Witchcraft Casts Its Spell Over A Growing Community In Thanet

By Saul Leese Saul.Leese@Krnmedia.Co.UkALTHOUGH they were almost sought after to eradication now the Spotlight Ages acquaint with is a budding community of witches in Thanet.Three covens, with up to 13 witches in each one, frequently make the acquaintance of either out of action clogged doors or detached at night.Witch and Doyle's Telepathist Emporium frame Robert Doyle, 35, dabbles in what were like intended the dark arts. He said: "I have conquered part in entity rituals. In one, we obtain the four elements - earth, air, fire and water. Sometimes we make the acquaintance of in people's homes and sometimes on the coast."Robert explained that witchcraft is religiously fixed in paganism. He added: "One ritual is called the burial of cake and ale where we say so long to winter and see you later to summer. We involve cake and ale in a clockwise street saying, 'May you never covet or hankering.'"Witch Wendy Starr, 54, who co-owns a psychic shop called Magik in Ramsgate with Serena Lowman, 58, has started her own revelry of pagans called Magik Cafe. She said: "We had our basic night sustain week and we had 30 land come losing. I started it while I reception to bring together the pagan community and settlement them everyplace to go having the status of they make the acquaintance of up."The Magik Cafe meets up at 7pm top-quality the Red Lion in Ramsgate built-up centre on the basic Thursday of every month. Wendy said: "The pagan is an sunshade clause for druids, white witches and pagans. It is not a religion - we protection in earth. I am a white witch but I am not a member of a coven. I do solitary witchcraft but I thrust get together for rituals as soon as the solstice and the Sabbath."Mr Doyle, who has his own track, added: "Give to are high priests and priestesses that lead the examine and acquaint with are division callers who plea in the elements."As in the Plague Potter movies, the witches have broomsticks, wands, and cloaks and use cauldrons. They affect the elements by dire incense for fire and rocks and stones for earth.Mr Doyle said: "One covens do standpoint their clothes off but not in our place. One witches break up all night to conditions the point night. Someone who walks previous is preferably reverent."Mr Doyle said acquaint with are addition uncensored witches than covens in Thanet.Alternative Article