Twaddle.
Yes, the energy of water, particularly of moving water, just as with any other energy, can have an impact on energy that passes through it, but that effect depends on:
- how connected the levels of energy are - e.g., etheric energy is unlikely to have a major impact on higher astral or above energies;
- whether the energies are antagonistic, harmonious or neutral - i.e., the water could HELP if you're doing something like a cleansing spell;
- how strong the energies are, relative to each other.
Let's begin with an analogy. If I've got a baby lion, a few hours old, trying to threaten a full grown adult gazelle, I'm going to put my money on the gazelle. Going from that, if I've got a new fledged magickal practitioner trying to cast a spell at a distance, with lots of other energies to get through (because they don't know about taking short cuts through dimensions, but that's a topic for another post :) ), they're probably going to struggle. If they're keen to learn and grow and develop, they might try to work out why the spell was difficult, and, at that point, their humanness may lead to a fatal flaw - which is that, rather than admitting to a lack of skill and strength in their practice of the craft, they look outside themselves for things to blame. Hence, they may notice strong energy associated with flowing water - particularly if they were working in Europe (I am including the UK in that) a few centuries ago - and say "Aha! Magick can't cross running water!" And it - the mythology of magick and running water - all got built up from there ...
Now, why did I mention the issue of working in Europe a few centuries ago? Because they were times of desperation, and lots of pollution around settlements - physical AND emotional, owing to the struggle to survive that most people experienced at that time. Running water was a cleansing influence - until things like overpopulation and the Industrial Revolution stuffed up rivers and streams, but that happened after the mythology around running water had developed. Before then, I would suspect that running water was probably the strongest energetic influence on the locality, and if you've got a half-starved, quarter-taught practitioner trying to overcome that, it's going to be difficult for her/hir/him.
Not only, but in other pathways, such as shamanism, water can actively be used energetically as in, merge into it and use the water to go on a journey or convey or receive a message.
The other thing about the Dresden series that I enjoy is its simplicity: there are a few, relatively distinct villains, whereas real life is far more complicated. In that series the lead character does some spectacular work to keep Chicago safe, whereas in my neighbourhood, I have to do lots of work to balance out the disharmonies and negativity that get projected out into the realms - what you might call "public psychic space" - and affect other people, stuff that comes from the modern struggle to survive, small-mindedness and lack of psychic knowledge and discipline. The simplicity of fighting a few demons and vampires, as compared to the exhausting complexities of real life magick, and a wonderful escapism for me ...
And on escapism, a link for lighter relief.
[1] BPF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Forces. See here and here for more on this.
[2] Please see my post "The Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia.
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First published: Sunnudagr, 14th October, 2012
Last edited: Surday, 14th October, 2012
