Catlin, I used to be very skeptical about "real magic", then I had a "white witch" as a roommate. She was a very kind and even-tempered person, but you wouldn't want to cross her! The Neighbor next door had heated words with her about who owned what parking space and she warned him that she was "a spell-casting, cauldron-stirring witch".

The man made the mistake of ridiculing witches. That night a big storm came through and lightning hit the tree he parked his 4x under. You guessed it, a massive branch from the tree smashed his rig and the next morning his usually docile and faithful mutt bit him on the face and he had to have several stiches. The man came over and apologized!