#witchy experiences

[salelua]

͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙ witchy things I did that worked •̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙

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-`🕯 INTRO 🕯´-

Although I'm part of the spiritual community, I'm still quite skeptical whenever I see a spell or ritual, be it online or in books, asking myself if it'd work or not. Wondering if the source of such spells and witchy things were actually being honest. So! Today, I'll be sharing some witchy things (as not all of them were spells IMO) that actually worked! Still, I want to clarify that these things worked for >me< and I'll just be sharing my experience with the things I did that worked best. Feel free to also share yours in the comments!

-`🕯 WITCHY THINGS THAT WORKED 🕯´-

❅ herbal baths and magik baths in general, is some of my favorite things to do. Well, I actually love showers and they are such a scared moment to me, and whenever I need some deep energetical cleansing and boost, they always work for me. However, I want to point out that I wash my hair after finishing the herbal bath. So, I recommend doing this on wash hair days. My favorite combo is thick salt and rosemary. How I did it: ⁍ 1-step, prep: cleansed and energized the materials. ⁍ 2-step, make rosemary water: I didn't use a specific amount, but I'd say 4-5 cups of water and half a hand of rosemary is enough. Let it boil for about 5 minutes and then let it sit for 15 minutes with a cloth on top. ⁍ 3-step, thick salt scrubbing: the scrubbing should be done from your neck to your feet. Don't scrub too hard, you don't want to hurt yourself. Visualize negative energy or the power something/someone has over you leaving your body. DO NOT SCRUB YOUR GENITALIA WITH IT OKAY? ⁍ 4-step, rosemary shower: after the rosemary water has cooled down a bit, start to pour the water over you from your head. Now, the actual rosemary won't go with the water, so you can pick it up with your hands and scrub your body gently with it. DO NOT SCRUB OR WASH YOUR GENITALIA WITH THIS WATER. ⁍ 5-step, clean your bathroom: chances are you've made a mess! ❅ banishing candles is something that I did when I was on low energy but needed banishing ASAP. I also didn't have all the ingredients I wished for, but it worked with the ones I had! I made a total of 2 candles, and I placed one in the living room and the other in my bedroom. How I did it: ⁍ ingredients and tools: black candle, red candle, dried pieces of garlic, corn hair, thick salt, essential oil (I used lavender cause it was the only one I had lol), mortar and pestle, paper (to protect my table from the wax), candle holder (further explanation about candle holder later), and fire. ⁍ 1-step, prep: cleansed and energized the material. ⁍ 2-step, candle dressing: I applied the essential oil to the black candle, then started to dress it with the garlic pieces. I recommend doing this slowly and dressing each "side" of the candle instead of the whole candle. With the help of the red candle, I lit it up and used its drop of wax to hold the garlic in place. ⁍ 3-step, protection ring: with corn hair and thick salt, I created a protection ring so that the candle would be free to do its job without interference from what I was banishing. I placed it within the candle holder, which was a chamberstick type. Now, I want to say that the protection ring needs to be around the candle, with a chamberstick, it was quite efficient since I could carry the candle and the protection ring mutually without getting the house dirty. ⁍ 4-step, banishing: lit it up and allowed it to burn fully. ❅ warding is one of the best ways to protect your house or personal space. It always works for me, even when done in the astral (I've done this once but it was not intentional, don't ask me how I did it because I have minimal power over my astral/mental projections still). Basically, gather up energy and release it with the most amount of anger possible, like a dog showing its teeth to an enemy, while setting out the intention of only your guides, desired spirits, and positive energy entering. Do this in each room of the house if you wish to ward the whole house, or just in your bedroom if that's better. ❅ repelling unwanted energetic interactions through anger. Well, this one is a bit similar to warding, but it's done when the so said energy or spirit is already there. I've done this in the astral too, it worked thankfully lol. Anyway, it's similar to warding, but now you have a target to which you'll direct the aggressive energy you're gathering. Together with this energy, you'll say words like "get out of here" like, screaming, either out loud or in your head. You'll hunt down the "problem" if needed. My biggest tip is to go full red mode.

-`🕯 CONCLUSION 🕯´-

So, this was it! I hope you guys enjoyed it and that I've brought to y'all something new haha. As you can see, I haven't done much lol, I don't like to venture myself too much, and spells aren't my "it" activity either. Still, even though I've done more things, these were the ones I had the best results. Either way, see you soon <3

[tadpoles-and-daydreams]

Nothing too small

If this looks funky, it's because I'm on mobile but I couldn't not post this.

Last night as I was half asleep, I was thinking about how early I have to get up today and thinking about how I wasn't going to enjoy it bc I stayed up late. I am admittedly a bit of a caffeine addict, but moreso I lean on coffee as a comfort thing. So as I was laying there I mentally called up Loki, or any guide who wants to take it (but I find myself admittedly defaulting to Loki for requests I think are dumb) and I just.

"Can I ask for coffee? Can I ask you to make guilt-free coffee happen tomorrow? I want to get a coffee but I'm so nervous about money right now, and I'm damn near broke, but... Coffee. Can you make that happen?"

I never ask for things I deem too small, insignificant, or generally "dumb requests." Today I got a notification from the app of the coffee shop I go to, saying I'd get 3 dollars (half of the cost of my order) off. My mom has the app but she didn't have that special offer. It was just me.

And as if that wasn't enough, a friend of my mom's sent her money on a whim and so my mom said I no longer need to pay her back for the witchy market we went to a while ago and I went home. I'm no longer panicking about money.

I got coffee today without any guilt, so tonight I'll be watching anime with Loki and giving anyone who wants offerings a lil smth. I'm taking a huge step towards learning that I don't have to feel guilty when asking for something, and that it matters to my deities if it matters to me.

[crazycatsiren]

Frequently Asked Questions For The Modern Day Witch

Just for fun, here's a handful of FAQs that I've personally answered for people along my way.

Do you worship Satan?

Me, not personally. There are Satanic witches who do, but I'm not a Satanist.

Are you a good or bad witch?

That depends on you.

Can you perform "evil" spells?

Yes, I'm fully capable of it, but not if I can help it, and never out of pure malice or for selfish reasons.

Can you curse people?

Yes, but I do so sparingly. I don't curse or hex unless absolutely necessary, and I have no problem with cursing or hexing when it's rightfully deserved, as long as the punishment fits the crime.

Are you Wiccan?

No.

But don't you have to be a Wiccan to be a witch?

Again, no.

Is everyone in your family a witch?

No. I'm the only one in my family who is, as far as I can tell.

Do you sacrifice things?

No.

Do you actually dance naked in the woods around bonfires?

Not gonna lie, I'd love to do that at some point in my life.

Do you hate Christians?

No.

Are people scared of you?

Maybe? I have no way of knowing for sure. But I do know that people tend to be scared of what they don't understand.

Are you like Sabrina or something?

No. Hollywood is not how things actually work in real life.

So what's your religion?

I'm a polytheist. I have multiple religions.

What exactly do you do as a witch?

Witchcraft.

[academia-witch-7]

My intuitive experience

I've always had a really strong intuition ever since I was little, and I always told myself to trust my gut feeling.

And until today I've never had a more intuitive experience that ended up being really serious and scary. Let me explain.

I was supposed to hang out with my two best friends today, and one of my best friends, she went to go pick up my other friend and they were supposed to pick up her sister from volleyball camp and then pick me up on the way back so I could go to her house.

My best friend, before she went to go pick up my other friend, I got that intuitive feeling that something might happen, and my first thought was 'oh no, what if they get into a car crash'.

I wanted to text my best friend and tell her to be safe, but I knew she was already driving so I didn't.

I took a nap for about 40 minutes and dreamt of just me sitting in a car.

I was quickly woken up by my best friend texting me in all caps, CALL ME NOW. I immediately knew what had happened.

I called her and she explained that she and my other friend had gotten into a car accident. Apparently she had been in the right turn lane turning right, and a car from oncoming traffic coming from the left had hit them in the front left side of the car, causing the it to spin once and then hit the back side a bit too.

Thankfully no one was hurt (thank God it wasn't a side collison), and they handled the situation really well even though my best friend was a little shaken up, like everyone would be.

After she called her parents, she called me and I just knew what had happened. I repeatedly asked if she and my other friend were alright.

I'm at her house currently to just be here for her because she's still shaken up from the whole experience. I told her about the feeling I had gotten and the dream I had.

I already know it's some kind of psychic ability probably, but I'll have to look further into it.

I also wondered if the situation would have went differently if I had texted her to drive safely, but she would have went the same route anyway.

I'm just so extremely glad that both of my friends weren't hurt and are safe. That's all that mattered to me.

(Posted 7/20/2020)

[bex-tenebrous]

The Shadow Cat

This has been going on for more than a few months now, so I reached out to a group I'm part of on Facebook to figure out what's going on in my home.

Here's the story: while cooking, I tend to wander around doing other things like, cleaning while I cook to keep the mess minimal. While doing this, I kept seeing a cat out of the corner of my eye, so I would stumble and grab the counter and look at where the cat was, and nothing would be there. This happened in the kitchen, bathroom, and in the bedroom I'd feel a cat walking across the bed. When I'd look at the place where I felt the extra weight, again, nothing is there. Tonight, I heard a cat purring by my head, when I reached for it, nothing was there again.

After reaching out, I found that like human spirits, animal spirits can hang around a building as well. That is, until they are at peace and move on. I know my familiar has seen the cat also, he saw him tonight, and we both felt it walk across the bed. He acknowledged the spirit by sitting up, extremely alert, breathing hard like he was watching Tiger exit the bedroom.

I'm not worried about it. I find it kind of funny, because I ask my boyfriend if I could get another cat, hopefully a white one, and he said no. Now, I have a shadow cat living in my home that he doesn't even know about! He has, on occasion, felt the shadow cat on the bed and assumed it was his cat Tiger. Moving swiftly from the dresser to the bed, and into the hallway.

If you have had this same experience in your home, tell me about it. These experiences are so peculiar and overlooked, so share your story with me!

Blessed be.

[sola-invinctus]

Witchy Experiences: Awkward Offerings

Me: I gave the tree spirit some tea as an offering. But she keeps poking me,,, what does she want??

Friend: Did you just give her cannibalism water?

Me: NNOOOOOO

(Friend is @ofstarrywaters)

[jeebus-witch]

Story time: i made two friends this year

Theyre both the same sign, and have the same name. They do not look alike, and live in two different states. I met them in two different places and situations and both are witches.

They are literally the polar opposites of the same person.

One is very sad, mentally tortured, suffers silently in her home. One is very outgoing, happy, extremely healing to be around. Its hard to describe but sometimes i get whiplash because theyll both message me at the same time out of the blue. And probably due to the moon and stars, experience similar situations differently.

They have similar interests and hobbies.

I doubt theyll ever meet.

[conjuredcompass]

I'll be honest -- I'm lucky I live near a bunch of metaphysical shops* and I'm doubly lucky my mom likes to come with me while I go shopping for witchy things.

*There are lots of metaphysical shops in this area, but the drives vary from 15 minutes away to hours away, especially with traffic. Still, it's nice that they're accessible to me -- I know not everyone has that.

My mom, after all, is part of the reason I grew up as religiously aware as I am. You don't grow up Christian and Buddhist and Taoist with a hint of Confucianism and Chinese folk religion without some outside influence. (Honestly, with all the other witchblr discourse, I'm glad I grew up like this now, even if it did give me very strange looks growing up.) Generally speaking, I talk to mom a lot about the Buddhist and Asian-centered part of my craft, to try to understand my religious background and translate all the stuff I learned as a kid. The other day I was talking to her about The Five Elemental Movements (wuxing) and she is coincidentally studying the same thing. So it's nice, I'll admit.

I recently saw a new metaphysical shop called Dual Crossroads while stuck in traffic on the way home (hah) and I asked mom if she wanted to go today. In terms of shops, it was okay. They had jewelry, a shelf of herbs, candles, incense, books, altars, and lots of supplies. A little too much Native American "inspiration" but to be fair, I don't know the source of the objects I'm thinking of (maybe they're ethically sourced, if I'm lucky). I did like their book selection and their herbs, which you could buy by the ounce. I got a half an ounce of mugwort! I almost never see mugwort in stores. Violet asked me to pick up a book on faerie magic that I've been thinking about. Mom liked their incense selection -- there was a lot -- and she picked up a set of mala. We both got incense burners (a wood one for her, a metal one with stars for me).

I'm hoping we go back at some point. I know mom wants to for sure, and at some point I'd like to see some of the classes and activities they offer. I am concerned but hopeful. As an Asian American witch from a Buddhist upbringing, I'm always a little concerned about how metaphysical stores portray different religions, especially those religious beliefs of people of color to those who are not. For the most part I felt like all the religions Dual Crossing was representing (Wicca, Pagan, Christianity, Buddhism) had equal footing and they weren't being marketed as "Exotic Charms from Other Cultures that will fix your First World Problems". But I also know they could do more, and I hope they do.

I'm glad mom and I had a good time. I know I'm lucky that my mom and I still share parts of our religious experiences together, even if our paths diverge somewhat, and that we can have shops where we can share our spiritual paths together.