Witchcraft Reflection

In When We Fight, We Win by Greg Jobin-Leeds it says that “comparison can block compassion both for others and for ourselves.” I agree with such statement; I think that listening is a skill you learn throughout time. One can pretend to listen without really getting anything out of the conversation that one is having with that other person. In the Compassionate Listening workshop, I got to do it with Rachel Kurland and I sit and listened to her talking about the moment her friend treason her. I tried to understand her plight, why would she not cut that friendship off, I understood she loved her friend, however, I could not resist bringing my biases to our conversation. I asked myself, why is Rachel, such a good, loving, and smart person,

more competence as an explanation due to evidence now being needed to prove someone guilty, there was still a aspect of psychological pressure towards obeying God and putting themselves forward for punishment in order to live a better afterlife.

Witches have been feared by man since the 14th century in Europe when they believed women were given evil powers for loyalty to the devil. Although some others believed it was the result of consuming the fungus “Ergot” which was found in rye, wheat and other cereals. According to Jess Blumberg multiple people were caught using witchcraft as he mentions in her post “More than 200 people were accused of witchcraft and twenty were executed”. Later in colonial times there was a widespread of witchcraft throughout the new pioneer villages. People believe that it became worse from all the anxiety from the fear of death from disease, savages, smallpox and the after war effects of the British war with France. All this anxiety was driving the Puritans

A prophecy once stated that a blond warrior was going to arrive in Wonderland, to fight the Red Queen’s infamous Jabberwocky. The conflict between the Red Queen and White queen would immediately end after the death of the Jabberwocky. As each day passed by, I always observed the Red queen carefully while she punished my friends among other animals for no adequate reason. Due to how my features allowed me to become invisible at any command, I was was able to perceive everything that was going on in Wonderland, which is why I was the first one to know of her arrival. As I got ahold of the information of how a certain blond girl who had dropped years ago in Wonderland had fallen down the rabbit hole, I immediately rushed over there.

In room 303 we have been studying many poems from Doris Lessing. Doris was born in in Persia and now lives in Iran. She came from a large family of five. She shares her own experiences when she writes and that is what makes her unique. Her talent for writing came from a variety of her experiences. One poem she wrote called “No Witchcraft for sale” was very interesting. It had three important messages and those messages are the poisonous snake is dangerous, stay loyal, and amazing things can happen.

The concept of witchcraft and the belief in its existence has existed since the dawn of human history. It has been present or central at various times, and in many diverse forms, among cultures and religions worldwide, including both "primitive" and "highly advanced" cultures, and continues to have an important role in many cultures today.

Reflection is a major factor in "developing self-awareness" to improve services provided to everyone around me, this is to develop my own understanding in realising the good and bad made previously. Moving forward with a better understanding, as well as rectifying the mistake whilst recognizing the good points, (Horton-Deutsch and Sherwood, 2008).

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19)

Studying Modern Witchcraft was such an experience for me as a person who really has is not strongly dedicated to a particular religion. Growing up Baptist, I grew up attending sunday school and church regularly; however that ended once my mom received a job where she works weekends. I do believe in God and I do pray to him and jesus, I just do not believe my faith is as strong as it was when I was younger.

For this essay I choose to write about witchcraft in the 16th and 17th century since I find the topic extremely interesting the write about. Given that we only have a paragraph about it in out History textbooks, I will have to look into other books and also search the internet to find what I need for the essay.

Introduction: I have chosen two articles first one is Ronald Grimes “Beginning of Ritual studies” (1982 2nd Edition) Ronald L. Grimes wrote several books on ritual, most recently The Craft of Ritual Studies. He is Researcher and Professor. Second article I choose Tanya Luhrmann “Persuasions of Witch’s craft” Tanya Luhrmann is Professor in the Stanford Anthropology Department. Her books include Persuasions of the Witch’s Craft, (Harvard, 1989); The Good Parsi (Harvard 1996); Of Two Minds (Knopf 2000) and When God Talks Back (Knopf 2012). Her work focuses on the way that ideas held in the mind come to seem externally real to people, and the way that ideas about the mind affect mental experience. One of her recent project compares the experience

In the story, “No Witchcraft for Sale” by Doris Lessing, the main character, Gideon, is a servant for a white family, the Farquars. Gideon pushes cultural limitations, and Teddy, the Farquars’ little boy, and he build a close relationship. Gideon saves Teddy’s sight from snake poison, and when everyone asks him to give up the secret of the tribal medicine, he refuses, which causes tension between him and the Farquars. Gideon loses the trust of the Farquars, who believe he is making the wrong decision, but he still saves Teddy and contributes to everyone’s lives; making Gideon an anti-hero. Gideon tries to be a good person and help raise Teddy the best he can; however, when things don’t go the way he thinks they should, he shuts people out.

3 Messages from No Witchcraft for Sale No Witchcraft for Sale is yet another story dealing with the troubles of British Imperialism. A small British family lives in Zimbabwe where they own a farm. On the farm they have black servants, one of which they hold a special relationship with. One day the white family’s son is poisoned by a snake and is in danger of going blind.

Witches and witchcraft have been witnessed in several regions throughout the early stretches of both time and civilization. In the beginning, witches were derived from the root word ‘Wicca’. This translates to the phrase ‘wise person’ or ‘the wise one’, a person who practices only the holiest of rituals for the goddesses. However, not only were these women trained to preform specialized rituals but they were also trained in the sacred arts of the priestess. These priestesses became known as the wise women. They would make house calls, delivered babies, and dealt with not only infertility but impotence as well. This was the essence of a ‘wise woman’. Carole Fontaine, an American biblical scholar states within her interview, “What’s interesting about them is that they are so clearly understood to be positive figures in their society. No king could be without their counsel, no army could recover from a defeat without their ritual activity, no baby could be born without their presence”. This illustrates to us that without the presence of the revered wise woman society would break down and cease to function. This is due to so many actions in society requiring their expertise that even the king would become lost without them. These ‘wise women’ could be traced to the early days of human history in the middle east. Besides the wise woman version of witchcraft, there were many other forms of religion involving the supernatural. For instance, Shamanism among Africans to the Shinto