2007-01-24 09:55:25 · 17 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Aleister Crowley started spelling it that way; it is spelled to indicate actual magick, as opposed to stage magic.
2007-01-24 09:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I personally don't believe in the concept of "white" or of "black" magic-- magic is energy. it is neutral. It is a tool, like fire-- which can heat up your home or burn someone, but it is the same fire. There is no different fire for good intentions or bad intentions, there is also no different magic for good or bad. As for Witchcraft, any spell that will manipulate his mind or what he sees is invasive. There simply is no way around it-- if you are messing with his mind, there is something wrong with that. Honestly if you are going to use spells at all I would tell you to use one on yourself-- to help you let go and move on, because obsessiveness about other people is not healthy at all and not a healthy foundation for any stable relationship. but real Witchcraft is not just using oils or lighting candles-- it takes years of mental discipline & study before you become adept. A good rule of thumb is if you have to ask on a message forum like this, you're probably not ready for spells.
2016-05-24 05:26:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is spelled Magick to make it different from the magician magic.
2007-01-24 10:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic, magick, magik, is all part of being cool like in the 60's America was Amerika and under Reagan California was Kalifornia.
2007-01-24 10:04:17 · answer #4 · answered by Eva 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Odalism is correct. It was started to separate what he and other people practiced (essentially prayer) from stage magic. Rabbits out of hats and that kind of crap. Crowley didn't actually start it though. Like most of what's attributed to him, he just popularized it.
2007-01-24 10:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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It's a way to differentiate between stage magic and real magick.
2007-01-24 10:01:29 · answer #6 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It differentiates the "rabbit out of a hat" "stuff" - magic, from the Wiccan version "magick".
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2007-01-24 10:01:09 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Some use the alternate spelling to differentiate it from "sleight-of-hand stage magic".
I think it was originally Crowley's idiosyncracy.
2007-01-24 10:05:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is a cultic group that sets themselves apart as being different than other witches and crafts by spelling the word differently.
its just like some other groups that wont say God or other groups that say Yashua is the true form of Jesus' name
2007-01-24 10:02:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that in the "Ye Olden Times", "magic" was spelled "magyck" so maybe that's a bit of half-way modernization there?
2007-01-24 10:00:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋