No one was trying to be hostile, so there's no need to become defensive. I think the point someone else was trying to make is that magic and witchcraft are not synonymous. While some magic may be tied to religion, that doesn't make it witchcraft, which is generally separate from religion.
Nice to see someone interested in Hinduism. Although I agree with Brysing that Witchcraft is not a religion. For me, it's Spirituality. But still I worship Hindu as well as wiccan deities. I'm a solitary eclectic witch born in a Hindu Family.In Hinduism, there are mostly chants in Sanskrit and we light lamps with mustard oil or ghee and sometimes incense too.No candles are used though but still chants or mantras are like the spells.
In Hinduism there are lakhs of Gods and Goddesses. For example Goddess Lakshmi ( Goddess of wealth) ,Goddess Saraswati, ( Goddess of music and education),Lord Shiva ( The creator) ,Lord Indra (King of Heaven) and so on. Generally Fruits and sweets are used as offerings to them. There are countless number of mantras you'll find in Vedas each for a certain purpose and there's always a specific method to perform those rituals and you need to purify yourself before performing them. There's also a lot of fasting in Hinduism like at full moon.
For example if I've to perform a ritual for prosperity and my Patron is Lord Shiva, I'll do fasting for seven Mondays and in that period I'll only eat vegetarian food. I'll have to keep only positive thoughts.I need to learn the whole chant and know it's meaning before using it. After that, only last Monday I'll have to Light up a ghee lamp in front of statue of Lord Shiva and then chant Shiva Tandava Stotram till I feel it's enough for the ritual.
It's not necessary for you to be Hindu to perform such rituals.All you need is purity and belief in your heart regarding such religion. Like being a Hindu my patrons are Goddess Hecate, Lord Indra,Lord Shiva, Lord Zeus.
And Yes, there are enchanted Yantras or talismans too. They're blessed by the deities and are really powerful but nowadays it's really hard to find the real Yantras.
as ive have carried myself as a lone practioner of the craft shear will and belief is what giudes you.depends on your direction i have praticed majic for over 20 years. its what you make it .religion has nothing to do with it
Did you ever get more info on this? I am Hindu but ive been quite interested in witchcraft myself, just wondering if over the years you've gained more clarity.
Can you worship both hindu gods and also perform witchcraft? or can you perform witchcraft keeping hindu gods in mind?
i am not much of a trained warlock but i am hindu and i belong to a brahmin family, we dont do any dark magic related stuffs or any good magic too but the rituals and chants we use can be equal to some sort of spells if u think . So, as i was saying i am an amateur warlock but i have the basic knowledge that you might require for hinduism and espicially if you are worshipping maa kali then you need to be careful while performing some pujas as they need to be perfect. Do u know that mahakali is one of the 10 mahavidhyas and a form of goddess parvati. if u want to get to know more about the deep roots and some basic mantra that are very powerful and useful then comment back
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I highly doubt you would get a comment back, CertHelios.
