Witch's Invitation...

[seremela06]

What do y'all think about this story?

One peaceful afternoon I picked up from my mailbox the strangest looking letter I'd ever seen, a chilling little envelope bordered with flying bats, and serpents whose eyes were tinted green. The letter was addressed to me so as I opened it I froze. What I read turned my complexion three shades of blue. It said, "My name is Issac Horowitz. I'm a male witch, a warlock and I feel I need to spend some time with you."

Now as a Christian from a little church with God's call on my life, a man of faith and power with a challenge to grow I did what any saint would do in my situation. I tore it up said, "Lord, no way I'm gonna go." Then gently and methodically the Holy Spirit spokeand reminded me we're God's voice to our nation. It's the church's responsibility to witness, so reluctantly I accepted this witch's invitation.

He had the house you'd expect, the old English cottage, a "Nightmare on Elm Street" special right to the core, the overgrown ivy, the gate that creaked when opened, somehow you'd expect Freddy to answer this door. The doorbell rang, a hollow gong, the knob twisted then opened, and Issac stood before me with a grin. His jet black hair and well trimmed beard flowed with his black silk clothes. My skin crawled as he said, "Please come on in."

His house was filled with every occultic symbol you could fathom; Hanging pentagrams and horroscope signs, a Ouija board and dungeons and dragons game set on the table, a crystal ball with an incadescent shine. Then graciously he handed me some steaming herbal tea. Its prescence caused my memory to jog...I thought of every horror flick I'd seen when I was a kid and thought if you drink this stuff next day you'll be a frog.

Then he led me to a high backed chair as he meticulously began to unfold his scenario with evil patience. I was given a giant leather bound book jammed with newspaper clipping, thus the reason for this witch's invitation. With eagerness he pointed to each article with pride. He said, "I healed this woman through a Babylonian chant; See this man, I cured him while performing druid worship; I was paid to curse this man with AIDS by his aunt."

On and on, page after page, delightfully he flaunted each incident for an hour without a breath. He said, "Do you realize through my understanding of the dark regions that I can make you rich or even curse someone to death?" I sat literally intimidated by the immensity in demon power while his face shone with a satanic arrogant bliss. Then placing his hands on the arms of my chair and leaning into my face he said, "What can your God do to compete with this.?"

I knew then how Moses felt, how when his rod turned to a serpent and the three Egyptian magicians did the same. It's as if you're sitting there in that stunned moment while your faith get violated and all you feel is weak, powerless and lame. I desperately and deeply prayed saying, "Jesus give me wisdom-I don't want to put you through some foolish test. Then a shaft of light shot through my soul lighting my eyes with fire. God stood me up and I threw the book back in his chest.

I said "Issac, I'll not compare God's miracles versus Satan's-the issue's not God's kingdom and Satan's lair. The real comparison is the condition of your soul and the condition of mine, and you puppet of the devil, that I will compare. My friend, one day they're coming for you-the soft associates in your incantations-the friendly demons you think you now control. The time will come when you'll be lying in bed wheezing like a dying animal and those spirits lay claim to the rights they own to your soul."

"Then the room will grow dark, and the most hideous evil faces will come flaming out of the floor with a yell! The vile informants that promised reincarnation will claw your spirit and victoriously drag your soul to hell!"

Then I grabbed the book and said, "In that moment which mantra, which incantation you gonna chant to tell them to leave you alone? My friend, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt what I would say...'I'm bought with the blood of Jesus! Let me go!' " I said, "Issac, when you tossed that book in my lap, you gloated with a sinister victory. You rejoiced when you saw your name in black and white. Now I rejoice, but not that your counsel of demons are subject to Jesus, but that my name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life!" Then Issac jumped up from his chair and screamed, "You must leave now!" I said, "I will, but one last obligation-Next time think twice before you rumble with a man of God!!! and by the way thanks for you witch's invitation.

 

[12volt_man]

This is actually part of a song/recitation by bad Christian lounge singer, Carman.

It is, like his theology, bogus.

 

[MJ421]

Sounds amazing like a similar story with a Wiccan told by John Hagee. His was a woman who screached like a cat and who could climb walls. I think these ppl have been watching the Exorcist too many times.

 

[SnowBear]

Not just bad…horrible.



Sounds like typical hate propaganda to me. It’s filled with the basic lies about Witchcraft that you see pretty much on all hate web sites and it would be funny if there were not people who knew so little about witches that they actually think the things mentioned here were true.



Some of the truly nasty things here:

Issac Horowitz – its not bad enough to be deceitful about one religion why not throw in a second as well.

A Warlock is a male witch only on the television show “Bewitched”

a Ouija board - the only time any witch comes into contact with a Ouija board is at Wall-Mart

I was paid to curse this man with AIDS by his aunt.







The only thing evil here is the person who wrote these lies. Apparently they believe that thou shall not bare false witness doesn’t’ apply to them

 

[ravenscape]

*Sigh*. Whoever wrote that load of lies should try writing "Wicca is not Satanism". 1000 times. But the original author probably knows that, just finds it convenient to leave out when conducting a smear campaign.

 

[seremela06]

Yes, I'm aware that it was written by Carman. I just wanted to see what you would say if you thought it was just an anonymous story. Actually, it's true. And he didn't say it was satanism or wicca, he just said the guy was a warlock. Warlocks do exist. I used to know one. Now he's a Christian.

 

[Antoninus Verus]

A "warlock" does not exist in the religious world. Warlock is actually an old German word that means "Oath-breaker". Those who call themselves "warlocks" have (A played WAY too much D&D, or (B Not accepted the fact that theyre a fluffy. A male witch is simply a witch, no special connotation, no Mr, just witch.

 

[lovespeace]

Silly, Silly. Why are Christians so concerned with Devils, than with their own behavior. The old Pogo saying ,"We have met the enemy and the enemy is us" holds true. We don't need the Devil doing devilish heebie geebie things around us, we can think up enought stuff on our own.

 

[morningstar2651]

I've heard this song. It's so ignorant it's funny.

I'm not laughing with Carman, I'm laughing at him.
Among a few traditions of neo-pagans, a "warlock" is a punishment ceremony, not a person. In the ceremony a person's access to magickal power is "locked" and he or she has no ability to perform effective magickal spells, or have access to the energies at all. This is regarded, by those who believe in it, as one of the most severe punishments that can be meted out among the neo-pagan community.

Many neo-pagans consider the word an insult, probably because of its etymology. The word itself comes from a Scottish word meaning "oathbreaker" or "liar". However, one source (http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/witch/warlock.txt) suggests that the word may come from the Old Norse Vard-lokkur, "caller of spirits".

Wikipedia to the rescue.

 

[TrueQ]

*sigh* I wish I had such fine silk clothing as this man has in this story, I bet that it would feel wondrously luxurious on my skin. Truly, were I this man, who can make an easy living cursing people and lifting curses, I could likely spend many leisurely days wearing elegant clothes and sipping fine wine and eating imported delicacies. But a man who has satisfied his every physical desire, and ignored his spiritual ones, is destined to lead a hollow life. Just as Gods are nothing without man, so man is nothing without Gods. It is clear to see that this is a man without Gods, he has the trappings of many spiritual beliefs in his home, Celtic symbols, Oriental symbols, a Victorian house, and even archaic Babylonian formulae, but it is clear that he has no such trappings in his heart. It is no wonder that the narrator, someone with true faith and something to believe in, can sway him with such great ease.

I don't know myself who this Carman person is, but I have to give him credit for crafting a lovely little morality tale. If I can find some way to edit that overtly Christian message at the end and near the beginning, I shall be able to tell it to others.

 

[Onemonthman]

Sounds like typical hate propaganda to me.

Do you people ever get tired of the old hate soapbox? I feel you are spreading hate by calling everything hateful.

 

[lunalinda]

Ahh...The Witch's Invitation. One of my faves by Carman. The video is awesome, especially the ending. The part where the hideous faces come out was particularly cringe-worthy in the vid. But anyway, yah, I like that song. Well, if it's even a song. It's more like a story with music. I heard it happened to Carman's brother in real life, but I'm not really sure.

 

[Antoninus Verus]

Do you people ever get tired of the old hate soapbox? I feel you are spreading hate by calling everything hateful.

In most cases I would agree with you, but not in this one. This story is written by someone attempting to foster hate for something else.

 

[Rae]

It's a pretty fictional story, one that can scare Christians and give them some nice shivers if they want them. Of course it isn't true. Even if someone really did meet someone else who claimed this stuff...guess what?

No one can curse others that way.

D&D is not evil and it isn't a sign that someone's evil.

This alleged "witch" wasn't a Pagan or a member of an accepted magical tradition. Acting so very showy and stupid would definitely get them kicked out of Satanic and Kabbalistic trads, I know, and no Pagan would want this moron as a part of our religion. He might well have been a "warlock," an oathbreaker that Pagans shunned, sure, but not a Pagan himself.

The anti-semitism in this one's nice, isn't it? Of course the "witch" has to have a Jewish name.

Ahem. You don't worship druids in any tradition I've ever heard of.

If this guy's so powerful, why does he have to go after some stranger to show off rather than spending time with the friends he's made rich? Mm hm. Right. Just another egocentric idiot.

And if he really thinks he controls demons, he deserves to get whatever's coming to him. Playing around with evil is dumb.

In short, this is probably at best a fabricated story based on a rather innocuous encounter, but even if some of it (obviously, not all of it...how could the author know fire shone in his own eyes, for example?) was "true," the nonsense about curses and having power over demons certainly wasn't. Carman's an entertainer, and a good one. I know. I attended a concert he gave at Daytona Beach back when I was a Christian. He knows what makes good theater. It sounds better to call this guy a "witch" than a "pathetic self-deluded lonely man." It sounds better to say he was intimidated by him rather than feeling sorry for the poor slob.

In short: it's entertainment, only surely "true" when it mentions things like D&D that really exist.

 

[Jetgirl]

What do y'all think about this story?

This is why I don't wear my beautiful silver pentacle my fiancee gave me in public.

...because people who actually believe that trash would make my life miserable.

 

[Antoninus Verus]

This is why I don't wear my beautiful silver pentacle my fiancee gave me in public.

I wear mine proudly And if someone askes what it it, I puff up my chest a little bit and proudly say its a pentacle. Then again, im the guy who doesnt take being called wierd as an insult

 

[morningstar2651]

Around here you get threatening looks from neighbors for doing yard work on a Sunday.

 

[Jetgirl]

I heard it happened to Carman's brother in real life, but I'm not really sure.

Couldn't have been.

I'm SURE it happened to my aunt's brother's best friend's third cousin.......in REAL LIFE!!






Silly antedotes are just that. Silly antedotes that didn't even happen to the person telling them are thricely ridiculous. Silly antedotes that didn't happen to the teller that are clearly malicicious and full of untruths about a group of people that don't deserve it are dispicable, even if done with the best of glowing and righteous intentions.

Thumbs down for Carman.

 

[Jetgirl]

I wear mine proudly And if someone askes what it it, I puff up my chest a little bit and proudly say its a pentacle. Then again, im the guy who doesnt take being called wierd as an insult

That might work if I wouldn't also be fired if I didn't at least pretend to be a lukewarm Christian at work.

Wearing non-Christian jewelry? Out of the question.

 

[Antoninus Verus]

Around here you get threatening looks from neighbors for doing yard work on a Sunday.

You GOTTA invite me over

That might work if I wouldn't also be fired if I didn't at least pretend to be a lukewarm Christian at work.

Wearing non-Christian jewelry? Out of the question.

I dont think thats even legal, a place of work cant fire you for wearing religious jewelry unless its interfereing with your work (A symbol the size of a man-hole cover)