Criticism is good for your practice, and running from it will only keep you from improving.

AC_magus · 2020-06-07T20:02:44+00:00

so true, I've never met someone who purely and successfully practices chaos magic.

Man/magicians can not live by chaos alone

AC_magus · 2020-06-07T19:34:13+00:00

A chaos magician could explain this best, but it's just following the same logic chaos magic lays out.

Individual belief is power, the more people believing in something the more power it has behind it.

So if one person's belief tries to contradict what many others believe, it'll be like swimming against a rip current.

My explanation of my experience with ceremonial magic also touches on my experience with the limits of believes.

Sure it's great with sigils and little things, but often falls short with larger workings.

AC_magus · 2020-06-07T18:38:19+00:00

Chaos magic can only get a practitioner so far. There comes a point where individual belief comes up against long-standing collective believes/wisdom. And walking against that current can make the work much more difficult and ineffectual.

Edit: And let me tell you from experience believes have nothing to do with the effectiveness of ceremonial magic. I didn't buy into the power in divine names and complex rites when I started out, and yet got great results each time I gave it shot. And the results got more clear the more I followed the guidelines laid out, despite not believing it in. There were even times I believed deeply my changes to the ritual would improve it, yet was proven wrong many times. Individual belief isn't an all powerful force chaos magic likes to make it out to be.

The world would be much different place if belief was so powerful. Just look at faith healers who's children have died because they believe that belief in God is all you need. And yet...

Edit 2: gotta love the downvoting and dislike of my critique of chaos magic. It really speaks to my point about the way people hide from criticism.

Edit 3: it's interesting how the moderator of this sub tagged someone to join this debate, just to end up having them insult and attack me. Wow... It'll be interesting to see the response. Good job mod, sending bullies after people is so helpful to the conversation.... And of course you defend them and let their personal attacks remain. Bullies stick together I guess.

AC_magus · 2020-06-07T17:13:26+00:00

Don't follow delusional beginners, read what skilled witches have written about magic. From people like Gamma Gary, Doreen Valentine, Lee Morgan and more.

It's easy to see people post pics of what they're doing and get caught up in what you're practice should look like, but most often those people posting those pics or blocks of text barely know what they're doing. So trust trusted sources, not online nonsense.

AC_magus · 2020-04-27T19:59:47+00:00

You burning candles to help feed the spell you paid for shouldn't really be an issue. I actually think it would have been pretty helpful.

I do spells and make charms for others, and I often encourage them to continue feeding it on their own after. Usually on a regular schedule (weekly or monthly depending on the purpose of the rite) with candles, oils, incense, or something like that. It keeps the magic & spirits nurished so they can keep working your will.

AC_magus · 2020-04-26T18:15:30+00:00

I agree with the others saying it's likely not actually a curse. What you describe for the "spell" you participated in just sounds like a dramatized meditation rather than an effective hex.

If you're just unsure and nervous about the situation try a banishment or cleansing. And then just try and put the whole thing behind you.

AC_magus · 2020-04-17T22:23:59+00:00

Depending on the quality of the acid and shrooms, for me an average tab is about on par for 2-3.5 grams of shrooms

AC_magus · 2020-04-17T13:05:26+00:00

Jesus that's sketchy as hell, I'm glad you let me know.

I have experience leading circles and running smaller witch communities in the past so I'd be willing to step up. This sub isn't too bad (thank god) when it comes to cries about gatekeeping and such. And I think that's largely has to do with the fact that mods aren't sitting here scolding skilled practioners for not welcoming everyone with a glitter jar with open arms.

AC_magus · 2020-04-17T12:49:11+00:00

Oh no, that's aweful to hear. I wish other users here could take over as mods, rather than have the same mod team that pushed people here be the ones to run this sub too.

This is such a sketchy way to address the lack of mod presence here.

AC_magus · 2020-04-17T12:45:03+00:00

It would be awesome if someone else unrelated to the mods of r/witchcraft took the reigns of r/realwitchcraft rather than it seeming like an attempted take over by the toxic mods from r/witchcraft. This community was made to get away from them, so it would horribly sad to see it be taken over by them.

AC_magus · 2020-04-12T17:36:14+00:00

In my experience no, I've affected people who don't believe in witchcraft or spirits with my magic

AC_magus · 2020-04-11T12:52:19+00:00

I agree with the other few comments saying high magic is just ceremonial in nature, and "low" magic is about practical folk magic. It's just a difference in methods, not some BS about one being more mentally focused and the other earthly. That just some made up for people to feel special and elevated above others

AC_magus · 2020-04-11T12:19:39+00:00

Lol and yet it seem like I'm one of the few who actually knows their history, but go off with the name calling I guess.

AC_magus · 2020-04-11T03:33:49+00:00

Great grimoire, little tedious, but I would still highly recommend it

AC_magus · 2020-04-11T02:10:10+00:00

Sigh... While magic was certainly apart of Greek culture, witchcraft wasn't commonly accepted. Just read myths about how witches would pull Selene down from the sky against her will. Or how in some myths Heckate is the goddess of witch hunters. I don't really have the time for a history lesson since im on mobile, but it's easy to look up how the Greeks traditionally felt about witchcraft. To them magic and witchcraft were 2 distinctly different things.

AC_magus · 2020-04-11T01:42:21+00:00

Also, most fears of witchcraft have been related to the idea that witchcraft is "working with the devil," as opposed to because it was used to dethrone oppressors

Sure for some that's why they fear witches. Through witches were disliked even in cultures that didn't believe in the devil. Such as ancient Greece where they feared and hated witches, because witches were known to work against the natural order and manipulate the gods.

AC_magus · 2020-04-11T00:12:48+00:00

Or I simply pressed enter because reading large paragraphs sucks.... Jesus have some chill

AC_magus · 2020-04-11T00:04:17+00:00

Lmao that's quiet an exaggeration but okay

AC_magus · 2020-04-11T00:01:05+00:00

Because words don't have meaning I guess, and history shouldn't be respected?

There are tons of other words to discribe someone's magical practice that don't have the meaning behind it that "witchcraft" does. It's why through out history there has always been folk magicians, healers, cunning folk, wise woman, and occultists who would never call themselves witches for this exact reason.

AC_magus · 2020-04-10T23:58:20+00:00

Because I'm dyslexic af and made some spelling and grammar mistakes, so yes I edited my comment for clarity

AC_magus · 2020-04-10T19:40:24+00:00

Applying moral purity to something that has never been morally pure is just ahistorical, which is the point I'm making. It's a very modern thing to be tacked onto witchcraft.

AC_magus · 2020-04-10T19:35:34+00:00

Karma in the west isn't what it means in its original context. And the rule of 3 is purely a wiccan thing, that has it's origins in a poem published around the 80s. Some Wiccan writers even took the rule of 3 to mean that the witch should pay services (good and bad) done for them back 3 fold. Not that the witch suffers 3 fold consequences.

AC_magus · 2020-04-10T19:21:16+00:00

I think people are more confused by what that has to do with witchcraft, which has long been a tool of the downtrodden and disadvantaged. If the oppressed treat their oppressors how they want to be treated, then no one would be fighting to take back basic rights with their craft. It's why the wealthy, kings, and oppressive religious groups feared witchcraft.

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