NO it never snowed in July, NO money doesnt just materialize over a dinning table in a local restrurant, NO there is no Blue fairy who bestows magickal powers, and NO for Christ's sake the fabled sword of excalibre is still lost in time and NOone has to date found it....lol Those who like to appear white light should not pull guns on students, should not curse the police, should not rip off various business, partners proof can be found in various court house papers, and those who follow people that do this should keep their mouths shut and stop rubber stamping the insipid "leaders" behaviors.A dying breed of hypocritical parasites will soon be gone.
I have spoken.... It is done.

To those who whine, get a life! There are very few in Salem who adhere to the fabled interpetations of clouded wicca poo fluff bunny bullshit anymore. Here's the deal, Most witches love the green faced witch, as she has paid for her legacy in blood. The inverted pentacle is OUR STAR when we want to glory in the flesh, draw in money, have animalistic sexual fun we use it's powers. It is also a symbol of Mastery of Material world thus enabling the real witch to be more effective in the working of their craft. Are you willing to suffer to learn?
And as far as the word Warlock goes, I as a male will not let an old guard of bra burning feminatzis who hate the thought of any man with power hold a title. Take away a persons name and you steal their soul. Male witches like it ,or not , are Here to stay and are indeed oath breakers against the dogmas and rituals of the Christian church...And I am goddamned proud of this.... It is our true hertiage. I personally have broken almost every oath that a man could make to the church and will continue to do so as their rules and oaths do not apply to me at all....not christian. lol
The woman folk took the word WITCH and cleaned it up and now the Men folk like it or not are doing the same for the word used to describe them! This is how is goes in Salem now!
Deal with it... A New Salem is Here!
Read on to educate yourselves

1. The Witches of Salem love the image of the Green Faced Witch.

Halloween Witch
Author Unknown

Each year they parade her about, the traditional Halloween Witch.

Misshapen green face, stringy scraps of hair, a toothless mouth beneath her deformed nose. Gnarled knobby fingers twisted into a claw protracting from a bent and twisted torso that lurches about on wobbly legs. Most think this abject image to be the creation of a prejudiced mind or merely a Halloween caricature. I disagree, I believe this to be how Witches were really seen.

Consider that most Witches were women, were abducted in the night, and smuggled into dungeons or prisons under the secrecy of darkness to be presented by light of day as a confessed Witch. Few if any saw a frightened normal looking woman being dragged into a secret room filled with instruments of torture, to be questioned until she confessed to anything suggested to her and to give names or what ever would stop the questions.

Crowds saw the aberration denounced to the world as a self-proclaimed Witch. As the Witch was paraded through town en route to be burned, hanged, drowned, stoned or disposed of in various other forms of Christian love all created to free and save her soul from her depraved body, the jeering crowds viewed the results of hours of torture. The face bruised and broken by countless blows bore a hue of sickly green. The once warm and loving smile gone replaced by a grimace of broken teeth and torn gums that leers beneath a battered disfigured nose. The disheveled hair conceals bleeding gaps of torn scalp from whence cruel hands had torn away the lovely tresses. Broken twisted hands clutched the wagon for support, fractured fingers with nails torn away locked like groping claws to steady her broken body. All semblance of humanity gone this was truly a demon, a bride of Satan, a Witch.

I revere this Halloween Crone and hold her sacred above all. I honor her courage and listen to her warnings of the dark side of man. Each year I shed tears of respect when the mundane exhibit their symbol of Christian love.

2. The Witches of Salem wear the inverted Pentcales, and work magic for self gain.

Meaning of the Inverted Pentacle:
The inverted (or upside down) pentacle is a symbol of some reputation. It is typically associated with Satanism, though that is not a completely accurate description. The true emblem of the Church of Satan is the sigil of Baphomet, which is a symbol with a goat's head and an inverted pentacle. Within the world of witchery, the upside down pentacle stands for the 2nd degree in some traditions, suffering through the mundane to learn, and most importantly the presueing of worldly goods and power which in turn give the true witch more clout in the real world.

3. Men of The Witchs of Salem can call themselves Warlocks. ( as we are not all pussy whipped LOL)

The Warlock and our definition of him, has been correctly pointed out, the Oxford English Dictionary that defines the Warlock as a traitor or oathbreaker, and this is certainly true in two ways:

1. The term is Old English, and derives from about 600CE, which is when the monks were writing the books we now use as reference. There are no prizes for guessing why these Pagan terms were less than endearing. Any one who would not accept the new and true faith of Christianity was evil and dangerous. By equating those who did not accept the faith with evil, the new lords had the enemy firmly sighted. The old gods became the new devils, and the followers of the old ways were heretics and worshipers of demons. To follow the old ways was dangerous and guarded with secrecy. The Witches and Warlocks became separate from the general population, and followed their own paths.
(Note : notice wiccans think it is ok to clean up the word witch here and give her a new face but not it not so for our men who indentify themselves as warlock to do the same thing. Fuck you Gloria Steinham!) lol



Again as has been correctly pointed out, the breaking of an oath was of extreme impo
rtance at a time when a man's word was his bond. The making of an oath was done with great care and consideration. When faced with the annihilation of his tribe by the conquerers, the Chief has historically taken the option of surrender to preserve the clan or tribe. An oath taken by the clan leader for the surrender and saving of his people would only be broken in great reverence by the younger men of the tribe. Thus the term oathbreaker would be one of respect amongst the tribe, as these men left to fight against their conquerers. An example of this is Chochise who surrendered to the US Cavalry so that the women and children would be saved, but allowed the young warriors to leave under the leadership of his most able follower, Geronimo. However, what most people ignore (or are simply unaware of) is that the definition of oathbreaker is NOT the only reference to the Warlock, and indeed the Complete Oxford Dictionary has considerably more information.

A Warlock is also used to mean a cairn or pile of stones (in Scandinavian regions) which apparently served as beacons (lighthouses) or as markers of territory. Another use of the term meant that a man "warlocked" was magically immune to wounds inflicted by certain weapons (commonly iron), which developed into the idea of being War-lucked.

Lastly the term meant "to bar against hostile invasion". So a warlocked nation was one which was protected (by Warlocks) against invasion, rather than being embroiled in a war inside its territory. ( Sorry Laurie, no more causing divisions and manufactoring fractions within our community , as we will from now on call you out on it)

It must be acknowledged that much of research has shown that the Warlock was a warrior whose lifestyle was frequently violent and short. It is easy to either glorify his acts of valour, or accuse him of being a thug, revelling in bloodshed. What is more difficult is to recognise the middle path between extremes, and recognise that in the "Good Old Days" life was extraordinary difficult and frequently short; that violence was a way of life and death. Men and Women had very different roles to those of today, and indeed that may be good reason in itself to repudiate the idea of the Warlock. But I believe that in those days men and women were more secure in their roles. Women ran the household and indeed frequently were the owners of the land. Women probably had more power and control over their lives than they do now.

Since Christianity women have lost their land, their rights, their magic and their voice. Even today women have not regained what was previously theirs by right. Men were put into the position of controlling the land and all it contained. Remember the land given to the Christian Church was frequently given by the women, and that the Abbeys were often run by women. Only after the restructure of the Church did women lose all this to become the subjugated nuns to the religion they helped set up. The ones who did keep what was theirs became the Witches, and continued to heal, teach and act as midwives in the more isolated areas. As is happening in Nicaragua at the moment, the Witches were attacked for fulfilling the role which was theirs. In 20th centurt Nicaragua Witches are being taxed, ridiculed and oulawed because of the power and prestige they hold in the community (and because they are cheaper and more effetive than the "modern" doctors!).

We must recognise that the Witch and the Warlock are very old terms which have been tampered with by people with a vested interest in doing so. History is always written by the victor, but we have the opportunity to question and change peoples' attitudes towards us. We are Witches, and should not change our name because of outsiders' opinions. We have all - Witch and non-Witch alike - been subjected to 1000 years or so of negative influence. Now we have learnt the reality of Witchcraft, and take pride in it. If we refuse to acknowledge the name Witch, we accept that what has been written is true. The same holds for Warlock; just as there are some very dubious people misusing the words Witchcraft and Witch, so there are also people debasing the word Warlock. A Warlock is not some plonker doing ritual sacrifice and devil worship any more than is a Witch. Rather he is some one trying very hard to come to terms with his own inherent powers as a man. By denying him this right we deny all of the Craft their rights to work their craft in balance.

The important thing to me personally about this whole issue of Warlocks can be summed up as:

1. Whatever the word and its origin, the reality is how we use it now. Many words have changed their meanings over the years to become something totally different from the original.
2. Warlocks did exist.
3. Warlocks are not all satanists or figments of Hollywood any more than are Witches.
4. Being a Warlock is a legitimate title for a male Witch.
5. Witches and Warlocks are traditionaly outside of general society and each have their own special brands of magic, neither being inherently good or evil.
For Witches to denegrate Warlocks as evil or deluded is very dangerously like using the same dogma that is trotted out by the fundamentalists. No-one can afford to point fingers or throw stones at each other.

And lastly for those who like pigeon holing people: I am proud to be an initiated Wiccan; a Priest of the religion; a Pagan; a Witch; and very much also a Warlock.
Source material for part of this comes from
http://www.boudicca.de/warlock-e.htm

I hope the message is very clear Salem has changed for GOOD!
Wickedly yours Darklings,
Shawn Poirier - Salem Witch King and all around fun guy!