Do you believe in Magic & if so why? Do you practice it?

Answer 1

I think in the past, people could "do" things, such as cure a wart on a cow or something. Now you couldn't find people that could even do that. If you read older books on the occult like "Pow Wows" or "Albertus Magus" they talk about doing such things.

I don't practice it because I don't want to wind up like these people:

http://usminc.org/famous.html

Silver Ravenwolf has written close to a dozen books on the subject of "The Craft", and claims she has been studying it since about 1969, which is almost as long as I’ve been alive. She has written a book on how to cast money spells, and includes a chapter on how to do so in her Teen Witch book. But the thing is, she doesn't particularly sound all that prosperous herself. Ravenwolf writes,

" For years I couldn't afford to go to a hair stylist (still can't, it's
shop and chop for me). I got pretty good at stying my own hair from looking at magazine pictures" [SOURCE: Teen Witch, Llewellyn Publications, 2003 edition, page 145]

OK, she so rich she can't go to the hairdresser. Hey, get me a copy of that Prosperity Spell book! And guess what, they can't make love spells work either. You may have gotten the impression witchcraft works from shows like "Charmed" and "Buffy", but they don't. It's fiction! There are no love spells, even though self-deluded people will tell you otherwise.

Silver Ravenwolf seems to have inadvertently discovered that Wicca makes things worse, but won't ever admit it as such.
In Teen Witch she says "A lot of people tell me how bad their lives have gotten after casting a spell and tell me they won't do Witchcraft anymore. I tell them their lives would have been much worse for not having cast the spell".

Gee Silver, you would think a lot of people would be saying things like "Hey, Silver Ravenwolf, my life has improved tremendously with Wicca!" if Wicca is as great as they claim. Instead it makes lives much worse, and even Silver Ravenwolf admits she hears this a lot!!!

All the occult is good for is to bring misfortune into one's life.

Answer 2

I believe in Magick (spelled with a 'k' at the end to differentiate between stage magic). I believe that magick is that which science has not proven yet or cannot fully explain. I don't believe in the what you see on TV, movies, or read in books. Harry Potter/Charmed/Buffy magic is a joke and for entertainment only. True magick is about improving yourself and helping other through creative visualization and belief. Magick is akin to pray except whereas pray requires help for an external 'source', the power behind magick comes from within and the power of Nature. There are cases of people healing from incredible situations where doctors gave the person no hope of survival, the only "cure" was the power of their belief that they would get better. This is what real magick is all about.

And yes, I do practice magick but I do it only to help myself and others, with their permission. I strongly believe that whatever energy you put forth in the world returns to you so if you try to harm another it will come back to bite you in the butt.

Blessed Be )O(

Answer 3

A google search would assist you greatly. Pagans, Wiccans, Satanists, and Thelemites all practice magic. Then there are magical institutions and groups that aren't strictly religious. Chaos Magicians or the The Temple ov Psychick Youth. So it sort of depends on what kind of magic you're trying to practice and why.

Answer 4

*Never* practice magic|||||

This is why|
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Feng Shui!
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Feng Shui is the ancient art of furniture placement in a room or house to maximize "chi" or the "good vibes" in a place|

However, there is a serious problem with that, and no Christian should practice it|

It is because it belongs to the domain of the *occult.*


Now Feng Shui is based upon a truth - a profound truth!

That is what makes it so deadly|

It is based upon the truth that there is a meaning and an effect associated with the arrangement and pattern of *everything|*

However, this *science of pattern* is a science that far exceeds the *normal* human capacity of understanding|

We are not to be involved in that unless we know what we are doing|


Now what the occult is, is observing snippets and fragments of that science and then attempting to exploit pattern for your own knowledge or gain (e.g. Tarot cards, Palm reading, Astrology, Tea Leave Reading. etc. do this)|

That stuff is not fake| It is deadly real|

It exploits the science of pattern for the sake of power or inner knowledge of the practitioner|

Now the pure spirits (both good and bad) have a grasp of this science of pattern|

The good angels utilize it discretely for our benefit, but the bad angels will play the practitioner of the occult like a violin who dabbles in it|

Dabbling in the occult always destroys the intellect and the will|

That is why someone long practiced in witchcraft or sorcery becomes *retarded* in his or her own way in time|


Now with Feng Shui, a person *forces* pattern in an environment, while ironically not knowing what he is really doing|

It is like putting a child at the controls of a nuclear reactor|

That is why any place that practices it, has *something* of a good feeling to it - but at the same time, it is subtly icky and fake|


Anyways, just to give you the low-down on it|


The amazing thing about Catholicism is that an *infinite deductive science* can proceed from it|

In fact, vast systems of science can proceed from it|

With the Catholic Faith, there is an infinite ocean of truth to explore|||


Jim McCrea
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Answer 5

I practice magic every day. I know 7 card tricks 5 rope tricks, cups and balls, penetrating cards, and several others.

Answer 6

No. Magic isn't real, it is the stuff of fables. Humans have this whole new Field now it's called Science

Answer 7

Why not there is nothing wrong with magic. It is just a lot of slight of hand. You talk as if it is real. No I wont say it.

Answer 8

Im not sure about actual Magic but I do think that if you do certian rituals, light certian candles, incense ect...It can turn your energy around.

Answer 9

Magic is real. It works. However, you need to know HOW it works. Magic works because demons make it work, not because the HUMAN has any power.

When you try to get out of it, they will make your life a nightmare.

BUT, demons tremble at the name of Jesus.

Answer 10

They play in Orlando and they have to practice to win.