forum Pagan/Witch/Wiccan+ Community

Started October 30, 2019 by @The-Magician group

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Aww that's so sweet!

My dog seems to be hyper attentive whenever I do magic.

That would make sense. Animals seem to be more in tune with things that don’t physically exist, but exist anyhow.

so ig im stealing bits of hedge witchcraft lmao

im the neighbor who brings baked goods over constantly, and cleaning is my favorite mode of cleansing because it's just so simple, and it makes sense

Yay, some more witches who do domestic magick!

I have another question mostly for pagans. It might be tricky or just stupid lol. In a lot of pantheons, Gods and Goddesses die. How do we worship them if they're dead? Are they still alive somehow, and just their physical bodies, if they had one, are dead? Do they still have power on the Earth?

backs away from this one

okay i'm not too well versed here but

a lot of things still have power on earth, and this plane, without having to be alive. are gods even technically alive? aren't they sort of on another level there?

everything has an energy and spirit, so there's always some part that stays in existence even past the mortal body's expiration date. often with things like plants or animals(in my beliefs, not universal) that energy will move on to something new(reincarnation) or kind of just join the earth. if a god were to die, maybe you'd find their energy in whatever it was they were tied to? helios in the sun, selene in the moon, kind of like that. ra in the movement of the sun across the sky, etc

oHHhkay that actually helps. Maybe my concept of death doesn't totally apply to gods, because like you said

are gods even technically alive?

Thanks again! You guys are so helpful.

no prob babe! and if any baby witches or people simply interested in learning have questions they're afraid to ask here, feel free to pm me! i'll answer the best i can

Aw there went my cover lol
Eh

Your cover…? [is instantly intrigued]
Hey I know not many people (if any, I might be the only one…) practice hedge witchcraft, but does anyone have any food spells they do or jar spells they made?

(Probably not, but I’m asking anyway)

Your cover…? [is instantly intrigued]

Ye I used my school email to make a new account just in case my parents found my regular notebook with my personal email. Cuz like. Witchcraft nono.
I'll probably still use InTheBroomCloset just for extra measures, but Owen=InTheBroomCloset and InTheBroomCloset=Owen
See you on the alt account

ffhgfdg i guessed so, when you responded instead. your secret is safe with me lmao

Your cover…? [is instantly intrigued]

Ye I used my school email to make a new account just in case my parents found my regular notebook with my personal email. Cuz like. Witchcraft nono.
I'll probably still use InTheBroomCloset just for extra measures, but Owen=InTheBroomCloset and InTheBroomCloset=Owen
See you on the alt account

Oops.

Anyone have tips on choosing what kinds of materials you want your tools to be made of?
Right now I'm specifically looking at pendulums, and honestly, a lot of the crystal pendulums I've looked at haven't been sitting right with me, if you get what I mean?

uhh

i'd just look at a bunch of different stones/crystals/rocks, see which ones vibe well with your Divination Brain, and then try finding pendulums of those materials. that's all i can really think.

could the metal be an issue at all, as well? like the chains if thats the kind you're looking for?

I don't think so, a basic silver chain is perfectly fine with me.
Just some crystals, even ones I typically like, kind of turn me off in pendulum form for some reason. Like I've always been really drawn to amethyst, but in a pendulum, it just doesn't quite vibe with me.
As I keep looking, I'm thinking Green Aventurine might be a good bet.
And like maybe opalite or moonstone, but I've never had any of those before (I only have like 4 crystals atm oops) whereas I have some aventurine sitting by my desk.

Maybe looking for crystals/stones that suit the purpose you’re aiming to do with your pendulum, and see if any of those sit right with you in pendulum form?

I just made a little jar necklace for Aphrodite for me to wear around!!
It's got some dove feathers, a pearl, rose quartz, and garnet, as well as crushed red rose petals.

Oooh! Fancy~! That must’ve taken some time to put together.

A bit, but not too long. I make jewelry in my spare time so once I had all the materials it wasn't very hard

Ooh, nice! [still doesn’t have any crystals of my own]

The pendulum thing is not working for me.
But I'm gunna try out Ogham as an alternate divination process, learning about it makes something just click for me

[still doesn’t understand the purpose of pendulums…]

You guys have any useful spells? Like just anything you think a beginner should know would be great.

only types of spells i've really tried are jar spells, chants essentially, and luck spells, but i feel like those are just fine?

[still doesn’t understand the purpose of pendulums…]

If this is your form of asking, I'll happily explain, as will anybody else here…

Okay, hi, hello, yes, I've come to talk/rant a bit? I'm sorry if it comes off as ranty, but I do have some things to say and questions to ask.

I have just recently told my parents I am no longer Christan because the God and I just do not vibe at all. Especially old testament God (I'm cool? With Jesus, but The whole him technically being the other God too just ruins the whole deal)
I've been looking around for a religion/practice that falls in line with what I personally believe, and this just falls right in line with it. I'd love to practice and learn, but a) I have a horrible time researching things because my brain doesn't like it, and b) my parents are Uber Christan and would have a heart attack if I did anything like this around them.
It's even worse because my aunt is Wiccan (at least that's what my dad said, not 100% sure), so my dad actually knows a lot about this stuff and would recognize most of it. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could start on secret? Just some things I could work into my life without my parents noticing.

start developing a for-show love of rocks. like in general. geology. and then start to incorporate your crystals into that.

get into scented candles and then buy ones that are the colors you need

pretty jewelry with crystals? nobody's gonna bat an eye. it's just like gemstones. they're pretty, humans like shiny things

doodle and throw your sigils into doodling. imbue your doodles with your intentions and then pack em back away in your notebooks. you're good

nature walks for 'exercise' and then you actually get exercise but also get to be in tune with your surroundings

chill kitchen witchery that just looks like normal things. no one's gonna notice that you always stir a certain way, or that you add cinnamon to your hot chocolate(and if they do…it's a spice. people do that lmao)

have…plants???