casting wiccan circle
casting wiccan circle
can an eclectic witch practice different types of magic and witchcraft?
such as wiccan rituals, voodoo, etc?
When a person uses a Voodoo Spell, do they still cast a circle, and invoke the elements like in Wicca?
Hi Captain Morgan
As I just explained in another question, Voudou is a culturally specific religion based in Haiti.
Read Maya Derns book, The Divine Horsemen for the best read about Voudou I have ever had.
It is in no way similar to Western Mystery traditions, so put all ideas of circles, and quarters and elements out of your head - they are not used in Voudou.
Voudou spells tend to the gruesome, and very direct. Quite a lot of hexing, so you need to be able to take responsibility for what you are doing. Are you ready to have a fresh ox tongue, graveyard dust, hot chilli peppers, blood and all sorts in your room to work a Voudou hex?
There are some times when eclectic moves from the sweet and light and oh so pretty into the d*mn silly, and this is one of those moves.
Likewise the mixing of deities from pantheons unless you know what you are doing. I have been to one open ritual run by XXXXXXX where they invoked Anubis and Venus on midsummer - up for a spot of obsessive necromancy anyone - honestly - it makes me so cross.
Depends what you mean by different types of witchcraft? You CAN do it, but SHOULD you is what you should be asking yourself.
A lot of witchcraft is tied up with attendant cultural and/or religious mores, and you can end up making a right mess of things (and your life) if you don't do some serious study first.
I know I sound all doom and gloom but some neo pagans and witches make me so cross - they blithely blunder around saying things like "oh I think I'll invoke Pan tonight" Mercifully most of the time He has better things to do, but sometimes, well Pan has a sense of humour and have you ever wondered where the word PANIC comes from....
Learn your stuff first in the natural magic of your own cultural background, and learn it well. DoCeremonial magic if that's your thing but don't dive in and out of magic traditions around the world willy nilly. THat is a fast way to get badly burned magically.
You do not need to cast a sacred space to work a spell.
Halcon
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