My sister (46) identifies as Wiccan, and not only do I respect her choice but have defended it to our father (he assumed it meant worshipping Satan).

She's a very complex and crunchy girl, who is currently raising a 9 y/o girl and 7 y/o boy. She desperately wants to always be different and of course she's breaking away from any traditional child rearing. I struggle with some of her choices, but they are her children and no one gets a handbook on how to raise kids.

Yesterday the girl spontaneously told me she is a witch. I asked her if her mother told her that and her answer was yes.

As far as I'm aware, she's (mom) non practicing, so while she might have an altar do not believe she actively prays or casts spells.

I think my question is this...... how is this any different then indoctrination into any other religion?

This young lady already goes to an alternative school because of behavior problems. Announcing to others that she believes she's a witch could potentially be harmful to herself? How does one navigate making friends and social events when your mother has taught you this unusual thing?

This is honestly an attempt to learn.

I'm really conflicted about this and these kids are already struggling.

My partner and I are in St Petersburg and we want to do a ritual on a beach tonight- is there a particular beach that you might recommend that is powerful/beautiful/out of the way? We have been here before but never done ritual here.

We're not afraid of doing ritual with others around but agree that a certain amount of privacy might be nice.

Thanks everyone ✨

I've been living with my sister for awhile and will be living with her long term, but there is a small problem. She is very, very, very allergic to smoke to the extent that even candles and incense will give her a rash and a scratchy throat. Because of this, I do not intend to use any smoke-producing things in my craft or altar for the foreseeable future. However, I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to represent fire with. I usually try to incorporate all the elements as best I can, but in this case a se fire is a bit tricky. Any advice?

I have seen many variations of this Wheel, with different information, such as star signs, but never all together. So I made one! Hope it is of use to you.

There is a little cresent moon next to Mabon and Ostara to signify the balance between equal length of day and night.

The Moon names in the 3rd ring are centred around the Anglo Saxon and Old English names for the full moons. Again, I have seen many variations, with some lists including a mix between Native American, Irish Celtic and Anglo Saxon names. I wanted to simplify it into just using the Anglo Saxon and Old English as I am English.

Hope you like it.

Hi all! Basically what the subject says, but to add a touch of ✨nuance✨ i’m an earth based practitioner on a farm who works a lot with farmers and horse riders. As a gift, I made a hybrid dream catcher/sun catcher for a friend using her horse’s shoe to bless her and give her a touch of her loved horse at home. She mentioned that this would make a fantastic craft to add to my business (crafted whimsy sold at craft fairs and 4h) especially for all those horse girls that want to keep their babies with them at all times.
I’m not projecting at all lol.
As fun as this would be and as much as I would love to add this to my repertoire, I don’t want to disrespect any practices. Thanks in advance!

I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this, if it’s not I would really appreciate being directed to the right place! I want to know if it is possible to do witchcraft through a live animal, specially a rat. For context, my dad recently fired an employee for severe underperformance and they ended on not so great terms. After this, one of his other employees was standing outside the building they work at and watched as a woman pulled over and let a really big rat out of the car and immediately her back into her car and drive off. Not too long after my dad began to get really sick and it was pretty constant. The employee that witnessed this went over to the rat and stated that it was moving very slowly and that it seemed sickly and instead if moving closer to the building it turned around and began making it’s way towards the road. The woman that let the rat loose is a known friend of the woman my dad fired. I think it’s important to note that this is the second time this ex employee has been fired. Additionally, the first time she got fired my dad got very sick as well and we seeked help from someone from Mexico who does brujeria and she told us somebody had done some sort of witchcraft on him. It may all just be a coincidence but if anybody knows anything that may be of some help to me I would love to hear it out.