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.
You Need Rain. You Decide to Do Rain Magic, But It Rains First. Should You Still Do the Magic?
You need rain, badly. You decide to do rain magic, but before you have a chance to do the magic, it rains. Should you still do your magic?
Let me restate the case more generally.
You see a need. You propose to cast a spell to bring about X, but before you get about to making your magic, X happens. Do you still cast the spell?
In this situation, authorities—such as they are—are in universal agreement: Yes, you should still cast your spell, you should still do your rain magic.
Here's the operative question: Why?
Is it that, by deciding to make magic, you have, in effect, made a vow? Having thus made a vow, are you not, as a magic-worker, then obligated to follow through?
Is it that, by deciding to make magic, you have on some deep level, bound yourself to the situation and its outcome, and are hence required to take action?
Or is it that magic functions in an atemporal, non-linear causality in which, for example, tomorrow's magic can still affect yesterday's results?
Let the Wise ponder. Meanwhile, let us go forth and magic us up some rain.
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