What do you do when you find an unfavourable spell?
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:11 am
Good afternoon all,
I ordered a book (the general topic was candle magic) recently which arrived yesterday. I won’t name the book itself, nor the person who wrote it due to the fact that this person is a very famous author in the Wiccan world and so I do not wish to cause any arguments or offend anyone.
I started reading and all was well at first, there were some really nice spells like purifying space, inspiring courage, etc.
However as I got further in, a came across a ritual titled: “To break up a couple.” Immediately red alarms went off in my head, but seeing as this author is so often recommended, I thought “surely it must just be a metaphor.” A long shot, I know, and upon reading it I discovered that it was exactly what it sounded like.
I went back to the contents page and scanned the other ritual titles, and there were awful things in there like “how to arouse jealousy” and other ones about making someone ‘fall in love’ with you.
Now please understand I am someone who cares very deeply about books, and I strongly believe we should try to preserve all works as best as possible. But I’m not ashamed to say, this one went straight in the trash. I could’ve sold it on, but honestly I’d hate the thought that someone was performing manipulative spells because of the book I sold them.
Would you have done the same, was it wrong of me to throw it? What do you do when you come across books like this?
Many thanks,
Blessed be.
I ordered a book (the general topic was candle magic) recently which arrived yesterday. I won’t name the book itself, nor the person who wrote it due to the fact that this person is a very famous author in the Wiccan world and so I do not wish to cause any arguments or offend anyone.
I started reading and all was well at first, there were some really nice spells like purifying space, inspiring courage, etc.
However as I got further in, a came across a ritual titled: “To break up a couple.” Immediately red alarms went off in my head, but seeing as this author is so often recommended, I thought “surely it must just be a metaphor.” A long shot, I know, and upon reading it I discovered that it was exactly what it sounded like.
I went back to the contents page and scanned the other ritual titles, and there were awful things in there like “how to arouse jealousy” and other ones about making someone ‘fall in love’ with you.
Now please understand I am someone who cares very deeply about books, and I strongly believe we should try to preserve all works as best as possible. But I’m not ashamed to say, this one went straight in the trash. I could’ve sold it on, but honestly I’d hate the thought that someone was performing manipulative spells because of the book I sold them.
Would you have done the same, was it wrong of me to throw it? What do you do when you come across books like this?
Many thanks,
Blessed be.