Psychic Powers

All over the world, civilizations of all kind have always relied on faith, spiritual and mystical beliefs. Is it possible that centuries of practicing witchcraft, voodoo, astrology, magick and more generally psychic powers are now considered as the dark age of spirituality? Is it possible that our ancestors were wrong all these years?

Why limit your world to just the few things you can see and touch? After all, what you see isn't always what you get.

In a world where mainstream religion and spiritual beliefs are often mocked, it's easy to laugh at those who personally believe in the powers of the paranormal, voodoo, magick, psychic or new age remedies. Life is a difficult struggle for millions of people worldwide and there are many issues you can deal with: love, money, health just to name a few. It is true that many persons are solving their problems by turning to magic spells. When asked, most people who use these magic spells will tell you that they really work... and they do.

So how can a love spell performed by a psychic actually attract a soul mate to a lonely person seeking a love partner? For those who believe in psychic powers and the paranormal world think there must be a spiritual or metaphysical helping hand involved.

As a psychic and paranormal expert, who has studied spirituality, psychic phenomena and the art of spell casting, I personally believe that there is much more to this than meets the eye. Most mainstream religions accept the power of prayer as a way to receive blessings, protection and goodness from spiritual sources. Then, why would it sound weird that people are actually seeking answers from a psychic or magic spell?

Do you know that there are more people than you thing who use magic spells on a regular basis? If the magic spells they cast weren't working, do you really think they would do that regularly? Of course not. So, if they find guidance, help and results thanks to these spells, do you still want to be the foolish one who doesn't even know what you're missing?

Suggested reading (pdf e-books):

Sri Swami Sivananda - Thought Power
Paul Foster Case - The Life Power
Dion Fortune - Psychic Self Defense

Witch Trials In Early Modern Europe

Is Witchcraft Real? The answer is open to debate and very much depends on the individuals point of view. Witchcraft as a way of life or religion is as real as any other belief system, but if the question is asking about witchcraft with relation to magic that is an entirely different situation.

Cave paintings can date witchcraft as a way of life back as far as forty thousand years, with pictures depicting the worship of nature often evident. Witchcraft is closely tied to nature which is why this type of historical finding is associated with it. This makes witchcraft one of the oldest religions in the world.

Other religions make frequent references to witchcraft, particlualry parts of the Christian faith, which persecuted witches during the Middle Ages. Clearly these people believed in witches and witchcraft enough to see them as a threat worth irradicating. The practice of witchcraft was linked with heresy during this time to justify the many witch hunts of the period, which resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of mostly innnocent people.

The magic or spells associated with witchcraft are also very much down to belief in most cases. Christianity, as an example, classes this type of unknown as a miracle, which is just another term for magic. The changing of water into wine by Christ is a miracle to a Christian, but to those who do not follow the same religion it can be viewed as a spell or illusion.

The majority of Traditional Witches dating back to before the Middle Ages were often the village healers and frequently used various herbs and plants for medicinal uses. The fact that various potions and paultices actually did heal branded them as witches purely because that was the way to class such practices. Modern day herbalists are not classed as witches but as practitioners of medicine.

There were suspect activities practiced by witches but these activites were not necessarily unusual for the time period. Sacrifices and demonic worship are often associated with witchcraft but there is no actual proof that they are linked. Modern day witches deny any such practices and there is evidence that these practices were merely linked to assist with other religions persecution of witchcraft.

Dancing around a tree or gathering in a stone circle at various times of the year or during full moons is seen today as acting strangely. Perceptions change. This is how religion was practiced by people in those times and was a way of life to them. Going to church on sundays could just as easily be seen as strange in three hundred years time, but today it is seen as a normal religious practice.

Oliver Trescombe is an article writer and internet marketer with a wide variety of interests. For more information on Witchcraft visit Is Witchcraft Real.

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Suggested reading (pdf e-books):

Nathan Johnston - The Devil And Demonism In Early Modern England
Friedrich Adler - The Witchcraft Trial In Moscow
Margaret Alice Murray - The Witch Cult In Western Europe