My best friend of nearly twenty years has had a noticeable shift in personality over the past two years or so, around the time she started practising witchcraft. I can’t fully explain it, but something about her feels off. A few things I’ve noticed:
- She’s said several things that don’t sound like her at all. For example, she once said that homeless people are “there for a reason” that it’s God’s way of humbling them. That really threw me, considering we used to volunteer together feeding the homeless and she was always a sympathetic person.
- She doesn’t let anyone into her home anymore not even me. This is a complete change from before, when I’d be round once or twice a week and vice versa.
- When a close friend of ours, someone we grew up with!! lost her mother (after already losing her father a few years earlier), my friend’s reaction was strange. I suggested we go and pay our respects, especially since her mum had always been kind to us, driving us around and having us over for tea after school. She was also very loved in the community.
My friend just said “okay”, completely flat. At the wake, she hugged our friend, said a few words, and within minutes was nudging me to leave. We were there for about seven minutes in total, and that was only because I pushed to stay a bit longer.
What unsettled me most was afterwards. As we were walking back to the car, she was a few steps ahead of me. For a moment, I didn’t recognise her at all. I’ve known her most of my life, I’d usually spot her instantly, but this time it felt like I was looking at someone else. Even the way she was walking felt unfamiliar. I can’t really explain it, but it didn’t feel like her? Almost like I felt I was walking behind a man?
What on earth is going on? Does anyone have a more spiritual perspective please?