Life and Witchcraft
Advice
From the Fabulous
Heather Feather
This is where you will receive my expertise advise (because
I'm so full of it) about any question or problem you may have. I can give
you info on witchcraft, spirituality, relationships, basically just about
anything except science or math.
If you are on a website that
has banners hopping around at the top of the page
distracting your attention, you can click the STOP button on your browser
to make it stop (Internet Explorer only.) I'm not sure if it works on
Flash banners, but it works for animated gif banners, which is what most
of them are.
Here are some general rules:
The most important advice I can think of is
DO NOT PUT
MUSIC ON YOUR WEBSITE. Who can read your intelligent commentary when there is MUSIC playing in
the background. It's a mistake many new website owners make, so don't
feel ashamed... JUST TAKE IT OFF. Did you ever think maybe I was
listening to some Stevie Nicks music while I browsed your site? Yep,
that's right. I really didn't need to hear your non-music midi-file
playing over top of the Queen of Rock. Get rid of it. Also keep in mind
that there are people who surf the internet from public places, like the
library, work or school, and music could be very embarrassing for them.
Don't disable right-clicking
on your site. People use right-click for other reasons than to steal
content from your site. Plus, if I wanted to steal something off of your
site, all I would need to do to get around your super-cool script would be to go to Tools, Internet
Options, Security, Custom Level, Scroll down to four options from the
bottom, and DISABLE SCRIPTING. Then, your dumb little message, "Are you
trying to steal from me?" won't pop-up anymore (after refreshing the page)
and I can take whatever I want. Please, all I wanted to do was open one of
your links in a new window so I didn't have to leave your site. You forced
me to leave your site because I didn't want to go to the trouble to turn
off scripting. I only go to that kind of trouble if I want to steal
something from your site (that you probably didn't own anyway.) I see
these same images all over the web (nice ones - they are on my hard drive
too), then I go to some sites, and these dummies have copyrights on it,
like it's theirs. I can tell by looking at your site that the images don't
belong to you anymore than they belong to me. Your bad web design skills
give you away. You can't copyright what isn't yours. And you're just being
very annoying when you disable right-clicking on your site. I know, you
just like using every cute script you can find to put on your site to make
it seem fancier. Everyone knows all you had to do was copy/paste a little
snippet of html code, so quit trying to show off and give me my right
click option back. Thank you kindly.
Here is some advice I wish
people would follow (someone besides me): Please answer your email. I
don't write a letter to you telling you I like your site or asking you to
exchange links, just so you can ignore me like I don't exist. Why don't
you answer your stinking email? Just write me back. One word, maybe two.
Whatever. Just don't ignore me. I've written to so many pagan/witchcraft
sites asking for a link exchange and they just ignore me. It's not like I
have some puny little homepage that isn't worth linking to. I have a big
site with lots of cool stuff on it with a great Google PageRank and high
search engine rankings. I can't think of any pagan site that wouldn't
benefit from being linked with me. You can say no if you want, but please
say something. It's just so rude to not answer at all.
More advice:
You don't have to be Wiccan to be a witch.
Just let me repeat that...
You do NOT have to be WICCAN to be a WITCH! I'm serious. You have probably
gotten the idea by surfing the web or looking at witchcraft books that
Wicca is your only option. But it's not. Wicca is a complicated religion
with lots of rules. They have set beliefs for you to follow. I know it
seems cool, but there are other ways. Wicca has only been around for about
50 years, whereas witchcraft has been around for thousands. I don't claim
to be an expert on Wicca, but I'm just saying that I realize the reason
many of you want to be Wiccan is simply because that is what you found
first and it seemed like the right thing to do. You don't have to be any
religion at all to be a witch. Plus, there are so many people that make
fun of Wiccans. You don't need that. Visit
www.WhyWiccansSuck.com to see
what I'm talking about. And the sad part is, the web site is right. Way
too many Wiccans go around telling other witches what they should and
shouldn't do. 'Don't do love spells.' 'Harm none, do what ye wilt.' That's
fine for you, if that's what you believe, but it's not fine to tell other
people what to believe. I think many Wiccans are just regular witches like
me who are calling themselves Wiccan, not really knowing what being Wiccan
really entails. I hear there are over 100 rules that you are supposed to
follow. That's insane. If I wanted that many rules (or ANY, period) I'd
just go running back to Christianity. The two religions seem very similar
to me in a "Love your Neighbor" type of way. I suppose that's a good
thing, right? Well, it's a little overkill sometimes.
One lady wrote me the
other day and said, "Some of the links you have aren't right....like the
ones you have for pregnancy or to ease pain during labor. Any Wiccan witch
like me knows not to do any magick while pregnant or even the chance of
being pregnant. So I won't be visiting your website anymore."
If you've ever read any of
my ramblings here on the site,
then I'm sure you know I didn't take to that comment very well. How stupid
can you be to think that a
Pregnancy Spell that tells you to
hold some
crystals or rub an apple on your belly and then eat it could possibly hurt
you in any way? I'm talking about major DUH here. Of course, she never
wrote me back either after I told her what I thought about that. And then
a lady signs the guestbook telling me that my site was the only place she
could find a "Spell
for a Healthy Baby". I wrote her back a personal
letter (like I do for most guestbook entries) and told her thank you for
visiting, blah, blah, and told her the story about the other lady and what
she said. This woman never wrote back either. I'd say 9 out of the 10
people I write to or write back to, never write anything back to
me. I guess I shouldn't complain because I get so much email that I can
barely answer it as it is. But I guess I just wish they'd at least write
back and say, "Thanks for writing back to me because most sites just
ignore you completely when you write to them or sign their guestbook." But
I guess it's not just most web sites, it's most people, period. By the
way, I've stopped personally writing back to people who sign the guestbook
unless they write something very interesting or something that needs an
answer. If you actually want a reply, just email me instead.
More cool advice:
Read up on reincarnation, if you haven't already. A wonderful
book to start with is "Journey of Souls" by Michael Newton,
Ph.D.
As far as physical looks are concerned, LESS is always
MORE, and the kind of men who are looking at you when you wear those revealing
clothes may not be the kind that you want to be with anyway. And why would
you wear high heeled fancy shoes with daisy duke shorts anyway? Mariah Carey can get away
with it, but she is very beautiful, not to mention a superstar. So can Beyonce Knowles (Destiny's Child) Trust me, you are no Beyonce. I come
close, but you need to stop trying. (Just kidding, I don't even come
close.) Haha.
Alright, I thought I'd add
this little tidbit... I get a number of letters from people who want me to
teach them how to be a witch. These are generally 13-15 year olds. Here's
what I'm going to tell you if you ask (so you don't have to ask)... Read
as much as you can on the subject. Read books (I read all the alternative
spirituality books at my public library when I first starting learning.)
And you can also read pagan web sites. There is a wealth of information on
the Internet. Probably one of the best places to go is Witchvox.com. Click
on Info there to get to the info pages. Witchvox also has a directory of
witches and pagan stores and clergy where you live.
I do understand that Wiccans
don't practice black magick or any magick that affects other people
without their permission. I personally believe that's a good thing, but
I'm not Wiccan, so there is no need to write and tell me what Wiccans do
and don't do, because I've read enough about them and I know it already.
Several Wiccans have written me (and signed my guestbook)
to let me know that Wiccans don't do love spells. lol. That's great. I
don't believe that ALL Wiccans are against love spells though (even though
they should be). Most of
the hits on my web site are from people looking for love spells, and since
many witches are Wiccan, I'm guessing there are lots of Wiccans looking
for love spells. Anyway, it's not against Wiccan rules as long as you
aren't singling out one particular man (or woman) and casting a spell on
them. You could do
a spell to find your soul mate or something
like that. That's not against the rules. This site has a ton of
Love
Spells. Get this... I just received
another letter from a 14 year old warning me against the love spells
again. Guess what kids? I don't care what kind of spells other people
cast. It's not my business. And it's not your business either.
So my advice is, don't go
around telling other witches what they should or shouldn't believe. (Or
any person besides witches for that matter.) I can tell you they
probably won't appreciate it or care and it won't change how they believe,
especially if your grammar is all whack and they can tell you're only 13. lol. And if you're in some AOL chat room for witches with your little
clique of friends preaching to everyone else about the Wiccan Rede, you're acting as dumb as a Christian. Many of you know
already that there are cliques of witches out here on the Internet that
for some reason feel they are better than the "newbie" witches. I'm no
newbie, but I do feel for these people that are getting a snobby reaction
from other witches when they ask a simple question. Let's all live in
peace and harmony <snicker>. The world will be a better place. Remember
this stuff, for real, and if you are a new witch, don't let others
get you down by what they say to you. You really don't need any Internet
witch friends. I don't have any. You can do any kind of witchcraft on your
own, without a coven, and without chat room buddies.
Click this link if you want more
mean advice and
opinions of mine. You'll also get to see many of the
stupid emails I've received from people. You will get a good laugh from it
if you have a sense of humor. I've also recently added a
pagan message board
to the site and it is really cool with lots of really nice, helpful
people. (I guess I have some friends now after all.) :) |