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The Truth About Witchcraft :: PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path 10. What is magick, and why do you spell it that way? We spell magick with a k to differentiate it from stage magic, the kind illusionists do. Magick is the focused and directed application of energy to a specific purpose. It's that simple. The energy used is generally either personal energy (which can be draining if you are not careful) or that Universal energy which is part of the Divine. Witches are not the only people who can do magick, anyone can learn how. Magick carries serious lessons about responsibility however, and is not to be trifled with. What you send out into the Universe returns to you. Most Witches recognize the Threefold Law. The Law of Three states that what you send out returns to you three times, like a pendulum set in motion. The three part tends to be metaphorical, but the principle is the same regardless of the number of times it kicks back at you...in my case it is often 4.6 rather than 3! Some feel that the intensity of the magickal working determines the number of times it returns. This is Natural Law and unavoidable. It's like gravity...it just is. When you do magick you are responsible for all possible consequences of your actions, whether or not you intended or foresaw those consequences. This is why many of the wisest Witches rarely practice formal magick. It carries serious karmic weight, and is reserved for those times when more mundane means have been exhausted, and when the practitioner is willing to accept the responsibility for whatever results the magick creates. 11. Do you practice black magick? Magick is inherently neutral. It has no color. The intent of the magickal practitioner "colors" the magick. Negative or manipulative magick is that which is generally understood to be "black" (though some Witches say black magick is that which uses personal energy, and white that which uses earth energy - remember I told you 10 Witches, many responses!). When you think about the Threefold Law, you realize how self-defeating negative magick is. I's is not very intelligent to send out negative energy, since you will get it back harder than you sent it. Fortunately, stupid people are not http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=449 (4 of 7) [12/25/2005 12:23:12 AM]
The Truth About Witchcraft :: PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path too adept magickally (it takes brains and skill), so by and large those who claim to run around casting "evil spells" on people are laughably inept. Never conjure up what you can't conjure down. And remember that if you conjure it up, you clean it up! 12. What exactly IS a spell? Spells are merely a projection of intention and desire, a form of concentrated prayer...with props. The props are a focus and have little inherent power. Working at a specific phase of the moon which is conducive to your aims, or working with herbs which have some relation to what you are attempting can help you to focus and concentrate the energy, but magick, as I stated before, is all mental. You do not "need" props or external aids to cast a spell, the magick is in you! 13. What about love spells?? Love spells are the magickal equivalent of rape. They are about removing the free will of another; that is control, not love. They are manipulative and very negative magick. Do you want someone to love you, or a spell? Love spells definitely would fall under the category of "black" magick, and carry a very heavy price. I have never seen one work the way it was intended, and I have seen a lot of people hurt by them. No matter what the temptation, where love spells are concerned, just say no! 14. What is Wicca? Wicca is a modern interpretation of Witchcraft, based on the work of Gerald Gardner, et. al. Gardner took pieces of an older tradition and mixed them with aspects of ceremonial magick. Today Wicca is a lively and growing group of traditions in the Craft, though not, by far, the only traditions. Many Wiccans today also combine some New Age concepts and practices into their belief system. 15. Are male Witches called Warlocks? Not most of them! Male witches are called witches. The word warlock comes from waer loga which means oath-breaker, or traitor, and is therefore considered an insult by most witches. There are a few traditions within the Craft which use this term for http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=449 (5 of 7) [12/25/2005 12:23:12 AM]
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too adept magickally (it takes brains and skill), so<br />
by and large those who claim to run around casting<br />
"evil spells" on people are laughably inept. Never<br />
conjure up what you can't conjure down. And<br />
remember that if you conjure it up, you clean it up!<br />
12. What exactly IS a spell? Spells are merely a<br />
projection of intention and desire, a form of<br />
concentrated prayer...with props. The props are a<br />
focus and have little inherent power. Working at a<br />
specific phase of the moon which is conducive to<br />
your aims, or working with <strong>herb</strong>s which have some<br />
relation to what you are attempting can help you to<br />
focus and concentrate the energy, but magick, as I<br />
stated before, is all mental. You do not "need"<br />
props or external aids to cast a spell, the magick is<br />
in you!<br />
13. What about love spells?? Love spells are the<br />
magickal equivalent of rape. They are about<br />
removing the free will of another; that is control,<br />
not love. They are manipulative and very negative<br />
magick. Do you want someone to love you, or a<br />
spell? Love spells definitely would fall under the<br />
category of "black" magick, and carry a very<br />
heavy price. I have never seen one work the way it<br />
was intended, and I have seen a lot of people hurt<br />
by them. No matter what the temptation, where<br />
love spells are concerned, just say no!<br />
14. What is Wicca? Wicca is a modern<br />
interpretation of Witchcraft, based on the work of<br />
Gerald Gardner, et. al. Gardner took pieces of an<br />
older tradition and mixed them with aspects of<br />
ceremonial magick. Today Wicca is a lively and<br />
growing group of traditions in the Craft, though<br />
not, by far, the only traditions. Many Wiccans<br />
today also combine some New Age concepts and<br />
practices into their belief system.<br />
15. Are male Witches called Warlocks? Not most<br />
of them! Male witches are called witches. The<br />
word warlock comes from waer loga which means<br />
oath-breaker, or traitor, and is therefore considered<br />
an insult by most witches. There are a few<br />
traditions within the Craft which use this term for<br />
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