Do you think its right when people SELL Spells?

I'd say that anyone who doesn't believe in magic or spells might see a good opportunity making them up and selling them to gullible believers. I'm not sure what being an atheist has to do with it. There's always good money to be made from people's delusions. It's really no different than selling fake pieces of the cross to catholics. Not something I'd be interested in doing, though. I don't believe in taking advantage of people just because it's possible.

I really don't think it's write to sell spells. I think it's OK to charge for supplies if you cast a spell for someone but I think the person you are casting for should have a hand in writing the spell. If they're not comfortable working spells I think it's quite alright to cast it and ask for a little bit of cash back for using supplies. Other than that, I think charging crazy high prices for spells, especially if you're just in it for the money ruins the spell.

I think that by doing that, the spell loses it's purpose and just won't work. Spells aren't meant to be used in that manner, to be tossed around so losely like a commodity in my opinion.

I dont have a clue who you are talking about and its irrelevent anyway
first i think its wrong to sell spells as if they are knick knacks at a tourist stand
how in the world can you cast for a total stranger?
and why would you charge for it knowing that it may not work the way its supposed to because you dont know the person?
I dont think that any NON practitioner has any right casting let alone selling spells

personally i don't believe in that kind of stuff. ya i don't think they should be selling things like that. i don't understand how some one could sell a spell. how much would something like that go for. this is so weird and a strange discussion. its like something that i saw in a TV show one time.

It's like a con man selling fake jewely or watches, or "designer handbags", only if it's an actual casting done by someone who doesn't even believe in it, it's a bit worse than that imo. If it's just words and instructions, it's the same level and generally harmless (generally).

I normally make it a habit not to judge others, disagreeable as I find their practices (predatory, stupid, or whatever I feel their practices have a likelihood of being)...so I can't say that they have no right to do this. I just wouldn't say it's something that they SHOULD be doing.

It's perfectly possible to cast for a stranger, or based on general purposes, but con men like you're describing generally don't do much to actually do a real casting. It's a bunch of fluff to fool their customers and make them happy so that they can get a coin. That's all.*sighs*

Well, people used to sell spells and magical services - the village Cunning Man or Wise Wife - but that was to people who sought them out and they were expected to produce results. Often the same person sold cures and treated various ailments and, for the women, were expected to act as midwives and to lay out the dead when called upon. Such people worked within the communities they lived in. I'm not against magic workers doing that kind of thing today in their communities but I do have a problem with it on-line for various reasons.

If this person is desperate for the money I can understand that she's found something she can sell. I might not like that kind of thing but I'm not totally unsympathetic - especially as a lot of people who buy such spells are often those with more money than sense and want them for the wrong reasons anyway. I feel sorry for the few who might want help and are desperate but if it wasn't magic there are plenty of other places they could get ripped off (and probably a lot worse). I don't like the selling of hope to the desperate, it's just soooo wrong.

Ok.. this isn't the topic I thought it would be, but i'll answer anyway.

A spell is not a 'thing' to 'sell' like cheap bracelet. It is an activation of subtle forces. I see nothing wrong in charing for this, unless of course you ARE a traditionalist wiccan.

In wicca it's wrong to sell spellcasting for spiritual reasons. However, it is one of the oldest professions in the world.

Tribal shamans worked to heal their clans and families with spell work and they WERE paid for this. Ancient witches took payment for spells.. and they WERE right to do this. Professional ceremonial mages do this as well, some of them anyway, and they WERE right to do so.

Priests of various religions offer blessings and accept donations to aid their temples and to further the teachings of their branch of divinity.. and they ARE right to do so.

However.. an atheist or someone who does NOT know what they are doing has no legitimate right to sell spell casting capacity or to pretend to cast a spell for anyone. That's actually illegal in many parts of the united states as well as other countries. It falls under the same type of scam or fraud legally that fake psychic mediums do.

Someone that hones their mind to a razor's edge and develops their mystical potential has every right in the world to profit from this. Only a handful of religions and spiritual paths proclaim otherwise.

How the heck do you think tribal shamans and priests ATE back in the day when they spent so much time healing and tending the people?

If you don't want to charge for spells cast, then charge for material construction and then for the end result for amulets of protection, or whatever.

You aren't charging for magic then.. you are charging for usage of an object of power you aided in the creation of.

The art of magic is a trade. It is a profession. If this is not true of the one casting spells for another, then they have no right to charge.

There is a difference between magic and religion. (also notice I do not use the K as in magick. I think that is silly.. if someone can't tell the difference between true magic and stage prestidigitation then they deserve to be confused.)

However there is religious USE of magic.. and if your religion says not to sell magic, or magic items.. then do not do so if you are a true adherent.

An atheist, or someone with little skill, should NOT sell magic. They are frauds, charlatans, and committing an actual crime. They can be fined AND imprisoned for this.