Now, I will not write a load of stuff on the subject, but I do feel that it is of great importance for all people to know this.
You should never cast a love spell. Ever. Many people would agree with me on this. Everyone has free will, and when you cast a love spell on them, it takes that away. It basically just makes the person who the spell is cast upon a dummy. I say dummy as in the meaning, they can not do, almost, anything for themself. They follow you around, and too be honest, it gets really annoying.
Tell me something, would you like it if someone took away your free will? I did not think so. But, if you still wish to do a love spell, or any spell in fact, you need to learn the basics. The basics are as follows:
Meditation
Grounding
Visualization
Shielding
and
Energy Manipulation
Every witch who has ever cast a spell, has done these techniques. If anyone tells you they have cast a spell, and they have not done the basics, they are lying. And, iif you want to cast a spell, you need to practice the basics every day. Not just once or twice. It is imperative to learn the basics, before you do any spells, of any sorts.
Some people, with their whole life, from when they begin magick, until they end magick, do nothing but the basics. But I am getting off track.
Some people believe in the three fold law, or some other stuff like that. I personally think it is bull, along with religion in general. They may tell you that whatever you do, comes back to you three times, either negatively, or positive. Depending on what you did. Again, there is no proof that has ever happened. But sometimes, if you think about something enough, it just happens. I am not saying you can bring back Uncle Will from the dead just by thinking, or even bring someone back to health. What I am saying, is that positive thinking goes a long way. If you think positive about, let's say, you winning a stuffed animal for your girlfriend at a carnival, you just might win it. But there is no proof on that happening either.
Now, I am quite scatter brained, so I hope I did not go all over the map too, too bad. I hope it is legible to others, and that others understand it. Farewell, and good luck.
Prophet, this is your opinion but I beg to differ. Many paths have different perspectives and methods of working with energy. Your opinion that love spells are wrong is just that an opinion. There is another perspective which is that loves spells are no different from wearing a beautiful dress or nice perfume, in that it attracts the target without effecting free will. The three fold law applies to wiccans and any other pagans that wish to apply it. Let individuals decide what works for them.
I agree with prophet. As far as I know I've never been the target of such spells. But, I do know of plenty of people in my life that may or may not "love" me. If they were to cast a love spell on me, and I found out I'd feel simply insulted. Using something as powerful and wondrous as magick for simple base desires is unethical at best. If someone were to tell me that they loved me, and I simply didn't return the feelings for any reason. It would further prove my lack of attraction if they were to start slinging love spells my way. (Brings forth thoughts of overly attached girlfriend memes.) I also doubt anyone on this site would be very happy if I started working love spells at them, actually I find it likely they would be very upset. A bit of a rant, but I thought I'd throw in some of my opinions, seeing as how I'm an adversary of such frivolous magick. Good post prophet.
If you do cast a love spell and you promise yourself that you will always keep that person and his loved ones happy, whats the harm?
If I love someone so much that I can cast love spell... then definitely noone else can love that person more than me!
Just go for it dude...there is no Karma... if there really was any such thing I have a long list of people who did bad all their life and never got anything back!
My first thought is "why?" Love magic and love spells can bring about beautiful things and they can bring about not as desired things, but the same can be said about any type of magic or spell.
No spell I've known of has the direct effect of depleting the subject's intelligence. If obsession and total infatuation is what you're referring to as them being a dumby then I guess you should tweak the speicifics of yours spells to exclude this from happening. It can be done.
As for you saying never to cast a love spell. Ever. I was expecting you to say that the caster cannot take free will from a subject (would have made more sense to me for argument's sake) but no, you're arguing about ethics. Ethics is a touchy subject in any occult community and speaking your own as fact is not very intelligent. Some religions even, include the more aggressive forms of love magic but these practices are old and sometimes ancient, a young practitioner such as yourself shouldn't feel so freely to judge them.
"The basics are as follows:
Meditation
Grounding
Visualization
Shielding
and
Energy Manipulation"
The basics I'm hearing so much about, they're interesting and it's a good idea to try to give everyone a fair, first start but you cannot pinpoint a set of basics that work specifically for everyone and all the paths they may take. I can understand providing this list as an idea of how to start but NEVER tell a beginner there is only one way, because there is all ways many of ways to learn and practice the occult.
It is very possible, by the way, to cast a spell without using all the techniques you mentioned in that list. Very possible... I take it you aren't too far out of the crib yourself when it comes to occult practice.
If you imposing your personal, ethical beliefs on everyone wasn't enough you went ahead and insulted the Wiccan along with every other religion in the world. Brilliant move there, seems we have a very large population of Wicca on this site and I swear you just made friends with all of them.
I am not here to make friends. I have tried that, and it backfired. However, I never meant it to sound like this is fact. Merely an opinion. My mind has been known to wander when writing posts, so I do apologize for the never ever to cast a love spell.
Any spell you cast on someone has the potential to mess with their free will, or even backfire. It's the same with any action you physically take in life. Personally I feel it's a persons choice if they wish to do so. Hey it's you that has to face any consequences of your actions. As for the comment about people lying when they say they have done spells without doing the basics I say bah! You can do a spell without them. However it won't necessarily work. "The basics" are tools that some older practitioners suggest to help newbies learn about how magic works. They are not rules that all practitioners must follow. I do feel that they benefit your work but not all practitioners will learn the same.
L.L.B ~Angie
Re: Truth about Love Spells By: SueLearning Moderator / Adept
Post # 8 Aug 10, 2013
Personally I think it is wrong to do certain types of love spells. Ones that force someone to love you are very wrong! That being said this is what I have posted on my profile.Thought I would share.
My Thoughts and Feelings about using Magick to FORCE someone to love you.
Why do some of you feel the need to force someone to love you?
I was with my ex for 10 years and I have known him for many more. We may have broken up but we are the best of friends. I refused to do any magick to get him to come back to me. We were not meant to be together as lovers yet we are meant to be together as best friends. How is it?
Then there are those of you that think it is all fine and dandy to do love spells that forcing someone to go against their own free will is no big deal. Think about this for a minute please.
Say things were turned around. Meaning you wanted nothing to do with your ex that you only wanted to move on with your life. Ok?
Then your ex thinks well I want you back and I do not care about what you want it is all about what I want. So this means it is perfectly ok for me (the ex) to do whatever I think I must. So I cast a spell on you to force you to come back to me. I make you go against what you and your heart truly want because I only care about what I want. Your now under my spell and there you will stay.
Now tell me How would you know for absolute certainty that the ex is with you because they truly love you or are being forced and blinded because you put your needs above theirs and used magick?
I sure hope I have not wasted my time by saying this. I honestly hope it helps you see how truly wrong it is to force anyone to fall in love with you using magick. Now that being said move on with your life and maybe try a spell like "Bring My Soul Mate Near"
Sue is right! Wouldn't it be better to draw someone that loves you for who you are rather then trapping someone just because you feel attracted to them? ;) I have found that charging a garnet or rose quartz in oil of daisy or rose water helps bring love into your life. I found the best friend I have ever had by doing so. Granted it's not physical "love" but it is love all the same :) L.L.B ~Angie