Clip from Histories of Horror : witches are people first

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AL & I just dropped another interview with Michael Deeze and we discussed a bit about his books, and #witches on a #SpookySeasonVibes edition of Histories of Horror!  Listen now here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zMk3G6XvU3bI7nmVfykiB?si=361fe36e8ff049c9  Come listen & learn all about Mike's books, #witchy, #MysticalVibes, and #folklore in this magickal conversation!

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00:00an emphasis point right here. The word witch actually comes from the old English word witche,

00:05which is where Wicca comes from, and what it means in the true definitions was wise woman.

00:10Many people still assume witches are either evil or fantastical. What's one misconception

00:15about the word witch and magic you wish readers understood? It's important to recognize that

00:22they're people first, that there is power in goodness and there's no power in darkness on

00:29the dark side. One is the absence of light and one is the presence of light. And so in order to

00:36contrast the potential for good that witches represent, it was necessary to create a darker

00:44side, but the darker side needed to not have a form that could be deemed sympathetic.

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