Spell-fest of Love

Ed Hubbard of Witch School fame (or infamy depending on your opinion) has made the news for organizing a global spell of love and peace (I guess all those press releases have paid off). In an interview with Tamara Ikenberg of the The Courier-Journal, Hubbard talks about the goals of this spell, how he is going to measure its effectiveness, and how much he enjoys the show “Charmed”.

“On the more mundane level, it’s just getting people to think about what love is, what hope is. On a higher level, we actually believe anything that’s thought about gets manifested into the universe one way or the other…One of the things I’m looking for is car accidents, deaths and crime statistics on that day. If we have any sort of success, you’ll start seeing some dips in those. People report everything from hysterical visions, similar to the Virgin Mary sightings ?? to people saying “I’ve gotten extra money” or “I was able to do something nice.” People see things because they change their focus or change their mind-set. What do I mean by changing people’s mind-sets? If somebody smiles at you in the morning, you go out and smile at somebody else, and that person smiles at somebody else.”

I’m not sure how me finding a twenty dollar bill in my couch will be counted as a manifestation of global love and harmony, but I’m sure that would be just one of the lesser manifestations of this working. In Witch School’s newsletter “The Daily Spell”, Hubbard says the working will test if magic is “real” or not.

“We need no longer wait to see if magic is real or not. We can test it through such global experiments, but instead of looking for data, I am looking forward to hearing the experiences people will have through this day of divine manifestation. I believe it will move the way we think about the world and how it works.”

Wait a minute, he says he won’t be looking for data, but in the interview Hubbard says he will be looking for “car accidents, deaths and crime statistics on that day”. That sounds like looking for data to me. It seems like a victory for magic will be declared no matter what happens on May 5th.

I think there is nothing wrong with praying (or performing magic) for peace, love, and justice. Most of the great men and women of history have done so. But I do have a problem with attempts to quantify such prayers/spells for the edification of a specific group or agenda. I don’t care if people have “hysterical visions” or not, I care if people were inspired by their actions to go out and act for peace and justice. That will be the real test of sincere spell-work.

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