In early times, many woman used their cauldrons for regular household chores. Large cast iron cauldrons were used outdoors as wash pots for doing laundry, hand dying fabric and wool, and for heating water used for bathing. The same cauldron probably doubled as a cook pot for making large pots of soup and stew. When associated with Witchcraft, the cauldron is almost always associated with Black Magick. Modern Witches are quick to dispel this notion as untruth because most want to be seen in a positive light…for obvious reasons. Although cauldrons are used for all types of witchery, they are most commonly used in Conjure Magick. Witches “conjure” supernatural forces to heal or to hex. This practice is not very common with most Modern Witches. After all the Inquisitions, Witch Hunts and Witch Trials, the old ways have been lost and many modern rituals are dilluted and lack the power needed to produce strong results. I’ve met many men and women who follow some form of Paganism having roots in Celtic and Europeon traditions. But usually if they own a cauldron, it sits on their altar collecting dust, a symbol of old world magick and pre-Christian Paganism. Witches rise up! It’s the Goddess Revival!
