Hi! So sorry for the super late reply. Every witch’s path is different. I suggest looking up whatever you’re interested in. Is it astrology? Maybe plant magic, crystals, spirit work, etc. Start with what you’re interested in and use resources like these: 🔮🌙✨⚡️. They will expose you to new areas of witchcraft! And from there, your searches can only yield more results.
Here are some beginning practices that helped me, as well:
Journaling. Writing my intentions (goals, promises to myself).
Cleaning up my space. Clearing my room of bad energies and becoming accustomed to what “energy” feels like.
Tending to my crystals. Researching crystals that would help me with specific areas. Charging them under the sun, meditating with them. Feeling myself connect with them.
Crying. Crying has always been my magic, it allows me to feel the intensity of everything within me. Seeking to know myself is magic.
Using different essential oils during meditation. Sage, lavender and jasmine are my favorites.
Tracking the moon phases 🌕 and hosting New/Full Moon Circles with my closest friends. Writing intentions (New). Burning slips of paper with the things I want to release (Full).
Making my own spells 🌈. Using whatever I had in the house (often basil, salt, lavender from a plant outside, and whatever crystals corresponded with what I wanted to accomplish. Quartz is a good substitute for anything) and meditating with my intentions. Putting those ingredients in jars or hand-sewn pouches and carrying them around with me.
Finally, here is my page with links, masterposts and other resources 🌸
Anything is magic when you are performing it with intention and purity. I hope this helped. Use the resources (linked as emojis) I shared and continue to search for your own! Best of luck.
It can be easy to feel super overwhelmed when you’re first starting off. This post is for very new witches who have limited knowledge and would like a broad overview! These are my opinions, feel free to disagree but be polite about it.
Please note: Some sections contain information from other posts. All are sourced and linked both within the post and at the bottom!
Coven vs. Solitary?
It is a common belief that you must join a coven to be a witch, but that is not always true.
Many witches are solitary, meaning they primarily do witchcraft on their own. They may however do it with a friend or two on occasion! I am a solitary witch myself.
“Covens are a group of practitioners with like minded interests, ethics, and beliefs. They gather together to perform rituals, to connect, and to learn. They often celebrate sabbats and create their own traditions.” [source]
There are benefits to being solitary, and to being in a coven. It is often a matter of personal preference!
Secular vs. Religious?
Another common belief is that witchcraft = religion.
Witchcraft certainly CAN be a religion for you.
It also can be tied into whatever religion you are already practicing.
However, witchcraft is not inherently religious, and you can keep witchcraft and your religion separate.
Additionally, witchcraft isn’t inherently spiritual, and that also falls under the category of secular.
You can practice witchcraft without worshiping or believing in deities!
Paganism vs. Wicca vs. Witchcraft?
Trust me, this is about as simplified as I can make it while trying to keep it accurate and informative! Basically, people may identify under one of these categories alone, or multiple. They are all valid.
Paganism. Was used as a blanket term for everything that didn’t fit into a tidy box of “main world” religions (anything pre/non-Christian). The phrase paganism is now used to describe anyone who follows ancient religions.
Wicca. “A form of Neo-Paganism. The practice of Wicca places religion and magic together. They are linked together and cannot be separated. If you practice traditional Wicca, you cannot do magic without attaching religious reference to it, usually in the form of calling on their Goddess and/or God. There is also a set of rules that many practitioners follow.” [source]
Traditional witchcraft. “Often serves as a reconstruction of what we believe, from the sources of folklore and history we have, witches did and the roles they served. It is based in and inspired by the lore of witches in the Early Modern Period.” [source]
Witchcraft. Is a bit of a blanket term. Although by definition it falls under paganism, not all witches identify as being pagan. There is a diverse group who chooses this label, and some may follow certain rules and guidelines, while others do not.
Curses vs. Hexes vs. Jinxes?
You do not have to do these if you don’t want to. I personally don’t, but fully support those who do perform curses/hexes/jinxes.
Curses. Curses are long-term, potentially life ruining things. They hold the power to do a lot of harm.
Hexes. Often considered a weaker version of a curse, designed to make all the little things go wrong, and are long-term.
Jinxes. More of a momentary, short-term thing. Designed for the target to have all the little things go wrong or have a touch of bad luck.
Enchantments vs. Charms?
The terms can be interchangeable and it is a matter of personal preference. My personal opinion is….
An enchantment is what you DO to an item. It can also be done to a person.
A charm is the end result (an item being enchanted).
Blessings vs. Spells?
Blessings are typically short term and nice little things. A blessing could be “may every light be green for you today”.
To bless something with certain intent is kind of a mix between a blessing and a spell, and can last a long time.
Spells can range in length and intent, and are basically everything not already covered in this post!
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