A Safe & Responsible Way to Explore Witchcraft
A Facebook fan just emailed me for advice on how to start exploring the craft safely and responsibly. Our visitors often express concern or even fear about practicing magic and casting spells. They worry that if they make a mistake or do something wrong, their spell could backfire, causing bad things to happen.
What you need to remember is that true magic comes from within. The words you utter or the tools you use will not affect the results nearly as much as the thoughts and feelings you actually send forth. My best advice for those who are just starting out is to be less concerned about having the proper candles, aromas and other suggested tools, and more concerned with developing positive thoughts and feelings to send forth. This is the best way to practice the Craft responsibly and protect yourself from drawing unwanted negative energy into your life.
A line from the Wiccan Rede gives us sound advice: Mind the Three-fold Laws you should, three times bad and three times good... This is referring to the well known Law of Attraction. Like will always attract like, and the type of energy you send out into the Universe will be returned to you at least three-fold!.
For more information and examples on how to increase the flow of positive magic in your life, read my blog article "Is Your Magic Wand Broke?" And for the full version of the Wiccan Rede go to: http://wicca.com/celtic/wicca/rede.htm
What you need to remember is that true magic comes from within. The words you utter or the tools you use will not affect the results nearly as much as the thoughts and feelings you actually send forth. My best advice for those who are just starting out is to be less concerned about having the proper candles, aromas and other suggested tools, and more concerned with developing positive thoughts and feelings to send forth. This is the best way to practice the Craft responsibly and protect yourself from drawing unwanted negative energy into your life.
A line from the Wiccan Rede gives us sound advice: Mind the Three-fold Laws you should, three times bad and three times good... This is referring to the well known Law of Attraction. Like will always attract like, and the type of energy you send out into the Universe will be returned to you at least three-fold!.
For more information and examples on how to increase the flow of positive magic in your life, read my blog article "Is Your Magic Wand Broke?" And for the full version of the Wiccan Rede go to: http://wicca.com/celtic/wicca/rede.htm
Posted by Kardia at 1/25/2010 1:26 AM 
Categories: Lessons in Magic and Spellwork, Wicca and Witchcraft Workshop
Categories: Lessons in Magic and Spellwork, Wicca and Witchcraft Workshop
This is sound advice for anyone starting out. I remember thinking about how overwhelming it was to get together all the things I wanted for a spell. I had to see what supplies I needed and bought a compass so I would be able to find the directions for calling the quarters. You can so easily get all wrapped up in exactly how to follow a spell that you can overlook why you wanted that spell in the first place. It is more about what you put into it spiritually than what tools you have and how you choose to carry it out.
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The article below describes how Wicca draws from the Old Traditions of Witchcraft. While this is true, we would simply like to clarify that Witchcraft and Wicca, while simular in many respects, are not the same. One can be a Witch, without being a Wiccan, just as a person can be a Christian, without being a Baptist. Wicca is a recognized religion, while Witchcraft itself is not considered a religion. Thus, Wicca might best be described as a modern religion, based on ancient Witchcraft traditions.
What Is Wicca
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Contrary to what those who choose to persecute or lie about us wish to believe, Wicca is a very peaceful, harmonious and balanced way of life which promotes oneness with the divine and all which exists.
Wicca is a deep appreciation and awe in watching the sunrise or sunset, the forest in the light of a glowing moon, a meadow enchanted by the first light of day. It is the morning dew on the petals of a beautiful flower, the gentle caress of a warm summer breeze upon your skin, or the warmth of the summer sun on your face. Wicca is the fall of colorful autumn leaves, and the softness of winter snow. It is light, and shadow and all that lies in between. It is the song of the birds and other creatures of the wild. It is being in the presence of Mother Earths nature and being humbled in reverence. When we are in the temple of the Lord and Lady, we are not prone to the arrogance of human technology as they touch our souls. To be a Witch is to be a healer, a teacher, a seeker, a giver, and a protector of all things. If this path is yours, may you walk it with honor, light and integrity.
Wicca is a belief system and way of life based upon the reconstruction of pre-Christian traditions originating in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. While much of the information of how our ancestors lived, worshiped and believed has been lost due to the efforts of the medieval church to wipe our existence from history, we try to reconstruct those beliefs to the best of our ability with the information that is available.
Thanks to archaeological discoveries, we now have basis to believe that the origins of our belief system can be traced even further back to the Paleolithic peoples who worshipped a Hunter God and a Fertility Goddess. With the discovery of these cave paintings, estimated to be around 30,000 years old, depicting a man with the head of a stag, and a pregnant woman standing in a circle with eleven other people, it can reasonably be assumed that Witchcraft is one of the oldest belief systems known in the world toady. These archetypes are clearly recognized by Wiccan as our view of the Goddess and God aspect of the supreme creative force and predate Christianity by roughly 28,000 years making it a mere toddler in the spectrum of time as we know it.
Witchcraft in ancient history was known as "The Craft of the Wise" because mos
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Yes, that is very true. The core of any spell is really your intention, not your accessories. If you do a spell half-heartedly, it won't work nearly as well even if you have all the right material things to cast it. It's a little like yoga: doing the practice will help your body, but you need to put your mind and heart into it if you are to reap all the benefits.
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I have always told my children to "be careful when you point and think bad thoughts toward someone", and made them look at thier hand when they point.."there's only one finger pointing out, and 3 pointing back AT YOU" I catch my son checking his hand from time to time before he opens his mouth.
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I am becoming Wiccan....any pointers?????
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This was very good advice for anyone starting on the path. I also used to teach my students that they should do some form of divination before they attempt any magick. This not only gives you a better understanding of the web you are trying to affect, but also hones your skills in whatever form of prophecy you use. Every practicing witch should know some form of divination...be it runes, scrying, tarot, et al. Choose one and become the best at it.
All Blessings Be. )O(
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Is Wicca iherited? My mother claimed she was a "witch" not evil but I believe if someone caused her or her family harm she practiced rituals similar to "voodoo". She would cut a photo of the person she wanted to "not cause us harm" and made a doll with the photo glued onto the face. She didn't do anything else with the dolls I know of but she hid them. When she passed away I found one of these dolls she hid. It was quite scary.
My family is also highly intuitive. Is this related to "Wicca". My grandmother, my mother, me and my 10 year old daughter have the "gift".
Is this phychic ability classified as a form of witchcraft? I always believed without studying "Wicca" that if you send negative energy out it will comeback threefold tothe person who sent it. I just know this. I am also very careful and respectful of those who passed and even if I dislike a person I wish them the best. "Harm none" is also something I just know.
A few years ago i heard the term Wicca for the first time when I was looking at a home to purchase. As soon as I entered the home the owner, a woman, asked me if I was a "Wicca"? Can you answer some of the issues I brought up? Very confused but interested.
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The smartest advice I ever got was that the wise witch knows when NOT to cast the spell. If we walk calmly and respectfully in the world, the same should be returned to us. Never act in the heat of the moment.
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