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Here's a tip...Anna Riva's oil "To Protect Against Evil" is just peppermint in essential oil form.

Cthulu waits.

But seriously, the only branches I'm interested in have to do with fortunes such as Chinese Astrology, Tarot cards, palm reading, and charms. Probably the least reputable things with any link to the supernatural I guess. Just throwing it out there.

oh, btw, no, I don't think psychic hotlines are at all legitimate.

I gave up on disney magic... just kiddin

I'm into ghosts n stuff and thats about it, I tend to stay away from the magic, it has to do with my religion and stuff.
I'm interested to hear about whatever people ahev to say about it though.
im off again, take care people

if you really want to learn more on the supernateral then here is a guild you should join
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/index.php?guild_id=1215

I'm starting to getinto wicca and a couple other things.

Yes but of course my child.
Maybe stuf you'd call magic.
Levitation,paranormal matters,powers of the mind (psychic,telepathy etc.)
alot of stuf.
Living across the street from cemetary doesn't hurt either. twisted
Start with your head sweetie.start with your head.

This is kindof a broad topic to try to cover. After all there are so many different things that can be covered under the supernatural. There is fortune telling, ghosts, aliens, bigfoot, astral projection, auras, telekinsis, mind reading, psychic impressions, and spontanious combustion just to name off a few of the more commonly discussed aspects (before getting into magic which, for a lot of people, is tied into their own personal religious beliefs in some manner or another).

*Cracks my knuckles* Where to really begin? I suppose it would be a good idea to ask if there is any particular area of interest that you would perfer to focus on to help people with responding a little bit better.

I suppose I'll start off with a little bit about magic since it was mentioned specificially. Most people you talk to who believe in magic also believe that there are various rules that govern the use of magic in the physical plane (ie on earth). Most people believe that any form of magic practice will have repercussions both possitive or negative depending upon what someone is attempting to cast.
Now, a lot of people don't really believe in magic being able to be cast. This posses a bit of a problem for people who do believe in and practice magic. In a lot of circles there is the theory that because so many people don't believe in magic, it's much harder to practice magic that causes blatently obvious effects that defy the rules of modern conventions. That is why you don't see people flying or casting fireballs all over the place. Most people who pratice and believe in magic believe in the abilty to manipulate and change more subtle effects like luck and chance. To make general changes in a more possitive nature or things more along those lines. There are also people who will try to attempt to effect things in a more negative manner such as attempting to hex someone. An intersting bit about hexes is that if someone knows that they are being hexed by another person, psychologically they will start to believe that bad things can happen to them. Someone who believes they have been hexed into dying can actually work themselves up over it enough to stress themselves out, get sick, and potientally even die due to the power of suggestion. Because of the power of the human mind to create conditions that don't always exist, it's really difficult to sometimes sort out what is magically inspired, and what is just a result of an overactive imagination.

However, there are quite a few groups that use magical practices in their every day lives regardless of whether they think of it as such or not. People carry around small charms like a rabbits foot or 4 leaf clover for luck all the time regardless of religion. Children use small rhymes to invoke the weather to "rain rain, go away, come again some other day". Which can just as easily be used as a chant to try to keep the weather at bay, even if just for a small while. Really if you think about it, subtle magic is all around us.

I am and have been looking into different forms of it for a while. It's interesting how many forms there are.