Many years ago, long before I took my faith seriously, I decided to "dabble" a bit with what is called, "Black Magick."
Call it young and dumb, call it curiosity, call it testing the boundaries, but I made the biggest mistake any wiccan could make - I basically snubbed my nose at one of THE most important laws - The Three-fold Law. What energy you send out into the universe - be it good or bad, positive or negative, comes BACK TO YOU THREE TIMES!
Long before I decided to get married, I used to sing in a band. The leader of the band was at one time married to my second cousin who had long divorced him by then. At any rate, I had always wanted to sing in a band ever since I was a child! So, when I had learned that Robby (the aforementioned "leader") was looking for a lead singer for his band, I called him on the phone immediately and he scheduled an audition for me the very next weekend. After the audition, I was hired on the spot and began singing live in front of crowds anywhere and everywhere - bars, private and block parties, etc.
It was not long before I became strangely attracted to Robby and we had a brief relationship. When it ended a couple of months later, I was no longer associated with the band and it was not long before they hired another lead singer.
At the time, I was just getting into wicca and did not take it quite as seriously as I should have. And so, upon hearing about the fact that not only was I replaced, but my "replacement" was singing my songs? Well, to say that I was pissed was putting it mildly! And so, I took a black magick spell from one of my current books at the time ("The Modern Witches Spell Book") and decided to USE it! I gathered up and prepared all of the items I needed - I even used one of Robby's guitar pics as a personal item. Part of the spell was burning a black candle tart in a glass holder and dropping the personal item into it. THEN it happened! The glass broke and there was black candle wax EVERYHERE - including on the wall! Now, instead of taking that as some sort of a bad sign, I decided to try it again right afterwards thinking that perhaps the glass had an air bubble or small crack in it that I did not see or something. Then the very same thing occurred - black candle wax everywhere again!
About a week later after casting this particular spell, I showed up at a venue where the band and their new lead singer were hired to play. Oddly, that night (NO JOKE!) the venue lost power - not anywhere else in the area - just that establishment!
Okay, not exactly the payback I had hoped for, but so be it. Well, I got my "payback" via the Three-fold Law as within the next month, BOTH my cars broke down on me - meaning that they were beyond repair, and not only that but even WORSE, my beloved Dad had a heart attack - we almost lost him!
My guilt knew no bounds and I have NEVER forgotten that detrimental lesson! My so-called "dabbling" days were OVER FOREVER! ...
