As with any spiritual system, Witchcraft is understood through the knowledge of its parts. Only then can a full and rich spiritual harmony exist. The spirituality of this path is contained within its three foundational parts. With these three characteristics of a Witch's belief system, the universe unfolds and new knowledge nourishes our daily lives. Use these three manifestations with love in your heart and you will find your life is enriched beyond comprehension.
TABLE OF LIMITLESS POTENTIAL
MAGICK: Opportunity for limitless potential
FAITH - Awareness of limitless potential
WORSHIP - Expression of limitless potential
Worship is the mover and shaker of the group. Worship is the expression through ritual, meditation, communication, dance, love, prayer, and all those things that "end up "expressing your deepest beliefs."
You should worship your faith daily. It should be so much a part of you for without it, you are merely a shell, existing on oxygen only. There is no need that you do circles constantly or ritual all the time, but rather to the daily use of the Craft that opens your heart to the experience of the moment. For example, being nice to people, because everyone is a child of the Goddess, or, while driving, learn not to be so warlike while driving - so aggressive. A simple smile to someone you do not know or a polite hello is another form of spirituality and being connected with the Goddess and her children. Allowing people to live their own way without judgment. Judgment is a real problem for a lot of people.
As a devoted and practicing Witch, you use worship to enhance your heartfelt concentration motives and end results. You can feel joy in your heart when you know you are doing all that you can do.
Faith can give you strength, hope, love, responsibility, and joy. These are big pluses in any spiritual growth. The Table of Limitless Potential gives you a sense of really contributing. It forces you to look at life with a smile. If you see each "down time" as an opportunity to learn, then that time will seem less severe. You should try to find something to laugh about daily.
Witchcraft facilities inner growth. Aside from the many things that a novice witch experiences, aside from the Lunar and Solar dances, apart from the herbs and stones of the Mother, and apart from the rich symbolism in ritual and spell, apart from all these things, the Witch must sort out her or his life's evolvement, need to accept the lessons as they are experienced. We are here for a purpose and that purpose is to learn as much as possible and to find the Harmony of the Goddess. If that education requires that we throw out some preconceived thoughts and notions, then so be it. All people will question "humanness" at some point. Witchcraft is a path of questioning. Not all information is available to everyone at once. We cannot just read it in a book or learn it by research alone. Much can be learned this way and should be, but we can only know it something is right for us after we have physically and emotionally absorbed a great deal of information. We expend time and effort reading to get the full understanding. So in Witchcraft, we need to research and learn what we can. The trick is that after we have done our study, we must allow ourselves some time for reflection and absorption.
The nature of Witchcraft is such that we eventually realize the waste of time that negative emotions and behavior can create and we learn to understand the overall functioning of the human machine as a Whole.
The cyclical nature of the occult belief in many lifetimes, allows us to fix our own mistakes. Remember you are responsible for SELF. If you are unhappy about something, change it. Go within to see what is important to you, and what motives you to feel this way. Get to know yourself.
WALKING THE PATH
There are really no words to express the joy and peace of Witchcraft. We are practitioners of a religion far older than any of the organized faiths better known today. The Goddess has been a focus of celebration and life for tens of thousands of years. We recognize the joy of living and the cycles of our lives through the mysteries of She who gave us life. We take pleasure in the Esbats of the Lunar pulse. Talk to the Mother daily, as you would your own earthly Mother. We walk the path seeking knowledge through the light and love of the Lady. It fills us with joy to know that many other Witches are working together and along toward a more peaceful world - a world of harmony, where children are loved, life is precious, and joy is the order of the day.
The Mother is within all of us, therefore we're intimately connected. Reach out and you will feel us beside you. Witches are reflections of the love of the Goddess and with Her help, we will span the distances of time and space to meet once more in Her arms.
Painting: Lesbia by John Reinhard Weguelin 1849 - 1927