| Magick is the power inherent in each of us from the | | | | With the oil of incantation of Marduk, |
| time of the creation of the Universe. This power is | | | | I have made thee drip;with the oil of softening which |
| so latent that it takes courage to think about it, | | | | Ea has given for soothing I have anointed thee;the oil |
| speak about it and utilize it. Over the years, we have | | | | of life I have put on thee. |
| been told that we are just pawns for a higher God | | | | The practice of Wicca (Witchcraft) was one such |
| who decides what is good for us. There are many | | | | ancient practice that was almost decimated by the |
| among us who have come back from near death | | | | aggressive onslaught of powerful, evil, organized |
| experiences and attest to the fact that it is not God | | | | religions. One of the tactics of organized religions was |
| who judges us, we judge ourselves. | | | | to hunt and burn so called "pagans" who refused to |
| Magick is - believing that each of us has the ability to | | | | follow their rules. Spreading fear in the hearts of their |
| change or enhance ourselves or this world that is also | | | | ignorant followers by spreading tales about demonic |
| ethereal by nature. Magick is - knowing that when we | | | | witch spells; they urged crowds to kill anyone who |
| hurt others, we will be hurt sooner or later and that | | | | did not profess faith in their God. The leaders of |
| the hurt will be a reaction to our impure thoughts or | | | | these religions were so ignorant that they weren't |
| deeds. Magick is - being aware that we are not | | | | aware that if there was a Satan, it existed only in |
| human beings with a spirit, but a spirit being with a | | | | their minds! Only ignorance, fear and greed can spur |
| human body. | | | | someone to hunt and burn another spiritual being. |
| There were no organized religions when the world | | | | In spite of these terrible tragedies, older ways of life |
| was created. Nature was the only power that the | | | | were magickally preserved and even thrived in many |
| people respected and related to. People only used | | | | countries. The ancient African traditions, the followers |
| what they needed and they made sure that they | | | | of the 5000 year old Hindu religion in India that still |
| left the earth as abundant as it was when they | | | | espouses non-violent methods of negotiation instead |
| arrived. Life was simple. Most people invoked the | | | | of confrontation, the Native Americans, and many |
| spirits of nature for every occasion, such as births, | | | | other cultures still thrive on non Judeo-Christian |
| deaths, weddings or rites of passage. Although most | | | | principles. The Wicca, like many of these other |
| of these cultures believed in one God who was | | | | cultures is growing in large numbers, especially in the |
| omnipotent and omnipresent, meaning that God was | | | | United States which was created to enable freedom |
| in each one of us as well as everything in the | | | | of religious thought. |
| Universe. In most cultures, mysticism prevailed. | | | | Wiccans can be traced back to their roots in ancient |
| The magickal people read meanings into the rustle of | | | | Europe. They celebrate our innate connection to the |
| leaves, the direction of the wind, the shape of a | | | | spirit world so that they can find the power that is |
| plant, a picture, the aroma of herbs or the incantation | | | | latent in us. Followers of the Wicca religion form |
| of a spell (mantra). | | | | groups called "Covens" which meet at certain times |
| The Babylonian Magick Text, here is an incantation: | | | | of the year. Wiccans traditionally celebrate the |
| Bright oil, pure oil, shining oil,the purifying oil of the | | | | seasons, phases of the Moon, planets, Sunrise and |
| gods,oil which softens the sinews of man. | | | | Sunset along with respecting all things in nature as |
| With the oil of incantation of Ea, | | | | sacred to their hearts. |