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Wiccan Ethics and Malefic Magick

To: zazas-l@hollyfeld.org (ZAZAS-L Satanist Elist)
From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nocTifer)
Subject: (Z) Wiccan Ethics and Malefic Magick
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 15:29:23 -0700 (PDT)

980928 IIIom Hail Satan!  (fwd from a private elist)

RE when it is appropiate to cast a hex or curse, what other
   options should be considered leading up to a hex or curse
------------------------------------------------------------
it is appropriate to cast a hex or curse whenever one is angry
or wants revenge and is sufficiently powerful to deal with the
repercussions.  the ethical constraints or guidelines within 
which one lives determine the options which should be 
considered prior to the effecting of any hex or curse.
 
if one desires to live by a firm and judgemental religious 
moral standard (e.g. the Golden Rule -- fraught with illogic in
queer contexts -- or some absolute restraint from 'harm' that
includes refraining from all action), then other options which
should be considered would be nonviolent attempts to resolve
the matter inspiring anger or revenge.  cf. traditions of
nonviolent conflict resolution such as that of MKGandhi.
 

RE the "Law of Threefold Return"/Karma and Maleficent Magick
------------------------------------------------------------
the Law of Threefold Return (which I call 'the Law of Revenge')
is an acknowledgement of a  *social* dynamic which operates
within social environments of Neopagan witches who have decided
that certain interpretations of the term 'harm' in their Rede
should be considered absolute and see no problem with 'becoming
the Retributive Hand of the Goddess' in response to what they
perceive as 'wrongdoings' by their peers or inferiors (whether
or not they admit this to themselves).
 
Karma is a principle of cosmic morality from which this Law of
Revenge derives (at its most conservative and judgemental),
and institutes the moral discernments of the religious authority
of preference while projecting the responsibility for this
moralism upon the character of the gods.  its most valuable
mystical significance has to do with its literal meaning,
ACTION, and relates to the fact that one associates oneSELF with
the motivation and achievement of the act in question. 

for example, in my favored cosmological interpretation of
Buddhism, this karma or action inspires us to reconstruct
a fantasy 'self' (atman, or soul) which perserveres through
time and beyond death. all good Satanists and realistic
witches understand that this is a fiction designed to pacify
the masses so as to avoid existential angst about the 
finality and beauty of the individual animal, bodily life.

maleficent magick may be carried out without repercussion if
one is crafty (typically concealing one's activities from the
victims or those who would judge one, perhaps targetting only
those who clearly deserve the wrath) and sufficiently self-
resolved (considering maleficent workings to be sanctified
and just based on one's coincidence with the divine or the
absence of any cosmic justice-enforcer).


RE how to avoid this Law or the negative repercussion of
   maleficent workings:
--------------------------------------------------------
be sure that you are reconciled with the ethical framework
that allows for revenge-oriented and/or antagonistic magick.
those who are not may either subvert the success of their
spells or bring about 'consequences for sin' which derive
from moralizing religious traditions which squelch the will
of their converts.

be careful to whom you describe your workings if you are at
all attached to responses from coworkers, friends and family.
it is likely none of their business unless you are quite
strong and honest in your dealings, they may influence
you unfavorably if they have had any sort of power in your
life, and since the Law of Revenge works socially, if it
does not become a part of the social jabbertalky, it will
only very slowly leak into culture of which one may be part.
 
resist the temptation to malign others haphazardly and
without careful consideration.  targetting only those who
are socially maladjusted and sociopathic will gain more
support from those not hamstringed by religious snares
and will reserve the sometimes intense energies associated
with such rites for very important occasions.

 
RE origin of karma, entity responsible for its inception,
   how morality is adjudicated, why those who don't believe
   in karma avoid its repercussions:
-----------------------------------------------------------
'karma' is a Sanskrit word, very ancient and with a great
diversity of meaning dependent upon the religious
community that put it to use (sometimes moralistically,
sometimes more mystically).  usually the Cosmic God of
choice (if there is one) is attributed with the power
of karma-enforcement or (if the religious are more
monistic and depersonalizing), there is supposed some
metaphysical mechanism (karma itself or transcending it)
by which karma is perpetuated and accounted.

those who truly have no belief in karma or any sort of
cosmic accounting system (cf. Santa and Good and Bad
Boys and Girls) may be able to transcend the bounceback
problem if they have not integrated a programming that
requires direct repercussion (rather than INdirect,
depending on the compassion of the mage) for forbidden
acts.  bypassing this moralistic quagmire, it is quite
possible that no repercussion enters into one's life
(sometimes to the consternation of those who judge them 
to be acting 'wrongly').

blessed beast!
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