QUOTE(shamanwizard @ Nov 26 2007, 08:53 PM)
once, awise man said"you must count your pennies if you are to practice the misteries of magick" I think this is true....so this wizards that ask for payment are probably just ask for enought to practice their craft
i think if a wizard is powerful enough to solve my problem, he should be powerful enouigh to ascertain the gratefulness of a person; he should be able to figure out what i intend to pay. that is why i think a real magician would be happy to accept payment after results.
in my case, i dont care if he only wants pennies. if he solves my problem, i dont think i would forget him for the rest of my life, and i would pay generously according to my means. for me, any magician (or whatever he chooses to call himself) who solves my problem deserves the riches of the world.
the truth is that there are very few magicians that can produce real results. finding such magicians is near impossible.
i speak to many many people who have been conned. the worst thing is that not only have we been conned out of money, but also out of time, which no magician can ever replace.
i spoke recently to an aunt in asia about this matter. she recalled 30 years ago when magicians almost never asked for payment. of course people would leave donations according to their means. she said the world is a totally different place now. everyman and his dog claims magickal ability and almost all ask for payment. she recently had need for the help of a magician and has practically given up hope of finding a genuine one.
even there is as much wheat in the world as there has ever been, there is certainly a great deal more chaff and this is what makes finding the same amount of wheat so much harder.
God bless