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Contacting the dead
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I have some questions about contacting the dead:
Is it a good idea to use witchcraft to contact someone who was a strong Christian in life?
Is it worth asking ancestors for help in spells if they were human and not themselves witches?
Could someone be a witch without doing spells
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Can they work with herbs and crystals without necessarily doing any spells at all?
Could you please define Nocturnal Magick?
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Making a Coven
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1. What EXACTLY is a coven?
2. If I wish to make a coven, is it possible?
3. What is involved in the making of a coven?
4. What is involved in letting people join, if possible?
Déjà vu?
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I experience déjà vu at least 3 times a week. Most of the time it's little things.. like a conversation I've had before or something silly like that. But I've also had dreams about people I don't even know. I had a dream about my current boyfriend about 6 months before I met him. At first I thought I was crazy and he did too. But last week I had a dream about an old friend of the family.. we were having a birthday party for him but he never showed. I had my mom call him.. his birthday was the day before and he was in the hospital after a motorcycle accident. It was the strangest thing ever. So what I'm asking… does this seem like the gift of premonition?
Did my mom curse or put a spell on my dad
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While my dad was away on trip my mom would burn candles in my dads bathroom even though no one was using it while he was away. Since my dad came back he has been acting different.
Does amethyst and selenite work good together?
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I am wondering if amethyst and selenite work great together as a combination?
Does it matter what kind of sage I use for cleansing?
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I want to cleanse my room, because I feel like my friend and I brought negitive energy, and I only have three current sage plants. Russian Sage, Sage Salvia, and I do have White Sage native to where I live, but I'm not sure how to Identify it. Does it matter which sage I use?
Does it matter which pantheon I choose: Greek or Roman?
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I noticed that Greek and Roman belief system is a lot alike and I'd like to work with deities such as Hestia and Hecate (Hecate being a only Greek Goddess), but I find the Roman pantheon to be a better fit for me because the heavenly bodies are named after the Roman Gods and I like that. Does it matter if I choose just one? Or mix them together? I guess it would depend on me (lol), but I wanted to see what your opinion was.
Does Magick Always Have to be Done at Night?
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It is not always safe or convenient for me to wander out at night to perform spells. Is this really necessary?
Does my crush know I'm contacting her spiritually?
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So I've been practice white magic to contact a loved one spiritually, emotionally, and in her dream spells. I kinda took it up a notch by placing a picture of her in the center of a pentagram I drew with two red ritualistic candles to call upon the gods. And I've noticed that anytime I spiritually contact her, she continues post pictures of her boyfriend (which she has issues with) like an hour or two later. Is she trying to push me out of her head? Is it a sign she knows I'm contacting her?
Does the use of methadone in the form of daily treatment block my ability to feel energies or move them, hinder my spell work or
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I am a beginner in wicca and I'm not sure if my long term (prescription) use of this medication is keeping me from being able to connect with energy and nature the way I should? My senses are very dull and even though I have been researching for months I have not connected with a diety. I feel a pull to freyja but when I meditate or pray to her I feel nothing. I feel no energy's other than when I chant during the few spells I have tried. It's a tingling happy feeling, but it only last a short time and then nothing. I don't understand what is blocking me and the only thing I can think of is possibly my use of this medication.
Does your zodiac sign affect your magic?
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Are some zodiac signs more powerful in magic than others? Like, is your zodiac sign related/tied to your performance ability? If so, can you tell me about my sign relating to magic? I'm a scorpio.
Do herb species matter in magick?
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I'm making a magick summoning oil and don't know what species of the herbs I should be useing in general. Two herbs the oil recipe calls for are alder and birch, yet what species of them? Both of these herbs have one GENUS and one FAMILY yet there are multiple species within their genus and family. Example with alder do all species have the same power s/properties? Another example does (Pacific yew) raise the spirits of thee dead the same as (Common yew), its all yew but different species of it does it even matter? :'(
Do i have to chose a specific type of witchcraft or can i mix and match different paths?
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I don't know if I want to follow a magick tradition and want to kind of go with it and make it up as I go along. Is this possible?
Do I have Witch blood?
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I always knew who I was since my childhood, even if at that time I couldn't explain it. But I always knew. My gifts, abilities, every inch of me has nothing to do with ''normal'', my days are not normal (to me they are but to others, it is all seen as weird) and all my gifts came naturally and effortlessly.
All my life I have been called a witch since childhood to my adulthood. And I never knew why people called me that. As a young adult, I am still learning how to cope with society. It's hard but I know am not alone. I am deeply connected to God and my ancestors, what increases my curiosity is, I have had more visions and dreams lately, but they were about women running away, I believe it was the witch hunt because, I saw how they have been killed and burnt. (horrible). Some of the women called me ''daughter'', and they showed me where they hid some things.
There was a vision where I saw a woman who REALLY looked like me, but she had very long wavy hair (almost feet length) while she was attached to a tree and being burnt, she was looking at me and showed me her cameo, it had a spiral symbol. Strangely, I found the same symbol in my room as a small medal. I remember I had this medal that I got in a magazine's gift, didn't know it was a sacred symbol but it's been years I had lost it so suddenly after that vision I finally found it again, I will put it in my grimoire or a jewel. And those visions are happening more frequently, I would be so happy to read your opinions about wether or not I carry witch blood in my veins. Even if I always knew who I was, I'm new to those ''Witchy'' things. I started to collect herbs, etc for my apothecary, I'm here to learn. I'm glad and thankful I found this website.
~Love and Light~
Do I need an altar?
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How can we improve this section?
I think a few improvements would make searching the Ask the Witches section a little easier. I'm viewing this site on my iPhone. If you could see whether or not the questions had answers or not and how many answers you would know if even clicking the link would be helpful. Also the questions are written in a huge font which is not very pleasing to the eye. Maybe if the font was smaller (same color, bold) then more questions would fit on the page. I love this site!
Thanks for the suggestions. I could go even smaller. But it's a delicate balance between obnoxiously huge and too small for my fat fingers to tap.
I've done a spell to lose weight since my job has got in the way of my gym time. It said to drink the drink created of water, cinnamon, vinegar, and salt. I couldn't drink the whole thing because I thought I was going to get sick from the amount of vinegar or gulped down. Do I have to redo the spell? I've drank large gulps of that stuff..
Cinnamon is an interesting choice, usually it's cayenne. And it's not a spell. For an actual spell, it doesn't matter what you drink, it's all symbolic anyway. What you need to do is reduce your calorie intake. That beverage may help you do that by killing your appetite if you sip it whenever you feel hungry between meals instead of snacking. Also, depending on how much salt you drank, it might also cause some more pooping than you're used to. It might mess other things up too. If you don't have an ulcer or a hiatal hernia, you'll probably be okay. Just make sure you eat properly otherwise. And maybe run it by a doctor just to be safe.
Well it did tell me to drink the entire beverage. And I didn't. That's what I forgot to add to my question. I poured a little bit of that stuff out since I had a good amount of it. Can it still work?
Since you're fretting so much over it, no, it probably won't work. I told you, it's not about what you do or don't drink.
A small amount of cider vinegar in warm water is beneficial to health generally. Cinnamon or vanilla reduce cravings for sweet things, perhaps that was their purpose. Salt is cleansing, but bad for humans to ingest in large quantities. This concoction you made seems to have caused you more distress than good. If there was a large quantity of vinegar and salt, I suspect it's purpose was to make you vomit or give you diarrhoea. Neither of these things is healthy or respectful of your body. Instead, perhaps try herbs for their comforting properties, and vanilla and cinnamon for their "sweet tooth" satisfaction and use this, together with positive affirmation, to help you during some gentle exercise and a healthier diet. See the articles elsewhere on food - if you take healthy ingredients, take time to bless them, eat mindfully and gratefully, leave a small amount out to share with the universe, then this - using your own interpretations and intentions- is more powerful craft than someone else's recipe which clearly didn't work for you.
Also, I forgot to say, you can use your practise to address the problems behind your present inability to lose weight. Some of the reasons can be lack of self confidence, lack of motivation, comfort eating. The reasons can be very deep - victims of abuse, for example, over eat to make themselves unattrative to deter attention (on a subconscious level) and also people overeat as a form of self abuse due to low self-worth. Some people, like me, just love food and eat way too much of it! Look closely and be honest with yourself - no one else needs to know your reasons. Address those, using your craft to support and assist you mentally.
may I ask,first of all, are you american?
if so,then blessings over the water. the thing with spells,is that you never quite know if they work or not,you just have to wait and see.and when you do a spell,and it gives you a good feeling inside, then you know it works.
im a beginner and so is my friend and we were wondering if you do a curse on someone do you have to give them the spell or does it just work somehow.
It depends on the spell. What does the spell say?
When doing ANY magic, remember the ripple effect. It's, basically, that, like throwing a stone, in a pond, the ripples, from your spell will affect many people, not just the person you cast on. Initially, you can expect your spell to affect that person's family and friends, at the least.
Remember, too, the Law of Karma (Krma, in the Sanskrit). Whatever energy you put out, willingly, will, someday be done to you, in one form, or another.
Never divulge your workings, to anyone. That weakens the spell, by suddenly adding someone else's energy and thought, to it. Once you've cast it, let it go and don't think about it. If you've cast, properly, and your spell is powerful, enough, the Universe will make the changes you've requested.
When doing ANY magic, remember the riddle effect. It's, basically, that, like throwing a stone, in a pond, the ripples, from your spell will affect many people, not just the person you cast on. Initially, you can expect your spell to affect that person's family and friends, at the least.
Remember, too, the Law of Karma (Krma, in the Sanskrit). Whatever energy you put out, willingly, will, someday be done to you, in one form, or another.
Never divulge your workings, to anyone. That weakens the spell, by suddenly adding someone else's energy and thought, to it. Once you've cast it, let it go and don't think about it. If you've cast, properly, and your spell is powerful, enough, the Universe will make the changes you've requested.
"riddle" should be "ripple"
I'm an eclectic witch and I use mostly magic in bottles. I've noticed that anytime the bottle or contents are damaged, the reverse of the spell's intent happens. I made a spell bottle for motivation, my energy hasn't been the same since it broke a year ago, despite trying to fix any fatigue problems without magic irl. I messed up a small health bottle for my gf and she was sick the next morning for just a day. At first I didn't think much of it, but it keeps happening.
I just use kitchen herbs like cinnamon or lavender in my spells, and work by whatever sign the moon is in. I'm still a novice and trying to learn. Any advice on what I can do to reverse any negative effects?
I'm a Scorpio, born on October 31st if that helps any.
With magic, any doubt can have serious consequences with regard to how your spells work. It's all about confidence. So, if your spell item breaks and you fret over it, it can cause the spell to go awry even if you weren't specifically fretting that the spell would go awry. Even if, for example, you were just fretting about the mess or that a pretty bottle got broke or etc, it can still have an effect on the spell. If you, for exaple, thought "Wow. My magick is so awesome the bottle broke." you're less likely to have things go wrong. That all being said, if at any time you find yourself fretting over a spell object, you can neutralize the object by performing a basic cleansing, just like you do with new tools, removing and composting all the contents and cleaning up the bottle (or whatever) like new, recycle or bury it, whichever is appropriate.
Also, I think you might need to get better bottles. I personally use mason jars, not sure what you're using, but I've never had one break.
Thank you for the quick response! I never thought of it that way. I have to admit, I feel very new so its not surprising if insecurity snuck in without fully realizing it myself. It would probably do me some good to think of what I'm doing as something powerful, I could use that confidence boost overall.
I use small ones and luckily those are sturdy on the outside but, the ingredients have gone awry from me not sealing it properly, I've learned my lesson there. I used a leftover candle jar thinking it was sturdy enough but my rabbit shattered it! I still don't know how he did that. I'll take your advice and use Mason jars from now on!
Last week, an acquaintance of mine bought me a journal with a cover in the style of an old book. I am very interested in writing and I like writing a lot, especially historical ideas, and she told me I had to use the book to write something special.
Is it okay if I use information from the Witchipedia in my writing with some very minor changes as part of artistic licence? I discovered this site yesterday and love these concepts (it is not my place to say whether it is real or not), and was just wondering whether it would be considered rude of me to write about them, with a large amount of research, of course).
Any opinions or help would be much appreciated!
You can use anything here for your personal use. Print it, copy it, whatever. If you are sharing it with others, you must provide credit and a link back to this website, even if you have made changes. You may not claim it as your own work or sell it for money. This is our license, other websites licenses may be different.
Using the Witchipedia as a resource to produce your own unique content is always okay and I appreciate it if you make a note of us as a reference.
Of course, thank you
I've been researching and trying to figure out what kind of marking it was and the meaning behind it, but cannot seem to find anything. It resembled a sigil, i drew it on paper right away, and it vanished shortly after my body cooled. It appeared on my right thigh. It hasn't appeared anywhere on my body since that day, Jan 29th…. does anyone have any ideas? I'm puzzled
It happened again this morning, right now, the same mark. It's white, slightly raised, i have pictures of it now, there are bedsheet wrinkle markings on my leg beside it/over half of it, but you can clearly see a difference between them.
Is there anyone who might have a clue what this is?
January 29th
April 15th
I met a witch claiming she worked for 'aba'
I had really bad vibes from the whole situation I let myself deal with.
The last night I had any dealings with her she claimed to have been demonically possissed in the past and admitted she was a quite evil character and that she worked for 'aba'
She had mentioned that several times during the month I chose to have any dealings with her
I am not sure what your question is. But there is power in a name. A witch who gives away the names of her accomplices gives away the power to bind them.
I could not find a title to this post that summarized what I need help with. I am really hoping for insights - though I note this forum has been very quiet for almost a year.
A few years back, I had a neighbour living in a flat right below mine with whom I became good friend (long story, but she viewed me as a big sister as I helped her quite a lot, she was just out of care and was having a very rough time…)
Anyhow, few years down the line, she became a 'born again christian' as she started going out with this evangelical preacher (who did not seem to like me much….)
At some point, they went off on holidays and organised (without my knowing) for the rest of the congregation to perform and exorcism of/in their flat - it was in the middle of winter and I could hear some weird noises which slowly became louder and turned into proper incantations and speaking in tongues or whatever. It was rather spooky, especially at the beginning as I thought the building was empty and I could not locate where the noise / mumbling / praying then screaming came from…
Anyhow, ever since (my neighbour moved out within a week of coming back from her holidays), I feel like they sent whatever problem they had to me, or that I have somehow 'swallowed it' and I've been like bound to this place / flat, going from really really really difficult work/life/family situation to even harder ones… I have tried - repeatedly - the usual salt, incense, sage burning, space clearing etc… everything I can think of and more but instead of getting better, I'm having huge difficulties and problems seem getting worse.
I can't write a novel here, but just to say that my friends even sometimes say 'we don't know anyone who is as unlucky as you'…. it's just weird, I am not depressed or weak or easily influenced, and this has now been going on for ten years, so i am quite resilient, but I am getting a little tired.
My question is thus twofold:
Is it possible that whatever was binding my neighbours has now been sent over to me?
and if so, how can I get rid of this / send it back / destroy it etc..
I really hope someone has some tried and tested suggestions; thanks for reading and your help!
Yes, it's possible. There are a great many pages in this site with advice for getting rid of curses and negative energies.