Hello everyone.

I have been exploring the path of Wicca again. I have always felt a connection to this religion, but because I was raised in another religion I was always afraid to start Wicca. I have always felt a calling towards this path. Ever since I heard the word "Wicca" for the first time, I wanted to know about it. The times I decided to practice a ritual, I was able to dream with the Goddess.

A few days ago, I decided that maybe it was time to start Wicca without fear and I asked the gods for a sign as to whether this path was really for me. A few seconds later, a very peculiar bird appeared very close to me, it flew for a few seconds through the trees and suddenly it flew away again very close to me. I had never seen a bird with those colors. It flew close to me as if it were not afraid. I felt that this was my sign, and since I started studying and practicing some things, I have felt very called to nature.

So, I wanted to know if you have any stories similar to mine, if you felt a calling to Wicca. I would love to read your stories.

If you have any advice for a very new practitioner, I would welcome it. 😊

If I'm breaking any rules, you can tell me too. It's my first time here.

(Sorry if my English is not perfect, I'm still practicing. I'm leaving you a four leaf clover that I found the other day)

My friend was telling me about a witch called Lilibeth and I love the name but I can’t seem to find anything about her history online besides fan art. Did she exist? Please let me know if you know anything about her!

I added to my altar this year the first apples from my trees! The bigger candles I made, and if anyone can recommend a good silver and gold colouring for wax I'd love to know, the mica powder didn't work as I expected. On the bread was supposed to be a pentagram (supposed to be!), and the berry jam has some home grown blackberries. It's seemed extra special this year...

To be clear, I’m not trying to ask for your spells themselves. I’m looking for answers like “I made a spell for protection yesterday. And a week ago, I made a spell to help me pass a test”.

I’m asking to see what are the common themes found throughout any spell. I got the idea after learning about angelic magic, where you work with different angels for different things. One for love, one for strength, one for protection, etc (tbc, that is a huge oversimplification). I’m a chaos magician and in that belief, made up spiritual entities are functionally the same as any other spiritual entities. So, I was going to create my own list of entities, so I’ll always have one to help me with what I need. I’ll probably post it later :3

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!

Has anyone ever come across an audiobook that’s narrated by someone other than Bruce Mann? It’s the official audiobook version but this guy’s voice is absolutely impossible for me to listen to. Something about the cadence and tone he uses… I can only listen for like 1 minute because his voice is so dull it puts me to sleep or my mind starts to wander.

I have ADHD, and I have trouble with reading a physical copy of a book so I usually rely on audiobooks, but this narrator is absolutely the worst.

I sincerely doubt there’s any other audio versions, and I’ve looked, but someone has seen another, please let me know!

So I attempted my first spell, a friend of mine got sick, and she asked me to try one (and I jumped at the chance to give it a shot.) drew a circle, (blessed it) made some offerings, and a few other things I had in mind.

It went off mostly without a hitch, but I think I exited the circle early and went the wrong way, I tried to reverse that, and every other aspect of it went fine. I did meditating and praying, and i felt pretty good afterwards.

But I’m still kinda concerned about the little oopsie I made at the beginning… should I be worried? (It was total white magic with no ill intentions behind it, so I don’t know how that would cause harm even if done incorrectly. But I’m also totally new to this.)

(Edit: checked in with my friend, she actually says she’s feeling better! And I appreciate the correction, I guess I should have said “healing magic” instead of white. Thanks for the responses!)

I went for a walk tonight and saw an owl. I have been seeing a lot of different little signs like angel numbers and all kinds of different animals and synchronicities. I have heard different meanings of seeing owls. I know that sometimes they can be bad luck because the last couple of times I saw or heard one bad things happened, but I’ve also heard that they can be good luck too. Is there a significant meaning of seeing one flying at night? Is it good luck or bad luck?

Would you guys please share Wiccan medication and Crystal recommendations to stay grounded and calm?

I’m a mixed race woman, Wiccan, living in a place where people like me are not accepted — unfortunately due to work — and am terrified of the things I am seeing due to where the U.S. is going. What can any of us do to change the direction the world is going into?

I'm not from wicca or anything but I had a weird dream about cernunnos and would like an insight about it if possible:

An old friend who was a wiccan appeared in my dream and she said she was happy to be with me and to recall the past and we walked by a beautiful lake with many big water lilies and/or lotus plants and in the center there was sort of a green big goat and she said "there is cernunnos, the male god". I approached and he put my hand in his mouth. I freaked out and don't remember what actually happened about my hand. I just remember I was afraid to die though my friend and cernunnos were "reassuring". Not that I wouldn't die but that was "part of the process" or something along these lines. From there I remember dreaming of other unrelated to Wicca (I guess) creatures, I saw a giant naga (half snake and half man) with half of his face in shadow (and the shadow was very "windy", I don't remember if he sucked or blew the wind) and also had some sorta connection with a rainbow. Even if he was quite scary, he was somewhat less scary than cernunnos. And also it appeared before me a flying dragon that they said it was cernunnos in another form. (I guess it went mumbo jumbo from the naga part or it was just showing many faces of the same deity).

Hey all. Feel free to post whatever you feel like here. Chat, share or say whatever is on your mind.

I've been wiccan since i was 14 (35 now), i dont always wear a pentacle pendant everyday, as i got a tattoo of one when i was 18. But about 3 years ago, after leaving an abusive relationship where my ex would turn up at my house unannounced and cause trouble, i started wearing one every day again, even sleeping in it and not taking it off in the shower, eventually after a few months he stopped. I started to feel better, things were okay at uni, i dated a few questionable guys but nothing major. Got into a long term relationship that even though at times was stressful, was mostly really good. The breakup though was awful. I had a metal breakdown, tried to kill my self, was in burn out for 5 months, then tried to pull my self out be really was in a bit of a slump. I was really close friends with someone after all this happened, and they were there for me, and felt like a good friend at the time, but looking back now as i've cut them off (the last 6 months they were pretty awful to me) i'm questioning their intentions.

About mid jan, i replaced my pentacle pendant, my 11 year old daughter asked for her 1st one and my one was a bit rusted as it was just sterling silver and like i mentioned i basically never took it off, so got me a new one too. I threw the old one away, but before i did thanked it for protecting me. I know it's early days, and tbh theres probs more too it than just this pendant, but since wearing the new one i feel so much lighter and more positive. Is it possible that my old pentacle pendant could have been holding on to some negative energy?

hi! im new to wicca, and only really just starting to research about it, but im honestly loving it so far and feel like i really resonate with wicca and paganism in general. theres one thing im confused on though, which is how many gods, and which gods exactly, do wiccans worship? I see mostly that people worship the Triple Goddess and the Horned God, but i also see that people worship Aphrodite or Hecate and others... I also read that it's a polytheistic religion and in other sources i read its duotheistic... i just dont really know whats correct lol and was wondering if someone could clear that up for me, thanks! 💗

Hi everyone! I’m working on my master’s degree currently. I am looking for a few people I can interview for my research project on the persecution of witches in the United States from the Salem Witch Trials to present day. I have a lot of secondary sources, but not primary sources, which is why I am coming to you! I was also wondering if I posted a link to a survey would you be willing to take it?

Thank you a ton for your consideration!

**Edited to add that I am pursuing my M.A. in History with a concentration in Public History through Southern New Hampshire University! And I’ve been a practicing witch for about five years ◡̈

Hey friends!

I've been practicing for over 20 years. Currently working for the state or Florida in a job I thought I loved. Recently I received a promotion and the only other woman that wanted the job is a Christian grandmother. I made sure to tell her that I would be happy for her to get it as well. I genuinely meant it because anyone receiving a promotion would be something to celebrate.

A woman who recently came back to work after being gone for a year has decided to buckle in on me being a devil worshiper. Now its believed that my "Satan worship" is how I received my promotion, not my hard work and dedication to my community. I'm being sabotaged by damn near my entire team and they are actively trying to to get me fired.

Some of these people have been, I thought, my friends. It hurts but at the same time it's kind of funny. I feel like I'm in some 1980's satanic panic novel about high school girls being bullies.

I really just wanted to vent because I'm having a meeting with the main contributed next week. The only thing I plan on addressing is that I've always treated her with kindness and respect. This will be continued and my behavior will not be altered in the face of hate.

So keep your selves in love and when faced with hatred, just know, it's just based out of ignorance.

I had a very successful cord cutting. I usually don't use extras but used the star chime holders from the kit. Do I toss them with the wax or reuse them? I don't like to waste shit. Ty

I need some help I’m setting up my alter and I have a place for it but my question is what don’t I need to do and what do I need to do should I sage the area first

Hey there,

So I've recently gotten back into Neopaganism and Wicca after a long time away due to spiritual needs. I feel that Persephone has reached out to me, and so I've started working with her, but I'm still also constructing my own personal beliefs. Part of me sees Persephone as an independent deity, but part of me also sees her as a guise of the Triple Goddess. Ditto with Hades and the Horned God. What are your thoughts? If Persephone reached out to me, should I treat her as an individual, or as an aspect of the Goddess? I know it's a weird question but I've done a lot of growing over the past 15 years, and am trying to figure out my shit within my spirituality lol

Wishing everyone a wonderful Imbolc! May your days be full of warmth, light, and peace. Pictured on my altar: Faux pine tree, quartz cluster, celestite cluster, selenite block where I'm cleansing my black tourmaline pendant, wand, Brigid's bed with a corn husk doll, faux flowers, cinnamon sticks tied together with red ribbon, offering of cornbread, goddess statue, offering of salt, The Empress tarot card, amethyst cluster, and lots of candles! I also have a paper Brigid's cross taped to my window, and an offering of milk in the tiny chalice on my shelf. Blessed be!

I've been on my path for about five years and some change. I've dealt with loss of friends or backlash from beloved family members who decided I was "wrong" in my choice. Because of those losses it was really rocky at the start for me but I found my people and met so many lovely souls along the way.

I thought maybe experiences like that wouod help me but one of those lovely souls is dealing with a lot of fear right now and I've found that I can't find any comfort for her... she says "i want to return to hiding my beliefs from everyone and only practice in secret because I don't feel safe anymore"

I'm not slandering other beliefs but to explain what she means is the extreme people if that makes sense. I do apologize for length or if my words come off in a bad way but I'm feeling so lost and all I want to do is comfort my friend.... please if anyone has any advice

Good day, good witches! Feel free to use this thread to chat, share, boast or just unload in.

Hi, i want to start this by saying that i don't know a Lot about wicca or anything similar, so i apologize if i seem ignorant. Through my whole life i had a bad experience with love, every guy that knew me got obsessed with me in sick ways, as in stalking me, harassing me, and many others, even guys that I didn't talk to. I don't know if someone may dislike me too much to the point of putting some kind of spell on me. I don't want to sound egocentric with this whole obsession thing, but it's something real and it's sickens me and it's got me tired, I can't find someone that loves me but at the same time let's me go in normal ways, they all get obsessed and I don't like that. Someone told me to get on this reddit community and ask about it, so i please beg you all that if someone knows anything about this, please tell me. (I'm also not a native English speaker so i also apologize for any bas grammar)