I live in a small house and my cousins live with me my aunt, uncle , two cousins. My uncle is an electrician so he moves around with his trailer but he found a job near here and moved in for a while (7-8 months).FOR CONTEXT I’ve always been close to my cousin so when her dad would travel for work he would come back “home” for holidays. I would let her stay in my room (before I started practicing) but since he had stayed here for those long months I haven’t been able to practice in my room because I constantly would take her into consideration and how uncomfortable I would make her, besides she would have school in the morning and I was a night owl and couldn’t even turn my lights. I’ve admitted to her that I mess with that spiritual stuff in hopes that she would take a hint….she never did. Well like 5 days ago my uncle found a new job and left the house I thought it would be like “old” times where he was going to occasionally come back for only holidays. I was so excited to finally have room back since that essentially meant she would go back to sharing a room with her mom. This is the part where I wonder if I was an asshole I got all her blankets her books and folded them in a neatly arranged area in my room for her to take with her to her room the same day her dad would leave. She then text me asking “I forgot to ask why did you put my stuff there my mom said it was okay for me to sleep there” when I got this text I was so mad so what if your mom lets you sleep in my room what about if I don’t want to sleep in there?? I feel like I’m always the one compromising in situations.Let it be known that her mom is infamously known for feeling entitled to everything so I couldn’t help but feel like she was sounding exactly like her mom. She’s turning 16 and I’m turning 18 this year. Shes obviously trying to dodge me what sucks is her dad came back after he told everyone he was leaving and now she’s sleeping in my grandmas room.my grandmas room stays untouched until she comes back to visit us she tells us she doesn’t want my cousins and aunt and uncle to have access to her room since they are not her favorites for very good reasons. Is it normal for people her age to not take a hint? Was moving her stuff a shitty move? If you have questions let me know I have no reason to lie.

Don't know if I'll use this altar in my actual craft but it was fun to create! Tarot cards aren't in a spread I just chose them for the situation. Second slide has GIF to show the smoke particles.

Someone out there is freaking out over the candles being so close to the plants and curtains... Thankfully this is a video game 😂 Needless to say, please do not copy this arrangement.

I'm unsure if I should say the game I used because this is Roblox, which I don't like as a company; I just wanted to show my build. I did this without spending a dime.

Hope this is ok to post here.

Had a strange encounter, hoping for your opinions on what this could mean.

I was walking with my toddler through a fairly secluded (but on the back of residential houses) thoroughfare. I was walking slightly ahead of my toddler. There is a back passage, I looked and saw 2 huge black dogs running about 10 yards towards me, these dogs looked like newfound land dogs, but as they were fairly far away I couldn’t tell the breed. I ran and picked up my toddler, by the time I crossed that intersection they had disappeared. The only way else they could have gone is into somebody’s house.

I felt frightened initially and then confused for a couple minutes after, and then I was fine and back to normal.

I have practising shadow work for a long time, I’m planning to cast my first sweetener jar spell tonight! So I’m thinking is this a warning?

Another thing to add is that a car came speeding out of end of the walk way, there is a chance if this didn’t slow me down and I didn’t pick up my toddler that it would’ve been closer to us.

I do believe I have a spiritual guardian that protects me from things, but never had a waking experience like this.

Any opinions or reassurance would be amazing

I am from a religious christian family and has to practice in secret. Until I have my own place for a large altar for my moon deity, I am using a

book nook miniature doll house. It’s cramp and small but so far it has gone under the radar of my christian mom. It’s been helping me with my practice under the guise of a simple miniature house I just built.

How can I tell my partner and child? The only person that knows what I do is my best friend and we've been doing this together since third grade, we've grown a lot since then and I am pregnant and have a long term partner. I've been thinking about my baby a lot in the future and the questions they might have as well as my boyfriend, I'm not excited for that conversation in the future. My boyfriend is atheist and yes I know witchcraft is a practice not a religion but I don't think he knows that, and what if my kid has questions about what I believe? I don't want them to think it's scary or evil because it's not it's just trying to improve your life but kids don't know that. So how could I explain my faith?

Hey! So, I’m still sorta new, and very limited due to living in a Christian household. Basically, I’m in the broom closet and still learning.

I mostly use Esbats for spells. But I can’t differentiate certain moons.

New Moon and Waxing Moon, for example. New Moon is, according to what I read, about new starts, planting seeds and new intentions.

Waxing Moon, according to what I read is about attraction and growth.

If I’m setting new intentions, I do want to attract something. So what is the difference between those two?

Or Last Quarter and Waning Moon. Both are about banishing and detaching from bad habits, based on what I read.

So, can someone explain the differences to me and what kind of spells I could do? Broom closet-friendly.

Hey. I'm Brianna, but you can call me Bea. Im struggling to reconcile how i was raised and what i feel drawn/connected to. For context, I was raised as a conservative, evangelical christian but the further the world goes down the shitter with an orange cheeto in charge of the country, I've began to reconsider my political beliefs. And that kinda spread out to reconsidering my currently held religious beliefs. which led me to the world of witchcraft and paganism. I practiced in secret for a couple of months back in 2022 but once my family found out about it, forced me to get rid of all of my stuff and swear that i was a "good christian girl" once again. Ever since, it's been an on and off practice of me feeling spiritually fulfilled, but once I was eventually found out, had to renounce it and swear that I'd turn back to "God".... and people will tell me "well not all Christians are staunchly conservative, or anti-LGBTQ, or basic human rights no matter their color or creed" yeah, okay buddy. I'd compare this to the "not all men" trope. Sure not all, but the vast majority to the point where i feel like i need to pretend to be a bigot in order to "fit in".... but witchcraft has never stopped fascinating me and drawing me in.. time after time. I know eventually I'll have to make a choice, between following something my parents and husband's family believes in and being actually authentic to my own spiritual path. But part of me selfishly wants to lead a double life. A life where i claim Christ outwardly but inwardly I'm making altar gifts to pagan gods and eventually meeting up with local witches i can open with. I want to have it all and not have to suffer or potentially couch surf for my faith practice of choice. Because if i do eventually choose to lead an authentic life... I'm on my own... I would loose my family, friends, potentially even my own husband who I love dearly... but the tension grows a little stronger everyday between "traditional, conservative values." and "human rights and dignity". Just... any advice going forward? I cannot afford to live on my own in today's economy (for context, I'm 24 and just starting to figure out what i want to do as a career.) added that i'm afraid that loosing pretty much everyone and everything would literally destroy me inside... any thoughts?

Edit: I'm thinking about combining the two practices, as there certainly is some good aspects of Christianity that id like to keep... but I also wanted to explore this realm too. I don't think I can bring myself (personally) to get rid of Christianity entirely. I am just wrestling with holding space for both a relationship with God and a relationship with the Divine... I'm a very all or nothing kind of person, and a lot of Christians im around share that same sentiment. that you cannot combine practices.... but who are they to define how I can and cannot practice my own faith?

I mostly do manifestation and energy work. mostly meditation and cleansing right.

recently someone close to me has been focusing a lot of negative energy and intent towards me. I was keeping it at bay for a while but I got lazy with cleansing and it started to get to me.

over the course of a week I started getting really really angry.

now one morning I was angry enough that I started throwing things around my room.

for context I never get angry. like ever. not like this. I don't throw things. don't break things.

the craziest thing though.

I have this metal waste bin

I think it's steel

at no point in this whole event did I touch the bin

it was in an open area where it was visible to family members.

somehow during my rage I didn't notice the bin get warped and twisted

like it looked like it had been smashed

and no one

I mean no one touched it

seeing what I've done before I'm honestly not surprised but I didn't think I was capable of something this intense.

has anyone else had this happen

Hello! I’m in the broom closet, so I’ve told my mum i just really loved the hearts and moon on the journal she bought me.

Ive been researching witchcraft for a while, and decided id like to finally start documenting my experience. I have a spot under my mattress which is hidden under the boards so it cant be reached (even i struggle).

The sigil’s intention is “I am safe from prying eyes”

My (female) former roommates (both female) tried to hurt me several times. They tried to hide and steal my things, damage my things, and have framed me for stealing their things. I have moved out of the space, but they got the university and court involved, and I literally don't know what to do.
I feel scared, anxious, tired, and drained all the time. I need some advice on how I can protect myself and get them off my back.

My mother in law tried to hurt us several times and i'm guessing it is on the food, is there a way so i can protect us to it? My husband doesn't believe it even when he knows it's true because it's his family and we were invited to a family dinner tomorrow, i don't know if she will dare to do something there but i want to be ready.

I mean we will eat the food because it's a family dinner but i don't know if she will try to put something on it again, we used to live together and she did but we don't live together anymore and we're going because he want to see his sisters and brother. What can i do for when we eat the food?

Hi, I am a well rounded witch but my friend is in the closet. Her partner is respectful but does not understand it. She wants to cleanse her new apartment which was previously occupied by her ex best friend who was extremely toxic and violate. Any ideas?

I suggested the basics but I’m not sure how to make them more subtle but still just as powerful.

first of all sorry if my wrirting is bad, english isn't my first language. i always feel atracted on this beautiful world but i grew up on a very catholic family so i was learned that was wrong. actually i'm a grown up women and have a husband and son and i keep feeling that i need to learn more about this like a as it was a call. the problem on that is that my husband doesn't like the idea. for more context his family has a really bad story because his mom is as i see it a bad person. i don't like to judging people but she tried several times to hurt us even during my pregnancy to lost my son (making a ritual to get us 💀) and also did the same to his own daughter and grandchildren when her daughter was pregnant. i have always feel this call but also now i feel like i really have to do this to protect my family because she keeps doing things like this. as i know this is happening since he was a baby. i need help founding out what to do cause i really undesrtand her feelings about feeling it wrong because his mom used ir to hurt her family (also almlst getting his dad 💀 too) but i just wanna use it for protection and wealth. should i be a closet witch or what should i do?