{"id":5356,"date":"2014-10-20T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T11:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5356"},"modified":"2014-09-24T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T18:05:01","slug":"scary-naked-witch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/10\/20\/scary-naked-witch\/","title":{"rendered":"Scary? naked witch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I don&#8217;t do the nude very much on the blog even though I draw it a lot.\u00a0 Many great artworks depicting witches show them nude for several reasons.\u00a0 Witches worshiped naked to have a closer connection with nature around them, to remove obstacles between themselves and magic.\u00a0 The Garderian tradition of Wicca documented and brought nude worship practices to the public eye in the mid 20th century.\u00a0 Critics of Wiccan covens of this time sometimes commented that the religion was only a smoke screen for nudity and lewd behaviors.\u00a0 Nude depictions of witches were also used by more prudish sensibilities as way to show witches as evil and depraved.<\/p>\n<p>Click through for picture<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/10\/20\/scary-naked-witch\/witches201410-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-10.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"462,737\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"witches201410-10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-10-376x600.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-10.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-10-376x600.jpg\" alt=\"witches201410-10\" width=\"376\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-10-376x600.jpg 376w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-10-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-10-90x144.jpg 90w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-10.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t want to run into this lady in the woods.\u00a0 It&#8217;s that hair in the face thing&#8230;.why is it so creepy?\u00a0 Or is it just me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I don&#8217;t do the nude very much on the blog even though I draw it a lot.\u00a0 Many great artworks depicting witches show them nude for several reasons.\u00a0 Witches worshiped naked to have a closer connection with nature around them, to remove obstacles between themselves and magic.\u00a0 The Garderian tradition of Wicca documented and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/10\/20\/scary-naked-witch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scary? naked witch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[138,46],"class_list":["post-5356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-inktober","tag-witches"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5403,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/10\/25\/flying-naked\/","url_meta":{"origin":5356,"position":0},"title":"flying naked","author":"leems","date":"October 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Another nude witch.\u00a0 I've seen old prints and woodcuts that show naked witches straddling their brooms, but I don't see how that is manageable at all. 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