For Halloween 2015, let’s focus on witchcraft Witches. Sure, vampires and werewolves are sexy, and pumpkins and gingerbread 
men are yummy, but witches? Well, they’re real.
witchcraft Witches Guide and History
They’re flesh and blood folks just like you and me. And thanks to the power of mass media, they’re now even socially accepted. But of course, just like not all spies are as dashing, suave and sophisticated as Daniel Craig’s James Bond, so too are not all witches as sexy, alluring and smart as TV’s Witches of East End and American Horror Story: Coven.
There are also ugly witches, fat witches, stupid witchcraft Witches and lazy witches. We just can’t, nor should we, stereotype witches just as it’s not right to stereotype genders, races, and ethnic groups of people.
what exactly are witches?
But what exactly are witches? The short answer is, they are those who are into the practice of witchcraft, which is basically just another word for sorcery. Now, witchcraft or sorcery is the study of occult things and forces for the purpose of using them to get some desired goal or objective. 
Of course, “occult” or hidden is a very relative term.
And many of what were considered occult during the 19th century are now taken as common place facts, like aspirin and electricity and the many benefits of getting into a meditative state. 
witchcraft Witches are simply those who work with things and forces that are not yet generally understood, accepted or taken up in the established sciences. Also, witches, unlike wizards or alchemists, are more oriented towards achieving intended results than in making new discoveries. In a way, they are more akin to engineers than the pure physicists.
Like any other discipline, witchcraft has to be learned. Some witches are taught the craft by others, some learn by themselves, usually with the help of DIY books and the many literature on the subject that are freely available on the Internet.
Also, as with other crafts, some witches are born with the innate talent to do witchcraft. 
These people are usually exceptionally perceptive, focused, imaginative, sensitive. Some may even have genuine gifts of ESP and telekinesis. Give them a few lessons on the fundamentals and the guiding principles of the craft and already they are ready to cast divining spells and brew love potions on their own.
Of course, the greater majority of witches have to learn the craft the regular, old-fashioned way, which is by step-by-step progression, beginning with the basics until they take to heart the more advance teachings.
Also, like the practitioners of other crafts, there are witches who choose to become generalists and there are 
witches which opt to be specialists in certain fields, certain lineage or certain endeavors of sorcery. Thus, there are green witches, hedge witches, kitchen and hearth witches, there are healers, animal-whisperers, fortune-tellers and spell-casters, there are eclectic witches, voodoo witches, shamans and so forth.
Finally, as with practitioners of other crafts, witches also form organized guilds, called covens, where they meet to share information, trade secrets, recipes for new spells and potions, or just to hang out with others of their own kind. Covens aren’t the secret organizations they are made out to be in the popular press. In fact, anyone with an open mind are welcome to join them. They are listed on the yellow pages and can be found using Google search.
If you live in a big city, chances are, there may be one within your very neighborhood. The bigger covens have chapters in other states and other countries. Some covens, like the Coven of the Far Flung Net, have even gone online. Of course, not all witchcraft Witches are good at joining organized groups. Solitary birds that they are, they prefer to practice and perfect their craft on their own and at their own pace, unhindered by peer pressure and group expectations.
So then, ready to proceed making Halloween 2015 a celebration of witches?