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affairs. The Amish themselves are very divided from each other.
The divisions between Amish groups is called Zwietract. Zwietract
can cover anything from a mild aloofness to a full fledged shunning
(called the Meidung). The Amish aren't in general qualified to tell
outsiders much in detail about their own heritage, or religion
because they are so isolated from the other Amish settlements and
have been raised in such an anti-intellectual culture. Most Amish
are content to know that the way they do things "was always done
this way" and that their elders and forefathers were gifted men who
examined things very closely.
Their social norms are not intellectually questioned by most Amish,
but then American society has been very isolationist in the world
and few Americans question their society & norms. Americans
even rebel in the prescribed fashion, whatever the elite tell society
is the "in" "cool" "hot" stylish way to do things.
The Amish are similar to the Mid-east culture in that they have a
very indirect approach to saying things. They do not consider it
proper to speak with a negative connotation about anybody. They
also instinctively give pat answers to outsiders to blunt questions.
These pat answers border on being rigid, prejudiced, and simple.
They serve the purpose to deter curiosity.
The early Amish leaders were ex-Catholic priests, but most of the
people were peasants who had little formal schooling, had little
Bible knowledge, and came from southern Germany and the
Rheinland where witchcraft was practiced by the common people.
The Spirit of Witchcraft never left the Amish. It has always been
with them.
The folk witchcraft is called Brauche, and the craft is kept secret by
old men who pass the incantations down in secret. When the Amish
moved to Pennsylvania, they moved in next door to Rosicrucians.
When the Rosicrucian settlements fell apart they joined the
Mennonites, thus bringing their hermetic magic along with them.
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