(be) Real

Week 35

Respect, Responsibility, Reality Check

Oh look it's 5am again.. sheesh, why can't my inspiration come during the day? Maybe it's the super full moon out... but unlikely, I'm always like this.

So then.... let's get to it.

Respect
Have some. People may not share the same views as you and even if you now dislike that person, have some respect and don't do magic against them. That's just not on, it's bad manners, it's bad practice and it's disrespectful to attack someone because you don't like them anymore. You're not respecting the Laws of magic, the Universe and you're abusing it.

Respect other people's views. You don't like it when the Jehovah's Witnesses knock on your door and preach to you, so don't force your version of what you believe in, down others throats. It is quite possible for there to be more than one way to do things.  Slagging off and pouring poison in to other people's ears because you've had a fall out is wrong. You are putting dis-harmony out in to the universe, you are affecting others with your negative energies and that stems from a lack of respect for those you are attempting to influence/glamour.

People say respect has to be earned... yes and no. Each person has a level of respect and they can either do things that increase or decrease that respect. Demanding that people have to earn it, is just a big fat ego at work and lets face it, you're kidding yourself if you think you can demand it.  Doesn't work that way.  You don't have to like someone, to respect what they do.

Responsibility
Take some.  Everything we do, we are responsible for. We make choices and those choices have consequences.  Being responsible for something doesn't mean you are to blame. It means you are owning your actions and mistakes. It takes a big person to admit when they are wrong... eating humble pie can be very filling too.

Magical responsibility. As I've previously blogged, you don't need to do magic at the drop of a hat. Someone pisses you off? Hexing them isn't the answer. It's a stupid misuse of energies, directed at someone in anger/spite/vindictiveness/revenge and those energies are not good to put out to the Universe. It's irresponsible, disrespectful and bang out of order.  For every action, there is a reaction... be prepared to take responsibility for your magical actions. They have a habit of biting you in the arse when you least expect it. Karma... nah, it's the Universe batting it right back at you for being stupid. You want to raise some demons - you better know how to put them away afterwards. Oh, I've heard some stories about that! Dickhead...

Be Real
This ain't Charmed. Or any of those other witchy shows/films. Those are FICTION and FANTASY. It is NOT real. Hey, I enjoy watching it as much as the next person but not for one minute did I think it was real magic.  It's ENTERTAINMENT.

You are you, that's pretty awesome already. You don't need to model yourself on some fictional character, you don't need all the Boffo. You don't need to buy spell books. You are not a sheep. Be real, be YOU.

More on Magic and Responsibility

" MAGIC. TIME. BEAUTY

All are held in the eyes of the beholder and all are, and mean, different things to different peoples.

High Magic, Ritual Magic, Kitchen Witch'in, Earth Magic, The Power of Prayer, Belief, Meditation, Concentration of Will, call it what you like.  It is the ability to influence the material world by the intervention of powers or forces not of this realm or not yet fully understood and catalogued by the Science of the day.

Coincidence, and a chain of events leading to a certain conclusion, may just as easily be thought of as Magic, where there was clearly the intent, as any other of a Supernatural appearance. It is worth noting here that many Practising Magicians, principally those involved in Earth Magic and Mysteries, would not view things as or of a Supernatural nature, more of a very Natural, and as yet unexplained nature.

The very nature of Magic is that it is a way in which we the Practitioner can influence the turn of events. With this must come a certain responsibility, and poses many questions of Ethics and Morality. These questions are best, and can in any event only be answered by the practitioner in question.

Do What thou Wilt, Be it in love and harm none. This is in fact little better than Hitler's justification for the Holocaust, and I'm afraid sorry is not good enough!

Each and every one of us has a responsibility for our actions. It's the price we pay for freedom of will and yes, call it Karma or whatever, someone must pay the piper at the end of the day.

We, each and every one of us, must justify our actions - in the first instance to ourselves and in the same instance to our God/dess.

All we do, we do in their Name/s also, I don't Know about you or the Christian God, but I for one wouldn't wish my name to be taken in vain.

Live and let Live is all well and good as far as it goes.

You have been gifted Freedom of will, use it wisely.

Arthur Pendragon /|\       "