#protective magick

[fangedreverence]

i've been out of touch with my witchcraft for a long time, but now i'm coming back to it by necessity. for a long time (but especially the last half-year) i've been dealing with multiple psychic vampires at my workplace: one in my immediate work group who is the most pressing, and then a few higher-ups who i don't interact with quite as much. i think this is why i've been feeling so, well, drained. i haven't been practicing my craft in part because i get home from work and have absolutely no energy to spare.

for now i'm going to need to place heavy focus on rebuilding my energy, shielding, and cutting off the spiritual ties these people have formed to me. i've never had to directly deal with people like this before so i'm a little out of my depth. i'm a very sensitive person and no matter what i do i can't help but ruminate on the negativity thrown at me. any tried & true methods or advice would be greatly appreciated!

[thecarrionwitch]

So for you dark and baneful witches... As one of you, I have a question:

As someone on this field of the craft I'm sure I know my answer and the answers I'll receive but I guess I just need to hear what others think before I fully stick my hand into the situation.

So a 'sibiling' of mine has started living with us again after 6 months of leaving because he had a big freak out and broke a lot of things in my room. The room that I hadn't been able to stay in because of how bad my current disability was at the time.

Up until his blow up he had tried playing in my face, acting like he cared and like he was nice, even going to my hospital room a few times when I was in it.

I made this post before but I broke a handful of my gods and goddesses statues, drew on a hanging thing of mine, threw away some of my tossing bones and called me useless and a liar for the sexual abuse I went through by another 'sibiling'... Called me a liar when before everything he acted like he understood.

I know, realistically the gods and goddesses support this choice if I go with it which I'm sure I will because I hate the energy in the house these days. And it's a familiar energy, the type where you feel like you have to walk on eggshells or you'll get hurt.

To add to his case he's:

Fatphobic (calling me names and stuff knowing good and well my disability was the thing literally at fault for me not being able to work out or anything like that. Also being fatphobic to the brother that I do care about that lives here that is on the spectrum and chubby as well but works as hard as he can. He was fatphobic to him while also taking money from him which made it hard for the good sibling to have any money left over for himself.)

Verbally and mentally abusive (when he's in a really bad mood and we got into an altercation before he left six months ago where the police was called because of all the shouting and he didn't hit me but I definitely feel like he wanted to.)

Manipulative (in many fashions from playing nice to making sure he doesn't split poles with his 22 y/o gf. He's 33... Do I need to explain more?? Considering I'm 21 I find the relationship really weird and considering his baby momma is fat I find it also weird asf that he's fatphobic, especially when he was shaped like a bowling ball in his highschool years and I mean bigger than me or my good brother.

Possibly abusive to animals. (There was a time where my fear was so bad over him that he was scaring my dog with my motorized wheelchair. I was scared to say anything but I didn't like it..) I feel like he's never really liked the dog but that was the punching point.

Rape apologist - in total I have four siblings. The eldest is the one I have an issue with, him and the one younger than him who spent years physically, mentally and sexually abusing me. It took so many years for me to say ANYTHING and when he had his blow up on me he called me a liar even though I've talked about it and I'm covered in sh scars from the mental drainage.

And honestly this is just a small list of what he's done to me RECENTLY. within a year, less than a year.

I made a notes thing for doing some baneful magick to get him out of here and away from this house for good. I know I am but am I justified in doing magick against him? Would you??

Curse, Hex, Jinx him???

"Absolutely, I would do so immediately."

"well don't be hasty, make sure the plan is fully set before doing anything."

"nono, don't do it. he's an abuser but maybe he'll change?"

Voting ended onJul 18, 2024

I put that last answer there for giggles but yeah. Vote guys. Please and Thank you.

[the-clumsywitch]

[bargainbinwizard]

The spirits are seemingly trying to warn me to chill out with my constant spell work I’ve been obsessively doing towards this one goal. I’m not willing to discuss the specifics behind it but it’s constant protection spells,doing readings to see if my spells are doing anything and similar themed spells. Problem is that I can’t just sit there and do nothing while this piece of shit wizard who’s stronger than me sends me even more bullshit.

It’s like if I’m not doing something, I’m making it even worse for myself by doing nothing but somehow it’s also bad if I attempt to fight it off. It’s a David and Goliath situation except I don’t even have a slingshot. This wizard can go eat a thousand dicks...or whatever they’re into. I’m inclusive. Either way, they can fuck off. 

[hymntothenight]

my gf watching me keep the dead wasp i killed for her in her dorm to use as a spell component

[venusian-grimoire]

Simple Witch Tip🎨

When painting/gluing stuff in your magical practice, add a pinch of salt and/or other herbs you associate with protection over the top layer of paint/nail polish/glue for that extra boost of protection in whatever you're doing.

(Take into consideration that this might add a texture to your paint, so you could work with that/avoid adding grains and use powder herbs instead according to what you have in mind)

Whatever the case, have some fun with your craft and keep your intentions in mind🍃🦋💅🎨

[of-faunsandyellowflowers]

yall.....

I cannot stress how important it is to have wards.

I've seen several posts on here talking about how ppl think it's silly to do this because 'deities will protect their followers'.

Yes, I know the deities are very powerful, but there are other powerful entities that love to mimick them. Theres also entities that are abusive and love to make you sick. Deities cannot protect us at all times, it is up to us to protect ourselves the most. It's a harsh reality and something one must learn. It is not a manipulative tactic on baby witches to learn this. Wards are very easy to set up, and one of the foundation pieces of protective magick.

Please ward. Please protect yourself. There are bad spirits out there that love to deceive and feed upon your energy. Wether its tar spirits, corrupted human souls that refuse to cross over, etc....its important to protect yourself. Take it from someone whose had a tar spirit attached to them/seen them. They are very real. Take it from someone who didnt really think about this as a potential because I too, thought my gods would protect me. Their power can only extend so far.

WARD. YOUR. SELF.

[eir-rowan]

"4 Things EVERY Practioner Should Know" on YouTube

Centring, Grounding, Shielding, and Earthing.