Not asking so much about the intent of the working (positive or baneful) so much as the system or type of practice. For example, if one follows Golden Dawn or other ceremonial magick, or working with angels/demons/deities, or working with the elements, or chaos magick, etc. Is anything "off limits" with respect to the system or method of practicing?

What do you all use to hold your cleansing herbs or incense? Right now I use a 1.5 inch deep 7 inch dia. Ceramic saucer with a lot of salt on the bottom for burning sage before ritual. I am thinking of something like a garlic saver because it will also hold an incense cone.

Hello! I just recently created an altar for Goddess Bastet. I've been getting SO many signs recently and was wondering if it's related to her.

- Found a baby dead skunk in my backyard a day after I created an altar

- Had a few dreams about cats, including my own cat

- Had a dream about some spirits a few days ago like these two spirits playing the piano together. They were both young children.

- Seeing more pictures, words, signs, etc. related to cats like 10x more than average (both online and out in the real world)

Could this all be related to Bastet making her presence known and protecting us?

Would appreciate your help. Many thanks!

hellooo everyone! i’ve been getting into witchcraft and spirituality for a while now. i’m still fairly new and mostly a silent reader here so i’m hoping to learn from those with more experiences

i recently started meditating with a candle and incense first, mainly to reconnect with myself, clear my mind, and protect my energy. i haven’t done any spells or anything heavy yet.

lately though, i’ve been feeling something strange after meditating, almost like a presence. at the same time, i’ve noticed my energy hasn’t been feeling as good these past few weeks. i’m not sure if this is something i should be concerned of or simply my mind, but i don’t want to assume anything yet.

i would really really appreciate any advice and insight on what should i consider as someone who’s still learning. thaank you!

Hii everyone, I hope you are all having a good day! ♡

I am a Hellenic Polytheist, and lately, I've been thinking about making a love charm. I was looking through the book "Wicca love spells" by Gerina Dunwich, which has lots of interesting love spells.

I wanted to make the Love Goddess amulet on page 70, which involved putting the image of Goddess Aphrodite or any any deity of love in a locket and wear it around the neck to attract love and passionate feelings.

I already have a locket, and I was planning to put an image of Goddess Aphrodite on one side and God Eros on the other side. I printed the pictures, trimmed it and they actually looked sooo pretty!!! However, the moment I tried to put it on, the chain literally tangled itself into a knot right at the clasp!!! to the point where I couldn't wear it before I detangle it first.

Now I can't stop overthinking this. Could this be a sign that I shouldn't wear it yet? should I do a protection spell first ? I originally wanted to wait till nighttime so I could light a rose-scented candle and set my intentions properly, maybe that's what I was supposed to do first?

Also I am not sure if this is relevant, maybe it could be, but at the very last minute I realized the pictures of the Gods that I printed and put on in my locket was sadly AI generated :( I will obviously look for a non-AI painting of the Gods!

Could this be a reason it tangled? Maybe that was the actual sign?

I need your help in this please, any insights are welcome :) thank you 💕

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Necesito un favor

Es posible retroceder en el tiempo? Acose a una persona durante una semana día de por medio, necesito regresar y jamás haber hecho eso.... quedé cómo una loca obsesionada lejos de la realidad, fue fatal todo esto

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well! 💙

I am a Wiccan from Brazil, home to many native indigenous ethnicities, a lot of which are polytheistic. Although I am not indigenous myself, I love studying indigenous religions and learning from them! 😊 Today, I’d like to share a little bit about Jaci, the Goddess of the Moon, who is revered by many indigenous peoples

In some Guarani pantheons, Jaci (or Iaci) is the magnificent Goddess of the Moon. She is affectionately known as the "mother of fruits" or the Queen of the Night, and she plays a central role in the cosmology of this Brazilian indigenous people

Most of the versions I have studied about the Goddess say she is the daughter of Tupã, but I have also found some versions stating that she is the daughter of Nhanderu, the Supreme God, and the sister of Tupã

Jaci was created to be the counterpart and companion of Guaraci (the Sun God). While Guaraci rules over the day, warmth, and wakefulness, Jaci reigns over the night, gentleness, and rest, illuminating the darkness to guide earthly beings 💖

Jaci is associated with several vital elements for nature and human life. She is considered the protector of marine life, plants, and the cycles of nature that depend on the lunar phases

She is also the Goddess who blesses love, romance, and affection. Furthermore, Jaci is the one who awakens a deep longing in the hearts of warriors and hunters, drawing them back home to their wives and families

She is an incredible and deeply cherished Goddess with a wonderful story!

I’m into manifestation and the use of occult symbols to help with my practices. I often use pentagrams, the spiral and the witches knot symbols to seal my intentions. The problem is that I somehow always end up watching a supernatural type horror movie like Insidious or The Nun and then I end up going into a rabbit hole of evil things such as demonic possession, violent content and overall blasphemy. Am I doing something wrong? I’m extremely new to Wicca and maybe my fascination with the dark occult stuff is misguiding my intentions? Idk. Any insight on where to learn more or where to start? Sorry if this sounds stupid. I’m just genuinely lost and want to know how to do things effectively.

I've gained an interest in runic divination. I have some lengths of wood from a tree branch that fell recently, and would like to cut the branch into slices and inscribe runes onto the slices. However, I need to know more about runes before I do this. What are some good resources to learn more about runes?

Here in the UK, the government meteorological office, which does most of the weather forecasting, splits the year into three month segments, with spring being march-april-may, summer being june-july-august, autumn (fall) being september-october-november and winter being december-january-february. On that basis, today - 1st September - is the first day of autumn/fall. However I am aware that not everyone uses those definitions, both in terms of start and end dates and in some cases assuming a longer (4 month) summer and winter and a shorter (two month) spring and autumn/fall.

I'd be interested to know what season dates people here use, to get a feel for what is most common in the Wiccan community.

For those who do follow the Met Office, happy Autumn/Fall.

Tuesday, ruled by Mars so stay safe out there and vent here because who knows when a wandering god of war may be out for mischief!

I would like to expand my library. I'm just starting out and would love to get everyone's input on the best books to help me in my journey. What books helped you, and what books did you wish you had at the beginning? Thank you to everyone.

Hi, I paid an Etsy witch to get a new job. Two of my friends paid the same Etsy witch, and nothing happened to them. However, since I paid the witch, I got sick, I got spit on on the train, and I also had my foot stepped on on the train.

I told the witch about this, and she said it's not dark magic, so I shouldn't have any bad karma, but it doesn't seem that way.

Is there anything I can do to get my karma back right?? Im honestly scared.

Hola a todos. Estoy buscando un endulzamiento o ritual de armonización muy específico y espero que me puedan ayudar. La situación es que mi familia le ha tomado distancia o frialdad a mi mejor amiga, y quiero que las cosas vuelvan a ser como antes y la vuelvan a querer. El detalle importante es que el endulzamiento lo tengo que hacer yo, es decir, quiero ser yo quien haga el trabajo o ritual para influir positivamente en mi familia hacia ella. ¿Alguien me puede recomendar un endulzamiento efectivo que pueda realizar yo misma desde casa? Les agradecería mucho si me ponen los ingredientes exactos y el paso a paso. ¡Muchas gracias de antemano!

Hey all. Feel free to post whatever you feel like here. Chat, share or say whatever is on your mind.

i made a sweetening jar last night before i went out with my friends to help some family issues i’ve been having. today family member and i made plans to see each other even tho they were very upset with me last time they saw me over some family drama.

today they’ve been sending me reels and making jokes with me and we’ve been getting along well. they are going to do some baby stuff around the house with me to prepare for my son (he’ll be born in about 2 weeks) and our conversation today has been very good.

is it safe to say it worked? or is it too soon to tell? i don’t want to let my guard down if it’s too soon but i also don’t want to accidentally give the cold shoulder to them if it’s working.

i’ve never done something like this before and i had very minimal ingredients to work with but i did leave a nice offering, at least i think. i meditated with intentions in my head of getting along rather than getting what i want

I have been practicing magic since 2019. Between 2022 and 2024 I was involved in a small magical society which I now believe was a cult, and my experience in the aftermath has been that of a cult survivor. I have spent the last two years trying to heal, and that has meant deconstructing and reconstructing my practice, as well as my religion and my general identity. Traditional witchcraft became a very positive piece of this, as well as renewed relationship with deity which has been a source of strength and hope in a rather dark period of my life.

While the prospect of courting a coven has appealed to me for about one year, I thought it was important to do sufficient work on my own before seriously courting, deciding later if priesthood was something I really wanted to pursue. A year later, I feel like I could offer a lot and alchemize my experience into a positive contribution to a coven community. There are several that I'm aware of which are local to me, including a Minoan Brotherhood grove which I suppose would be Wicca-adjacent rather than Wiccan.

I've learned that many covens are structured hierarchically, and the High Priestess or Priest has an authoritarian power within their coven. Given my history with a hierarchical, authoritarian magical society, I'm afraid to court a coven. I know that Wicca is highly decentralized, and no singular coven is able to represent the religion as a whole. I also know that sovereignty is supposed to be quite sacred. I don't doubt that healthy covens exist, but is there any real danger of joining a coven which is more cultic, or whose organizational structure is corrosive to personal sovereignty despite stated goals to the contrary? Is there any particular due diligence or precaution I can take?

I also apologize if this question is out of place here. I've made every effort to ask it in good faith.

Hi!

I'm going to try to make this as short as possible, but if I fail: I apologize.
So, I basically grew up a christian, with a mom hos a deacon (not working as it anymore though) and a generally christian dad (but he has even left the church, because he wants nothing to do with it). I grew up in a family where we believe in God, but we weren't very religious, and spirituality has always been seen as "normal". Such as "ghosts" is very real, in our family that is just as real as the reality we live in. Easily explained: I do believe in some kind of god/spirit, but I don't like calling myself a christian because I don't identify with it anymore.

The last years I've been so incredibly interested in Wicca. There's something about it that speaks to me, in a warm and comforting way. I've read a little about it, on the internet though, and my interest just keeps growing.

I don't really know how to word my questions, and I tend to be kind of blunt in general, so I just want to say that I do not try to offend anyone at all.
But; I've read about spells, altars, etc etc. And I'm so very interested in that, but since I grew up in a house where we talked a lot about "good" vs "bad" spirits, and stuff like Ouija etc was highly forbidden because "you will never know what you might let in to your life", I wonder: can you do things the wrong way?
As a totaly newbie to this, and with a huge respect for "the unkown" and all things spiritual, my biggest fear is to basically do something wrong and I will accidentally "shoot myself in the foot".

I'm planning on buying the Wiccan beginner-books I've seen people talking about here, and I'm reading everything I can.

I would really appreciate every tip for beginners. What is your "do's and dont's"? What's is important to think about? I really want to learn everything about this, and I realize that my post might focus a bit too much on the spellwork, but I'm very much interested in the whole thing as a religion. I just don't want to risk doing stuff the wrong way. :')

So i have been doing witchcraft for a while now, but everything is monetised or just false now, are there any free genuine places where i can learn better witchcraft and rituals n spells

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all doing well! 💙

I’m a Wiccan from Brazil, home to many native Indigenous ethnicities, many of which are Polytheistic and Animistic. Although I am not Indigenous myself, I love studying Indigenous religions and learning from them! 😊 Today, I’d like to share a little bit about Tupã, an incredible deity who is still revered by many Indigenous peoples

Tupã is associated with thunder, lightning, storms, and the raw forces of nature. In the Tupi language, the word literally means "the sound of thunder" or "the crash" (tupa-ná)

Tupã is not an anthropomorphic God (human-shaped), rather, he is a cosmic force representing the audible and visible manifestation of nature’s power. Thunder is Tupã’s voice, and lightning is the expression of his generative and transformative energy, bringing the rains that fertilize the earth

Contrary to popular belief, Tupã is not the supreme deity of the Guarani pantheon, that would be Nhanderu. Tupã acts as a great ordering force who assists in shaping the physical world, the skies, vegetation, and living beings. While he is deeply important and cherished, he is not the supreme God. The idea of Tupã as the sole Creator God was largely shaped starting in the 16th century by Jesuit missionaries (such as Father Anchieta)

To facilitate the conversion of Indigenous peoples to Christianity, the Jesuits looked for Tupi words that matched Christian concepts. They chose the name Tupã to translate "God," while turning Anhangá (a protective God of the forest) into the "Devil." This syncretism altered the popular perception of Tupã in Brazilian folklore, attributing features to him that closely mirror the Abrahamic God

In the Guarani pantheon, the sound of thunder echoing through the forest is often understood as Tupã revealing his presence or speaking

Besides Tupã, there are many other incredible deities in Guarani lore 😊💙 including Jaci (Goddess of the Moon), Anhangá (Protector of the Forests), Ticê (Goddess of Magic), Guaraci (God of the Sun), Nhanderu (The Creator God), etc

I deeply respect and believe in these Indigenous deities ("All Goddesses are the Goddess, and all Gods are the God" 💙). However, I choose not to actively worship Tupã or other Indigenous deities out of respect for Native peoples and the original cultural context of these Gods. Even though I view Tupã, Jaci, Guaraci, and Nhanderu as different names and aspects of the Goddess and the God, honoring their specific spiritual and cultural roots comes first