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Witches to Open New Museum in Salem, Massachusetts

Witches to Open New Museum in Salem, Massachusetts

Wiccan Author and Priest Don Lewis discovers that Salem is the perfect place
to open the World of Witches Museum. A museum dedicated to telling the history
of magic and witchcraft from a Witches point of view.

Salem, Mass. April 15^th, 2010 -- Witches opening a new museum in
Salem, Massachusetts, aka The Witch City, wouldn’t seem to be newsworthy, as
there are many quality museums in the city already. What makes The World of
Witches Museum different is that its exhibit will be dealing with real
world witches and operated by practicing witches. This Museum will be a place
of learning for and about the global Witch movement, and will tell their story.
With Witchcraft, Witches, and Wiccan cultures on the rise worldwide, the World
of Witches Museum tells the story of their struggles, history, and beliefs from
a witch’s point of view. The museum, under its curator Rev. Donald Lewis, will
tell the story of Witches from the past, present, and those Witches who are
walking among us today.

For Rev. Don Lewis, a practicing Witch & First Priest of the Correllian
Nativist Tradition, The World of Witches Museum was a most unlikely project,
which came about when he was actively seeking campus space for Witch School in Salem. He was approached to house his temple &
school at the museum and lead this project.
Rev. Lewis discovered it was unique challenge for him, but realized that
a museum makes a perfect starter campus for educating the public about Wicca,
Witchcraft and Magic from a Pagan point of view.

Curator Lewis offers an insight of his passion for
this project, ”What fascinates me and helps me focus my work on the museum is
my belief that magic has always been with us, from the earliest days of
humanity. This exploration into magic and Witchcraft has continued into modern
times in many different forms, and is now part of the culture and practices of
millions worldwide. This is a story that few people realize even exists, and
for many this will be the first time they will be able to see, hear, and talk
to Witches in an open and non-judgmental way. This is very exciting to me.”

One question that comes up repeatedly is ‘Will the World of Witches Museum
cover the Salem Witch Trials?’ Rev. Don explains, “This is one area the museum
will defer to others in Witch City. The
Salem Witch trials are covered wonderfully by museums such as The Salem
Witchcraft Museum, and it would be redundant to tell that story again. The
exceptional thing about being in Witch City is that when people learn about the
Salem Witch Trials, they recognize that hunting Witches is wrong. We hope that
our exhibit on Modern Witch Hunts shows that what happened in Salem is
continuing today in Africa, Asia, and India.
We hope that by offering the knowledge that hundreds of people are
killed each year, this will move people to talk out about these issues with a
better understanding.

During the month of April, The World of Witches Museum will be offering free
previews. According to museum curator, Rev. Don Lewis “As we are developing the
museum, we want people to share in it. We will be giving previews to the
community and visitors while we build, and if they like what they see, they can
donate to help us build it. This isn’t my museum, it belongs to the community,
and I am very lucky to be able to present this to the public.”

The World of Witches Museum is being housed and retrofitted from Dracula’s
Castle, a former haunted house attraction on Pickering Wharf. It is located at
57 Wharf Street, Pickering Wharf, Salem, Mass.

Facebook fans can find out more at www.Facebook.com/WorldofWitches

Witch School members can join: www.witchschool.com/group/worldofwitchesmuseum

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Comment by Becca Precopio on April 16, 2010 at 6:52am: I am so excited about the museum!! If there is anything I can do to help out please let me know!!!

Comment by Witch School on April 16, 2010 at 12:07am: @citrine We will certainly have a program book.

Comment by Citrine (Rev) on April 15, 2010 at 7:17pm: The museum has so much potential to educate not only john q public but all of us. It is a space for witches to learn and to share, to reveal the real witch without sensationalism or foolish disregard for the history that brought us to the many and varied paths we walk. In a way I'm hoping this museum ends up documented from start to finish, for it would make a great book. What do you think?

Comment by Fantumofthewinds on April 15, 2010 at 7:37am: This is wonderful and I would hope that those that visit learn much, the trials have been hashed and rehashed in other places and anyone who knows the Occult knows this well, so I would say let sleeping dogs lie unless asked. yes it was harsh and yes it was cruel but such is man and his attempts to rule the world weather this be nature or belief. I would hope to get their some day to see this and I wish us well as we move ever forwards BB