Maturing is realizing they never burned witches. They burned midwives, healers, herbalists, and knowledgeable women.
Women who understood medicine, nature, and their own autonomy. Women whose knowledge threatened patriarchal control. The "witch hunts" were never about magic, they were about silencing women who couldn't be controlled.
When someone is really chosen by God you'll know it by the way they go through hell, lose people, lose possessions, face unbelievable storms and somehow come back stronger, resilient, full of joy and laughter even! That kind of strength isn't natural. It's supernatural. Divine.
the best witchcraft i've learned is to say everything you're doing before you do it. even walking into a room. say "i'm walking into the kitchen and getting a drink," etc. after a couple of weeks, your mind has gotten used to doing what you say will happen. now your mind believes your words more and will more naturally work to make them happen.
Sticking to no contact really helps your self confidence. You realize there isnโt a single person you canโt live without. You had a life before they existed in it, and youโll have one after theyโre gone. Their importance was only informed by your attention.
pattern recognition is a lonely gift. by the time everyone else finally sees it, youโve already been called dramatic, negative or crazy for pointing it out.