Fake Witches? Options

a blog that ive been reading said that those who claims to be a witch but just read witchcraft books are fake.. he said that real witches are witches who has spirit mentors etc. and people who just learn witchcraft through books etc are nothing but fake witches. what do you think of this accusation?

by the way, this is the blog

http://filipinosorcery.blogspot.com/

This post has been edited by Edunpanna: Jun 3 2007, 10:34 PM

What do you mean by background?

Practice, experience, first hand knowledge. I mean at some point in history somebody had to figure this stuff out. Maybe they had the help of some otherworldly beings. If thats the case then why can't a person pick up a book and use its knowledge to do likewise?

I guess in a way its personal, not because I'm somehow insulted, but this guy is pretty much calling people like me a fake, assuming I understand him correctly. Firstly I think a witch is a term thats pretty much synonimous with magician, sorcerer, mage, wizzard whatever else. To me its a person who studies and practices magick. I study and practice magick. I have not had the opportunity to study under some "expert" or esoteric order, nor was I ever approached by any spirits who taught me some arcane secrets. But to me to say I am a fake because of this flies in the face of my own personal expierence. Then again I don't walk around telling people I'm a witch either. My point is simply the original blogger presents too vague of an arguement to settle with me. And in my experience people who try to push such beliefs tend to be the fakes. This guy I don't know. Maybe if I read more of his stuff I'd be convinced. But we can come up with several deffinitions for witch, what it means to be one and who are the real deal and who are the fakes all making an arguement open to personal interpretation with no real answer. And actually this is convenient for this blogger because he doesn't need to provide any credible evidence of his claims. He can pretty much just say whatever he wants and make people nod and smile.