Every October, witches pop up everywhere with pointy hats, broomsticks, and black cats. It’s fun on the surface, but beneath all that playfulness lies a deeper story.

A Centuries-Old Fear

For many intuitive, spiritual, creative women, the word witch still stirs something ancient. It can be a mix of fascination and fear.

If you’ve ever dimmed your light, held your tongue, or second-guessed your intuition, so you wouldn’t stand out too much, you may be feeling the effects of the Witch Wound.

I never thought I had this. But after a recent healing session with my friend and Holy Fire Reiki practitioner Cindy Bain, I discovered layers of subconscious fear I hadn’t known were there.. She found fears quietly shaping how safe I felt being fully visible in my magic.

So let’s talk about what the Witch Wound really is, where it comes from, and how we can finally heal it.

Origin of the Word “Witch”

The word witch comes from the Old English wicce (female) and wicca (male), first used around 890 CE. It originally meant a person who worked with the unseen world. It was the name for someone skilled in herbs, healing, divination, and nature’s cycles. There was nothing dark or sinister about it.

But as Christianity spread across Europe, suspicion of independent spiritual practices grew. Healing, astrology, and herbalism were once honored skills of wise women. But, they became dangerous.

By the 16th century, “witch” took on a fearful meaning, and what followed were centuries of persecution, mistrust, and pain.

Before she became the outcast, the witch was the wise woman. She was a midwife, healer, and community guide whose wisdom came from nature and Spirit, not the church.

As patriarchal systems tightened control, the wise woman’s independence became defiance and her intuition became a threat.

However, she never quite disappeared. Instead, she went underground, hiding in stories, in the land, and, I believe, in our DNA.

Past Life Trauma

I’ve seen echoes of those times in my own soul history. In one lifetime, I was a herbalist living at the edge of a village. People avoided me unless they needed my help. I was lonely, but I always served when requested.

During a healing meditation in this lifetime, I saw that woman. She was cloaked, hidden, and separate. The woman leading the session suggested I let the cloak fall. When I did, I felt an energetic ripple travel through time, releasing emotions from all the lives that followed.

In another life, I was a wealthy woman in 1400s Italy, practicing ritual magic with a group of people. When soldiers stormed in, we were all executed. Watching that memory, I heard a voice say, “That’s what happens when you play with power.”

For centuries, my soul equated power with danger. That’s an illusion many women still carry today. But these stories aren’t unique to me. They’re part of our collective consciousness.

What Is the Witch Wound?

The Witch Wound is a deep energetic imprint passed down through generations. It’s the lingering memory of persecution, fear, and suppression of feminine wisdom. That’s what happens when intuition, healing, and connection to Spirit are condemned.

Historically, this wound was reinforced by religion and culture, especially after the publication of The Malleus Maleficarum in 1486 — the “Hammer of Witches.” This was a handbook for persecuting and prosecuting women for heresy.

The impact was enormous, embedding fear and distrust of female power throughout society and the collective consciousness.

Over centuries, the Witch Wound became internalized. It still whispers through our subconscious in phrases like:

• “Don’t rock the boat.”
• “Tone it down.”
• “Be nice.”
• “Don’t be too mystical or intuitive.”
• “Don’t be too much.”

It’s an ancient echo reminding us that visibility once meant danger.

How the Wound Appears

This wound doesn’t always look like fear. Sometimes it hides as perfectionism, over-preparing, or hesitation to share your gifts. It can surface as doubt that appears out of nowhere. Or a quiet inner voice asking, “What if they think I’m crazy? What if it’s not safe?”

These patterns don’t mean you’re weak. They demonstrate that your body remembers what your mind has forgotten. The Witch Wound lives in the subconscious and in the energy field, quietly influencing how safe you feel expressing your power.

Collectively, it also appears in how society still views spiritual women. Words like “witchy” or “crazy” are used to dismiss intuition. Society still celebrates logic but questions inner knowing.

The Witch Wound is about restoring balance between the rational and the mystical, the masculine and the feminine, and the head and heart.

Ancestral Threads

Many women carry this wound through their family line, especially the maternal side. It can show up as generations of women who stayed quiet, over-gave, or never felt safe resting or taking a break.

Even if your ancestors weren’t persecuted directly, they lived under the same cultural conditioning that taught women to fear and mistrust their own wisdom.

When you heal, you free your ancestors as well. They cheer you on from the spirit world, This time, you can do things differently.

Recognize the Signs

You might have the Witch Wound if:

• You hesitate to share your spiritual experiences for fear of judgment.
• You downplay your intuition or call it coincidence.
• You feel drawn to healing or energy work but never quite feel “ready.”
• You feel a tug-of-war between wanting to be seen and wanting to stay safe.
• You sense a deep connection or aversion to the word witch itself.

However the wound shows up, its asking for love, not analysis.

How to Heal the Witch Wound

Healing this wound isn’t about fixing yourself because you are not broken. It’s about clearing the energetic dust, so your light can shine again. Here are a few powerful practices that came through the Akashic Records:

1. Clear Your Energy Field for Seven Days.
Each day, cleanse your aura with intention. Smudge with herbs, bathe with rose petals or sea salt, meditate, or let the wind carry away old energy. As you do, affirm: “I release fear, persecution, and suppression. I reclaim my light, my power, and my voice.”

2. Rewrite Your Past-Life Stories.
If you remember a lifetime that ended in trauma, revisit it through meditation. Ask your soul, What if this could end differently?

When I re-entered my Italian lifetime, I invited the soldiers sent to kill us to join the ritual instead. They dropped their swords and stood in the circle of light. That single act of compassion healed the pattern across all my lifetimes.

3. Receive Golden Light.
In meditation, ask Spirit for healing. Imagine golden-white light raining down on you, forming a glowing sphere in your hands. Place it in your heart and let it expand through your body and aura until you’re filled with shimmering light. Feel it dissolving the residue of fear and restoring your innate wisdom.

4. Honor Your Body.
Move, dance, breathe, and affirm, “It’s safe for me to be all of who I am.” The body holds ancestral memory and the key to freedom. When you ove iwth intention, you can energetically release what no longer serves you.

5. Heal in Sisterhood.
Persecution of witches isolated women, but sisterhood heals! Gather with other women who see you, speak your truth, and hare similar stories. Each time you do this, you help one another remember it’s safe to connect with the divine feminine and shine again.

6. Reclaim Everyday Magic.
Light candles, talk to your plants, pull oracle cards, or pray under the full moon. There are so many small rituals to remind your spirit that intuition is no longer dangerous. It’s truly divine.

Remember the Wise Woman Within

The Witch Wound was never really about witchcraft. It was about fear of women’s wisdom, intuition, and power and supression of these skills. But those days are over. Women are remembering now that “witch” and “wise woman” once meant the same thing.

Every time you trust your intuition, you empower yourself and rewrite history. Each time you speak your truth, you heal your lineage. And every time you choose love over fear, you dissolve the old repression and silence.

This Halloween, let’s celebrate the return of the wise women, the mystics, and the healers claiming their divine feminine powers freely and rising once more.

Because the Witch Wound isn’t your weakness. It’s your initiation into wholeness.

Let me close with a phrase I never use but it seems completely appropriate for this episode:

Blessed be.

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