Also I would like to ask you, what are the prerequisites for doing magick? I have heard that one should have a high level of concentration and energy.

Please list all the traditions starting from beginner's to advanced, i just want to have an idea from where to begin and where I will reach.

Im looking for instructions in detail of many types of spells/rituals/and other such things. For reasons i wont get into its extremely hard yo find media i can physically read. The type of stuff im looking for is to obtain Secret/unknown knowledges. Through the practice. Please DM or Comment!

Hiya, I'm relatively new to the occult world and I'm looking for some friends in the community as there aren't very many around where I live. All types of interests welcome as well as all levels of experience, I love to learn and share new knowledge as I find it. I'm also part of a small group chat here on reddit that talks about occult things, but of course we're always looking for more friends. Lately I've been really curious about lycanthropy but I don't really know where to start there so if anyone has a clue there please let me know. 😊

I used this stencil and the more I look at it, it looks very cult like. Anyone know what it is or if I’m making shit up

First question: I'm interested in the occult and know some basics, mostly names of things and people (Aleister Crowley, Thelema, John Dee, Enochian magicks, Christiani Rosenkreuz, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry) & the bulk of my foreknowledge will be fromJoseph Smith (as some sources say he'd adapted freemason-ist beliefs to Mormonism) à la the pearl of great price (and his other works). What should I start with expanding from here?

Second question: I'm interested in grimoires and other such magicks like John Dee's Enochian revelations but am not too sure where to start. I hear the key of Solomon is influential, yet I'm not sure if this is a good starting point in reading. Any book recommendations would be much obliged!

I need to identify what type of entity drains energy during sleep.

Both my husband and I have dreamed about this entity. It appears as a man or without any form, with a very bad presence. It makes your body tremble while it steals your energy.

I don't think it is a demon. At least not anyone from high hierarchies, I guess. Sometimes it appears like a man, but mostly is invisible. The frist time it happend we cleaned the house and performed the LRP. It worked but now (months later) this thing come back again.

Ps. It can appear like a sleep paralisys demon. One time my husband was awake when the thing started to draining him.
The contact with me was minor and only in my dreams once.

Can you guys help me to identificate this?

Hello, All and all I am still very new to magick. I’ve begun study of magical traditions and beginning a personal practice over the past 3 years. A little less than a year ago I’ve begun to notice a presence. It’s always there if i meditate or reach out to the environment. It does not seem malignant but i still can not figure out who or what it is. Additionally, within the last month I’ve begun to notice small shadows from the corner of my eye (for a while I’ve thought it may be a mouse). I’m curious if any of you have had similar experiences so I can maybe put some context to what have been perceiving. Thank you in advance :)

I have interest in the occult, but it has so many different paths, where to start? And how?

Please don't mock me, I know my question might be stupid. And yes, I've been to therapy and I take care of my mental wellbeing, I live in reality and know what is possible and what's crazy. Yet I know that in this world there is so much more than meets the eye.

Myths might be real, we could be surrounded by all sorts of beings. And then there are those movies where someone falls for a book/ movie character or a statue and they manage to make them real or travel to their world. Do you think that could ever be possible? Let's say I would want to escape this universe and go to the fictional world of my favorite tv show, where the characters created by the actors are real and look just the same. Could this be done? Or is it too much of a fantasy?

Here’s the spell

Blood ring

Ingredients

A ring you love A drop of your blood Paper and a pen Description

If you want a ring to make you brave or smarter then this is for you. Spell Casting

Draw a circle in the center of the paper, then draw 5 things that describe you, in circles around the center circle. In the center circle draw 4 different lines in any place as long as they touch the circle put the ring in center and say;"O darkness give me your power over (name three things you want to improve about your self ) I give you a drop of blood bound this rings power to me. Then put your blood on the ring and put it in a dark room for 10 mins

Here’s my question

Can the spell allow the user you give the new attributes?

Hi! Sorry for the long ass post. TL;DR at the end.

I (33f) really need help quick and I'm scared out of my mind right now. So I've been practicing Magick intuitively for a few years. I do not have an obedience and I rely on the protection of my ancestors, for which I have an altar and give offerings. I keep the altar in my bedroom as I feel like they watch over my sleep. I have had a clairvoyance and clairaudience gift since childhood and always relied on my inner voice. I've also extensively lucid dreamt for years and been visited by spirits a couple of times in my sleep. Until now I felt safe.

Until now it's always be shared Magic. Whenever a friend is in need (job interview, push of luck or whatever), I gather with anyone of my friends (except the recipient), and I recite a mantra with them, focusing our energies. I have to say none of my friends practice Magic or even believe but they say it can't hurt. I then make an offering on my altar and ask my ancestors to help my friend in need. The rules are: never for myself, always for good, follow your intuition, don't talk about it until it is done. Nothing bad happened for years but it was always small things I asked for. I put 3 day candles and they burn all the way until it is done, and it kinda always works. Even when the luck was very unlikely.

Now, two and a half months ago my best friend was about to give birth. We knew it was a risky birth so I decided to act and make a more elaborate ritual. I was alone, I let the spirits guide me, I did the ritual in my room next to the altar, but I thought I'd protect myself with salt by the door this time, just in case. In retrospect, I didn't put salt by the window. The ritual was very intense, and all my offerings were gone very quickly. The candles were also flickering very intensely for 3 days as my friend battled giving birth. Many times during the 3 days I could feel something was pulling me, but my candles were strong and so was my spirit.

My friend's baby almost died during labor and she needed to be induced, but countrary to the OBGYN's thoughts she didn't require an emergency C-section, and she didn't even need an episiotomy. The baby was shaken but fine, and so was she.

I thanked the ancestors, and removed the candles and the salt, and that was that.

Two weeks ago I may have become a little cocky because my aunt needed an emergency hysterectomy to prevent cancer from a mass they found. I knew intuitively it was going to be OK for her but she was stressed, so I just said a prayer alone and asked the ancestors to watch over her. I didn't put a new offering because I forgot, and went on with my day. She was fine, a lot better than the doctors thought and she asked to be discharged after 2 days because she felt "amazing", to everyone's surprise. She's still doing good.

Now, a week ago my family learned that my grandma (86) was about to pass away. She's been fading for a few months so it wasn't a surprise. She's from Congo and it's rumored in the family that her and my grandpa were doing some very very dark magick. My grandpa died last year and she's been fading since. My dad said they made a blood pact...

They had ritual statuettes, my grandma prayed strange mantras over food, went into transes, knew things she shouldn't, but she was really hated by a lot of people and could be an overall nasty woman. There were many instances where it was unclear what she tried to do, her brothers and sisters say she caused my great uncle an anaerism, but I never wanted to know the details. My intuition always told me to steer away from her practice and not to tell her about mine, but somehow I've always known she knew. She always had a special interest in me and one of my cousins over the 20+ grandchildren she has, and she's been good to me so I decided to pray for her and ask the ancestors to guide her. She isn't able to talk anymore and is sometimes heard muttering mantras in various languages.

Now it's unusually hot for the season so I keep the window open in my bedroom all the time. I spent the night playing BG3 (don't judge me), and went to bed at like 7am. Went to bed like normal, closed the window and blinds, couldn't sleep for a while so I watched some asmr videos on my phone in my bed in the dark. Everything was NORMAL. I woke up at 10 to go to the bathroom, didn't get the light, came back, it was all NORMAL. I woke up at noon because of a weird noise in the corner but I dismissed it. I laid in my bed for another 20 minutes, and then heard the noise again. That's when it hit me that there was something in the room. I quickly turned the light on and I saw a BIG ASS PIGEON in the corner looking at me with huge red eyes. It looked absolutely sickly. The whole floor in that corner and up to my bed was covered in bird feces.

Now I was paralysed in my bed and I SCREAMED on top of my lungs to call my roommate in the room next door. I could hear her having a phone call. I screamed for at least 30 seconds which is a really long time, and she was just laughing on the phone, until I unfreeze and ran banging to her door. She came out like WTF, I screamed there was a pigeon, she was like W-T-F, ran into my room and caught it with her bare hands and looked at it. The pigeon didn't move at all. She said it looked dying and smelled like rot already. I opened the window and begged her to throw it out but she said it may not be able to fly anymore. Anyway, she gently put in on the ledge and it ended up flying away anyway.

Now, she swears she didn't hear me scream which is impossible. We have thin walls and I could hear her clearly. Yet she didn't hear me scream at all. The pigeon didn't move all night or all morning until I woke up. She said if I had slept for a couple more hours it probably would have died there. There's now poop over a whole corner of my bedroom and I am very scared (Picture above, please don't mind the mess lol).

What the fuck does that mean? This is not AT ALL a normal attitude for a pigeon. Even a dying one. The "not hearing me scream at the top of my lungs in the room next door" either.

Wtf am I supposed to do??? Please help me

Thanks!

TL;DR: been practicing magick, may have gotten sloppy, now a pigeon came to die in my room and slept with me all night. My roommate says she didn't hear me scream which is impossible. What now?

In today's western culture magick is primarily seen in entertainment. There is something apealling about a system or aspect of the world that is magical, but does magic really exist? If so how is it different or the same to what you see in movies and tv?

How does one charge candles in preparation for specific spells? Namely protection spells.

Hi I'm new to reddit and I came here because I think I might have some spiritual problems. I'm looking for a genuine witch. As in someone who's got a fair amount of knowledge about magic and spirits. If there is anyone like that please come into contact with me as I could use the help.

I'm going to describe something I remember from a very vivid dream in a very unique context.

Being had dark skin, dark eyes, wears a wrap on its head and a gown/robes, often in a deep dark red but at times other bold colors. An accent that sounded African or Caribbean. Presents as female but is more than one gender. Possibly associated with mushrooms, insects and definitely involved with death/afterlife. Involved with magic and ritual. Possibly associated with some kind of object, maybe a weapon? almost spade-shaped of gold, black, red. Sometimes these spade shaped objects are small and sharp and possibly poisoned. This being is small in stature but leaves the impression of being very powerful and very likely not human.

I am not terribly familiar with the occult but I do occasionally like to read supernatural horror which often deals with the occult and mythology and ancient pantheons etc. I am Wondering if any of this sounds like a character or figure from occult tradition? Maybe even a fictional character?

This was unusually vivid and detailed for my dreams, I don't know where it came from. If this description rings any bells for anyone please share

Thanks

I’d love to deep dive into towns with a unique local folklore/ghost presence, especially if there’s a true crime element that’s relevant.

Ideally looking for local history that’s more niche than the Point Pleasant WV or the Bell Witch story. Anything under the radar come mind?

Who is all the information I gather.

Shikigami are mystical entities that are summoned from the spirit of a person and can take the form of animals, plants, humans, divine natural forces, or even hybrid combinations. These beings are conjured through specific ceremonies or rituals. Importantly, shikigami can only embody forms found in nature, including animals, plants, people, natural objects like water and stones, and various forces of nature.

Here’s my questions for know information

Shikigami can possess living creatures and objects, but do they have full control over them? Can they alter or move the objects, people, or living organisms they possess?

Are Shikigamis capable of possessing control over all elements, or take form of an element?

Hello! I am looking for something that will help me sever the ties between my partner's ex and sister and re-bind my partner and his sister.

I have looked through every other source I have and have only found cord cutting. And I have only seen them used for yourself and another person rather than two other people, and have found very little on re-binding/connecting two others.

I am working on some spells to shine a light on the ex's lies and such but I really want something final and serious. The ex basically said all the things they did to my partner were done to them and his sister has believed it without question. We are handling it without magick as well, but they seem to be very tightly bonded (as she never even tried to speak to my him after being accused) and I fear without at least fracturing that relationship nothing will get through.

I am NOT opposed to baneful magick. Though I am not exclusively looking for that. Just something stong, direct and hopefully final.

Some notes - we have zero physical access to these individuals, but I do have the location of the ex and possibly the sister.

Thank you so much in advance ❤️

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to figure out the name and origin of a technique I’ve encountered twice in very different contexts, and I’m hoping someone here can help identify it.

Years ago, I had a friend who had an almost magnetic presence—he was incredibly fit, looked like a young god, and women were drawn to him the same way men are drawn to beautiful women. They couldn’t take their eyes off him and were eager to touch him. He was also incredibly flexible and skilled in yoga, able to perform any position, even ones that made instructors nervous that he might injure himself—but he never did.

What really stood out was that when we spent time together, I noticed he would make strange, almost sexual movements with certain parts of his body - like his foot, for example. I originally thought it was just a way off releasing tension, but later I realized it was something more.

Some time after that, I met another person, this time a practitioner of tantric sex from a sect in Austria. To my surprise, this guy made the same kind of movement, but with his hand, while holding a beer bottle. The movements reminded me of sexual gestures, like the simulation of a clitoris, and it was subtle, but I could tell it had a deeper purpose.

When I confronted him and said I saw what he was doing - that he was "casting a spell" - he didn't deny it, but I never got the chance to ask him what it was.

Both of these people practiced the same technique, yet they never met. I’m convinced it’s some kind of occult or magical practice, possibly tantric, but I’ve been unable to find any specific information on it.

Has anyone come across something similar? What is this technique called, and where can I learn more about it?

Thanks in advance for any insights!

A Familiar, when possessing a person, object, animal, or creature, typically has the ability to influence or manipulate that entity. This can include controlling movements, actions, or even thoughts, depending on the rules of the specific narrative or magical system in question. The extent of this manipulation often varies based on the strength of the Familiar, the will of the host, and any established limitations within the story's framework.

Im a begginer in High Magick and I am from Mexico so I grew up in a Catholic environment with Day of the Dead wich I never liked, now that I started practicing Ive becoming more aware of the Samhain tradition, Ive seen documentaries with weird celebration motifs, something that calls my atention a lot is the use of dead horses decorations for Halloween on the north of Europe, the Folklore is very unique and Ill be personally be praising the Mediterranean Gods.

For context I'm not a beginner witch nor mentally ill, I did some protections to get rid of this spirit and all it's doing it's acting like a painkiller pill, I'm trying to look for a solution for this issue. For more context this was a spirit I called upon to help me with divination (pendulum) and slowly started crossing my boundaries and touching my body even when I wasn't using the pendulum I didn't make a big deal out of it cuz I thought she was being friendly until it was too late and took over my body because she's interested in sleeping with me. It's been 2 weeks of fighting her and I'm tired of this ongoing battle, I'd really appreciate help and advice.

• I can't get the help of an exorcist, I can't reach anyone over here that's why I'm asking for methods/solution.

Is it possible to have acted so out of accordance with your will that your timeline on earth in this incarnation is permanently fucked up? Also worth mentioning magick is fascinating and I can research it in abundance while not being in a place right now to practice (I need to get my life and center back in balance).

I realize "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" and at the same time I have acted vastly out of a place of our hurt and avoided love.

Hey, has anybody practiced consecutive LBRP for each direction + LBRH for each direction. Does it make sense to do it for like purification of the spirit so you can easier do steps towards divine?

I'm so nervous. This goes back to when I was a teenager, roughly 16. My best friend at the time, who had quite wealthy parents, lived in a massive house in a rich area, was spoiled rotten by her parents. Probably because they could, and she knew she was lucky and for the most part appreciated everything. K, way off topic, so nervous. I had a sleepover at her place (we did every weekend mine or hers) on the Friday night. Left her place the next day late afternoon. She was excited because her parents had organised an aura reader to attend on Sunday to do a reading for her. I had other plans of my own. Now, let me point out, this woman meant business and had a very good reputation, I was led to believe. Her fee for the reading was $1500aud and this was back in 1996. I had no idea about anything like that back then so I couldn't say who she was, I didn't even know, and probably still don't know, what aura reading actually is. Fast forward to the call I received, I'm going to assume almost immediately after her reading was done. She was in a huff, and a bit stand offish with me, like I had done something to upset her. I asked how the reading went. She said it was pretty much a waste of time and her dad's money. She said the majority of the time, they were talking about me. I said why? I was genuinely confused by this. She said that after the woman introduced herself and explained her background and a brief into what aura reading is about etc etc. She straight out said, before we get started, can we chat about your friend that was here yesterday? My friend was also genuinely confused and blurted out, I guess. Ok, from here on in the narrative will be as though you were my friend at the reading listening to this woman. She started by saying, she's your very best friend isn't she? Yes. She's helped you get better which is wonderful because she was put in your life for this reason, so don't be sad if she's just as quickly out of your life because everyone you meet has a part to play, and her part is almost finished. She's very special your friend. Then she started asking really specific questions about me, about me leaving my mum to come back to my dad and my mum still remaining overseas and the emotional turmoil it had put me through (all this was 💯 accurate). Tell her to not worry for her mum, tell her she'll be with her again, but in the distant future (also true, my mum moved back but moved to a different state and I now live 10 minutes away). All this worrying, the drama, your friend doesn't need it, it clouds her mind, her judgement. She suffers from a lot of deja vue doesn't she? I used to have deja vue so frequently (I rarely do any more, like I might have it twice a year) sometimes up to 3-4 times in a day! I thought it was normal. The she not aggressively, but firmly took my friend by the arms with her hands, my friend thought she was going to start shaking her, she said, or pleaded, PLEASE pass on this message, you must tell her, promise me you'll tell her the message I'm about to tell you. My friend agreed and she told me in that very moment she was a bit scared. Tell her, she needs to take notice of her deja vue. Every time she has it, she's on the wrong path, and believe me when I day, the world needs her on the right path. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid of what I'm saying. Your friend is destined for something bigger than anything an innocent teenager could even fathom, she needs to find her path. If she doesn't she will keep coming back (I assumed this meant reincarnation?). When she gets it right, she will move mountains your friend, maybe more. But there is a lot riding on her getting it right. By this point, my friend's thoughts had started ticking over, wtf is this? She's meant to be talking about me, she's been paid for me. She pretty much blurts this out, with no subtlety. The woman apologised profusely, and in the same breath said, I know I can count on you to pass on my message. Proceeded to do her reading. Idk if this is common or sounds far fetched but that conversation is tattooed in my mind and I'll never forget it, word for word. Except when my friend went into the details of her reading. My mind was in overdrive. Who is this woman? How does she know me, I wasn't there. What is she on about. It consumed me for a couple of weeks. Then I got a boyfriend and I pushed it to the back of my mind. Even after the boyfriend it remained there. As I went into my mid twenties I'd think about it every now and then, maybe once, twice per year. Or whenever I had deja vue. In the last month or 2, it has been consuming me again, more than ever. I need to know if this is legit, can she see those things when I wasn't even there? What does it all mean? I genuinely need answers as it has started consuming me to the point where I'm not getting my everyday responsibilities completed. I can't keep dwelling. I apologise in advance for the massive essay, bit please help me?! Please shed some light. I will be forever grateful. I just feel so burdened by it.

Any information would be appreciated. I can obviously look up each individual letter but I just wanted to see if anyone had any idea about what these arrangements could possibly mean. Also before you ask me to go to r/hebrew I tried asking questions in that subreddit before and got attacked by religious jews. They banned me and said i was comitting blasphemy... So that isn't an option for me.