Cat on Nostr: #fedicoven Q20 What are your thoughts on the ethics of love potions and spells? I ...
#fedicoven Q20 What are your thoughts on the ethics of love potions and spells?
I think people largely overestimate their influence when it comes to spellwork. Real, true love is under the purview of the gods, you can't make someone love you. Also, it's not like The Craft where you get an obsessive stalker, that's silly.
You can maybe initially get some to like you and be attracted to you, but you can do that without magick too. On first dates, most people dress up nice and act on their best behavior. It's manipulation, sure, but one that we consider acceptable in our culture. Everyone wants to put their best face forward and we all expect it.
But the thing is, that illusion has to fall and eventually, the spell is broken. Because in order for real love to happen, a person has to know the *real* you.
TLDR: there are no ethics because love spells don't actually work.
I think people largely overestimate their influence when it comes to spellwork. Real, true love is under the purview of the gods, you can't make someone love you. Also, it's not like The Craft where you get an obsessive stalker, that's silly.
You can maybe initially get some to like you and be attracted to you, but you can do that without magick too. On first dates, most people dress up nice and act on their best behavior. It's manipulation, sure, but one that we consider acceptable in our culture. Everyone wants to put their best face forward and we all expect it.
But the thing is, that illusion has to fall and eventually, the spell is broken. Because in order for real love to happen, a person has to know the *real* you.
TLDR: there are no ethics because love spells don't actually work.