Eyedoc84
Puritan Board Sophomore
They weighed the same as a duck.
Witchcraft
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Eyedoc84
Puritan Board Sophomore
No idea how it works, but it does. I’ve used two pieces of coat hanger to locate drainage tile quite accurately.
Northern Crofter
Puritan Board Sophomore
To "witch" for water was quite common where I grew up, and it was often done by men I would consider Godly (the word "witch" as a noun in English was always a reference to a female soothsayer, and this is consistent with Scripture). I think this word can be used as a verb in a way that does not require it to be associated with evil. Taken as a verb, it can simply mean to reveal something or to be wise in something, in the way that "divine" is sometimes similarly used as a verb, but both usages are fairly archaic - when we currently hear "witch" or "witchery" it only seems to be used to refer to a delving into or revealing via sorcery or necromancy (or "soothsaying" as Scripture often calls it). But "witching" for water is an ancient practice and I don't think it had an evil connotation. I remember watching an old guy do it when I was a kid and it seemed unusual but not evil. Kinda like the end of Genesis 30.
The etymology of "witch" is all over the place - you can find the word used in a 13th century translation to describe the faithful Hebrew midwives in Exodus 1 who hid the infants from Pharaoh, and you can find it used in the16th century to describe a wise woman. But this to me is a worrying sign of the times:
The etymology of "witch" is all over the place - you can find the word used in a 13th century translation to describe the faithful Hebrew midwives in Exodus 1 who hid the infants from Pharaoh, and you can find it used in the16th century to describe a wise woman. But this to me is a worrying sign of the times:
No Other Name
Puritan Board Sophomore
I saw that. New York Post, correct?
Ryan&Amber2013
Puritan Board Senior
I think I saw it on Fox. Lol, I guess it's pretty big news for some reason.
MyCrows
Puritan Board Sophomore
My ex-wife had attempted to cast spells on people. She claimed she didn't know how they worked, but said they did.
Eyedoc84
Puritan Board Sophomore
Not sure how the two are related. It’s not like I was asking some spirit to help me.
MyCrows
Puritan Board Sophomore
My response might have been poorly worded. I'm not saying that you were.
Just saying that some people are doing what is clearly witchcraft without actually calling on a particular spirit/deity.
John The Baptist
Puritan Board Sophomore
I agree with you on that. That, however, is not what is going on with the water lines. It has to do with running water and electromagnetism
MyCrows
Puritan Board Sophomore
It may. I can't say that I know it doesn't. It just made me uneasy because the ones suggesting it didn't know or care how it worked. All they knew was they could trust the stick.
C4MERON
Puritan Board Freshman
Im an EMT, I remember a patient I had years ago. He was trashing a room at the end of the hallway, screaming. His partner told me he had been busy with his ‘occultic stuff’ including doing tarot, ouija &c, then just flipped. The house was decorated with strange pictures on the wall. Statues of the devil sat on shelves & units.Cops went in ahead of me & colleague and, thankfully, secured him from hurting anyone. He was on the floor surrounded by tarot cards and ouija board &c. He was covered in tattoos of various symbols including the name Aleister Crowley, jewelry, long fingernails. He was wild-eyed, foaming at the mouth and shouting & screaming in what sounded like other languages.
We conveyed him to hospital all the while he was trying to bite lumps out of the ambulance trolley mattress.
Very strange & eery indeed. I still to this day am convinced he was probably leapt upon by an unclean spirit while leaving himself wide open through occultic practices.
We conveyed him to hospital all the while he was trying to bite lumps out of the ambulance trolley mattress.
Very strange & eery indeed. I still to this day am convinced he was probably leapt upon by an unclean spirit while leaving himself wide open through occultic practices.
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