Veg*n-ism and Magick

[Evil Karma Angel]

Okay, so I'm a Wiccan and a Vegetarian. In Scott Cunningham's book Wicca in the Kitchen, he says that not eating meat often alter's a person's psychic and magickal senses. (Lucky us, he doesn't include the magickal properties of meat in the book. 4laugh ) Anywhoo, I was wondering if there were any other Witches out there that have found that their senses were heightened when they stopped eating meat, or lowered when they accidentally digested some (hey, it happens).

Personally, I've found that my ability to sense energy was greatly intensified and when I ate meat, I could no longer remember my dreams (which I usually can do). Any one else?  

[DreamerSpirit]

My ability to experience empathy in terms of being able to feed off of another's emotions greatly decreased after going vegetarian. However, other things, such as my skills as a healer, increased tremendously,

After going vegan my ability to 'read' a person's energy improved drastically as well, any my spiritual awareness was greatly heightened. I am much more aware of both my own energy, as well as the energy around me. When I accidentally eat animal products, it seems to put a little 'block' on this ability, and makes me feel groggy and icky.

I am not Wiccan, but I am a pagan nonetheless, and am very much aware of how what one eats can affect one's spiritual capabilities. heart  

[Kasumi Ocada]

Interesting...  

[Evil Karma Angel]

To Dreamer:
Your empathy ability decreased? Wow. I suppose that I should count myself lucky, as my only "powers" are to heal and to feel energy. I know that those are both things that can be learned, but I've had them since before I even knew what Wicca was.  

[OregonLoveShaman]

I'm Pagan Taoist, and I do believe becoming a vegetarian in 1973 increased my ability to sense and communicate with consciousnesses that aren't life-based. Going vegan in 1982 further improved my perceptions.

I wonder if Dreamer's experience of reduced empathy had something to do with iron? For many ovo lacto vegetarians who overdo dairy for the protein, iron levels can be pretty low in 4 to 6 months. And this is particularly something that hits those women for whom animal proteins increases the thickness of the menses. It's a common story in vegan circles where somebody had anemia on a meat-centered diet, it gets worse on an ovo lacto vegetarian diet, but clears up on a vegan diet. For myself, it was after I began taking an iron supplement in college that I began noticing my ability to sense and communicate with consciousnesses that aren't life-based....  

[loony x lovegood]

What is consciousness that isn't life based?  

[OregonLoveShaman]

There are ancient energy dynamics in the land that have some consciousness. They can be especially felt in certain spirit places.