Do Witches fly on brooms?
No. Brooms were (in rural Europe) and sometimes still are ridden astride in ceremonies. In one such ceremony, people ran through the fields astride a broom to coax the grain to grow, or participants would leap over a broom, telling the grain to grow to the height of the highest leaping. Uninformed observations of such ceremonies could lead to tales of flying on brooms.
A. No. Brooms were (in rural Europe) and sometimes still are ridden astride in ceremonies. In one such ceremony, people ran through the fields astride a broom to coax the grain to grow, or participants would leap over a broom, telling the grain to grow to the height of the highest leaping. Uninformed observations of such ceremonies could lead to tales of flying on brooms.
Witches do not fly on brooms, but the broom is sometimes used by Witches to represent the spirit-flight or journey to the spirit world. Witches may also use brooms to sweep out negative energy from the home and magic circle prior to performing magic. The broom represents the union of the God and Goddess and is also therefore used to solemnize Pagan handfastings. The broom may also conceal a symbol of the God of Fertility in its bristles and so the broom is also used as a symbol of fertility.
