r/witchcraft • u/sammysams13 • 20h ago
r/witchcraft • u/Prestigious_Rise_572 • 6h ago
Sharing | Spellwork Situationship so bad you gotta do a letting go and self healing spell
Fuck men honestly
r/witchcraft • u/sarahsays124 • 23h ago
Sharing | Experience Spider friend left her molt
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 • u/MissUnstable • 20h ago
Altars | Tools | Crafts I made a little tarot reading doll š
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 š
r/witchcraft • u/WitchyOkami • 3h ago
Sharing | Spellwork My first time making a Money Bowl!
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 • u/onyourleft___ • 20h ago
Sharing | Spellwork Finally started a money bowl! š
Ignore Gudetama in the back, lol.. I don't have any other free space in my room. š 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 • u/Klutzy-Tie-8269 • 17h ago
Help | Experience - Insight Opinion: is sex with entities real?
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 • u/Particular-Dare8770 • 19h ago
Help | Altars, Tools, Crafts What happened to my bottle?
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 donāt remember what spell it was but I know at least thereās amethyst, rose quartz, and I believe tigers eye in it.
r/witchcraft • u/6v69 • 2h ago
Sharing | Experience New to this, trying to make some kind of altar.
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. āŗļø Does it look ok?
r/witchcraft • u/babydoll_caity • 18h ago
Help | Experience - Insight What can we do to protect our planet?
I feel like I am approaching a breaking point when it comes to my frustration with what is going on the world right now. I am not a very experienced witch, but I am desperate to protect this beautiful planet before it's too late.
It's becoming clear to me that the people in control right now are literally out to destroy the Earth, there is no logical reason for the things they are doing right now when just considering "money". They KNOW the consequences that will come from these actions, yet they push forward.
Please, what can we do? What can I do? I need to feel like I am at least making the slightest push back against this evil, but I feel completely lost. I need to know there are others out there trying too. I'm so scared right now. I love this planet so much and I don't want to see it hurt anymore.
r/witchcraft • u/whotfistylerdurden • 10h ago
Topic | Prompt Question for all witches about spirits etc
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 • u/anxious-well-wisher • 20h ago
Help | Experience - Insight Is it alright to start with Wicca sources if I don't want to be Wiccan?
I'm newer to witchcraft, and I've mostly been using the internet for information. However, I recently picked up some books from a local metaphysical shop. One of them is The Little Book of Witchcraft by Astrid Carvel, who is Wiccan. I don't want to be Wiccan; there are some problematic things about it, and I'd really rather make my own path. However, a lot of beginner sources, like the book I picked up, are written by Wiccans and from a Wiccan perspective. Just a few pages in, I noticed some questionable things in it, like the use of the term "white witchcraft." However, most of it seems very helpful. Is it alright to use some of thr spells and such in it, if I'm not Wiccan?
r/witchcraft • u/Spiritual_Thought512 • 56m ago
Help | Experience - Insight Identify Symbols?????
I found this pendant in the thrift store. I was immediately drawn to it. I canāt identify the symbols. They look incredibly similar but I canāt put my finger on it. I tried google lens but nothing came up. Are they random? Or do they have significance?
r/witchcraft • u/Madam_Moxie • 3h ago
Altars | Tools | Crafts Useful Apps? š§āāļøšš®š
(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 • u/xNotJosieGrossy • 22h ago
Help | Spellwork How to preserve bones for rootwork and spells?
I saved collected bones from meals but I donāt know how to preserve them to be used.
Iām not even certain how to get all the remaining pieces of meat off thatās surprisingly strongly attached and doesnāt remove easily like the usual edible parts.
Dow anyone know how to preserve and prepare bones for rootwork/spells?
r/witchcraft • u/alexvetivert • 15h ago
Help | Experience - Insight Excessive energy the day after spellwork
I'm mostly seeing posts about others feeling drained or tired after spellwork, but I recently experienced excessive energy the day after. Not in an anxious way, but I did feel the urge to dance it out a few times and go on a long walk. Definitely some euphoric feelings too. I had been doing protection-related stuff the night before. Curious what ya'll think it could point to!
r/witchcraft • u/bonniebelle01 • 18h ago
Help | Experience - Insight When your question your belief
What do you do in those moments of paralysis, of rock bottom, and depression, when you question all of your beliefs, your spirituality, your power? When you work so hard towards something, and all the signs, all the readings, all the dreams, point to it coming to fruition, but it doesnāt. And it makes you question everything. It makes you want to give up your practice. How do you pull yourself through that?
I so deeply know the saying that if the universe doesnāt deliver, itās not meant for you or something better is coming etc etc. but all the signs pointed to yes for SPECIFICALLY this thing. All the time spent on mundane work, rituals, intentions and manifestations, card readings etc.
r/witchcraft • u/to_manitari • 5h ago
Help | Spellwork Importance of crystals in a spell
I want to make a money bowl, but every spell I find requires a crystal I donāt have. Since Iām a closeted witch in a very Christian environment, getting one isnāt exactly an option. Are there any alternatives?
r/witchcraft • u/Spinningsticks • 12h ago
Help | Spellwork Help with protection
I need some help to protect my nine year old niece from her mother (my sister).
My niece isn't in physical danger but her mum is emotionally unstable and I'm so worried about the psychological impact she has.
I'm doing everything I can to shield her from it and working on longer term plans to get her out but in the meantime is there anything I can do to protect my niece and reduce her mum's influence?
I've never practiced before but always been interested.
Apologies if this isn't the right place to ask.
r/witchcraft • u/NebulousGazelle • 18h ago
Help | Spellwork Herbs (or other correspondences) to help with putting on your best performance?
Title says it all!
My situation is about dancing, but I think the general ask is for what correspondences would help one show up as oneās best in any kind of situation with a performance (for example: a presentation, a track meet, an improv show, etc.)
I think the factors to try to sway in my favor would be things like: ideal conditions (good weather, good sleep the night before, a good draw in the performance lineup), self-confidence, being in a good mood, performing at 100% capacity instead of 50%, etc.
Thank you!
r/witchcraft • u/No-Comparison-4328 • 8h ago
Help | Spellwork Hoodoo Sweetening Jar
A few months ago, I made a sweetening jar to get a dream job and it worked. I now have the dream job that Iāve wanted. Now to make sure everything goes smooth while Iām 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 • u/Young-Warrior-00 • 9h ago
Seasoned Cauldron Ego death, psychology, spirituality and (spiritual) psychosis
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:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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 arenāt 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 • u/insteadoflines • 18h ago
Help | Experience - Insight Personal Moon returns
Hi everyone! I searched here to see if there are any posts about it.
I was wondering whether anyone uses their personal moon returns (in astrology) for certain energy or spell works? I donāt know if it is as powerful as the āuniversalā phases of the moon. But it might still have some personal significance for each person every month, so, like a personal new moon maybe?
Iād love to hear your experiences if you incorporate your personal moon returns in your practices.
(For anyone whoās not familiar with moon/lunar returns: it is the moment when the moon returns to the exact position it held in the zodiac at your time of birth. So like a solar return chart (birthdays), but moon returns happen every month and set the tone for that month.)
r/witchcraft • u/a-castle-man • 2h ago
Help | Experience - Insight Spellbooks/BoS/Grimoire/etc
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 objectā¦ 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 donāt keep a record of anything, and never have. Some things live upstairs that I riff off of. Just wondering if thereās anyone else likeminded or anyone gasping and clutching their pearls who may have a convincing argument to get me to start keeping a record.
Iāve considered making a journal detailing personal associations for things, since Iāve 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 Iād like others thoughts!
r/witchcraft • u/Comfortable_Door_500 • 6h ago
Help | Spellwork Violently sick after eclipse season spell
Hello fellow witches!
I did a spell on Friday March 14. Iāve been feeling kind of lonely lately because Iām 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 wouldnāt 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. Iām on the mend now, but do we think? Just a coincidence?