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Beginner Witch Tips

Read. Before you even think about practicing magick, you need to study. It sounds tedious, I know, but witchcraft is not a trivial undertaking. 

Start a grimoire/Book of Shadows/Journal. You’ll need a safe place to keep all of the information you’ve gathered safe, and a grimoire (as I call mine), is essentially a notebook for that exact purpose. It doesn’t have to be fancy (though you’re welcome to make it as ostentatious as you like), – it can be a bullet journal if that’s easy for you. Within your grimoire, you should keep all gathered information, spells, failures, successes, records of work you’ve done, etc,. Anything that pertains to your craft.

Don’t put pressure on yourself to pick a path. You might see a lot of witches who class themselves as one thing or another, e.g., storm witches, kitchen witches, elemental witches, spirit/divination witches; green witches; cosmic witches, and so on.That is cool and their prerogative, but you will also see witches known as eclectic. Eclectic Witches, are simply witches who choose to practise many different types of magick and forge their own path, instead of following only one, or following a pre-established path. Basically, there is no need at all, whatsoever, to label yourself. With many of us, our paths found us in time. 

Research paths, secular witchcraft and religious witchcraft.Witchcraft alone, is a practice. However, some paths are indeed religious, such as Wicca. Make sure you know the difference before you begin actively practicing and before you decide on your path, if you do choose to do so.

Carry a little notebook on your person.You can’t always carry your grimoire with you, so I personally like to carry a tiny little notebook with me, for those moments when inspiration takes me, or if something captures my imagination or attention. You can add it to your grimoire/BoS later.

Oh, and one more thing: don’t ever stop learning and reading and recording. Witchcraft is a path of continuous learning.

Things to Research:

Crystals/gemstones/minerals

Herb and crystal correspondences, e.g., such as color and planetary.

Sabbats (also known as “Witches Sabbaths”) and esbats.

The basic tools of witchcraft.

Altars (if you’re so inclined).

Lunar phases.

Divination, e.g., tarot, runes, pendulums. 

Witchcraft and deities (if you’re so inclined).

Traditional witchcraft practises, such as circle casting.

SAFETY! What is safe to use/burn/touch/ingest. There are lots of poisonous and potentially fatal plants and ingredients out there.

Easy/budget magick/witchcraft.

The history of witchcraft, including lore, myths and tales.

The importance and use of the elements in magick

Research cultural witchcraft. Make sure that your practice does not steal from closed cultures. 

Easy Practices for New Witches:

Grounding – grounding is the act of centering your energy and focusing it within yourself. You can ground yourself by being out in nature and using visualising techniques that tie your energies firmly into the ground (very traditional method), or by finding a quiet place that you are content in and meditating.

Meditation.

Visualisation/visualising.

Sigil crafting/creation.

Dream interpretation.

Charging jewellery/crystals/objects/sigils.

Using glamours in makeup/cosmetics/everyday wear.

“I Find Lost Things”

Draw this on your dominant hand while you’re looking for something and/or cleaning the space you’re in

Grimoire - Decolonizing Witchcraft

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@pinewhisky hello! This isnt my main so i have to ss to answer replies but she actually already tried.

They said because he did not threaten her and because none of this is happening at work, they cant fire him or really much of anything.

It also dosent help that most of the crazy convo happened on snapchat so alot of the conversation is gone beyond a couple of crazy ss.

Anyone wanna help?

To keep it brief, my gf was inadvertently pushed into a friendship with a guy(new coworker) who claims to be extremely powerful and work with lots of norse and greek gods.

He has overwhelmed her and tried to plant seeds of doubt in her about me being truthful to her in less than a day of knowing each other. His energy dosent have any apparent evilness but he tried to say it was my main goddess, hera, that told him i was untrustworthy despite hera telling me he was not speaking to her.

He did multiple tarot readings and pendulums on her without her consent and despite the fact he says hes primarily a norse god devotee, that he knows hera better than me. Hes angry constantly, yells and swears all the time and shes uncomfortable, not to mention he pried to learn her trauma the same night he did those unconsented readings. He also said " you can choose not to tell me your trauma but if i really wanna know, i can always find out through readings and my gods but i wont cause i respect you" aka super manipulative, controlling and abusive behavior super quickly.

He also vented to her (unsolicitedly) that one of his exes was lieing about him r*peing her and showed her that he was makeing fake accounts on different social medias to harass this girl. He also has the biggest witch ego ive ever seen and has the worst main character syndrome ever. He says very untrue things that have been proven wrong, that he might as well be a god himself, that he's being hunted by every cryptid imaginable and works with very common and popular gods as well as ones that hate each other and he dosent seem to even be able to set boundaries with them. I mean, the man says hes the highest ranking kind of angel while also working with multiple evil deities including multiple incarnations of satan himself. Not to mention hes very much insulted native beings and pretend sk*nw*lkers and w*nd*gos are the same things as say, mothman.

In the end, wether what hes doing is true or not, my gf is drained and anxious of him to the point where she veils all the time( she never used to veil before) and has panic attacks. Shes overwhelmed and unhappy.

What im asking is, if this guy is as powerful as he says and is as dangerous as he says he is(he says he cant hex people cause its killed them before and hes " too powerful" and " too emotional" that his power wouldnt smack someone on the wrist but instead maim them.), what can we do to protect ourselves/home/animals/lives from him? She wants to cut contact and protect herself but shes scared he wont ever leave her alone because of how much he dumped on her.

I need spells, i need wards, i need sigils and i need something if, should he attempt to hex her/us that he'd regret it. I need help and i need it asap.

If you cant offer help, please offer energy to go into the spells/wards/etc to protect us. We are very scared and neither of us are in as deep as him. Im barely out of baby witch territory and shes just entering it.

 she’s like a beautiful norse god come to life and she controls the cows

she’s actually Swedish artist and singer Jonna Jinton and she’s singing  Kulning, an ancient Swedish herding call

Been trying out AI generated sigils with really interesting results. Here's one to encourage independence and assertiveness.

Even in the best of times, connecting with other people can be difficult. That first electric spark of a true romance is something that many people will only experience a few times during their lives. Even that deep relief and joy that comes when you meet someone who just “gets” you a rarity. If your desire is to expand your world through new relationships, it’s often surprisingly hard to even know where to start.

This sigil is intended to help you focus that connection-making intent, be it romantic love, platonic love, or simply a real connection with others.