Subj : Catholic Witches?
To   : All
From : Rachel L. Akers
Date : Tue Apr 03 2001 11:04 pm

Gidday All,

I've a friend who'd mad nextdoor neighbour has been doing witchy like things 
(mainly aimed at him - he's more worried at her tossing kero over the bits of 
his garden she doesn't like & _then_ lighting candles) while singing in that 
fanaticically loud offkey devoted kinda way that seems to transend cultures.

It _seems_ that she is either a Catholic (ish) witch or at least has leanings 
in that direction. Problem is that I know of Catholic witches but not much 
about them. Or even if there are any similar X-ian witches out there... The bit 
below is from two recent exchanges in a mailing list that touched on the topic 
& just about trebbled my knowledge about this topic.

Does anyone here have anything to add? I'd rather not be drowned in holy water 
next time I visit him...

  Rai

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From: MoonSpirit

Rai:
> I've seen some people claim that they are "Catholic witches" &
> "Satanic witches", "kitchen witches", there's Arwen's "Wiccan 
> witch" & many, many, many others. Obviuosly some would worship a 
> dual male/female god while it just might not be important to 
> others...

MoonSpirit
 My grandmother was definitely a Witch, but she was a devout
 Catholic.  She was a healer, and believe me, she really didn't 
 worry about Karma.  If she wanted to get you, she'd put scissors 
 outside her door and throw salt all over the place, burn candles 
 that I am sure didn't have the greatest intentions imbued in them. 
 LOL  She called herself a Witch, but attended Mass regularly.  I 
 don't think she ever talked about the Goddess. It was always in 
 the name of Jesus Christ.


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From: ladikalima


MoonSpirit
> My grandmother was definitely a Witch, but she was a devout
> Catholic.  She was a healer, and believe me, she really didn't 
> worry about Karma.  If she wanted to get you, she'd put scissors 
> outside her door and throw salt all over the place, burn candles 
> that I am sure didn't have the greatest intentions imbued in them. 
> LOL  She called herself a Witch, but attended Mass regularly.  I 
> don't think she ever talked about the Goddess. It was always in 
> the name of Jesus Christ.

ladikalima
 Catholicisim and Strega go hand in hand, as does Santeria. Many 
 awsome witches have Catholic backgrounds or are still catholic. 
 Many hedegrow witches never knew that what there were/are doing 
 could be considered as witchcraft. Some very intense stuff can be
 done "in the Name of Jesus." All of these magical practices don't
 necessarally have karma as part of their practice. They do stuff that
 I would never do. For me these practices are wrong, for them they are
 just fine. I have no problem with that as long as I don't have to
 participate in things that make me uncomforatable.


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