how to obtain magic

I agree with what most of magickalprince has posted. While I will say that magic is not drawn up like a magic card in a game. Energy from the universe is channeled into your body and you direct it. You LIVE magic. To cast one spell has repercussions. One spell may work, but it may affect something else which would open up a can of worms. Another thing is, when you use energy, when you cast spells, beings in realms outside of the average persons knowledge become DRAWN to you. Dark things and light things, you become almost like alittle blip on a radar screen and everyone sees you. So even if your spell goes perfectly, and if you are a first time caster it rarely does, you are seen by a new world whether you know it or not. And as far as Red magic being blood magic, it is. Red signifies love in most cases, but he meant blood magic. Blood ties spells to make them much stronger, and while most spells are irriversible, it becomes practically unstopable depending on the way the blood is used. It becomes very complicated using blood. Not just sacrifices, blood in general. My original book of shadows was written in blood. It can be extremely dangerous. Please don't see it as a shiny new toy, blood magic. In most cases, if you are looking to cast a spell using blood it is probably not good.