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Started October 30, 2019 by @The-Magician group

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I made a sigil to not get called on in class. So far it's worked

Ok ok, so it seems that the blue jay, possibly a reincarnation of an ancient Druid, is protecting you against whatever this dark spirit is. I see.
Honestly I don't know how you'd go about consulting the blue jay. In my own practice, I honor the wren pretty regularly and the cat passively. But I have yet to communicate with them as spirits.
I do know that when communicating with any spirit you need to be in a calm, meditative state so you can receive what they have for you.
Since it's always outside your window, it might be good to sit by the window and meditate with it. Watching each other, in a calm receptive state, could form some sort of spiritual bond. I would also recommend keeping a notepad nearby and writing down every thought and feeling you have as you sit with the bird. Once you feel calm and connected with the bird on a spiritual level, however that feels for you, ask your question. Maybe something like "what do you want me to know about you?" It can't hurt to ask, but that doesn't mean it'll answer right away or in the way you most expect.
And since you speculate it's also connected with the old Druid, of course do research on them and see if other people venerate that Druid in a specific way, if they takes a special offering or something that could be helpful for you.
These other animals all representing parts of you coming to you first is a good sign in my opinion. It could be that this Druid's spirit is reassuring you "hey, I know you, and all these things about you. Now here I am, listen to me."

Yeah. Right now I’ve been graciously feeding it pretzels and just talking to it. It’s pretty chill. Whatever it is, after I started feeding it the crows are staying further away. It’s pretty chill. We just vibing right now. Answers come when they come, and I’m here for the ride.

Sounds great!

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There's an Indigenous Holy Woman coming into our religions class today :D
I'm very excited

Time sensitive question, I have a ✨date✨ tonight and we're going bowling, should I veil? It would just be a bandana or a beanie but idk if you're supposed to wear a beanie on a date

Bowling alleys are pretty busy and bustley places, so if it were me I'd veil. They're good at keeping you grounded in my experience. Plus, veiling will remind you that you get to set your own boundaries on this date. And then there's the literal boundary of blocking the date buddy from seeing your hair/head, which can help them focus on your personality more than your shmexy hair.
If it were me, I'd veil, but I veil for almost everything lol. You do you ✨

Wow I've been gone for a hot minute 😅

Hello there!! I heard the words Pagan and witch, so now I’m here! I’m both an eclectic pagan and a witch, so I’m stoked there’s a chat for that!! Btw I’m Ren, and my pronouns are they/them! Some of y’all may remember me. I actually have memory loss, and stumbled across this site recently, finding a ton of stuff that I posted. I’m glad to have found this site, considering that I have no memories from this time in my life, so I’ve been scrolling though it to get an idea of who I was. But I found a few chats that I definitely want to be a part of, like this one! Anyway, I’m glad to find a community of other pagans and witches.

General Info time!

Wicca is a tradition of Witchcraft that was brought to the public by Gerald Gardner in the 1950s. There is a great deal of debate among the Pagan community about whether or not Wicca is truly the same form of Witchcraft that the ancients practiced. Regardless, many people use the terms Wicca and Witchcraft interchangeably. Paganism is an umbrella term used to apply to a number of different earth-based faiths. Wicca falls under that heading, although not all Pagans are Wiccan.

So, in a nutshell; all Wiccans are Witches, but not all Witches are Wiccans. All Wiccans are Pagans, but not all Pagans are Wiccans. Finally, some Witches are Pagans, but some are not—and some Pagans practice witchcraft, while others choose not to.

Continuation—

Paganism is a broad term for (technically) non-abrahamic religions. It's generally applied to the prechristian/preislamic religions of Europe and the near east. There's some debate and contention on if living polytheistic and non-abrahamic religions from regions never widely converted (like Hinduism) should be considered pagan since it can be seen as pejorative when applied to them. Generally it refers to an ancient, modern, or reconstructed religion which often contains polytheistic or nature worshipping elements, especially those of Europe. This is, generally speaking, a religion.

A witch is someone who practices witchcraft, or generally (and somewhat erroneously) someone who practices magic. This refers to a practice, not necessarily a religious affiliation.

For example, I am a pagan and a witch because I practice pagan religion and do witchcraft. A Christian witch is not a pagan, but is a witch. A pagan person who doesn't believe in magic is a pagan but not a witch.

Pulled the death card so I guess that's a sign I should get my hair cut today

PSA.

You do not need to worship or work with a deity.
You do not need an altar.
You do not need a wand or a bunch of tools.
Your craft takes a lot of practice and commitment, don’t give up!
Always be safe and be sure to study before putting anything into physical practice!

Ey, I saw witch and went, "Y'know, it's nice to chat with the peeps once in a while."

So here I am!

I don't do Tarot readings. I mainly do sigils of peace, love, courage and commitment. I tend to try and bring peace with me wherever I go, because it helps with anxiety and I generally enjoy making people happy. (When I'm not teasing them, that is.) I always carry a marker with me, to draw sigils on my friends that need or want them.

I don't worship any one deity. Rather, I work with the spirits of nature and of the dead to lend me guidance.

No altars for me. Not usually, at least. Any altar I do put up is only temporary.

Never really had the need for the tools. I call, the spirits generally answer.

I haven't, in the 3 years I've been doing this, given up. It's taken a lot of will to get to this point, honestly.

I have. I know a bit about everything, The dead and the spirits of nature are my main focus, so I know more about them than anything. Energy flows are also useful, because it allows me to sense when the spirits need appeasment. I've been doing this stuff for a bit, and I'm also a more energy-and emotion oriented person than most. I've helped out people more than I've hurt them, I think. If anybody ever needs help with anything, know that I'm here to help!

Anyways, sorry for the long post. Love you, fellow witches and pagans! 😊

Recent practice update as of March 13th 2022!

— Have bought a crystal ball
— Have bought 5 balls of other crystals
— Have rearranged my workspace so everything is in a somewhat orderly fashion
— Herbal workspace is now a thing, I’m in love
— Just finished making a concoction for my skin!

Energy flows are also useful, because it allows me to sense when the spirits need appeasment.

You sound like such a sweet person! Can I ask what energy flows are?

A song came on about ancestors that I used to sing to my cousin (after he died) about a year ago and haven't really listened to since and immediately after I started humming a guy with very similar energy came out and started asking what year it was and saying they sent him to the wrong year
Coincidence? Probably but I'm gonna do some divination after class to ask because that was weird

Okay…both my pendulums are gone
I either left them at my parents' house or didn't unpack them. Not sure

A lot of people have been losing their pendulums and bracelets recently. The first time I heard it I thought it was just a coincidence, but then more and more people started losing their stuff. Must be that time of year I guess 🤷🏻

Energy flows are also useful, because it allows me to sense when the spirits need appeasment.

You sound like such a sweet person! Can I ask what energy flows are?

Thank you! Energy flows are chi, leylines. . . whatever you call them, they are powerful things used for spirit calling, divinations, and nature based spells. The energy flows of your body are what provide you the power to do these spells. The leylines of the world are what allow you to focus more precisely your spells.

That veiled person struggle when your veil slips off in public but you don't wanna rush to put it on because you don't want others to think you're embarrassed or that they should be embarrassed for seeing your hair even though they've seen it before so you just carry on awkwardly until you can go to the bathroom and fix it

I'll take any tips for ancestor work anyone has

pov your entire practice is changing again
It's what I wanted, though. In some Irish witchcraft circles you go from cuairteoir, a guest, to a cuardaitheoir, a seeker. I was a cuairteoir for almost two years, and I fulfilled the role by learning everything I could about everything I wanted, but made no big commitments (other than to celebrate the native Irish wheel of the year, which I'm very happy with). The role of a cuardaitheoir is to seek out what you want specifically out of your practice. And suddenly, since graduating from one type of witch to the other I'm just ahhhgg-
So many possibilities, so many ideologies, so many theisms. So many ways to go about it.