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 APPELSCHA, Netherlands (AP) – Cobwebs
cling from the wooden rafters. Dusty shelves are cluttered with glass
jars of home-brewed potions, dried herbs and stone amulets. An oil cooker
and a black cauldron sit in the corner, ready for the next full moon.
This isn’t a Halloween party, it’s Margarita Rongen’s year-round workshop
and she is a witch – according to her tax return.
Dutch witches were guaranteed a financial treat when the Leeuwarden District
Court reaffirmed their legal right to write off the costs of schooling
– including in witchcraft – against their tax bills. Those costs run to
thousands of dollars.
Courses are held 13 weekends a year closest to a full
moon when outdoor rituals are practiced and potions boiled. Participants
learn healing with herbs and stones, divination and fortunetelling with
crystal balls and hieroglyphs, and how to make potions.
from AP
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November 19th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I agree that some drugs in Neatherlands are legal because it’s the choice of each person and it can damage his own health, but i can’t believe witchcraft can be legal !! because it’s not just the choice of practicing it, but the possibility to damage and control the rest of the people.
You learn to “preserve” nature, but also to kill animals (for potions) and humans (your enemies).
They are always dressed in black because what they do is dark, or have you ever seen a witch in white?
I hope someday the world have just people of light, people who respect the life and the success of others, and who can forgive everyone, because all these is the base for a world of peace.
February 7th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
What an amazing post. I can accept tarot and other aspects of the arcana but am truly surprised at this.
R