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The season of the witch

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In the middle of the greenwood,

In the centre of what is,

The wise women gather,

They’re lifting the lid

On the meagre remnants

Of the magic that once was:

Wicca, witch and wizard

In the whispering wood.

Now, in times of turbulence,

Of movements in the blood,

The devotees of the vacuous,

The frightened and appalled,

Watch silently as their children’s blood

Seeps slowly through the empty

Palace walls.

In the lore of the wise,

There is no disguise

We see to the rotten heart of man.

Our defences are few

But we work to renew:

Clairvoyant, midwife, spirit guide,

Such fragments that remain

Are reborn as the shaman,

Who make prescience an art,

By seeing through

This defenceless human heart.

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◄ JANISSARY

i.m. Pte Jack Prince ►

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John Marks

Sun 23rd Sep 2018 23:04

Thank you Ray and Hannah. The witch is a potent symbol of female magic and power. That was why powerful men feared them and had them burnt alive as a warning to other women.

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raypool

Sun 23rd Sep 2018 10:57

An intriguing piece with a real inward looking compulsion to it John. Thought provoking and satisfying, leaving little to the imagination. The Wicca movement is supposed to be about nature and the power base of it, I suppose - but wherever human activity turns inwards, the possibilities are endless.

Ray

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Sun 23rd Sep 2018 10:37

I enjoyed this.
I like the subject about witches. A culture we hear little about now.
At this time of the Equinox we look deeper in.

Hannah

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