What Is Magick

Magick is the art and science of focusing your will and emotions to effect change both in the world around you and the world within you. Magick is neither good nor evil, positive or negative. It is the use of the power that determines the path it will take.

There is no such thing as a White Witch. The concept is a dream of perfection. Someone, somewhere felt it necessary to draw a line between negative magick and positive magick in a way that the general population would understand. Hence, black was used for negative magick in the idea that no light is emitted from it and white for positive magick with the meaning of pure light.

Depending upon where you live has a great deal to do whether you term your practices as white/black or positive/negative.

Just about every magical text in print devotes at least one page,, maybe even two, to a short discussion on magick ethics.. They give you The Rule of Three, and basically tell you that negative magick is a no-no, end of lecture. Is it really that cut and dried?

Nope. For the record, the Rule of Three is as follows:

Ever mind the Rule of Three
Three times what thou givest returns to thee
This lesson well, thou must learn
Thee only gets what thou dost earn!

On the surface, it seems like a relatively simple concept to grasp, doesn't it? Do something good for another person and it comes back to you three-fold. Do a nasty, and you get zapped worst than the effect of what you originally did. This doesn't necessarily mean that three bad things will happen to you. Just one very bad thing could happen instead, in the magnitude of three-time zap. So what's so hard about that?

When one first begins working in magick, things fall under the exceptionally neat headings of right and wrong, simply because your magickal capabilities, knowledge, and expertise are limited to the basic fundamentals.

However, as your skills progress the line between right and wrong has a tenancy to blur; unless, of course, you are a Saint (which to be honest with you, is less than likely).

Determining boundaries becomes progressively more difficult as your capabilities strengthen. You may make mistakes - some very big ones - and things may get complicated until you work them out.

As a magickal person, you carry the heavy burden that your knowledge imparts. Magick is not a sometime thing, but it should also not be considered a panacea, either. Common sense, wisdom, and strong values should already be an integral part of the Witch's life. Along with the multitude of good things magick can bring you comes the realization that you, and only you, are responsible for what you do, how you act, and the final shaping of your own destiny.

from "To Ride A Silver Broomstick" by Silver RavenWolf