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How Do You Tell The Difference Between Wicca and Witchcraft – Demystified

In the modern day and era, more interested people are looking towards the practices of witchcraft. They find a strong allure to the charismatic ideals they can find in the principles and values of Wiccan witchcraft. It means going inside yourself and using your deep unlocked potential to bring about change in the physical reality, with the help of ethereal forces all around us.

There are now spellbooks available online, you can read up on free spells that are available, and think you have been initiated into this tradition. What must be said, however, is that Wiccan witchcraft is much more about the transformation of energies within yourself in relation with the natural world. It’s not so much about what you see all around you in physical existence, like the accesories used in spells. That is nothing but a visual cover to distract yourself from the real powers. If you look at a witch performing a spell, you cannot really get to understand what is happening inside them.

So what exactly is Wicca? Truly, Wicca and witchcraft cannot be disctinctly and clearly separated as two entities – Wicca practitioners use witchcraft as a ritualistic tool. So it’s very common that when people first hear about Wicca it tends to be about the spells and about witches – this is because of the misconceptions surrounding it. What’s even more important, witchcraft can be defined as a separate activity only when it is practiced without the spirit and the purpose within the Wiccan culture. So things are quite blurred here.

Let’s take an example which I think fits well. Christian rituals such as blessings have been an important part of that faith for many eras. If you have seen the movie The Exorcist, then you will remember Father Karras reading from the Bible while casting holy water on a possessed child. But we still hold this activity in high esteem, while witchcraft is looked down upon. Are the rituals actually that far apart, and so fundamentally different in their natures? Consider that on your own for a while.

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The Relationship Between Magick And The Craft

When the word “Magick” is mentioned, people will either think of David Copperfield or see images of Snow White’s evil stepmother standing over her cauldron concocting a poisonous brew amidst puffs of brightly colored smoke which are released as each vile ingredient is added, all the while chanting incantations in a language that could only be demonic in nature.

Occult magick (as opposed to David Copperfield’s sleight of hand magic), has long been considered by many as the domain of Witchcraft. This is in actual fact not true. Magick is a universal gift. It is studied and performed by most Pagans, regardless of the path they follow. Taking the matter further, I would venture to say that even Christians, Hindus and other “non-Witch” people have all unwittingly cast spells and performed magick, even if they do not care to know about it. Perhaps, as the story develops, this statement will be better understood.

So, what is Magick and what is it not?

Magick is about transformation. Practitioners of Magick firstly request the assistance and blessings of their Deity/ies. This is important because the energies of the natural world and self are both manifestations of the energy of Deity. Receiving the blessing of Deity strengthens these energies.

The practitioner harnesses the energies of the natural world and charges these energies with his or her own personal power (often referred to as intent). The raised energy is released and directed to affect the change or manifestation.

Magick is neither good nor bad, but totally neutral. It is the intent of the practitioner that will cause the effect of the magick to be positive or negative. Black Magick means that the neutral energy of Magick was directed to affect a change or manifestation by someone with ill intent. White Magick means that the neutral energy of Magick was directed to affect a change or manifestation by someone with good intent. Grey Magick means that the neutral energy of Magick was directed to affect a change or manifestation by someone who intended good, but who failed to consider the possible negative repercussions of the spell.

Magick can only be used to change that which is changeable. In example, it can be used to heal an operation wound, but not to cause the re-growth of a kidney. It is also not a crutch. The Universe endowed all of us with many abilities (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) and expects us to use it. Magick is only intended as a supplement. Magick is not a parlor game. It is an art that should be studied seriously and treated with respect.

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Question by dbsahowardcounty: What is the difference between depression and bipolar disorder?
Depression is prolonged sandness or unexplained crying spells, changes in appetite and sleep patterns, irriability, anger, agitation, worry, anxitey, pessimsim, indifference, loss of energy, persistent lethargy, unexplained aches and pains, feeling of guilt, worthlessnes and/or hopleness, inability to take pleasure in former interests, social withdrawal, excessive consumption of alcohol or use of chemical substances and recurring thoughts of death or suicide.

Bipolar – Increased physcial and mental activity and energy, heightened mood, exaggerated optimism and self-confidence, excessive irriability, aggressive behavior, decreased need for sleep with out experiencing fatigue, grandiose delusions, inflated sense of self-importance, racing speech, racing thoughts, flight of ideas, impulsiveness, poor judgement, distractibilty, reckless behavior such as spending sprees, rash business decisions, erratic driving and sexual indiscretions, and most severe cases, delusions and hallucination

Best answer:

Answer by elric101
yoiu’ve answered it yourself,with bipolar you have ups and downs,with depression only downs.

What do you think? Answer below!

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The Network Marketing Times Review – Difference Between Traditional Vs. New-Age MLM Strategies?

History of MLM
If we think back to the late 60ties when network marketing got first introduced to the world of business, many people would have not given it a chance to survive. In recent years MLM has increased its acceptance in particular because of the recessions that we experienced, which are always good network marketing times. Anyhow this profession has still a fair bit to go, to be fully integrated and accepted in our main stream society.

Technological Change
Since the beginning of MLM we continuously have witnessed the evolution of technological change, which made the application of network marketing to connecting to as many people as possible much easier, especially on a global scale. Anyhow, the technological innovations we are currently experiencing are bar none the most powerful and potent ones that we have ever witnessed.

These technological shifts have certainly made the daily business of network marketing professionals much easier. Many people argue whether or not the traditional way has been superseded by the new-age of MLM, which I consider to be a false perspective. It rather has broadened our potentiality to applying different strategies that ultimately drives our success

The current MLM mindset
Even though the technology has moved on and demands a change of approach and attitude, many network marketers still only teach the traditional strategies of connecting to people face to face, utilizing their own circle group of influences through cold prospecting strategies, such as cold calling, etc. But why not utilising the entire playing field in MLM, in particular if you have not achieved your desired goals yet?