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Miss/Mrs Vixen,
It occurs to me that magic, as practiced in the bible, refers to the divination of other lesser gods. In fact one of the first things God says is, 'thou shall not have any gods before me'. I always found that interesting. God does not say, 'I am the only God', he does say however, 'I am the one true god'. The practicing of magic therefore would seem to me to imply an act that takes the focus of a religious ceremony away from God and places another diety in the spot light. The ancients were apparently semi successful at the drawing of power from magic, how else would the pharo's magicians or 'priests' be able to mimic any of Moses's wonders? Their power wained however, when God drove them out. In my opinion, in practice today magic can only hope to catch an echo of this ancient bond between heathen pagans and their false gods. In a darker situation it would be the paganistic worship of 'modern' lesser gods, such as Satan and or any other of the fallen angels of the rebellion. Certainly these fallen angels have the ability to exert a certain influence over the natural world, of which they are one of the highest order of creation.
The question for practioners of black magic or even wicca for that matter, has to be; To what end do I seek the help of any god or 'force' other than the one true god? Does not the holy trinity provide the answers' even if they are not the answers I want to hear?
Ours is not to dictate the truth of God to satisfy our own needs, we are to hear and follow with out question as well as we are humanly able to do. If we falter we must look to God for forgiveness and start anew. We cannot shirk his word for the comfort of a voice in the wild that whispers what we want to believe about ourselves. I have a quote from one of my favorite adventure stories that seems appropriate here,”…short cuts, lead to long delays…” Good luck Vixen!

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