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10) Lack of effective practice.
Gods help them if they actually cast a spell that WORKS. They will totally freak out, every time. Fluffy
sits down and does a spell to bring money into their life. Suddenly they get an unlooked-for bonus at
work, which precisely covers their needs. There are one of several things that usually happen to the Fluff
bunny at this point.
a) They go into Wizard mode, and everything requires a spell. Their Magick WORKS, by the Goddess,
and so they need Magick for EVERY problem and situation they come upon. Therefore, to get a
promotion or a new house or gain money for the bills, all they need to do is cast a spell. They feel that
because they deserve whatever and that they did the spell, that it will fall into their laps, even if they can't
articulate that this is how they feel. And because they did the spell, they don't have to do any more work
to make their desire come to pass. After all, they did the spell, right? Please note, this is USUALLY only
a problem with the very young fluffies, although it can(and does) occur in any age group.
b) They go into fear-factor mode. Magick WORKS.... Therefore, all those evil people out there, the
LHPers, they can do Magick and harm them and they can't do anything because they can't harm others
because of the rede and their priestess said that they couldn't because..... Suddenly life turns serious and
ANYONE can be a magickal master out to get them. They are constantly being attacked by these
enemies, and therefore that must be PROOF of how special they are, since the powers of darkness want
to keep them down (and not so incidentally playing up to the Victim Attitude and making them feel even
more special).
c) Gunslinger syndrome. "I'm so powerful and good that everyone is out to get me and prove how
powerful they are, but they are never as powerful as me...." Come on, you have met these people before.
They are the ones who are always shielding others because they are under constant psychic attack or their
spells are so wonderful that it draws all kinds of evil creatures to them.... These people are the perpetual
martyr.
Now, what do these people have in common? Usually their lives are a complete shambles and they can't
magick their way into a headache, much less anything else. These are the ones who have no significant
other, despite the tons of love spells they cast, they are the ones who go around and tell everyone else
how weak their shields are and how to fix them, despite being in a sacred place that has generations of
protections on it (the magickal equivalent of a nuclear blast shelter) which they can't sense if their lives
depended on it, or they complain and moan about how everything that is wrong in their life is due
entirely to spells and attacks from those who are jealous of their power. Every problem has a supernatural
explanation and they do rituals for the littlest things, probably hoping they will luck into a working spell
again out of sheer repetition.
It is my opinion that fluffies exhibiting this symptom are the most irritating.
11) Lack of respect for other religions.
Pulling the "Totems" from Native American spirituality, mixing it with Quetzocoattal, adding in Finnish
runes, using the didgeridoo of the Native Austrailians (especially if female) and then dissing the Koran as
a hate book is one example. There are many others. These are the people who will gladly pull from any
tradition and practice, even mutually antagonistic ones, without regard for propriety or cultural taboos.
They are the ones who will walk up to a Native American Medicine Man, and call him a witch to his face
(okay, this is a little obscure. To the Native American mindset, to my understanding, a Witch is one that
causes harm and kills by Medicine techniques. Doing this would be equivalent to walking into a meeting
of the NAACP and calling everyone there a "nigger" because it's what the homies call themselves. It
shows a fundamental lack of respect.) and think that this is a high honor.
Does this lack of respect actually matter to the average fluffie suffering from this symptom? Not in the
least. She won't understand why the Medicine Man won't talk to her anymore. She doesn't understand
why no one will teach her how to play a didgeridoo, and why people laugh at her when she proudly
claims that her Goddess is Kali and that her God is Gilgamesh (she heard the name in Star Trek and liked
it).
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