General Questions About Wicca And Magick Re Is There Anything I Should Be Afraid Of

Electra wrote:

Is there anything I should be afraid of when doing a spell or a ritual? I know this may sound weird, but I was raised in a family where all forms of magick is bad. Is there a certain group of people I should be afraid of, referring to the prosecution of many Witches throughout time.

Generally speaking, no. You don't need to be afraid of anything. You do need to prepare though. As with any minority, witches can be the target of social persecution which requires a thick skin. If you don't feel you would handle social ridicule very well then just keep who you are and what you do to yourself.

Don't be afraid to do spells or rituals; however, again you'll want to prepare. As your magic grows stronger entities may be drawn to you. Some might be good, some might be bad. That's why it's important to learn cleansing spells, protection spells, banishing spells and invisibility spells. It's also important to learn how to ground excess energy from spells.

So don't be afraid! Be prepared!

Goddess Bless!

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Harry Potter Magic Wands Diy

We have been listening to Harry Potter audio books for a while now.We are on book 6: The Half blood Prince.So spells and charms are not uncommon at our house.Only usually they are performed with a carrot, a chopstick or something like that.So we made Magic Wands!

You need Paper. We used card-stock...but I think printer paper would work too.Also, tons of hot glue. We used all pictured here plus 1 stick for 3 magic wands.(about 5 sticks each wand) Roll your paper into a tight tube. One end slightly larger than the other.Hot glue in place. Fill that tube with HOT GLUE. I did this part, not the kids. The tube gets hot too. Hold it upright and pump glue into the top.It will drip down and dry.Keep filling.We stuck them in the fridge to cool off faster!

Then turn them over and fill in from the tiny end.Make a little mound of glue on each end and let cool completely.

Then use your hot glue to make designs and patterns. Paint your wand! Dan did a wood-like brown, I did gray, Hay did pink (hers looked a lot like a candlestick) Paint designs, runes or add crystals for the perfect wizard wand! They are heavy, sturdy and feel like a high quality wand! Wizard duels haven't been the same since!Pretty sure mine has a Phoenix feather coil inside.

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Devout Or Just Stupid

This one made me laugh out loud. The original story was pretty familiar - another case of a supposedly devout Christian protesting kids reading the Harry Potter books. The stated that a British teaching assistant refused to let a child in her class read one of the Harry Potter books, was disciplined by the school, and resigned from her position. I considered adding the story as an update to my last Harry Potter entry, but decided that there wasn't much too it besides the usual self-righteous censorship.Well, I was wrong. The assistant turned around and sued the school for religious discrimination, claiming that it was unreasonable for the school to discipline her because of her beliefs. And what were those belief, you ask? Why, she was frightened of the spells in the Harry Potter book!Teaching Assistant Quits in Fear of Potter SpellYup, that's right kids. As a practicing ritual magician all I have to do is wave my wand and vibrate AVADA KEDAVRA in order to kill you! In fact, here's my entire Grimoire detailing the extent of my arcane and esoteric skill and knowledge. Fear my awesome power!You know, I'm not sure what I find more pathetic about this story - that this idiot actually believed that Harry Potter had anything to do with real magick, or that her motivation had nothing to do with faith or morality and everything to do with cowardice. Wouldn't an actual devout Christian believe that her God is powerful enough to keep her safe from a ten year old mumbling imaginary curses? Or even real curses?But hey, at least she provided me with a laugh.UPDATE: (JUNE 12TH) The legal tribunal hearing the case didn't take very long to rule against this idiot.'I don't do witchcraft' teacher loses tribunalI'm still surprised that she believed she had any chance whatsoever of winning, given that the Wicca religion has absolutely nothing to do with the Harry Potter series and that if the Potter books were found to be discriminatory the same logic would apply to the entire fantasy genre. C.S. Lewis has spells in his books, too, and just like in the Potter books, they aren't real spells.

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