Ive always wondered why we dont see any REAL magicians doing things in front of crowds…I mean, people try just about anything and everything today for a buck, seems only logical those that have this ability would want to show it off or somehow profit from it…plus, they have to know they could draw a HUGE crowd if people knew they were going to see TRUE magic and not just smoke and mirror type tricks…I know Id pay a big price to see someone do real magic, but would not want to be in the presence of black magic, that would probably not be safe for the audience, but other types, like ‘natural’ magic should be ok to just watch someone else do…right?
From the advantage of my “pagan-days”
- Most occultic do not publicly perform for money. The wealth and power promised, for those that seek it, are not the paltry scraps one would receive from the street nor the stage. The promise is far greater. However, the rewards are merely material in nature and sometimes at a great price (even the old Nordic God Odin paid a very heavy price losing an eye for the wisdom of the ages and why would a god need to do that? ). Keep in mind, the Lord points out that those who seek their rewards now will not receive them in the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew6:1-5).
- One doesn’t want to draw huge crowds and attention to oneself when practicing the occult… it too easily exposed the lie, the imperfection of the practice. Many practitioners become very paranoid that someone will steal their spells/incantations and attempt to use them either to make themselves powerful or to bind the original owner.
- I don’t know what you mean by the term “Natural Magic” versus “Black Magic.”
Paying to see and/or participating in an occultic activity with will and knowledge borders on a potentially sinful action. Many pay now to access the future thru mystics and diviners using means ranging from bones to astrology, or worse. All of this is strongly discouraged or outright forbidden and condemned by the Church:
CCC Vatican: Divination and magic
2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility.
2116 **All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to “unveil” the future.**48 Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.
2117 All practices of magic or sorcery,
by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one’s service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are
gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone,
or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another’s credulity.
