Are you a FAIR weather pagan?

Such is the question when it comes to working magick. We are often asked whether or not we do "black" magic or "white" magick. Magick has no color. If a person uses fire to cook it is a good thing, but if they use it to burn a house down it is a bad thing. Energy is energy. It is the magickian who manipulates it.

This is commonly accepted in most pagan beliefs. Unfortunately many times we run into FAIR and FOUL weather pagans.

FAIR WEATHER - White light, fuzzy bunnies. These people think that there can be nothing "bad" in magick and are afraid to do anything even supposedly questionable. This is the sort of "wannabe" witch that wouldn't even accept the call if the Universe called upon them to be an instrument of Karma. As long as you are just acting as an approved instrument of Karma, and not willfully impeding/interfering with others' wills, etc. - there CAN'T be any backlash on you. Fair Weather pagans even shy from working self-defense magicks in case they might incur bad Karma. Most pagans in general believe that there is nothing Karmically wrong with defending yourself as long as your form of defense isn't a return attack.

FOUL WEATHER - These pagans like to hit the "OH CRAP!" button, but never do affirmations like Sabbats, Full and New Moons - THEN they have the gall to wonder why after some time, their "OH CRAP!" button doesn't work anymore. These people think that love, money, protection, etc. ad nauseum are like items on a grocery store shelf. Well without affirmations, this causes spiritual malnutrition!!! You start to get magickal rickets!

Are you a fair or foul weather pagan? Remember magick is dealing with real life just like anything else. If you feel that you have received the Universal call to be an instrument of Karma - meditate upon it, divine, etc. - if you get results that only point to that - accept the call. If you're going to push the money "OH CRAP!" button when your car's transmission dies, don't forget to give an equivalent "Thankyou!!!!!" when your call is answered.

Keep these thoughts in mind as you move about your magickal life in conjunction with your normal daily activities.