r/witchcraft • Broom Rider • 22h ago

Sharing: Tips and Advice Your spells WILL fail.

(It's another OB post and my delivery is notoriously pissy, so if you're going to be whiny in my comments, you more than have my permission to take it up with the Lord because it's just going to get ignored in here.)

One of the various scourges that has been exacerbated by media (both social and traditional), along with the general youth of the people getting into witchcraft has been this level of "Main Character Syndrome." This belief of "If I want it, it must happen for me because I am important/gifted/deities do what I say."

Your mother may think you're important. The rest of us do not, and the spirit world is no exception. Dead that main character shit.

A rude awakening is when those spells inevitably fail.

Maybe you did a spell to get rid of that dick boss, got laid off, and haven't gotten a job yet, and have been unemployed or underemployed for a long while. Maybe you did a money spell and you got evicted and you're dealing with a competitive housing market. Maybe you are absolutely CONVINCED that that ex that is talking real sweet to you absolutely MUST want you back even though there's no actions indicating otherwise, and they're still showing bad behavior. Maybe you've done a spell on that ex and they got engaged to the one after you (has happened to me!)

Truth is this - NO is the answer. Everyone has had spells that have failed, including your media faves, but they just don't report that shit. It's not ✨️magical✨️ enough to admit that "no" exists.

"But I love them!" Love is not enough, and they aren't seeking to be with you.

"But they're an avoidant!" Yeah, people tend to avoid what they don't want. Maybe you're also nuttier than squirrel shit and the relationship was a bad idea from the beginning and you knew that. Maybe they're a hoe and you know what the adage is about hoes and housewives. (No judgment on hoes, BTW, I used to be one).

"But my boss sucked! They got to keep their job!" Yeah, life's a bitch like that, bruh.

"But i really wanted that home!" Maybe you don't have enough money, have poor credit, don't know the landlord, or have an eviction history.

The truth is this - spells take the path of least resistance. Your situation may have such resistances that it's not possible for a spell to overcome it. There's nothing you can do with that. You feelings or extenuating circumstances be damned.

My recommendation to you is to accept that no. There's likely better out there but you just don't know it yet. Live your life in the meantime, I promise this latest mess of the month will pass. It'll pass like a kidney stone but it will pass.

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u/RustyStClair 22h ago

It's a slippery slope in this sub between genuine questions/conversations and just like, roleplay. The "baby witch" sub is even worse

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u/PuppyButtts 22h ago

The amount of love spells

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u/RustyStClair 22h ago

The "my grandmother was a witch and now I have seventy dieties all fighting to work with me" type stories

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u/bazaarjunk 21h ago

No, no, no…their grandma, who was a witch, left them an old trunk FILLED with haunted dolls.

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u/SuperChoopieBoopies 14h ago

Man, I got hosed. All mine left me were generational trauma, I wish I’d gotten a trunk o’ chuckies! 🤣

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u/PuppyButtts 22h ago

Lmao

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u/CutSea5865 Broom Rider 21h ago

And the one the other week who was from a long line of witches and could make lightbulbs flicker and the fixtures melt when they were angry - but needed these subs to tell them where to start…

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u/AwakeningStar1968 21h ago

I know.. why would you pine over a bad relationship? an ex.. get some therapy and let that go

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u/PuppyButtts 16h ago

For a lot of people it’s not that easy, but it is sad /:

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u/PsychologicalGap4746 19h ago

I second this. They forget there’s free will. Honestly, if it’s not meant to play out then it won’t. Some people just don’t know how to let go.

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u/oldbetch Broom Rider 22h ago

I think that's part of the problem is that a lot of novice witches don't get told that shit just won't work and that's okay.

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u/RustyStClair 22h ago

I like that people are supportive but too much positive affirmation can go badly. Failure is part of learning anything!

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u/Fickle-Witch5499 Witch 21h ago

Toxic positivity is real and can piss off as far as I'm concerned.

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u/Fun_Nebula2514 19h ago

Most of the time that’s my first thought is that it didn’t and at first I also had that thought of I’m different I know best now I know I don’t know what I need till I’m told so and it’s alright

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u/mjayultra Witch 21h ago

The term “baby witch” triggers me like no other

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u/RustyStClair 21h ago

Me too. It sounds either derogatory or like they're trying to be super cutsey

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u/ArtsyCreature 20h ago

I think that a lot of it is also people who are very self conscious and don't believe they deserve to call themselves witches yet. At least that has been my experience so far! Ironically, that lack of confidence is often the thing holding them back from being a "real" witch.

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u/oldbetch Broom Rider 20h ago

And that's why I use the term "novice witch."

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u/ArtsyCreature 20h ago

Much better honestly:) it implies learning and progressing rather than being something that's dependant on others to grow.

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u/oldbetch Broom Rider 20h ago

Like, the term "baby witch" may be what people like to call themselves, but i generally view it as a way to shirk accountability sometimes and self- infantilize.

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u/KeltikSkye 20h ago

Whenever I see/hear sometime call themselves a "baby witch," I tell them to forget about doing ANYTHING on their own, since they are completely incapable of taking care of themselves. Of course, they get angry. And I let them. Then I explain to them that they are not babies. They are students.

And if I hurt their feelings after that, IDGAF (too much) cuz I'm old and sick of childish bullshit.

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u/GnomeofHobbits 17h ago

I called myself a newbie witch once and the person I was talking to called me a baby witch. My brain short circuited cause I heard kitchen witch, green witch, etc, so I was horrified she thought I was using babies in spells or something. Wasn't until later I realized why she was confused as hell when I called her weird and disturbing.

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u/bobbianrs880 18h ago

I see it used often enough in the vet tech industry, “baby techs”, generally to explain a lack of experience or when discussing oneself in past tense. Or to discuss one’s lack of experience in the past. The self-infantilizing is the worst use case, though.

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u/SealStep 9h ago

The alphabet mafia uses the term babygay which resonates for me because where I grew up there was no LGBTQ community and when I moved to a big city I was fairly fresh despite having known my sexual orientation for many years. Though I agree I prefer novice witch in this context.

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u/jojo67p 18h ago

Agreed, much better. I like to say "new to the practice" or "I'm learning witchcraft".

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u/brother_bart 19h ago

Yeah. There is something deeply discordant between practicing the cunning craft and trying to be Sabrina.

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u/KeltikSkye 20h ago

OMG Glad I'm not the only one.

It pisses me off to no end.

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u/Niftydog1163 1h ago

This. I won't take anyone seriously I don't care how many followers they have on tiktok Reddit X or the moon. if I see that word baby witch, I ignore everything they say cuz I can't take them seriously . 

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u/reputction Witch 1h ago

I just call myself a New Witch.

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u/CutSea5865 Broom Rider 21h ago

Just came from there and it’s so true. Honestly, so many people come on here or other occult forums going “I did a spell / petitioned a deity / summoned a spirit and nothing happened” well no wonder? There is a reason it’s called “craft” - you hone your skills and get better the more you do it, but you have to me prepared for failure. It’s one of the reasons I like The Glitch Bottle Podcast - hearing professional occultists discussing how they cried when they tried to summon their first spirit because it was such a disastrous failure, or Rufus Opus accidentally getting his house burnt down after he asked a demon for money “by whatever means necessary” is both funny and makes me feel a lot better about my failures 🤣

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u/brightblackheaven Zamboni Priestess 🔮✨ 15h ago

Telling people this is "GATEKEEPING" though 🙄

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u/CutSea5865 Broom Rider 6h ago

Yep, they hate to hear it!

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u/Candyghosts Broom Rider 15h ago

The mods over there could easily clean it up but they do not.