What is magic?

     After being asked by several friends as to what magic, I've 
     decided to try and define what it is.  No please bear in 
     mind that this is my own personal definition, and may or may 
     not be shared by other witches.

     Magic to me, is a way to make things happen.  I realize that 
     is a pretty sloppy definition, but let me try and explain it 
     further.  If you have ever looked at a tarot deck, you see 
     pictures and you have some sort of rudimentary knowledge as 
     to what each card means.  This is in a fashion how magic 
     itself works.  It is a way that the witch can bring into 
     being entities which exist around us, on this plain and on 
     other plans, by using the hidden energies around.  I call it 
     hidden energy because even witches do not know of all the 
     energy that surrounds us.  Magic is a method of getting a 
     job done, not so much a tool, as it might sound.  We really 
     become to the tool for the magic.  By using symbols, we 
     bring into being these energies, and the energy manifests 
     itself within us all.  There are two poles, just like with 
     positive and negative, male and female, like and unlike.  
     This power that I speak of propels the universe and the 
     world in which we live.  Witches believe in two forms of 
     energy.  That which manifests itself in the male, and that 
     which manifests itself in the female.  Or the God and 
     goddess principle, it is these two forces in which we 
     operate.  That is why you will hear of both male and female 
     witches, as one cannot exists without the other.

     Magic also manifests itself in many forms, many forms of 
     "good" and many forms of "bad".  I put the words good and 
     bad within quotes as that is really in your own definition, 
     I don't mean it necessarily for people worshiping the Wiccan 
     gods and godesses as opposed to satan or set.  Good magic 
     is all up to your interpretation.  Love spells by some can 
     be called bad, and by some be called good.  Magic doesn't 
     always come from external, in fact often in never leaves 
     your own body.  Like in the middle pillar ritual where the 
     witch seeks to walk the middle path, or more over, the 
     balanced path.  This is all done within, and is the first 
     and foremost important on the wiccan path.

     It is important to understand what magic is, in order to 
     preform it with the desired results.  For magic truely 
     emerges from within, and not from without.  Witches use the 
     energy stream that flow around us on a daily bases, but any 
     witch would be quick to admit that the true "power" starts 
     within.

     In short magic comes in two forms, internal and external 
     magic.  That is, you need the internal magic to work with 
     the external magic.  By external magic, I mean to tap into 
     the other energy sources, as really magic is a form of 
     energy.  Spells, are devised to increase ones own magic, 
     by bringing in external magic and other influences.  As 
     spells are a whole other form, they will not be covered 
     here, nor do I want to be responsible for your own well 
     being.  If you wish to seek and discover magic or just are 
     interested I suggest you seek out other witches that can 
     "fill you in".

                           *Blessed Be*

                              Freyr