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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  In some branches of magick (which I also dabble in), it is advised that you should do a Tarot divination, to see if the spell you intend to cast might have the effect of harming someone, as a incidental consequence (and of course, you shouldn't do the spell if the divination suggests that the spell would). This is to avoid accidentally degenerating into black magick.
However, it is a bit tedious to do a full Tarot divination every time before you manifest an intention. So I'll stick to the "highest good" approach. |
I love your posts, ALG. I always get a chuckle when you mention magick. I came to intention-manifestation from magick and you went from intention-manifestation to magick. As you can see, I am easily amused by little things.
I have to admit that I wince a bit whenever someone refers to magick in terms of black or white. It is neither, really. The intended outcome of the practitioner is what colours the end result, not the means by which he gets there. You can use magick for good and you can use it for bad, but the magick itself is merely a tool and not inherently good nor bad.
Could we not the same about intention-manifestation? It is also a tool for a desired outcome, be it positive or negative; yet, we don't label our intentions as black or white.
As for the Tarot reading, you could always pull a single card after putting out your intention to get a sense of where it's going. I often do that and it seems to work well; however, you need to be fairly proficient with the Tarot to get much out of single card readings.
Have you ever done a reading before putting out the intention to see if what you want will be a benefit or a detriment?