Witches Upset by Broomstick Style (as per requested.....

[Amy Z]

John wrote:

> ::cackle:: Erm...broomsticks are not (in any form of Wicca, Paganism 
or Old 
> Religion I've studied, anyway) used for flying. They are a ritual 
cleansing 
> device, not even *really* meant for sweeping in a literal sense; 
rather, they 
> symbolically and spiritually cleanse the altar and the witch before 
ritual.

Drat.  Every time an actual witch speaks up on this list, another 
Hogwarts dream shatters.  You're supposed to be teaching us how to 
make tentacles sprout on our siblings' faces, not giving us spiritual 
advice.  Cleanse, shmense--what's the point of a religion if it 
doesn't teach you how to fly?

Grumpily,
Amy