We all know that witchcraft has a bad reputation, and there have always been a few traditional crafters that are perhaps not all there, or with anger issues, and regularly use magic for dark purposes.

But such people have always been a small minority.

Frankly, such crafters do no good to themselves.

In fact, black magic is a trap. Crafters sometimes become a hole they cannot get out of.

It is very difficult to help people in this situation, but if anyone can help, it isn't a shaman, or a trad crafter highly skilled in crossing the hedge, or shamanic healing.

Now, the thing is, within the craft, it is well known that casting a harmful spell, or other dark magical practices, is often counterproductive.

It affects everyone, including the sender, as well as the victim, in a negative manner. When energy is used in a negative manner on a habitual basis, it becomes very consuming of a crafter's energy, and they burn out.

I personally know of such a case. The principle is, energy sent is energy returned.

This is reflected in Newton's third law of motion.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Thus, if negative energy is sent, then negative energy is returned to the one that sent it.

Therefore, it is very misleading to think that traditional crafters like to use energy in a negative manner.

It is simply not normally the case. Another important point.

We view the craft as part of our spirituality, and our spirituality is far more positive than that.

Mean-spiritedness violates our belief in our fundamental responsibility to the spirits, to the gods, to nature, and to ourselves.

We should be builders, not destroyers. So, if you are a seeker, someone who is new to the craft, do not get caught up in negative things.

You may think it's cool and exciting, but it is a trap, and you will pay the cost.

Instead of thinking of the traditional craft as it is intended, a positive force in a positive and healthy lifestyle, a force towards better understanding of the gods, or God, or the universal consciousness. The craft encourages personal development, and as a means of achieving a higher understanding of ourselves, of the worlds we live in, and achieving a deeper spiritual awareness and connectedness to nature and the spirits.

Until next time.