Wel I I myt buy ur idea...but av u eva seen a gud spelcaster?

Wel I I myt buy ur idea...but av u eva seen a gud spelcaster?

Well, here's the thing. I am not trying to sell my ideas. Your post brings to mind several points.

1. I'm not sure what you mean by a "good" spellcaster. Do you mean successful or do you mean "not evil"?

2. I don't believe that spells cast by one person for another are successful very often. Casting a successful spell uses the emotions, the desire, focus and visualization. I, personally, cannot generate the level of desire and emotion for a stranger needed to successfully cast a spell. I do not cast spells for other people.

3. When I have a spell that doesn't work, I can usually go back and look at it and find that there is an underlying issue that I have not addressed within myself. That's the thing with spells. They not only change your outerworld, but they change your innerworld as well. They have to.

I mean a spell caster that is not evil

Well, I am a witch and, therefore, I cast spells. Some people do consider any form of witchcraft to be evil. I do not believe I am evil not have I ever harmed anyone with a spell. And, yes, I know many witches and spell casters. And they are not evil.

Very nice picture!

Thanks, I love it, too.

I don't believe in this threefold thing either. The universe doesn't work that way.
As for white and black magic, yes it all depends on the one who's using it. But you can either tap into good positive energy fields, or less pleasant energy fields. Even when your not 'evil', you can still stick your foot into something 'wrong'.
There are many collective energy fields (not sure if you call 'em that in English), and many of them aren't nice. I believe ppl that practice black magic tap into those negative energy fields. They are connected to them.
There's a lot of stuff going on with these energy fields at the moment, there are many ppl that work for/with these collective energy-fields to transmute them. Some of them consciously, other unconsciously.

Hmmm...you make some very good points. You're right...there are those who work with negative and harmful energies and entities. I would think that if you did that intentionally, that could (and should) be called "black magic".

Thanks, Crystal. You're the first person I've come across with a decent definition of "black magic".

Ure a witch?...wow...so wts ur area of Specialization?

I think there is a bit of a cultural difference here when we talk about being a witch or a spellcaster. Because there's no "wow" about it. There are thousands of men and women in the US and Western Europe who are witches. Of course, it's true that it's only been in the last 30 years or so that witches have been able to publicly identify themselves. Actually, now that I think about it, I know witches in the southern US (an area known as The Bible Belt) who have to practice in secret still for fear of persecution.

Yeah, and those negative energy fields aren't necessarily evil. There's also many of these caused by and based on fear over centuries. Ppl's fear keep these fields intact, make them grow bigger and these fields 'feed' ppl negativity. It's a vicious circle that needs to be broken. That's what these ppl do that work for/with these energy fields. Not an easy task in life, I've seen some of these ppl during workshops transmuting things to do with such an energy field. Heavy ****!

I used to practice witchcraft, was a hedgewitch to be specific. But I quit and moved on. After some 2, 3 years I felt it was too limited and too limiting. I don't think it was meant the way it has got, somehow it felt as if the most important stuff (the more high vibrational things) was left out, or forgotten. If no one remembers that stuff anymore, then there's no one who can pass it on. It lacks something. I knew that intuitively.
So I started doing different things, energy work, light work, crystal healing and so.
I also don't refer to myself as being a witch anymore, haven't for a long time. It just doesn't suffice to describe what/who I am. I haven't really found the right label for it, so I usually just stick to "energy worker".
I do energy readings and healings (via aura & chakra), tarot readings, crystal healings (mainly for me or Mother Earth), occasionally I do workshops, teaching ppl to ground, work with their chakras & aura etc. (intuitive development & growth), sometimes still do some shamanic stuff (as in witchy things). And I harmonize houses & ground/area. The latter I want to develop further as I feel that is a big part, if not the task of my life's (soul) purpose.

Curious to learn what it is you do! Also, you're planning to do a ritual on Samhain?
I do, but gotta spend some time working out what it is exactly what I want to do and want to achieve.
I like to take advantage of the fact that it's easier to do meditation/visualisation and astral traveling on and around Samhain.

Think this is horrifically off-topic, hihi. Oops

I never knew that even in the US with all the scientific bla bla bla and civilization there's still magic

Crystal, thanks for sharing that. And, I will share a bit more about myself and my practice this evening or tomorrow when I have a bit more time.

In the mean time, here's a video by a guy I subscribe to on YouTube. He's not a witch, but he does very thought provoking videos on the topic of witchcraft, druidism, magic, etc. This is a short one on magic.

http://youtu.be/kpqI9m-6Cco