Interview with Agnes Mallory, a witch living in 13th century, one of the most prominent witches of all times, currently in her 40th year of life. Daily Mass contacts Agnes in the year of 1240.
We are talking through time. What's the world like in 1240?
Ah, I don't know what to tell you, I don't know any other world. But its main characteristics is: damaged nature, poisons used by people, by doctors very often, and they use them officially and legally, really, they use the real poisons, they claim that poisons are types of medicine. And also, what else is characteristic, animals are maltreated, physically, cruelty towards animals is horrible, there are some fights to help them, but they are unsuccessful, and I know you have no king in your country in your time, and that you have very few kings in the world, few monarchies, but in my time every country is a monarchy.
Do kings of your time have an absolute power?
They are restricted by governors, hmm, hm, but they do have a very strong power, because governors want to do what the kings want, to have a good career themselves.
Are there many taxes?
Yes. (smiles and sighs) Too many to count, people don't pay them because they don't know about them, there's too many. And persecutions for this are very severe.
Do you have access to technology?
Yes, a lot, a lot of technology we have. Computers are normal, although maybe they look differently in your time, that's normal too. Washing machines are normal, cars are normal.
Right.
It's like that with every time, I used to think that people a thousand years before me didn't have technology, and it's not true, they did. Technology exists since the beginning of the world.
Does knowledge about time travel exist in your time?
It's hidden, because there are crimes committed thanks to time travel technology, especially plagiarisms of art from the future, to sell them, sell the artworks before their creation. So it's hidden.
You are one of the most famous witches in the universe, although most of their names have been hidden from people in my times. What type of magic do you devote yourself to mainly?
Ah, my favourite magic is herbalism. I am classic witch in this respect. I gather herbs every day from my garden and nearby forests and fields.
Do you make medicine out of them?
Much more than only medicine. I make real spells out of them. My other favourite magic is magic of machines. I want to build my own machines in the future.
Are there truly persecutions of witches in your times?
What do you know about it?
In my time it's said witches were persecuted legally, and tortured and killed for witchcraft.
No, something like that does not happen here, and it never really happened as far as I know. These are threats, such stories are threats, they want to scare people to discourage them from magic, and such stories are already persecutions themselves.
Do you live alone?
No, I live with a large family, two grandmothers, two grandfathers... (smiles) Three grandchildren, but not my children, my mother and father, one sister with husband, one sister unmarried, and one me, and I am also unmarried.
Are you a social person? Do you keep in touch with other witches?
I am very social, I love company, but I don't know other witches personally in real life, but I have two witch friends on internet.
Internet is a natural resource produced by forests and mountains. Is it a public knowledge in your time?
Ha, no, because they don't want people to know that it's a natural resource, they claim it's a machinistic invention, so it's a secret still, that all trees and rocks produce internet.
What do forests look like in your time, are they pretty?
They are very dangerous, I have to be very careful when I'm there, my family doesn't like my herbalistic hobby because of forests and their dangers.
Are animals important in your life and in your magic?
Very important, I love animals, I fight for their rights and safety, and in magic... (pauses) I often create spells through connections of me and the animals around me.
Are there many animals at your home?
Yes, three cats and three dogs and two cows and two goats, plus there's many animals in the wild, around the house.
So you don't live in a city?
No, I live in the country, in a village.
Is witchcraft a normal thing in your century?
No, no, it's secret, no, officially people don't believe in witches and in magic.
How are women treated in your time?
(laughs) Hmm, women are thought to be very dominative, more important than men in society. We are somewhat of a matriarchal society, even young women are very important, old women are private rulers.
Right. I already knew about it from another friend who's from medievality, but I had to ask, because it's completely different in my time, my century. I live in a patriarchal society, and everyone keeps fighting for equal rights of men and women.
Yes, here are also fights, for better rights of men.
Interesting. What are your career plans for the future?
I want to be better in magic every day, and I want to have a magical business selling potions and real spells, and I'm waiting for the world to change in a way that I could realise this dream.
Is your incarnation living in my century?
(sighs) No, I have only five other incarnations, but that pertains to normal human incarnations, because there's many of me in the shape of animals, I am incarnated as many animals.
Cloning is a phenomenon responsible for existence of incarnations. Is technology of cloning known in your times?
Yes, and it came from the future, and... nowadays it's been hushed up that it's a discovery from the future, and they don't talk publicly about the usage of cloning in technology. So it's kept secret.
Are you a follower of any religion?
Yes, of celtism, and of slavism.
I forgot to ask, what country do you live in?
Poland.
A country of slavic religion.
Yes. (pauses) Yes, and I have a lot of possibilities to practise slavism. And it's respected in my society, pagan religions are respected in my society.
Thank you so much for this interview.
Thank you.
25 October 2020
Interview no. 10
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