Look at the lives of these famous occultists, and then decide if it works:
Henry Cornielius Agrippa von Nettesheim: One of the most famous occultists of the middle ages. His work has gone on to inspire hundreds of "magical" books and writings. Despite all his occult knowledge, he died in poverty at age 41 in 1532.
Cagliostro, a famous French-Egyptian "magician", did the most embarrassing things, like putting a teacup on his erect penis and telling women "This is the only Bishop you will bow to!" He died in the Bastille in 1795.
John Dee discovered Enochian Magick and tried unsuccessfully to get the spirits to bring him money. He spent the final years of his life stripped of his honors and income and was forced to live incommunicado. He died in extreme poverty at 81.
Paracelsus: Thought himself a great physician, but he was really just an alchemist who had bizarre theories about human anatomy and prescribed dangerous remedies for his patients. This man was said to be arrogant and conceited, and was shunned by the other medical experts of his day.
He died broke at the age of 48.
Edward Kelly: An assistant of Dee, after failing to strike it rich with Enochian Magick, he was killed trying to escape prison. He had been imprisoned for his old hobby, counterfeiting.
Aleister Crowley had a nervous breakdown in spent 4 months in an insane asylum after trying to conjure a demon in a Paris hotel. In 1947 he died impoverished in a flophouse, forgotten by his family, a drug addict and alcoholic, despite strating out in life as a rich heir to Crowley Ale. He squandered it all on drugs and whores. "Success is your proof " - -Liber Al Vel Legis 3:46, Aleister Crowley
Gurdijef was a Russian con man who got involved in many money making scams. Once he dyed sparrows in peroxide and sold them as canaries! Even his biographers admit he had a "streak of charaltainism" about him. He created a system of bunk psychotherapy which is convoluted and even people who practice it can't clearly explain what is. In other words, it was the forerunner of Scientology.
Christian Rosenkrutz never actually existed. The whole Rosicrucian thing was started as a joke to make fun of occultists by a Lutheran minister named Valentin Andrea.
The Fox Sisters started the whole spiritist/seance’ movement in 1840. Years later they confessed the whole thing had been a hoax, but no one wanted to listen.
Samuel "Macgregor" Mathers: Eventually all the members of te Golden Dawn figured out Mathers lied about the secret chiefs, which led to him being kicked out, & the Golden Dawn being disbanded. He died in poverty from Pnumonia in 1918.
Jack Parsons blew himself up in his basement, making nitroglycerin, which he sold on the black market to supplement his income (apparently his money spells didn't work, either!).
Pamela Coleman Smith painted the illustrations for Authur Edward Waite's tarot deck, one of the most popular decks being used today. She died penniless and alone in a London flat.
Paschal Beverly Randolph inspired people like Aleister Crowley, the members of the O.:T.:O.:., and Henri Gamache. His books are still in print. He committed suicide at age 44, leaving his wife and son to live in poverty.
They couldn't make the occult work, neither can anyone else.
Here's a quote from Wiccan Tradition Head Silver Ravenwolf:
"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]
She also wrote a book about Prosperity spells. Does she sound like she can make it work? She can't even afford a hairdresser! My wife just spent $100 at the beauty parlor and we're far from rich.
Here's another quote from that same book:
"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."
If you want to really have a good life, ditch the occult.
2007-09-14 07:36:20
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answered by Anonymous
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You don't. You discover it within. Or read historical, well thought out books on white magic. However, I believe magic is neither white nor black, because nature itself is both white and black, loving and cruel. Polarity. Harry Potter is nothing more than J K Rowling's creativity at work, which is a magic of itself. Create something, watch it grow.
2007-09-14 11:49:11
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answered by beztvarny 3
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Magic is what a magician entertains an audience with. Magick is not Black or White, as that judgment would be completely subjective. You can learn some Magick in a very short time, but your results would be even shorter. If you're prepared to study for about a decade, you may become a worker of Magick.
2007-09-14 07:08:55
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answered by Terry 7
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Let's face it - if there really were actual people able to cast actual spells, don't you think it would have made it onto television news? Don't you think the names of the great magicians would be as well-known as pop stars, or even the pope? Think of the great miracle-workers of the past - *they* are known (Jesus, Peter, Paul). But how many people can name a single non-religious figure who was witnessed performing an actual supernatural event by means of magic?
There is no such thing (for humans) as speaking words and causing things to come into existence because of the words spoken. Even Jesus performed miracles through faith, not mere words - and no magician can equal his record.
It also fails from a scientific point of view. The energy of words is entirely exhausted in propagation. They, by themselves, contain no "extra" energy which could be used to produce the type of effects seen in Harry Potter. Words affect animate creatures, their thoughts and actions and even, physically, their auditory organs. Sound affects our physical environment because there *is* energy released in the making of sounds and in their dispersal. However, there is no evidence (I don't mean a little, I mean *no* evidence) that words are capable of producing anything even remotely resembling the effects seen in Harry Potter. Probably the closest thing to that you can achieve with words is hypnotism or public speaking.
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2007-09-14 10:56:38
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answered by Anonymous
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learn white magic
2016-02-02 10:45:56
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answered by ? 4
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No such thing as 'white ' magic. Magic is the attempt to control the behaviour of nature &/or people by use of rituals, spells, hexes, voodoo etc. The effectiveness of this magic is dependent upon the use of demonic power and is condemned by the Bible
2016-03-18 05:52:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Here I go again...Magic is in life...its a natural for everyone.
Get on with your life and look after you and along comes the magic. Tis true...try living getting on with things FOR YOU.
2007-09-14 05:53:13
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answered by jupiteress 7
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If you didn't get a letter from Hogwards at the age of 11, when I'm afraid the changes are small:)
2007-09-14 04:38:48
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answered by Anonymous
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Send an owl to Hogwarts ! They may be planning a distance-learning course for ppl like you... :)
2007-09-14 07:02:41
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answered by Sunflower 5
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magic simple just help and respect others the happiness u achieve will be pure magic
2007-09-16 01:34:06
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answered by rishi 3
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Keep fishing honey...
You'll get to Atlantis some day. Or Never Never Land.
2007-09-14 04:32:11
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answered by Anonymous
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