What is Sea Magic?

Sea magic is any type of magic which utilizes the energy powers of the oceans. Ritual magic performed on the beach, purification baths in the ocean, rune casting with shells, green magic utilizing seaweed, knotted rope spell casting, shell divination, working with water elementals, and shorebird or fish totem spirits are all examples of using Sea Magic.

When practicing Sea Magic, the Witch usually must call upon the assistance of Water Elementals (Faeries who live in the water and control the energy forces in the ocean; they include such beings as Mermaids, Selkies, Sirens, Merrows, etc.) Water Elementals are the most feared of all Spirit Beings, known for their quick tempers, harsh judgements, and cruel sense of humor, they are unpredictable, wild, free willed, and often compassionless towards Humans, they are classified as being Dark Faeries and often refered to as Demons, Poltergiests, or Evil Spirits. They are classified as a type of Trickster Spirit, one who will hurt Humans for the fun of it and take great pleasure in the pain and suffering of any one who has treated them or their wards with disrespect. They are abel to call up storms at will (even inside a house). They possess an arrogance, rarely seen in the Faerie Realm, and demand faithful devotion, which when combined with their god like powers over the energy forces of all things, gives them a demi-god quality.

Water Elementals classify all water, water plants, water animals, fish, amphibians, mollusks, and waterbirds to be under their protections, and will react with dealy force if they feel anything they have laid claim to is threatened. A Sea Witch will often have a Water Elemental as a trusted Spirit Guide, but once this bond is formed, the Elemental will claim the Witch as theirs, creating a life long bond that can never be broken without bringing down the wrath of the Elemental Being. The result of this is, that Sea Witchery is a road rarely taken, due to it being extremely hard to gain the trust of  a Watter Elemental, and deadly to ever leave the Elemental’s compainionship, ocne trust is finally formed. Once you have become a Sea Witch, there is no turning back and no chance of a career change – the Elementals strictly forbid it on punishment of death.

Because of the ocean’s close connection with moon phases and weather changes, Sea Witchery is considered to be a type of Moon Magic as well as a type of Weather Magic, all three of which are types of Grey Magic.

Most witches avoid practicing Sea Magic as it is a type of Grey Magic (the use of both White and Black Magic) which is thought of as offensive by the average Witch. As a general rule, White Witches do not practice Sea Magic, believing it to be a form of Black Magic as is it not always used for “good”, and often requires going against the “Harm None” creed of the White Witch. Like wise many Black Witches tend to be drawn towards Sea Magic, for it’s use of harnessing some of the feircest forces in nature. 

Sea Witchery is considered to be a highly advanced, very difficult, extraordinarily powerful, and a very dangerous form of witchcraft, requiring many years of practice in other forms of witchcraft first. As a result it is rare to find a young Sea Witch. Those new to Sea Magic often find the results extremly unpredicatable and very difficult to control. In order to successfully harness the Sea’s awesome power and channel it as Sea Magic, requires weeks of isolated meditation, days of fasting, years of prayer, and months of absolute silence without speaking a single word. It is the most grueling and physically demanding form of Witchcraft known. Few who take up the calling of Sea Witch are able to cope with the mental and emotional strain, let alone the solitary isolation, and most give up and turn to a more common and much easier form of Witchcraft instead, making Sea Witchery the rarest and least often practiced form of Witchcraft there is.

Also known as Hags or Sea Hags, Sea Witches tend to be older Witches, often Crones, and usually Solitaries living a near hermit-like lifestyle. They are what the average non-witch thinks of when they think of witches, hags, or Halloween. Many Wiccas, Pagans, and White Witches turn their nose at Sea Witches, saying that Sea Witches give the rest of the Witching community a bad name and are working to undo everything they have done to wipe out the “Wicked Witch Stigma” that the public puts on all Witches.

In short, a Sea Witch is as far as you can get from being a White Witch, without becoming a Black Witch.

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