Obviously I know revering nature will always be sensible so long as we need to eat, drink and breath.

This isn't necessarily about the sound rationale behind it, rather it's more about the feeling itself. Like, I'll be out in the forest in the dead of night or very early morning, performing rites to pagan Gods whilst truly feeling their presence, and then when I come out of that trance, I'll notice cars driving across a motorway less than a mile from where I was standing.

I can't help but feel slightly idiotic at being not only religious, but religious in a way that's been largely disregarded by wider society as "less serious" than the kind you see in a church.

I was just wondering if anyone else here experienced something similar?

Just wanted to share this wooden cup i engraved my daughters name onto (yes we named her after the Norse goddess) I translated her name using the runic Elder Futhark alphabet and i just love how it turned out!

I am trying to dry Rosemary for simmer pot holiday gifts. I've tried bundling and air drying and tried the oven at the lowest possible heat. Both way the Rosemary leaves keep turning black which is extremely unsightly. Am I doing something wrong? Is that supposed to happen?

I don't have a dehydrator. And the Rosemary sprigs were purchased from the store.

My long-time best friend is going through her final passage rite for her Faery Faith group at the end of Dec and it being xmas/yule as well what's a good gift idea? Something she would get use out of and love? She's also on track for her 3rd degree. Is there anything I can get her that she would like that could be useful in her journey? I don't want to get her gift that's just ok.

Edit: She's a Firey special needs teacher, who loves the color Purple, Dr Who and Sublime and is in a long-term relationship.

I love Japan and its deep connection to nature, but the problem is that the sun deity is a woman and the Moon deity is barely present, as in their texts there's barely anything about him. Any thoughts?

Back when I was 13, someone helped me with a health problem. I found them online, and to be fair my family neglected my health, and my 13 year old self found a way. She claimed herself as a witch, didn’t charge me at all for her services.

She gave me a piece of text, almost like a script, to read before night. My health problem was gone in days. However, she did say something like “it doesn’t cost anything to enter the church, but it takes some to leave”. I don’t remember exactly what she said, and it was in my native language too.

Well, my life wasn’t exactly perfect before I reached out to her, but I’ve experienced some significant downfalls since then. I’m not sure if my unfortunate circumstances are connected to this. And I don’t really know what to do.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading my post!

I made some Yule witchy baubles, I’m so pleased with how they turned out. Has anyone else made any this year? You really should lol

Welcome to the middle of the week. It's the time to start looking forward to the weekend, so if you're doing anything interesting feel free to post it here.

Hi there! I'm making a wheel of the year that I plan on physically rotating every time there's a holiday.

I realized that most that I see on Google Images are backwards, meaning that if you were to physically turn the wheel, you would have to turn it counterclockwise in order to get to the next holiday.

I get that we read left to right, but I would think that a religion that puts a lot of weight on clockwise vs counterclockwise would have the wheel turn clockwise to move forward. Maybe people don't usually physically turn the wheel and it's just a visual? What I missing here? Any thoughts? Thank you!

Ex. from Google Images

https://preview.redd.it/k6ype382cq4e1.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=webp&s=c44fc96dc9da7020735d102a3c867aa2b25ac263

Greetings,

I have been noticing conflicting instructions when it comes to invoking deities in spellcraft. One line of thinking is that one established pantheon of deities should be chosen and used exclusively for spells. Another line of thinking is that doesn’t really matter as ancient spells invoked deities from other pantheons simultaneously. I am coming more in mindset from an Eastern spiritual background where the history of eastern thinking is fusionary and appropriating. I am more prone to follow the second line of thinking where it doesn’t ultimately matter that spells rely on one single pantheon because ultimately all the gods are one and simply archetypes of a deeper reality, it is only the name and form that differs. If one pantheon’s god and another from outside both contain the energy sought from the spell, and both are appealing to the caster, then it is right to invoke both. To me the only time I would personally think it inappropriate is if you invoke a deity and their consort, it would seem flagrantly wrong to make up your own consort pairing.

I wanted to ask here if others have similar thoughts or disagreements on this though?

I know this is a common question but I need help, I've been trying to find who reached out yo me but I'm having trouble with the google. I've had several weird "signs" like a reoccurring dream of the moon with inky tentacles coming out from it or from behind it in like a Sun ray formation. Once during ritual I felt a very very strong feminine and moon like presence and I tried speaking to it but was unable to and fell and was unable to move. I accidentally drew a woman holding a candle wearing a hood in a panic attack when I was scribbling, I hear music coming out of nowhere a lot and I have felt a strong trickster or fae presence before. I'm gender-fluid and feel connected to both the feminine goddesses and masculine gods but more connected to goddesses, I am also a herbalist, artist, baker, gamer, and depressed lol. Plz and Thank you!

I'm a baby witch and I'm trying to have in depth understanding of uttered spells. I came to realise that every spell I see everywhere, be it on the internet (mostly lol) or some books I can borrow from other people, is as creative and purposively created to target a specific thing. So I am wondering if I could create a whole different language and use it for my spells, because I have also realized that the words we speak of are all man-made. What matters the most in every spellcasting is out intentions.

For example I want to cast a protection spell for myself I'd recite "Boskulwazi Dameo Lomino Harpes Kulintai Pelizar" And I know to myself that this means "Protect me from harm this cruel world may bring upon me"

Would this spell work?

I'm sorry for my poor transition of ideas for this post, english is not my primary language :))

Just for context i’m 19 F and have had a lot of involvement in witchcraft and all things spiritual for a while. My mum used to play around with her abilities since i was young and we always had crystals and she was always practising spells around the house. This stuff is just home to me. While I have had visions etc before, i have never experienced something like this.

So every now and again i keep getting like little flashes of something in my head, it’s hard to describe so bear with me. it’s like a split second of something or a situation i recognise and they feel familiar but i can’t quite put my finger on it. It is different every time. It feels like a premonition or a vision yet is only a split second long and leaves me dazed and confused. The strange thing is that it feels like the visions aren’t of day to day things (in case you were wondering if it was an influx of Deja Vú). These visions don’t feel like they are meant to be on earth, it feels more spiritual than that, almost like i’m viewing things from the astral realm.

Has anyone else experienced this? Am i going crazy????

I have a lovely friend (male) who is Wicca. He is so insanely kind to everyone who he meets, he makes them feel warm & loved even if they just met that day! He has several severe medical problems that I really worry for him. I would like to gift him a meaningful gift that will show him how loved & important he is to so many people. Are there any good Wicca gifts to give? Ps I am a forager/natural/hippy Skippy so if it's something I have to find in the woods & make into something/add stuff that's not a problem. Thank you all very much in advance. Be well & be healthy M

Hello everyone!

I’ve been on the solitary path for a while now and have found a peace within me while walking it (I never thought I would find this!) For background, I had the most eye opening experience at Samhain, my first proper ritual on my own. I put aside my skeptic side and opened myself up to possibilities.

In this I meditated and found myself at Urdarbrunnr (the well of Urd). This was not planned but I let my mind take me where it wanted to go. I won’t describe what I saw there but I found it extremely profound. In the background I had a playlist that I use personally for my spiritual work. And I was considering if this specific part of it led my mind to this experience.

Anyway, I wanted to ask, do you use music or ambience during your rituals or when you have a circle cast? Do you use specific soundscapes or artists to help open that aspect of you?

If so, why don’t we start a thread of our favourite music for our work in the craft? It may help someone who is starting out find their way 😊

Tuesday, ruled by mars so stay safe out there and vent here because who knows when a wandering god of war may be out for mischief!

Hihi! I’ve been studying Wicca for about a year now, but I don’t know how I should start implementing on my daily life. I highly identify with the beliefs of wicca, but I’m scared to end up doing some wrong LOL. Does someone have some tips on how I should start? Thank you!! :))

Just wanted to share my setup.

It sounds stupid, but I was eating some leftovers and thought, "hey, I wonder if the Goddess and God would want some as a thanks for being very understanding, since I've only been Wiccan for six months." Am I weird, or would you do the same?

I'm pretty sure someone I know hexed me or put a spell I'm experiencing absurd bad luck for a while.anything I can protect myself?I have no idea what I can do in this situation pls help.

hello, i’m very new to spell work and purchased a starter kit on etsy a while back. I have done some protections spells etc. my pa recent passed and I will be getting some of his ashes and i’m wondering if there is a respectful and safe way to honour him in a jar/ candle waxing it? i’m very lost and would just love some help and guidance. much love and appreciation

My girlfriend had a dream about cernunnos again. But this time it was really weird. My mom invited me to go to her house on December 20th and 21st. To watch the house they live in, it's a house I helped them build surrounded by woods but has a clear large area around the house. With plenty of animals like horses and cows. It supposedly probably was Indian land historically. But anyways my girlfriend just had this dream. I was in the living room watching tv I heard her wake up and she told me to come here so I did. She tells me about this dream she had with cernunnos in it. Which isn't the first time she's had a dream with him in it. But it's been at least a month since she's had a dream about it. But anyways back to the dream, she told me how she was in this empty house in the woods. And there were a decent amount of windows. But it was supposedly her by herself. She looks out the window and she sees cernunnos looking at her through the window. Something about the glass was weird and she couldn't help but be amazed / shocked. It sounded like the creature was absorbing her focus and it spoke to her and said that the night of the winter solstice she would join him and be her bride. I looked it up and the winter solstice is the same day of December 21st of this year and I was going to watch my mom's house. Which is a wood house in the forest surrounded by nature and kinda isolated. Just thought it was weird but that's basically it. Why is this so shockingly coincidental.