Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Principle of Least Effort

We are repeatedly amazed and puzzled that many people (self-styled "witches" or "magicians") are apt to cast some kind of imaginary circle with a fancy sword or some other comic-book hoodoo paraphernalia. Students of the School of Wicca's international student body have cast thousands upon thousands of circles; and we have tested the effectiveness of the circles both as (a) a container of intentional psychic energy and as (b) a shield excluding extraneous psychic energy (noise) from outside. In serving this two-fold need, such circles provide a safe area in which to work--though only when accurately cast.
As part of our work, we have used a hypersensitive magnetometer to detect the presence or absence of psychic influences. We have tried to encourage other people to do the same, because independent verification or lack thereof is instructive. The results of the experiments have consistently shown that effective circles must be (a) cast in electrically conducting materials and (b) of a very definite specific size.
We have found too that magnetic materials interfere with psychic reception. (You may remember Julius Caesar's report that before rituals, all iron and steel objects were stored away under lock and key.)
Regrettably, the Principle of Least Effort manifests itself all too often. The Principle of Least Effort is a polysyllabic way of describing simple laziness. When it relates to the casting of circles, it implies a certain self-enchantment and an inaccurate assumption that the self-appointed worker has not done his/her homework or is simply too lazy to follow techniques defined through generations of hard and even dangerous work.
In casting circles and in doing most magical work, you will do well to keep the Principle far away from the actual work. If you do sloppy work in an attempt to achieve whiz-bang hoodoos, you are insulting those who have gone before. If you want to play dress-ups or do claw-and-fang thumb games, that's all well and good--but don't call it Witchcraft, let alone Wicca. Lazy witchy-play and comic-book games do no honor to those who have gone to the effort to do the research. Our proud heritage deserves better.

Blessed be. Gavin and Yvonne

2 comments:

thirdeyespinning said...

I can understand the frustration you feel after all your years of trial and error research. Personally now I am stationary in one area for a time while I make my mundane paycheck world a priority for now as that is the world we live in. I will send you folks a personal letter with my new location and donation to get my courses started again. Even though I do get excited when the metaphysical energy goes swirling around me more than once (and not to long ago)something goes haywire and some unwanted things occur. On the brightside though, the first dollar I made in my new locale was from doing a palmreading. Now that's positive. Not the way I'm making a living week to week but staying positive and intuitive is definitely a component in my success. Blessed be

thirdeyespinning said...

I miss you folks. I hope I can arrange to see you in person on Beltane. Im glad to hear Gavin is walking round now. Of course he'll always fly forever and a day.