Labeling yourself as a witch is quite the step. When do you call yourself a witch? With this question in mind, I'm going to tell you how and when I became a witch. With my own story I want to give others insight into what it is like to be a witch and whether this could be something for you.
First introduction to witchcraft
Years ago I was scrolling through YouTube and came across my first videos about witchcraft. Out of curiosity I went to watch and out of interest I started looking for more videos. I was quite young and all I knew about witches was what was on television. These videos were just very different. They showed what witches really were. Not those green mean women flying on brooms. There was just something about the videos that drove me away from witchcraft again. It seemed like all the videos were about religion. Everything I watched was about gods and goddesses and most of the witches I encountered were Wiccan. I didn't feel like it and so I thought that witchcraft must mean that I had to follow a religion. That's why I quickly moved away from the idea that I wanted to become a witch.
Rediscovery
A few years later, witchcraft resurfaced. My sister gave me a book about wicca and the videos on YouTube came back to me. Curiosity took over again and I started researching witchcraft again. What I now found out was that witchcraft is much more than a religion. Witchcraft is a lifestyle and it doesn't matter what religion you follow or don't follow. Because of this I actually wanted to become a witch. I wanted to do more with spirituality and had a great interest in astrology for a long time. Becoming a witch was just one step further, so I started looking for my path as a witch.
It took a while before I really dared to call myself a witch. I thought you couldn't call yourself a witch until you completed a certain checklist. I didn't know which checklist that was. But not labeling myself as a witch left me stuck. I didn't dare go any further, so I didn't want to call myself a witch, but by not calling myself a witch I didn't dare go any further. That's why I went looking for a community online with all the witches. In the end I decided to just call myself a witch, even if I didn't meditate for thirty minutes every day or cast a spell every week.
Labeling myself as a witch had helped me a lot with my self confidence as a witch and finding friends who share the same lifestyle. Now I have a group of witches around me whom I trust and appreciate. And with one of them, the Lunar Sisterhood was started to help other beginners.
What have I learned?
If you're reading this, you may be having the same issues I had. You dare not call yourself a witch or are thinking of becoming a witch. I'd say just do it. You can always withdraw if witchcraft isn't for you after all. That's something that didn't cross my mind at all when I started my witch trail. I thought that once you're a witch, you always have to be and you don't have to. Try it out and see how it feels.
It is also difficult to feel at home as a witch without witch friends. Be sure to look for them. Not sure where to find other witches? There is a blog about this on our site and where it is useful to meet new witches.
