The witches do not know the origin of their cult.

The witches are firm believers in reincarnation, and they say that 'once a witch always a witch.'

Witchcraft is, and was, not... for everyone. Unless you have an attraction to the occult, a sense of wonder, a feeling that you can slip for a few minutes out of the world into the world of faery, it is of no use to you.

Now, I simply won’t let my friends, the people who trusted me, be bothered and badgered about

If I were to disclose all their rituals, I think that it would be easy to prove that witches are not diabolists but the oaths are solemn and the witches are my friends. I would not want to hurt their feelings. They have secrets which to them are sacred. They have good reason for their secrecy.