Hello, I saw your post about how you think curses and using "dark" magick is fine and that people "overreact" about it...I've read that what you do will come back threefold, so if you curse someone karma will bite you in the ass. Hard. Do you believe that to be true? I think that's why curses are frowned upon.
Alright. Let’s do this. I’m going to be straight forward with how I feel. I’ll do my best not to rant. As a note, I am not angry at you as a person. I am just tired of people being butts.
First and foremost, I am not Wiccan. The Wiccan rede (advice) doesn’t apply to me because I am not Wiccan. I did not take that oath, I do not follow their beliefs. It is not involved in my life.
There are hundreds of different practices of magic, and they have a right to their own codes and beliefs. Just because it is a different subject, doesn’t mean people suddenly have the right to belittle others for what they believe in. For me, I see no difference when people say cursing is wrong and I should feel ashamed vs when Christians say I will go to hell for practicing witchcraft. Both are seeking to judge my beliefs in a negative way and make me feel bad about them. Please stop.
Second. I REFUSE to acknowledge the bastardized version of karma that the western world stole from eastern religions. I’m not going to even look at it. It is completely destroyed from its original context and has no effect in my life.
Third, I outright despise binary concepts of good and evil. The world isn’t placed into nice and neat bins that you can easily label. The world is a chaotic place that defies labels and refuses to be that simple. You have to do morally questionable things sometimes because you need to think about what is best in your life. Personally, I find it to be lazy thinking to just say “the universe will punish them”. No. I am going to take actions into my own hands because I am a witch. I am my own master. Someone hurts me or my own? I will make them regret the action, and make it so no one else will ever DARE.
Fourth, it is simply a defined part of my practice. I can’t ignore it. Witchcraft is of nature, and nature is everything. It is the healer, the murderer, the friend, and the betrayer. It is a beast that empowers you and can kill you at any moment. We can’t escape this truth. There is far too much history impeded in the world, and only those that choose to live in a lie can’t see it. It is the practice of my ancestors (both mighty and beloved). It is what I have been taught by my familiars and spirits. Magic, especially witchcraft, will always be manipulative, powerful, and amazing. Its very image is the witch healing herself and killing kings. I refuse to allow white washing to neuter my practices.
These laws that people fear and say that I should fear. They have never effected me. I have done many a things that others would deem scary or evil. They all worked and fixed the problem. I am in a far better place because of it.
People might see me as awful or evil for this. So be it. Witches will always be demonized by those that simply do not understand and care not to understand. And sometimes, witchcraft should be feared.
This isn’t to say that it is merely a cruel force of nature. It is wrong to not acknowledge all aspects of it. To ignore one part is to deny the whole. I honestly I feel like a tired old hag with all this.
