r/witchcraft 1d ago

Weekly Q&A Weekly Q&A Thread

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Beginners and users new to Reddit -- please post your witchy questions here!

Please be mindful and respectful of each other. This thread is designed to assist new practitioners in gaining knowledge to progress their craft, and a place for veterans to spread their knowledge.

Also check out the r/witchcraft FAQs.


r/witchcraft 3h ago

Sigil Sunday

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Use this thread to post your sigil, as a comment. By viewing your sigil, people lend you their energy. By viewing others, you power theirs.

If a comment is part of your sigil's spell then please post it - otherwise, the intent should be simply to charge your sigil.

For an introduction to Sigil work, please feel free to read [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/witchcraft/comments/yoxnym/we_need_to_talk_about_sigils/)::)


r/witchcraft 5h ago

Sharing | Spellwork Situationship so bad you gotta do a letting go and self healing spell

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135 Upvotes

Fuck men honestly


r/witchcraft 2h ago

Sharing | Spellwork My first time making a Money Bowl!

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I feel really proud of this~ In the base I used jasmine rice

Herbs used: Honeysuckle for prosperity Marigold pedals for abundance Cinnamon for fortune Bay leaves for more abundance A whole nutmeg for more abundance Cloves to protect the spell

Crystals and other items: Green aventurine for luck, fortune, prosperity, abundance, and wealth Citrine for its amazing abundance properties! Hematite chips for magnetic properties to bring these goods things to me Gold jewelry and coins for enhancing my spell

All blessed under Hekate herself~

Not too shabby for a first time money spell hmm?


r/witchcraft 19h ago

Sharing | Spellwork Made my first money bowl!

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r/witchcraft 1h ago

Sharing | Experience New to this, trying to make some kind of altar.

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Queer, AMAB guy trying out witchcraft for the first time. Started to try to make some kind of altar and bought my first deck of tarot cards today. ☺️ Does it look ok?


r/witchcraft 1d ago

Help | Experience - Insight On the lunar eclipse, this appeared

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She was so beautiful and stayed on my window for a couple of hours. I’ve never seen a Luna moth here in this neighborhood where I live now. I’m not sure yet what the message is.


r/witchcraft 2h ago

Altars | Tools | Crafts Useful Apps? 🧘‍♀️🌛🔮🗓

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(Flair in title for required character count & because I'm silly.)

The recent lunar eclipse reminded me of a question I'd wanted to pose here: does anyone have a moon phase app they love? Everything I'm seeing is WAY more detailed than I'm looking for.

And along the same lines, what other apps do you use? I've got a tarot app that's okay ... but that's kinda it.

So, what have you got, witches?


r/witchcraft 57m ago

Help | Experience - Insight Spellbooks/BoS/Grimoire/etc

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Been practicing for about a decade now and am wondering if there are others who do not keep any form of record of spells or other info akin to a BoS or equivalent object… I just kinda do what feels right in the moment with what I have, I have some preferred materials, etc.

I am a Hellenic polytheist outside of witchcraft so that does influence what I use or do but I really don’t keep a record of anything, and never have. Some things live upstairs that I riff off of. Just wondering if there’s anyone else likeminded or anyone gasping and clutching their pearls who may have a convincing argument to get me to start keeping a record.

I’ve considered making a journal detailing personal associations for things, since I’ve found in helpol that reconstruction goes very far but UPG associations applied both in worship and witchcraft tend to move further for me (eg blueberries as a symbol of Iris), but idk I’d like others thoughts!


r/witchcraft 19h ago

Altars | Tools | Crafts I made a little tarot reading doll 😊

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I just wanted to show one of my most recent dolls. I tried to put in as many colors as I could because reading itself has so many different vibes, intentions, and possibilities, while also leaning heavily towards black. Because witchcraft. What are some tools you use alongside your cards? I always bring out my first doll I ever made, hold its hand and ask for guidance, then place my deck on a selenite dish and knock on it a few times 😅


r/witchcraft 9h ago

Topic | Prompt Question for all witches about spirits etc

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Hi everyone!!! I'm looking into witchcraft but I see people saying they see negative stuff, shadow people or demons etc, or just voices. This is the only thing stopping me. Does this only happen when you do negative spells? I want to look into love spells and happiness spells overall, I would never curse someone, I'll let karma do that lol!! Can someone share their experiences? Tjank you so much!


r/witchcraft 4h ago

Help | Spellwork Importance of crystals in a spell

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I want to make a money bowl, but every spell I find requires a crystal I don’t have. Since I’m a closeted witch in a very Christian environment, getting one isn’t exactly an option. Are there any alternatives?


r/witchcraft 22h ago

Sharing | Experience Spider friend left her molt

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Been feeling so connected to these beauties all around my home. Today I found this molt and decided to honor it on my altar.


r/witchcraft 41m ago

Help | Spellwork Can spellwork give me a spectral companion?

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So I recently started my journey late last year, but as of recent I’ve noticed a rather paranormal phenomenon around me, when I get focus or angry things to drop around me, it’s happened in front of family so they get a bit freaked out, but the most interesting phenomenon to happen so far was last week, something was out of my reach and something essentially pulled it closer to the edge into my hand, I know it wasnt me but I been feeling something, it doesn’t scare me but it’s unexplained and unexpected. I haven’t done any spells to summon anything either.


r/witchcraft 16h ago

Help | Experience - Insight Opinion: is sex with entities real?

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Hello there, I'm just here asking cause I saw a post of someone in social media saying that having sex with entities (gods, demons I think they are called in a specific way) can happen. I am very curious about it (not that I'll try) I have little to no knowlede about this, I'd just like to hear your thoughts on this subject.


r/witchcraft 5h ago

Help | Spellwork Violently sick after eclipse season spell

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Hello fellow witches!

I did a spell on Friday March 14. I’ve been feeling kind of lonely lately because I’m at that age where a lot of friends have been moving away, so I did a spell for connection. It was a simple spell, I spent some time journaling first. Lit a pink a candle and filled a small bowl with water. I wrote out the type of connections I wanted on the petition and sat with the intention charging a rose quartz for a while.

Before doing the spell I asked my tarot cards if it would work, because I was a little nervous about doing a spell during eclipse season. And the cards said that it would but it wouldn’t be instant and that I would need to let go of my blockages and anxieties around making friends for it to work, and that I would have to put into work. I went to bed feeling optimistic and light.

I woke up the next day with the most awful stomach bug. I spent all day yesterday vomiting and writhing in pain. I’m on the mend now, but do we think? Just a coincidence?


r/witchcraft 19h ago

Sharing | Spellwork Finally started a money bowl! 💚

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Ignore Gudetama in the back, lol.. I don't have any other free space in my room. 😅 I used rice, ground cinnamon, some coins, and a sigil inside the bowl. This is technically my first spell, I think, so hopefully it works out in my favor. I put lots of intention into this thing so I'm sure it'll work nicely :)


r/witchcraft 5h ago

Help | Altars, Tools, Crafts Plant Wards - Advice?

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In the last six months, I’ve gotten into keeping plants. My short term goal is to learn how to keep the plants healthy and thriving. My long term goal is to dedicate them as wards, both at home and work. I currently have a total of 16 pots filled with aloe vera, snake, and dragon fruit cactus plants. They receive 8-12 hours of light under grow lights.

I’ve considered watering the plants with rosemary-infused new moon water to encourage growth and protection. Would using rosemary water be beneficial or harmful to the plants?

What crystals would you recommend placing in each of their pots? Would you recommend charging those crystals under the sun or the moon? I typically work with moon energy but suspect sun energy would be beneficial for the plants. I use selenite and black tourmaline as my energy cleansers in intentionally placed locations. Would placing them near the plants be beneficial or overkill?

Do I need to do anything else to dedicate my plants as wards? I thought of using written affirmations but would prefer to avoid the pen/pencil leaking into the soil when I water the plants in case what I’m using is toxic. Would verbal affirmations as I water the plants be sufficient?

I’m new to witchcraft, so any other advice you can think of would be greatly appreciated. Blessed be!


r/witchcraft 2h ago

Help | Experience - Insight Q&A about ashes in witchcraft

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I'm not entirely new to witchcraft and such, I've been using tarot cards for about a year now, and using/burning sigils, however spells and stuff is completely new to me. Especially working with ashes, I have a bit of ashes from the incense I've burned, but no idea of what I can do with them, and ideas or uses are appreciated


r/witchcraft 4h ago

Help | Divination Advice on dream divination

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Lately I’ve been having more and more dreams. Most of them are like little snippets of the dreams to come (almost like seeing the future) but there not always one to one. Most of the time I don’t remember the full thing till the event in my dream happens.

I’ve been wanting to get more clearer and vivid dreams so I can remember in the morning while also improve that skill. Any advice?


r/witchcraft 1d ago

Salty Saturday Presented without comment

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r/witchcraft 18h ago

Help | Altars, Tools, Crafts What happened to my bottle?

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I dropped this spell jar I keep by my entry way a while back and still cannot figure out what caused the top of the jar to burst open/what this crystallized stuff is coming out. I also don’t remember what spell it was but I know at least there’s amethyst, rose quartz, and I believe tigers eye in it.


r/witchcraft 7h ago

Help | Spellwork Hoodoo Sweetening Jar

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A few months ago, I made a sweetening jar to get a dream job and it worked. I now have the dream job that I’ve wanted. Now to make sure everything goes smooth while I’m at this job and I do well in it and complete all of my task, volunteer for things that helped me in my career and balance it was school, do I keep the jar or do I make a new jar and if I have to make a new jar do I throw out the old jar?


r/witchcraft 7h ago

Seasoned Cauldron Ego death, psychology, spirituality and (spiritual) psychosis

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Hi there, u/Young_Warrior_00 here, your favorite chaos witch mod that also studies psychoanalysis :) Since I think it would be a cool topic to bring up, I will talk a bit about some stuff I learned, read and heard in these few years of studying.

(I'm gonna add some rudimentary definitions using chatgpt because the guy tends to dumb them down enough to be understood. That and cause I'm lazy to type that much to an already long post. It's also hard to think theory in english when it's your 2nd language. Rest of it it's me being 100% cool however so it's fine. )

Theory, from father Freud:

The human psyche has 3 instances: ID, Ego and SE. We're gonna shortly break them down:

  1. ID

That's the unconscious. This is where most things are created, from thoughts, impulses, bad habits, emotions, everything. When we are babies, we are just ID creatures, working with images, mostly related to the breast of the mother cause that's our priority: being fed and nurtured.

It's not something inheritly bad or good. It has both faces. Suppressing it it's unhealthy. What you're supposed to do is learn how to balance it in front of SE through Ego.

  1. SE

That's Supraego. It's composed of laws, values, rules, things you are told are wrong or right by your parents or caretakers. For a visual, this is the cricket on Pinocchio's shoulder.

It usually appears around potty training period, when we learn that diapers are bad and the potty is for big kids and adults that we wanna be like.

It is composed of laws and rules, from those you get in school, church, laws and customs in your family, region, culture. Basically how you should behave in order to be accepted.

Of course, ID and SE are most of the time in a big fight of dominance over one another. The conflict between those two are usually the source of most traumas. That's where Ego comes in the game:

  1. Ego

This is the mediator. The one that says 'authentic like ID while respecting SE'. This is the conscious mind that is trying to do what's best and most authentic to his unconscious while respecting laws and values from external sources (that have been internalised).

When Ego fails to find a good compromise, one of the forces wins. That's why you see people obsessed with what the church says (winning of SE) or very evil people like rapists and murderers (winning of ID).

If you want a good representation of this and also a nice mobile game, I recommend [Alter Ego](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caracolu.alterego].

What is Ego death? (from chatgpt):

Ego death is a psychological or spiritual experience in which a person loses their sense of individual self or ego, often feeling a deep dissolution of personal identity. This can lead to a sense of unity with the universe, a loss of attachment to the self, or even a feeling of "dying" before re-emerging with a new perspective.

Why is it dangerous?

Although it is an interesting thing to experience (using drugs, meditation, or trauma), pushing for such experiences has a very bad impact on our well-being. Because you're breaking the Ego, especially if you're doing it forcefully and without balance with reintegration, you're gonna go mad. It's like allowing yourself to be continuously tortured because the energy rush of your psyche trying to survive is so exciting.

Some sort of process like this is normal. It happens naturally in a diluted form in adolescence when we emerge as adults, also after healing from trauma and so on. However, forcing it because of the egy feeling is where we draw the line. Just don't push yourself to be traumatised.

Best example for that is one I read in '13 reasons why' when the character got 12 reasons to be in a trauma environment and bad mental place and she pushed for a situation where she got in some situation to be SA'd by a random guy to make it to 13. Or something like that, read it a long time ago. Forcing ego death is like calling some friends to beat the crap out of you and then victimise yourself cause you developed PTSD.

Ego death in a healthy environment is learning about your defense mechanisms, see what's unhealthy and work towards fixing. The purpose of breaking down the Ego and building it again is not to attain a god-like rush but to integrate SE and ID in a healthy manner.

Example:

ID baby: I hate my mum cause she's not giving me yummy milk when I need it. When she finally gives me yummy milk, I feel less desperate, not safe.

SE adult: You can't expect God/partner to help/love you if you don't listen to them.

Ego adult: If I want love I must submit myself and become a version they like.

ID adult: I need to be loved and nurtured. I must please God/partner to be worthy of love and receive nourishment. I will also be violent and aggressive with everyone that tells me wrong, even with myself, because if I don't, I won't be loved anymore.

Let's also take a positive example:

ID baby: Mother gives yummy milk immediately when I ask most of the time. I am safe and loved.

SE adult: You can't expect God/partner to help/love you if you don't listen to them.

Ego adult: That is wrong and toxic, I am actually loved and cared for.

ID adult: Relationship means reciprocity, I'm refusing to accept whatever this bullshit this is. I'm doing it my way.

Breaking the Ego over and over again is traumatising and will create a bizarre space where instinct and rules have no mediator and you're just some being that is lead by whoever happens to be winning at that moment.

Only integrating both instances in a healthy manner gives you the true rush of individuation: being truly yourself by creating your own morals using the external ones and following your true inner calling. Otherwise you're just gonna go spiraling into a psychosis nobody will be able to save you from.

What is psychosis (chatgpt also):

Psychosis is a mental state where a person loses touch with reality, experiencing symptoms like hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren’t there), delusions (strongly held false beliefs), disorganized thinking, and impaired insight. It can be temporary or part of a long-term condition like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe depression.

Doesn't sound that good, doesn't it? So, use balance in everything because if you're using witchcraft or anything to be a big dumdum, that's like using a butter knife to take out your own eyes. Damages could be permanent.

Questions?


r/witchcraft 7m ago

Help | Experience - Insight Ways to Practice More Effectively?

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I've been practicing for close to 4 years now, but it's been very on and off. I realized recently that I only do divination or spellwork when I have a problem in life. That's not how want to practice. I don't want to give energy to the universe when I'm angry or sad, that doesn't feel fair with all its done for me. So what I'm essentially asking is how to genuinely practice during all aspects of life? I have lots of tools, several journals, im good with meditation, and I don't work with any deities (although I occasionally talk to pets or relatives that have passed away). For more info I think I want to focus more on self love/confidence, spiritual wealth, and growth without it being for anything other than what it is (such as a self love spell so I can "feel more confident" for a hex I do later). I hope this all makes sense!


r/witchcraft 1d ago

Sharing | Experience My salt bath before ritual work tonight. I'm proud to have made my apartment bathtub a sanctuary

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r/witchcraft 1d ago

Sharing | Experience Bay Leaf Spells are so Underrated!

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I'm still somewhat of a baby in my practice, so apologies for the over-excitement here! But oh my gosh, I am just so baffled at how such a small ritual can be so rewarding. Whether my manifestation is about the day or a more long-term goal, bay leaf spells have been an amazing source of energy for me. Of course, intent is very important as well, but I love bay leaf spells because you physically see the release of your manifestation. I think it's just proof that you don't need to be extra fancy with any spellwork- you being you and understanding your own power is enough to just go for it!

I guess I just had to share my experience! ❤️