I was wondering about the theme of “witches” popping up so frequently recently, but I guess it is not as much of a synchronicity as I might otherwise assume considering it’s Halloween time.
First there was this:
Then that:
… and ultimately the following with written text below the picture:
“It was not witches who burned.
It was women.
Women who were seen as
Too beautiful
Too outspoken
Had too much water in the well (yes, seriously)
Who had a birthmark
Women who were too skilled with herbal medicine
Too loud
Too quiet
Too much red in her hair
Women who had a strong nature connection
Women who danced
Women who sung
or anything else, really.
Sisters testified and turned on each other when their babies were held under ice.
Children were tortured to confess their experiences with “witches” by being fake executed in ovens.
Women were held under water and if they float, they were guilty and executed.
If they sunk and drowned they were innocent.
Women were thrown off cliffs.
Women were put in deep holes in the ground.
The start of this madness was years of famine, war between religions and lots of fear. The churches said that witches, demons and the devil did exist and women were nothing but trouble. As we see even today, there is often a scapegoat created. Everything connected to a women became feared, especially her sexuality. It became labeled as dark and dangerous and was the core of the witch trials through out the world.
Why do I write this?
Because I think the usage of words are important, especially when we are doing the work to pull these murky, repressed and forgotten about stories to the surface. Because knowing our history is important when we are building the new world. When we are doing the healing work of our lineages and as women. To give the women who were slaughtered a voice, to give them redress and a chance of peace.
It was not witches who burned.
It was women.”
It goes hand-in-hand with the shaming of Rh negative women I have recently discussed in the commenting section here:
Have you learned about the “witch”-burnings in school?
What would be your guess as to what percentage of the women who were burned having been Rh negative?
Happy Halloween, Rh negatives!
Don’t let anyone stigmatize you.
And if you happen to identify with a stigma, at least don’t expect others to surrender to such delusion alongside with you.