" Since modern witchcraft draws so much potency from the stories of the past, we can reach back into antiquity to identify with not only those with whom we may share a lineage or bloodline, but also with those with whom we may draw a poetic association. We also identify with those people who may not have been actual witches but who were accused and/or executed for the 'crime' of witchcraft, thereby drawing that current of poetic power into our own lives and practices. "

― Storm Faerywolf , The Witch's Name: Crafting Identities of Magical Power