The Black Cauldron

So you feel you've got a good foundation and now you feel it's time for a proper teacher!  But how does one tell if the teacher is:  Fair, knowledgeable, kind, powerful, good at teaching people, etc...!  Mostly one just uses their good senses, but I Can provide you with my experiences of what not to do!      I have had two very awful teachers, they were both very different from each-other in every way, and One current good teacher!  But as most people gravitate to what they shouldn't do first, let's explore the bad teachers before the good one!  For starters, (and I missed this lesson) if your soon to be teacher starts bragging how they've magically destroyed/killed other people before, with or with out cause, probably not a smart move to shack up with him/her.  Now one might say, "But hey, isn't that obvious?"  NO, it's not.  Some people might talk them selves into by saying, "We'll the teacher says he is powerful, and I wan...

     Taking precautions to protect your self once you start on this path is the most important thing you can do for your self!  When I first started out, I over looked this aspect of the path and I suffered for it.  When you start opening up your self to entities, and energies, you become a beacon of light in a veil of darkness.  Regardless if you are doing good or not, your spirit starts to shine brighter from power.  And power attracts all kind of things.       Simple protections can range from herbs in the four corners of a room, to lighting candles, to crystals, and objects placed above doors and windows.  Simple things you can do are:           1.  Look up in a magical herbal book, some herbs that are protective and return to sender, and determine a number (usually an odd number, no more than 13) of herbs you are going to use.  Then pray over them and put t...

       I have Never gotten bored of tending to my altars or practicing magic.  There have been times where I have taken a much needed break, but Never have I gotten an itch to ditch my deities for a new God or Goddess to honor.  I've never understood people that jump from one pantheon to the next faster than a girl will change her clothes!  I have had to get rid of deities that were no longer good for me, meaning that they and I have had some misunderstandings and no longer worked well together.  But most of the elevated beings that I honor have been with me for a long time.      Most people when they first start out try to find them selves and what works for themselves.  And that is completely ok.  But if you have formulated a relationship with a deity and then get bored and give it up for another new shinier one....over and over again...that's not ok (in my opinion)!  I knew someone that had a few deitie...