Davis's Blog, Witches and Witchcraft

  Growing up, I was never a big fan of horror films or anything that had to do with summoning supernatural spirits. In my young mind, I could only see negatives consequences arising from this decision. There has always been and will continue to be doubt in my mind regarding the actual feasibility of contacting spirits, but at the same time it is something that I wouldn’t want to “risk” actually occurring.  One of the most popular ways in films that individuals can communicate with the dead is through a Ouija board. Movies tend to give this form of “magic” a sinister persona without acknowledging the proper context in which the board initially arose. This was done so much to the point that as a young child I believed that simply touching a Ouija board could open the flood gates for evil characters from Hell to enter our world. Even today, before engaging with the true historical details, Ouija boards were something that I viewed as wrong or off limits, almost in the same way th...

  Witchcraft in Today’s World Whenever someone hears about witches or witchcraft, their mind typically goes to either a movie about a green villain with a broomstick or about the trials that happened in Salem long ago. However, most people, including myself before I began to actively investigate it, don’t realize how integrated it is into our society. There are still current areas of life where people enlist in the services of witches or magic in general. For example, one of the places you would least expect to find witchcraft is in a Farmer’s Almanac from 2017. In my “professional” opinion, there are a few reasons why the average American might be surprised to find ads for witchcraft in the Farmer’s Almanac. First, an almanac of this sort is usually a relatively scientific guide about weather patterns and strategies for planting the most successful crops during a certain year. Having 3-4 pages at the back of this guide dedicated to witchcraft to help your crops grow or tell yo...