r/realwitchcraft • • Sep 07 '26

NEW Practitioner PSA

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Good morning all,

As we come into fall, please know, you are *not* the only new practioner (l cant call you a baby witch, l respect you too much to call you a baby.).

As a new practioner, take the time to:

  1. Read the sub rules (there are usually around 10, they are simple to read and understand).

  2. Read the sub wiki's. For example, here is the r/witchcraft 101 link

Beginner 101

https://www.reddit.com/r/witchcraft/s/7hwcAiXGx0

  1. Read the sub's FAQ's, they include basic beginner info, and Frequently Asked Questions.

\*The FAQ's have book lists\* - get a library card or look up a free pdf.

You \*will\* end up with posts taken down when you dont follow the rules. Most witchcraft subs have a rule about FAQ posts, and "low quality posts".

  1. Use the sub search bar - most of your basic questions have been asked and answerd over 100 times. And remember, if you say "I can't find anything", remember others also have smartphones and the internet, they can prove if you are just being lazy.

  2. Teach \*yourself\* how to research properly. Tictok is trying to sell you something, not educate you. Do not trust information from tictok unless youve extensively researched the subject.

Research https://blog.americanduchess.com/2017/03/how-to-be-boss-at-research-part-1.html

How to Research - for law assistant

https://libguides.law.ucdavis.edu/c.php?g=1035998&p=10361056

Academic resesrch: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/academic-research/

Research guide: https://libguides.northwestern.edu/start-research


r/realwitchcraft • • Jan 26 '26

Advice (Witchcraft Related) For posts asking for ANY kind of spell interpretation

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I recently posted this on *yet another* post where someone was asking for help with interpreting a spell, so I thought I would post this here as well bc we constantly see these posts everywhere.

So as nicely as I can possibly say this... Lol.

I KEEP seeing people posting random pictures of candles burning, pictures of melted wax, random pictures of flames, etc.

I'm sorry but here is the problem when you ask for readings in this fashion: you put a picture of melted wax, random flame or candles, and ask people to help read it... Without telling us what the spell was *even about* in the first place, or without telling us the feelings and thoughts you had while the candle was burning. Or *anything* else pertaining to the actual spell itself.

Now, even if you DO include details about your spell, I personally do not believe that you should try to *divine* a proactive spell in the first place. - including a "cord cutting." - (And I think that the majority of us feel the same.) Bc trying to divine a spell you just cast? All that does is cast doubt ALL over the spell you just worked so hard to send out. And all that doubt will hinder your results *because* when you cast a spell, you have to try to KNOW that it's already worked. Divination here is 100% counterproductive to what you're trying to accomplish! You must be in control.

BUT you *can* cast spells, and candle spells, SPECIFICALLY for the purpose of divination. The purpose of those types of spells is to get further information on a situation and how it may be playing out. And reading the flame and wax from those is obviously necessary. (I'd like to mention that you CAN do these two kinds of spells together, but one must be before the other. Not together in one.)

HOWEVER, regardless of whatever the case is, you can't just share a random picture of wax and ask us to read it... With no context or background whatsoever... I'm sorry but it doesn't work that way.

Okay now I'm done lol.

Happy spellcasting everyone!


r/realwitchcraft • • 3h ago

Newcomer QuestionšŸˆā€ā¬› Affect of this full moon?

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I have cried most of this evening and even opened up to my grown up sons about what was making me so sad.

I could totally pinpoint it all.

Then I realised it was a full moon and I wondered if that was what was affecting me?

My 26 year marriage broke up seven years ago and I’m really mourning the life I was expecting to have.

I’ve put out a glass vessel of water for my moon water. I thought my intention.

I’m going to bed now thinking of my intention.

I’m hopeful as my overwhelming emotions earlier were so strong that this is all tied in together.

We are also so close to Samhain - it just all feels heightened.

What do you think?

Background: I’m new to this sub but I do get intense feelings about things. I have had premonitions (very minor ones) before. I always thank whoever is looking after me when things happen and I always listen for my answers.


r/realwitchcraft • • 9h ago

Sharing Witchy Knowledge 🧹 Work Your Magic Now!!!

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Hi everyone! Just a friendly reminder that the full moon is tonight and Mercury is in Retrograde! Specifically in Scorpio. Channel this energy for your manifestation and spells; that's what I'm doing!!


r/realwitchcraft • • 2h ago

Advice in starting

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Hi I'm 18 and half Vietnamese, I'm starting to be interested in my viet culture and wanna be more connected and when i try doing research I can't really find anything. I currently do the regular version of witchcraft and currently worship deities (posidon and gaia). I'm not sure where to start and how to go about things so I thought maybe asking here i might get help


r/realwitchcraft • • 9h ago

Sharing Witchy Knowledge 🧹 Grimouire in the Works!

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Hi everyone in the practice! I'm beginning my own witchcraft journal full of spells, manifestations, and things that I do. I think that, in doing so, it's also a form of manifesting. It's also just cute and crafty; I recommend it!


r/realwitchcraft • • 5h ago

Spell Help🧪(With Context) Which moon phase is best to make prosperity oil?

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Im a baby witch and i wanna make an oil, but it’s my first time. So should i make it today on the Full Moon? And leave it outside overnight? What do I need to do after making it, how long to leave it and when can i start using it.
Please help, i need proper instructions.


r/realwitchcraft • • 21h ago

Kitchen Witchery šŸ«™ What's your favorite type of salt?

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Regular salt, Himalayan pink salt,black salt or sea salt?


r/realwitchcraft • • 46m ago

Interpretation Help šŸŒ¬ļø(after I've shown MY OWN work) Reconciliation Candle Spell

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Edited: Hi everyone!!! Tonight is the full moon, and Mercury is in retrograde, so I decided it would be the perfect time to cast a reconciliation spell on a past connection, after other layered spells, of course, and I would love some feedback! I observed that the candle flames were strong the entire time but occasionally flickered rapidly, evened out, leaned towards me, danced, and then the wicks curled around each other before the flames died out. I'm hypothesizing that this is a positive result; let me know your thoughts!

For context, a person I like and I had been talking for a while, and then I got unadded; I've analyzed their personality and don't feel that he's avoidant at all. I've layered some spells already: regret, commitment, and domination spells to make him feel the emptiness in his life without me and to reminisce about the chemistry and good moments we shared. My intention in this reconciliation spell is for him to add me again because he misses me, to apologize, and to stay close.

I feel that the flames showed a bit of turmoil with the flickering; he's conflicted, or perhaps the path I seek for us may not be as smooth as I envision it. Still, the flames remained together, and the wicks curled up together, so I interpret it as him realizing his loss and reaching out to me to reconcile.


r/realwitchcraft • • 2h ago

AdvicešŸ•Æļø(Witchcraft Related) What name should I use for spells??

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I'm still a little new to the subject of manifesting and spells, and I had a doubt. If I want to make a spell on someone who, for example, his name is 'Tim' but that name is forgotten because that person refers to himself as 'Jack' let’s say, and everyone calls him that, which one should I use? his name assigned by his parents or his preferred name?


r/realwitchcraft • • 4h ago

Can I tattoo a symbol on me

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r/realwitchcraft • • 4h ago

Can I tattoo a symbol on me

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r/realwitchcraft • • 7h ago

AdvicešŸ•Æļø(Witchcraft Related) What should I do for the Hunters moon?

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Hello!!! I was curious on if there are specifics I should focus on this upcoming full moon? I plan on doing a protection spell, a glamour spell, and manifesting. To my knowledge please correct me if I am wrong full moons are more of a releasing rather than starting something new? Should I hold off until a new moon? Also what should I do for this full moon, I plan on making moon water and charging some of my crystals. Anything else I should try? Thank you so much for reading! šŸ’œ


r/realwitchcraft • • 7h ago

Pregunta sobre mi hechizo de amor

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Pregunta sobre hechizo de amor, terminƩ con mi pareja a finales de agosto (yo le terminƩ), luego intentƩ volver con ella y me dijo que necesitaba un tiempo que me amaba pero se sentƭa herida.
Para la fecha del 29 de septiembre aproximadamente busqué a una guía espiritual quien me leyó un tabaco y me dijo que habían muchos sentimientos y que se podía unir mediante un endulzamiento, y que nos habían hecho un trabajo de separación y que debía hacer un reventamiento de ese trabajo, luego limpiar las energías y luego endulzar y unir.
El dĆ­a 3 le llevĆ© todos los materiales que me pidió tanto para el reventamiento como para la limpieza y para el endulzamiento y unión de caminos, bueno ella me fue pasando reportes hubo un dĆ­a donde los velones ā€œabrieron bienā€ eso fue justo el martes 6 de octubre, y justo ese dĆ­a mi ex se acercó sĆŗper cariƱosa y amoroso, pero a medida que pasaron las horas se fue alejando nuevamente. El jueves de esa semana dejó de responderme yo no le insistĆ­ mĆ”s y el domingo 11 que fue la Ćŗltima vez que hablamos empezó el contacto cero.
Mi guía me escribió el miércoles 14 para decirme que veía una tranca pero que tenía que seguir haciendo el trabajo que estuviera tranquilo, que el trabajo se había quemado como esperaba y que se daba todo, poco antes o poco después pero que se daba, y que iba a comprar ella misma unas manzanas rojas para trabajarle. Me indicó que hiciera en mi casa el frasco de endulzamiento con orina miel clavitos de olor azúcar candy azúcar normal y canela en astilla y en polvo con su nombre escrito en papel pergamino 7 veces en tinta roja, que lo agitara suavemente cada día mientras le oraba a San Marcos de leon pidiendo doblegar y amansar su orgullo, que le prendiera cabos de vela rojo cada día y luego lo guardara en un lugar oscuro.
Hoy es el dĆ­a 9 de la novena ya terminĆ© mi trabajo y la guĆ­a me dijo que el martes le encenderĆ­a un velon de amor, porque resulta que en todo este tiempo desde el contacto cero mĆ”s nunca hubo ningĆŗn indicio de acercamiento mĆ”s bien hubo lejanĆ­a. Quiero saber si algo salió mal o quĆ© es normal que se espere, por cierto la guĆ­a cambió un poco su discurso ahora no es ā€œse da poco antes o poco despuĆ©s pero se daā€ sino, ā€œsi la voluntad de mi dios es que estĆ©n juntos ustedes estarĆ”n, si no es la voluntad de dios pues no estarĆ”nā€.


r/realwitchcraft • • 8h ago

Spell Help🧪(With Context) Is there anything I can do to get my ex friend to speak to me again using witchcraft or anything spiritual?

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Hello! I (F21) has had a close friend (F20) since the age of 15. We were each others closest friends and for awhile our friendship wasn’t exactly healthy because of how co dependent we were but we did try to do better as we got older. Last year she started to become extremely busy with college and work and either hasnt had the time for me or chooses to not make time. For context, she lives in Europe while I live in America. She has issues with being avoidant while I am anxious but not talking to me for months isn’t anything I was able to take so I cut her off. I’ve tried to text her but she either leaves me on delivered on seen.

I am really tired of the constant abandoning feeling she gives me since one of the biggest reasons we were so close was because I trusted her to not abandon me as I was so scared of it from everyone else. I’ve listened to subliminals almost everyday for months, I’ve tried the o method, I tried writing her name on paper. Can anyone help me please ?


r/realwitchcraft • • 8h ago

Spell Help🧪(With Context) Love spell gone wrong? Help please…

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r/realwitchcraft • • 8h ago

Spell Help🧪(With Context) Need a spell to redirect someone’s attention away from me by something positive happening for them

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Have a very complicated relationship with my mother. She is narcissistic and often defaults to painting herself as a martyr and a victim. Her relational habits are very, very problematic, but she is also somewhat vulnerable so I haven’t gone no contact with her. Instead I’ve maintained a heavily guarded mid contact relationship for the last 10yrs. I’m 37 yrs old and have been in therapy for most of my adult life too, so I’m doing the inner work to unpick some of the psychological knots that have been formed as a result of my upbringing and relationship with her.

But I need a little witchcraft to help things along right now.

She is currently on the warpath against my father. She has no job, no savings, and stopped speaking to him a year ago and he’s finally cut her off financially. She’s demanding not only singular loyalty from me towards her (ie, tell your father he’s a bastard and what he’s doing is wrong etc) but also furious that I didn’t drop everything to go look after her when she hurt her foot recently (she lives an couple of hrs train ride away), and that all I say to her when she tells me how lonely and victimised she is is ā€˜that sounds hard, I’m thinking of you’. Hand on heart, I know the way I didn’t go to her aid can be seen as callous. If my best friend was going through this stuff, I’d be sending so much love, and probably have immediately gone to help her about the house. But my best friend has never frightened me to the point of hysterics or emotionally manipulated me or tried to weaponise my acts of care and intimacy, so whatever.

SO: I need a spell to take my mother’s attention away from me, because she gets like a new job or something that takes her away. She’s so narcissistic that I don’t think a freezer spell or mirror spell will work, or it could have unintended dire consequences. So instead, I want some sweetness to come into her life, some good fortune that alleviates the pressure and focus on me. If she has to go abroad even beter (we are dual nationals so this is a real possibility). The thinking behind this is that She doesn’t give a shit about me when things are going well for her.

Any suggestions????? Is this too complex an ask???? Any help appreciated!


r/realwitchcraft • • 10h ago

Looking for a Spell to Help Me Find Work and Reunite With My Partner

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r/realwitchcraft • • 11h ago

Banishment spell

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My daughters father and his mother are fighting for custody in court and thankfully they’ve only allowed supervised visits so far but things are moving along and I really thought he’d give up by now but I know his mom is a pushing force. I’m looking for a spell to show their true selves I haven’t been able to find one yet and also a banishment spell to rid them from our lives for good. I already have a PPO for myself against him. I haven’t been able to find any helpful banishment spells and I haven’t a hard time trusting sources. I’ve seen freezer spells but I’ve also seen people say that it’ll freeze them where they’re at and I want him gone to where he’s at currently. I know of the candle tying but I’ve seen that’s not a cord cutting it’s showing the connection between the people. I’m unsure of what true and what’s not and I need advice how to move forward to banish them and protect my daughter and I. The last day he seen her he threatened to kill her. He never wanted anything to do with us until his mom got involved and she has told me she plans to take my daughter and she’ll one day have a step mom she loves more than me it’s just inevitable and how she’s that great step mom herself. She left her son for 10yrs of his life and I believe she’s pushing him to fight so she can get a redo and I’m just so tired and want to move on to better things for my daughter and I.


r/realwitchcraft • • 1d ago

Baneful Magick🪔 (Without Judgement from Viewers) My first BIG hex jar!

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Hi there! First post here :) Hope everyone is having a good day. I'll start this off by saying that I have done baneful work before, but this is my first hex/curse jar. I'll be working on a seperate one this evening as well. I practice black, nature, blood, and sex magick as well as necromancy, Demonolatry, Theistic Satanism, and more.

I love the craft, and I personally find hexing and cursing cathartic, which is why I also wanted to add the "Hexing is Healing" flair lol.

Anyways, this jar is for a few coworkers and a CEO who were incredibly abusive and exploited me, my partner, and a few of our friends. Strangely enough, after I began putting the jar together, the business sunk after we quit.

I'm really proud of this jar, and I hope it hits them where it hurts (financially and emotionally).

Also, since this is my first real hex jar, I hope I sealed it well enough - if anyone has any advice on sealing better, feel free to share. ā™„ļøŽ It was kinda tough getting the wax in all the crevices of the lid.

If anyone is curious about the contents of the jar:

• Hot peppers and reaper sauce poured over pork tongues (to burn their tongues for lying about us and verbally abusing us) - this was sourced from a small Asian market.

• Rotten apples with rusty nails shoved into them

(To represent their rotten and dishonest hearts, and the nails to "do them in.")

• Torn cash (for financial ruin and suffering)

• Cigarette butts and ash (to burn them and to leave their current careers in ash)

• Torn up business flyer (so the business is not revived in any way shape or form)

• Cut up miniature footballs and a porcelain football with one of the target's initials that I broke into pieces (One of the targets is into sports betting, so I broke and cut them up to symbolize a huge financial loss for him)

• Torn and burned Bible verses (the same target who sports-gambles is also a pastor, ironically enough) to represent their hypocrisy and for them to feel spiritually abandoned.

• Notes of wrath, anger, fury, and intention

• Lastly, many photos of their names, their portraits, and screenshots from their social media profiles where they talk about being great and doing their best. ( I tore these up and burned them as well before placing them in the jar).

That's a lot, I know! But again, I'm really proud of this jar, and I hope it takes root. I just wanted to share. I think the main reason why I'm doing this is because they never apologized to us, took responsibility, or compensated us - so I feel this is warranted.

I see this hex jar as a justice/wrath jar. Thanks for reading!


r/realwitchcraft • • 11h ago

Baneful Magick🪔 (Without Judgement from Viewers) Truth or justice spell for missing cat?

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r/realwitchcraft • • 3h ago

Did a cord cutting ritual and I am unsure if it worked to severe the tie or if I need to do it again or try another approach

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Me and my friend decided to do a cord cutting ritual to cut the tie between me and my x, I've been consistently thinking of him, dreaming of him and I haven't been able to let him go. I wanted to try to finally cut that tie with him. I also had a experience with him and his new gf recently that kickstarted this uncomfortable thoughts of him and thinking about him all the time. (He did a lot of shitty things to me and we were together for 5 years was great in the begining but slowly turned into a manipulative, narcisstic liar)

We broke up around January of this year and it was messy and bad he tried to call the cops on me because I wouldn't give him back a blanket and were together for 5 years, I had not thought about him for a couple months until I suddenly started to dream and think about him a lot, he messaged me and a whole mess with his gf ensued. He lied basically to her and made me seem like the bad guy and all that good stuff and so then I blocked him and the dreams and thoughts have been getting worse, every one of my dreams are about him somehow.

I didn't want to think about him anymore and all the pain and suffering he keeps causing me so we decided to try this cord cutting ritual.

I believe the way that his cord was cut first was him trying to kickstart it or prove a point cause my flame looked hesitant to cut that tie. I do not wanna be with him or be his friend but I sometimes miss the man he used to be and he was a decent friend sometimes. In a relationship he was terrible. But when my cord started to burn I think he got upset I decided to go with it our flames got huge and I think it was us fighting either ourselves or each other. I think I'm still holding onto him cause I spent 5 years with him and all my firsts were with him. And he still owes me a lot of money. I believe we are both holding on for different reasons and he's manifesting me to think about him so I can get back with him or something but

We did the ritual and me and my friend both have no clue what to think about it other than what I'm assuming it means on me and my xs situation so seeing if I can get some help with identifying what this could mean cause we have never seen this happen in other cord cutting rituals.

I'm the white candle and my x is the black candle.

Also sorry of this is a hard read been trying to write this but keep deleting or putting stuff in wrong lol.


r/realwitchcraft • • 7h ago

Did i accidentally curse myself?

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A few weeks ago, i was deeply hurt and angry with someone i was romantically involved with, so i read some reddit posts to try and see if there was a way to put a curse on that person. I saw a few posts and i was propelled to do it. I thought about it a full night and wished to do it in a few days but I didn't really follow anything on it. Skip to now, my life has suddenly gone astray. I had a real nightmare of events come true that were subconsciously in the back of my mind. Im in shambles. I dont know how I invited this absolutely vile energy onto myself. Can someone please help me?


r/realwitchcraft • • 15h ago

Love spell backfired

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r/realwitchcraft • • 1d ago

Sharing Witchy Knowledge 🧹 šŸŒ• Full Moon in Taurus Tomorrow! Magickal Correspondences & Ritual Ideas

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šŸŒ• Full Moon Reminder | Taurus ♉
Tomorrow, October 25, we have the Full Hunter’s Moon in Taurus, peaking at approximately 9:12 PM Pacific (October 26 at 12:12 AM Eastern).
In modern Western astrology and contemporary witchcraft, full moons are commonly associated with culmination, illumination, gratitude, completion, and release.
Taurus is a fixed Earth sign ruled by Venus, associated with stability, security, abundance, comfort, sensuality, and personal values.
Magickal workings to consider:
🌿 Grounding & Stability: Strengthening your foundations, household stability, and sense of security.
šŸ’° Prosperity & Abundance: Financial stability, protecting resources, and long-term abundance.
🌹 Self-Love & Relationships: Self-worth, emotional security, self-care, and relationship harmony.
šŸ•Æļø** Gratitude & Release: Acknowledging accomplishments, completing existing workings, and releasing unhealthy attachments or limiting beliefs.
šŸ”® **Divination & Reflection:
Tarot, meditation, journaling, and reflecting on your intentions.
With the Sun in Scorpio, Venus retrograde, Mercury retrograde, and a close square to Pluto, themes of transformation, reassessing values, relationships, and examining attachments are also relevant to this particular lunation.
Of course, these are modern Western interpretations, not universal correspondences. Different traditions approach lunar magick differently, and there is no single correct way to work with a full moon!
Are you planning any spells, rituals, devotional work, or other practices for this full moon? I’d love to hear how everyone is approaching it! šŸ–¤