Geode-Eyed Witchcraft

[avestar-deactivated20260117]

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My Wealth & Prosperity Bowl

I wanted to share my wealth & prosperity bowl - not as a 'how-to' guide exactly but if you wish to use this as a foundation for your own craft please take what resonates.

Before I began, I washed my hands. This was a small but important act for me - a gesture of respect for Hekate, who I invited to stand at the threshold of the working. I lit her purple candle first and welcomed her presence into the space, acknowledging her as goddess of witchcraft.

Next, I lit Freyja’s candle and invited her to join me - not to demand wealth, but to welcome prosperity rooted in worth, opportunity, and growth.

I then moved onto cleansing the space and the bowl itself, I used my singing bowl, letting the sound move through the room and over the items I would be working with. I let the sound fade naturally, then began. Building the foundation I did so with intention and intuition no set 'amount' of anything.

Into the bowl I added, one by one;

White rice

Coffee

Himalayan pink salt

A pinch of sea salt

Mint

Cinnamon

Sesame seeds

Using my finger, I stirred the mixture clockwise while repeating a phrase that witchtok has full credit for;

"Ching ching ching goes the money tree, and every time it chings, money comes to me."

It’s a simple chant - but if it works, it works - sometimes resonance matters more than origin. I stirred until it felt complete, then let the bowl rest before continuing.

Anchoring Prosperity, Once the base was set, I began to build the rest of the bowl with intention;

A green candle

Coins (various amounts)

Green aventurine (tumble & chips)

Pyrite

Clear quartz

Two clover charms

A rune (Fehu)

A pentagram charm

On two bay leaves, I wrote wealth and prosperity in green ink and added them to the bowl.

Finally, I held a five-pound note in my hands and spoke aloud;

"Mother Freyja, Lady of Gold and Growth, I invite your blessing upon this work. Let prosperity come through worth, Let opportunity arrive through joy, Let what I earn honour me as I honour you."

I ask Freyja for opportunity, fair exchange, and prosperity that honours effort and worth. then placed the note into the bowl and lit the green candle.

Sitting with the flame, I didn’t rush this part.

I sat with the flame and allowed myself to imagine opportunities arriving - not forced or frantic, but aligned. I let the energy settle rather than push it outward. When it felt right, I gently snuffed the candle, held the bowl in my hands, and thanked Freyja for her presence and guidance.

I placed the bowl on my bookshelf, near a photo of my partner and me, and close to my desk where I work and create. This was intentional to anchor the bowl to me and my household but also to keep out of reach of Hughie. (Cinnamon is harmful to cats please handle with extreme care)

To close the ritual, I returned to both altars.

I thanked Hekate and snuffed her candle, then did the same for Freyja - ending the working with gratitude rather than expectation.

And, as if to quietly seal the moment, Hughie climbed onto my lap, sat calmly through the final moments… and promptly fell asleep.

I don’t always read signs into things - but sometimes peace arriving exactly when the work is done feels like its own kind of blessing.

This bowl will be tended, not rushed. Prosperity, like growth, needs space, trust, and time.

[dangerphd]

"while some of my deepest held beliefs are about playing with string" <- I am curious, what is a playing-with-string belief you hold deeply?

every human culture on earth figured string out, inventing and creating tools to work with whatever material was convenient.

then, every human culture figured out fabric. woven, netted, naalbind, crocheted, knitted, sprang, whatever.

fabric is

warmth (clothes, rugs)

cool (shade and sunscreen)

the ability to travel (bags/slings to pack and carry infants and food and tools...SAILS)

shelter (tents)

safety (wound binding, injury splinting, sling support)

so, the belief is this: string and fabric connect every single human to every single other human in an unbroken web millennia in the making and heading unbroken for the horizon like fresh warp.

playing with string is connected to alladat, and I find spinning on a double treadle wheel to be one of the best activities for achieving a contemplative and meditative state, because all four of my limbs are engaged and that's enough to occupy my monkey mind and free up the thinking me.

[atlantus]

i love the way this is worded because some of my deepest held beliefs are about playing with mud and fire!

every culture also figured out pottery and ceramics! our oldest ceramic cooking pots are at least 20,000 years old and our oldest evidence of controlled fire is 800,000!

cooking our food is the difference diffrence between us and every other living species on our planet, being able to control fire made the difference. All of it all comes back to that. We should thank Prometheus for his gift.

now we weave and compress CERAMIC FIBERS into sheets to make the shell of rockets and use combustion engines to send us to fucking space

my deepest held belief is that we are inherently curious and experimental and without our ancestors fucking around and playing with string and mud and fire we would have nothing. we must play.

[xo-kosmickisses-xo]

The Shield vs. The Wall: When Protection Magic Becomes Avoidance

Hello Beautiful Souls,

We've all been there. You feel negative energy creeping in—maybe it's a toxic workplace, a friendship that's soured, or the looming dread of a mounting to-do list—and your first instinct is to reach for the black salt.

You ward the mirrors. You carry obsidian in every pocket. You perform a heavy-duty binding spell.

But three weeks later, the situation is exactly the same, or worse.

Why? Because sometimes, we aren't building a shield to help us move through the world; we're building a wall to hide from it.

The Trap of Spiritual Bypassing

In the witchcraft community, we talk a lot about "Mundane before Magical," but we don't always talk about why we ignore it. Protection magic is comforting. It gives us a sense of control when we feel powerless.

But magic is an amplifier, not a replacement.

If you're using protection spells to avoid setting a boundary, having a difficult conversation, or removing yourself from a bad situation, you aren't practicing protection—you're practicing avoidance.

Signs your magic has become a hiding spot:

The "Warding Loop": You find yourself re-doing protection rituals every few days because the "bad vibes" keep coming back (usually because the physical source of the stress hasn't been addressed).

The Responsibility Shift: You blame a "psychic attack" or a "curse" for consequences that are actually the result of your own procrastination or lack of action.

The Silent Shield: Using magic to "freeze" someone out of your life instead of actually telling them "No" or "Stop contacting me."

Waiting for the Sign: Refusing to take a real-world step (like applying for a new job) until your "protection feels right," even though your current situation is draining you dry.

Magic is the Wind, Action is the Sail

Think of magic like the wind. It can push you toward your destination faster, but if you don't have your hands on the rudder and your sails up, you're just drifting.

The Magic: A spell to protect your energy at work. The Action: Documenting HR violations and updating your resume.

The Magic: A ward on your home to keep out negativity. The Action: Actually blocking the person who keeps harassing you on social media.

The Challenge

Next time you feel the urge to cast for protection, ask yourself:

"What am I trying to protect myself from, and what am I doing in the physical world to address it?"

Protection magic is most powerful when it's backing up a person who is already standing up for themselves.

Don't use your craft to disappear. Use it to become untouchable while you get the work done.

Blessed Be.

[lucisdove]

Fuck spiritual/pagan shame.

Go hug that tree and tell it about your problems.

Wear that devotional jewellery and yap about how much you love your gods.

Make your pretty altar and hang up those figures and paintings.

Cast that spell and manifest your goals.

Hex a bitch.

Paganism/pagan religions are literally the OG and yet somehow we have been made to feel like we are the crazy ones.

You aren’t crazy.

You are the blueprint and your beliefs matter as much as anyone else’s and are valid.

[sitting-1n-silence]

Graveyard etiquette from a cranky traditional witch:

-Leave shit at the gate (coins, cigarettes, eggs, flowers)

-If alone go in silence, if with others speak in a hushed tone

-Wear a hat or head covering to prevent possession or bringing home unwanted spirits.

-Bring bells and/or rattles to wake the dead if desired

-Smoking in the graveyard or carrying a flame is an easy way to get the attention of the dead at night.

-Bring a knife or object made of iron should things get hairy (always bring a knife). Canes are also excellent tools for working with the dead

-have a way of gathering occult materia without being noticed by people or spirits (invisibility charms work best)

-If you're bringing spirits home with you (intentionally), don't turn around until you're across the threshold of your home

-Upon leaving the cemetery, say a prayer for the dead and wild things that inhabitant there

-When home, spread white powder (flower, salt, ect...) at the door to keep unwanted spirits out. A colander over a key hole works too.

[witchescollection]

protection work 101-ish

1. the basics

to start with, lets look at some common terms. i’d define them as follows:

wards = long-term protection on spaces (altar, room, etc) - they’re generally seen as permanent despite needing energetic top ups.

shields = temporary personal protection (veiling, amulets, visualization) - you can also shield someone else, either directly or remotely.

cleansing = an act that resets energy to neutral - can be a space, yourself, or an object.

banishing = essentially telling energy or an entity to fuck off (in varying degrees of hostility). i tend to be more nice than mean, especially if that entity is important or likes to hold a grudge.

these concepts get blurred sometimes, and that's fine. most people use them in overlapping ways - it’s just useful for this post (and this blog) to have a list of definitions.

2. why protection work was hard for me at first, and what i do now

i've always found protection work difficult to keep up long-term. i really struggle with doing big rituals consistently (probably the ADHD). i don't have the energy for it. for ages, my protection either just... didn't exist, or it happened in the moment - shielding when something felt off, visualising energy forming around me, stuff like that. the idea of putting wards up every full moon or doing protective cleansings every sunday made me feel exhausted just thinking about it. the energy it took, the way it felt like a chore didn’t feel right, and had me really questioning if witchcraft was for me. i believe that the more energy you give something, the more energy it has - but the more i complicate things, the harder it gets for me, and the less my magick feels like an extension of myself

so instead, i started doing it intuitively. i put my wards up once, and rather than topping them up on a schedule, i check in with them. if they feel off, i fix them. if they feel fine, i leave them! this is something that no one really talks about in protection work, which is: you have to get to know yourself. you have to build trust in your own senses. that comes from meditating, yes, but also from learning to set boundaries, making decisions about what you want your space to feel like, and letting yourself be messy and wrong and curious until you start to learn what "off" feels like. building your intuition will help you sense when you need to top up your wards, when things aren’t right. i visualise a pulse scanning out from me (think like a laser beam), to figure out how my wards are. when my wards are strong, i feel a kind of energetic solidity around me. when they're broken, it feels more like a wooden fence with slats in it, and the energy leaks. things come through that shouldn't. sometimes i feel it energetically. sometimes it's just vibes being off. sometimes my deities let me know. sometimes i don't notice at all until shit starts going sideways.

i also have a servitor who maintains my protective space (his name is alfred (like from batman)). i created him, i feed him energy, and he works like a bouncer: letting only kind-intentioned spirits and energies through. i’ve talked about my “swinging-door” policy here if you want to read more about it, and if you want a separate guide on how to set a servitor up let me know. ultimately, this means that sometimes, if i'm meditating and talking about something, a deity i wasn't expecting shows up. i might think i need aphrodite's help, and freyja turns up instead. or maybe dionysus just wants to hear some gossip. it also allows deities to decide what kind of relationship we have, and let them take the lead. i also send a regular pulse scan out, and if my wards are low I feed energy into them and servitor with visualisation, usually i'll set a five-minute timer and visualise a meter filling up, like i'm charging a battery. i can do this from my bed so it’s decently low effort. again, if you’re like me and find ceremonial magickk feels more performative than a natural extension of yourself, it’s fine to not overcomplicate it! find your own rhythm.

3. advanced protection

i mentioned before about using a shield on someone else, either directly or remotely. taglocks, which you’ll hear mostly used in baneful magickk, are helpful if you're protecting someone else - usually i enchant a crystal or an amulet for them. consent is important here - i don't like remote magick on people without them knowing. for example - my boyfriend (who's very much not a witch) wears a few protective bracelets, one of which is a hematite bracelet from me. it’s sentimental and serves a spiritual function (win-win). you can also shield someone else if you’re with them in person, just by visualising them the same way you’d visualise yourself! this only really works whilst their visible, but can be useful if you and a friend are walking through a busy place and you want to shield you both from the energy.

another thing worth mentioning, and this goes for all advanced practices, is that the most potent magick is that which is a natural extension of the self, and that doesn’t feel like a chore (more on that in another #moaw post). veiling is one of my favourite low-key protective acts. so is wearing enchanted jewellery. both of these work at the subconscious level, and have the added benefit for those in the broom closet of being pretty discrete (you can veil with anything over your head! doesn’t have to be a headscarf). i'm messy, so i don't clean my space often, but when i do, i notice the energetic shift - it’s one of the most underrated methods of cleansing, and again, very discrete. another method is setting up my digital boundaries! curating what i consume, who i let into my digital space, and noticing what drains me. this is energy work too. protection work doesn’t mean much if you’re then bringing negative energy into your space through your phone.

and here's a big one: know your land. get to know the spirits around you. build good relationships. that way, you're not doing protection alone - you have backup. if something breaches your wards, you have plant spirits, ancestors, deities, and the land itself helping you notice, and you can (with consent) draw from their energy or ask for their support. so even when i'm tired or distracted, i'm not unprotected.

4. “i think something’s in my space - help!”

don’t worry! i’ve created a handy flow-chart below to help!

step one: diagnose it

is it just negative energy from an interaction you had? have you been behind on cleansing? is it something mundane?

→ if yes → cleanse and reset your space

→ if no or unsure → keep going

step two: what is the entity?

use some method of divination to figure out who the entity is! some good questions to get started:

what do they want?

are they trying to communicate?

did i do something wrong?

is this a known spirit? have we interacted before?

is it just some local energy passing through?

step three: response

if it’s just lingering energy → cleanse

if you accidentally offended something → apologise or offer something meaningful, and keep talking - depending on the level of upset, you might be able to salvage this and forge a new relationship

if they’re just cranky for no reason → be compassionate, but banish! sometimes entities (especially ghosts) take out their anger on random folks, and you might just be unlucky.

if they won’t leave/are actively making things worse → banish!

step four: check your wards

do the pulse technique i mentioned earlier (or whatever works for you), and figure out how the entity got in - are your wards fractured? did you forget to energise your servitor? whatever it is, diagnose it and work on it.

step five: reflect and learn

most strong negative energies don’t just wander into your space for fun. hopefully by now you’ve figured out the root cause - write that down and reflect on the experience!

5. final thoughts

banishing is, firstly, a boundary. it's no different than saying "hey, i don't want to talk about that right now” or “please leave my house.” it can be kind. it can be neutral. it can be mean. it's just a way of telling an entity to leave. i think there’s this misconception in the community that banishing is negative, and it can be, but it doesn’t have to be. and sometimes the kindest thing is to send stuck energy moving if you can’t help it and it’s causing a nuisance (or being actively damaging).

and honestly? you're probably fine. when i was starting out, i wasn't talking to spirits or doing anything risky. i could've skipped protection entirely and been fine. as i got more confident, i started staying in places where the vibe felt off, just out of curiosity, because now i know how to handle it if something weird happens.

you're probably not going to get haunted by a demon. you probably don't need ten layers of magickal protection. if you're not poking around the otherworld, antagonising spirits, or diving into deep trance work, you're probably okay. there’s so much fear-mongering out there, and i get why - better safe than sorry - but take a moment to remember that everything will be okay, and if you fuck around and find out and need a hand, there’s many resources and many people here on witchblr to ask.

and if you’re gonna keep fucking around and finding out? good on you - but you might need stronger wards than someone like myself, who stays pretty far away from the fucking around part of witchcraft now.

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thank you for reading this! i hope this was helpful, and if you have any questions or add-ons please reblog/reply or send an ask. just a reminder: everything i wrote here is my opinion, and i know people will have different methods, and i encourage y’all to share those! and if you have any suggestions for topics you’d like for this longer form series (tagged #moaw if you’d like to read the others), please also send me an ask.

[sagittariuswitchery]

My Glamour Guide

Let’s talk glamour magic 🐚✨

The biggest lessons I’ve learned is that glamours are most efficient when reinforced ritualistically everyday. Or at least they are for me. I prefer to cast these reinforcements during my nighttime bath routine before bed.

Do what feels natural. And for me, that meant to add it to a part of my bedtime bath routine. My nightly baths are my me-time, the most quiet part of my day, & when I feel the most connected with Venusian energy. I don’t know if there’s any truth to it, but I like to think that while I sleep the glamours really sink in & infuse with my aura overnight. And it’s fun & relaxing before bed.

My baths are luxurious, matching the energy I typically work on magnetizing and embodying. Music is playing, candles are lit, and intention is whispered into my body wash. While any mundane soap could work, I like to pick something with a corresponding sent to my intention. I always like to wash towards myself while saying corresponding affirmations. I visualize a soft glow covering me in a color corresponding with the intention. When I wash off the soap, the glow infuses & settles in with my aura.

Out of the bath, I keep layering my intentions more specifically. I like using body lotions, spell oils in my hair, enchanted skincare products, and drawing sigils on my face with my moisturizer (a classic).

Other than daily reinforcements of glamours, I have a few tips for enhancing glamour spells:

🐚 Lighting glamour boosting candles while casting glamours

🌺Ask appropriate deities or spirit friends to help.

🐚 Setup energy transmutations to increase the power of or fuel specific glamours. I like to do this with suncatchers, transmuting the sunlight to support my glamour workings.

🌺 My rosewater spray is already charmed to enhance my Venusian energy.

🐚 Use music as an activation for specific glamours, or as an offering to the spirits helping.

[holdines-deactivated20250630]

the love you give will return multiplied

[slewfootwitch]

🙏🌿🕊️May the love and kinship you give be returned upon you from all the corners of the world, in both quantity and in quality. Be it for boon or for bane, for curse or for comfort. May you always receive exactly what you give.🕯️💀📜

[creature-wizard]

Reminder that there's a lot of radfem ideology and "benevolent" sexism in the witchcraft movement, and you have to watch out for it.

If you see anything talking about womb envy, or talking as if people who have wombs are magically or spiritually superior, that's not good.

If you've internalized these kinds of beliefs yourself, you need to question them.

[witchofthewhisperingmist]

Smoke-Free Alternatives — When Flame Is Not Welcome

Some spaces do not welcome smoke. Some bodies cannot tolerate it. Some spirits prefer quieter offerings.

Use these in place of burning: • Sound cleansing — bells, chimes, singing bowls, clapped hands • Water cleansing — moon water, infused washes, misting sprays • Salt cleansing — bowls, sachets, threshold lines • Herbal bundles unburned — tuck them into corners or under pillows • Crystal grids — patterned intention without scent or flame • Light-only rituals — LED candles or intention-focused lamps

The magic is not diminished. Only redirected. The work adapts to the witch, not the other way around.

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[sillybruja]

✦ 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 ✦

🧂 1. Salt is your best friend

Sprinkle sea salt or black salt along windowsills, thresholds, or in corners of rooms. Salt absorbs and repels negative energy. You can also place bowls of salt in corners for ongoing protection (just replace regularly).

🌿 2. Protective herbs in corners or jars

Use rosemary, bay leaf, clove, cinnamon, or sage. Place dried herbs in small jars, sachets, or dishes in each corner of the room to absorb and ward off negativity.

🪞 3. Visualize mirrored or glowing barriers

Close your eyes and see a glowing, mirrored dome around your space that reflects all negativity away. Say:

“No harm may enter. Only light and truth remain.”

🧿 4. Charge and place protective items

Use crystals like black tourmaline, obsidian, or amethyst at entry points. Enchant them with your intention by saying:

“I charge this stone to guard this space.”

🕯 5. Seal doors & windows

Mix olive oil with rosemary or clove essential oil. Trace sigils, crosses, or protective runes on doors and windows. You can whisper affirmations or blessings as you seal each point.

🧼 6. Cleanse before you ward

Always cleanse your space with smoke (rosemary, incense), sound (bells, claps), or sprays (saltwater, moon water) before warding. Think of it like sweeping before locking the door.

🕰 7. Refresh your wards monthly

Energy shifts. Full moons, new months, or after heavy emotional events are great times to reset and reinforce your wards.

[khaire-traveler]

Baneful Magic Masterpost

***I understand that cursing is a controversial topic for some people. I don't believe in the threefold's law or whatnot, so such things aren't a concern for me. I do, however, advise you to only curse someone who truly deserves it. Curses are meant to be permanent and difficult to break, while hexes aren't nearly as potent. Do with that knowledge what you will. Intense spells will be marked with "***".***

Curses (long-term, usually permanent)

"Supernatural Soul Eater" curse***

"Red Heart" curse

"Gentle Curse" curse

"Hekatean Witchcraft Curse" curse

"From This Pain, I Will Rise" curse

"Blood Rain" tied with protection↓***

"Curse For Protection" tied with blood rain↑***

"Drown In Your Horrors" curse

"To Sink A Sailor" curse

"Curses For Empathy" curse

"My Pain To Yours" curse

"Beauty & The Beast" curse

"Your Joy Will Turn To Ashes" curse***

"Your True Nature Revealed" curse

"Releasing The Hounds" curse***

"The Curse Of Arrows" curse

"Lollipop Curse" curse

"Anon Hate" curse

"Sickness Killer" curse

"A Bellyful Of Stones" curse

"Bind & Break" curse***

"Forget Me Not" curse

"Did You Miss Me?" curse***

"Dragon Fire" curse

"Headless Horseman" curse

"Only A Memory" curse

"Hurricane Curse" curse***

"Let Loose Your Crimson Arrow" curse

"Hypnotic Flame" curse

"Drown In Your Guilt" curse***

"Stomp Out The Bastard" curse

"Duress" curse

"Essence Extraction" curse

"Red In Your Ledger" curse

"Sin Collector" curse

"The Ferryman's Curse" curse

"An Ancient Greek Curse" curse

"Knitting Curse" curse

Hexes (short-term, usually temporary)

"The Seven Stings" hex

"The Lemon Hex" hex

"Coffin Hex" hex***

"Curse Alternative" hex

"Hex Bramble" hex

"Black-Out" hex

"Burse Your Bubble" hex

"Year Long" hex***

"Ants Nest" hex

"By All Means, Panty Away" hex

"Hazy Smog" hex

"Hexing In A Pinch" hex

"Hexball" hex

"Revenge On Cheaters" hex

"The Singularity" hex

"Frostburn" hex

"Mess With A Witch" hex***

"Bring About Consequences" hex

"Riddle Of Lightning" hex

Jars, Charms, & Pouches

"Jar Of Consequences" jar hex

"Feel The Pain You've Caused Me" sigil

"To Banish & Bind: For Abusers" jar curse

"Wither & Rot" jar curse***

"Your Hatred Is Your Own" jar curse

"Revenge Curse Cage" jar curse***

"Box Of Terror" box curse***

"Catcall Hex Stone" hex charm

"Begone Neighbors" jar hex

"All Purpose Curse Powder" curse powder

Removals, Reversals, & Protection

"Curse Removal & Reversal" spell

"The Healing Pool: Cursebreaker" spell

"Mild & Spicy Cursebreaker Powders" powder

"To Stop Someone From Casting On You" spell

"Return To Sender Spells" spell

"Curse Removing Wash" spell

"To Reverse A Spell" spell

"Curse Removal/Protection" spell

"Decoy For Protection Purposes" spell

"Protection From Curses" spell

"Curse Decoy" spell

"Substitute Spell" spell

"Witch Bottle" jar spell

"Blackthorn Reversing Spell" spell

"Break A Curse Candle Spell" spell

"Curse-breaking, Purifying, Protective Witch Jar" jar spell

"To Destroy A Curse" spell

"Hex & Curse-breaking" info

"Hex-breaker Candle" spell

Information

"Curses vs. Hexes: What's The Difference?" info

"So You Think You've Been Cursed" info

"Signs You May Have Been Cursed/Hexed" info

"Object Cursing" info

"Ways To Protect Yourself While Casting" info

"Jinxes, Hexes, & Curses" info & spells

"Lessons Learnt From A Hex" info

"Curse Correspondences UPG" info

"Cursing101" info

"So You Just Did A Big Curse...Now What?" info

"Foxen's List Of Baneful Ingredients" info

"Nasty Shit To Put In Curse Jars" info

"Something To Consider Before You Curse" info

"Taglocks" info

[aether-nereide]

𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠

𝐴𝑠 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑔, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝐼 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡! 𝑆𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠! 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑥 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 & 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 (𝐼𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠, 𝑊𝑖𝑘𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡!) 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝐼 𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡:

𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑟/𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤. 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180403224143/https://alexandria-library.space/files/Ebooks/Occult_Book_Collection/

𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠:

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑏𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑙 𝑊. 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑑

𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑊𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑙 𝑊. 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑑

𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑒

𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝐴𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐷𝑢𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑐𝑘

𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒

𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟: 𝐴 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑦 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎 𝑅𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛

𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟: 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑦

𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑦 (𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦) 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠:

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝑆. 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑦

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑎𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑦 𝐽. 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑝

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟

𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑚 (𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝐷𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛)

𝑃𝑠𝑒𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑎 𝐷𝑎𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑢𝑚 𝑏𝑦 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛 𝑊𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑟

𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑏𝑦 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑒

𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑛

𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟'𝑠 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑏𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑎 𝑊𝑎𝑘𝑒

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑣. 𝐶𝑎𝑖𝑛

𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑦 (𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦) 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠:

72 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑

𝐸𝑛𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑦 𝐿𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑜 𝐷𝑢𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒

𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜-𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠:

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑦𝑟𝑖 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑧)

𝐴𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑀𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖: 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑘

𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐(𝑘) 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠:

𝐿𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑁𝑢𝑙𝑙 & 𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐽. 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑒

𝐿𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝐾𝑎𝑜𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐽. 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶.𝐺 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑔

𝐶𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐(𝑘) 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠:

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑎

𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝐷𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒

𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑'𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑧 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑛

𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚/𝑊𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡:

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐾𝑦𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦)

𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑧 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑛

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑎𝑉𝑒𝑦

𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑊𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑏𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑢𝑟𝑦𝑛

𝑀𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑎:

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑠ℎ𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑆𝑖𝑟𝑖 𝑁𝑖𝑛

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑝𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑖𝑙𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠ℎ (𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛)

𝐼𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑦 𝑊𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛 & 𝐾𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝐽. 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑦

𝐸𝑛ℎ𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑦 𝑆𝑝𝑜ℎ𝑢𝑠 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒

𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠:

𝐸𝑔𝑦𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑈𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛

𝑂𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐 & 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝐻𝑦𝑚𝑛𝑠 (𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛)

𝑇𝑎𝑜 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 𝐿𝑎𝑜 𝑇𝑧𝑢

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑇𝑢𝑏𝑒:

𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑎'𝑠 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑢𝑚

𝐿𝑒𝑒 𝑊 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛

𝐴𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜 𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑖

𝐼𝑣𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑣𝑢𝑠

𝐸𝑠𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑊𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑂𝑓𝐸𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡

𝐷𝑎'𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔

𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑊𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑡

𝐴𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑁𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡

𝑀𝑎𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝐿𝑦𝑛𝑛

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𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠, 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝐷𝐹'𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢! 𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑇𝑂𝑆 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝐷𝐹𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟'𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢! ^^

𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑/𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑠 & 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 & 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑈𝑃𝐺 𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐷𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑠 & 𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑀𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛.

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Personal & collected tips regarding the maintenance of a harmonious relationship with the landvættir (land spirits)

“It is laid down in the first clause of the pagan law of Iceland, introduced about AD 930, that no one may approach the country in ships furnished with gaping heads and yawning snouts, i.e. dragon-heads. If they had them they must remove them before they came in sight of land, for otherwise the landvaættir would take fright.” - Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia (1964)

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the People's Magic: An Examination of Folk Magic

by Keziah

What is folk magic? Why is there such a boom in modern resurgence? What’s the big deal and why do people talk like it’s so deep? Well, folk magic is that deep. An array of magical practices rooted in the preservation and stewardship of cultural, regional, familial, ancestral, traditional use of magic as a means of tending and serving ourselves and others — folk magic may have the humblest of roots, but those roots run deep and the crafts that have grown from those roots have always been a vehicle of change for individuals in need, a way of providing care and mutual aid to those with no other means of accessing such things, and, yes, in many practices, folk magic is also a means of pursuing and distributing justice for those for whom the systems of justice were not built to serve.

In this piece, we’ll explore the meanings and applications of folk magic and other associated terms, the misconceptions and misunderstandings surrounding folk magic in modern day, common problems plaguing the folk magical community at large, and the modern resurgence in the practice of folk magical crafts, as well as the importance of keeping folk magical crafts alive and thriving. Bear in mind, this piece is not a how to. Rather, this piece is more of a why for.

What is Folk Magic?

The People’s Magic

Folk magic applies to living traditions passed down (traditionally this was done orally, through familial links, or through informal apprenticeship/mentorship arrangements) through time and generations, bearing a significant connection to a region, community, or people. Thus, folk witches are those that practice magic or healing (most often non-ceremonial magic) rooted within the traditional customs of a specific region, religion, ethnicity, culture, or community with which the practitioner has connection. While folk magic has existed in practice for longer than we can ever know, it is adapted over generations and centuries to meet the needs of a changing world and community. Though it’s adaptable and changeable, folk magic practices still maintain connection to and use of many of their “old” or traditional ingredients, tools, and beliefs, giving us a great number of folk magical practices that ride the line between old ways and modernity.

Folk magic is versatile, a broad field of magical, spiritual, and/or medicinal practice that belongs to no one belief, creed, tradition, or rule set. Simply put, folk magic is the people’s magic, magic that was always intended to be accessible to all, no matter their station or class, as opposed to High Magic and Ceremonial Magic, which was, historically, only accessible to the elite.

Folk magic as a term can be applied to a diverse range of magical practices and customs, coming from every corner of the world, and differing from region to region, culture to culture. Thus, what folk magic entails and what it looks like varies. Some crafts, even within different countries, share similarities in methodology, terminology, or belief (this is commonly due to cultural exchange and influence brought about by diasporic communities), but it’s often the case that even within one area you may find a variety of folk magical crafts. In the Southern United States, for example, there are a number of methods and practices that all fall within the realm of Southern folk magic, but the terminology, individual customs, herbal allies, and toolsets may (and frequently do) change from state to state and even from region to region within one state. Mountain magic, for example, will often differ from the magic of the plains, which differs still from the magic near the rivers, and so on, yet all may share ties and have been influenced by similar/the same Indigenous regional ancestors and/or diasporic groups from other lands.

Because folk magic is the people’s magic, it is often more accessible than Ceremonial and High Magic, using simpler methods and local plant allies, and relying on beliefs and customs of relevance to whatever particular region it hails from and the cultures within that region that have influenced the lore and customs there. Healing work, safeguarding crops, protecting cattle, bringing in business and bounty, reading omens and divining, communing with spirits, blessing homes, binding and baneful works — folk magic can be used to meet a wide range of needs, the needs of the common people; and folk craft practitioners (some of whom may never call or consider themselves a witch, as witchcraft was often seen as something different from folk craft across many cultures throughout history) come in just as wide a range, many bearing traditional terms and names for their individual crafts and ways while others have embraced the title of witch.

Folk Magic Around the World

No one can tell you definitively what folk magic, as a whole, looks like or what it entails, because that answer will change across communities and cultures. Anyone who claims otherwise is misrepresenting the concept of folk magic itself while also, whether deliberately or without realizing, erasing countless folk traditions around the world. Practices that one could identify under the umbrella of 'folk magic' exist and have existed throughout every culture in the world, and further back than we will ever know, though some will dispute this.

It goes by many names. It takes many shapes. And much of it isn’t something that the majority voice wants to acknowledge as being a folk magical tradition (this is largely due to Christian hegemony in action within witchcraft, magical, and spiritual media and communities, which we’ll explore in more depth in the section on Christian hegemony in modern folk magic).

This is by no means a comprehensive list, but some examples I’d like to provide of folk traditions around the world that can be (and in many cases are) deemed as magical tradition (while many will not use the term witchcraft) include (though is by no means limited to):

the Cunning Folk and Wise Folk of England, Scotland, and Wales;

Cornwall’s Pellars;

Sweden’s Klok Gumma and Klok Gubba;

the Thầy Bói, Thầy Pháp, Bà đồng, and Thầy Phù Thủy spiritual mediators, healers, and charmers of Vietnam;

the Granny Healers and Granny Witches of Appalachia;

Wales’ Knowing Men and Knowing Women, Cunning Men and Cunning Women;

Denmark’s Kloge Folk;

Ireland’s Bean Feasa/Fear Feasa, Wise Women and Wise Men;

the Charmers, Rootworkers, Conjure Doctors, Root Doctors, Witch Doctors, Conjurers, Traiteur/Traiteuse of the Southern United States;

the Sangoma healers, diviners and Inyanga herbalists of Southern Africa;

Italy’s Fattucchieri, Segnatori/Segnatrici, and Guaritori;

the Babaylan herbalists, diviners, healers, and faith healers of the Philippines;

the Nganga spiritual healers and diviners of Central Africa, Haiti, Brazil, and the Southern US;

the Pow-Wow practice of the Pennsylvania Dutch and Northern Appalachian peoples;

These customs are folk traditions, many are defined as being magical or mystical, and all are, by definition, forms of folk magic, though the terms witch and witchcraft are still taboo terms in some of these cultures and practices (and some cultures identify witchcraft as something separate from folk magical, mystical, and healing practices),so practitioners would never be defined as being witches.

There are countless other folk magical crafts and practices, far too many to list them all, but the point of this list is to illustrate that there is no one way that folk magical traditions look, no one way folk magic is practiced or perceived, and no one region, religion, or culture from which the world of folk magic was birthed. While much of what you’ll find in terms of resources online and in publication is now heavily saturated with Christian folk magic, it is incorrect to perpetuate the claim (which an unfortunately large number of people are convinced of) that folk magic is itself Christian in practice or in origin. There are, indeed, many paths of Christian folk magic, but it is quite simply not the case that all folk magic has Christian roots or has been Christianized, and that is a dangerous and offensive misrepresentation of folk magic as a whole.

A Source of Confusion: Folk Magic, Folkloric Witchcraft, Traditional Magic, & Traditional Witchcraft

One source of confusion, particularly in online spaces, is in regard to the terms ‘folk magic,’ 'folkloric witchcraft,’ 'traditional magic,’ and 'Traditional Witchcraft.’ I’d like to take a moment to give a very simple, barebones rundown of what these terms mean and the crafts to which they can be applied, in order to clear up some of the misunderstanding.

FOLK MAGIC & TRADITIONAL MAGIC

Firstly, folk magic and traditional magic (not to be confused with Traditional Witchcraft, on which I’ll touch in but a moment) are general, umbrella terms. They are not applied to one specific craft but rather are used to classify or describe a wide range of practices. It’s like how the term math applies to the general field of mathematics, but there are countless mathematical methods within that field, this is how the terms folk magic and traditional magic are also used.

Folk magic is, as I’ve said before, a magical craft shared by a common folk of a particular region, ethnicity, religion, culture, etc; while traditional magic is a term that is sometimes used to describe practices that are simply systems or crafts of magic that a) are, like folk magic, generally rooted in particular regional beliefs or practice, and/or b) usually have origins in practices (which can sometimes be folkloric roots or even folk magic roots) that pre-date the founding of Wicca and Traditional Witchcraft. While traditional magic isn’t as commonly used as folk magic, you’ll still hear or see a fair few practitioners defining their practice as a traditional magic practice, and none of them do so with the intention of confusing traditional magic with Traditional Witchcraft. Indeed, many may not even be aware that Traditional Witchcraft is a separate term with its own meaning.

That’s where the confusion comes in — the term traditional magic is often conflated with the system of Traditional Witchcraft, which has led to the issue of Traditional Witchcraft being misrepresented as a form of folk magic, as traditional magic has been, by some, used interchangeably with the term folk magic (albeit far less commonly than folk magic is used). Simply, traditional magic and Traditional Witchcraft are two different terms that, understandably, have led to confusion and, in some cases, inadvertent misrepresentation.

TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT

Traditional Witchcraft (sometimes also called Traditional Craft) applies to specific systems of magical practice, typically initiatory, and often Neo-Pagan or Neo-Druidic, though there are some antitheist, agnostic, and Luciferian practices within the broader realm of Traditional Witchcraft. A more specific definition for Traditional Witchcraft given by Dr. Ethan Doyle White, a religious studies scholar and noted author on esoteric subjects, follows —

’…a broad movement of aligned magico-religious groups who reject any relation to Gardnerianism and the wider Wiccan movement, claiming older, more “traditional” roots. Although typically united by a shared aesthetic rooted in European folklore, the Traditional Craft contains within its ranks a rich and varied array of occult groups, from those who follow a contemporary Pagan path that is suspiciously similar to Wicca, to those who adhere to Luciferianism.’

The term Traditional Witchcraft is typically applied to a variety of systems, most of which were founded from 1950-1970. Systems and practices such as the Sabbatic Craft, Cochrane’s Craft and the Clan of Tubal Cane, and crafts that fall within the realm of the Crooked Path, to name just a few, are all considered schools of Traditional Witchcraft.

Because much of Traditional Witchcraft falls in the line of Ceremonial and High Magic, some feel that it not only doesn’t fit with folk magic but, at its core and roots, sits in opposition to folk magic, which is the magic of the common people, not the magic of the elite, not magic locked away behind hierarchies, initiatory systems, and the like. There are, however, some practitioners of Traditional Witchcraft who also practice forms of folk magic as well and who may identify with both labels.

FOLKLORIC WITCHCRAFT

Folkloric witchcraft is another general term than can be applied to a number of practices. Any practice with roots in folkloric belief or symbolism can be described as folkloric witchcraft, which means there is a lot of overlap across practices as to what falls under this classification. Because of the broad array of crafts to which this term applies, folkloric witchcraft has accidentally ended up adding to the confusion of what is or isn’t folk magic.

Folk magic can often be considered folkloric witchcraft, as can some forms of Traditional Witchcraft and traditional magic. Often, the term folkloric witchcraft isn’t purposely misused or misapplied, but can end up confusing and misleading some readers unfamiliar with the great variety of crafts to which this term can be applied.

To summarize —

Folk magic and traditional magic are used interchangeably by some practitioners and writers.

Some traditional magic may also be folk magic or find roots in folk magic, but not all traditional magic does.

Traditional magic and Traditional Witchcraft are two different terms often confused for each other.

Traditional Witchcraft is applied to systems of magical craft (most often initiatory and ceremonial) usually founded from 1950-1970 and is not a form of folk magic.

Folkloric witchcraft is a descriptive term that can be applied to any magical practice (be it contemporary, ceremonial, folk, traditional, or Traditional) that is rooted in, reliant on, or heavily influenced by folkloric beliefs, symbols, figures, and/or tales.

Christian Hegemony in the Realm of Modern Folk Magic

I’d like to preface this section by stating very clearly that there is nothing wrong with being a Christian folk witch. There are many folk magical paths woven through various Christian traditions, each rich with its own style and culture largely influenced by the regions in which they take their roots as well as in their Christian beliefs. Christian hegemony, though, cannot be denied within witchcraft and occult spaces, and this is a particularly relevant issue in folk magic communities. This section focuses on Christian hegemony in action, what it is, and how it directly impacts diverse and minority communities.

There are many of us who have heard the term Christian hegemony used, particularly within political spheres, but who may not have a clear understanding of what exactly it means aside from the broader definition of 'Christianity being utilized or weaponized as a means of enacting control over a situation, populous, individual, etc.’ To be far better detailed, Christian hegemony can be defined as —

“…the everyday, pervasive, and systematic set of Christian values and beliefs, individuals and institutions that dominate all aspects of our society through the social, political, economic, and cultural power they wield. […] Christian hegemony as a system of domination is complex, shifting, and operates through the agency of individuals, families, church communities, denominations, parachurch organizations, civil institutions, and through decisions made by members of the ruling class and power elite. Christian hegemony benefits all Christians, all those raised Christian, and those passing as Christian. However, the concentration of power, wealth, and privilege under Christian hegemony accumulates to the ruling class and the predominantly white male Christian power elite that serve its interests. All people who are not Christian […] experience social, political, and economic exploitation, violence, cultural appropriation, marginalization, alienation and constant vulnerability from the dominance of Christian power and values in our society.” -per Challenging Christian Hegemony

Christian hegemony absolutely impacts witchcraft and always has in a number of ways, but what does this look like in modern witchcraft communities? Well, Christian hegemony is enacted within the witchcraft community in a variety of ways — holding all practitioners to standards of practice and behavior either admonished or supported by the general Christian narrative; speaking over non-Christian practitioners; partaking in practices, symbols, customs, etc. that were stolen from non-Christian practitioners and have now been claimed as Christian; upholding theft by Christians from non-Christian practices (theft of practices, texts, symbols, etc.); erasure of non-Christian/non-Christian influenced beliefs and practices… The list really is endless and, unfortunately, Christian hegemony remains a pervasive problem within the broader witchcraft community.

But how does it impact folk magic in particular? One need only scroll through a community board or a comment section on any article or post pertaining to folk magic to see for themselves the inferring that all folk magic has a Christian connection, and, in more extreme cases, the active push and insistence that this is the case and the accusations of inauthentic practices or stolen wisdom hurled toward non-Christian folk magic practitioners.

Unfortunately, you’ll find plenty of practitioners claiming that folk magic is strictly Christian and that the term itself applies solely to Christian magic, and that non-Christian practitioners using the term folk magic are interlopers and usurpers of customs that they “don’t have any right or claim to.” That simply isn’t the case. Folk magic is bigger than any one religion, and the term is a general identifier, a classifier of a type of magic, not a name that is applied to one particular belief set. Some folk magic is Christian or Christianized, but some is not. For instance, there are forms of Jewish folk magical practices, Pagan folk magical practices, Buddhist folk magical practices, non-religious folk magical practices, and a wide array of other non-Christian paths of folk magic. To say or believe otherwise is to actively participate in the erasure of non-Christian beliefs and practices.

Christian hegemony may seem to those who don’t suffer the negative impacts of it little more than an annoyance, but when a decently large portion of the witchcraft and occult communities’ Christian/formerly Christian but still maintaining Christian programming/Christian-influenced voices actively seek to push non-Christian/not Christian enough practitioners out, to speak over or “for” non-Christian practitioners, to “borrow” from non-Christian customs and beliefs and claim them as their own, and/or to actively promote the narrative that “folk magic = Christian”, we then have traversed far beyond the realm of annoyances and into the realm of harmful and dangerously problematic behavior, the ramifications of which (i.e. erasure and exclusion of/theft from minority voices and communities within witchcraft spaces) nearly never impacts the majority of the Christian community while greatly and negatively impacting already othered and marginalized peoples.

Again, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a Christian folk witch, and there are many folk magical traditions rooted within Christianity and practiced throughout various Christian-majority regions. Simply writing and speaking about Christian folk magic, practicing it, sharing your love and pride in your practice, educating about it — none of this is Christian hegemony. The problem comes when one represents Christian folk magic as the standard for folk magic, when one perpetuates the claims that other forms of folk magic all find their roots in Christian folk magic or have “borrowed from” Christian folk magic, when one partakes in the erasure of, theft from, or talking over practitioners of non-Christian folk magical crafts, or when one cannot unlearn their Christian biases and continues to judge others by those biases or hold others to those standards — these are all very commonly seen forms of Christian hegemony in action within the modern day folk magic community.

I’ll wrap up this section by stating that to attempt to represent all folk magic as being connected to or birthed from any one religion is wrong and offensive. When we do so, we not only disregard so many within the witchcraft community and practitioners outside of the witchcraft community all around the world, but we also disregard and erase the histories of countless cultures, peoples, and communities outside of our own.

the Modern Resurgence

It’s no secret (nor is it much of a surprise) to see such a large amount of genuine and sincere practitioners finding their way back to folk crafts. You may ask why, and the answer (in my opinion) is a long one. The condensed version though, I believe, is that the rise in the return to folk craft is due to a number of factors (political, economic, and sociological) both in and outside of the witchcraft community.

Over the last 10+ years, the interest in connection with one’s authentic roots has grown. DNA testing services for ancestry and genealogy purposes have profited massively off this interest, and a number of networks and organizations have popped up online that aim to help others learn how to research their familial backgrounds, as well as to learn more about the histories and cultures from which one hails.

These trends exist within the witchcraft community as well, and such topics have long been at the forefront of many magical community spaces, in part leading to the broader magical community’s slow crawl toward realizing and addressing unethical tendencies and problematic foundations within many popular practices and systems within the world of witchcraft and within groups who overlap with the broader witchcraft community. Some who have left behind these magical systems and their communities have had to start from the bottom in learning an entirely new craft, and many have opted for taking on folk magic going forward.

Seeking Connection:

Delving into folk magic requires connection — connection to community, region, or ancestors; connection to the world around you; connection to oneself — and, indeed, strengthens connection and understanding in practitioners. Whether learning about folk magic leads to learning about oneself, or whether learning about one’s background leads to folk magic, the end results can be a fulfilling and empowering thing, and can make for a beautiful, wholly authentic practice.

A decent chunk of practitioners finding their way to folk magic over the last few years have done so in an attempt to better connect with and embrace their own cultural histories and heritage, or to keep alive practices and customs associated with their cultural or familial backgrounds. There are also those who utilize folk magic as a means of ancestral connection or even ancestral veneration, keeping and tending a craft being no different or perhaps more effective than keeping and tending a shrine or grave.

Folk magic as a means of connection is any and all of these things — a vehicle for learning, understanding, and forging deeper connection, and a means of stewardship for cultural and familial history.

The Pursuit of Decolonization & Ethical Practice:

One reason we’ve seen such a surge in interest in folk magic amongst younger generations is due to the ability such generations have to address difficult topics such as cultural appropriation, decolonization, and intersectional community building, conversations which, doubtlessly, have led many to understand and acknowledge problematic behaviors of their own, such as appropriation of other cultures or lack of knowledge in their own cultural backgrounds leading to ignorant actions towards others, and to attempt to address these issues and unlearn such behaviors; but also leading many to recognize problematic and harmful beliefs, practices, and behaviors across the world of witchcraft and within many popular magical and occult practices.

While many work to decolonize witchcraft on a large scale, some choose to start close to home, looking at their own connections to practices that are built on harmful frameworks or maintain and contribute to harmful, unethical issues within the witchcraft community. Some call this willful introspection and unlearning an act of decolonization, and many attempts to decolonize one’s own mind, lifestyles, beliefs, and behaviors have led to seeking knowledge about one’s background, one’s ancestors, and the cultural world and behaviors of said ancestors.

For many practitioners of witchcraft and magic on such journeys, those roads have led them to discovering, studying, or taking up folk magic accessible to them through their own backgrounds or regional connections, as they find folk magic and building a craft around culturally rich beliefs and customs to which they are connected to be not only more authentic a practice for them, but to be something they feel is more ethical for them take part in, as well as being a means of healing (ancestral healing, cultural healing, etc.), all of which furthers their pursuit of attempting to unlearn colonialist narratives, behaviors, and ideologies that have influenced many magical and occult practices and communities.

The Importance of Folk Magic & Embracing Newcomers

Folk magic is so much more than “just another magical path” or “just another witchcraft style.” Folk magic is a means of keeping history alive, of keeping ancestral wisdom alive and in practice, of forging and enacting class solidarity through accessible, anti-elitist, anti-hierarchical practices, and of standing against a world where diversity is not valued, standing against a witchcraft community in which the mainstream would much rather we get in line with whatever commercialized, watered down, syncretized amalgamation of magic they’re currently selling, because they’d rather us shut up and pay up, buying into their insistence that magic is a pay-to-play system that can only be accessed through their products, their services, their connections.

To be a practitioner of folk magic is to walk the paths of historian, environmentalist, community advocate, healer, charmer, protector, crafter, and so much more all at once. Folk magic practitioners are keepers of the old ways, working to meet the needs of today’s folk, and paving the way, keeping the fires going, for future generations of folk witches, all through authentic, adaptable practice that feeds the soul, cures what ails you, and makes right what’s wrong.

To those already practicing and keeping folk magical traditions, I commend you for your work and dedication. And to those who may be taking their first steps on the path toward folk magical practice, I welcome you. So long as you come with genuine intentions, with willingness to do the work and to protect the sacred, you’re welcomed, wanted, and needed. I wish you well on your journeys.

SOURCES & FURTHER READING/LISTENING/VIEWING:

The majority of this post is the author's own opinion and interpretation based on experience in this field of witchcraft and magical community, and on the author's own research. Readers are welcome to conduct their own research on such topics and histories and come to their own conclusions.

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The Secret Keepers: A Guide to House Spirits

Ever had something go missing, only to find it exactly where you swore you left it? Or perhaps your home just feels different—cozy and welcoming one moment, oddly tense the next? If so, you may have house spirits, and no, I’m not talking about ghosts.

House spirits are ancient, unseen inhabitants of homes across the world. They’re the secret keepers of hearth and home, watching over domestic life, ensuring prosperity, and—if you keep them happy—offering protection. But don’t be fooled. These spirits aren’t just friendly household helpers; they have personalities, preferences, and very strong opinions. Let’s get to know them better!

What Are House Spirits?

House spirits are entities that attach themselves to a home, often tied to the land or the family residing there. They are common in folklore across cultures and are often considered guardians who ensure the well-being of the household. However, they can be mischievous if neglected or disrespected.

Unlike ghosts, house spirits are not remnants of human souls but rather elemental or ancestral beings who coexist with us. They’re not here to haunt you; they’re here to judge whether you’re keeping your home in good order. No pressure.

Interacting with House Spirits

If you want to keep your house spirits on your good side, follow these golden rules:

Acknowledge, but don’t overdo it. House spirits like to be recognized, but formal thanks can be seen as dismissive. Instead of saying, "Thank you," offer a token of appreciation, such as a small dish of milk, bread, or whiskey (spirits like spirits—who knew?).

Keep your home clean. A tidy house makes for a happy house spirit. If your space is chaotic, don’t be surprised if things start mysteriously moving around or breaking.

Leave offerings in the same spot. Consistency matters. Pick a place in your home—like the hearth, a windowsill, or near the front door—to regularly leave small offerings.

Respect their space. House spirits often claim certain areas. If a corner of your home always feels “off” or has constant disruptions, it might belong to them. Leave it alone or offer a small trinket to make peace.

Avoid excessive praise. Again, formal gratitude isn’t their thing. Instead, show respect through actions rather than words.

Common House Spirits Around the World

Many cultures have their own versions of house spirits, each with distinct behaviors and expectations. Here are a few notable ones:

1. Brownies (UK & Scotland)

Brownies are small, hardworking spirits that help around the house—if they like you. They prefer homes where chores are done regularly and offerings of bread, honey, or milk are left out. However, if you thank them outright, they’ll take offense and leave for good.

2. Domovoi (Slavic Countries)

These protective household spirits are often seen as ancestral guardians. They ensure harmony but can become aggressive if the home is mistreated. To stay on their good side, leave out milk, bread, or tobacco near the hearth.

3. Tomte/Nisse (Scandinavia)

These small, bearded beings are known for their quick tempers and strong sense of justice. Traditionally, people leave out porridge with butter on Christmas Eve to appease them. Neglecting them—or forgetting the butter—can lead to mischief.

4. Lares (Ancient Rome)

The Lares were guardian spirits of Roman households, often depicted as small statues placed in a shrine. Offerings of food and wine were made to them to ensure prosperity and protection.

5. Hobs (Northern England)

Similar to Brownies, Hobs live in the home or barn and help with chores. However, they dislike laziness and will create mischief if the household neglects its duties.

6. Zashiki-warashi (Japan)

These childlike spirits are considered lucky. A house with a Zashiki-warashi will prosper, but if they leave, misfortune follows. They love sweets, so leaving candy out can keep them happy.

Signs You Have a House Spirit

Not sure if you have a house spirit? Look for these clues:

Small objects go missing and reappear in strange places.

Pets act strangely, staring at seemingly nothing or avoiding certain areas.

A general feeling of warmth or discomfort in specific spots of your home.

A sense of being watched (in a neutral or friendly way).

Unexplained noises, especially small footsteps, tapping, or rustling.

Final Thoughts

House spirits are neither good nor evil; they simply are. Their presence can bring blessings, luck, and a sense of harmony to a home—if you treat them with respect. Keep your home in order, acknowledge their presence without overdoing it, and never, ever thank them outright.

So, do you have a house spirit? Or maybe one you suspect has been stealing your socks? Share your experiences in the comments!

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