Dear Delriece...
I am not Wiccan, but I promote religious tolerance, and have several
friends who either are Wiccan or are considering converting.
My question is whether or not tricks can be played, even though this is
white magic. I had a really bazarre experience, and I don't know if it
was due to other forces or my own vulnerability.
Let me first preface by saying that I was under the influence of
alcohol and a little bad blow, but that in itself is nothing unusual when I
am on vacation.
This particular night, I was at a farm where a witch (a very nice young
lady) used to live in the caretaker's house, and where many Wiccan
ceremonies and rituals of various religions have taken place over the
years.
My friend (a Wiccan) and I were planning on a night alone at the farm.
We had everything we needed to just enjoy the night, and he was
building a fire in the pit.
Upon arrival, I went into the house to use the bathroom. I had set the
only set of keys and the cell phone on the shelf in the bathroom. I had
put myself in charge of the keys, since my friend had left his keys in
his friend's car earlier, causing a few minimal problems. When I
finished my business, I absentmindedly left these items and went outside. As
soon as I shut the door, I remembered the keys, but the door was locked
and there was no getting back in.
We went to the caretaker's house (he wasn't home), but we let ourselves
in. Everything was fine, as we were expecting him back soon. My friend
and I played backgammon, continued to party, and enjoyed the unique
flames he had created by using some copper pipe and I don't know what
else, (just illusion), although I was very concerned about the keys and
cell phone (the phone was to reach me in case of emergency, and well, the
keys were a bad buzz, because I really didn't want to sleep in the
caretaker's house).
When he didn't show up, I went back up to his house to call my
girlfriend, whose phone number was also an emergency contact for me, as well as
that's where the caretaker was hanging out. When I called, I found out
the guy wasn't planning on coming back that night, which was at the
least, an inconvenience. So when I went to leave the house, the front
door would NOT open. It was completely locked. I felt a panic come over
me as I tried to get the door open, and had this overwhelming feeling
of being trapped inside. Of course, after I struggled with it for a few
minutes, I quickly found the back door and was outside, but I could not
shake this terrible feeling of being trapped, and I just felt something
very negative about the house.
A little while later, my friend and I went to use the phone again, and
we went in the back door which I had left open. While I was using the
phone, I watched him go to the front door and with NO effort at all,
just pushed the door open. I was speechless, and I was very, very
shaken.
So, here's the thing, I was completely getting bad vibes from this
house... joke or not... I was not in the mood, especially since we were
locked out of the main house, and this is where we would have to shower,
sleep, etc.
I felt a huge tug at my whole sense of reason. As much as I am secure
in my faith, and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the farm, I was
completely on edge. I am sure the party favors didn't help, but I felt I
had to fight whatever force or forces were messing with me. I just felt
that white magic or not, if I was feeling negative energy, I had to
listen to my instincts.
My poor friend was just trying to make a fire and spend a romantic
evening with me, although he had been coming on kind of strong about Wicca,
and I felt completely uneasy about the whole situation. I was feeling
like, yeah, sure you don't recruit!! You want to hear about the Prayer
of Jabez?
Then, and here's the kicker, he was so adament about staying there and
having his fire, that in order to please me, he thought he'd break in a
window, so we could stay in the main house. I offered to pay for a
motel or to go to a friend's (remember he had left his house keys in his
housemate's car, and we hadn't been able to reach him all day). But he
was so enchanted with the idea of staying at the farm with me, that he
had the power tools out before I knew it, and the destruction was
underway.
Luckily, I was able to convince him that it just wasn't meant to be,
and to give it up, but not before a small but definitely noticeable
amount of damage had been done.
I was sick (and still am) about the fact that we were given the
opportunity to stay at a beautiful place, and we repaid the owners by damaging
their property.
The damage will be repaired, but it will take about 3 weeks, as the
window to be replaced was custom ordered. The owner will be back about a
week before then, so my friend will have to come clean as to the fiasco
that occurred. Unless we get lucky!
But that's the thing... was I just being high and paranoid, or were
their forces trying to play tricks on me. My friend thinks it could be
the latter, but in that case, I wasn't in my best condition to just laugh
it off and sleep under the stars. And for him to be so determined to
get me to stay there that night that he would actually try to break in
to a very secure building... it just doesn't add up. It's not like
either of us are novice partiers who can't handle it!
Maybe it's just that magic and mind altering substances don't mix.
I don't know, but I'm curious as all heck about what Wicca really
represents. I understand there's a god and goddess, but when and how did
this come about, and most of all, is there any conflict with any other
religions?
How can I be open to a religion that would play tricks on me, as
opposed to guiding me and blessing me, and accept that I choose not to
participate?
Also, please send blessings for early shipment of the window. I don't
look forward to being humiliated on top of everything else that
happened.
Maybe it had nothing to do with Wicca, but stuff like this just doesn't
happen every day (to me anyway).
Thanks,
Jak in Detroit MI
Oh my, I have a lot of ground to cover in this letter! First of all let me say that I hope your replacement window will arrive on time, but if it doesn't I wouldn't be surprised as Karma may give you a slap on the wrist for the mischief of that night! And I must state that I agree that your friend should not have been pushing the religion of Wicca on you if you felt that is what was going on.
As for the rest of it, I think you said it yourself when you wrote, "Maybe it's just that magic and mind altering substances don't mix." It's not that the religion plays tricks on you. But your mind and body and your own capability to manipulate magick certainly will! In places of ritual and magick, energy will build up in interesting ways. Manifestations of that energy are identified as trickster faeries by some Wiccans. But you can think of it as your own subconscious trying to poke around with the energy around you the way it normally does, only in this case there's a lot more energy to poke and your subconscious isn't as sober as usual!