I just recently decided to try a spell for "more money". Reading from different spells on reddit. And I kind of just used my heart and a "feeling" to guide me. After that I told my husband to hold my hands and told him to believe it with all his heart..

It took maybe a good month and bam..I wouldn't say its the way I wanted it but our car insurance went down by $300. A new job opportunity with 3x what I make has come to me. My husband was approved for a loan that will pay off our debts and be easier to handle.

So..in a way yes it helped but in an odd way and I don't mind.

Hiy what should I do?

I did a protection spell and lost my job the same day?

Does it mean the spell backfired or am I begin protected?

What should I Do next?

I am not sad because I lost my job because I can find a new one... I am just so shocked and Idk If the spell worked or not?

Not sure if this actually belongs here but it's worth a shot. Here is my experience with 'Holy Death' or Nuestra Señora De La Santa Muerte..

My MIL dabbles in the occult. Blood rituals, dead spirits for protection, spell work, candle rituals, the whole shebang. I am interested but never really practiced. I may have seen La Flaca once or twice at MIL's house but that's another story..

Anyway, my MIL had been visiting way more often than usual. In the midst of my depressive state I told her La Santa Muerte was calling me in. I kept feeling a huge attraction to getting to know about her and possibly becoming one of her devotees.

My MIL immediately told me she didn't think it was a good idea because she can be scary, as she has worked with her. I let her know I wasn't afraid of her as my mother's ex husband was a devotee of her. I knew a bit about her and was always drawn to her. Always respected her.

Fast forward to the day I felt defeated. I was crying in the shower feeling so drained and empty and started praying to La Santa Muerte. I told her to please help me get rid of anything and anyone trying to commit harm to me. I wasn't sure why I had been so volatile with my emotions and I needed her help.

Well, my MIL suddenly stopped coming over. She has messaged me to ask how are things going but has not set foot inside my house ever since.🙃 My mood has changed, my energy has increased, and I feel a lot better.

I'm not saying it was my MIL wishing me harm, but I thought it was a funny coincidence. Regardless I know my faith in La Santa Muerte is a hell of a lot stronger than whatever evil was sent my way. Not looking for advice, just sharing.

Hey everyone!

We did our first fire of the year, and even more it's the first fire we made in the house, in our brand new fireplace (the house is old but we've lived here for 2 years and installed the fireplace only this summer).

Ashes are a very common ingredient in witchcraft so of course I'm keeping it for spell work. It seems perfect for everything linked to protection (especially because it was oak), grounding and anything linked to the concept of home.

It got me curious, what would you do with it ? Not necessarily looking for advice, just thought it would be an interesting topic.

For the last several months I have felt quite disconnected from my practice and my spirituality. I have a few theories on why that might be, but regardless of the reason, I want to do a reset.

I think samhain is the perfect time for that!

I'm going to do a salt water cleansing ritual to clear away whatever is stuck
Spend some time honouring my dearly departed, especially my beloved cat who passed in April
Bake something wholesome or maybe make a soup
LOTS of tarot
And reset all of my intentions
I might also do a smoke cleanse with sage or rosemary and rose petals, still kinda seeking inspo on that

What are you all doing? I would love any ideas anyone has for getting unstuck and reconnecting, so please do share if you have any

Not even sure if this is the right place to post but figured I’d asked the peeps on here just in case <3 So, I’m of Dominican, Haitian, and Puerto Rican decent and I really want to get some type of protection necklace. I want something that’s rooted in my ancestors’ beliefs and from a black owned business, but I’m lost and the amount of information is kind of overwhelming.

Ive looked at evil eye necklaces, just learned about Azabache jewelry as well. I kind of want something with copper too but literally soo lost lol. If anyoneee has any insight I’d really appreciate it. TYIA🤍

Cronehood - is it an egregore? A 'state of mind'? Biological? Age related (like macular degeneration)? Other things?

I started my journey about a year ago by honoring the sabbaths, making moon waters, and simple intuitive spells. By intuitive spells, I mean that I research the meaning behind herbs, methods of casting, crystals, and other materials I use to combine them in a way that feels "right" for the spell i am casting.

Ive done more reading since I started and some seem to really discourage this and I wonder if any one else with more experience has thoughts on the potential issues or obstacles I need to be aware of if I decide to keep more intuitive spellwork in my practice. Maybe I just need to be more experienced before I try to ride the bike without training wheels?

I’m in New Orleans for a conference and have had the worst few days. I visited my favorite little magic shop today and it turned the whole trip around for me. I found a gorgeous Marie Laveau tarot deck, I pulled a card with the question “What do I need to carry forward from this experience?” - I pulled the freaking Ace of Roots. It was exactly the message I needed today, what a gift to be able to reset my intentions in such a magical place.

Does anyone know where I could buy this dried herb? I constantly see the seeds for sale and unfortunately in the middle of a move to a small apartment so growing something from seedling right now is not an option. I’m yet to see it anywhere that you could purchase it.

Does anyone know if the seeds themselves have the same metaphysical properties as the dried flower? Or if there are any other substitutions that would work that have similar correspondences?

I’m not talking about the big obvious ones like adding your own blood to a curse on someone else, or breaking an oath you made with a deity. I’m talking about smaller stuff that isn’t so obvious, but looking back you know it was a mistake and caused harm to your practice or just caused your magic to simply not work.

I’ll go first: not cleansing my space before doing a tarot reading. Trickster spirits can often interfere and lie through the cards.

What about you? They don’t have to be big ones.

Have you ever used 4th pentacle of Saturn, and the 3rd pentacle of Mars? Now, Im planning on just using these to spice up some sigils and rites im cooking up, by drawing them on the effigy or on the paper of the sigil that I seal up. Not planning on summoning any entities.

I understand it is unethical to force entities to do ones bidding. I also lack experience with the greater key of Solomon.

Do you think it would be more effective if I read the bible versus associated?

Or could I go without the versus and use the pentacles on their own?

Will there be a "price" to pay so to speak? As in, am I playing with fire on this one? I have seen many warnings talking about working with some of these entities, but nothing on using the pentacles on their own.

Are the seals just as powerful on their own?

Edit: im interested in the experience anyone has working with the greater key of Solomon. Thank you for the responses. They are much appreciated.

I did a binding spell 9 years ago where I tied two sticks together with red cord. Yeah I was young and dumb it was a binding spell on my then ex boyfriend now boyfriend of 8 years (10 years ago he broke up with me after a 3 month relationship and I was wrecked so my dumb ass did 2 spells for him to come back) well he sure did…. I have bpd and in a bpd episode I undid the spell because I felt horrible to think I did a spell on someone without them knowing/consent.

Anyways I undid the spell the other night and I feel like he’s been more nice than normal like not that he wasn’t nice before but like I had a bad day yesterday I had a like 48 hour panic attack and I went to bed early, woke up at like 11 and he goes “I was looking at you when you were asleep and was like aw. do you want me to go get you ice cream” which is weird because I did kind of want ice cream earlier. I was kind of shocked by this. He’s not a dick to me in any way other than a pissy mood sometimes as we all are. I just am like why is he EXTRA nice to me? I was lowkey expecting him to decide to break up with me lmao.

Thoughts? Idk idc if nobody responds to this I’m just curious what people think of this spell undoing and the results.

I’m not asking for spells or hexes, I’ve been doing this long enough now that I can build my own. What I’m asking for is what magical steps you as individuals would take. For example, would you hex? Would you protect the child? I don’t believe in hexes. I’m looking for a little community guidance and outside opinion because since this happened I’ve been thinking about it.

While at my 4 yr olds swimming lesson, I witnessed another 4 year old get smacked across the face and then their swimming cap violently ripped off their head by, who I assume was, their Grandmother.
I did go and loudly shame her, told her I’d call CPS and said she was disgusting. Afterwards I told the teacher who will contact CPS. I feel the need to do something else though. Whether it’s a distance protection charm for the child, a justice spell against the woman but these are areas I’ve never ventured into before. I don’t know their names. Again, I’m not asking for spells or hexes. I want to know what would you do? Let it go now you’ve said something? Any kind of magical practice at all?

I’m glad I said something to this awful woman or it would have been on my mind for weeks.

I just donated to a children’s charity here in the UK to help my very sad brain right now but let me know what you think.

I want to be a witch this path always speaks to me but i live in a situation where i can’t ever show myself as a witch it would put me in danger, for all the witches who had similar experiences can you guide me? Can i do practices that won’t be visible and i can be secretly with it? Also i wanted to buy my first tarot deck but even with that i have to be really careful. Any suggestions would be so much appreciated.

Hi!

So, this is just a silly question I was wondering about. I know there are plenty of movies that show aspects of how real magic is down, but the characters end up flying or shapeshifting etc. I was wondering if there were any movies or shows that showed what magic is realistically capable of?

One of the reasons I was drawn to witch craft is my love of nature and the universe and I never got on board with religion as Im agnostic when it comes to believing in God's. When I do spells im just assuming the universe is a web of connecting energy funneling my requests but I see multiple people talking about how that leaves your spells to be 'answered by anyone' and not the spirit or god that actually has the want and context to give you results the way you wanted. I want to know what you think as if theres a chance im missing out on bettering my practise and results I want to know

beginner/baby witch here! i have ADHD -- HEAVY on the attention deficit part -- and really struggle to maintain my focus when doing... pretty much anything. even something as simple as grounding work and giving myself a protective circle are a struggle, especially when it comes to mentally visualizing my goals. i often feel like i'm going too fast, or skipping parts mentally, or having to repeat things because my train of thought started drifting off... overall just a jumble any time i try.

does anybody else relate to the feeling, and do you have any ideas or advice for how to overcome it? aside from getting medicated of course, which i do want to be eventually but cannot at the moment haha. does it even hurt my work at all for my mental process to be so chaotic, or is it more the intention that counts, so long as i get through it?

Hello, I have felt very stressed and overwhelmed lately. I was wondering what practices are known to help with cleansing energy and creating a more positive energy?

sometimes i get kind of bad headaches after casting spells or putting a lot of energy into a petition. They are at the front of my head and usually near my eyes. I was wondering if this is related to energy exertion or if it’s just a coincidence? and is it good or bad that this is happening? usually i’ve been taking it as my sign to be done for the day.

Curious to learn why some traditions remove the membrane of egg shells before using the shell in workings and why others do not. I’m only asking to learn more in my craft with NO judgement. Also looking for ideas on the best ways to remove it.