Funnily enough, the two people currently going on a ‘honeybee is an awful person pass it on’ rant, have also blocked me. So I can’t actually reply to them!
However, they both raise an interesting point about cursing/malignant magic in general.
This entire post is in reference to this thread, in which ways to shame or harm a bully/slanderer were discussed. OP’s replied, but also blocked me, so I can’t reference their replies. But they both basically said my suggestion was gaslighting, abusive, and that I was ‘filth’.
@phoenix-fire-witchcraft has made similar posts to this before, I think. So I’m sorry if some of this sounds the same, love.
Now. The general idea of what the two OP’s were saying is that to CURSE someone with paranoia and shame from your own home, as @gardenofthequeen suggested in the aforementioned post is ONE THING, but to curse them in PERSON, especially in a way that can’t be tracked, and then add verbal slander besides (as I suggested), is entirely different and wrong.
Yet you see, this is not only subjective morally (is it really wrong to punish a bully, when there is so FEW other consequences to be found in bullying?), but it also raises the age old question:
Is Magic real? Does it have real life consequences?
If a curse is cast from home with the intent of causing paranoia, fear and shame, then would the effects not be the same as doing an action to cause the same in ‘real life’?
Apparently, OP’s think not. They called it Gaslighting. Abusive. Sick.
But...So is bullying. So is verbal harassment. So are the myriad other ways people harm others for joy and spite. Why should they not be punished?
Here is the divide in modern witchcraft: is Magic TRULY as real as in-person actions? I say yes, they say no.
There should be no difference in your mind between ‘magic’ and ‘real life’ actions. If you would not take action for a similar result in life, you shouldn’t do the same magic. @fumbletongue and I had a great discussion about this the other day, and it ended between us in what can also be the ONLY answer to OP’s accusations: You cannot govern another persons magic.
Would I verbally slander and mock a bully, ESPECIALLY if they were hurting people who couldn’t or won’t defend themselves? Abso-fucking-lutely. My magic is no different.
I personally don’t care what you call me, lovelies. Filth....Sick...Abusive...that’s fine, honestly. I’ve been called worse in my time! But your opinion only has the weight of itself.
Congratulations OP. You lived through abuse. In fact, so have I! So have many, many people. Don’t use it to gain weight in an argument.
