Huge thorny topic, and kudos to you for taking it on. I agree that we have to free to fuck it up and do 'bad' magic, but the consequences across the energy web are something we don't like to think about.
Ultimately I think we just have to assume it can be absorbed and used for whatever it is the Gods want. Otherwise we're just paralyzed, aren't we?
But I do think too many witches are, perhaps, a little too insouciant about what they fling about. Intent IS important- but it sure ain't everything.
And then there's the question of baneful magic. Some of my best stuff has been very 'bad' indeed.
I agree with you that I think the energy web is resilient, and yet we should care about what we’re contributing to that web. And there are a lot of folks who either don’t know how to contribute well or are arrogant and think their shit doesn’t stink or they just don’t care. I think that those people get what they give. It is about intent, but it’s also about context and exchange.
Huge thorny topic, and kudos to you for taking it on. I agree that we have to free to fuck it up and do 'bad' magic, but the consequences across the energy web are something we don't like to think about.
Ultimately I think we just have to assume it can be absorbed and used for whatever it is the Gods want. Otherwise we're just paralyzed, aren't we?
But I do think too many witches are, perhaps, a little too insouciant about what they fling about. Intent IS important- but it sure ain't everything.
And then there's the question of baneful magic. Some of my best stuff has been very 'bad' indeed.
I agree with you that I think the energy web is resilient, and yet we should care about what we’re contributing to that web. And there are a lot of folks who either don’t know how to contribute well or are arrogant and think their shit doesn’t stink or they just don’t care. I think that those people get what they give. It is about intent, but it’s also about context and exchange.
Is there such a thing as "bad" or substandard magic?
Maybe a person makes a hash of a ritual or says the wrong word at the wrong time.
They've learned a valuable experience. They've come away with something.
And the magic might fizzle. That's okay. It's a learning opportunity.