Divination

I have spoken to some people who are interested in wicca and witchcraft and many of them have said that their only interest is in divination such as scrying, tarot or rune readings, reading tea leaves, palm readings, etc. Let me inform everybody here about divination. When divining anything, it only throws your reading off if you try and force anything to happen with energy or other means, it is only disrupting the natural forces of the fate of the universe. In witchcraft, it is necessary to add energy to spells and rituals to give them enough power to manifest into the universe, however divination isn't about making something manifest, it is about observing what is supposed to manifest by how fate is laid at the current time. Divination is observation, skillful observation because it does take knowledge to be able to translate what the universe is revealing to us, but it's not about forcing anything to happen. However, many people will do divination and then if they aren't happy with the way fate is going, they might try to change it with some sort of spell and then do another divination exercise to see how their fate has changed. I hope that this has cleared up much confusion on the subject, and if you are hoping to learn how to do any form of divination from me, then you are asking the wrong person. I am still learning myself and there are many, much more experienced diviners who have blogs, websites and etc. Check them out if you wish to learn how to do divination. Blessed be!

What is Magick?

When we think about magic, a lot of people think fiction and "make believe" and for some people, it is fiction because they don't conceive what witches do as magic. Others see it as witchcraft, as something evil, which is also untrue. The evil isn't in the craft, it is in the user. When there is a murder, do we see the gun as evil? No, we blame the person because it was their actions that fired the gun, and that is the same as witchcraft. It is harmless unless somebody puts it to use for harm. Also, some people see witchcraft as an art, a true craft, but even so not all of these people truly understand what it is.
To put it simply, witchcraft is the manifestation of one's will into the universe. What this means is that we are taking what we want to happen and putting enough energy and power behind that desire to make it manifest into the universe. This might not sound like witchcraft, but this is the essence of it. We don't need all of the candles, rituals, incantations and tools, however for many people it helps them visualize this because the act of sitting down and just raising energy can be quite boring and uneventful and it's hard to stay focused. By adding candles, incantations, corresponding colors and tools it helps guide people in the right direction to make it more exciting, fun and easier.
So, that is the essence of witchcraft. This doesn't mean that you should stop using candles and tools and just sit in the middle of a room and raise energy, that is boring and I'm sure not going to just do that. Keep doing what you normally do, but just keep this in the back of your brain and pull it up if you have a spell or ritual that isn't working so well and it might remind you to put power behind your will.
Note: Energy healing isn't quite the same concept as typical spells and rituals, it involves more concentrated channeling and manipulation of the energy. It technically isn't witchcraft, although it falls under the same category of the occult/new age stuff. This was just so you weren't confused if you read some of my other posts. Also, properties of herbs and crystals also do help and are not just to help focus.