Ghost Hunting TV║Stop Blaming Witches...Please

[@kittyrosefaerie7464]

👏FINALLY👏SOMEONE👏SAID👏IT👏

[@littleapplepieme7871]

One time me and a friend of mine were celebrating a sabbath. And when we started organizing things, some friends of my sisters started to arrive. We didnt know they would come. When they saw what we were doing they gave us weird looks. And after a long time i was in a party and everyone started giving me really weird looks and my sister told me they tought i was doing a satanic ritual... Like... why they just didnt asked me? Instead they chose ignorance... and they started to badmouth me and ignore me... Thats sad.

[@Kabbaway]

I’m really sorry you experienced that, I hope you were still able to enjoy the sabbath 💚

[@elisabeth3053]

Omg wth that is so rude

[@Myke_thehuman]

That's most people. Jump to conclusions and insist that the conclusion is fact. Sometimes even when you correct them. That's why I don't let anyone know I'm a witch. There's no point unless I want to just scare people.

[@midnightunicorn5139]

This sucks. If people don’t understand they should ask 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@andrewshy4831]

Awwwwwww. Be strong just a cup of tea for me.

[@insertgoodnamehere1237]

I don't even know why people blame us for ghosts. The sad truth.

[@KestralWolfe]

Because we're evil, of course XD

[@witcherbees7919]

Because they don’t understand lol

[@ashleyobrien140]

Anything unknown they blame on us

[@juliereminiec4937]

Also they may have been told to point the finger at those who aren't followers of the Abrahamic faiths...

[@juliereminiec4937]

@@KestralWolfe Someone else told them that we're evil

[@quiestinliteris]

Re: bottles in walls - A solid layer of bottles was sometimes used to create a layer of air for insulation, as well. It's fairly effective, like the holes in cinder blocks.

[@tracyhue23]

There's a show on youtube where they some ghost hunts I had to comment to stop calling pentacles and witches demonic. Thank you this something I have been feeling a lot lately.

[@Chrissers88]

Same here, I stopped following most of them. I only follow a couple now.

[@jessiediaz4915]

Which one is it?

[@kimhyunjinbarksjeonheejina9759]

yea. i see that on a lot of ghost “hunting” shows.

[@screamingopossum7809]

The only one I care about as legitimate is Glam&Gore because she did SOME level of research.

[@mindfulparanormal304]

Alot of people who go into abandoned buildings and find "paraphernalia" of supposed ritual practice, They immediately jump to 100 in order to fish in a shock factor themselves. Why do I think this is? Ignorance mixed with publicity gain. Obviously personally I do share this hobby. However, I do know that educating yourself is so important when it comes to having any practice that is related to anything pursuing the unknown. 98% of the time if you do encounter legitimate remnants of ritual work, A haunting or spiritual presence of any kind has nothing to do with what you found on the floor etc.

[@ginny8765]

Sad truth when people don't understand things that have happened so they blame witches and say how wicked and evil we are. The real truth is that we rather help people ...SMH

[@alexandrarathert1839]

Some things don’t change, unfortunately. Smh. You’d think people would learn from history! It’s crazy. “The real truth is that we rather help people.” YES.

[@RiverAldavya]

I know. However, people have allways been a bit... dumb.

[@ghettocountry8678]

yes, absolutely

[@g0ryfa387]

They badmouth witches, saying how we sacrifice dogs and give them to the devil even though most of us DONT BELIEVE IN IT- But then when they have a spirit haunting them guess who they’re goin to call- US, A PRIEST ETC.

[@tracyhue23]

I hate someone who used to be a friend told a mutual friend to burn anything I gave her because I can read tarot cards and have hexed those items. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I laughed and said that's not how that works.

[@foxsisters6257]

she really thought we would waste our energy hexing everything 🙄

[@icykittenlunatic1122]

That person your referring to that said such things like that sounds like a clueless closed minded asshole! It's people like that......🤪

[@elieli2893]

Wait a mo, you... they... All they knew of your practices is that you read tarot?? And they got "hexing everything" from that? How??? I do tarot readings as a party trick of sorts 😅 Only met a couple of people who were a little bit worried about it, but none of them ever refused a reading, most of the time everyone's just intrigued :'D Although... One time I ended up reading for twelve people in a row... I reaaally should probably have another party trick up my sleeve... That gets exhausting pretty fast xD

[@trinika267]

@@elieli2893 I once did a tarot reading as a party trick. My reading made the host cry. The mood was ruined. Wouldn't recommend it. XD

[@sonofghouls666]

Yes, because we're going to hex items we give our friends?? Besides, I've never hexed someone so idk all the details, but I'm pretty sure you can only hex people who've done you wrong without consiquences, witchcraft is mostly about intent, if you have negative intentions towards someone who's done nothing to you, it will reflect onto you, why would you want that? I can imagine my old "friends" saying simular things if I did witchcraft back then.

[@linseyspolidoro5122]

Some Amish people still use the pentagram as a protective symbol for their barns. They will use pentagrams and sometimes other ‘hex signs.’ Traditions brought about from their German heritage refuting the notion that it is inherently a ‘Satanic symbol’ yet apparently people still called those barns ‘Satanic/Devil Barns’ which is just as hilarious as it is confounding to me.

[@willow9912]

Yes witch trails still happen and I live in a constant fear of outing myself as a witch. I want to perform my rituals out in the nature but I can't and it's sad.

[@suelily4281]

I started doing jar work last year. I made a secrets keeping jar for myself with some anti-gossip added in. Recharge it every once in a while & no problems since.

[@ghettocountry8678]

yup your right, this is exactly the way I feel also, considering what's happened in my town, who has dabbled in actual evil doings, to scare the heck out of the churchgoers. but the reason is that they got turned down, and the church wouldn't hire them to fix certain things within the town's church and one of the boys were told they couldn't go in when they were closing it so he could use their restroom, the woman had been their hours and wanted to go home. . so then they vandalized it, so feel ya on this. this has caused many problems with witches that help heal, and want pple to understand others.

[@SylvusPresley]

Willow-SHINE, baby!!! Just shine!!! The world needs everyone to do that, from their most authentic core-be who you are, always, & live in Love, Light & courage. Your Light is appreciated.💞🙏💞

[@holleyrodriguez8388]

I am sorry you have to go thou that.

[@nursemain3174]

When would u go out in nature to perform rituals, I usually do everything in my room

[@skullbunny9351]

Every time when there’s “demonic activity” they link it to witchcraft. Saying, “oh the person who lived in this house was a witch!” I find that annoying though.

[@RoseCurry]

That's something I love about Kindred Spirits and Ghost Nation. Kindred Spirits actually have an actual witch come and help them out with certain cases and Ghost Nation has cleared up misunderstandings with home owners about witches and Santeria and explain to them why it's unlikely. They actually look into the things found that people assume are the reason why there is a haunting and from a witch. And one was actually found to be more likely left there by a nun that used to live in the house.

[@AlyRoad]

These are issues for us even if they can be amusing. One woman lost her job because of being accused by one of these shows. She sued them and her former employer but idk how that went.

[@LordHermanPRiehl-ns1sn]

Yes! I Wish These TV Shows Would Quit Blaming Stuff On Witches, And Witchcraft!

[@TheMistressMisery]

As a science loving witch, I do admit ghost hunting shows used to be one of my favourite guilty pleasure. The further I got into my craft though, the more I would get annoyed with them. I used to LOVE watching Ghost Adventures, but then Zak's narcissism got to be too much, and it was ALWAYS witches, demons and satanists that would be blamed. This trend is old, and unimaginative. Edit: I never understood why they think witches would be so careless as to do even HALF the things they say we do. Hexing our own fuckin homes? yea...sure, we ALL do that lol. Bonfires in the basement, I mean...what ELSE is your cauldron for? xD The stupid is astounding

[@SpiritualSuperpowers]

I'm totally a science loving witch too! I'm also a psychic investigator on a Ghost Hunting Show in Canada. My co-star and I are both practicing witches and we are 100% authentic with the way we share our information... even if it means our episodes are boring. I hope you can find a show that you can enjoy again one day. There are some out there.

[@nursemain3174]

@@SpiritualSuperpowers that’s not boring at all, don’t think it is

[@azaiav2480]

Whenever I say to my mum that Witch Craft isn’t involved with the Devil? She still says it’s bad luck but I don’t really care because Witch Craft n Magick is fascinating But ghost hunting TV shows that wrongly represent Witch Craft and blame it and explain it wrongly

[@Moonsnailthegreat]

My parents believe me practicing witchcraft, a practice that his greatly improved my mental health and teaches me to grow and learn, is me being under spiritual attack by the devil and that I need to go back to god😪😢

[@ClockworkFaery]

I made some Most Haunted Bingo cards as a drinking game. I put things like Demon, Witches, Rituals, Satanists, Orbs etc..on the cards. It was so predictable what they would say. 😂

[@Hamartias_hound]

How are you not dead?! Fred Batts blames wind on Witches.

[@moistsquish]

Oh God, ever since fully accepting being a witch, it really erks me when these shows think all witches are satanic (which isn't even what they think it is and isn't bad in the slightest) but thats a whole new can of worms and it just Perpetuates witches being evil and a joke and its so sad :( Always blame the witch 🧙‍♀️

[@TheMistressMisery]

My boyfriend is a Satanist (actually, he kinda brought TST to Canada), he's a steadfast feminist, libertarian, kind, and a strong creative force. So when I hear people blaming either witchcraft or satanism, it fucking makes me see red

[@LucianCorrvinus]

Since these automatic misunderstandings still are put there, get used to having to attempt the enlightening of such minds....and know, there are some who will never see us as anything but, no matter what you say to them....

[@whisperingthymes3200]

I saw a Nordic protection sigil called a demonic summoning diagram...

[@vokun864]

Wow..........😑

[@ianspike3284]

we had one show here in the Philippines that featured an "allegedly possessed" boy..and they said that its all because he bought a Dream Catcher from a random street stall. Not only was it offensive to the culture it came from, it was also really stupid.

[@heatherlowry754]

I enjoyed the ghost hunter shows in the US early 2000s. Most of the hauntings were associated with tragic deaths and rarely spoke of witch craft. That's more of a Salem and New Orleans and Roanoke thing

[@alexandrarathert1839]

Even before I called myself a witch, I HATED THIS SO MUCH. Thank you for speaking on this, Hearth! 🙌

[@cindys6775]

Thank you! I've made comments on a few videos about this. Especially when they " ritual circles" very frustrating to hear their ignorance so much.

[@MaximalismMai]

I cannot wait for it to even start to say that I love this and I am so glad someone is talking about this!!! I loved Ghost Adventures as a child and the last season literally blamed "demonic activity" on a pagan celebrating Yule. I gave up at that point.

[@Sparklingjm1]

I really love ghost adventures but boy do they use harmful representation of witchcraft and witches a lot, and it kinda hurts because as much as I love the show they are literally calling me evil.

[@TheMistressMisery]

That and Zak is a fuckin narcissist, like...holy hells he needs to chill

[@Saka]

Yeah it’s really bad in a couple episodes; one they claimed a group of pagans must have summoned the dark entity all because they refused to talk to them. Another one was a haunted attraction and they had all these symbols and said they were most likely witchcraft and I rolled my eyes cause most of them were symbols from the show supernatural. It was like someone googled supernatural symbols and just copied all they saw on the walls >_> (don’t get me wrong I know some symbols on the show have actual spiritual meaning)

[@Seabastial]

I have to agree with this. I love Ghost Adventures because for me they catch the most believable evidence of ghosts, but they really misrepresent witches and I hate it.

[@TheKobolos]

"Why is everything different?" Witchcraft.

[@Mokiefraggle]

Not necessarily about witchcraft, but definitely a weird piece of appropriation and misinterpretation that took place on the ghost hunting show Paranormal State. While conducting an episode involving paranormal activity said to take place at the university all the members of the investigative team attended, they somehow got the idea to hold a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (literally means "A gathering of one-hundred supernatural tales," sometimes called a "100 ghost story night"), without knowing anything but the idea that you have 100 candles, and blow one out with each story told, until the last one is extinguished to summon spirits. This is a huge misapprehension of the concept, and a dramatic underselling of how much ritual is involved, including the precautions and protections needed. It's always weird how ghost hunting shows will happily use whatever mysticism or borrow from whatever faith in the moment, but are just as quick to denounce them as negative if they can spin it as the source of the haunting.

[@elieli2893]

So... In my country it's typical to build bonfires for the celebration of Midsummer. It's an acknowledged summer celebration. With fires and stuff. And yes, the traditions include a plethora of spells for glimpsing the character of your future spouse, or for good fortune in general, all such things. My favorite of the little spells you can do (even though I'm not particularly interested in finding a spouse, but anyway) is to gather seven different kinds of wildflower into a small bouquet in the night of Midsummer, and then put the bouquet under your pillow before sleeping on it. You're supposed to see your future spouse in your dream. A lot of love spells related to Midsummer's :'D Oh yeah, and Easter has the tradition of decorating cut branches of willow with colored feathers and crepe paper and stuff, and then children dress up as "Easter witches", and go around family members giving them a "bathing" and a little chant with the decorated branch, to receive chocolate eggs in return :D The "bathing" and chanting is supposed to be a charm for good luck and happiness. Also! Bridal saunas! Those are a tradition where you might even hire a soothsayer to give the bride these different spells and charms! (I've actually kept a bridal sauna for my friend once, it wasn't hard to look up a variety of different traditional spells, it was a great deal of fun!) These types of celebrations are completely normal here. Most families do them, they're on TV, on kids' shows, etc. So I kinda find it funny how these people would think a "Sabbath fire" or spells and charms are spooky xD Since, the stuff mentioned above? People don't even count themselves witches, while still performing all these things! This is what every Joe and Martha does in my country 😂

[@Zvana01]

Thank you so much for making this video! I really dislike it when people call me a Satanist because I am a witch. I am NOT a Christian! Also it drives me mad when KZbinrs make videos compilations with something that's either fake, or unexplainable and they call it a "witch". This was a Really great video.

[@noelle78]

What a gripping talk, you are most thorough. Thank you also for bringing up with Most Haunted-brilliant show it is- the difference between visiting structures in Europe vs the States. We forget in the USA how very young we are. It's vital that we remember.

[@markg3313]

TV shows are really not a solid source of information. I was recently re-watching a season 1 episode of the original Charmed series, and they portrayed Hekate as a youth sucking demon. A few episodes later, they portrayed Kali as a mirror dwelling manipulative demon.

[@NeloBladeOfRanni]

Whats even more ironic when you think about it is the charmed ones are supposed to be wiccan LOL

[@dodiekoehler5256]

Thank you. I am so tired of seeing witchcraft portrayed as satanistic or evil. Even in some fact based prime time movies and tv shows. Obviously they do not care that they are getting the information all wrong. Very aggravating. I saw the one you are talking about with the black on the floor in the basement. I was talking "loudly" at the tv, "Do you not know how stupid that sounds!" lol They just kept talking. Lol Your witchcraft knowledge base is huge. A relatively new KZbinr popped up on my feed the other day. She's only had her witchcraft channel for a year and a half or so. She claims to have been practicing for 11 years. But she calls a tiger's eye a "tiger crystal." And sage, "those weed things." The little perusal I did looked as if all she does is box openings. 😞 Needless to say I am not subscribed to her channel. Keep up the awesome work! Blessings! ❤

[@DebbysWitchyVlog]

I stopped watching those shows because of the bias of witches. I actually saw a local witch business cooking on my local news today. Hang in there we're making strides! Great video!

[@sarahnicole5174]

Thank you so much for this. I watch ghost/paranormal shows, videos, documentaries all the time. I don't always hear things about witchcraft in the shows I watch but they do talk about Satanism in a horrible way to bring more 'creepy and scary' vibes to it. I'm a Satanist and baby witch and I always hate when they go "there is a satanic mark here (upside down cross, pentagram, 666), they must of done satanic rituals here blah blah". Like they really need to learn before spewing crap about peoples religions and practices.

[@evelynatcraneshearth]

Didn't even watch the video yet and still smashed the like button. I was a part of the ghost hunting "community" back when TAPS was in their hayday. I spent several investigations dealing with misinformation and dealing with idiots who were mad there weren't camera crews. But it comes to a point that all of us hate. It's easiest to blame that which *they* don't understand.

[@ashfeatherartz]

I do believe the ghost hunting shows, however it does feel awful to see them doing things wrong and misrepresenting everything

[@PixelKnight93]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by that? I do hope you know that most of these ghost hunting shows are pseudo ghost hunting right I'm pretty sure that ghosts won't show up on an EMF meter

[@neu_dae]

don't believe the ghost hunting shows...

[@KestralWolfe]

My 'favorite' worst thing was in one of my favorites. They saw one of those so common dark patches in a 120 year old basement. It was sort of an oblong shape. Clearly, it was where a body had been, and the 'stains of this murder's evil' kept showing up no matter how hard the owners tried to clean it! But 1. that's not how body fluids work, even in horrific murder scenes, 2. that basement floor was rock fitted together, not concrete, and 3. it wasn't clean by any stretch of the imagination. lol. I absolutely love ghost shows. I have the same issue, and it makes me grumbly, but I still love them. Heh. Thank you for the video. I very much enjoyed it.

[@vincentworster5816]

Hi and we'll said. I am a Wiccan Witch and a paranormal investigator so come across these misconceptions quite often. A lot of these are from the fear King James I had of witches and the church wanting everybody in England to convert to Christianity hence witchcraft was demonised and made illegal. I live in a town in North Essex namely Manningtree, a big part of the trials were around this area as Matthew Hopkins lived here and many of the witches from that era would flee into Furze Hill Woods to his from him. I frequently visit the woods and always say hello to the spirits of our brothers and sisters that still reside there.

[@jessicasmith9117]

Agree with all your saying and so glad you made this video. I hope none witchy people watch this also as they really need to get informed on these matters.

[@kristaransbottom6765]

And here in West Virginia, we LOVE a good bonfire and friends, music, dancing, and drinking... sounds like a regular Saturday night to me!

[@lenagoodwin8223]

I love ghost shows as well. My recent favorite was BuzzFeed unsolved supernatural. Nothing will ever convince me that Shane and Ryan haven't made the most enjoyable and authentic ghost show ever. However, they do spread some miss information on Satanism/witchcraft. Like when Satanists were reportedly holding ritualistic sacrifices in the basement where there is a 'pentagram' on the floor, and then blaming them for causing the haunting even though the house was reportedly haunted before that so...

[@aliarief3295]

Has anyone else seen the Ghost Adventures episode where they brought out Lady Snake (a High Priestess) to do a ritual with Ed Gein's cauldron and they had the whole white magic vs dark magic thing with the healer woman? And they had that standoff? I was in stitches, so funny. I like Ghost Adventures a lot but I wasn't too sure about the legitimacy of that particular episode lmao

[@NeloBladeOfRanni]

Yes i think ive seen that one. Did you see the one where zaco went into that cave in ireland where the morrigan is alleged to come through and Zack seemed annoyed he got "attacked" lol

[@lizy771]

Omg! yes, I did a speech on this at school, thank you!

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

This is brilliant Hearth! So good to highlight these common misconceptions and ridiculous theories that come from these shows, even if most of the show is enjoyable - it's still so important to speak out about these aspects that are so often misrepresented and perpetuate incorrect ideas about witches, witchcraft and paganism in general! 🙏 😊 xxx

[@korinnab.2318]

Yes!!! I've had this frustration growing inside me for years now. I'm glad someone with a platform in this community talked about it

[@KiraWartooth]

i love u :3 you have helped me a lot in descovering myself :) thanks!

[@tbrough90]

You are a serious credit to the oral tradition of passing along knowledge. I'm so thankful for channels such as this that dispell stereotypes, and misinformation, and instead offer truths. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with those that might listen.

[@tammilynn438]

I'm soooooo happy this video was posted..thnk the gods..another video I'll watch a second time...thnk u hearthwitch..now I must go, I've got to practice witchcraft in an unsafe abandon building by myself..when I'm afraid of ghost and aliens...cuz u know I'm a witch!. Lol..

[@Controller-Cassie]

I am HERE for this look. Hearth is like a beautiful, sparkly, magical mermaid. I've loved a lot of looks but this is my favorite by far.

[@Lillyluvsanime]

15:54 Also, pentacles are protective symbols, not used to cast harm.

[@ashley-dantesalmon8175]

my grandmother is catholic and is ignorant to witchcraft and practices, and mostly all of my mom's family are. i am an open witch, i have no problem saying i am a witch and showing it with pride, but i still keep things on a downlow with both sides of my family to a certain degree. i would wear my crystals, i would wear my charms and clothing with certain symbols on and patterns, and no one would think otherwise unless i say about it. when i was a teen, i was in a goth phase and my grandma confused goth and "cultist" practice to be the same thing. and i would try to tell her that it isn't and she said that she is older than me for there she knows more than me. ignorance is everywhere in everyone, especially when it comes to something people don't understand or do proper research about it. witchcraft is no different. i enjoy watching ghost hunting and paranormal tv shows and stuff that will depict things about witches, and i try not to get offended and take it as comedy and entertainment as i should. but when you dealing with someone like a friend or family who believe that stuff is true and real it really is hard to take it as a joke with a grain of salt when the person you are with starts raving about it like it was "the word of god" itself. -_-

[@outdoorgurl2474]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!! It drives me insane when I watch those shows and also the channels on here that show supposed haunted footage they will go straight to labeling it an "evil Witch" that practiced "black magic ". I've called the channel creator out so many times for this B.S.!!

[@vickimicki1989]

The framing, lighting, and background in your beginning intergection is really nice! It's just very visually appealing.

[@RowanWiccae]

Ghost Adventures and an old show from the early 2000s called Paranormal State are 2 shows in the US that focused very hard on proving ghost and haunting activity occurred because of demonic rituals and witchcraft. Both shows are run by staunch Christians and they both have episodes entirely based on visiting popular witch themed sites and expressing how all their paranormal encounters are demonic in nature, summoned by vengeful witches. Ghost Adventures in particular does the KZbin thing where they find something or have an experience and then state in a 'spooky' narrative voice 'could this be the work of black magic set upon the land by vengeful witches bent on collecting damned souls for their hellish demon king?' Like NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS AND THATS NOW WHAT WITCHES ARE DOING THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Or they assume that even if the witches they encounter today are 'nice' and 'good' witches from the past were always evil and it's an agreed upon assumption that they were all evil and demonic. Those are the episodes that my mom laughs at me the most because they make me angry and she thinks it's funny that I get worked up about it. If they talked about evil, vengeful Christians who called upon their dark Lord Jesus to curse the family to death, mom wouldn't be laughing so much.

[@Richie291-]

I have been waiting for this when I heard about this in the livestream!!

[@kathleenroberts7972]

Always brilliant! When my daughter was demolishing her bathroom they discovered a opossum head. A puzzle as to the rest of its skeleton. They puzzled about that but certainly never thought it was something supernatural. Just nature and an animal died under there.people let their fears and ignorance get the best of them. By the way..the green is stunning! Always good content.

[@stevendunkley8890]

'Ghosts' are people too and deserve the same amount of courtesy and respect you would give the 'solids' (ie : the living who still inhabit their physical bodies) these are just people like you and I who for whatever reason find themselves trapped between dimensions and can't move on. most of them are not 'evil' just lost and confused. If you go to a 'haunted' place and are basically just there to clout chase or self promote your channel and brand then you are just part of their problem. 'give me a sign' these 'investigators' say then, when they get a response by whatever means via EVPs or stuff getting moved about or whatever they freak out in an over dramatic fashion which is just trolling and exploitation of the grief of the truly afflicted and the suffering. unless you are there to help or offer assistance, then just don't be there. It is not an 'OUR' (the occult/esoteric/spiritualist/witchcraft community whatever you choose to call us) problem it is THEIRS. We did not create this. We are not responsible for YOUR actions and interactions on site. They stirred the pot not us. quit blaming our community for all the @#* ups YOU created 'Most haunted' and 'Ghost adventures' etc. We don't need the 'proof' you seek because we already have the knowledge and acceptance you so desperately desire. Show some genuine respect or else just don't go there.

[@shameysedai898]

There's a show I think you might enjoy if you enjoy light thriller/horror fiction shows, it's called Evil and I believe it is now on Netflix, it's centred around a catholic priest who works exorcisms but has two team mates that he hires specifically to he his skeptics, I really enjoyed it and I quite enjoy ghost "reality" TV shows as well

[@shameysedai898]

Also worst bit of "evidence" I've ever seen on a tv show for hauntings, was a reddish stain on the floor being proclaimed as blood, they love doing that, when a) it's clearly a combination of damp and rust, and b) testing if it is actually blood is a really easy/basic process that they just neglect to remember doing

[@spookyxgamingg]

Eeek I’m so early I love it ❤️ thank you for being so pure and using your knowledge and voice to educate

[@midnightunicorn5139]

This is why I rarely watch things like that anymore. If they did background research and said things like witch bottles could be used for protection etc it would be more beneficial. There is still a lot of stigma towards witchcraft. You’re a witch you must work with the devil blah blah...I’m pagan I don’t believe in the devil 🙄 If people want to learn about paganism they should look to pagans for learning not Christians 🙏🏻 I loved this video. Sadly I rarely watch this ghost stuff anymore because I get annoyed 😅

[@claudiajennings]

So glad you posted this, I watched an episode of ghost adventures and they were investigating somewhere haunted and the found remains of a ritual, a pentagram drawn on the floor with rose petals, candle wax and then blamed the hauntings on 'black magic' and 'sacrificial rituals' when in reality to me it looked like the remnants of a very peaceful ritual, nothing screamed to me that anything 'bad' magic was being performed there, it looked like there were offerings too

[@moonstarstories1298]

I like your dissection (I'm not sure if that's the right word) of the witch trials.

[@juliereminiec4937]

The three main problems in Salem were arguments over land,money & religion ( whether or not to have a local church)... The Crucible & Witch hunt ( history channel) brought those subjects up

[@TheBilayer]

Spiritual practice can be a also practice to awaken once self phrase by phrase and you realize the road is in infinite.

[@Neutralmoonchild]

I told my aunt, whose recently "born again", that she shouldn't assume people are Christian. Told her I wasn't, she asked me if im a Satanist :/

[@callmekc9793]

Ooh i'm early! I'll have to watch the full video in the morning though, I don't have time rn.

[@samicabrown5060]

Hearth you look gorgeous in this vid! Kind of like a mermaid with your green sequinned top! Just had to put it out there!

[@kaiduran528]

Hearth, you are absolutely gorgeous! These colors look amazing on you! Thank you for all your detailed content and hard work. I love learning from you! Hearth book deal in the future?? E book? Something?

[@abhhhrs]

It's in loads of video games too, using pentacles as a "demonic" symbol. 🙄

[@melodyart4499]

I think I've only seen ONE representation of Witchcraft in something accurate to actual witchcraft and getting rid of the bad energy- without using Christianity. The most offensive 'witchcraft caused the haunting' I've seen was an episode of The Haunting where a wiccan who was depicted as evil -and also apparently was incompetent and accidentally summoned 'demons'. Then she prayed to Jesus and converted to Christianity at the end and the show depicted everything was as well and good cause Jesus. Ugh.. I thought it was crappy even when I wasn't into witchcraft. Then I got into wicca and witchcraft and saw it again and was more irritated the second time around.

[@LucianCorrvinus]

While it is very offensive to have the Christisnity solves problems the Craft creates....one must piont out that in the Western world, perhaps the most powerful exorcists remain the priests specialized from the Holy See, That its rarely understood its predicated upon the Practice and Faith of these, should however not be lost to one,either...

[@janetopalisthemoonwitch2949]

I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY IT. YEEEEEEESSSSSS HEARTH WITCH YOU ARE MY HERO

[@jast.1613]

I love your video. Common sense, factual accurate historical information, and a little witty sarcasm. So many shows wether it be here in the states or across the pond focus on complete bullshit. The church has twisted the ancient ways into something so far from the truth it's ridiculous. I've been seeing more and more people turning against institutionalized christianity. Not against Jesus, but the dogmatic doctrine of the church. Thank you girl, loved it.

[@gambiland3948]

Before I learned more about witchcraft i was really scared. I used to live in CT in the US and there were actually people there sacrificing vergins. And I also saw some video on KZbin about some priest in Englands kids it was a video of them talking to the police. They told the police about how their father and mother and other members of( I guess it was their church or something) would molest them them and the babies and chop of the babies heads and sometimes even eat them. This video of these poor little kids talking to the police about this evil stuff. Disturbed me so much I didn't sleep for months. Im not sure if they said they worship Satan or if they mentioned anything about witchcraft or any religion or beliefs. All I know is it scared the shit out of me. Also the sacrifices in CT but those I guess were done by witches that are evil. Im not saying witchcraft is evil though I used to believe that because of what I was taught and also growing up Roman Catholic. However I started questioning things about a year or 2 ago. And I dont get how catholics and Christians can act like they are so good and innocent when they tried to kill all the Pagans and the stories of catholic priests molesting children all while the preach about not sinning. That makes me angry and confused. How can anyone claim to by good and innocent when they have a history of doing bad and evil?! I always had a fascination with spirituality, witchcraft, and the occult since I was little. But I was told it was evil and a sin. That something as insignificant as tarot cards were considered evil. It just doesn't make sense to me. I couldn't help myself I always loved witchy like things. So I been doing my research and I. Happy to find out that its not scary and evil. I think there is just good and evil in every practice, religion, race, culture. If someone believes its ok to do evil things ( or what I consider to be evil i guess) and actually does them then thats when I have a problem. But to just say someone or a group of people is evil just because they dont believe in the same things as you do and they arent doing evil and they dont think its ok to do evil then I dont see why its an issue and I think its wrong to just say a person is evil just because they have a difference in beliefs. Anyways Harth i love your videos thank you with helping me on my baby witch Journey. Blessed be :)😃

[@PixelKnight93]

Didn't Christians at one time do ritual sacrifice of animals?

[@foxsisters6257]

they still do, that’s the craziest part!!

[@Moonsnailthegreat]

Babes...do christians normally do things that they steal from other religions and cultures and shit and then condemn that religion they stole it from and villainies those people?

[@Maryaminx]

Not as an official part of their religion

[@Anna-loves-you]

If you're talking about the Old Testament, they were Jews.

[@madlenmeyer4765]

THIS.☝👍👏 Funny. It does give a church near by that have a big pentacle on it's tower....I always wondered why. Now I know it. Thank ya.

[@madahikhan3352]

Who dislike the video? What is there to dislike? This is a great video with a lot of information

[@RiverAldavya]

People who make ghost hunting videos and tv.

[@kirakochan]

I really like the comparison of magic to electricity for its neutrality! Never thought about it like that but makes so much sense. :D

[@amandafazio3662]

I can rattle off some shows that TOTALLY BLAME AND MALIGNE OUR PEOPLE!!!!!! A Haunting, My Haunted House, Ghost Adventures is waaaaaaaay huge, The Haunted, TAPS aka Ghost Hunters, etc. I am so in tune and believe in Dead Files though. Amy Allen is legit!!

[@ghettocountry8678]

i think it's board pple that have nothing to do that like to paint that may be in the occult but yet want to put it on the witches so they'll have someone to blame themselves if they get caught up in their own artwork. I've seen guys in my area where i once lived years ago would do this and spray them upside down, on the church's windows, in the end, they had to pay for it and get up in front of the church's congregation and tell them why they did it and apologize. The reason they were mad and did this was that they were told they couldn't go into the church and use their restroom when they were closing it up after a big ceremony.

[@sophisticatedPJs]

Large burn marks in abandoned buildings are most likely from people building fires to stay warm when they have nowhere else to go, OR dumb kids staying there overnight on a dare and building campfires. Most other people wouldn't risk it.

[@craig1530]

Absolutely slamdunk lecture, blessed be ;)😊

[@VinesThroughTime]

when its the ghost hunters who are summoning the ghosts

[@kimlai2411]

Exactly they be doing necromancy and it isn't bad if they do but if we do it it is? Like what-

[@MissMalikaA]

I dread to think what someone would think if they went in my mums garage 😂 a dead bird is stuck in a crack in the ceiling some how and you can just see its leg sticking out, been there atleast 11 years and months idea how it got in there and got stuck unless it grew in there 🤷‍♀️

[@josephfernandez8015]

Here’s a question for a real witch or spiritualist. What actually causes a spirit to apparate or “haunt” a location? Also what ghost hunting show is closest to getting it right?

[@alyssakumer3179]

There are many reasons that spirits haunt locations. Some do not know they are dead usually because they had a very abrupt death. Some are stuck because they don't know how to move on, or they feel like they have unfinished business. Some just don't care to move on. Then, arguably, spirits are all around us all the time anyway. Human and non-human. As well, these shows often mistake poltergeist activity as an angry spirit. More often than not, it is just one trying to get their attention. Poltergeists are usually psychic people(kids especially) that have strong psychic energy they don't have under control. Typically led by emotions. There can be a lot more to it than just these reasons, too. As for the shows, Ghost Hunters is all right! Still kinda iffy on that one, but much better to me than Ghost Adventures. Also, not exactly a ghost hunting show, but The Dead Files is cool too.

[@dangancopa111]

i love how well you explain everything

[@lovebrannlund3167]

I wouldn’t even call myself a witch at all. I’ve just been super interested in it and have been reading books on it. I’ve been using herbs and cleansing my spaces and etc. My girlfriends mother is catholic. She was nervous because I lit Palo Santo and assumed I was working with demons and assumed I was using a ouija board. She even asked me if I would come see her priest and have a exorcism done to me.. I get upset because she won’t believe me when I say I’m not a satanist or even try to understand why I am doing what I’m doing. Instead she believes I should live by her religion and is not open minded to my practices.

[@sallyfitzgerald3912]

Thank you, it's about time someone explained it properly! 😊

[@snowberry_19]

There is only one instance of paranormal activity I've ever seen in a show (i forgot what the show is called) that may actually could be blamed in a witch, and the only reason i think that is because they discovered an actual spell jar on their investigation (although they also could've placed it there, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

[@TheBilayer]

they add witches and demon to amp up the effect I totally agree on this point.

[@katyalumi]

why do they blame us as a collective for ghosts and spirit activity? for one, spirits and ghosts are normally interacted with by hedge witches and necromancers. even then, they aren’t the reason for spiritual activity in a space.

[@carrieantoniuk8207]

Fantastic video, as always. Thank you, Hearth! Just had a question (off topic) about Fae. One of the groups I'm in had a Fae question and I directed them to your video from Sept about Fae Misconceptions. I gave the vid a rewatch myself and noticed you mentioned at the end of it about maybe doing a series on working with the Fae. Was wondering if that's still in the works? Thanks so much for all of your videos! Great source of info about everything!

[@racheljd3294]

its a sad truth that witch trials still happends 😞

[@meli4880]

Yes i have been waiting for this since the q&a

[@Draven_Michael]

Kindred Spirits is awesome, and they have worked with Greg and Dana Newkirk a few times, and don't make witches look bad.

[@neu_dae]

This is very common in ghost hunting KZbin channels as well... annoys me every time...

[@liminalquartz]

I feel the exact same way - you absolutely touched on everything that needed clarification and debunking, which people really should know! But yup I still love paranormal investigation shows! :D I do like ones where they're serious about collecting evidence and being scientific about it, rather than sensationalizing and giving the viewers jump scares - not that those aren't entertaining for different reasons! :D Honestly Ghost Hunters (TAPS) is the best one. I rewatched most of it recently and there's very little "that's a pagan cult symbol" anywhere in it, and if so they mostly take that stuff as heresay and not evidence. I also really enjoy psychic-based ghost investigation, but yeah, same problems often arise. Hopefully this reaches some people that are interested in paranormal investigation but don't realize witchcraft does not equal Satanism etc!

[@Mokiefraggle]

Ghost Hunters is good, if only because they're focused on a more physical sort of evidence. They're looking for things that can be detected with technology, not just "Oh, hey, heard there were witches and they summoned demons here!" stuff. Though I have found that they swing incredibly on when they do or don't decide something is a paranormal sign. One episode, catching tons of orbs on video is a sign of potential paranormal activity, the next it's "Eh, that's just bugs." Make up your mind, y'all. :P

[@cherryghoulaid]

AT LASSSSST also I love listening to you talk about history

[@patriotwolf1750]

Love your hair and outfit. Thank you for your videos you actually reduce my stress lol.

[@ghostinameatsuit4654]

Agree, however, we know more than many that there are definitely witches and shape shifters that are DEFINITELY malevolent. Just because we knew better, doesn't mean everybody else did. It irks me when they blame witches as a knee jerk reaction, but sometimes there is ample evidence to point towards certain cultural concepts such as necromancers, the baba yaga, skinwalkers, etc. For the most part, they saw some spoopy symbols and saw Blair Witch that one time lol

[@aradcohen4309]

Yes you finaly uploaded this video😉😁🥰

[@nursemain3174]

Pentacles r so lovely and sacred, it just represents the 5 elements, why do ppl not understand this