your biggest issue seemed to be me labeling myself as Wiccan but that just seems silly to me.
It's appropriation.
Wicca isnt the absolute truth, no religion or cult or coven has the absolute truth.
Why would you call yourself a Wiccan then, or I guess Pagan now?
the rule of 3 is complete bs.
Assuming it'd have to conform to 3 in particular is a bit rigid, but the notion of ones actions making for bigger ripples in the pond is present in the majority of faiths, and within many philosophies.
"The Blanket" is in a lot of paths.
real karma doesnt exist in this world or in the astral world either, and it doesn't exist the way hindus say it does either. karma is just what people wish would happen, but it rarely does.
Why do people like to larp about magical bullshit?
It makes them feel better not being in control.
i think of karma as not some magical bullshit but as a result of how you treat people. this has nothing to do with magic. so karma is really just a meme.
negative karma will come back to get you because people will fuck you over just like you fucked them over
nothing to do with magic, everything to do with human nature
My perspective on it's similar, but closer to other people on average being half-decent people readers.
If you spent your life being a thief for instance, comforts and habits fitting of a thief will surface, "The Karma of a Thief". Anyone with the eyes for those sets of traits will smell said thief's "karma" from miles away, and therefor be harder to steal from. Someone who is innocent in that area meanwhile may have less skill for stealing, but when socially analyzed they'd only give it away at most from a bad poker face.
Karma to me is just what you telegraph based on your comfort zones with behaviors. It's why someone who tries to be "a good and respectable person" can stink of the efforts of responsibility even to people who've never seen them do any good deeds personally.
Of course with this version of Karma, you can be shat on for being a good person too. Walk through an alley of scammers and cutthroats and they'll smell the karma of naivete, making it more about blending in and not standing out through one's comforts in the familiar.
horrible terrible things happen to good positive loving souls, and evil negative hateful souls get blessed with tons of power and riches much more often than "good" people
Who's to say they aren't being punished for sins in a past life?
Who's to say that they haven't done bad things you didn't witness, or did quieter bad things like wishing ill will, things of a bad nature as opposed to bad deeds?
Who's to say that Money doesn't hack one's Karma? Even some magic circles refer to money as a literal representation of energy, even with Mike Tyson referring to it metaphorically as "Paper Blood".
There's a lot of unknown unknowns in the mix, but the language used in many faiths, Wicca included, can represent a more literal message when given it's time for interpretation.
karma in the afterlife doesnt work the way people wish it did either
How does it work, as you understand it?
