Page 11 - Kallima Spiritual Centre - Newsletter - July/August 2020

So these last couple of months have been a roller coaster of emotions from frustration, sadness, worry, happiness, relaxation to growth. Each emotion coming to each person in waves as we’ve had to isolate ourselves from the outside world and each other, which can be extremely hard for some people as they 're unable to see family and friends which are a great support to many of us when we are going through a hard time. Many people unfortunately living on their own or in difficult circumstances really had to battle through to make it out the other side.
This situation got most of us thinking about what really matters in our lives, who matters, how we want to grow and learn from this situation, and many of us have learnt what truly is important and who really are our true friends.
Unfortunately so many lives were lost and people are still losing their fight against this virus which follows with so much heartbreak for those who loved them. Their life and memories will live on within their family and friends for many years to come, they will not be forgotten!
We are thankfully now on our way out of getting back to the “new normal”, I suppose you could call it, as that’s as close as we can get for the time being anyway, so we are very happy to be back open and ready for you lovely lot to come back and carry on your spiritual journey with us.
I’ve seen a lot of people are now turning to spiritual practices over the last few years and now even more so since we have had to re-evaluate our lives in the current situation. One of those paths is Witchcraft which got me thinking about the differences you come across from practice to path. How each path either follows certain rules/guidelines or is so eclectic that how they practice, depends on what they are drawn at that time.
To me there aren’t really any rules of witchcraft, However I do believe in Karma, what you put out there certainly comes back to you, whether you believe in the threefold rule or not, Karma is something to be very wary of and where it says karma is something to be very wary of.
If your going to throw something bad someone’s way, expect it to come back to you more so, so think before you act is always a good start before any sort of Spellcasting.
I am currently very drawn to the Hoodoo Practice however I do not read out psalms during the spells which is very heavily done within the Hoodoo practice. I personally don’t feel comfortable reading out religious texts, I think that stems from a previous life and being prosecuted for practicing witchcraft by the church so it makes me feel very uncomfortable so I don’t do this step. Some witches will say that is wrong and you should only follow a particular path the way it is written to do so and that’s how it has always been done. But each practice started somewhere, people had to start and lay out these guidelines to begin with so why are you not allowed in some eyes to start your own magickal practice and guidelines?
The term Gatekeeping comes to mind, (there has been a lot of talk about Witch Gatekeeping the last several years), which basically means not everyone can be a witch and what gives anyone the right to simply do witchcraft. Personally I am yes and no within this argument. Yes I believe anyone can do witchcraft, after all we all blow out birthday candles every year and make a wish. This is such a simple spell to do as you are effectively performing candle magick and blowing your wish into the smoke to flow up into the universe for manifestation. That is withcraft! Witchcraft is manipulating energy to the goal you desire.
Then there is the No side of the argument which does have its merits. Not everyone should be involved in witchcraft especially those people who use it for the wrong reasons. For example, I have been approached in the past to put hexes on people to cause them harm as they have upset someone and they want them to pay for what they have done. I will always say “NO!, that is not my way of working and I would never put harm onto anyone who has upset someone else as I personally do not know both sides of the story for one, and two I will not take the brunt of the 11