Bridget Bishop Quotes

We’ll join the trial already in progress; Bridget has just been asked by Judge Hathorne to talk about how she bewitched the girls of Salem: Bridget: I know nothing of it. I am innocent to a Witch. I know not what a Witch is. Hathorne: How do you know then that you are not a Witch? On June 10, 1692, Bridget Bishop became the first person to be hanged for witchcraft in Salem.

The point is, witches are far from the stereotype of people interested in devil worship, but in some ways, Hollywood does get it right. We do gather in circles, conduct moon rituals, use the magical energies of candles, crystals, and herbs. I use my wand to guide my spiritual energy in the right direction. We chant, connect with the Elements, and honor Mother Earth. This book will teach you how to let go of the sometimes-monotonous material world and enter into a heightened state of awareness, one that will allow you practice powerful magic!

Misconception #2: Being a witch requires tons of training

magic isn’t good or bad,

Every time you make a wish and blow out a birthday candle, you are practicing magic.

The lady had been in the painstaking process of drawing her own postcards; she had done beautiful sketches of the cliffs, the ruined village, the gannets. On one, there was a figure with antlers standing up on the clifftop. He paused over that, because it looked just like what he’d seen through his camera, but he still couldn’t think what it could be. The bishop would say it was the Brocken spectre of a rearing stag, or something else nerve-blastingly ordinary.

justices. Many quarreled with the logic of the committee, which left open wounds and produced fresh indignities all around. Mather made a point of visiting Salem afterward “to endeavor an healing of all tendency to discord there.” Abigail Hobbs was rewarded for her inflammatory confession. William Good, who had denounced his own wife, made out especially well. Pleas for further redress continued. Still no one scurried off in disgrace. We know of only one witness who recanted, on his deathbed, admitting that his charges against Bridget Bishop had been groundless. It seemed pointless to attribute blame, just as it seemed impossible to make sense of the events of 1692. Few were innocent aside from those who had been hanged.

Casting a spell is harnessing your unseen vibrational energy into the right direction to lead you to your goal.

Básicamente, las velas representan energía, más específicamente la transformación de la energía: cuando una vela está apagada, la energía está inactiva; cuando se enciende la vela, la energía se libera, transformada por la llama e influenciada por el aire.