Best bet for you would be to check out what's in your local library and see what you like or what you think it should be . You can get ones for bargain prices at places like Barnes and Nobles for just a few dollars or try used book stores . If there's a University near you those are the ones I'd try first . If you have a favorite author look them up and see if they have anything in print .

Yes...i was just wanting to know if anyone knowsof any good astrological signs books. I did a search on the net for some books like that but they all looked sucky. Anybody who may have a good book like this that theyve read please let me know.

If you have to pay for it you'll never get anything but poorer . If it's a crime to pretend then they should state that there are those who practice it for real .

Turkey , interesting . As a Totem animal it is one that bring joy to others , it's a helper and one that goes out of it's way to act on others behalf . One that has the Turkey as a Totem is good at finding natural things that others overlook be it something to make something with or just for it's beauty . Even just seeing where others look and see nothing .


Turkey like to listen but rarely speaks of what it hears and then only to help . Good with family there own or others . Turkey do have a few flaws , they can bed vain and showy but not in a hard way .

So what it is really about is "excessive" money exchanged for services or false practices... pretending... rather than actual practice. That would be shaky when belief is involved. How does one trust a person really believes what they are doing rather than showboating for attention or unearned elder status respect from the general practicing population?

Here it is:

The law:

Section 365 of the Canadian Criminal Code, R.S. 1985,c.C-46 is one of a group of five offenses which deal with false pretenses. It states:


"Every one who fraudulently

      (a) pretends to exercise or to use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration,

      (b) undertakes, for a consideration, to tell fortunes, or

      (c) pretends from his skill in or knowledge of an occult or crafty science to discover where or in what manner anything that is supposed to have been stolen or lost may be found,

is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction." 1



Section 361 defines a false pretence:


(1) "A false pretence is a representation of a matter of fact either present or past, made by words or otherwise, that is known by the person who makes it to be false and that is made with a fraudulent intent to induce the person to whom it is made to act on it."

(2) "Exaggerated commendation or depreciation of the quality of anything is not a false pretence unless it is carried to such an extent that it amounts to a fraudulent misrepresentation of fact." 2


Meaning of the law:

The term "summary conviction" means that the offense is minor, vaguely like a misdemeanor in the U.S. The maximum penalty is $500.00 in Canadian dollars (about $530 in U.S. funds in 2007-NOV) and/or six months in jail.

From a Wiccan standpoint, there are two key words in this law: fraudulently and pretends. An offense is committed only when both of the following are present:
 
 A person displays an intent to defraud. That implies that something is lost in the exchange -- typically money or some tangible asset. 
 A person does not actually engage in some Wiccan practice, but only pretends to do so.

There is a long-standing tradition that Wiccans do not charge for their services, whether it is the creation of a spell or the teaching of an educational course. If a Wiccan were to follow this rule, then there is little probability that they could legitimately be charged under the law.

The law seems to be unevenly applied. Most newspapers contain advertisements by psychics; 900 lines are promoted on television; psychic fairs are periodically held in most large cities. One source estimates that there are in excess of 10,000 practicing psychics in Canada. 3 Prosecutions are rare. One charge was made against a psychic who allegedly accepted large sums of money to remove a curse from a gullible victim. 4  He was acquitted. However, as long as the law is on the books, there is the potential for police misuse of the legislation.

References:
1. "Criminal Code, Part IX," Federation of Law Societies of Canada, at: http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec365.html 
2. "Consolidated statutes of Canada," at: http://members.tripod.com/legalrorke/CCC/360.htm 
3. Rob McConnell, "Telling fortunes in Canada is against the law and is found in Article 365 of the Criminal Code," 'X' Chronicles, at: http://www.xzone-radio.com/Clipping/psychics.html 
4. " 'Satish Jaitly' charged with 'Pretending to practice Witchcraft," at:  http://www.torstar.com/oracle/news/This link is no longer active

Copyright © 2000 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
 Originally written: 2000-DEC-24
 Latest update: 2007-NOV-02

So if there is a law to make it a crime to pretend to be a Witch does that mean in CANADA that if your a real Witch its okay to practice Witchcraft ?.

You still get many that think Witches worship the Devil . This still has strong roots in some country's where being said that your a Witch will get you killed . Home many people have come on here and said they feared to let people know what they were because of where they lived in this country .

Even here in Canada, today, it is still possible to run afoul of the law for "pretending" to be a Witch . .

Canada's last witch trials: Women accused of fake witchcraft

By Robin Levinson-King
BBC News, Toronto
30 October 2018

A law against pretending to practise witchcraft will soon be repealed in Canada. But that hasn't stopped local police from prosecuting those who use the "dark arts" to bilk people for thousands of dollars.

Two Canadian women have been charged with pretending to practise witchcraft, breaking a little-known law in Canada's criminal code that could soon be out the door.

The first charge was levied against Dorie "Madeena" Stevenson, a fortune teller from Milton, Ontario on 18 October after a months-long investigation.

She is accused of defrauding a client of C$60,000 ($45,700; £35,700) in cash and property.

A week later, Toronto psychic Samantha Stevenson was also arrested in a similar but unrelated investigation.
Police allege she convinced a man the only way to get rid of "evil spirits" in his home would be to sell it, and transfer the proceeds into her account.

The accused often advertise themselves as a psychic or religious healer, and demand large sums of money to help remove curses or evil spirits from clients, police say.

"What we typically see is a tendency for perpetrators to take advantage of persons when they are in their most vulnerable state," wrote Det Sgt Dave Costantini of Halton Regional Police, in a press release.

. . . . although the actual crime is obviously fraud rather than Witchcraft, but still . . .

Blessed Be everyone,

Alchymist

Greetings everyone,

I've often thought about this question; I have many tentative answers, but all of them seem simply to raise further questions. One of my favourite "what ifs" I think I've  probably described before on this Forum, but here goes anyway.

One interpretation of quantum theory supposes that, whenever a decision is made between two or more alternatives (such as, for example, "Shall I ask this girl to go out with me, or not?", or "Shall I apply for this job opening, or not?"), both (or all) possible consequences actually happen, but because we humans are limited four-dimensional creatures we can only experience one alternative at a time - otherwise things would just get ridiculously confusing.

So: perhaps, when we die in this life, we go back to one of the points of decision and take the other path, and see where it leads; and since we all make dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of such decisions during a particular lifetime, perhaps in time we get to experience them all . . . . - which would take an infinite amount of "time" perhaps . . . . or perhaps "time" is structured differently from what we currently imagine . . . .

. . . . which might explain instances of deja vu, or feelings that "I feel sure I've met this person before . . .", Twin Flames, Soulmates, etc., etc.

The mind, at this point, boggles.

Blessed Be everyone,

Alchymist.
 

If you play a level of Sonic, and finish without getting ALL the rings, you don't get a chance to pick them up on the next level. So by that token, why should you get a chance to correct things in the next life? Why not just move on and live a new and different life with different challenges, each life being more difficult than the last. Once the life "game" is completed fully, then perhaps there will be a final reckoning.

As you progress each life level, you don't have the memories of past lives, but as you play Sonic, with each level your skills improve; perhaps the same can be said of each life lived. I wouldn't say screwing one life MAKES the next one harder, I imagine it would simply be a natural progression.


Living each level on different plains or planets or even dimensions is an interesting thought, each level/life may require different environments in order to present different challenges. As to enlightenment; what good would that be at the end of each level if we are not permitted to remember past lives. The enlightenment becomes moot. No I would go with the idea of a final reckoning; a bit like totalling up your points at the end; "You don't count your money while you're sitting at the table." As to what the final reward might be, again I think it would be something each person would have to consider for themselves. It's even possible that the final reward may be something that is totally beyond all human perception or understanding