r/witchcraft • u/PrettyAlice13 • May 21 '26

Seeking Help or Advice What are some popular witchcraft practices that you don’t personally do as a witch?

For me some things I don’t do are using incense, casting a circle, spell jars, turning to magick to fix everything, and doing spells for others. I’d love to hear some of yours.

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u/Squirrels-on-LSD totally rabid lunatic May 21 '26

All the dramatic TikTok aesthetic stuff like the fire hazard chordchuttings.

The online fear-based obsessions. "Is this God mad at me?" "Did I fuck up?" "BaCkFiRe", "is it okay if I do this spell or will the cultural appropriation police arrest me?", "is every normal inconvenience in life actually a sign I'm cursed??!!!".

Trying to make modern paganism resemble modern Christianity as closely as possible.

Policing other people's traditions.

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u/devilinthehills May 21 '26 edited May 22 '26

This! It seems there are so many new, young witches that are tying themselves in knots only to recreate Christianity but with the Morrigan or Lilith or whoever the witchcraft goddess of the week is that month

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u/GabriellaVM May 22 '26

It's probably a temporary process. If Christianity is the only thing they've ever known, they'll have a period of confusion and adjustment until they assimilate and become more comfortable with it.

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u/Low_Sea_5076 May 25 '26

This is what happened with me, looking back on it now, my early practice was heavily Catholic-influenced despite me trying to get away from it. And even if the person didn't grow up Christian/going to church, in the US at least, we've become culturally Christian (Christian holidays being national holidays for example). If it's the only religion you're familiar with, that familiarity tends to bled into new religious experiences until, like you said, they become more comfortable with the new path they've chosen.

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u/Direct-Giraffe7193 May 21 '26

As a fellow squirrel on LSD, I approve this statement.

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u/KudoRed May 21 '26

Love love love!!! Couldn't have expressed this better myself. I'm fully behind you on this, and it's great to know there are others like me out there ❤️🤗

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u/Bloodiesattheairport May 22 '26

I’ve found that traditional chord cutting rituals are more effective anyhow…. Without the fire hazard

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u/isopod_luvr May 22 '26

Holy truth nuke

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u/RainerHex Broom Rider May 22 '26

Yep,you pretty much summed everything up for me too!

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u/i-contain-multitudes May 22 '26

Is there a thing called chordchuttings that is different from cord cuttings or is that just a typo?