#new witches

[crazycatsiren]

I'm of the opinion that when you first get started with practicing witchcraft, you can start with whatever interests you the most. Witchcraft is so very broad a topic, it may be helpful to narrow down your area(s) of enjoyment. Because I think it's very important to have fun as a witch.

[pageofpomegranates]

More Art Magic Ideas🎨🕯️

Draw or paint using your non-dominant hand to bring out your inner child

Create a mini oracle set out of bottlecaps or coins

Write odes to the tools, herbs, etc. that you use the most in your craft

Use only natural materials in a work of art- tea, coffee, dirt, plant parts, etc.

Decorate playing cards to act as talismans and keep in your pocket/wallet/bag (i.e. a money drawing card to keep in your wallet)

Bring your inner sacred space to life by drawing/painting/collaging/sculpting it

Use handmade images as offerings to spirits or deities; create personalized images of spirits or deities you're in contact with

Make a poppet of yourself and stuff it with petitions or pictograms of what you wish to embody

Create a powerful protection amulet to hang above the doorway of your home/sacred space. What does protection look like to you? Use materials that reflect the kind of protection that you're looking for.

Crochet or knit a blanket that is enchanted to bring good sleep, good dreams, or for inducing a hypnagogic state

[coinandcandle]

On Mabon

As it's coming up I want to go ahead and clarify for any newer witches:

Mabon is on the Fall equinox, but the Fall equinox is not Mabon.

Some witches from other cultures may call it other things. Some may not celebrate it at all.

Mabon is known now to be a Wiccan holiday, but in actuality, it is the name of a Welsh god. While it's not uncommon for holidays to be named after deities, Aidan Kelly gave the Fall equinox that name for reasons he mentions in this Patheos post not too many years ago.

Secular, nontheistic, eclectic, or unlabeled witches may just call it the Fall or Autumnal equinox. It's better to ask someone if they observe it as such before wishing them a happy/blessed Mabon.

Wicca's Wheel of the Year was created by Gerald Gardner and other wiccans and takes pre-existing holidays, repackaging them as Wiccan and claiming they're a part of an "ancient" religion (it isn't ancient).

The holidays that were taken from their original cultures are ancient, however. The Celtic Lughnasadh, Samhain, Imbolc, and Beltane, the Germanic Yule, and the Anglo-Saxon's Lammas for example. These were all taken out of context, the cultures conflated, and more due to the appropriation of Gardner and others.

I personally don't care if you call it Mabon, it's just good to know the history of the holidays that you celebrate. I also wanted folks to know why there may be some funk around the use of the name.

My autumnal equinox post will be coming out soon where I talk about a bunch of different holidays and histories involving this equinox for anyone interested!

[the-clumsywitch]

A piece of advice that might be helpful for people that are just starting their witchcraft journey is you really only "need" two books. One to teach you and one to inspire you. And these don't even have to be books that you own, there are plenty of books on magick & witchcraft at the library.

- Erika, The Clumsy Witch

[stormborn-witch]

I just want to say that it's okay to let witches who are new to their craft make mistakes. We can give advise, mentor all we'd like but in the end it is their decision to do the things they wish to do.

Mistakes will be made. The journey is what is most important. They'll gain experience and wisdom along the way. If we don't let them make mistakes, or shame them for those mistakes, we are robbing them of that knowledge and wisdom.

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

[allthingsblessedbe]

Kiss! I just gotta!!