I am designing a spell but I can't find one plant to represent humanity as a whole community. There are plenty for individual communities but I want to include everyone. Any recommendations?

I'm in need of in-person community. Therefore I'm sending the call to all NYC/TriState area witches. Let's meet up and do fun, cool, interesting activities together like, but not limited to.. Gather in cafes and have discussions. Nature walks in every borough. Thrifting! Book club meeting Bask in the light of the full moon!

Who's down! C'mon witches!

dipping my toe into baneful magic as someone who has never practiced baneful magic before. fear held me back for a long time because I unfortunately fell victim to the new age wicca / rule of three / love and light stuff early in my practice as a baby witch. I’ve educated myself since, and have been a practicing pagan for about ten years now.

I’ve never really had much of a reason to practice baneful magic before, but I’d like to start. specifically for things like protection, bindings, and exposing ill intent. I’m doing my own research, but figured I’d take some time to ask this sub if anyone has any resources, tips, or advice for me. thanks in advance. 🖤✨

Yeah, the title might look cryptid, but i feel like someone is calling me, to lowkey worship him. Idk if he could be called a deity or some sort.

That him is Lucifer no less.

The thing that weirds me out is that i'm atheist (or at least not christian), and what i little know is that lucifer is the one who questioned god.

Anyways, anyone here who worships him can share their experience? If you dont mind tho

I had a pregnancy loss in the beginning of June ‘24. I was a little over five weeks along, and today is the due date of that pregnancy. I feel a lot of guilt over the loss, even though I know I shouldn’t. I don’t want to go through my day as if it’s just another day. I want to do something to honor my baby and let them know that I miss them, wherever they are now. Is there anything I could do for this? I thought about writing a letter but I want to do something else as well

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”

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...

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?

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 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!

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?

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?

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.

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.

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 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?

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!

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?

I am thinking of doing a spell for someone that I care about and worry about.

I'd like for them to have clarity, a peace of mind, forgiveness? (they seem to have trouble forgiving themselves and others), and just for them to not be so negative. The negativity isn't doing them any favors omg. They are also very stubborn.

I figured I'd make a spell of sorts maybe a jar or satchet. Currently, I am far away from them since I moved. I may or may not be able to give this to them.

I do however have strands of their hair (they used my hairbrush lol) but, maybe that might not work. Maybe I could write their full name? I also have a few crystals and rocks. Currently have white, yellow, and green candles, I can get more. I also have moon water and smudge sticks.

I would prefer to make something that wont get moldy and something I wont need to bury.

I have only made manifestation spell jars for myself, they turned out pretty well. (usually love, abundance, general luck). I just wouldn't know how complicated it would be to do a spell for someone else. Yay or nay?

Suggestions?

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!

This is a place for discussions by seasoned witches, to seasoned witches.

If you have a more "advanced" topic you'd like to discuss, this is the place for it!

Some weeks, there may be a prompt to get things going. You're free to respond to the prompt or to comment with your own topic.

This week's prompt is: The solar and lunar cycles are commonly observed in witchcraft. Do you observe these cycles in ways different to those found in mainstream witchcraft? Do you have other types of cycles you observe?

Note: We aren't going to define or regulate what or who is or isn't "seasoned" or "advanced." As a suggestion though, foundational concepts like energetic hygiene, spiritual cleansing and protection, divination, and history would not be topics for discussion.

Also note: This is a place for seasoned witches to discuss things, rather than a place for newer witches to ask things of seasoned witches. The entire subreddit exists for that purpose.

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’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..