Discussion: Ask a Witch: Maharet

"Maharet, do shapeshifters really exist?"

"Thank you for the info. Do you have any books that you would recommend that I could read on the different types of witches?"

"I'll probably piss a lot of people off with this one. :D

I would say no, there are not vampires in the exact sense that we know in True Blood. E.g., supernatural beings with great strength who are allergic to garlic and sunlight, who drink blood to sustain themselves.

There are people who enjoy the taste and consumption of blood... Personally I like the taste of my own (when I get a small cut or scratch) but the idea of ingesting someone else's blood kinda creeps me out. (I have a background in foodservice and consuming anything raw grosses me out LOL)

There are people who like to roleplay the idea of being a Vampire, they may or may not be "Goth," also.

And there are what we call Psychic Vampires. Psychic Vampires either knowingly or unknowingly drain people of their mental and physical energy. It's a complicated issue and can be very harmful or at least very annoying to the people around them. If the Psy-Vamp is aware of his or her condition, he or she can control the draining so that it doesn't affect the people around them. It can be useful, too, if used responsibly. If a person is feeling tired or under-the-weather and really needs to get something accomplished... he or she can "borrow" a bit of energy from nearby, healthy donors.

My old boss used to do this at work... at least 3/4 of our employees were 16-18 year olds with boundless energy who pretty much did nothing at work. My boss was in her late 40s/early 50s and she seemed to always have the "get-up-and-go" at work, constantly moving and always busy. She would on occasion borrow energy from the youngin's, and it would work doubly because her energetic approach was then contagious and people around her would get off their butts and work!

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"Maharet, On the subject of children, I'd like to ask about my daughter.Between the ages of 11 & 13, my daughter would "see" a woman in one of the homes we lived in. I was apparently the only person she felt comfortable sharing this with. I asked her some questions (Such as, are you afraid of her? Has she spoken to you? Do you feel like she wants anything from you? Where do you see her? Things of that nature. I didn't "freak out" or anything like that! Rather, I was mostly intrigued. I had felt when she was small, around 18 mos.,that she had someone that she interacted with. To this day, I believe that person was my maternal grandmother who passed away when she was 16 mos. old). With the woman she told me about, she said that she wasn't afraid & that the woman was an older lady who just seemed to go about her daily rituals in the bathroom & her bedroom, such as brushing her hair, putting in her teeth, getting dressed (she never saw her unclothed), putting on powder, perfume, etc. in the mornings when she was getting ready for school. I just told her that if she wanted to talk about her any time to just come to me again. We had purchased the house from my father's cousin, and years later I told my mother what she had told me. She was astonished; she said that his wife had said the house was haunted by her mother-in-law. My daughter's room had been her room.
My daughter and I are Christians, but have always been open to trying to understand others beliefs. She's since told me she's seen others. I've never "seen" anyone, but every now & then I do see shadows that seem like people passing by. I've also heard music playing that has no words, but to the point where I would get up to turn it off & nothing would be on. I don't get up any more since it's gone on most of my life. Do you believe that these kinds of things can be indicative of a Craft past?"