Myths & Truth On Witches

Witches are noble beings with wisdom. In the modern contexts, it is a religion call 'Wiccan' or 'Wicca'. As below are some untruth facts about witches that framed by unethical personnel from the past.

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Myths: Brooms are magical equipment that all witches uses as transportation.

Truths: Witches does not ride on brooms. However they use it to swipe away misfortune.

Such myths arise during the witch-hunting era:
As the witch hunters surrounded the witch's house (to catch the witches staying inside), the witches have no way to escape but what they left (the only hope to survive) is to climb up the chimney and find ways to escape. However the chimney was very dusty, hence they use brooms to swipe their way up. As a result, when the witches reached the roofs top, the witch-hunter though that the witches rides on the broom and fly to the roofs.

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Myths: Witches always wear black clothing.

Truths: Black was never a choice for witches during their ritual. They wore black is to camouflage themselves in the night in as to prevent being capture by the witch-hunter in the past.

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Myths: Witches' book of witchcraft is call 'book of shadow' is because they are spells about the evil shadow.

Truths: Witches' book of witchcraft is call 'book of shadow' is because the witches cannot openly pass down their knowledge of witchcraft to their apprentice during the witch-hunting era. Hence, they have to pass down their knowledge of witchcraft secretly like in the shadow. This is to prevent others from suspecting them of being a witch.

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Myths: Witches refers to the characters in 'Harry Potter'.

Truths: Character in "Harry Potter" should refer to as sorcerer whereas witches are more well describe in the TV drama "Charmed".  

The distinct different between a sorcerer and a witch is:
Sorcerer use magic to enhance personal development.
Witches use magic to enhance both personal and nature development as a whole.