Recently a friend of mine was gravely insulted by some magickal practitioners. This was not a simple snub or failure of civility, it was an outright attack on his personality, magickal bonafides and even his body. This has enraged me, but it also brought a question to mind.
To wit: Why would people who claim to have an understanding of magic (within the bounds of their faith) go out of their way to insult a fellow practitioner?
I think it comes down to the fact that even these people who claim that their lives revolve around a magickal faith don't really buy into the consequences of that knowledge. They don't believe my friend, and those insulted on his behalf, can do anything to them. That we are powerless.
Nothing could be further from the Truth. I know I, and some others I have spoken to, stand ready to use our arts and gifts to redress this wrong. I just think it's funny that people who spend so much time making magickal protections and talismans to protect themselves from occult assault would so casually enter into conflict.
Hubris is thy name.
