thedesertgod:

“There are no mistakes in witchcraft”

Oh really?

How about casting a love spell on someone only to have them become your stalker?

How about performing a ritual for money and not being specific enough so it comes from the inheritance of your father after he has a brutal death via an accident at work?

How about making an invisibility talisman so you can petition the dead in your local cemetery at night without being seen but having it work too well and you get hit by a car on the way back?

How about forgetting to bring your alms to the servitor you created and it bringing poltergeist tier disturbances into your home?

How about using the goetia to acquire something you desperately need last minute and agreeing to give the demon 7 years of your life because you didn’t know how to properly bind and compel it, or that you even had an option to refuse a clearly raw deal and now you’re paying for it in time–a priceless currency?

These scenarios are real. They have happened. Some of them to people I know personally with many successes but also huge regrets. Real magic is not a LARP. Real magic is not a moodboard. It’s not a lifestyle aesthetic. It’s not a game. It is a skill set with very real consequences. Sometimes that includes madness, illness, poverty, and even death.

Maybe some of you should have a good long think.