r/WitchcraftQuestions

Scroll to the last two paragraphs if you don’t want to read all of this, sorry for dumping.

This might sound dumb but I wish there was some way to brainwash myself into being a productive person..you know what I mean..I feel like such a lazy loser piece of crap.

I hate working, I prioritize being at home on my bed more than anything in life.. in fact I’ve spent money on Ubers to go home early just so I wouldn’t have to spend any extra hours at work waiting for a ride. I’ve always done terrible in school, had to cheat my way through because I didn’t want to do the work. I hate my job but am too lazy to do the work to look for another one. I love the idea of hanging out with friends or going places, doing activities, starting projects, loosing weight, having a better diet, reading books, taking care of myself and my skin, learning things but I always end up stopping myself from doing those things because when I think about how much work or effort it’s going to take I end up picking the easier safer options and just end up staying at home..bed rotting or doom scrolling..I find myself so embarrassing. I especially hate that look people give me when they think I’m lazy.. I be feeing so useless.

I hate planning things, I hate having to figure things out but I hate how things end up when they’re not planned or figured out. I hate cleaning I hate exercising, I hate doing things that take work even if it means it’ll be good for me. I have no hustle.

I just wish I could brainwash myself into being one of those workaholic, clean freak, self loving, skincare obsessed, person who has to be doing a thousand things at a time with hella jobs, and hella hustle, they love starting projects, they can’t stand being in a dirty space, they love to clean, they love to be active, healthy and productive, they love to hang out with people and plan things and be the person to rely on and influence others to do good for themselves as well all that crap.

I just wish I could brainwash myself into being that type of person you get what I mean, and ik that spell work probably doesn’t work like that. If there’s any chance you guys know spells for productivity..activity..self love etc please let me know.

I’ve never actually done any spells, I wanted to try protection spells as well because I heard you shouldn’t do any spells without protecting yourself. This might all be dumb, I don’t mean to dump all this on anyone I just want to fix myself..is me trying to do spell work instead of trying on my own to become better also lazy idk but I just want to try something for once..😭

hi everyone! i purchased an obsession spell ritual from a witch on instagram on april 26. she sent me proof of completion of the spell on april 28.

my target for the spell was a man i have had an on and off again romantic connection with since september last year. we had been in no contact for about a month before he randomly reached out to me apologized at the end of april. i responded to him and he left me on read which is what prompted me to buy the spell.

the goal was to deepen our connection and make him want to commit to me in a serious relationship since the reason we have been so on and off is because he says he cannot commit to that with me, even though he wants to. he says we can only be casual.

two weeks after purchasing the spell, i ultimately broke down and texted him (i know this is a mistake 😩) i have seen him twice since then (casual hooking up) and we had been in contact. the first time i saw him he was acting very affectionate and obsessive over me, he could not keep his hands off of me and was telling me how much he could not stop thinking about me. however, i feel like the second time i saw him i messed up. i brought up a serious relationship and he shut me down pretty quickly. i continued to grill him about that situation and ask him why and told him i would be okay with casual. i regret doing this because i feel like i may have came off desperate and made him pull away. i have not heard from him since then.

will this spell still work to make him want to deepen our connection to a serious romantic commitment? what should i expect time period wise? please lmk guys. i appreciate it!

Hey all, I'm a very new witch doing this for the very first time and admittedly have not done as much research as I wanted, but I was excited to get started. As I'm going through a difficult divorce right now, and have had a lot of bad luck and weird happenings, ​I wanted to check whether I've been cursed or hexed and then clear any negative energy around my home.

So last night I got a dish, filled it with about a centimetre of water, sprinkled in rock salt for protection and black pepper for clearing negative energy. I added four yellow rose petals in each corner to send out warmth and friendship. I lit a candle, lit two matches with it with the intent to drop them into the water. A T-shape meant that somebody had tried but failed, and an X meant that somebody had tried and succeeded. However, my first set of matches didn't work as one of the lights went out. I put them aside, lit two more matches and threw them into the water. Luckily they ended up parallel. However, then I decided off the cuff to toss the two previous matches into the water. I don't know why, I just did. And then I realised that I had forgotten how to close off a spell so I got up to quickly remind myself and then I shut it off.

Something wasn't sitting correctly with me, so I decided then to do a protection spell. I used the same dish after cleaning it, put a white candle in the centre using a cupcake sleeve to keep it upright without getting wax on my dish, and added a pink quartz crystal to the little cupcake thing. I had a mix of salt, rosemary and pink peppercorn and after double-checking the meanings of those herbs I formed an unbroken ​circle around the candle and cupcake thing, lit the candle and while asking for protection from me and my child, I cupped my hands around the flame and tossed the energy imagining it washing the house clean. This one felt better and I ended the spell.

And then of course not 5 minutes later my child has their very first night terror and was absolutely inconsolable and couldn't seem to wake. I worry that I did something wrong, especially considering how new I am at this. The last thing that I would ever want to do is cause harm or pain to my child.

I would love any advice for reversing the negative effect if there is one and it wasn't a poorly timed coincidence and any advice moving forward for how to improve my spells.

so to start from the beginning two years ago, I started worshipping Sekhmet. It was a really dark time for me, I offered her even my blood, and months after every toxic person in my life was gone, I had to burn the altar because I thought I had called demons, anyway it was a difficult but necessary change in fact now im better.

after some time, I tried to contact Isis, but I could see that she was quite cold and distant.

months after, I felt drawn to Persephone and Hecate and talked to them, and I was starting to get even better.

after that Selene called out to me and after two years I created an altar for her, Hecate and Aphrodite.

I asked my goddess to give me a word and first she gave me "le patio", and at first I didn't understand what she meant then I visited the palazzo ducale and kissed a statue of Apollo crowned in laurel, saw paintings of Selene and the sala dello zodiaco and went home and asked her for another word and "sibylla" came to my mind.

what would you say about all this?

Actually not me... a friend of mine. He's a medium, and his sister recently passed away. In their practice, they were somewhat bound. Negative energies of many kinds couldn't reach them because, in some way, they deleted each other's. He deleted hers and hers, his, basically automatically. I don't fully understand it, but now that she's gone, the void left behind is essentially making him a magnet for negativity. His mood is always ruined and out of balance, his dog died, he's in a horrible work condition, he never got angry and now he can easily.

He reached out to me asking me for a rune to "fix" him. Obviously, I told him that, as a novice apprentice myself, even if they work i wouldn't be able to use any, missing the knowledge i'm missing. So we figured out we would do a ritual. Not to cleanse him, that wouldn't work because him being a medium and all, he says it would just be ineffective, or something down that road.
He said his aura's colour is green, which i think connects to the heart chakra, so i'm looking and actively trying to craft a ritual for him around his aura and maybe even a sigil that might work.

That said, i'm here seeking advice from you all, I despise seeing him like this, and would love all help or criticism you might have. Thank you

My longterm boyfriend is going through a tough time in his life, feeling lonely, and isolated. I'm of course there for him when he wants advice or a listening ear, but it's hard to see him so sad. I was planning to do a spell to try and help him, (i'm fairly new to witchcraft, I was more deep in it last year, yet fell out of habits for a bit) so if anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated!

I have limited resources, but I can always try source the niche things! Thank you! x

Beginner here, struggling with doubting my abilities and thinking “I’m not a witch, my spells can’t be potent, they won’t work”
I’ve dabbled in witchcraft and spent thousands on witches and spells from the internet, with little to no results.
I tried doing my own spells, and I found that burning papers and the smell of the smoke it brings out just sticks everywhere in my little apartment :( I don’t have a balcony or a garden so all my work would be indoors or maybe near a window at best.
I’m not familiar with jars or how potent they are.
I’ve tried love spells on papers with symbols and herbs etc…
I’ve been trying to find people to cast for me, but I keep hearing mixed things, and everyone seems to swear that casting your own spells works much better…
I really want help kickstarting my journey…
My two most important things right now are academics/intellegence/memory/success.
And a specific person I want to get closer to, build trust, secure attachment, her to initiate more, build a strong loving foundation (not forcing romance, not forcing platonic, just in general, best friends, and if we ever BOTH wanted more, then so be it)
I would like to see movement on both of these areas…
I’d really appreciate your advice💜

im just looking to start spells because i do believe but ive never seen it with my own eyes, has anyone got any tips on where i should even start or find these legit spells?

Hi! First of all, what is the difference between hoodoo and voodoo because I always hear people use them interchangeably but I’ve been hearing them used separately a lot more. Also, I know it’s mostly a closed practice (I’m white) but i’ve also always been drawn to new orleans but for the witchy reasons, my family is mexican so maybe we settled there at one point and someone practiced magic, other parts of my family have lived in california and Georgia for generations and I did have a spiritual encounter with my great grandmother who I firmly believe was a witch. I was wondering if I could use some things that are rooted in hoodoo to research other types of magic and possibly mix them to connect with my ancestors? I’ve done that before but i didn’t realize it was hoodoo and I don’t want to offend anybody or any spirits, or could I just put it out into the spirit realm and talk to anyone who wants to work with me on my journey. (please don’t give me hate, I’m just asking)

Edit: Hi again! I just want to clarify a few things, I'm a hereditary eclectic witch and before I knew what Orishas were (I just thought they were water spirits) I did ask Lakshmi and Oshun if they would be open to working with me, and they both said yes. what I meant to ask originally was asking was "can I apply knowledge from hoodoo practitioners to my own practice in my own way" as in, can I observe how you connect with ancestors, compare it to other forms of witchcraft, and find the differences and similarities and utilize the parts that are not strictly hoodoo and are used in European and Hispanic cultures and find what parts are similar and use the similar Celtic, French, Portuguese, and Mexican ones because that is my ancestry. I have been researching, but I have been coming up with mixed answers, it is easier to ask people who actually practice. I really am just trying to learn.

Recently, my best friend(she's a Christian) moved in with my mom and i have been pretty distant from my spiritual side lately, until a few days ago. I've started using my pendulum a lot more and she keeps walking in on me while i do it- now, i will admit it isn't the most effective way of communicating but it's a divination tool and i use it for clarification. Anyway she told me that she thinks i'm crazy and I've never seen that side of her because usually she's very open minded and respectful. She was literally asking me if i need mental help. What are your thoughts?

Hey guys i was doing a shoe domination spell on my ex. And i put it in my right shoe. I was under the impression that would gain my dominance and he would come back. But now I’m hearing right is for banishment. And i do not want that. I’ve already walked a day in them. Thoughts or help?

Hello and thank you in advance for any information, I am moving to a new apt and I am wondering if there's a proper spell work to a) bless the new surroundings b) bring in all good things, i.e. money, relationship and good things that comes to the apt. I give thanks for any insights.