Heal the Witch Wound

A practical guide for modern witches and healers with rituals, journal prompts, visualization exercises, and other tools. The witch wound is a collective, intergenerational, psychic wound that has scarred people, mostly women, for centuries. The roots of this wound run deep, going back to the historical witch hunts, the Burning Times, when tens of thousands of innocent individuals were accused of practicing malicious magic and executed in the most inhumane ways. Extending perniciously beyond the accusations and murders was general persecution and marginalization of people who were suspected of having certain powers. The fear created by this oppression was passed down from generation to generation, becoming embedded not just in individual bodies and psyches, but in the collective unconscious. Today, though not true everywhere, witchcraft is often embraced as a tool for self-empowerment and healing; yet the scars of the Burning Times remain. Many would-be witches turn away from the craf