Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
When It Comes to Corona Virus, Your Magic Will Not Protect You
Gods. Pagans.
I've been hearing stories. So, I'm just going to say it.
Magic will not protect you from corona virus.
Magic will not protect you from corona virus.
Magic will not protect you from corona virus.
Not your magic. Not nobody's.
Magic will not protect you from corona virus because that's not how magic works. Magic is a finger on the scales of possibility, not a headlock that wrestles reality into submission.
For gods' sakes, hear the voice of experience. Back in the early days of the last Great Plague, I can remember hearing from a number of Radical Faeries that “Faeries can't get AIDS.”
Well, they were wrong. Faeries did indeed get AIDS, just like anybody else. Their Faerie magic did not protect them from the AIDS virus, just as your magic alone (whatever its variety and vintage) will not protect you from corona virus.
Let me add that every single one of those guys is dead now. They all died—predictably—of AIDS.
Be smart. If you want to do protective magic, fine. But take the practical precautions too. Magic can help them out, but it can't do the job by itself.
Belief in magic can kill.
Your belief in magic can kill both you and those you love.
We are the pagans. We haven't survived for 150,000 years by being stupid.
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