Traditional Witchcraft

The Law of Return

Cause and Effect

The Law of Return is the Law of Cause and Effect, a fundamental law in physics that pervades the Universe.

The Law of Cause & Effect states that for every action there is an equal reaction. This principle can also be refered to as the "Law of Return" in the sense that what goes out will return. At the core of witchcraft and magic is the fact that energy from an action will always return to the initiating individual.

Energy can change shape but it does not dissipate nor is it consumed. Therefore, the witch will know that the energy of positive actions will usually return to the witch in a positive manner, just as the energy of negative actions will return as negative actions.

Karma
The Law of Return is not the same as Karma, In Karma, an action generates an equal reaction that can help determine one's destiny in a present or future life. In Cause & Effect, an action will alwsys generate a return action in this life.

Compare to the Wiccan The Threefold Law .

Traditional Witchcraft