hi Rose, i totally agree with your philosophy about having “energies” all around us and magic is when you use your powers to control that energy, because i have done it myself. but i donno if wicca is right for me. i’ll tell you how i used my powers… when my sister first left for college in america i was really lonely cuz she was the closest person in my life and i always depended a lot on her too. but after she left i did this prayer kinda thing … it didnt have anything to do with wicca, i just refered to the energy controlling my life as “one that controls my life” (its silly but i had to call it sumthin) and my life just suddenly got so much better that i was actualyl happier than i was before she left!!! so anyway, for like a whole year i was extremely happy, but since like last december things have been going from bad to worse. This girl in my class,who claims to use an islamic form of black magic, cursed me and my own powers werent strong enough to protect me so i came to your site and took some of the lessons. i put all my heart and soul into it but it just didnt work. infact,ive been unhappier lately. is it possible for the wiccan god and goddess not to like me or somthing? cuz im an aethiest. and i also take a “right or wrong” approach to things rather than “good or bad”…for eg, i used my powers to bring that girl down (the one who cursed me) and she really is miserbale now but so am i… is it possible for the deities to be angry becuz i harmed someone, altho she totally deserved it?? becuz i belive in justice and fairness so sometimes i may have to hurt some people for a good cause. Fay

Greetings Fay, You seem to be a very smart person. Of course, you are right, the energies around us enable us to do many things, good and bad. However, the first lesson that we need to learn about using our Magickal powers is that we have to use it sensibly. Always remember the three-fold Law. What you do returns to you three fold, whether it is good or bad. The Goddess and God of Wicca or any other religion are Energies that guide us in our own dreams. They are not angry with us or upset at us nor do they judge us. These Energies exist to help us in achieving what we wish to do on this earth in this stage of our incarnation. Black magick is not an good idea because whoever does it will feel its negative effects three fold almost immediately. That is what happened to you. If your friend did something against you, then she would certainly feel its ill effects soon enough without you doing anything “to teach her a lesson”. The best thing to do when someone hurts us by doing magick is to do a protection spell for ourselves. This way, all negative energies directed at us will return to them. And they will be the recipient of their own magick as well as the bad Karma due to them anyway. If we introduce our energies into the mix and do negative things ourselves, then we are just asking for trouble! Aren’t we? Smart people stay away from Black Magick, which is any magick meant to hurt others. So make a decision to use your powers only for positive things, to help others suffering for loss of love, money or health. Be good and good things will come to you. Always remember, an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind! But giving love even when it hurts will return love to use when we really need it! And it may even change the vicious hearts and minds of some ignorant people who think that black magick is fun! Hope this helps you. Brightest Blessings!