11/6/2006 - Ethics and Morals in Magick

I thought I would take the time to speak a little to the place of morals and ethics when it comes to the use of magick. Now most people who are practicioners of magick usually come from some spiritual background, typcially that being of Pagan or Wiccan relation. So for the most part I am sure many people have thier own vaule set that they are taught within thier choosen path which would apply to the use of magick as well, but it is not strictly requiered that you are a Pagan or nessciarly of any spiritual beleif to practice magick. Even today there are some magicians or mages that practice magick without any real beleif.

Now as far as I am concenred regaurdless of what your spiritual or lack there of background is, when it comes to the practice of magick there is some personal responseablity that must be upheld and practiced though of course nothing can be done to stop that precentage of people that are of a sociopathic nature whom will use magick for purely thier own selfish gain with little reguard to the effects on others. But I personally cannot take responseablility for the choosen actions of others, and I do not think that knowlege should be withheld from those whom are deserserving becasue of what some ignorant jack ass might choose to do.

It does put me in a difficult posistion at times though, for what I am attempting to do with my Book of Shadows is to post a vast arrary of different knowlege that others might find useful, not simply to just preach to my specific individual beleif, but to allow people to fit what I give into any choosen path, and to use it to form thier own paths, not simply to follow me. So some of the things I post are not all things that I nessciarily use myself, but some of it are things that I take to heart and do make a part of my practice, but because of this I do have to find that balance between positng things which might be outside of my personal beleif without crossing any boundries.

I do make evuluation of the things I post, and read over them carefully, for I will not post anything which I would not condone, though some of you may have noticed that I have posted some things before, and will again in the future, that do infact instruct and aide people to bring harm to others, but in these cases it is always justified at least from my prespective for I never support the harming of animals or the harming of innocence, but it is within my beleif that one does have the just right to retailiate against another whom has wronged them, as you can read about in my post about an eye for an eye. http://www.journalhome.com/silverwynd2/26575/

And so ulitmately when it comes down to it, it is up to each individual person to shoe some responseablity and common sense when using magick, and you should never use magick as some sort of free for all or think that magick some how absolves obligation to morals and etihcis, as a genreal rule you should not use magick to do anything which you would not do or not be willing to do without the use of magick, you should not be using magick as something you are hiding behind, but as a tool to further extend your ability.