Real magic came from knowledge

Recently one of my students showed me a video that made me giggle uncontrollably. In it, a girl identifying as a modern witch cut her own finger and dripped her own blood upon her client's preserved ritual candle, Her altar was pretty 'dark'. I mean, Gothic fictional-kind-of dark, black satin table cloth, with the Sigil of Baphomet hanging at the rear, couple rocks, an empty metal cup and so on...

As absurd as it may sound, this is the kind of 'witchcrafts' that happened a lot lately. We can be certain that nothing will be gained by this kind of 'magic', but at least nothing will be lost. What truly worries me was another girl, she claimed she's able to make you see your past-life through group hypothesis, and heal depression within 3 sessions. Her résumé claims that she studied under numerous well-known hypothesis doctors as well as some other spiritual masters(Been in touched with two, two of them didn't know her at all) I saw a few snippets of her class video, and from what I could see, she has been using couching method on her students, which was a brainwashing technique frequently used in pyramid schemes. It seems that she had participated in numerous short-term workshop, and use those certificate for winning people over.

As we all know, schemes abound. However, studying occultism and metaphysics is difficult, so if you were looking for a quick way to become a practitioner, you might fall for one of these schemes.

The so called 'Unique Gene' only gives a person some talents, the rest come from experiences and knowledge. Nothing about a witch's educational path differs from that of a physician, attorney, or industrial worker. From a list of potions formula to a scratch of a symbol, from a phrase of Bible to a line of Grimoire, these were the result of months of practice and years of reading, studying, and researching, Magical results were never miracles, they came from hard works of every practitioner behind each candles and bottles.

I always tell my students that the most important thing in magic is our intents, and that wearing a rob does not improve your casting, you should be open to learning, suspicious of anything that seems too easy, be grateful for everything that has happened in your life, and always be true and be modest.

Magic does happen if you are willing to learn, if you want to be a pro in occultism, start by reading some good books today.