Do you feel Wiccan spells are Magic ?
is a spell magic ? or is it simular to a Catholic praying ?
What is your oppinion?
by 
Norman_Outside the lines
ANSWERS: 6
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All of the above.....It is all hocus pocus phoney-okus!
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Ive tried a few with no results.
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Christians sometimes pray to their God with the intent of obtaining God's power to change their life or to heal friends and family. Some light a prayer candle in their home or church. Such rituals have many parallels with Wiccan spells. What some Christians call prayers, Wiccans may call magickal spells. Wiccans are prohibited by their belief system from engaging in spells or other activities which harm others. This is a logical result of Wiccans' belief in the three-fold law, and their commitment to follow the Wiccan Rede -- their prime rule of behavior: Three-fold Law: "All good that a person does to another returns three-fold in this life; harm is also returned three-fold." The Wiccan Rede: "An it harm none, do what thou wilt." (In modern English: "Do whatever you wish as long as it harms no one.")
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It is similar to a prayer. Magic does not exist, only illusion.
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you have both types of magic (folk and real). This is where the misconception comes in. They BOTH work. The only difference is that folk magic works only if you believe in it. It basically has to do with the power of the mind. Whereas real magic works whether or not you believe in it. Remember that evil exists. It exists whether or not we believe in it or don't believe in it. For example, glamour spells like the type to change the color of your eyes do work, but not if you don't believe. Whereas, negative spells like some of the spells that the Palo Mayombe practitioners perform do work, even if you don't believe. I would say that 90% of Wicca spells have to do with the will/desire of the person performing the ritual. You might have 10% that have to do with direct deity involvement and work even if you don't believe in it. If you believe that someone is doing a spell on you and you don't believe then you won't be affected if it's regular folk magic. But if someone does something to you that involved invocation of entities, especially demonic entities then they will work.
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I don't feel that Wiccan spells are magick. I *know* they are magick (I prefer the -ick spelling to distinguish that sort of thing from sleight-of-hand type stuff). No, it's not quite like Catholic (or any other) praying. Magick spells may have a prayer component, but not necessarily.
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