Dun! Dun! Dun!!!!!

Or other similar dramatic sound effects

I was just thinking last night about all these spiritualaty magazines that are out now to cash in on the popularity of Feng Shui, healing crystals etc.

What if someone, sufficiently chaos inclined, decided to put something in one of these magazines that was very disruptive.
Something that would cause disruption in a relationship but call it something to heal a relationship.
(I'm not going to be stoopid enough to give real examples here)
If certain people (we all know them, the gullable ones who lack any real self belief and so will believe anything they are told to) read in a magazine that massaging the enclosed uranium crystal into their partners forhead by relaxing candle light it will heal their failing sex life, how many of them do you think would do it?....

As it stands there are no checks and balances in place to prevent this happening, the magazine publishers don't have a clue what is being submitted to them, and they don't care, as long as it makes them money.

What made me think of this was something I saw in one of these (new age) magazines that was particularly dodgy, if this particular process was performed incorrectly it would have the opposite to desired effect and I for one don't think you can gain any proficiency in anything from one page of a magazine (except for those teen magazines that thought me to kiss like Cassanova )

Just wondering if anyone else thinks these magazines are either dangerous or frivilous nonsense or if anyone actually came across a worthwhile one?

when people use the arts for money, it can never have a positive result. It's a persons own fault however for not doing more research and just assuming that everyone who whips up a poem to accompany some pretty rocks have good intentions...that's an interesting point however...fear the dark ones

I imagine the editors of these Esoteric and Holistis Health and Healing magazines are discerning because of the content I have come across. There are always ones who are not I am sure, but generally speaking they do take care with what gets published as with the advertising that gets placed inside.

fear is for the enemy....fear and bullets
-J.O.Barr

I actually have come across a spell in a magazine that was said to improve sex drive, and was really a lust entrapment spell.
I am always cautious about those magazines myself, so I look closely at the indgredients and spells.

In a magazine?! You don't say... interesting! Which magazine was this??

*turns head to one side* Why? Besides it was what... two years ago now... I don't even have the spell anymore. I can tell you the whole spell hinged on a ruby.
These days the only "Witchcraft" Magazine name I can say of the top of My head is called "Witchcraft".

Oh no I was just curious about the name of the magazine not what spell it was!

We believe you

It was purely an academic interest

i'm curious if it mentions using a ruby if they stress the fact that a raw ruby is just as good as a cut gem, and in my opinion if better for ritual work it's energy unhampered by processing

I think it said just a ruby. Most spels do I have found.