See, this is the kind of stuff I worry about….

For reference, here’s the article:

Now that that’s out of the way, here’s the basics: Wicca as a ‘religion’ is growing.  Ugh.  I remember when I first read Fr. Amorth’s book “An Exorcist Tells His Story” I had trouble believing his statement that paganism is on the rise.  I’ve seen some stories recently that have turned my head and opened my mind, most recently of which is this one cited above.  Reading through the article, this caught my eye: “It’s funny, because I’ve got people who are devoted Catholics coming to me and saying, ‘I’ve got a problem, and can you do a spell for me?’ ”

A couple of things to point out here.  If you’re a “devoted” Catholic, you’re not going to ask for a spell from a Wiccan anymore than a devoted Prolifer is going to ask for an abortion.  It kind of defies the label.  Plus, bonus, it’s stated in the Bible that you shouldn’t consult a witch.  Period.

Witchcraft is a shortcut, a way to get something for less than what you want to ‘pay’ for it.  When people ask me about Catholic Birth Control (yes, they capitalize it in their speech) they’re asking how we can abstain from sex on some days and not others and wouldn’t it just be easier to use “real” birth control?  Yes, it is harder, but it makes the times we can be intimate more special, thus increasing the joy in the activity (which I have so dryly spoken of here).  If you feel like you’re shackled by bad luck, where are your prayers?  Where is your fasting, your attendance at daily Mass, your Eucharistic Adoration?  Nah, those things are hard, lemme skip over here to the purveyor of spells and just get a quickie thing done.  Couple of bucks, no biggie, right?  No biggie, but only as long as you don’t value your soul.  By going to a witch or a fortune teller or a psychic or whatever it is that allows people to commune with the dead or the ‘spirit world’, you’re violating a tenant of your faith…so no, no biggie.

This is one reason why I wrote “The Devil and Casari: Ad Hominem“, so I can make sure to reach an audience who may not have heard the importance of staying away from crap like this.  Some doors you can’t shut once opened.  Consider this: the easy road is easy because it’s well paved and greased, but doesn’t that mean it’s also harder to stop moving when someone starts hauling you where you don’t want to go?  That’s witchcraft – you open the door, get (maybe) what you want, then find that you got more than what you wanted…only not in a good way.

TLDR: Don’t mess with witchcraft; playing with fire can get you burned.