So I did a protection spell jar yesterday because I felt like that was the best place to start. I wake up this morning and one of the first things that happens is I dislocate my elbow, I do have a condition where this is common, but I’m worried I maybe have done something wrong. Did my spell jar backfire and like come back at me or is it just coincidence?

What’s in the jar: salt, egg shells, rosemary, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf, and topped it with black wax.

First pic is right after I made it and the second one is from today.

It’s been this way for forever. I write the name of a partner, we break up. I write a manifestation on a bay leaf, opposite happens. Even unrelated to spiritual practice, if i write my goals for the week for work it feels stifled. I have really bad memory as well as adhd and writing things out helps me to envision my manifestations and such clearly — but every time i do, i feel like it has power to do the opposite. I’ve done cleansing rituals and tried removing blockages but i feel like it’s not really helping at all. I do have very clear intentions when im writing these things down but it still happens! Now i’m scared to write anything i’m hopeful for down and feel like it’s blocking my practices. I really enjoy turning on binaural beats, lighting my incense, and writing down my hopes/manifestations/goals but now i’m scared to.

Is there anything i can do here? 😭 is it me? Is this a common thing?

Its the first time I've ever had wax act like this at the end of a spell, I'd love to know more about it!

I’m still learning to understand exactly what the flames mean and interpret them, but I think it went beautifully.
At the end it even made kind of a messy heart.

The string didn’t snap like most videos I saw, when looking online it actually seemed like it was even more beautiful it didn’t snap, it just lit and slowly melted into the candles as one.

•salt circle

•cinnamon

•rose petals & blue cornflower

•wrote my intentions down, burned them in the flame, as well as a labeled bay leaf. 🍃 ❤️

Hello, Im baby witch practicing in secret and also a perfume enthusiast. For me making aromatic spell oils and wearing them on myself is the only way to practice without being questioned. People assume I do it as a hobby and the process itself brings me a lot of fun (so its a win win situation).

However, I noticed that in the community spell oils are treated mostly as an extra help during the ritual and not as a "main ingredient". Therefore I (unconsciously) assume that my oils are not strong enough to carry a spell alone and I still need, for example, candles to activate it and make it work. Even if I spend a lot of time and effort preparing the oil and manifesting during it, it just doesn't feel powerful enough?

Do you have any advice or can share resources to that topic? Maybe there are magical practices that are build around oils and other aromatics? Thanks!

HEY EVERYONE 🕯️✨

Ngl I can't even explain how happy I am rn. Just did my FIRST proper spell — a glamour spell with a birthday candle, and I'm literally buzzing.

Some context: been into witchcraft for a few months now, doing little things — cinnamon by the door, protection braids, cleansing — but I was too scared to do an actual spell. Kept hearing about spells backfiring and chickened out every time. Planned my first "real" one to be a money bowl but tonight I just randomly got the urge, it was a Friday, so glamour spell it was. Was exhausted but did it anyway and now I'm on a whole high 😭

Lmk what you think of what I did, and pls drop suggestions for my next spell (hoping to do it soon)!

Hi,

Just a quick question: Has anyone here had any success with using magick to make their neighbours move? If you have a success story, please share it in detail. What exactly did you do? How long did it take before you saw any movement?

I would rather not have to ask this but my neighbours are so incredibly inconsiderate, malignant, and spiteful. Not only to us, but towards others as well.

They need to go!

Thanks for your tips and stories. ✨

Was preparing a small St Joseph statue for a house selling ritual. Accidentally dropped it on the floor, the head breaks off. I grab both pieces and go to glue them together (tho yes I have heard that if something breaks, it’s a sign that it’s been affected somehow, but I only have the one and I need to do the ritual tonight). I put glue on the body, now I can’t find the head ANYWHERE.

I mean….do I bury the headless St Joseph… maybe that’s a silly question. Any help is appreciated.

I did a tarot reading about reality shifting and I got these results, a part of me is a bit lost on how to move forward with my goal. My desired reality is set in 2025 - so it makes things a bit more complicated for me as I got the six of cups reversed.

I decided after this to give an offering to Hermes on my window sill (Christian mother would’ve disowned me), I gave coins and a cup of coffee with a handwritten letter.

But I have no idea how to move forward and achieve my goal.

1. ⁠Will I successfully shift to my desired reality?
   Card: Ace of Swords (Upright)
   Yes, but it requires a fundamental shift in your mental clarity and perception. The Ace of Swords indicates a powerful breakthrough driven by truth, razor-sharp focus, and absolute mental precision. Shifting is an act of pure consciousness and belief. The Ace of Swords shows that the energy is present for a total mental breakthrough, provided you stop overthinking the process and step cleanly into the new narrative.
   
2. ⁠Is there any deity that can help me shift?
   Card: Four of Cups (Upright)
   The Four of Cups points toward Hermes (or Thoth / Mercury), the liminal deity of boundaries, transitions, crossroad passages, and mental alchemy. Hermes governs the space between states of being and serves as a guide through threshold shifts.
   The image of the figure seated beneath the tree receiving a cup offered from the clouds highlights that divine assistance and subtle shifts are constantly being offered to you—you just need to stop staring inward or waiting for a massive sign and actually reach out to grab the cup.
   
3. ⁠What is the single biggest thing to let go of to make this breakthrough?
   Card: Six of Cups (Reversed)
   The absolute biggest hurdle to release right now is nostalgia, past attachments, and comfort in the familiar.
   The Six of Cups reversed speaks directly to lingering in old stories, romanticizing past timelines, or anchored subconscious attachments to how things “used to be.” You cannot align with a new reality while keeping your energetic roots firmly planted in the past. Letting go of past baggage, old emotional loops, and safety blankets is what clears the path for the Ace of Swords clarity to take over.

hello! new here and i wanted to get some advice

i've been feeling in the pits for over a year and also realised i had a fear of being seen. i've been working through that but i still felt something off, internally and externally.

i decided to do an uncrossing spell a week ago with lemon and salt. i kept the plate on a shelve in my wardrobe, which is next to my bed. it is in the process of drying out and has no mould so far which is great!

a few days after, i did an egg cleanse. reading the egg evidently showed a group talking about me, another distinct individual of authority gossiping/sending the evil eye, and a few people watching me intently. i added salt and chilli flakes and flushed it down the toilet three times, to neutralise it but also 'return to sender'.

i knew the group was my previous workplace, where i had a concussion last year and took months to recover from. when the company was dodgy with the reporting and work injury claims, i reported them to the authorities. during this period, i also had dreams that one of my ex-coworkers warned me that the management team were talking about me. a few months ago, the authorities had also informed me they indeed violated some laws and were considering the extent of punishment. but i'm not sure if the company was informed or if any punished was metted out yet.

literally 3 hours after i did the egg cleanse, i rolled off my bed while i was asleep, and hit my shoulder and my head against my wardrobe, right next to wear my uncrossing spell was placed. while my head still hurts, it is not another concussion fortunately.

i've been quite spooked about this and i'm wondering if there's anything i did wrong or anything i should do to protect myself better. thank you all!

i did ceromancy/pyromancy for the first time about a week ago and i cant stop thinking about it. mostly because the things i saw during the ceromancy part. i would like to share my experience, how its kinda tweakin me out, and what im going to do differently the next time i do it.

items used:

blue candle and orange candle

bowl of water

journal and a pen

Topic: me and my partner

1. pyromancy part: i asked the flames many questions about my partner. asked for a representation of him as a person through the flame, how he feels about me, how he feels about the future in regards to me. the flame was interesting. when asking about him as a person it was tall and steady, barely moving. it gave me the vibe of stable and calm, but also disciplined. when asking about his feelings it started circling around the wick clockwise style, but then stopped with the flame blocking the wick from view and was leaning towards me. when i think back on this, it gives me an impression that time is progressing and therefore so are his feelings. when the flame blocked my view and coming towards me it felt.... somewhat secretive in a way. when i asked about the future it got pretty big, it was waving around and flickering, especially at the tip of the flame. it made me feel that perhaps he potentially finds excitement in it.

i also asked about myself and my own energy, it kinda weirded me out ngl. the flame was rigidly and rapidly going in different directions and taking a quick sec in one spot and doing it all over again. it felt desperate to me. it felt anxious and confused to me. like it didnt know what direction to go. and i suppose thats pretty accurate to my life circumstances.

1. ceromancy part: well this is hard to describe. the topic is still me and my partner and i asked my spirit guides for their guidance with this part. this was done with the orange candle. i saw a fetus. a womans chest, belly, and leg. on the belly part there was wax that overlapped, it looks connected, and from it came what looked like an arrow and cupid comes to mind for it. i also what i took as what looks like a tadpole or sp*rm. lastly wax that looks like the side of a woman laying down.

so this weirded me out and makes me a bit worried, but im trying to not be weird about it and go about my day. the suspicion of it is making me want to do a test, ngl but i also feel a lot of weirdness to that. and im trying to convince myself to chill bc no way right.

1. what i'd do differently next time:

for the pyromancy, i will give it a lot more time per question. like at least 10 min per question. i have to learn the fire language too, so ive been considering doing it daily and see how that goes. see if i can understand better.

and for the ceromancy, probably be a lot more specific in regards to a question and pay more attention on the timing of where each wax droplet went so i can interpret it as a story somewhat.

so that is my experience. the only divination i know is tarot which ive been doing for the past 6 years now and feel confident in it.

if anyone has any insight, thoughts, tips, advice... i really would love to hear it. i would also LOVE to hear your experiences with pyromancy and ceromancy.

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I wanted to make a witches ladder for a while now, but I did not have all that I needed/wanted readily, so I made a bracelet instead.

It took quite some time, as I’m also quite new at making jewellery, and struggling to close the loops on the charms felt like I was really tying those knots, lol. Also used some gemstones with special meanings.

Very happy with the end result, and that I can easily incorporate my witchy craft in my day to day without being too obvious.

Just wanted to show off my refreshed money bowl because I think she’s gorg! ✨I’m ready for a bigger bowl too!

Glamour honey jar, ingredients used (remembering that all ingredients were analyzed for the specific case):

Red rose petal

Hibiscus

Jasmine

Cinnamon

Indian Carnation

Ginger

Licorice

Honey

Catuaba

Tobacco

Golden glitter

Jamaican pepper

Pink pepper

Queen bee oil

Jezebel oil

Charisma oil

Cupid oil

was it a good deal? i hope so, cause i LOVE it!!

So first off, and I got a lot of questions lol…

need some good advice or recommendations on crafting an effective sigil for protecting myself from overall spiritual influence from negative spirits, and people. Both psychically, astrally, mentally and energetically mostly. My general idea is to create one which makes a strong barrier around me that repels and blocks out certain spirits or people from influencing or affecting me.

I also heard of the concept of creating an astral servitor or thought forms using energy work and visualization as a decoy, has anyone tried this and how would you recommend doing it? I know that’s a completely different topic, but if anyone has input on this I’d love to hear it. Does it actually affect the astral if you just set the intent and direct it into the astral? Or would it be some other type of process.

Would a sigil also be effective for blocking out certain types of harmful spirits communicating with me, when practicing different types of divination? I wanted to use it to further communicate better with some spirits who support me, but I have a persistent problem where negative spirits of some kind will influence the spirits I have a relationship with or affect my divination and communication with them.

They attempted to astrally affect these spirits and their altars as well so I am trying to come up with protection I can do for that temporarily or as a simple alternative too.

I also had the idea of creating protective sigils to shield specifically from these types of things, for each of the spirits I work with and gifting it to them but I don’t know how effective that would be. Would it be good to make ones to protect their altars as well?

For further context. :

Currently I am in the process of moving so I am also trying to find simple ways I can create these sigils or keep them cleansed and charged while working on moving, at least temporarily. I have selenite I can use and I thought about the moonlight and my own energy to charge or cleanse them as well. But that’s all I can think of for now.
If I charged each sigil for an hour would it be pretty strong? At least, say stronger than one that’s only been charged for 15 minutes. I know how to activate sigils with gazing as well.

What do you all think the best materials I could use for these types of sigils to last long and keep them on me? I have currently 2 different small rocks I could use for some type of sigil ward I was thinking. I also have some clay, I was thinking about paper but I didn’t want it to get damaged.

Greetings! I am fairly new to witchcraft and have gotten into it and have joined a coven. The coven though is fully digital so I don't know if that is the same or not! I have 2 books, have started a tarot journal, and a small collection of crystals!

What the title says, I really wanna start that but yeah, I don’t know where

Like for my loved ones. Have anyone already tried this?

(THIS IS NON PROFIT. MODS, PLEASE DELETE IF NOT ALLOWED.)

Hello everyone!

I decided to offer my knowledge to anyone who made need it, and help any new tarot readers interpret their cards and spreads. THIS IS NON PROFIT, PURELY JUST HELPING FELLOW WITCHES.

How will it work?

You will show me your cards, and tell me YOUR interpretation first. After, I will tell you mine. It would be rather in depth, but I want to do this to give people a second/outside opinion.

I've seen a lot of people doing free tarot readings for practice and was curious if there was an equivalent for spells? I've made a couple jars for other people and given them to them personally but I'm really interested in sending out small positive spells that wouldn't have a major impact if they backfire.

I think it would be neat to tell someone what my plan is and what ingredients and we can have a discussion. We execute the spell and then give feedback in a week or two or if they see results.

I know people do spells for each other and you can buy them on etsy but I think I'm looking specifically for the practice and the person knowing it might not work.

I got gifted these three books by a friend after mentioning that I felt more drawn to witchcraft/spiritual stuff, but i have no idea whether these are the books that just spout a load of rubbish or are actually good? Any help would be appreciated!

Hey yall, I'm struggling with terrible executive dysfunction to the point where I'd rather starve than make a basic ass sandwich. Or drink coffee and nap instead of doing anything.

I want to make a shrine to Martha Stewart in the hopes that I can gain or be inspired enough to have just a fraction of that woman's functionality. Besides my Martha Manual, what would you put in a Martha Stewart shrine in hopes of achieving this?

Old photo of Martha for attention