The Three Fold Law and Karma
by Magicorg on Comments
The Three Fold Law and Karma I realize it has been over a year since I posted anything new on this weblog. However, I am still here, and doing fine. (I have been writing updates to my magick course, and keep revising my revisions, so there are not any visible recent changes online in that department, either.) Lately I discovered the night time radio talk show, "Coast To Coast AM" (www.coasttocoastam.com) which deals with paranormal and unusual topics. Last night on that program a white witch called in to express her opinion about ethics in wicca. She referred to a widespread wiccan concept known as the 3 fold law or the law of return. This is the idea that if someone sends out negative magical energy, it will rebound back three times stronger. She explained that in her opinion black witches should really be called "stupid witches", and white witches should be called "smart witches", because of the 3 fold law. She said that she had once performed a negative ritual intended to cause harm to someone (who had threatened her), and that although it worked (causing him to visit a mental hospital for 3 years), the law of return had caused her to experience serious health problems. (Now she only practices white wicca, and does not charge for the wiccan classes she teaches.) Now, as you may know I am not actually wiccan, but I do have very strong opinions about ethics in magick. I have already explained (elsewhere on this web page) about how dangerous it can be to perform negative magick. Whether or not the 3 fold law is exactly true, it does express an important concept. And even if the rebound of energy from negative magick only equals the energy times 1, (or even a fraction of that), it still will have an impact upon the magician (or witch). Add to this the psychological effects from possible guilt the practicioner will probably feel if she/ he performs negative magick, and you get a strong negative effect upon the magician/ witch. Anyway, I wanted to get my ideas on the topic of magical ethics down in this web log while they were fresh in my mind. Hopefully I will write further articles on this and other topics in this web log more often than in the past.
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