An individual watched a YouTube video in which a "Pagan" or whatever proceeded to rant about people using money spells, and determined those who are poor deserve to be so as per "Karma".
While this got my blood boiling considering my husband and I have numerous debts in which we never intended on having (no thanks to greedy lawyers), I don't see how this is karmic retribution and have a strong feeling this person has no idea what "Karma" is outside of the Wiccan bastardization of the word (meaning that it's a rubber vs. glue situation, and only about punishment).
But I digress. The point of this post is...is it our RIGHT to cast spells and do we have the RIGHT to cast what we want?
Personally I believe it is my RIGHT to cast what I want, when I want so long as I take the personal responsibility for what I do (meaning I accept the consequences of what I do).
I don't need someone telling me what I can and cannot do with my craft. I have the free will to determine what I feel is necessary to do with my craft, however unethical it may be to another. My craft holds no bearing on another, and if I deem something to be negative or against my own PERSONAL ethics, I won't do it. But because another feels the need to determine that I am in the wrong for practicing money spells (to boost my need for funds, certainly not out of greed) or that I have no "right" to do them, who is she to determine this, or what my rights are as a Witch?
I don't tell people what to do. I may speak generally when I say many people feel certain acts are unethical, but I would NEVER say to someone that they have no right to cast certain spells. I personally see love spells geared towards certain people as unethical, but people can cast them all they like; I also see spells for petty revenge unethical as well, but people are free to cast them all they like as well. They may be against my own PERSONAL ethic, but it's not me doing the casting, and it's not me who must face the consequences, so to each his own...let them cast what they will. It's not my place to police spell casters...in fact it's NO one's place. There's no such thing as a spells police, so why act as if there is?
I believe it's a person's right to cast what they wish and let their own personal ethics and feelings determine what they feel is right and wrong regarding what they do, and leave other people out of it. It reeks of fluffy when someone has to determine for others what they can and cannot do.
Ma’iingan
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Showing posts with label Spells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spells. Show all posts
Monday, November 26, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Why I Won't Post Spells
I see a lot of blogs, websites, forums, etc that have dedicated sections for spells. You will not find those here.
"Why?", do you ask? Because I don't feel they're integral to my blog, and I feel that to place such things is, rather irresponsible, in my view.
In my view, spells are personal creations...not generic recipes for people to copy. How a spell works for me is NOT going to be the same way a spell will work for you (in fact, a spell won't work the same way twice for the same person anyway), for the simple fact that no one can carry the exact same intent all the time, nor can two people carry the same intent as each other.
Now, I can hear you wondering about the "irresponsible" comment I made above. Why would it be irresponsible for me to post spells, you ask? Well, spells can be used for many intents and reasons...it doesn't matter if a spell was created to be beneficial to someone (i.e. health), it can still be used with negative intent...just change an ingredient here, and a word there and presto, you have a curse. And because I was the one who provided the spell, I believe that any consequence that follows the user of that spell, will partially reflect on to me, because I was the creator, and I was the provider. I have some responsibility in what happens to the intended target of the spell. I don't get away scott-free...I"m not with "clean hands" (to use legal jargon).
Besides all the reasons I stated above, I feel it's rather lazy of me to post spells for people to just pluck off my blog and put into their book, without knowing fully if they'll give me due and proper credit (I think I know for 100% certainty they won't). People who look for spells online don't care who wrote them, only that they work. And that's something that irritates me. Proper credit. I hate not having proper credit for something...to properly credit the creator of a piece of writing (which is why most times I'll post "Anonymous. If anyone knows the author please inbox me and I'll place proper credit where credit is due"). If I put out a spell...something I worked REALLY hard for...to MY personal time and dedication to it, I'm not going to just hand it out to some random stranger simply because they asked me for it. Why do I have to take all this time doing all this hard work and research to create a spell designed for a specific purpose, only to hand it over to someone who couldn't be bothered to do the same?
I don't understand all these novice Wiccans, Witches and various Pagans out there who think they don't have to do all this work, and with this wonderful invention called the internet, providing all this stuff at the click of a mouse, they have all they want at their disposal, with no work involved. How is this going to gain them a sense of accomplishment? How is reciting something like a recipe making something their own?
Sure, I can go out and buy a journal to place my book of shadows in, however I wouldn't feel like it was truly my own, even if I DID draw a pentacle on it, paste pretty clip-art pictures everywhere and paint it deaglo colors...but I wouldn't feel like it was mine. I take time to hand make my books because then I feel like it's really mine and I get a sense of accomplishment. My time, my sweat, my patience went into making the book, therefore it's truly mine. It's no different with a spell. I took all this time, patience, research, WORK to write my spell, I'm not going to cater to those who don't want to do any work of their own and want things handed to them on a silver platter.
I've learned over my decade-plus years being a Witch. In the beginning I too was the one plucking spells off a website only to feel unfulfilled when I cast them. That's why I began researching what herbs are used for what, what stones are used for what, what colors are good for what, what moon phases are beneficial (though this I don't use very often anymore), etc. I now get a stronger sense of accomplishment, and a greater amount of success because I did the work. I strongly suggest anyone looking for spells (ESPECIALLY novices) do the work as well.
Ma’iingan
"Why?", do you ask? Because I don't feel they're integral to my blog, and I feel that to place such things is, rather irresponsible, in my view.
In my view, spells are personal creations...not generic recipes for people to copy. How a spell works for me is NOT going to be the same way a spell will work for you (in fact, a spell won't work the same way twice for the same person anyway), for the simple fact that no one can carry the exact same intent all the time, nor can two people carry the same intent as each other.
Now, I can hear you wondering about the "irresponsible" comment I made above. Why would it be irresponsible for me to post spells, you ask? Well, spells can be used for many intents and reasons...it doesn't matter if a spell was created to be beneficial to someone (i.e. health), it can still be used with negative intent...just change an ingredient here, and a word there and presto, you have a curse. And because I was the one who provided the spell, I believe that any consequence that follows the user of that spell, will partially reflect on to me, because I was the creator, and I was the provider. I have some responsibility in what happens to the intended target of the spell. I don't get away scott-free...I"m not with "clean hands" (to use legal jargon).
Besides all the reasons I stated above, I feel it's rather lazy of me to post spells for people to just pluck off my blog and put into their book, without knowing fully if they'll give me due and proper credit (I think I know for 100% certainty they won't). People who look for spells online don't care who wrote them, only that they work. And that's something that irritates me. Proper credit. I hate not having proper credit for something...to properly credit the creator of a piece of writing (which is why most times I'll post "Anonymous. If anyone knows the author please inbox me and I'll place proper credit where credit is due"). If I put out a spell...something I worked REALLY hard for...to MY personal time and dedication to it, I'm not going to just hand it out to some random stranger simply because they asked me for it. Why do I have to take all this time doing all this hard work and research to create a spell designed for a specific purpose, only to hand it over to someone who couldn't be bothered to do the same?
I don't understand all these novice Wiccans, Witches and various Pagans out there who think they don't have to do all this work, and with this wonderful invention called the internet, providing all this stuff at the click of a mouse, they have all they want at their disposal, with no work involved. How is this going to gain them a sense of accomplishment? How is reciting something like a recipe making something their own?
Sure, I can go out and buy a journal to place my book of shadows in, however I wouldn't feel like it was truly my own, even if I DID draw a pentacle on it, paste pretty clip-art pictures everywhere and paint it deaglo colors...but I wouldn't feel like it was mine. I take time to hand make my books because then I feel like it's really mine and I get a sense of accomplishment. My time, my sweat, my patience went into making the book, therefore it's truly mine. It's no different with a spell. I took all this time, patience, research, WORK to write my spell, I'm not going to cater to those who don't want to do any work of their own and want things handed to them on a silver platter.
I've learned over my decade-plus years being a Witch. In the beginning I too was the one plucking spells off a website only to feel unfulfilled when I cast them. That's why I began researching what herbs are used for what, what stones are used for what, what colors are good for what, what moon phases are beneficial (though this I don't use very often anymore), etc. I now get a stronger sense of accomplishment, and a greater amount of success because I did the work. I strongly suggest anyone looking for spells (ESPECIALLY novices) do the work as well.
Ma’iingan
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