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wandoffire · 7 months

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realm-of-the-occult · 8 months

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🔮 spirituality vs witchcraft ✨

many people (especially beginner witches) confuse these two a lot. but where are the differences? what makes one spiritual, when are you a witch?

let's start with spirituality.

spirituality is your very own belief system. that system can be influenced by your religion, your local folklore or the belief in chakras for example. spiritualists believe in the human soul and negative/positive energy. your own way of looking at spirituality may also be different depending on where you grew up; your culture, your family.

HOWEVER, spirituality does NOT equal witchcraft.

witchcraft is, as its name already says, a craft. a personal practice. while witchcraft can be based on culture and religion too, it's more than just a belief in a higher being or magic; it's the combination of that belief and the actual physical practice (such as spells, rituals, chants, ceremonies, kitchen magick, herbal magick and so on).

so in conclusion: being spiritual doesn't automatically make you a witch. being a witch requires a physical practice. and being spiritual for many years doesn't mean that you have the actual experience to call yourself an advanced witch, please keep that in mind!

many spiritualists don't even touch witchcraft. really, it's up to you - find your own path without appropriating and westernizing cultures you don't belong to. always keep that in mind 🖤

also: wicca and witchcraft ARE NOT necessarily the same. wicca is a nature-based religion, witchcraft is the general name for any practice!

/ written by @occultem

#witchcraft #spirituality #witchy #spiritual #occult #occultism #magick #magic #witch #witches #practice #belief #wicca #book of shadows #grimoire

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cruelsister-moved2 · 1 year

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im sooooo sick of neopagans thinking they invented stuff that literally every religion thats not modern american evangelicalism already has 💀 i dont care if u want to light candles in ur bedroom or whatever, but even when youre swinging at “normie” religions ur still missing like okay catholics LOVE altars. jewish liturgy celebrates moon cycles. whatever youre trying to articulate about an all encompassing divinity of universal love was probably said in verse by a persian muslim centuries ago. your american christian/atheist background is a huge outlier in the global history of religion: it’s not even that you’re missing some niche exception, it’s literally that your entire perspective on “organised religion” is based on an outlier 💀

#this woman being like wicca is awesome because it doesnt teach fire and brimstone to children.#okay. good news about how many religions believe in the fire and brimstone concept.#and wicca is a funny example because its so infamously like. culturally appropriative and downright racist #like i agree it does less harm than evangelicalism but thats just because it does less of anything......#it's more of a hobby than a religion #+ belief in the supernatural is both subjective + literally only one of like 8 markers of religiosity that sociologists study #fixation on that in particular ltierally stems from the UNIQUELY faith-based and exclusive model of xtianity #anyway this is why i believe in religious educationand w the additional benefit of learning abt other religions might help xtians of certain #stripes to realise how like abnormally fucked up their communities are #also most neopaganism is literally xtianity-jesus like the underlying concepts are so christian but theyll still be like fuck those #abrahamic religions. like okay you honestly are just an xtian holding an incense stick what does this have to do with me

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curious-chaosmagiic · 1 month

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if i'll be honest, i don't know what i am currently? i don't think any identity really feels right other than just plain witch

it sounds silly tbh lol, maybe there is a word that would be perfect for me but i kinda like just being a witch

religion? witch path? witch beliefs? witchy things

idk it just feels brode enough i don't have to think about it but small enough where you have a general idea what i do

#🧿rambles #witch #witchcraft #witchblr #pagan #paganism #wicca #wiccan #<- tag those because it feels right #maybe someone else shares this belief #idk i just like being here #:> !!

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christowitch · 1 year

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Happy Easter!

May your day be filled with positive interactions and lovely food!

And remember.. if things get tough… having a lie down for three days then getting up and handling your shit worked for Jesus so it can work for you too.

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bleedingbloody · 10 months

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WE AS A SOCIETY NEED TO BRING BACK COVENS

PLEASE

#witch #witchblr #witchcraft #spiritualist #wicca #look ok #individual practice has been huge #mostly because of a huge availability of information #and how back in the day to be a witch you kinda had to be in a coven #but like #imagine?#having a close group of friends and people #you practice with?#doing rituals #with homies??#similar beliefs?#goals honestly #god i wish it was me

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friend-crow · 2 years

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This is, perhaps, a very obvious and inevitable thing about Wicca being presented as general witchcraft, but I don't know that I've ever really thought about how many people are out there practicing Wicca without even realizing it.

I don't see it as much in my curated little corner of tumblr, but it's really obvious when I talk to the handful of witches I know IRL. They don't identify as Wiccans -- one even works in a metaphysical shop and should really know better, but I think she's just not very interested in the sources and history of what she's doing (aside from the usual pseudohistory about the burning times and witch-cult hypothesis). She just calls herself a witch, but almost everything she's told me about her practice and beliefs is straight up Wicca.

The point of this post isn't "Wicca bad" (I do have my issues with it, but I also know Wiccans who are working to combat those issues in the way they practice), but more "it's weird how many people don't realize they're essentially Wiccan."

It's like if somebody told you "Yeah, I'm religious, but not Christian. I just believe that the one true god sent his son (who is also an aspect of himself) to die for our sins. I celebrate his birth on December 25th, and wear this cross as a symbol of my faith."

#on the pervasiveness of Wicca #I've seen a lot of talk about how Wiccan beliefs are pushed on people and mislabeled as general witchcraft #but for some reason I don't think I've seen much discussion about this particular aspect of it #inevitable as it may be

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shadow-book-wren · 5 months

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Yule Superstitions

Animals

Legend says animals can speak on Christmas Eve but not to listen for them because it is unlucky to hear them

Some cattle ranchers believe that if the first person to cross the threshold on Christmas eve is female, only heifers will be born on the ranch for the next year. however, if it is a male, many male calves will be born

Feeding a sprig of mistletoe to the first calf-bearing cow of the new year ensures future fertility for both

Some British believe that ivy leaves fed to each cow after milking and before noon on Christmas morning will force the devil away from the herd and keeper for the next 12 months

If the stars are bright on Christmas Eve, hens will lay well the next year

Monsters

In Sweden, its believed that trolls travel freely through countryside from dusk on Christmas eve to dawn on Christmas morning. its common practice to stay indoor during those hours, in Sweden.

Greece and Poland considers it unlucky to be born on Christmas eve and Christmas day because the roaming monsters - kallikantzaroi (Greece) and werewolves (Poland) can capture the newborn's spirit for their own devices

It is customary, in Greece, to burn all old shoes to ward off misfortune in the new year

Ghost refuse to come out of hiding on Christmas day, babies born then are said to be forever free of ghostly troubles

Food

Refusing mincemeat pie on Christmas brings bad luck in the next year

You will lose a friend before next Christmas, if you don't eat plum pudding during the holiday season

Eat an apple at midnight on Christmas Eve for ensuring good health

Leave a loaf of bread on the table, after Christmas Eve, to guarantee plenty of bread for the household in the coming year

Christmas cakes must remain uncut until December 24, and one piece left uneaten until after Christmas day to ensure good fortune

In Germany, it's customary to eat greasy pancakes on the winter solstice and leave some on the table to feed the winter hag so that she doesn't "hunt you down, slice open your belly, and take the cakes right out"

Gift Giving

When giving clothing for a gift, don't wash or iron or it will press in bad luck and wash away good

House

Make sure all fires in your home burn throughout Yuletide season in order to be free of evil spirits

Some Scandinavian families place all their shoes side by side on Christmas Eve to bring harmony in the home

If you have holes in your stocking, hanging them upside down on the hearth before bed on Christmas Eve is said to have them repaired by St. Nick

Place a cherry tree branch in water two weeks before Christmas. if the branch blossoms by Christmas Day you'll have good luck in the new year.

If you fix a hole in your roof between Christmas and New Year's Day it will reappear

You'll have bad luck if you bring holly into your home before Christmas Eve, and triple bad luck if it's removed before January 6th

Mistletoe has to stay hung in place for one year to ensure good luck and when replaced, the old one should be burned

Burn evergreen and decorations of evergreens to ensure good luck

There is an ancient German custom that states that things with wheels, especially spinning ones- may not be used from 5 days before the solstice until six days after it or else the sun causes all fleece and fiber to tangle beyond repair

Marriage Omens

In Germany, girls play a holiday game, seemingly similar to duck-duck-goose, where the first player to be touched by the blindfolded goose will be first to marry of the participants.

In England on Christmas Eve, its customary for unmarried girls to knock on the hen house door... if a rooster crows in response, she'll be married within 12 months

In Northern Europe, some girls arrange three buckets of water in their bedroom, pin three sprigs of holly to their nightgowns before sleeping and are awakened by three shouts and three chuckles. an apparition of their future husbands will appear and if the buckets are rearranged - the marriage proposal wont have any issues ; If they aren't - they may not be a willing partner

In Poland, it is believed that grinding poppy seed on Christmas Eve will ensure a quick marriage for unmarried women

Tossing twelve sage leaves on Christmas Eve winds will make the image of your future lover materialize

Weather

If the night sky on Christmas Eve is clear and starry, summer harvest will be abundant

The 12 days of Christmas tells the weather for each following months. ex: first day of Christmas = snowy ; January = snowy

Easter will be cold if it doesn't snow on Christmas

if Christmas Day is breezy there will be good luck for the new year

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cosmicvenusnebula · 23 days

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Beliefs Christians/modern religion has influenced:

(send me stuff to add to this list if I miss anything....which I prob will)

Religion influenced: If you mess up anything in witchcraft you will get hurt by external forces. Truth: This belief exists to scare witches into not practicing witchcraft. The truth is, if you mess up anything in witchcraft, it just means your human. Witchcraft doesn't have any rules or regulations. Even the belief of the 3x law, or the belief that if a spell backfires it will come your way, is influenced by the religious belief that you will be punished if you sin. It only happens if you believe it happens. (you can believe whatever witchcraft laws you want in your practice, but don't scare other witches with it)

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Religion influenced: People who are sexual before marriage must have something wrong with them. Especially people under 18. Truth: Humans are sexual by nature, especially kids who are figuring out their body. Especially young kids and infants.

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Religion influenced: People who are gay (lgbtq) must have something wrong with them. Being gay (lgbtq) is wrong! Truth: Before modern religion was invented, being queer was very normalized, and queer sex was very normalized. Even gods people worshipped were queer. I'm not saying homophobia didn't exist back then, but it was much more accepted then it is today.

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Religion influenced: Witchcraft is a sin Truth: Worshipping a god you cannot see is witchcraft.....literally everything is witchcraft. E v e r y t h i n g.

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#witchcraft #witches #witchtok #witchblr #paganism #pagan gods #christianity #catholic #jewish #judaism #religious trauma #religious beliefs #wicca #wiccan

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souvlakibyslowdive · 1 month

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i used to follow so many random spiritual blogs without doing much actual work in looking into what they stand for when i was a teenager im still dealing w the repercussions today

#if anyone still follows me from when a was a teenage 'witchcraft' blog #im still very interested in tarot and divination #and if i had to choose i think my spiritual beliefs would be closest to wicca #but i dont rlly want to be a part of communities around it v much #cause some of those people r NUTS #m

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thatcryinggayboy · 3 months

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Alone in religion.

I think it’s kind of funny, how my faith progressively gets further and further from mainstream, and yet the only thing I want is a community. When I was a child, I was an atheist. Well, when I suppose when I was around 5 I thought that being Christian was just part of life because I was a gullible child, it wasn’t until my parents were like “no you silly child, that’s not the only religion” and when I realized it wasn’t just a fact of life, I quickly dropped it.

When I was older, maybe around 10, I learned what an atheist actually was as I began to use the internet more commonly. “YES, that’s it, I’m an atheist” but like, not a fully spiritless atheist. I still believed in ghosts, I have since I used to see them around my house. That was a belief I’ve never been without.

So in 2015 I was an angsty teenager, I used to make stupid jokes and one that I had for some reason was “I blame witchcraft”. It was my first pride and I was road tripping to the big city with a couple of friends from a local LGBTQ+ group.

When we arrived at our destination, my friend E informed me that our other friend W was a Wiccan. “What the hell is that?”, I was briefly explained it was a religion based on witchcraft. “THERE ARE WITCHES?!”. I apologized to W and when I got back home, I did some research.

Now for some context, my parents always said the male equivalent of witches were warlocks. I always thought that was dumb, I always in turn said “why aren’t they both witches” because functionally, they aren’t the same. So when I found out that male witches were just… witches, I found something that connected to me. I COULD BE A WITCH.

And yes, I knew it wasn’t like the movies, I’m not that silly.

Cool, now I’m a Wiccan…. Who is god? So I did a couple of very brief google searches. “The Horned God and The Moon Goddess”. And who are they?, well, according to the first website I checked, specifically Pan and Hekate. No explanation to the archetypes and roles they were meant to play, just Hekate and Pan. Well, okay, two Greek gods, I’m down with that.

I suppose I was never truly an atheist but I didn’t want to identify as agnostic, that term never felt like me.

So now I’m a 13 year old, still figuring out who he is and now he has a religion. I’m autistic and this just became MY WORLD. Immediately I was searching and searching; eventually I found out how the horned god and moon goddess worked but now that I have these two, I’m set…..

Well not exactly. I became obsessed with the images of fertility goddesses, something about it all was so fascinating to me. And then I looked into more gods, more goddesses, different pantheons… and I did something I’m not proud of.

I was unaware of the topic of cultural appropriation when it came to religious systems. It had never come across my feed and I was never told that it was a thing. I probably should’ve known but I didn’t.

I found a new goddess I felt really connected to.

Kali.

I made her offerings, burnt incense, listened to music about Kali, and yet outside of her own religion. She felt so motherly to me, but it was not my place and to say it simply, I learned from my mistake. I discovered how insensitive it was and I sang her goodbye, but she was never meant to be my goddess to begin with.

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So eventually I became less and less in love with Wicca. The practice wasn’t meant for me, I still practiced witchcraft but the community was not mine.

“Well, I already have a couple of Greek gods under my belt, what is that whole thing like” so now I’m looking into Hellenic Polytheism…. Sort of. I didn’t know that there was a full religious movement, so I kind of just, felt it out. AND THEN I FOUND IT, after a little while of winging it.

And you know what, this was my place, I never felt at home more with anything else. But over time, when you study and study and pray and think and read and just sit there, your world view will change drastically. As I learned, my beliefs were a little bit more complex over time. Basic Hellenic Polytheism might not be JUST IT.

I was looking into Orphism, the Eleusinian Mysteries, I was looking in as many cults as I could to see which one perfectly matched with how I believe. I would practice for a while, see how it felt, and move on if it didn’t feel right. And I would follow multiple gods at a time, I’ve always been a a devotee of Zeus since I became Hellenic. He was the one thing I felt was right.

But I became overwhelmed, and I burnt out.

I wasn’t making offerings, saying prayers, building Kharis, I wasn’t even thinking about the gods. I still called myself a Hellenic Polytheist, but was I?

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Okay so side note, I love learning about religions, in an effort and interest in broadening my understanding and educating myself. And I found another love, that I didn’t think I would ever be a part of so I appreciated it from a distance. I really love Judaism. Everything about it, the laws, the cultures, the language, the fact that no Jewish person is the same and that’s embraced. But I was unaware that converts where a thing. For a while.

Eventually I found out that conversation to Judaism existed, but I still stood back.

In 2022 I went to work for a summer camp further up the coast from my hometown. I was so excited. I worked in the kitchen and while I didn’t interact with the counselors much, I wanted to befriend them. They were so full of life, they had that city energy that I so badly craved. And there were two in particular that I was able to become semi-closer with. Not by much because I don’t actively seek out friendship, I just hope it happens. But I still considered them the closest friends there. I’ll call them P and B.

One day in the kitchen, we were preparing lunch and P & B came in, they looked directly at me and asked me if I was “part of the tribe”, maybe they weren’t meaning to look at me because they were friendly with other kitchen staff but it felt like they were. I said “…huh?” And they asked “are you Jewish”. I told them no but I did like the religion. That was that and they moved on. But something in me didn’t.

It was almost as if my soul was looked into, I could feel that question in my very fibers.

Fuuuuuuck.

I just don’t know who I am do I? Will I ever? I feel like Trisha Paytas, I can’t just be playing dress up with religions, especially not closed ones. I didn’t want to take advantage of other people beliefs for my own benefit. That’s not chill.

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So back to where I was before. My religious beliefs were sort of fading. I wasn’t fully connected anymore, even if I still loved Zeus. Eventually, I stumbled my way onto Jewish TikTok.

So many creators who I enjoy, Jewitches, Danielle Silverstone, and Zara Zahavah (side note but it was like a dream come true when she answered my comment about whether or not furbys would be classified as kosher).

One night, while watching a Jewitches livestream, the switched kind of flipped, and I wanted to pursue this.

But wait? I live in a small town, there’s no synagogue for miles. The closest one is 4 hours away. There’s a community here, but I have really bad imposter syndrome and I don’t want to push my welcome. So I didn’t reach out.

I did however, start taking intro to Judaism classes online, and it was going well for a while, until I had a very uncomfortable conversation with one of the teachers. And I stopped going.

Eventually I reached out to that group in my town, but I left due to their overt Zionism, it didn’t come out fully until around the 3rd session. After that, I decided to go back to my place with the Greek gods.

It was shaky getting back into it, and as I went back into my research, I came across the cult of Hypsistos.

Hypsistarians believed in Zeus Hypsistos (most high), a monotheistic group that didn’t worship with statues but rather with the light of a flame. “But I still believe in Apollo, Aphrodité, Hermes, etc.”, as it turns out, so did they, not as gods per say but rather as angelic messenger manifestations out of Hypsistos. This fits perfectly with what I believe…. But there’s not much to work with.

There is a scarcity of sources about the group, and as far as I’ve been able to tell, I am the only one. All I’ve ever wanted is a community, people to worship with, talk about our experiences and share something so meaningful to me. And even if there were another one of me out there, I have to make educated guesses about Hypsistarians based on their ancient influences, so most things are up for interpretation.

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I suppose the real point of this post is to express something I can’t express to many, even if I’m speaking to the void.

Thank you.

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wandoffire · 4 months

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iridescentalchemyst · 3 months

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The 13 Principles of Wiccan Beliefs

The thirteen principles were published by the Council of American Witches in 1974. The principles provide a brief summary of the cosmological, spiritual, and philosophical beliefs of Wicca. It describes how its members relate to the world around them, including our position towards practitioners of other religions. We practice rites to attune ourselves with the natural rhythm of life forces…

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#American Witches #beliefs #cosmology #Council #magick #Pentagram #Philosophy #Principles #Spirituality #Triple Moon Goddess #Wicca #Wiccan #Wiccan beliefs

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greenpanda-basicfakewitch · 9 months

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Lore | Summer Lands

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Some people mistakenly believe Summerland is the Wiccan word for 'Heaven', but that wouldn't quite be accurate—at least not in terms of the Judeo-Christian Heaven.

Some Wiccans who believe in life after death believe there is another plane of existence—the spirit world, which exists behind 'the veil', where spirits go to rest and reunite after death. Summerland is just a common name for the spirit world—though no one really knows what it might be like.

Some imagine it like the afterlife portrayed in Robin William's film, What Dreams May Come or the 'Nexus' in the film Star Trek: Generations. You essentially create your own reality there, and it becomes what you want it to be—you can look how you want to look and be with whomever you want to be with at any time. There's a bit of a caveat there—be careful of how you think; a negative, pessimistic soul could easily turn his own afterlife into his own personal 'hell'.

Others see it a little more literally as a beautiful rest stop; a regular Elysian Fields where everyone—the good and the bad—go to take stock of their lives before moving on to a new incarnation.

#LORE #Summerlands #Wiccan summerlands #Wicca summerlands #summer #lands #afterlife #beliefs #wiccan #paganism #witch community #witchblr #witchtok #witchcraft #witch #pagan #wicca #babywitch

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taldigi · 1 year

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Out of the four (Marinette, Felix, Alina, and, Flora) which do you feel is the most likely to become a Wiccan?

I don't feel comfortable answering that

#wicca is its own Faith with beliefs and practices that I don't understand because I am not part of that faith #I don't like assigning faiths to characters that I write because of my own beliefs as well as my own lack of knowledge #You can have your own headcanons on your own time but that is not something that I will be doing

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