Recently, I have had a friend come to me and ask for my help and guidance with a particular entity that is bothering her and her family. Of course, I had no problem helping her out. When she started to explain her issue to me and what had happened the night before I was in utter shock! Not to mention extremely flattered that she'd come to me with this. Her son's father had specifically asked for her to call me and see what I could offer them by way of info, protection, and if there were any charms or spells that I could offer them. What had me flattered more than anything was the fact that he is Christian and without a second thought he immediately thought to ask me for help. Now mind you, I am very confident in my own abilities and what not. However, when faced with something such as this where people I truly care about are putting their faith in me protecting them... I am slightly (and by slightly I mean TOTALLY) skeptical of my ability.
I've been thumbing through my written references, books, and calling on long time friends to help me here. I've never had a problem throwing up protection wards and spells. But I've always done them strictly for myself.
The man who so graciously asked me what I could do for them also wanted to talk to me before I started casting or anything. Which I completely understood. This was after all out of his comfort zone and what I do is completely unknown to him. So we had a long conversation about cleansing and protection. As well as magick itself.
As most non-pagans, he saw magick as a hocus pocus type of thing that is merely silly games. With a sad shake of my head I began to school him :) In a very honest and open dialogue. I answered all his questions. I was even able to explain the logistics of magick with the clever use of quantum mechanics! (Yea... I'm a smart witch to boot). It's depressing to me to see so many people dismiss magick when it surrounds them on a daily basis. And while, yes, magick is "explainable"... why take the mystery out of it!? The best part about magick is the mystery.
Think of it this way... does KNOWING how a seed develops into a flower detract from the beauty of it? No... but it's much more fun to watch it happen instead of analyzing it.
Magick is energy. Plain and simple. When you take the time to focus your energy into something, be it a spell, a plant, or cooking a meal for your family... you ARE creating magick. Us witches just happen to know how to channel out energies to benefit us and those around us. It takes a lot of time and a lot of practice to get it right. While we all may play by different rules... we all respect magick itself.
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it's very cool that they came to you with this problem dayna! from what i've seen of you, you seem pretty confident in yourself, but it's also validating when you are sought out for your abilities! i'm learning this as i'm stepping more into my healing work... no one can deny that the world is made up of energy. every rock, person, creature, pen, cup, is made of energy & carries energy. it's amazing to be able to feel the energy come through and be able to help those around us!
ReplyDeleteI'm confident to a point. Doing things for others like this always makes me doubt myself just a bit.
DeleteGood luck with your healing :)
Magick is energy, well stated, I particularly enjoy the portion "focus your energy". Synchronicity in that not 2 min after starting to read this post, I recieved a call for help to cleanse a home this evening.
DeleteWell, I'm not one to believe in coincidences! :) And thank you! I love hearing from my readers. Good or bad, although I prefer good.
DeleteHouse cleansing has become a speciality of mine. I've been asked to cleanse more than a few homes now. I feel very grateful and flattered to be welcomed into other's homes in such a manner.
I wish you all the best with the cleansing of the home!