Why are some spellcasters more expensive than others?

[Kassandra]

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That's called "spiritual coaching," and yes, it is an actual practice. Since it is consultancy work, there is usually a fee for services (sorry SnowCat, lol), though in some instances they'll work pro-bono, for example if a child is endangered and the parent or other concerned party is trying to seek protection for the child.

But, that's just an example. A pro-bono arrangement for spiritual coaching services, or any other services for that matter, should never be viewed as an entitlement by a client, that's a mistake. Just as with services provided in any other industry (lawyers, etc.), it should be respected as a decision made at the sole discretion of the practitioner, along the lines of...

I see nothing wrong with charging for supplies used and a reasonable fee or trade for time invested, and limiting visits or even refusing chronic clients. [But] If I want to freely give from my heart to a need, I'm all for that too.

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[SpiritTalker]

I actually think making an exchange for service, or just paying a fee, is sound magical practice on both the part of the caster and the client/recipient. In most magical systems, pacts are made...you do this for me, and I do that for you. Exchange or trade equalizes the energy, in some way so obligations don't tie the spell caster and the client together indefinitely.

Paying for the use of the land by exchange of resources is a time honored, magical tradition. When I say I don't take payment for trance sessions, I have accepted rides and after-session snacks. I have to eat when im done! Therefore I occasionally do a "cutting-of-ties" (snip, snip) between myself and clients. Otherwise I feel clinging energy threads long after they are gone.

And I'm not even in the ball park with trained and certified practitioners who can honestly hang a diploma on their office wall. Schooling now-a-days is available, and back in my youth it was laughed at. So today's trained practitioners have earned the right to charge a fee, as well as it just being sound magical practice. Life Counceling is a skill.

[Kassandra]

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Indeed.




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