r/elderwitches

You can wish for anything, small or large, makes no difference. The goal for this is to reduce the load on The Sunday Spell. Please try to put minor wishes here, and then, don't put minor requests in Sundays working.This is done on Wednesday so that Mercury can assist in getting your message delivered. It does not have to be only a minor wish, I just want simple stuff to not be clogging The Sunday Spell. Be sure to mention who/what you want your message delivered to. Mercury needs an address for where to go with it. Thank you!

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So I asked to receive some answers for a situation. And that was successfully obtained, although on a short time frame, I got what I needed to know. Although the answers were to say the least shocking, but they make sense. Now I’m on my next quest, Learning spiritual hygiene and removing a generational curse that was weakened. Any tips and tricks are appreciated, I’ll look into other sub Reddits to get some more insight and do more research. Again, thank you guys so much for the energy, it’s deeply appreciated.

15 Days ago I joined this reddit because I wanted to put an intention out into the universe because I was struggling with making some hard decisions...

>Peace. Peace of mind. Peace in my home. Peace in my garden. Peace for my dogs & cat. Peace from the neighbours who have been interfering, causing harm, and bringing misery. Peace for them too, so that they will no longer feel the need to be cruel, rude, or vindictive. Peace to you reading this. May we all find a little bit of solace from the rot we're plagued with and find moments of peace that will give ourselves a little bit of rest to focus on allowing ourselves to flourish in this coming spring. May our gardens grow and the sun shine.

That was on a Sunday. Tuesday animal welfare showed up at my neighbours' house because they had been trapping animals in their backyard and threw a dead rat into mine. I had been finding several dead squirrels around my house as well, and was concerned they were poisoning. This all started because I put out seed and peanuts for the squirrels, bluejays, and two crows that would often come to visit. Thursday everything was fine, until 10:30pm I thought my dog was having a bad dream, only to have to hold him through a horrible seizure that I surely thought was him dying. It wasn't an epileptic seizure, it was his body in the throws of something horrible happening.

I called my aunt, she showed up with a bat thinking the worst was happening because I didn't tell her why she needed to come over, I just needed her there. After awhile, we thought maybe he was ok, so she went home. A half hour later I asked her to come back because I didn't want to be alone. My dog had another one at 4:30am. After it I laid with him on my kitchen floor while he moaned and again, I thought he was going. I kept telling him how much he was loved and that I was with him.

As soon as I could in the morning I called the vet and took him in. His blood work wasn't good but they did nothing to treat him, gave me a ton of prescriptions and vitamins and sent me home. He barely made it into the house before collapsing, no wanting to move. I got him his pink unicorn and a blanket, comforting him and crying trying to figure out what to do. My aunt and I said outside for a few minutes to get some air, I looked up and there was a cloud that looked just like a dog laying. I had to make a decision. Went in, and he had another seizure, at that point I knew I had no choice. We have no emergency services here for vets and I didn't want to risk him suffering the weekend. By 4:30pm Friday he was gone. I held him as he passed, my eyes closed and a blue wash of light crossed my eyes and I knew he was gone before it was announced. He was my whole world.

My other little guy has been raised by him, so he was there to say goodbye and to see him after he was gone. He has been my rock, glue to me since. It's been so hard going to the park where everyone loved my dog and he loved everyone. He was a healer, a hugger, and a listener. He got me sober, helped me face my trauma and heal, and I changed my life to give him the best possible life I could.

I made it to work for one day this past week. And then Thursday before work I was out back with my little guy because I am too afraid to let him out in my yard unsupervised because I don't know what caused the seizures in my other guy. I don't have evidence of neighbour interference, but something in my gut doesn't trust it. I have been battling the bad vibes and horrible behaviour from them for over a year. I thought if I didn't engage or give a reaction they would leave me alone. She didn't. I heard her voice say my name. I said "don't talk to me, just leave me alone". She didn't. I lost it. I said all the things I had been holding in, all the things I suspected them of doing. She denied and antagonized and then I tossed my coffee out of frustration. On my way out to my car after bringing my little guy in, she made an inappropriate accusation and I said some horrible things in return. Got in my car and drove myself to the police to accept my fate. Thankfully I did not end up in trouble but was advised to file a no contact (or peace bond as we call it here). I have no idea what this will instigate.

After that a friend met me to go to my house, pack up myself, my cat and my little guy and I drove to visit my parents a few hours away for a break. Thursday night before bed I went out, looked up to the stars and asked to be visited, to have a sign that this is all worth the struggle and pain that I am feeling. I went to bed and slept as best I could.

The next day it was so windy. I took my little guy for a walk and a shopping trip to get some treats. That evening after dinner I had a gummy and settled in to watch some tv with my parents. We were enjoying a show, chatting, the gummy hit me like a warm blanket making me yawn and feel comfortable. I was looking at my phone and happened to look up out the picture window in time to see a sharp white lightning bolt hit over the lake and another one immediately after. There was no thunder. There was no rain. And the sky above was clear aside from an odd cloud the far end of the lake. My mom got up to look out the window and mentioned the cloud, so I walked over to look... it was round with a hole in the middle. I said "that lightning blasted a hole right through that cloud" and bang! Just as I finished my words, lightnight flashed through the cloud. My mom jumped and looked at me shocked, "You did that" she said "you called that lighting". Her shriek freaked me out and instantly my anxiety shot up. The gummy paranoia kicked in, but the lighting was strange. I went back to the couch afraid to look. My mom watched commenting that the lightning was only striking in the same place with the only clouds in sight and the sky was clear above. I went to look one more time and when the lighting struck, I saw something. Maybe it was reflection from behind me, but it looked like something was blending in with the sky and the lighting lit behind it. I turned to look at my dad saying, that's not just lightning.

That night I couldn't sleep until at least 2am. At about 5am I woke up to find my little guy sitting at the end of my bed, staring at the door open just a bit for the cat to get in if she wanted. He was growling and would not move. I called him to come up closer to me, he shimmied up, but would not look away from the door. I got up and decided to go to the bathroom, being brave, I opened the door and he barked twice as I opened it. I looked out, nothing. I went to the bathroom and returned to bed. I fell back to sleep for maybe a half hour to wake up and find him still there, growling. My niece's dog came up and spooned me, my cat came up and laid on top of me, purring, but my little guy stayed put, growling. I fell back asleep until about 8am and found him curled up with me finally sleeping.

Saturday I drove home in the later afternoon and before I left I went out side where I had looked up and apologised for my fear. On the drive home I put it out there, I'm sorry I'm afraid but these little frights might help me get stronger. I asked for my dog and my cat to be safe, and that nighttime might not be the best time to send me signs. I visualised a blue sky with clouds that looked like blowing bubbles. It's been gray and rainy since.

My friends, its been a long time since I opened myself up to the universe because it's been a rough few years. I'm so sad and broken with my dog gone, with my neighbours sketchy behaviour, the fear for the safety of my other dog and cat. I've decided to pack up and sell my house. I can't live there any longer with the energy around it. I did my best last year to focus on my garden growing, on creating a peaceful, welcoming oasis for birds and squirrels and people who needed somewhere to feel safe and comforted. I bought the house for my dog and now he's gone.

I'm not sure why I'm writing this but I guess its to tell this story. I'm not sure what is to come and I hope that we will be able to find a new home that will not ruin me financially having to sell so soon after buying. I hope that whatever caused my dog to go, he is at peace and forgives me for making the decision I made. I hope you, my friends, have love and support around you.

Edit: Thank you to you all for your love and support, kindness and thoughts. I appreciate the love I felt reading each one of your comments and accept you into my heart to help me build protection around my home, my dog & cat, until we are able to move from this house. I wish you all love, joy and strength.

For those that follow Moon phases, waxing Moon right now. New moon was yesterday.

If you have more than one message, please split them up, and make each request a separate comment.

I ask that people limit their requests to only 2, but if it is really important, do more. Just remember that simple requests can be done on the Wednesday Wishes post.

At the end of the day, this post will be locked to new comments. All week long the energy of this spell will build as more people read the requests and lend their energies to those who made their desire known.

So, stand in the circle, hold hands, and send what you have out one hand and pull what you need with the other. Feel how the power keeps growing with every new person that enters the spell circle.

Lets all bend the Universe together.

Traditionally, there has long been a widespread belief that mirrors serve as portals to other worlds. And, frankly speaking, this idea is not entirely unfounded. It is also believed that mirrors store and accumulate information, which likewise corresponds to reality. However, this does not apply to every mirror. Mirrors produced by traditional methods using silvering (meaning they contain a silver component in their physical structure) tend to possess this quality to a greater degree. Mirrors can also reflect the energies present within a home. For this reason, in Slavic tradition it is said that when a deceased person lies in the house, mirrors should be covered so they do not absorb “deceased” energy or reflect it back to the living. When the deceased is carried through the space, mirrors are covered, and similar customs are observed.

Hello everyone, creaky witch from the UK here. I have 6 indoor black cats. On Saturday tourmaline 5F sneaked past me on the front porch, I thought I'd closed the front door. She went round the side of the house and under the side gate before i could get to her. I go out the back and nothing. Done all the usual things, posted on lost pet pages on FB and the neighbourhood app. I saw her slinking away from the french windows yesterday so I went out and she was by the apple tree between next door's wooden fence and the wire fence my side in front of it. I was all smiles, told her how good she was and I got a few demanding yows back. Then she goes into next door's garden. I go round to look and nothing. I put a worn nightee on the grass so she has my scent. At 4am it was light so i go out again and a cat has peed on it. I'm a carer for my 83yr old mum and us and the other 5 cats are going frantic. I've dowsed, and done cards, some magik and invoked Bast and Freya. I'm so scared. We just want her home.

Thank you for reading this far, blessed be.

Last Sunday I asked for something unexpected money to come to me and my household. I found out that Im owed almost 900.00 from the tax commissioner's office.
i’m sending them proof of my new address and home this week. I wanna thank you All for the power you invested in me this past week blessed be to all.

Most resources treat that as a list. Four separate folk beliefs, vaguely related, filed under "rosemary correspondences." You memorize it, or you don't, and either way you don't really understand why.

That's the problem r/materiamagica is trying to solve.

The sub is built around a simple but underused idea: every magical ingredient has a Virtue, a single underlying power that explains everything it does. Rosemary's is Remembrance. Once you see that, the list stops being a list and starts being a logical system. It sharpens memory. It holds the identity of a space against intrusion. It anchors oaths in time. It carries grief across the boundary of death. Same power, different contexts.

There are many ways to pet a cat. Here's a simpler version of that idea: if you have a headache, you can take ibuprofen, drink a glass of water, put a cold cloth on your forehead, or sleep. All of them can work. But they work through completely different mechanisms. Ibuprofen reduces inflammation. Water fixes dehydration. Cold constricts blood vessels. Sleep resets your nervous system. Knowing how each one works tells you which one to reach for.

Materia magica works the same way. Multiple ingredients can protect a home. But salt does it through Extraction, drawing out and purging what doesn't belong. Rosemary does it through Remembrance, holding the identity of the space against what contradicts it. These aren't the same working in different wrappers. They're different tools that happen to overlap in one area of their range.

Understanding Virtues means you stop swapping ingredients randomly and start choosing intentionally. It also means you start noticing things: convergences across traditions, physical signatures that point toward function, the places where Roman herbalists and Appalachian root workers landed on identical conclusions from completely different directions.

That's what we're here to dig into. Come share what you know.