Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Millenial living a witchy lifestyle
By Mariam del Rosario
Watch a non – mythical witch as she shares her extraordinary
Wiccan belief to the modern world.
In the video that was taken and posted by Millennials of
Manila on Facebook , netizens met Karlen, the modern day witch, and told her
experiences being a witch in these days.
Her story went viral and has been garnering at least 35,000
reactions, 20,000 shares and 1.2 million views as of March 9.
Karlen
first explained how she grew up to choose being a witch and just not seeing herself
in an organized religion but when she quit church, she discovered her
Wiccan self.
"
It [witchcraft] did an impact on me in a way na mas open ako sa sarili
ko, sa possibilities at the same time mas naging aware ako sa surroundings ko.
"
["It
[witchcraft] did an impact on me in a way that I was more open to myself, to
possibilities at the same time, I was more aware of my surroundings."]
Karlen
believes in Wicca, a religion that draws from the old traditions of witchcraft.
Wicca is a recognized religion, while Witchcraft itself is not considered a
religion. Thus, Wicca might best be described as a modern religion, based on
ancient Witchcraft traditions.
Living
in a predominantly Catholic and Christian country, with over 80% of the
population identify themselves as Roman Catholics, almost 11% are Protestants
and around 5% identifies with Islam and small numbers are scattered to
different religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism etc. that was recorded
by Philippine Statistics Authority in 2015.
Karlen
is among the 0.33 % of people in a religion that has yet to be known or not
officially recognized as a religion in our country.
In
many cases, people do not develop an understanding to a religion they may not
know about or open themselves to the idea of another religion and Karlen
became a prey
of these prejudices.
“.. if it’s someone who you know is very faithful to their
religion, you already have that feeling na may prejudices sila sayo” She said.
[" if it’s someone who you know is very faithful to their
religion, you already have that feeling that they have prejudices against
you.”]
Karlen
is used to the questions asked about her beliefs and the most common question is about their connection with the devil. She emphasized that they do not worship Satan, for it came from
Christianity and they have nothing to with Christianity or against other
religion.
Contrary
on what we see in movies, Wicca is practiced to be a very peaceful, harmonious
and balanced way of life which promotes oneness with the divine and all which
exists, as described by Herne of the Celtic Connection, a Wiccan and Witchcraft organization in the
United States .
She
also shared some of the preparations she does every full moon, she prepares her
own ritual,( rituals that may vary depending on the witch ) , she uses incense,
lit candles, a pentagram together with an offering for the Gods.
It is a myth for them to sacrifice humans and animals it is
against the practices of Wicca that they believe in
They also have the famous Wiccan Pentagram, that is always mistaken to be used in rituals
that are evil, but she explained that the Five point of the pentagram,
represent the four elements and the self, they looked at their spirits to be
with what they call as “High Spirits”.
She
also mentioned their good begotten beliefs in the video, one of these is the
“Three Fold Law”, it is “ whatever you wish upon a person, upon yourself or
whatever you do in this world, it’s going to come back three times.”
This
is the reason why Wiccans like her, don’t practice evil magic because they are
scared of repercussions that would be put upon them.
On what is to Respect
And as Karlen gave her story for people to see, to open this to the people as “ not everyone in who is outside of an organized religion does evil. “
Millenials of Manila interviewed Karlen and shared her story on their facebook page as they wanted everyday millennials in the Philippines to share stories only they can tell . They hoped that the story of Karlen would be a bridge for people to listen to the “real” stories as they feature people who are personally involved.
They even quoted in the end of the video “All religions, culture, and beliefs deserve the same amount of respect even they are different from your own” in respect of Karlen’s beliefs.
See the whole video at:
https://www.facebook.com/MillennialsofManila/videos/1763609263689189/
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This is a very interesting story but the lede and headline was not interesting enough.
ReplyDeleteIt also needs better visuals. The direct quotes are also too bulky.