Almost defining witch

As we know this word 'witch' is a slippery thing meaning different things in different contexts, but only gaining a more positive currency & use by people calling themselves witches in the 20th century. I'm sure I've commented before on the true etymology of it as coming from bend, & not from wise.
However I'm coming to a realisation that while all definitions of witch involve change in some form (I live Margot Adler's 'The Witch is the changer of definitions & relationships.'), it may in reality include a particular way of seeing. This is not to refer to some 'second sight' thing, but rather perception of what is around us.
I was talking about this with a witch friend the other night, & we realised that we had both had a similar experience before we came to witchcraft: we knew how we saw things & we stuck to this even in the face of opposition from *everyone* else. We got onto this from talking about a particular situation we're both involved in & agree on what is happening. Nobody else sees it like this, despite events proving us right time & again. My friend said that it is as if everyone else is in a huge cloud of denial.
Perhaps it's a hedge thing: because we have been or are near to the edge & are in the habit of frequenting liminal spaces we are more used to the idea that some weird shit is going to happen & less inclined to rationalise it out of existence! I was intrigued to discover that we'd both had that experience before coming to witchcraft (& I personally had a lot at stake in the situation where I stuck to my own view in the teeth of violent opposition).
So please, witches, when you know something is happening & you're being heavily leant on to see it someone else's way, hold firm. At the extreme you may even be obliged to go along with others externally, but you must keep your own view in your head. Others will try to persuade you you are mistaken, deluded or psychotic. If you are not these things confirmation will come sooner or later, but we owe it to ourselves & the universe to abide by truth. Phyliis Curott described witches in an interview as people who really listen, & if you can't trust a witch who can you trust?
(No I can't begin to explain the picture, but it seemed oddly suitable to this post)
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