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                Ideas in Words  
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To: Esteemed Colleagues, Scholars, Educators, Students, Poets and others who may enjoy the beauty and elegance of ideas in words illustrated by fine arts. 
  
From: W. Wertelecki M.D. 

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WICCA WITCH WICKED WIT WISDOM WIZARD

WITCHES and BLACK CATS are emblems of Halloween. ... WITCH points to WICCA, WICKED, WHIT, WIT and WISDOM ... magic ancient notions that survived millennia ... ancient English terms WICCA, WICCE or WIGILA in Frisian emerged from the Latin word uictima for VICTIM ... poetic coincidence that the etymology of witch underscores the historic fact that they were VICTIMS rather than victimizers ... WITCH can be used to stigmatize women with superior WIT who have a penchant for rejecting male dominance ... In contrast, males endowed with WIT tend to be called WIZARDS. ... Some ancient writers remind us of their times. ... " ... witches have always been uppity women who had to be got rid of ..." ... Biblical passage (Exodus XXII- 18) ... "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" ...

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Illustrations: 
Works by de Goya, Fuerbach, Lairesse ...

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