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To: alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic,alt.lucky.w,alt.occult.methods From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Re: ??Confused?? Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 05:51:55 GMT Brendan Small wrote: > > I have numerous information on ways to cast a spell and most of them > contradict one another; could someone please give me the real way to do it > > many thanx One reason there is disagreement on the procedures for casting spells is that people from different cultures follow different traditional methods. It's like making bread -- Indian nan, San Francisco sour dough, German pumpernickle, and Jewish bagels are all grain-based bread products -- but they are made differently and with somewhat different ingredients. And some cultures -- such as the Chinese really have no form of bread at all, have other ways to make grains into healthful, tasty food. Or it's like clothing -- European trousers, Indonesian sarongs, and Bushmen loincloths are all proper garb for a man in their own cultures -- but they look quite different. When you research spells in books or on the internet, you will be reading the ideas of people from different cultures, and thus they will not all be telling you the same way to work a spell. So what do you do? Well, since there is no more one "real" way to cast spells than there is one "real" way to make bread or to clothe a man, i suggest that you become acquainted with the many kinds of spells and the types of workings found in several cultures -- then you can pick the method that calls to you most strongly and follow it. You could start by picking a cultural tradition -- perhaps your own or perhaps another one that appeals to you strongly -- and studying it until you feel comfortable with working within it. On the other hand, if you like doing cultural research, you could take some extra time at the outset to read about the basic styles of spell-casting in the traditions of several cultures, trying to understand them from a structural standpoint. For instance, some cultures value candle-spells, others do not. Some emphasize foot-track work, others never mention it. Some prefer visualization, others prefer rhymed enchantments, some work with natural herbs and minerals, others with man-made objects such as talismans. If you undertsand the general working styles that define each magical tradition, you can make a decision to follow one tradition -- or become an eclectic who works within several traditions, like a cook who knows a number of recipes for bread. Good luck! cat yronwode Lucky Mojo Spells Archive ------ http://www.luckymojo.com/spells.html
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