The image of the burning witch has become legendary. It is a known fact from history that certain, unique individuals have been burned by the stake for centuries, while the legend of the merciful executioner breaking their neck just before the suffering begins is mostly fiction.
But why exactly do witches burn? Or more specifically, how do witches burn?
A witch burns in every possible way, even before their life finds its legendary end in the flames.
A witch burns out of passion.
While doing so, a witch transforms a soul into something only possible outside the borders of this reality.
A witch explores needs that do not belong into this world.
Doing so, a witch is able to have the most vivid dreams about things that never were, and is able to trick the whole body into releasing just the right chemicals to feel things they never were granted to have.
But when caught, a witch is destined to burn alive, and thus bein purged on the inside from all the transformations their dreams and desires could possibly have caused.
Witches burn for a misunderstanding, cosmic father to welcome them back into a world that does not display their needs.
The threat of nothingness
A sleepless night.A soar throat and socks that do not match.Finally, a Pumpkin Spice Latte.“The threat of nothingness?”, my witch giggles over my shoulder. She is becoming louder, now that autumn paints the world into a dark fairytale. And she is right. I hate our tendency to just not do things anymore so much that…
My witching autumn desk
This was my longest quiet. My witch took a few weeks off. I have a lot of things to say, dark and urgent things! But my health made me pause everything. The first time in my life I’m saying that. I’ll be back in the next few days! Until then, enjoy the witching mood at…
Why do we stop doing things?
“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message I am dreading arrives. The pastry bag in hand, I read one cancellation after another. Of course,…
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