If you have come to Wicca or Paganism to use magic, then you have come to the wrong place to do it. To use magic, you need to use will power, everytime you say "mote it be" thats basicly asking the gods for a favour, and everytime you fail to do this spell, your will power becomes weaker, meaning you have lower chance of successfully casting a spell. That is why you have to have more "Faith" (Sorry if I use a Christian Term there) in your gods and godesses, and don't expect to JUST use spells without thanking your gods and godesess.
Most of you advanced users know the Witch's pyramid, yes?
Then you should already know what im talking about.
How do you use Will Power you may ask?
Well, when you are doing a curse, you are told to use Will power. To use will power, you have to use emotion, or so thats how I do it. You have to have emotion, you have to want it to happen, you have to have beleif in your gods. You should not think about your spell, and you should not tell anyone you have done spell. If it has worked, do not get all excited and tell your friends, keep it to yourself, because this could show you have only respected the gods for magic.
Sorry if I used it in the wrong context, I haven't read the witch's pyramid in a long time. Hope this goes into good use.
That's ridiculous that you think it would only apply to wiccans and pagans.. at least thats what I got. Anyone can do spells, there are no certain 'rules' for making magick work that are specific to any religion.
There are wiccans and pagans that break the rules that have spells work. There are atheists that do spells as well, not believing in the religion or the gods but they work through power of intent. There are tons of cases that defy those wiccan and pagan laws, and half of them are wiccans and pagans just not following the rules.
Do I believe in a god and goddess? Yes. I believe in some other gods too. However I have done magick for personal reasons (money etc) and NOT asked them for help. I have done spells relying only on myself- and I have ALSO done spells asking them for help. They both worked just as intensely.
Well the type of magick that uses the assistance of gods, goddesses, demons, spirits, etc, is Enochian. Remember, there are MANY different types of magick.
Enochian is binding a spirit to do your bidding, that is why so many symbols and shapes are involved. Therefore, it is a guaranteed success, as long as you obey the rules.
Death Goddess, I was just aiming the main religions where most of the kids are joining JUST for the magic, which is completely wrong, have you studied the witch's pyramid? If you have then you would understand me.
If a person 'joined' just for the magick then they aren't really part of the religion. To really be wiccan or some paganistic religions, you have to at the least go through a self dedication ritual. You have to let your gods accept you. You don't just 'join'.
Anyone who's doing it that way is probably too incompetent to be a real threat anyways.
And yeah Jayme I know there are diff. kinds of magick and some draw on the power of gods/goddesses and some don't, I do sometimes and dont sometimes so it'd be hard for me not to know the difference, lol.
I've studied the witches pyramid, and I still really dont understand how gods tie into it at all. The rest of your post is ok. It's just that sometimes you do your own magick without their help.
Aside from that... you really can't call anyone 'kids' since most of those 'kids' are around the age that frequents this site, including yourself. So we're most all 'kids' or at least teens... I am as well and I recognize I have no right to call others kids (unless they're under 10 years old )