A very good question with a very good answer. Thank you for reviving this long dead thread, Carlo.
As for your question, yes, this is real. Magic is real, the terms are real, and this thread is real. However, magic is not as it appears to be in Hollywood or other movie media nor how it is described in books, magazines, and comics. Magick, the unofficially "proper" term for real "magic" that is not just an illusion, is much different.
The world "magic" is often used by real "magick" practitioners to define the difference between illusions(AKA: stage magic including hypnosis, card tricks, etc) like what Houdini and now this Cris Angel do and real magick like what Allister Crowley, real witches, real wizards, real warlocks, and other magick users would do(casting spells, performing rituals, etc).
If you are new to this, you can find the basics explained in various places on the site. I suggest you find a good coven and start learning. To name a few I recommend Deep Arts, Dragon Magick, Divine Spirits, or Spirit Seers, although these are not the only good ones. The few I would urge that you stay away from, and I mean no offense to anyone by saying this, include Baying Wolves, Vampiric Elegance, Spell Casters, Higher Magicks, and Twilight Vampires. While the members may be good, those five from what I have seen have lacked accurate information. Higher Magicks is possibly the best among those five, but that's speaking from a month or so ago when I had an account in that coven and it seemed to be quickly going down hill.
If you have any particular interests, there are a few that the covens I recommended do not cover, just send me a message and I will be happy to help you find a coven that meets your needs.
Sorry for double posting, but I just looked at your profile and I see you are already a member of Divine Spirits. That was a good a choice. If ever you feel like joining a different coven, however, I gathered from your profile that you are a Christian Wiccan and there is a coven for that called Christian Wiccans. But, I have never been in that coven and can not say whether or not their information is good nor can I say whether or not they are active. So far as I know Divine Spirits is probably best for you right now.
This question was asked a few years ago, but. Witch is anybody that practices witchcraft. A wizard.... I've never seen any self respecting practicioner address themselves or anybody else as a wizard. Finally, a warlock is an oathbreaker, has nothing to do with gender or magick practice.
yea your preaty much right about witches and wizards, but warlocks are those who turned away from the craft. So if I were to stop doing witchcraft today i would most likely b labeled a warlock
No. The term warlock in origin means "traitor, oathbreaker". In early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of witch (which can be male or female, but is used predominantly for females). [1] From this use, the word passed into Romantic literature and ultimately 20th-century popular culture.
The commonly accepted etymology derives warlock from the Old English wrloga meaning "oathbreaker" or "deceiver." [2] A derivation from the Old Norse varð-lokkur, "caller of spirits," has also been suggested; [3] [4] however, the Oxford English Dictionary considers this etymology inadmissible.
