[stylist] The Green Witch

[Eve Sanchez]

Yes, I think our writing is influenced by our beliefs and if those
beliefs are strong; it seems to make stronger works of our talents. I
also agree with your thoughts of how people came, and still come, to
believe as they do. Someday peraps, people will let all people be who
they are. Eve

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Jacqueline Williams
<jackieleepoet at cox.net> wrote:
> Eve,
>  WOW. There is another book, "The Cripple of Nuremburg," which took place
> during the Crusades, I believe. It, too, was a story about the effects of
> torture in the name of religion. These horrific historical true stories have
> made atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and secular Humanists out of many of us.
> It is continuing all over the world even in this day and age.
> Don't get me wrong. Not for one moment would I take away faith from anyone
> who has survived severe loss, or survived horrific conditions because of
> this faith.  Much of the beauty in this world is seen through the eyes of
> those with a strong faith in whatever they choose to call God. Some are
> fortunate to have a personal relationship with their god. I seem to have a
> personal relationship with reality which bedevils me. This may be off topic,
> but it certainly makes it possible to write interesting poetry from a
> different point of view,  and get it back from others.
> Jackie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:15 AM
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> Subject: [stylist] The Green Witch
>
> Dear Friends, Many of you have been expressing an interest in Witches
> and seem to be trying to understand their history,  especially
> concerning the persecution. I thought it appropriate to share this
> story with you. No, I did not write this piece, but it is beautifully
> done and I hope you enjoy. I have it attached and pasted so hopefully
> you could at least access one or the other. Blessed Be. Eve
>
> .       Each year they parade her about ... the traditional Halloween witch.
> Misshapen green face, stringy scraps of hair and a toothless mouth
> beneath her disfigured nose. Gnarled, knobby fingers twisted into a
> claw, protracting from a bent and twisted torso that lurches about on
> wobbly legs.
>
> Most think this abject image to be the creation of a prejudiced mind
> or merely a Halloween caricature. I disagree. I believe this to be how
> witches were really seen.
>
> Consider that most witches: were women, were abducted in the night and
> smuggled into dungeons or prisons under the secrecy of darkness, to be
> presented by the light of day as a confessed witch.
>
> Few, if any, saw a frightened, normal looking woman being dragged into
> a secret room filled with instruments of torture. To be questioned
> until she confessed to anything that was suggested to her and to give
> names or whatever would stop the questions. Crowds saw the aberration
> denounced to the world as a self-proclaimed witch.
>
> As the witch was paraded through the town, en route to be burned,
> hanged, drowned, stoned, or disposed of in various other forms of
> Christian love ... all created to free and save her soul from her
> depraved body. The jeering crowds viewed the results of hours of
> torture. The face, bruised and broken by countless blows, bore a hue
> of sickly green. The once warm and loving smile gone. Replaced by a
> grimace of broken teeth and torn gums that leers beneath a battered,
> disfigured nose. The disheveled hair conceals bleeding gaps of torn
> scalp from whence cruel hands had torn away the lovely tresses.
> Broken, twisted hands clutched the wagon for support. Fractured
> fingers locked like groping claws to steady her broken body. All
> semblance of humanity gone. This was truly a demon, a bride of Satan,
> a witch.
>
> I revere this Halloween crone and hold her sacred above all. I honor
> her courage and listen to her warnings of the dark side of humanity.
> Each year I shed tears of respect and remember her involuntary
> sacrifice in the name of religion.
>
>
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