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Hola my peoples! What is up?
Sorry- I know it’s Wednesday. Things were hectic Monday and
yesterday, let me tell you. But since my first class was cancelled, I can
update now.
So I promised you guys more info about Wicca. But first, I must
make this disclaimer: Though I wish I could, I CANNOT speak for everyone when I’m talking about this. Everything
does not apply to everyone. I am only talking from my experiences, people I have
encountered, and what I have learned along the way… now that that’s out of the
way, let’s begin.
I chose to convert to Wicca because I felt that my beliefs did
not align with the Christian way that I was born into. I believe in
reincarnation (not the same as eternal life in the Bible, right?), spirits
(seen/felt a few), the sixth sense (clairsentience, clairvoyance,
clairaudience, etc.), and healing through meditation, stone and crystals, and
chakra cleansing. And then there’s magic. I believe in that too.
By magic, I am not talking about Harry Potter-type magic- that
stuff is Hollywood inspired. Real
magic (usually spelled “magick” to avoid confusion with camera tricks and
slight-of-hand magic, as seen with magicians) consists of working with nature
and the universe in order to influence people or situations (generally in a
good way- once again, can’t speak for everyone). For instance, the five points
of the pentacle represent earth, air, water, fire, and spirit (no place in
there for Satan- imagine that. Haha!).
And we do spells. Not like, “bubble, bubble, toil and trouble,”
with a cauldron and bat wings. Spells are basically prayers and affirmations.
And I’ll just say this now- I do not
believe in using love spells! I’m sure with the right amount of influence,
they would work like any other spell, but influencing someone against their
will is not good. Which brings me to this:
“An it harm
none, do what ye will” and the Three-Fold Law. The first is the Wiccan
Rede, which basically states do what you want, as long as it doesn’t hurt
anyone or anything. And the Three-Fold Law is similar to karma- everything you do
has a consequence, which can be good or bad. If you do something bad (mostly on
purpose or for personal gain), it will come back to bite you in the butt three
times as powerful (this has happened to me, not with magick but with
relationships). If you do something good (especially when you’re doing it out
of goodness and not for personal gain) good things will come to you (I’ve also
experienced this). So basically don’t hurt anyone or anything for personal
gain, you’ll be fine.
Also, being a “solitary” Wiccan, well… the meaning is obvious-
solitary practice. It means that I do most or all of my worship and practices
by myself. However, I am a part of my college coven here. We just get together
to celebrate holidays, but I wasn’t able to make it for the only one so far.
For Yule- which is basically Christmas for us- I celebrated by practicing
astral projection, the ability to project my mind and body into the astral
plane while my body remains motionless on the physical plane. I did this
because it was a special day and I usually do not have the time to take some
time and practice, due to being too tired or too restless. So it was a special
day, even though I was not celebrating it with a group of people. And as I said
before, it’s different for everyone- some feel comfortable practicing with a
group, others like doing it in private. I’m one of the latter.
Alright, that will be all for now. I’m sure I’ll be coming back
to this soon enough- there is so much to say about this subject. If anyone has any
more questions or wants details from someone more experienced than I am, I
recommend watching videos by Cara:
She is a video blogger that talks about Wiccan matters and more,
from celebrating Samhain and Yule to working with stones and crystals (my
personal favorites). Later guys, and thanks for reading (as well as being so
patient for this post)!
Adding a touch of love (potion) and understanding to the world,
~H.P. Echo~
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