The Court of the Witches
Folklore tells us about the different magical courts that lead the world beyond the veil that separates the worlds, and that, moreover, is venerated by the spiritualists of the entire world in different ways and ways.
In much of Europe is venerated the "Court of witches" which is made up of the souls of witches burned at the stake and hanged in public for the practice of their magical art, the souls of these witches do not reach rest or can reincarnate for having been victims of tragic, ignoble and unjust deaths, for this reason the witches prevail trapped in the veil between the two worlds, as inhabitants of a magical infinite corridor that is virtually connected to all the trees and mirrors of the world, which they use to travel and communicate with our world.
These same witches, watch over the safety and learning of the youngest witches and sorcerers, trying to keep alive the honorable practice of nature in the hands of the living.
On the other hand, in Africa, the Yoruba people venerate the souls of the witches who have left, assuring that their presence prevails among us until their names fall into oblivion. Practitioners of the Yoruba faith, consider that the souls of witches are venerated and highly respected in the other world, from where they lead the births of new shamans and seers in the world.
The religions that descend culturally from Africa, as it is the case of the Santería, the Voodoo, the Hoodoo, the Candomblé, the Quimbanda, Umbanda, Palo Mayombe and Batuque, reunite very similar elements among themselves, venerating the souls of the ancestors that make up a magical court of animals that act through local mediums and the forces of nature.
In South America, the 'Court of Witches', which is composed entirely of the souls of the local witches of each country and whose names are venerated and passed down from generation to generation to keep their memory alive, is venerated in the mountains. magic and its essence among the new generations of practitioners.
The witches court leads the world of spirits and they have the power to exercise all kinds of changes in the life of living beings, influencing equally on love, money, health, and family. In the spiritualist tradition it is considered that a witch to die must be honored on the ground where he died (not where he lived) and it is there where he took the power to reconnect with his loved ones, old teachers and family, and from where he will start to undertake his path as a resident of the spiritual world.
In all Afro-Caribbean traditions, the witches court is conjured in the same way, with white candles where the written names of each of the dozens (or hundreds in some cases) of the names of those who make up the local court are burned. Once this is done by the practitioner, the witches court should be venerated and honored every Monday night, placing glasses with clean water, glasses with red wine, cups with hot coffee and a crystal ball, objects of divination, essential oils and perfumes, incense and candles that should remain lit all night in this magical spiritual vault.
The witches court will consecrate each and every one of these various objects in favor of the witch practitioner, and in exchange for their attentions, the practitioner will be respectfully served by the witches from the world of the veil.
Usually, and according to the magic tradition, the witches court is always attentive to every step that the witches make in their way, but they only act if they are called and invoked properly, because they can not interfere if they are not invoked from this side of the living, and that is through a due invocation clearly and loudly by an initiate in the occult arts.
On the other hand, working with the witches court is extremely easy, the promises made in his name must always be fulfilled before the next new moon and strongly punish those who forget to keep their promises in exchange for the favors granted, never grant nothing for free, no matter what you promise to the witches' court, the payment must first be given as a priority and then they will decide how to honor the deal.
Although the court of the witches is made up equally by men and women, by wizards, magicians, and initiated spiritualists, also only receive the name of Court of the Witches, because it is a more general term, the witches of certain countries can invoke separately to "the sorceress court", "the court of the magicians" or "the shamanic court", to refer to doing magical works with smaller groups that live within the same court.
The witches' court is independent of any pagan religion, neopagan or adverse to them, they also act independently to all the spiritual courts, deities and spirits, more like a huge group of local souls and animas than as a specific pantheon.
If you want to work with the witches court, it is always important to remember that their attentions are better received on Monday night than any other day, and they have no distinction of any kind towards groups or individuals who practice, but their veneration and practice must be constant and very serious.
I hope this Post will be very helpful in your daily magic practice.
Blessings.
Text: Elhoim Leafar
Pics: Александр Раскольников
