"Some know this as "God"; many Witches call It "the Goddess and the God." Others have other Names for It, but perhaps the best name is simply "Love." That love, the love that connects and transforms all and that *is* All, is the only thing that can really "change the world."

    The girls were silent and confused, *really* confused. But Little Witch continued:

    "Aside from changing yourself, there are other things you can do. Lawyers help people work in compliance with the law, which is one of the most powerful ways the world's people give themselves order. Business is a way for people to create and collect and distribute wealth. Trades and skills allow people to transform the physical world into useful things, anything from farmers growing food to machinists making things to musicians making music!"

    "All the worlds' work can be a way to change, for better or for worse, in big ways or in small ways, the world."

    All the girls were impatient by now, especially the second girl. She asked, "What are you talking about? That isn't Witchcraft!"

    And Little Witch replied, "Perhaps. But what I was talking about are trans-formations, and transformations *are* the stuff of Witchcraft."

    "Look just because there are magical and spiritual transformations doesn't mean we can ignore the physical transformations. A Witch is in tune with *all* transformations, though some perhaps more than others."   Here Little Witch thought, but did not say, that many Witches focus on spiritual and magical transformations but, like everyone else, Witches are occupied with the realities of physical trans-formations, which constitute most of daily life, too.)

    Little Witch continued, "The key is the harmony of transformations, all of them, in ways that are most beneficial for Nature. You have to know about all transformations, especially the physical ones, to live well."

    One of the girls was annoyed and said, "You use big words, like 'transformations.' Why can't you just talk normally?"

    And Little Witch smiled and said, "I use 'big words' to have a 'bigger mind.' Try it yourself."

    The girls were silent for a moment by the quick exchange. Mostly, they were silent and confused by Little Witch's "normal" talk --like from their parents!-- and nothing about spells and powers.

    This did not suit the girls, not at all. The first girl asked, "So what makes you a Witch? I mean, I could hear that stuff you said anywhere, even from my parents !"

    The third girl chimed in, "Yeah, what makes you a Witch if don't have powers?"
And the second girl, in a moment of real perception, simply asked, "So, what *is* a Witch?"
   Little Witch paused, framing her answer. And here is what she said:

    "A Witch is, first of all, a person like any other. We eat, we sleep, we poop (well, when the body cooperates), we breathe. We have families. We work to make a living. We live in houses or apartments or other places, not in fairy castles or in the clouds. We're real, regular people."

    "But, a Witch is different from other people too. A Witch can work alone, a solitaire, or work with a group of Witches, a coven, but she is always "other."

    "That's not just because she is always studying, either out of books or directly from Nature or through prayer and meditation. It's because she sees and is united to the world in a way that most others aren't."

        "A Witch sees that everything is interconnected, that causes have effects everywhere. She sees the regular world and she "sees" (she is aware of) the unseen (invisible) parts of the world too. She also sees and knows that, on a certain level, everything is One. And she knows how all of this, taken together, is the source of great power."