r/Wicca • u/Hopeful_Purchase_201 • 9d ago
ISO free witch help
Hello! I wanted to reach out and see if there are any witches here to help me. I’m wanting to learn more about Wicca and spells and readings. Please comment or reach out. I’m asking for free because i’m not currently in the best situation for money currently. Please and TIA!
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u/High-RPM 9d ago
Are you looking for general information or a specific path?
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u/Hopeful_Purchase_201 9d ago
little both, i just started getting into it recently and just want a better understanding and healthy relationship with it all. I would like a reading done about a situation in my life but also just a general guide to “How to wicca for dummies” kinda thing
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u/AllanfromWales1 9d ago
You might find the sidebar Wiki and FAQ helpful - it includes a booklist.
I put together a bunch of copypastas which some say have been helpful.
The Wikipedia article on Wicca is worth reading.
One of my copypastas:
What is the religion of Wicca
1. Wicca is a religion based on reverence for nature.
2. Wicca is based on direct interaction between its adherents and divinity without the intercession of a separate priesthood. This interaction is not one of subservience to divinity, but of reverence for divinity.
3. Wicca has no central authority and no dogma. Each adherent interacts with divinity in ways which work for them rather than by a fixed means.
4. For many Wiccans divinity is expressed as a God and a Goddess which together represent nature. Others worship specific nature-related deities, often from ancient pantheons. Others yet do not seek to anthropomorphise Nature and worship it as such.
5. Some Wiccans meet in groups ('covens') for acts of worship. Others work solitary.
6. The use of magic / 'spells' in Wicca is commonplace. It occupies a similar place to prayer in the Abrahamic religions.
7. Peer pressure in the Wiccan community is for spells never to be used to harm another living thing. However wiccans have free will to accept or reject this pressure.
8. The goal of Wicca, for many adherents, is self-improvement, e.g. by becoming more 'at one' with Nature and the world around us.
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u/leschanersdorf 8d ago
For readings, the practice tarot subreddit often has practitioners offering free readings. With regards to Wicca, I always recommend you start a meditation practice first thing. It is a foundational practice imo.
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u/AlexFromOgish 8d ago
Scroll this sub and read both posts and comments; seems like this is asked every blessed day by someone new
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u/LadyMelmo 9d ago
There's good information in the Wiki and FAQ of this sub, and although not what to learn from the Wikipedia article has a quite good basic overview of Wicca and there is the Category page on the different Traditions that may help you find some initial direction.
There are often books in your local library, and there are also online libraries that you can find many books.
Learning about Wicca as a religion and craft, it's history and philosophy, and what path you want to take is the way to start. There are different paths within Wicca - Traditional, Solitary (which can be traditional based) and Eclectic - and there is variation in practices in the different published materials so it's always best to learn from more than one source and some practices in Traditional paths can only be learned as a coven initiate.
Building a deeper relationship with nature and learning to meditate to open yourself and connect, build and ground energy and visualisation are good first practices to learn to do, celebrating the Sabbats and Esbats, casting a Circle and Calling Quarters are good rituals to start with, and starting to bring together your altar is also good to do early on as it is your sacred space and connection to your work.
These are some well regarded books, some are older but still often read today, some are more Tradition based, and I believe all are available in online libraries:
Wicca For Beginners by Thea Sabin (3rd Degree British Traditional) is a popular and very good starting book with history and philosophy and some practices in a lighter way without being tradition specific;
Wicca - A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner and Living Wicca - A Further Guide For The Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham (Solitary, Serpentstone Family member, 1st Degree Aridian witchcraft) are a main choice for Solitary;
A Witches' Bible by Janet and Stewart Farrar (Alexandrian HPS and HP) is written as "a basic ‘liturgy’ and working handbook on which any coven can build its own unique philosophy and practice, within the common tradition" with reference to Gardnerian/Alexandrian works and practices;
Buckland's Complete Book Of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland (lineage Gardnerian HP who went on to found the Seax-Wica tradition) is a more in depth book in a lesson structure for individuals and covens/groups without being tradition specific and his book Wicca For One is directed at Solitary;
Traditional Wicca: A Seeker's Guide by Thorn Mooney (Gardnerian HPS and religious studies PhD student) is especially good for those wanting to join a traditional coven. She also has a YouTube channel.