20 Tips for Beginner Witches
1. Research!
Baby witches always ask 'where do I start?' and usually everyone says research. This is because you want to make sure you have a general idea of a certain topic before you actually start practicing just to be safe and to make sure you know what you're doing.
2. Don't Worry About Labels
Some people classify themselves as a certain type of witch(i.e. hedge witch, green witch, etc.) but if you're just starting your path you dont have to stress yourself with this(if you want to choose a path or if you already have a path you can do that).
3. Make a Grimoire
Now if you dont know a grimoire is a book where you store all of the information you learn during your path(also called a book of shadows or bos) and since you never stop learning when you're a witch and I'm pretty sure you cant remember every single peice of information you learn you should definitely use a grimoire
4. Be Safe
Be careful what you practice and what you use. There are closed practices(i.e. voodoo and hoodoo) that you cant use unless you are given permission and initiated and if you do it without doing this there can be serious consequences. Also tools there are herbs, tools, etc. that can be harmful if not handled correctly or ingested and also can be harmful to pets so research before you use
5. Keep Practicing
Now everyone has heard of the phrase 'practice makes perfect' and witchcraft is no exception. Practicing things can obviously help you become better at things like spells but also it can make sure you are safe so you dont do anything dangerous.
6. Intuition is Everything
When practicing it can be very easy to subject to the exact meaning of something I've been guilty of this but remember you have to rely on your own knowledge and sometimes what you think is right but you can still somewhat rely on the meanings of thing is just remember intuition is key
7. Don't Blow Your Money on Tools
When practicing you might want to get every herb and every crystal and all of the decorations for altar and blah blah blah but you don't all of these things to practice you really just need you and your intuition and maybe a few tools but you definitely dont need everything at once
8. Use Your Resources(Information)
There are many resources besides books that are free for example pintrest, tumblr, amino, even instagram has information on witchcraft. And if you still want a lot of books but dont have the money go to b-ok.cc they have millions of books for free download
9. You Don't Need To Be Religious
Many people think that you have to Wiccan to practice witchcraft or if you're Christian then you cant be a witch but let me be the one to tell you that is not true you dont have to be wiccan you can be christian you can be any religion and practice witchcraft or no religion at all
10. Not Every Path Is The Same
Remember that just because one person does this in their craft that doesnt mean you have to and no one can tell how to do your craft. It is yours it is special to you no one can take that away
11. Use Your Resources(Tools)
Now earlier I said dont blow your money on the fancy stuff I was serious use what you have in your kitchen and use substitutes(for example a white candle can replace any color). You can be simple in your craft
12. Dont Do Everything At Once
When you're first started you get interested in everything and you want to learn about all of these different topics and you want to make spells and work with deities but you have to calm down and do one thing at a time. I suggest when researching make a list about everything you want to learn and go subject by subject learning everything you can just so you dont start getting stressed and start learning everything at once
13. Ask For Help
When you are questioning something dont be afraid to ask someone you can make a wiki on this community you you can ask your witch friends if you have some do what you need to do just dont go into something without knowing what you're doing
14. Witches Change
As you change your craft will too dont be afraid about changing your mind about something or changing your label many witches do it you are not the only one
15. You Will Never Stop Learning
Remember that just because you've been doing witchcraft for a long time doesn't mean you'll stop learning I've heard of witches that have been practicing for many years and still learn new things you will always keep learning
16. Meditate
Meditating is probably the first thing baby witches learn and it is one of the best tools you'll have because you will never stop doing this during your path so try to practice as much as you can and if you don't know how there are videos on YouTube and blogs you can find on Google(or safari for apple users)
17. Remember to Cross Reference
Just because one book or one website says something doesnt mean it is true remember to cross reference with other things. For example there is a book (unfortunately I forgot what the book is) that says only females can be witches which is absolutely not true so remember to cross reference
18. Find A Community
I dont mean a coven I mean having some people who you can talk to or ask questions to(like Amino) it is helpful so you can always have some people you can depend on
19. Take Your Time
This kind of relates to dont do everything at once but take your time with things have patience dont immediately start casting spells or working deity or anything like that take your time research so eventually you can work up to do those things
20. Plan Ahead
Know what rituals or things that you're going to do and when so if needed you can plan ahead for example if you know a full moon is coming up prepare for what you want to do maybe you want to make some moon water. One way to do this is getting or making a witchy planner/calendar
