Who Do Men Say I Am? A Witch

{A witch is a person, typically portrayed as female in folklore and popular culture, who is believed to possess magical powers or practice witchcraft.}

A wap bobpaloo bob a wap bam boom! 

I think that’s what people expect from Spiritualists. Spells and darkness and weird chanting. While, really, the world is full of all of the above and on every corner in the Bible Belt. Do some spiritualists do spellwork? Yes! Do they always do lightwork or work designed to wish people and circumstances well? No! But, as I mentioned before, consider the Bible as a Christian grimoire. In fact, many spiritualists use it for work of all kinds. 

Within the layers of parables and texts taken from many different parts of the world lies some of the greatest details on how to transfigure any situation. Just as Christians use it as a shield and guide, some spiritualists use it for the same things… with some flare, of course. And that isn’t new. Consider black American Christianity. Ever wondered why grandmothers put bills (both from the department of treasury and those of debtors) in their bibles? That’s money magick. Wearing white on the first Sunday? That’s Hoodoo. Wearing white at funerals of those who have “died in Christ”. That’s Hoodoo, too. Hoodoo was a foundational thread within standing up the black church. It came to us from being forced to change who we were before we came to this continent. Yes! Your ancestors in the US ofA practiced Hoodoo, it where it was created out of necessity. I can tell you that my grandmother certainly did. She even carried a staff, like most African Spirituality priestesses did.

Now, when I say practiced, I don’t mean that they always made a conscious effort to solidify their connection with Spirit as one steeped in Hoodoo or Voodoo practices. Certainly, they wouldn’t admit it if they were. But, the picture I am drafting for you is to show you how much of what we do is based upon BLIND traditionalism, ignorance and the lack of spiritual connection with God. Some of your most holy assemblies “in church” are laced with toxic levels of covert brotherhood and ritualistic pageantry. The robes, the coronation, the role of the wife to the priest… There is so much confusion. Yet, so much magick. So much allure. So much… making it up as we go. Which isn’t completely a bad thing. That’s a part of the evolution I spoke about before. We have to evolve.

Even many of the terms we use in church are not always biblical in literal translation. Trust me, I have had this conversation ad nauseum when trying to explain why there are titles around like minister, reverend and deacon. Add in the possibility of women holding those spaces in today’s time, and I’m probably qualified to write a thesis on the topic. If someone is looking for exact terminology in the scripture text, without translation or cross referencing, they will be lost in the sauce. Are we to assume that everyone has the basic, or what may seem basic to some, skills to research and understand that because it is not written explicitly in the scriptural texts then it is not to be honored?

In my latest book, I write about under-education in the church. I’d recommend that for some additional context. Buy it here!

What has happened over time is that people have watched so much witchery and magick in the church that they no longer trust clergy to teach the scriptures. And clergy, as we see, are struggling with their own temperance in holding the scripture sacred or leading with their own interpretations. I do think it's up to the teacher to summate the topic for the audience. But when you have pastors who are also members of secretive and ritualist Greek organizations, it is hard to hear them assume anything at all about witchcraft. Most don’t want to hear it. I, for one and one of those people. How can a priest pledge loyalty to the secrecy of men outside of the covenant of God? Seems witchy to me!

But hey, I have been called a witch. And I because I’m learned, experienced in societal culture and have had to defend my belief system my entire life… to everyone… I don’t mind being called a witch. I do magick. All the time. I learned how to get better at it through prayer, study and talking to people who work magick. I also understand that many of us, magical beings, do not venerate dark forces. I am one of those people. I have one deity of choice and he is NOT to be messed around with. My ability to use the magick that is taught in the scriptures has increased over time and I am pretty good at it. If you’ve ever sent something dark my way, I’m sure you know that, by now. (Smile) 

I have mastered spiritual warfare. It took time and lots of pain and prayer, but I have ascended in a way in which I know that once I do my thing, it's over for my enemy. Sometimes, it's just a delayed reaction. I mastered my skill over 25 years. As my frequency increased, my power increased. Once my knowledge increased, my health increased. Once my security in self increased, my circle decreased. I had a long running relationship with a warlock that prepared me for war. For years I wondered why I was feeling… off. And then, God started knocking louder at my door.

Some people say it's a spiritual knock. Some categorize it as an inner knowing. My experience? For years, I heard LOUD knocking in REM. Normally, this is when I was also being attacked by my warlock. It became easier for me to see people. I couldn’t hide it anymore. I always saw it before, but the empath in me helped turn my head away in order to protect those I loved that didn’t love me. Or maybe it was to protect myself. Either way, it became my work. The loudest knock got answered and I started educating myself on dark energy and witchcraft. Most of it was coming from home. And I mean that literally and figuratively. Once I knew my assignment, I started… Well, we started… strategizing a way of escape and renewal. 

I watched my mother, listened to stories of my grandmother, great grandparents and great great grandparents and then found my hands doing the same witchery that had been done for many centuries before. In kitchens, in churches, on the side of the road, people lived their lives to heal and protect themselves because there was no one else to do it! There was no money to call a doctor! And if you called one, you’d likely get subpar care… that’s still happening. There was no money to build churches! You had to fry a ‘lil fish and sell a chitterlin dinner to appeal to the desires of hungry men and women too tired to cook. Ever seen a woman shout under the spirit at church? That’s witchy. And my daddy likely had no motivation to just buy another thing my mother wanted. But she had a way of motivating him too. (WINK)

Yes, other Spiritualists have called me a white witch. White witches are healers. They are what your grandmother’s did when someone needed to have a baby in the community and needed help during labor. It is what your grandmother sent you around the corner to pick up herbs for. It is what blessed or anointed oil is. White witchery is based upon protection, sustaining and reverencing the spirit of God, typically, in black communities, through the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Shoot, a blood sacrifice alone, is witchy. Don’t believe me? Contact your local Voodoo priestess.

A baptism! Especially one in a river… that’s lightwork!

No! I am not acquainted with the inner dwellings of any dark work. That’s not my calling. But I ‘m not afraid to ‘sup with people that do. Afterall, Jesus fellowshipped with everyone. He also had a spirit within Him that was greater than any dark energy. His sacrifice was similar to how many witches and Christians use blood for blood. The easiest and longer lasting sacrifice being what we confess in thought, speech and energy. In a sense, both Spiritualists and Christians alike are magicians and wield magick in praise, worship and ritualism. 

So. I’m not afraid to be called a witch. I have helped so many people through my connection with spirit and the work he has called me to do. Some might call me a Siren, a powerful voice that communes with deities outside to change the atmosphere. And that’s just when I’m singing. 

My point here is we’re all alike. We’re just getting to God in different ways. I work in the light, some people work in the dark. But we all have a purpose to serve in this magickal universe.

Speak well. Sow. Wish well, to other people. That is white magick, lightwork…God’s work.