🌱The Basics of Witchcraft🌱
This is a small excerpt from my coven’s lessons. I’ll continue to post these so witchlings, or witches, can have this information! I hope it helps.
Witchcraft is, in my opinion, the practice of manipulating energy forces into your intent. This can also be simplified as the practice of magick. You can aid it by tools and materials, but no matter what, you are manipulating energy. That is why energy work can be very important.
The Craft started wayy back, from the start of human civilization. Before we started to get scientifically advanced and didn’t know that much, we would believe in the supernatural, that a god or spirit did this and that. Witches were the mediators between humans and the higher powers. Religion and Witchcraft may have gone hand to hand back then, but it isn’t always the case. You can practice witchcraft without believing in a higher power or deity. Here are just some things to know before stepping into the Craft:
It isn’t a game(To specify, don’t half-ass a spell. It either might not work, or worse, create chaos. We can learn about this next lesson when we learn about Energy work).
Witchcraft can be used for anything and everything you want it to be, It’s really flexible.
There are morals and ethics to learn about in the craft you should pay attention to
It is an enhancement, not a replacement to your life.
To elaborate on the last point, here is a document by Brian Windvexer that should be looked at:
Don’t Let Witchcraft Erase Who You Are:
Don’t become dependent on Tarot readings to make decisions
Don’t feel like the day is ruined if you left the house without drawing your card for the day
Don’t feel helpless if you can’t figure out a spell to help
Don’t rely on witchcraft alone to improve your relationships
Don’t forget how to speak out because you can hex at home
Don’t forget how to be confident without a candle spell
Don’t forget to discover for yourself because there are so many free resources online
Don’t get panicky if you can’t explain it with your new beliefs
Don’t lose your friends because they don’t understand the new you
Don’t avoid going out with friends so you can buy more herbs and candles instead
Don’t give up your other hobbies to practice endless energy work or Divination
Don’t neglect your job or studies to read witchcraft books instead
Don’t ask yourself ‘what would a witch do’. Ask yourself, ‘What would I do.’
Witchcraft is an enhancement to life, not a replacement for life.
There are different types of witchcraft and I’d say they are all valid. But with every practice, there are certain basics to them.
Protection - To guard and prevent harmful energies to an area/being, especially in Magick practice.
Wards: protection of an area (ie. House or room)
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