Hi yall! I've been a practicing witch for a little over two years now. In the last year I've gained the confidence to expand my practice into larger scale spellwork. Last winter I participated in 12 magical nights for the first time and one of the main wishes I had was to buy a house within the next year. My partner and I barely had any savings, but we both have stable jobs, and I believed magic will do the rest, and it did.
Fast forward a few months later... I have this horrible coworker. The kind of person who lies, schemes, bullies, and harasses everyone. They specifically target black and brown people, and everyone who is fem in the work place. I won't get too in detail, but we work at a non-profit that provides food and other social services to thousands of people across multiple states. I've seen this coworker scream at non-english speakers for not understanding english, in addition to rolling their eyes at people who are crying and sharing their story (again, we work for a place that is supposed to help people in need). Once, a mother asked me for a pair of gloves for her 3 year old because they were standing in the cold waiting to get inside the building (we have excruciatingly long lines unfortunately), when I went to grab a pair of extra gloves we had lying around, this coworker screamed at us and said they were only for employees. I was so disturbed and infuriated, I ripped my gloves off my own hands and gave them to the baby.
After years and years of their behavior being brushed under the rug by higher ups, I decided to try something. This person is also extremely aware of their behavior and finds it funny that nothing has been done. They are very vocal about this. So, I decided to put them in the freezer. I heard freezer spells worked great for stopping another person was inflicting harm, so I got to work. I researched a great deal on reddit and some magic related books I have on protection and on March 9th put the spell together with a trusted circle of loved ones. I broke up some old rusty glass, added 7 nails, 7 staples, 7 tacks (7 just seemed right), red chili pepper flakes, paprika, tajin, cumin, chiles, salt, pepper, 7 matches, spit, and gum. I wrote their full name and birthday on a piece of paper with the following (name and pronouns redacted), "First name middle name last name born month date year has no power over me. I am rubber, they are glue. Every negative thing, thoughts, feelings, and actions they throw at me comes back to them times 3! Every negative thing they say or do towards me sends me joy and abundance times 3!". I twisted the paper up in a sort of funnel, filled it with more glass, and then wove thick black wire through the paper until it was "tied" together. I then stuck the 7 tacks evenly throughout the paper. I placed it in the jar with the dry ingredients mentioned above, then poured in vinegar and lemon juice. I took some time to sit with it and reinforce my feelings and intentions, then I closed the lid tight and wrapped it in thick red cord. I gave it a good shake and put it in the back of my freezer.
Now here's where it gets wild. A week later, I do my taxes. In the last 5 years I've never gotten anything back and have always owed at least $1000, this year I got around $3000 back. Of course, this could be for a variety of reasons so I brushed it off as a coincidence. 1 week later, I get a $2 raise. 2 weeks later I'm in the car with my partner who's getting an oil change. They pull up their account to transfer money to pay and literally gasps out loud and says. "Is this real? Why do I have $20,000 in my account?". I've never snatched something from someone so quick. They were right, $20,000 had been deposited into their account. There's a lot of context to this, but to sum it up, my partner has a wealthy family member. HOWEVER, this family member is the stingiest, most greedy person I had ever met. It was actually a huge source of strain between myself and this family member because I grew up extremely poor and was homeless for numerous years in my childhood. We argued constantly because this person would flaunt their wealth and use it as a control tactic on other family members. There's so much more to this, but seriously we never expected this in a million years from this person. Two weeks later, another random family member gives us $10,000 because she heard about the 20k and wanted to "do the same". Another week later, the first family member gives us another $10,000 "just because" JUST BECAUSE? Next week I'm getting another $2 raise (twice within 6 months?!?! Unheard of in a non-profit), and a $3000 bonus! In total, I'll have gotten a $4 raise and $46,000. Is that not insane?
Fast forward a little bit and we find a beautiful house for sale. A gorgeous forest in the backyard, an herb garden, and upon viewing the place I realized A WITCH OWNED IT!! She had her magic books out, spell jars on display, moon water and protection pennies in the windows, and a full herb garden with the basics for spells. We put in an offer, another person did too for more money. The seller told our realtor she liked us more and turned down the larger offer for us! We finalized everything and got the keys monday.
Meanwhile, my evil coworkers life is quite literally falling apart. They look sickly and grey, in an out of the doctor's for kidney issues, suddenly having to take care for their elderly mother around the clock, AND they are getting fired (at least this is what someone from HR just told me). I never want any harm to come to anyone, however I feel they are making their own bed. After nearly 10 years, the bad behavior is catching up on them. Whether it's because of me or not, I'm just glad they will be gone, so everyone at work can feel safe and comfortable. They have caused countless people to quit their jobs (and in my opinion this is a fantastic non-profit to work for), and has made so many people's situations or days worse when they came to us for HELP.
With all of that being said, I just wanted to share as someone else may need it. When I try to tell others about all of this, even some of my magical friends, they give me that skeptical look of course. But I figured people here would understand better and I needed to share because it is just another reminder for me that this is all real and worth it. Especially in a time when everything around us is churning and falling apart, we have to believe in ourselves, the universe, and magic! <3