There are a couple of different reasons that have brought about this post. One reason is a short note to someone who suddenly has an interest in learning about Witchcraft. The second reason is a thread I was following on Limiting Beliefs. These two different topics are more intertwined with each other than they are apart.
Witchcraft in the minds of some people is evil. Anyone who even mentions Witchcraft is in danger of compromising their soul. If someone might actively pursue knowledge of such a taboo subject they are surely doomed. Truth is, the closer you get to a subject, the more you learn what is true, and what you only thought was true.
Finding worthwhile information on Witchcraft is a study in absurdity and circles. In this period of ‘New Age’, one can go to almost any book store and find any number of books about Witchcraft, how to cast spells, or how to be a Witch. Many books are not worth the paper they are printed when useful information gained is measured against each dollar spent.
Searching the internet, one can find endless web pages, references and groups on Witchcraft. Again, most of what is written is of little or no use to anyone. Finding and joining a group of ‘Witches’ can be dangerous. Some leaders of these groups are really pursuing personal power, sex, or money, maybe all three. Anything resembling true understanding may not exist in these groups. Finding a group or an individual who is real and is willing to share takes a lot of patience and time.
Limiting Beliefs on the other hand makes the world most of us choose to live in. Some of us have a hard time reading past the word ‘choose’ in the first sentence. Yet our world is mostly comprised of what we choose to believe, more than by what we are limited to.
Some examples of limiting beliefs are: ‘The world is out to get me’, ‘I am stupid’, ‘Everyone is happy except me’, ‘my life is worthless’, ‘I do not deserve anything’, and so on. Limiting Beliefs are the concrete walls of our world. Without limiting beliefs to structure our world, we would not know what to do or how to conduct ourselves.
Identifying Limiting Beliefs in ourselves is a scary process most people do not willingly undertake. One reason is uncovering Limiting Beliefs takes us to places most of us do not want to go. Holding in our hands a collection of what we know is false truths we use to define our life is not fun. It is more fun to pretend our Limiting Beliefs are real.
If we dare identify and collect our own Limiting Beliefs, what are we going to do with them? If we made our Limiting Beliefs vanish, we would have this huge empty void in our lives. Suddenly our life would have no walls and no restraints. We would be free to do whatever we wanted with our life. This is a lot of responsibility most of us are not ready to deal with.
This is how Witchcraft and Limiting Beliefs are intertwined. They are two differing approaches to the same end. The endpoint connection between Witchcraft and Limiting Beliefs is two fold. Thinking, saying, or writing that one wants to pursue anything even remotely taboo raises eyebrows, questions, and causes some amount of fear in those around us. Following up on that thought is blasphemy in the eyes and minds of some. Imagining and verbalizing a world different than what we believe it to be also causes the same responses.
As our knowledge grows parts of the walls surrounding us crumbles, and is replaced by nothing. The knowledge we gain may be completely opposite of what we thought we were pursuing. Knowledge does not have to be scary to crumble the opaque walls of our Limiting Beliefs.
Arcane knowledge when properly understood generally reveals itself to be different than what we expected. In the process of learning, we also find out about ourselves, and possibly a world we once knew, but forgot. Regaining what we once knew and forgot, can help release us from hanging on to Limiting Beliefs we no longer need.
