The Witchery Behind Witchcraft

      Many have their own their own ideas about witchcraft and what it actually means. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary it can be defined as "the use of sorcery magic, communication with the devil or with a familiar". Although it seems logical that it would have to do with witches, that's not always the case. As explained within Arthur Miller's piece The Crucible, many were terrified by the thought of witchcraft and the kind of things that are conjured and summoned by the practice.
      The beginning of the play begins with chaos as individuals claim to have seen young women dancing in the forest naked. Not only was dancing naked was provocative, just as it is today, but it was believe that the forest "was the Devil's last preserve, his home base and his final stand". It was believed that Satan was responsible for all mysteries and odd things in life. Those who opposed the ideas of Christianity was thought to be connected to the Devil and all evil in some type of form. There was a conspiracy that demons and other evil spirits would take the souls of individuals and they were the ones who did wrongful acts.  Therefore, people would do everything they could to avoid and stay away from anything associated with witchcraft or any unnatural practice or being. They would do so by torturing any one who was thought to be associated with any type of magic, even if it meant the possibility of killing the innocent, they had to be sure.
      Despite the twistedness of witchcraft and the ideas that used to be associated with it, today its a totally different practice. According to an online article, Spiritual Travels/, witches today gather not to worships Devil or any other evil spirits, but to appreciate the earth and come closer with nature.
      Kind of funny how time can completely change the practice and ideas behind something as significant as the concept of witchcraft.

Discovering what was Already Discovered

      Many know him for discovering "The New World", but was what he found actually something to discover?

      Christopher Columbus is commonly known for his expedition across the Atlantic Ocean seeking Asia, but instead running into North America, land  that was thought to be unknown to many other countries including his own. Furthermore, many assume that he was able to ask the Native people, who already inhabitant the land, to kindly move elsewhere so that he could claim the territory, making a big name for himself. Today, American's recognize him on a holiday named Columbus day in resemblance of is "great" achievement.

       What many do not know is the truthful and brutal reality behind it all. Columbus, in fact, was not the first explorer to the discover the new world, there were several others who were on a voyage and ran into the Americas just as he did. Vikings were actually the first Europeans to the discover the land 492 years before Columbus did, maybe we ought to rename the holiday to "Vikings day". After attempting to assert the ownership for the country of Spain, he first had to remove the Natives who were already living in the land for 12,000 years before Columbus intruded. As he sailed towards the land, Columbus and his men noticed the Native Americans didn't have weapons of any sort and doing so, they drew their swords attempting to establish their power. It was then decided that Columbus was going to keep these people as his servants and command them to do whatever it is he wanted. In search for gold among the land, he enslaved, murdered and inflicted many inhuman misery on these innocent and gentle people. 

      Citizens see Columbus as an outstanding individual when all he did was discover something that had already been discovered and established himself with violence for selfish purposes. Native's today are still viewed as outsiders who don't act the "norm". They're the ones who are told they don't belong here, when many years ago, their ancestors were the first ones to inhabit the land during one of the several ice ages and the help of a land bridge. 

     So now the real question is "What did Columbus really do to deserve the attention that he has received in the past few hundred years?".