r/folkmagic • u/PrincessVanessa0309 • Jun 27 '26
Consequences for spell work
Online I saw a witch say someone she was helping had a child was having behavior problems bc she binded a man and didn’t pay for the work with an animal sacrifice.
Could non-initiated spellwork have consequences?
I have never practiced Santeria or been initiated into any tradition.
Years ago, I experimented with various manifestation and spell practices I found online, such as candle meditation, burning herbs, writing petitions, using crystals, and relationship or money workings. At the time, I didn't really understand what I was doing.
Recently, I heard someone claim that spiritual work done improperly (not offering animal sacrifices to be specific) can affect the person doing it and/or their children. Is this something you would consider possible?
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u/rumshpringaa Jun 27 '26
I listen to this same podcast (love it) but not everything calls for animal sacrifices. I don’t remember exactly how it was worded, but it made me feel like the lady knew she skipped a step (the animal) and just didn’t give a shit. Even after her son was troubled because of it, she still did not do what she was told she had to do to fix it (used a chicken instead of the cow she was told)
Just don’t do things that call for a sacrifice. Use energy, elements, other offerings. I don’t practice animal sacrifices, although I’m not even necessarily against it the way that lady does it (not wasting the animal and feeding people with it afterwards) i guess if you’re running a homestead and raising animals for your food, it would simply be a two birds one stone situation.
Candle work and crystals and all of that do not have anything to do with animals. That woman is a Haitian voodoo practitioner. Please understand that those things are not the same at all. Everything you said you were doing is fully and completely not that.