About the occult stuff. I believe it messes with peoples heads in a bad way. I've heard many stories from people about it, and they are always convinced it's true. I don't doubt they believed what they saw. However, I believe it was hallucinations brought on by the way of thinking that you're lead into when you're doing witchcraft.
It's something I've studied, but definitely would not practice. My advice also is to ditch the Ouija board and anything else related.
Quote: "Tarot cards"
Now here's an odd one, a relative of mine used to be into it (and various other occult things, not as a wiccan, but just cuz it was interesting.) He dropped it when he was giving readings at a party and was coming up with scarily accurate results.
He says that it wasn't magic, it was that with the help of the cards, he was able to pick out subconsciously the details about people, and he got good at it.
It's not good to trust in someone you don't know to read you tarot cards, it can mess with your brains. I did it with a loved one and I'll tell you the results were creepy (and I did trust this person), and we weren't even good at using them. We were reading the instructions as we went along.
It's like peering into someone's head, it's invasive and just, creepy
I stay away from that kind of stuff now. I only participate solo, so to speak, in my psychological projects
Definitely not something I would hold to any religious standard. As it's all explainable very easily. If you go into it thinking that it's some sort of magic, then you're going to get that out of it, and probably regret it.
The phrase, "whatever energy a person puts out into the world, be it positive or negative, will be returned to that person three times" kind of holds true. If you go into this thing for selfish reasons, it's only going to make matters worse. If you go into it with the intent of understanding yourself better, and not believing in the results unanimously, it can help.
Hurray for teh logd!