Ritual and religiously prescribed killing (of humans and animals) is also part of Jewish and Christian history. It's all in the Bible.
Most introductory books on working magick include instructions for how to do basic protection and banishings to clear out unwanted invisible...
The smiley that Etu Malku included at the end of his post suggested to me he was joking. Of course you can do spells without using candles!
Here are the spells I would recommend. Remember that no spell is 100% guaranteed to work though. It depends on your talent for being convincing....
Personally I always thought it was a bit demeaning to assume that cultures like the Egyptians couldn't have been smart enough to accomplish things...
Most of the Pagans I know liked the original Wicker Man movie but hated the Nicholas Cage remake. And the usual comment that is made about the...
Another alternative currency was described by Cory Doctorow in his sci-fi book "Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom". In his story, money was...
I think you'll find that most experienced magickal practitioners rarely repeat other people's spells exactly as written. Spells that are created...
Results usually depend on the specific magick being done, just like with science or medicine results vary. For instance if I do a healing spell...
If you want to send a private message to a member here, just click on their name where you see a post by them, and in the menu that pops up there...
Like with any scientific experiment is all comes down to careful definition of one's terms, the circumstances and methods of the test, and what...
Seattlegal -- if I'm understanding your posts, based on a Zen outlook, if we were to take it to the logical conclusion then the "ideal" or most...
It all depends on the specific spell and what you are trying to accomplish. Sometimes props are not necessary -- but props (like actual medicine...
How do we know that anything works? By trying, observing results, and then seeing if we can repeat the results. It's the basis of science, and...
Please don't double-post. Copying and pasting whole posts and then reproducing them in multiple places on the board could be considered spamming...
Which God are you talking about? I'm a polytheist. Lots of myths describe both gods and goddesses performing magick spells. For instance, the...
Vajradhara, I find it interesting that you describe Right Hand Path as the negative one, and Left Hand Path as the positive one. In Western...
Yes, merely reciting the words can be enough IF you consider the spell to be "merely" a prayer. There are many who practice magick who consider...
I'm with Wil on this -- and you'll find that many modern Pagans, Witches, and Wiccans agree that attempting to hex or jinx someone is messing with...
It depends -- is the spell supposed to be in the paper itself, or is the paper merely your instruction sheet? If it's an instruction sheet (the...
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