Should I get involved in voodoo curses and "black" magic?
Just wondering. I know that doing bad stuff would be very UN-Wiccan of me, and result in seriously seriously SERIOUSLY bad karma, but perhaps I'm supposed to experience the darker aspects of like?
I would only put curses on people who are being nasty.
Thanks for all the mega-fast answers.
I'm going to ignore silly/prejudice statements.
Anyone have a good reason for me to do it or for me NOT to do it? "My religious book says so" is not a good reason.
Geezah, it would be good if you checked your facts instead of making assumptions based on the words of a hateful religion (anyone visiting the website you linked to can quite easily see the hate prevalent in the Church of Satan).
I am what people may call a ?white witch? (though most Wiccans and other types of witches would simply call me a witch). I can?t speak for most witches, though I can speak for most Wiccans: most genuinely want to help others. They may ALSO want to use witchcraft for their own ends (extra money, getting a new job, etc.) but they follow the Wiccan Rede which councils them to send out positive energy (by way of reminding them of the three-fold law (or law/rule of three).
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Speaking as a Wiccan myself (I have been so for years), the three-fold law actually refers to a form of karma, not simply making someone feel bad. I have been on the receiving end of this law, so I know that, regardless of whether a person feels good or bad about doing something bad, they will receive negative karma (Wiccans believe the karma received is multiplied, hence ?Law of Three?).
If Wiccans could not deal with the esoteric ism, they would simply not become Wiccans or would choose a different path, or be a solitary Wiccan, as much of the teaching within Wiccan covens is oath-bound for various reasons and there is much unusual stuff within Wicca.
Defining yourself as a good person is not self-righteous. It may be self-righteous to constantly claim this, or to claim that you never do anything bad, but most people have an instinct to help others, though many also ignore this natural instinct.
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Guilt is not needless. It helps to ensure that people do not do the kinds of stuff that the Church of Satan advocates (or repeat such things). It would be good if the Church of Satan didn?t steal from Wicca and claim Wicca?s history as its own.
I've personally had the strongest curse (supposed to bring me fatal bad luck or something) a few years ago, by my own request, from some local guy that claimed to do the stuff... Guess what? I'm still here.
Don't bother worrying about the stuff, it doesn't work.
no because every curse that u put on people even if it's bad will back fire on you truth my friend did it and things haven't gone good for her demons will torture u at night ! please don't do it you'll start seeing thing email me on your decision pinksazzythng@yahoo
It's up to you. I say any "danger" depends on if you can do it without guilt.
I mean let's just look at this from a strictly psychological point of view. The real reason behind the Wiccan "3-fold Law" is that if you curse somebody, and then something really happens to that person, and you feel bad for having caused it, then you're going to feel "3 times as worse" and focus on any bad things that later happen to YOU.
The problem with "white witches" is that they want to indulge in the fun esoteric ism of witchcraft, but can't deal with the esoteric ism at the same time. So they self-righteously call themselves "white magic users", and try to tell themselves that they're not into it for personal gain or seeing their will implemented on others, which they are. If you self-righteously define yourself as a "good/holy" person, and then inevitably get angered by something, then you end up needlessly inducing guilt on yourself.
I try not to look at magic/Witchcraft through the filters set up by monotheistic religions, as if there is a bad and a good, a right and a wrong.
Different cultures have different ethics about magic. As a Wiccan, I have my own ethics, but I do not pretend that mine are superior and everyone Else's inferior. Perhaps I am missing something; I don't know, but I have to be fair about it that we are all just following what we believe.
The ethics behind cultures who practice voodoo are different than mine... I don't think that makes them evil.
Cursing is not necessarily evil any more than magic is evil-- it is all in how you use it. For example you can curse the cancer cells that are destroying someones body.
"Black" and "white" magic are very misleading terms-- magic is energy, it is neutral; the same principles are used no matter what your intent.
In Witchcraft, dark is not necessarily bad or harmful. Everything is in how you use it. Most things people associate with "bad" can be put to good use-- doesn't make the thing bad.
For example a gun, put in the hands of a good cop, becomes an object of protection even though in many cases it would be an object of destruction.
Another example is a bad habit-- like smoking pot would be a bad habit for a drug addict, but it might bring some comfort and ease the pain of a terminally ill patient making their last months of life more bearable than other treatments that would make them feel sicker.
It is the same with magic.
As for people being nasty-- I think that is another instance where it is not our place to make those kinds of judgment calls. I mean, if you believe in freedom, don't people have a right to be nasty? And who makes you the judge of who is nasty enough to deserve a curse and who isn't? Are you SO in your own judgment and fairness that you feel confident that you can meter out just punishment for people like a jury or a God? And what if you happen to be wrong?
Seems to me it is pretty arrogant for anyone to appoint themselves the Karmic Fairy who will reward the good and punish the bad.
I think you have much to learn about magic before you begin to decide how to effect others with it.
Should I get involved in voodoo curses and "black" magic?
