Birth of a witch (A Halloween thot)

Old women (and women use to be old by 30) who lived alone (and women still out live men); who were no longer of breeding age, or beautiful, desirable, or desired; whose hygiene was most likely less important than growing, or making everything they wore, used, or ate, or taking care of their animals; who were most likely lonely and human as the years went by, so were glad to take in a cat that appreciated the warmth of a fire, a body and food and not averse to listening when lonely people treated it like a surrogate child, were called witches!

In a predominantly male world where men made the laws, wrote the books, imagined the religion and claimed superiority in every respect, an intelligent, older, less compliant woman was only a blessing if she was doing what you wanted and life was good.

Intelligent, self sufficient women who handed down recipes for healing, were easy targets when the world needed a scapegoat, because ignorance has always bred fear and intolerance.

Witches might have been the first liberated women - for VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME . . .Mwha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa.