE SPELLS TO BEWITCH ANYONE
    – WITCHES DO NOT CAST LOVE SPELLS TO BEWITCH ANYONE
    – WITCHES DO NOT CAST LOVE SPELLS TO BEWITCH ANYONE
    How many times do I need to repeat this to get this point through to everyone?

    So kindly:
    Stop believing silly fairy tales about witches who cackle and gobble up kids or curse people – its time to grow up
    And
    Stop getting fooled by those fake or fraud ‘witches’ who after reading such silly tales, pretend that they cast love spells or black magic spells or guarantee ‘results’, because that is NOT what witches do
    And most importantly
    Do NOT mail me idiotic and silly requests for those kind of spells…I simply trash them

    I can shake you up, try to wake you up, show you the right path- but only you can open your eyes get yourself to walk on the right path

    Blessed Be
    (*)
    Swati Prakash
    Www.globalwicca.com

  • The Calling

    The Calling

    Day and night until today
    For their own needs all people prayed
    Their little worlds of woes and fears
    Their little ones, all near and dear
    Each one worried for their own
    For their own things their love was shown
    Mundane are lives so full of care
    Victims of their own despair
    And all along all of this time
    While most were I, me, self and mine
    A world of wonders hid in dark
    Unseen by all except a spark
    Those few who cared of things unknown
    Who looked beyond what was their own
    Who let their egos melt and merge
    Into the One who they researched
    Who focused, wondered and rejoiced
    Who stood their ground and made their choice
    Inspite of those who tried to kill
    Their wisdom, knowledge and free will
    Yes witches, wizards, people wise
    Survived the darkness, force and lies
    They patiently awaited for
    A time reborn just like before
    When sense and righteousness return
    When people care to live and learn
    The truths and mysteries of olde
    Those things that turned to stories told
    The legends, lore and myths all great
    The ways to spin the yarns of fate
    Those things you read in fairytales
    Might just be true, follow the trails
    The fairies, dragons, gnomes and sprites
    And elements of power and might
    The gods and goddesses are near
    They want to see your love, not fear
    All aspects of the universe
    Parts of your soul you are meant to search
    They are all around and all about
    You never really gave a shout
    Magick right below your nose
    And all you saw were your own toes
    You shrunk your mind and closed your heart
    Refusing to accept your part
    In your delusion you were stoned
    You thought the earth was human owned
    For those who wanted all the power
    Spread their darkness very far
    They broke the bridges to your soul
    They blocked intuition, burnt the lore
    They spread false fears and spoilt the name
    So that the witches hung in shame
    But you can’t hide the light for long
    Soon the flame will burn all strong
    For the Goddess is alive
    She is your spirit and your life
    Worship Her, your higher self
    Better still, just cast a spell
    But think beyond just little things
    Soar above, now find your wings
    About your higher nature learn
    Retrace your path, to Her return

    (*)
    Swati Prakash
    http://www.globalwicca.com

  • Full Moon Night

    Full Moon Night

    Lady, mother, priestess high
    Illuminates the earthy sky
    Brightly shines the nightly queen
    To everyone she can be seen
    Lifting waters at midnight
    Mystery, magick, power, might
    Tonight the moon is full and round
    Do you hear the silence.. its her sound
    Close your eyes and gaze inside
    Or mount your brooms, begin the ride
    The witching hour has just begun
    Join the party, share the fun
    Beware however of the tide
    And tread you not where werewolves hide
    Its nothing but your hidden self
    Those emotions you suppress
    For when the moon seems less than whole
    Who are you in heart and soul
    Do you show the way you feel
    Or use darkness to conceal
    When your moods go high or low
    Do you share and do you show
    Are you scared and do you fear
    And mask with smile your silent tear
    Do you have the notion in your mind
    That being human ain’t divine
    Do you believe in angels more
    And forget the faery lore
    Do you have faith in an outer ‘God’
    Or worship nature as Lady and Lord
    Stop searching now and just accept
    Your outer world and inner self
    Know and love your earthly world
    Your truth, your power, your inner gold
    Its all here, heaven on earth
    Thy kingdom come, just know your worth
    You are divine in everyway
    The moon is full not just today
    Its just that till now you couldn’t see
    Or solve this greatest mystery
    That every night is full moon night
    Its only hidden from your sight

    SWATI PRAKASH
    http://www.globalwicca.con

  • Welcome the Witches New Year and Diwali with Magick!

    Welcome the Witches New Year and Diwali with Magick!

    Greetings of the Season as we bid adieus to summer and say hello to winter in the northern hemisphere!
     
    Samhain or summer’s end (also called Halloween or Hallows Eve) on 31st October 2013 is the prefect time to go within. The outer work now done all summer, we must go within and embrace the goddess or the inner self through meditation and inner healing. This is why it is also the Wiccan New Year. This celebration would be close to Diwali or the Hindu New Year as well…. all the right reasons for celebrating Divinity and coming closer to the Higher Self. Magick is here to help you add more joy to your celebrations.
     
    Visit us soon at MAGICK, Sai Pooja, 16th road, Near Mini Punjab Restaurant, Bandra West (Tel 02265250328 or 09867859058) any day of the week from 11am to 9pm including Diwali and you will find what you seek:
     
    Feng Shui: Enjoy our all new Magickal collection of Wealth Vase, Pagodas, Galloping Horses, Bagua Mirrors, Phoenix Statuetes, Posters for all Elements and Activators, Chimes, Crystal Hangings in various colours, Arowana Fish, Laughing Buddha, Fuk, Luk, Sau to name a few.
     
    Crystals: Genuine Navgrah Stones for all Planets, Cabuchons, Tumbled and Raw Stones in various varieties including the popular Amethyst, Quartz, Tourmalines and the new and interesting Aqua Aura, Ruby Aura, Moldavite, Tektite, Picasso Jasper, Lodestones and an astonishing variety of many many new crystals are now available at Magick for your spells, home, workplace and for meditation
     
    Herbs: From Sage to Arnica, Feverfew to Juniper, discover the power of natural herbs imported from all over the world specially for your healing at Magick
     
    Candles: Add more light to your festivities with candles of every colour and shape with instructions on usage and matching oils available at the Magick store
     
    Amulets and Charms: Several Talismans from all over the world, from Angels to Yantras, Pentacles to Evil Eyes, Dreamcatchers and magickal dolls, you will find them all at Magick
     
    Jewellery: Sacred jewellery in various stones is now available in the form of necklaces and jaap malas, bracelets and pendants, rings and earrings for you to feel magickal all over
     
    Books, Cards and Kits: For spells, Tarot, Healing, Meditation, Yoga and Transformation by renowned authors including some very rare titles you will not find easily elsewhere – get them all only at Magick
     
    Every item is energised and the intention and instructions are on the item label at Magick for your education, ease of selection and convenient usage.
     
    FREE EVENT INVITATION: Join us for a free meditation and a Free Wiccan Ritual for Celebrating the Goddess within and for Earth Healing – this time focused at Protection and Empowerment to Women. This will be on a Ferry leaving from Gateway of India at 7pm on 31st October 2013. Call or message on 09867859058 to confirm your participation and bring your friends.
    Email us on store@supermagick.com
     
    Courses and readings/ healing sessions available on request – just set up an appointment at Magick.
    Get the details of all courses as well as free guides on www.tarotindia.com/guide
     
    Blessed Be
     
    (*)
     
    Rev. Swati Prakash
    Earth Healing Temple at Magick