What is Greenwitch craft?
Historically, a Green witch lived alone, using the energies of trees and plants around her or him to heal others. Those who needed the services would travel far and wide to see them . These days, a Green witch is more likely to be living in in the suburbs or the middle of a city
They could be working in any of a variety of fields such as business, medicine, or researching or might be a full-time mom or father.
The Green witch isn’t defined by where they live or what they do to bring home a paycheck.
Nor are they limited to working with Trees, plants or herbs.
They are not, as people might assume, defined solely by the particular way they express their spirituality or by the religion they follow.
A Green witch is defined by their relationship to the world around them, by their ethics, and by the affinity with the natural world. In essence, they live the life of a Greenwitch: They are said to live the green path.
The path of the Green witch is an intensely personal path that integrates likes, abilities and dislikes,interaction with the energy of the environment around them and the climate of a particular geographic location. It isn’t so much a tradition as a personal adaptation of an idea.
The path of the Greenwich
In popular perception, the practice of green witchcraft is a nature-based expression of spirituality that focuses on the individual’s interaction with his or her natural environment.
Witchcraft itself is a practice that involves the use of natural energies as an aid to accomplish a task or reaching a goal.
In general, witchcraft acknowledges a God and a Goddess [sometimes solely a Goddess], and recognizes that magic is a natural phenomena.
Witchcraft is frequently confused with Wicca, which is a modern, alternative nature-based belief. While Wicca and witchcraft possess many similarities, including reverence for nature, Wicca is a specific belief .
There is a wide variety of forms of witchcraft, with varying degrees of structure
The term witchcraft can refer to the practice of working with natural energies to obtain goals, without a specific religious context.
A green witch, then, is someone who lives the green path and is aware of how the energy of nature flows through her life and environment.
Even if that environment is not the traditional garden and forest settings popularized by fairy tales and romanticized notions.
So why do we use the phrase “living the path” instead of simply saying practicing green witchcraft? It’s very simple, Green witchcraft is not a practice separate from ordinary life.
Like ritual magic.
For example: it is an all encompassing total immersion experience wherein all of life is a magical experience.
Green witchcraft is not a formal tradition in the sense of Gardnerian or dianic Wicca, feri traditions, or other established forms.
When we use the phrase “the Greenwitch tradition,” we do not refer to an unbroken line of initiatives or an established body of lore.
Instead, we are referring to various practices from diverse places that come together to inform the modern Greenwich and wise woman.
Because the path of the Greenwitch is an individualized solo practice, any modern book or website on green witchcraft is simply a single author’s way of interpreting the practice.
Initiation into green witchcraft is technically impossible.
There exists no body of formal knowledge passed on throughout careful training, no established group mind to which you are connected by sacred ceremonies performed by elders.
Some modern electric groups may base their regular practice on the idea of green witchcraft, but it’s not the same thing.
A practitioner of green witchcraft may pass on her personal knowledge, including her personal notes, and writings, to another.
But that’s not an introductory process.
Reading a specific author’s ideas and views concerning the path of the Greenwitch is a form of apprenticeship, in which you learn a new way of looking at your world and discover new exercises and techniques that will help you refine and deepen your connection to the natural world around you.
This process cannot be as intensely personal as traditional apprenticeships, in which the apprentice works beside the master, but it is a modern form of acquiring the knowledge and skills of one particular practitioner.
The green witch’s outlook.
The concept of harmony, healing and balance are all key to the green witches practice and outlook on life. The concept and embody three distinct focuses:
1. The earth (your local environment as well As the planet.)
2. Humanity (in general, as well as your local environment and circle of friends and acquaintances).
3. Yourself.
The earth is often singled out as the green witch’s main focus which is slightly unfair. The green witch understands that the is incorporates the planets and all living things upon it, including animals, plants and people. In this respect yes: the earth a collective term for all living things. However, the green witch also knows that to lump them all together means that we sometimes forget the more individual and this image deserves. We can decry the general mistreatment of our planet’s water supply, but local action often has more of an immediate effect on our environment than demonstrating in front of an office tower. “Clean up your backyard.” Is a phrase Greenwitchs understands well.
People are also green witch’s providence, the modern Green witch understands humanity impacts the natural world. Not only through how individuals treat it, but also by the energy created by their feelings and beliefs and that effect is not always positive. Just as nature’s energy affects us.