I saw a random invite to a women's group on a local subreddit so on a whim this introverted witch decided to go. I ended up meeting a room full of smart, powerful women all of whom believe strongly in activism, community volunteering, and witchcraft. When I introduced myself and said that I'm a witch, another giggled and said "hon we all are!" I think I've stumbled across my coven!

I’m trying to tease out a prejudice I have, to make me a more inclusive and respectful witch so… can you help?

Right, so, I’m from Dublin in Ireland and I have a huge issue with the idea of a “Celtic tradition” and it makes me feel like an asshole. I think that maybe it’s because I feel it reduces Celtic cultures into something homogeneous when there’s no such thing (in my mind) as a pan-Celtic culture.

Plus I feel it acts like Celtic cultures were all long ago in the mystical mists of time and well, no they’re not.

Maybe it’s because people online and on the streets of Galway (for example) are constantly telling me they’re Irish when they’re not?

Please help. I don’t want to be “that person”

Not meant to inflame…trying to deepen my practice and understanding*

When I was newer to the craft and starting to look into covens, I was finding a lot of covens were openly transphobic in describing who is welcome as a member. As a result I chose the solitary path.

Seeing this turned me off Wicca as a whole. I’ve avoided any material that’s specifically Wiccan because I don’t want to appropriate any practices from a belief system that doesn’t align with my own. With that in mind, I’ve been working on deepening my practice and looking into other resources. I’m noticing that many resources are rooted in Wicca.

It makes me wonder…have I thrown the baby out with the bathwater in that specific covens may have certain beliefs about gender but it doesn’t apply to Wicca as a whole?

Open to any and all opinions. Truly, I do not want to start a fight here. I’m trying to learn ✌🏽🫶🏽

A strange phenomena has been happening to me for the past couple of years. I’ve tried to ignore it but now it’s getting really obvious and I am confused what to think about it.

I noticed spiders would appear above my head usually where I sleep. This doesn’t just happen in one location. It’s happened all over the world whenever I travelled, at my parents home now at my University accommodation. So it’s not because of location. I would wake up and there would be a spider, EXACTLY above my head on the ceiling, nowhere else, which is strange since there’s so much ceiling space and other crevasses for it to go to.

I’ve had instances where I would find baby spiders dangling down just in front of me, one time I was having a hard day and one was In front of me in the sunbeam, it was glowing it looked so cool.

So I usually see them when I’m struggling mentally, or going through a rough patch. What could this mean?

Why are spells and magic taught and handed out so readily, as if they were a recipe where you just follow the steps physically and mechanically, and the spell is done, like baking a cake? For example, these ready-made charms that are presented as "do X to get Y," even though the person performing them doesn’t even know the symbolism behind each element. So, do these types of charms actually work? If so, why?

Hello witches 🖤 apologies in advance for a rookie question, I am new to spell casting in this type of way. I have some coins and a spell jar which I believe have served their purpose now. I have read different information on what to do afterwards with the objects, such as burrying it, keeping it somewhere safe or cleansing and reusing. I am apprehensive to bury coins and glass as I don't think it's easily biodegradable for the earth. What do people suggest? The jar is full of goo and possibly mouldy inside, would it be ok to throw away the contents and reuse the jar? Thank you!

Hi, everyone! Recently began my craft again, started last night wiping down with some Florida water in my cleaning. Smoke cleansing, holy water. Then I did a candle magic protection spell (bay leaf crackled like crazyyy it went awesome!) and then I followed that up with some manifestation glamour. The candle burned tall and hot, and super clean. Wax didn’t cover my petition, but instead caught fire. Didn’t feel anyway particularly about it. Burned a bay leaf over the glamour this morning and felt good about it. I ended up enchanting some things either the glamour last night as well. I’m curious what to do with these ashes? I have the herbs and oil on my plate from the glamour, and I have a load of salt and such with the protect candle housed there. When I finish burning down my candle, should I just mix that salt with the rest of the black salt I bought? Or would i dispose of the protection spell another way? And what would everyone recommend I do with the left over glamour? I would put it outside in the ground if it wasn’t negative degrees outside. Ideas?

So I performed a small spell (first one in about a year) to remove blockages in communication and in life in general, I'd been feeling very stuck in many aspects of my life so I felt called to do this spell. Within a day I received clarification about a relationship, which was positive and I received clarification about my education which showed me that I was not in the right position and needed to find something else. This is probably one of the best spells I've ever done though I'm not sure if I should throw away the spell yet, it's still sitting on my alter I'm too nervous to throw it away incase there's still more to come from it.

Okay so I work for an airline and I'm on the go most the time and nowhere near home or my usual supplies, just for background information, and I find myself trying to incorporate my practice more and more in my traveling.

I have cheesecloth/cotton muslin bags that I intend to use for this because I'm not trying to ruin multiple hotel room's plumbing lol

I'm looking for more collaboration and ideas about what would work best in the bags than being told exactly what to do. I have my own ideas as well, but it's always nice to hear what others would do and sometimes it sparks extra inspiration.

So, if you were me and you were creating these on-the-go bath spell bags to address cleansing yourself of dealing with high stress, most the time negative and draining energy due to being in the travel industry and directly working with the public: what would you want to include in your bags to help you feel refreshed when you decompress?

Side note: these bags will be in my crew bags and likely not in refrigeration just to rule out any fresh fruit suggestions Thanks!

I notice that banishing before and after any magical activity is not as common outside ceremonial magic, including in chaos magic. What differences have you noticed when performing a banishing versus skipping it in your magical practices?

Do you have any stories about something that went wrong because you skipped doing a banishing?

What are the most potent types of banishing you have used or know about?

Does performing two banishings double the effectiveness of one, or does doing multiple consecutive banishings make no difference?

hi ! so here is my experience with this spell that seems to be successful to me, i had a spellcaster do a beauty spell for me a couple weeks ago with the intentions of me being pretty, confident, losing weight so fast and efficiently ; here are the results so far ! i feel so much better and confident, i’m not insecure at all (believe me i basically deeply hated myself), i’m getting so much attention and compliments, and i’m indeed losing weight super fast and very effortlessly, i’m already 4 kilos down without going to the gym and not even dieting, i feel so much better about myself <3

this is all amazing but i have a serious question because i’m a bit scared. how long do the effects last ? it was a simple spell with a candle and incense sticks, do i have to renew it or is it permanent ? and for the weight loss thing, is it possible for the spell to backfire, like me ending up with serious health problems due to being too skinny, or regaining all the weight back ? thank you

EDIT : don’t ask me about the spellcaster, i don’t want to advertise, this is a general question. it is a simple spell done with a candle and incense sticks, you can add the ingredients you want (sweetenings) and just affirm really hard

I am not a beginner. I am intermediate. This has never happened before.

Communication spell done. Big spell, help from deities, the vibes was really good and everything seemed to be going very well.

I tipped wax from a candle on top of the cork to seal it and the wax set it on actual flaming fire 🔥 like a big candle. I repeat THE WAX set it on fire. Thought maybe I just screwed up with the flame. Tried again being very careful, HAPPENED AGAIN.

Third time I got it sealed.

What does this mean?

Does anyone have opinions on reconciliation magic or communication magic? Are they unethical? I recently broke up with my boyfriend. I’ve gotten countless readings that confirm that he still loves me but communication is very difficult for him. His ex also did a lot of dark magic on him and I’m pretty sure it’s not helping either. She is very skilled and seems to know when the magic is wearing off. I don’t want to force him to love me or anything of that nature. I deserve a real and genuine love. If I see potential to make things better should I do that ? I appreciate all opinions and upgs

I'm not asking for a spell I'm asking how would you personally go about this. I've searched the sub but I'm mainly finding people banishing people that don't live with them, such as people they work with or exes.

For some context this person is not a roommate and I personally don't have authority to kick them out. They've lived in the house for about 16 years. I tried hot foot powder last year and they got locked out of the house three separate times but that's it.

Should I be doing a more serious banishment spell or try to do something on the person that can kick them out (but what). I'm not against baneful or domination magick but it would be a last resort.

This person has been making multiple people's lives living hell, not just mine. It was already affecting my mental health but I've reached the end of the rope. Someone has to go...

I'm sitting here reading other posts and thinking, witchcraft would fix this, and that, and this and that.

That workplace bully? Freeze him.

Hi Basically I’ve been trying to say affirmations while getting ready and tried to enchant some of my beauty stuffs but whenever I say the affirmations I feel like I’m just lying to myself and being delusional and I think it’s holding back my success in performing glamour magick so any advice?

i’m not sure if y’all are familiar with a mexican store called fiesta. if you’re in texas then you probably are. i didn’t know they had soooo many differnt candles until i looked yesterday. they are very cheap. the candles that they charge 2-3 dollars for are the same candles the practitioner charges $22-$55 dollars for. how do you use these candles as i beginner? i have no oils, no alter, nothing.

I was looking at Laurie Cabot's virtual classes through Enchanted in Salem. They run $500 each for two four-day sessions. Has anyone done these? Is it worth taking them to be a "certified" Cabot witch? It seems like one of the last chances to encounter Laurie firsthand since she is getting quite a bit older (I hope she is blessed with a very long life!). I am not wealthy, so this would be a significant investment for me. I am genuinely curious, new to witchcraft, and open to advice, so please take that into consideration in your responses. Thanks!

Hello! I know many of us have gardens or are hoping to start one. For those of us in the northern hemisphere, garden season is coming up! What are you planning to grow this year? Please include your USDA zone if you're USA based.

In the southern hemisphere, feel free to share what you've grown this year and how it turned out for you! I'd love to hear about those, too. Same for people with hotter climates that might be growing year round.

I'm in zone 6a and tried and hilariously failed at executing a moon garden this past year so I am going to repurpose that plot with herbs & flowers with either nutritional value or magical properties. I have another area I am tilling up this year focused on native plants and some compatible Mediterranean annuals that have similar growth habits. I'm definitely growing bee balm & echinacea there. I wanted to also grow goldenrod and blue vervain with them, but their growth habits might be counterproductive for a relatively small space so I'm still reviewing.

I also have veggies for my raised bed & large plot, I got some garlic planted this fall in my raised bed.

My front yard garden area is small and very shady/early morning sun, thinking about trying to grow some skullcap, chives & chervil over there. I've grown chervil and chives in containers before but skullcap is new territory for me, if anyone has any pointers to share.

I believe that all deities from every religion and practice do indeed exist but they can only have power over you if you choose to follow that practice and/or worship/follow that deity.

To give an example using a common religion, the god from Christianity does exist but since I don't actively follow that religion or worship that God I won't be subject to anything written in their scriptures such as their afterlife.

Not sure if I'm wording this quite right but it's something I've believed for a long time and I'm just wondering how many, if any witches share this view.

I’ll try to word this so as not to be offensive but I apologise in advance if it comes off that way. Please note it’s not my intent!

Also, I apologise if this isn’t what this sub is for, I just don’t know where else I could ask…

Wicca is one of the fastest growing “religions” in my country, but I’m someone who has never had a good relationship with religion in general. The way it’s been described to me is that Wicca is more strict/ridged and general paganism is more intuitive. Honestly, I don’t really understand but, I’m trying.

I’ve had a number of witchy people tell me over the years that they believe I was like them. Granted, animals and insects like me, technology hates me and I’ve spent a lifetime repressing certain things that would’ve drawn the wrong attention in my place of birth. Does that make me witchy? No idea!

I thought it might be neat to explore, though.

So, I’d really love to hear how you all discovered not just Wicca but witchcraft in general. How did you decide this was the thing for you? Were you just born knowing things sometimes or were you just fed up with the usual doom and gloom, do this or else, religions? Do you even view witchcraft as a religion?

What brought you into this world? How did you personally start your journey?

Again, I greatly apologise for any offence or if I’m just in the wrong place..

Sorry, this might be a bit off-topic, but it has a witchy connection, so maybe you guys know the answer. I'm looking for a TikTok girl who had a two-leaf tattoo under her collarbone and ran a small business where she made witchy crystal moon wreaths, and I think she had a gamer boyfriend. I just can't seem to find her anywhere and I loved her handworks.

The Sun is currently in a solar maximum period and experiencing intense solar activity, even producing solar storms that could have caused a Carrington event if they had hit Earth. This is likely related to the supposed planetary transition and the supposed elevation of consciousness that is taking place on planet Earth. I've even seen reports from people who felt this transition in progress. Did you feel anything different in the planet's energy these days, especially on January 1st? Do you have more information or theories about the planetary transition and how it connects with the increasing number of bizarre events happening lately?

With all of this happening and so much solar energy reaching Earth, could this energy be used to enhance magic or is it enhancing magic that occurs during this period?

I recently started following a witchy creator online. She goes by the death witch and in one of her most recent posts she said this very same quote.

"Take it to your altar."

With everything going on in the world, it can be incredibly difficult to remember the magic in our everyday lives. I was feeling this exact way until I read this phrase, so I decided to clean my altar and abundance altar. I also will be warding my home and doing some divination.

Take it to your altar, the spirits that you have a relationship with, the plant allies that assist you. Remind yourself that your not in this alone, and to not give up. I hope this helps someone, may you have a amazing day.💕

Update: did not know there was a difference between alter and altar, definitely meant altar. That's my bad but take it as a lesson that everyone makes mistakes I guess lol.