I've finished reading a book on healing magic yesterday, and while I didn't really find it that interesting (but, you know, research), it helped me understand why I could never find myself interested in this side of the occult. Paraphrasing for character limit: 1/

'The Wise Woman's way doesn't waste precious time on asking 'why' something works or is done this way. A Wise Woman asks 'how': how this can be useful for me? How can this help me and mine.' 2/

Only... 'Why' is important. If you're only going for 'how,' you'll never make any progress - whether or not we treat the occult as science, 'how' only has people parrotting the old recipes and colors of candles, without understanding anything - maybe only their wishes. 3/

I know, it's not really 'science.' But if you treat occult seriously, it would do you well do know why you're being told to use specific herbs, minerals, words, chants, candles, and astronomical charts. Otherwise, it's just 'the power of belief,' and you might as well just pray.