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Originally Posted by MoonSister75
I'm fascinated by Stevie's use of witch imagery in her music and performance. It seems that what has caused the anger and hatred towards Stevie over the years, is the perception of a witch as evil. Many of the women that were killed in the witch hunts centuries ago were innocent but labelled at evil witches. Some of them were just practising herbal medicine, or had pagan beliefs, and its likely that very few of them (if any) were worshiping the idea of Satan. There is so much fear and myth surrounding the idea of a witch. It seems more likely to me, that many witches in history were trying to be healers, rather than devil worshippers.  |
Christianity has been a double edged sword by it's own admission. So much European pre-christian belief has been lost because of it's imposition (despite the book itself saying it should not be imposed). We need to learn from history and preserve the Native American languages and beliefs still. There are people in the musical community here in western Canada now doing this and it's an honor to know some of them.
I read a book titled Witchcraze about the dark period of murdering people labelled witches in Europe. Holland managed to find it's way out of it fairly quickly through a new understanding of the bible in line with the protestant revolution and that is the church I have roots in. The Netherlands have been a beacon of tolerance at times which has inspired other nations and it began in that dark religiously fanatical period.