#fruitsofcraft

[hexes-n-ohs]

Fruits of your Craft, Day 10

Do you feel that practicing witchcraft has influenced your personal approach to ethics?

Oh, absolutely.

I was raised Catholic before I left the church and found my pagan path. In retrospect, I've always felt that their ethics can get a little lazy. Sins are bad because the Bible said so; virtues are good because the Bible said so. Where the Bible is silent, the pope weighs in. At every turn someone else is telling you what's bad and what's good, so you never have to make difficult ethical decisions on your own.

Not to say that that attitude is inherently a Christian thing. (Wiccans have the Rede, after all.) There are people on all paths that would prefer to defer those decisions to their authority of choice.

But as an "eclectic" (for lack of a better word) who follows no strict path and is not afraid of a little baneful magic... there is no one who can make those ethical decisions for me, except for me.

Ethics are a set of muscles that need to be exercised to get stronger, and some people never need to exercise them. As a result of my practice, though, I feel I have a much stronger moral compass than I would have if I had never started on this path.

[crazycatsiren]

Fruits of Your Craft 30-Day Challenge created by @maddiviner.

What has been your most influential resource in your study of the Craft?

What’s the biggest error or mistake that you feel you’ve made when working magick?

What are your views on cursing, hexing, and binding spells? Has your view changed throughout your journey? Why or why not?

What do you wish you had known as a beginner?

How long have you been practicing witchcraft and why do you think you kept at it?

What was the most intense or effective magical experience of your life?

Have you explored other magical traditions alongside witchcraft? Do these influence your practices?

Do you have a connection to a deity, pantheon, or certain aspect of the universe? How did this connection happen?

Have your views on how magick works changed in any significant way over the years?

Do you feel that practicing witchcraft has influenced your personal approach to ethics?

What are your views about the “big questions” in life, like why we’re here, where we’re going, and where we come from? Have they changed since beginning your magical practice?

Has practicing witchcraft changed your view on how the Universe works? Why or why not?

What is your primary magical focus right now? What are your favorite subjects that you’ve studied in the past?

Is there any aspect of the Craft that you considered but ultimately didn’t pursue? Why or why not?

What has been your experience with the magical community thus far? What was good about it, and what was bad?

What are your views on paranormal phenomena besides  witchcraft? How do you feel about things like ghosts, hauntings, and ESP?

What has been your experience with divination? Do you think it is accurate?

Do you keep a Book of Shadows or grimoire? What form does it take, and why?

Have there been any major turning points in your time within the Craft? What were they like?

If you could change one thing (large or small) about the way magick works, what would it be and why?

Do you have a spiritual or physical familiar? Why or why not?

Have you ever felt “stuck” or “lost” in your practice? If so, how did you overcome that?

Do you feel that your way of interacting with others has changed during your journey? If so, how?

Have you ever been unsure about continuing your practice? If so, what was it like?

Have you had any frightening or upsetting experiences while practicing witchcraft? If so, what were they like?

What kind of witch do you identify as (if anything specific)?

What kind of witch do you hope to be in the future?

What’s your favorite magical practice and why?

Do you feel as if witchcraft has significantly changed you as a person?

What advice do you have for beginner witches?

[oldcrowshag]

Fruits of Your Craft-- Day 3

What are your views on cursing, hexing, and binding spells?

I would tattoo “Pro-Cursing” on my ass if I had that kind of disposable income

[elliltare-blog]

Fruits of Your Craft: Day 13

Has practicing witchcraft changed your view on how the Universe works? Why or why not?

Yes, it has, and I have to say that my witchcraft practice has shaped it more so than my religious practice, mostly because my religious practice doesn’t really delve into it so much. Inherently, though, it all works the same and overlaps, but my witchcraft is what has shaped it the most and been the most influential. When it comes to why it has changed, it comes down to a simple answer: I just never thought about how the universe worked until I began witchcraft.

[bythecottagehearth-blog]

Day Two: Whats the biggest error or mistake that you feel youve made when working magick?

My biggest issue growing up was that I was taught too much too soon. I didnt have the wisdom or caution to use even half of what I knew. When I was in high school, I got messed up by the otherworld pretty bad. I didnt know not to trust everything I came across, shared information I shouldnt have and because I had a strained relationship with my family at the time, I had no one to turn to for help. Always protect yourself, never give your real name and ride the hedge with caution. You might think that its fun but it can ruin your life if youre not careful.

[satyazomasorga]

Fruits of Your Craft 30-Day Challenge: Day 7 7. Have you explored other magical traditions alongside witchcraft? Do these influence your practices? I think my definition of Witchcraft is too broad. I'm not sure what is meant by "other magical traditions" here. Hmm... Well, I've done some cursory research into Kaballah, Shamanistic practices, Demonology/Goetia, Ceremonial Magic, Thelema, Alchemy, LaVeyan Satanism...if those don't count under the Witchcraft umbrella. I like seeing the common threads that run through all these disciplines. Sorgae 'Craft has its roots in Gardnerian Wicca. But the more we learn and discover and develop it, we see bits in common with several other types of Witchcraft; Traditional (i.e., pre-Gardner), Feri, Luciferian, Hedgewitchery, Pop-Occulture, Alchemy, as well as containing elements similar to aspects of Shamanic practices. I want to stress, though, that while there are parts in common with these other paths, with Wicca being the exception, we haven't purposely drawn inspiration from them. We have simply noticed that there are commonalities.

[alsowitchcraft]

Fruits of the Craft - Day 3 & 4

What are your views on cursing, hexing, and binding spells? Has your view changed throughout your journey? Why or why not?

My view is it's not my business to police other peoples craft. If they’d like to curse that's up to them and if they don’t want to curse that's fine too.

As I mentioned in the last post I don't really do spells, so I’ve never actually cursed anyone. I think maybe I would try cursing someone only to protect or help others from being that person being cruel, and as a last resort. I don’t think my views have changed that much, except in the beginning I used to get worried about people’s reactions every time I reblogged something about cursing.

What do you wish you had known as a beginner?

I suppose wish I had known much this path would help me, and then maybe I’d be further along with more knowledge and experience because I would have tried harder. 

[hexes-n-ohs]

Fruits of your Craft, Day 2

What's the biggest error or mistake that you feel you've made while working magic?

When I first started studying, I was really very cautious, so I didn't make any terrifying mistakes. (I only developed a "fuck around and find out" attitude much later in my practice. 😂)

I think the biggest mistake I made was a serious lack of specificity in my early spellwork. It took a long time for me to do any magic that seemed to have any effect at all, because I left my spells far too open. Like when you do a money spell, and you find a few coins on the ground, or nothing happens because you already had a paycheck coming.

It took a loooooong time for me to see results from my work. That's why I always tell newer witches to keep trying different things even if it seems like their spells aren't working.