While I do find it good for members to learn how to make their own spells and see the differences in different types of spells and how they are written, I frown upon the fact that people jump to conspiracy by claiming that a majority of spells on a website are not usable and possibly fake. Besides.. Spells that are fake are the ones that defy any physical or spiritual boundaries. It seems like some people whom jumps to these conclusions without any back up are being simply being ignorant and more focused on such fantasies rather than being more open minded to the fact that may not be true. After all, there are no statistics suggesting such a claim to be right or wrong. Suggesting that a majority of spells are not usable and simply fake hasn't been proven true. There are a multitude of spells on this website and unless someone can come up with an engine or a group of people gathered together to go out and find how many spells defy physical and spiritual boundaries then there is no way of actually knowing.
Anywho.... I would also like to point out the good and bad are subjective terms and not necessarily known as "truth". Plus I do not feel it is always the quality or content of the spell as a whole. I feel like it is more towards the intentions of what the practitioner wants to achieve with the spell. Many people can't pronounce things, have speaking and reading issues, and so much more. That is why I came to that conclusion on quality and content. I would also like to take into account that not everyone can express themselves as people may want them to do so. This does go for proper grammar and all that when sharing a spell that you made or found.
Spells that are considered fake aren't entirely bad or unusable. Yes, they may defy physical boundaries and may not be considered real by most people, but they can induce something called the placebo effect which I do not find entirely bad. I do think it can be good for starting to think outside your box and become aware of different perspectives. Fantasy driven spells also help attract people to the occult and learn our ways rather than having misconceptions about our perspective of things.
Sociology, i compltely agree with the words you state. Yes, many spells on the website tend to be, ''fluffy''. This is normal for every website, but these spells are to indeed bring traffic to the website.
Sometimes a spell to say, ''become a wolf''can indeed be seen as, ''fluffy'', but truth is, some claim one little unrealistic thing makes that person fluffy in magic, thus that can include their rankings. While members who are fluffy, sometimes these members need guidance, or indeed are newbies trying to fulfill their dreams, due to the so called, ''magic'' defination from the media. Is that really all it takes?
When i first came on the site without an account, around 5 years ago, i wanted to be a fairy, and indeed the responses were harsher claiming fluff. Sometimes it is misinformation, or media that cause these problems to arise more efficiantly now, then back then.
I get what you are saying Socio, and I agree with a lot you are saying actually. While I personally wrote this post to be informative, a lot of it is based on opinion.
Wow that was an excellent read my friend, thourougly enjoyed that beautifully written with lots of information. Thanks so much, iv'e been looking into some shamanic practices myself recently and did a post on protection so this is right up my street today, thanks man!
Fluff spells draw in more visitors, its how I got here three years ago, at the time I wanted to believe that werewolf spells were real, obviously I know better now but these fluffy fantasy spells do aid in drawing in new members. This post would have been helpful for me if I was starting out, but I already know much of this, not that I personally use spells. I thank you Rhi Sabelle for this helpful post, and I hope that beginners find it useful.
