Being a Witch is NOT like a TV show or movie.

 Recently I started watching reruns of "Charmed" tv show and am amazed at the ignorance of the creators of the show.  I had often wondered why a particular party that I knew had all these erroneous ideas about the craft even though this person (who my husband called MS Dingleberry) swore that she was a witch and had been since childhood.

First off Wicca HAS NOT been around for hundreds or thousands of years.  The religion of Wicca was created in 1939 by Gerald Gardner.  He took elements of traditional witchcraft and combined it with elements of Ceremonial Magick and elements of Eastern religions to create Wicca.  So despite what the show said, Wicca has not been around for even 100 years yet.

Second, if someone has Witchy powers you can't take them off of them.  Sorry, not happening.  If you have Witchy powers nothing can take them from you, not even being killed for them or someone using an amulet or other magical item to siphon or steal them.  

It really aggravates me when people do this nonsense.  People end up getting the wrong ideas.  And wrong ideas lead to issues.  I personally know of 3 cases where a so called Witch (I say so called because they read 3 books written by wanna be practitioners who claim to be Witches, and watched Charmed, Sabrina, and a few movies) who decided to curse folks to kill them and steal their powers.  So basically they decided to do evil to steal power.  So let me say it again for the people in the back, YOU CAN"T TAKE someone's POWERS or KNOWLEDGE!  You wanna be more knowledgeable or be more powerful, than you need to study and practice.  

Just because some ignorant person, and generally said person is a Christian says this kinda stuff doesn't make it so.  All it shows is their ignorance and their wrong ideas.

We also need to vet the material we read.  Trust me, if they claim they are a Witch and mention anything that pertains to Christianity or stealing powers or knowledge, they are a wanna be.  So when you believe this nonsense you really know nothing.  And believe nothing that you see on TV shows or movies about Witches. 

Real Witches understand that curses and hexing are only used as a last resort and are made as mild as possible.  And they know they have to study and learn about a variety of issues.  Herbs, gemstones, crystals, incense and so on.  They know that practice makes one more powerful.  And they understand you can't "steal" knowledge or power.