It seems to me that the true witchery of beguilement is not the deception itself… but in the creation and carriage of the desire to have been so…
Beguile: charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way.
Synonyms: charm, attract, enchant, entrance, win over, woo, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, dazzle, blind, hypnotize, mesmerize, seduce, tempt, lead on, lure, entice, ensnare, entrap… Guile/sly or cunning intelligence.
Synonyms: cunning, craftiness, craft, artfulness, art, artifice, wiliness, slyness, deviousness, shrewdness, canniness, ingenuity…
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“Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting”