For the people who are Witches?

July 27th, 2010 | by admin |

I аm doing a survey аnd wουld lіkе tο know thе following:
1-уουr age
2-hοw long hаνе уου studied іt
3-whаt аrе training tools-books, online, аnd ѕο forth
4-whаt gοt уου interested іn studying
I јυѕt need simple аnѕwеrѕ please-іt’s fοr a project I аm working οn
Thanks!

  1. 19 Responses to “For the people who are Witches?”

  2. By mtnsky on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    1-38
    2-15
    3-books/tarot cards
    4-spiritual yearning
    ps-witches are imaginary"not real"

  3. By lupinesidhe on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    1) 25
    2) 14 Years (yeah, i’ve been a witch for longer than I wasn’t)
    3) when I first started learning I learned from more experienced witches and pagans. I also read several books; most of which were published by the Lewellen publishing company (they tend to do really thorough research as to what is accurate and what is not). As I began to progress though I started learning from the spirits and entities around me more than books (there’s only so much you can learn from the pages of a book)
    4) I work with faeries. (notice I said I work with them, they don’t work for me nor I for them)

  4. By reneejah on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    1. 43
    2. 10 years
    3. Books and other people
    4. I was always interested though a boyfriend turned me on to Wicca

    I dont actively practice anymore, though value my experience

  5. By flop_mucket on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    I am college age. Saying any more than that on the Internet is not safe.

    I have been interested in magic, and studied it to an extent, since sixth grade.

    I have learned what I know primarily from the Internet.

    I can’t think of any one thing that really got me interested in it… Perhaps it was the power of storms…

    Here are some websites that might help you. I’m not sure you really know what magic is.

    http://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcra.htm

    http://www.modernwiccan.com/

    http://www.witchvox.com/

  6. By Yogi on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    not a witch persee, but a Celtic Pagan.

    1-your age

    29

    2-how long have you studied it,

    11 years seriously. 18 if you count childhood dabbling

    3-what are training tools-books, online, and so forth

    some books about the history of the celts. and the gods that they worshiped. and a lot of time spent with other pagans to learn their practices and beliefs.

    4-what got you interested in studying.

    always believed in some higher power. never liked the christian religion. (Islam and jewish beliefs fell into that because they are all started by Aberham. ) decided to study all religions untill i found one that worked for me.

  7. By Darkpretear on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    wth

  8. By Har on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    1. 23
    2. For 14 years
    3. I use books mostly, some online resources, depending on what I need to know. Most online resources are just elaborations or repetition of what you find in books,
    4. My parents celebrated no denomination. At a young age I was fascinated by magic like most children are. I found a book of wicca that gave focus to that. I found as I grew that my beliefs matured and wicca has given me a spiritual focal point.

  9. By Goblin g on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    Hi…..I hope that my information will help you with your project. If you would like more information, please feel free to e-mail me.

    1. I’m 46 years old.

    2. I’ve practiced Wicca for 20+ Years. Also Wiccan continually study, so we are never truly "finished with our studies.

    3. There are several wonderful books out which will help you, should you decide that you would like to check them out. Please go to Borders Books and look in the "New Age" section. There are simply too many to mention here on Yahoo Answers.

    4. I’ve always been interested in Witchcraft ever since I was a very young child. My earliest memory of proclaming myself a Witch was when I was in 3rd grade. I told this to a little boy who sat near me and using my mind’s eye (seeing it in my mind) – not knowing what I was doing, which I thought was just playing, I described something to him that actually happened a few minutes later between two teachers. He was stunned, awed, and afraid of me all at once. There was no way that I could have ever predicted what would happen, but it did and the really amazing part of it was that it was something so out of the ordinary that there was no way that it was random chance. Ever since that incidient, I was more and more interested in Witchcraft. By the time I was a teenager my entire room was dominated by Witches and Witchy things.

    I know that you said simple answers, but I figured that it would give you a bit more background to go by.

    Have a lovely rest of the evening. Bright Blessings.

  10. By Babs on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    1) 48
    2) Most of my life, most intensely the last fifteen years
    3) Eclectic, self-taught — a good deal of reading ethnographic and historic documents, then feminist spirituality by way of Starhawk and Diane Stein; Cat Yronwode and Phil Hine for a better understanding of magic and how it works. Euell Gibbons and Scott Cunningham for different ways of seeing plants around us.
    4) I’ve been interested since I was a kid. Raised in a Baptist home, I was raised to have a hungry mind that never understood the difference between miracles and magic, so I read what I could and practiced when I was unobserved.

    Hope this was simple enough. Peace

  11. By choel on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    1) 38 2) Over 15 years 3) Mostly books. 4) I have always been interested in it. Just feels natural to me.

  12. By prairiecrow on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    You might also find it useful to ask what religion the witches in question are. Myself, I am a Wiccan.

    As to your other questions:

    1. 42
    2. Roughly thirteen years.
    3. Several key books, including "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" (which is my recommendation to people first entering the craft). No online sources. Also took Outer Court training in the Alexandrian Tradition; in fact, most of my training has been in person, from teachers.
    4. A personal revelation of the Goddess, which led me to Wicca, which in turn led me to witchcraft (which many Wiccans practice as part of the religion).

  13. By Ariel BrigalowMoondust on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    I will be happy to answer your question.
    (1) I am 35
    (2) I have studied for about a year now but seriously for about 4 months..Im just a baby wiccan!
    (3) I have read countless books, my fav is Scott Cunningham. i subscribe to two witchcraft magazines. I have done an online course. I have just spent a LOT of time on the net! I have made contact with as many like minded people as i possibly could! Asked them countless questions. I have a ‘mentor’ a high priest with 37 years experience and he helps me sooo much, he even gives me ‘homework!!’
    (4) I have been looking for a path that fits my beliefs all my life, and then i found wicca.
    blessed be)o(

  14. By freddy on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    I am 54 It has been passed down from faimly My mother grandmother and aunts where my training tools Now that I am a Elder I am a training tool It is a gift it is my right Blessed be

  15. By alisha s on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    I’m 25 been studying for 8 years i learned most of the things i know from friends initially then i started gathering books and looking up information on the Internet and finally what got me interested in studying Wicca was my friends they were wiccans and i started practicing with them and i slipped right into it naturally

  16. By applemanteddy on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    1- 112
    2- 112
    3- books, scrolls, parchments, spells
    4- I was born into it and also I like to lure children into Gingerbread Houses.

  17. By aussie_witch_50 on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    I am almost 50, I tried to join a Coven in 1970 when I was 13 years old, but of coarse I was tooooo young… The Law would have jailed these people way back then, for corrupting a minor etc..LOL….So that makes 37 years… I am self taught to a degree, I used to read books, which were very hard to come by then, no internet in those days…I kept it all a secret until about 6 years ago..Then I joined a Coven, I am the only male among 6 females, one of whom is my sister and another is one of my daughters..I was initiated as 3rd degree about 3 years ago and now hold position of High Priest.. My High Priestess is a Witch of over 50 years and is very, very knowledgeable…What got me interested, was the fact that I woke up one morning at age 8, and refused to go to Sunday School anymore, as I didn’t believe in it… Then, I didn’t know where my path was, but it wasn’t going to be a Christian one… When I tried to join the Coven in 1970, the High Priestess kissed me and while she was embracing me… She simply said— Welcome Home…That memory I will take to the grave, as it is still etched in my mind as if it happened yesterday…. Blessed Be… )O(

  18. By Julie on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    For the people who are Witches?
    I am doing a survey and would like to know the following:
    1-your age-25
    2-how long have you studied it-20 years+
    3-what are training tools-books, online, and so forth- Family, books.
    4-what got you interested in studying- I see…"things"

  19. By heyvoto on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    32
    about 25 year
    family,books, friends, Internet, some I could just do
    I had friends that showed me i am a natural
    I have always been able to do things that could not be explained the first time I can remember I was about 7 but my parents say it was sooner. my mother, brother, and sister are scared of me.my dad’s family had many in the past. it was his aunt that first told me that I had the natural ability that her mother did.

  20. By )0( Cricket Song on Jul 27, 2010 | Reply

    I am a 38 years old Wiccan witch.

    I have been studying spirituality all my life but Wicca for 5 years.

    I read as much as I could put my hands on. I encourage everyone to read Diane Sylvan’s books: The Circle Within and The Body Sacred as well as A Witch’s 10 Commandments by Marian Singer.

    I also had a few online friends who were Wiccan as well that I would email with and IM my questions. I have had a mentor who owned a pagan/Wiccan store in my local area who is a hedge witch for the last 3 years.

    I’ve always been interested in the occult as well Wicca but it was never the right time in my life to pursue my interests.

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