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That’s all of my spells! I only use my personal correspondence system, and my spells are just as effective when someone else is the target.

Has anybody on here tried an experiment where they've used a completely personal to them (unknown otherwise) correspondence on ANOTHER PERSON with success?

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I've officially set up a Ko-fi! There's no pressure to donate; it's simply an option if you wish to. c:

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Running out of time if you want to submit a question for this pilot!! I’m going to try to record over the weekend and only have one question so far!

Open Call for Questions for the Pilot Episode!

Thinking about recording a trial/pilot episode in the next week or two, so if you’d like to submit a question to a witchy advice podcast go ahead and send an ask!

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hi! are there any good witchy/spirit work esque discord servers that you know of that are open to the public?

Hey Anon, I’m not really active in any public occult servers right now. I recently joined a new one, but I haven’t been there long enough to feel like I can recommend it.

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Hi Anon, I’ve been practicing for a little more than 25 years, and guess how I create my spells. I just make them up! And I learned to do that and got experience and practice at it by doing it over the course of years!

You gain experience in a thing by doing it! You don’t learn how to create amazing cookie recipes by only baking other people’s recipes- eventually you have to try making your own!

I was wondering if a spell would work if I just . Made it up? Like using correspondences and all, and just doing it in a way that makes sense to me, do you perhaps think it would work? Or is it necessary to follow a proper spell from someone who is more experienced? Sorry if this is a dumb question ily you're awesome thank you for being so wonderful all the time x

Anon, dear anon, this is the art of spell work. The great thing about art is that anyone can do it. How do you think most people on Tumblr get the spells they create posts for? They have to make them and (usually) cast them. And you should absolutely create your own spells. They'll make more sense for you in the long run, you'll get some practice under your belt, and you'll be able to figure out what didn't work!

And who's the "more experienced" person in this case? More years of being a magical practitioner? Well, years of existing as one does not equal years of active effort. More years studying spell work specifically? Studying doesn't necessarily yield results without practice. They seem more knowledgeable about [stones/plants/whatever]? They learned that through study and practice, and you can do that too! They have a bunch of fancy titles? If you're not in the exact same branch of practice that they are, those titles mean diddly squat! You look up to them? We're all here on Tumblr. None of us can take the high road.

I am a wizard who firmly believes in the addage of "fuck around and find out". If you're worried about something like spell backfire/malfunction, then practice on spells that won't have catastrophic consequences. (One of my earliest spells that I designed was a Pokemon-based spell jar for luck. Even if it didn't work, it wouldn't be catastrophic, ya know?)

Now, if you're working in a specific paradigm that requires particular things for spells, that may be more tricky and I cannot assist because I operate in no such paradigm. But that doesn't seem to be the case based on how you phrased your ask, so I won't try getting into that.

Here's a link to a tag full of spell work resources.

As a final and very broad note, I am not an authority on magic and do not want to be treated as such. I'm happy to shoot the shit over any topic, but please don't see me as a teacher or - worse! - an influencer. I just exist in my little blogs and talk about my little blorbos. (I'm not saying you, anon in particular, are treating me as such, I just have to add this disclaimer to just about everything nowadays.)

~Jasper

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We always want to hear from you Sec!

Does it greatly affect the success of a spell if you don't exactly believe or if you doubt it will work? And if so, how do you fix this? I thank you greatly for being so kind and informative in all your posts,,, you're a brilliant person and I'm glad you exist in this universe 🤍

Hey, Nonny, thank you kindly for the compliments! That was very sweet of you to say. c:

I'm not exactly sure. 🤔 It's been awhile since I've been able to cast anything, and unfortunately, my notes are packed away atm. I would suggest asking this question to @jasper-pagan-witch , @windvexer , or @stagkingswife (unsure if Stag would know, but I've seen her post about witchcraft before!). Hopefully, one of these lovely people can be of more assistance to you. c:

Take care, Nonny, and my apologies for not having an answer! Have a good day/night. 🧡

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I have had tumblr and discord dreams, but never featuring a cell phone. When phons ring in my dreams they’re still landlines despite never having a landline in my adult life.

everyone agreeing with this tweet is so lucky because cell phones have absolutely been in my dreams, specifically DREAMS ABOUT TUMBLR DISCOURSE. I literally had a dream my mutuals made a callout for me i'm not fucking joking helppp

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I was thinking about this yesterday when I saw someone describe themselves as a “platonic godspouse” of an entity. I can understand the use of the phrase if your devotional relationship emulates the experience of a queer platonic relationship, where you’re life partners with someone but not necessarily in a romantic or sexual relationship. But that wasn’t the case in this example, as far as I could tell.

“Devotee” can be just as deep of a relationship as “godspouse.” Heck, I know some devotees with deeper devotional relationships than some godspouses I’ve spoken to. Please don’t forget about this word, folks.

A genuine question, did the word "devotee" just up and vanish from language while I wasn't looking?

Linguistic drift is totally a thing, but I'm deeply confused and more than a little baffled at "godspouse" becoming the term used for any oath or close relationship to a deity.

Maybe it's because I've been doing this particular form of mysticism for over a decade, but when I was getting started it was Very Clear (on what resources were out there,) that this was a marriage in a literal sense. It was also stressed that you (general you) can have a relationship with a god that's just as deep (or deeper) than marriage and not be oathed to them at all.

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Just cast @breelandwalker’s Straw Into Gold spell as part of a little experiment with some friends.

Fuller write up to come!

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You know, in my response I wrote and then deleted the line, “and I bet dollars to donuts that Chicken will also say ‘it depends’.” I didn’t want to seem presumptuous…. But deep in my little deer heart I knew.

Does it greatly affect the success of a spell if you don't exactly believe or if you doubt it will work? And if so, how do you fix this? I thank you greatly for being so kind and informative in all your posts,,, you're a brilliant person and I'm glad you exist in this universe 🤍

Hey, Nonny, thank you kindly for the compliments! That was very sweet of you to say. c:

I'm not exactly sure. 🤔 It's been awhile since I've been able to cast anything, and unfortunately, my notes are packed away atm. I would suggest asking this question to @jasper-pagan-witch , @windvexer , or @stagkingswife (unsure if Stag would know, but I've seen her post about witchcraft before!). Hopefully, one of these lovely people can be of more assistance to you. c:

Take care, Nonny, and my apologies for not having an answer! Have a good day/night. 🧡

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I don’t post about my withcraft practice as much as I post about my spirit work practice, but I do have one!

To me this is a great big “It Depends On Your Paradigm” answer, which is my favorite answer. Some people say spells work better if you believe in them because they are powered by your intention, and not believing it will work weakens your intentions. Others will say your belief doesn’t make a difference, it’s the actions and ingredients that matters.

I say, why don’t you experiment and find out for yourself, Anon.

Pick a simple spell with clear measurable results (like Sec’s Peach Cobblah spell), cast it once and try to doubt it as hard as you can. Really try to convince yourself that everything you just did was BS and hokum. Then cast is again, and change nothing about the process, but try to believe in it this time, as much as possible. Take good notes both times (shameless plug here for my spell lab notes post) and see which one works out better.

Does it greatly affect the success of a spell if you don't exactly believe or if you doubt it will work? And if so, how do you fix this? I thank you greatly for being so kind and informative in all your posts,,, you're a brilliant person and I'm glad you exist in this universe 🤍

Hey, Nonny, thank you kindly for the compliments! That was very sweet of you to say. c:

I'm not exactly sure. 🤔 It's been awhile since I've been able to cast anything, and unfortunately, my notes are packed away atm. I would suggest asking this question to @jasper-pagan-witch , @windvexer , or @stagkingswife (unsure if Stag would know, but I've seen her post about witchcraft before!). Hopefully, one of these lovely people can be of more assistance to you. c:

Take care, Nonny, and my apologies for not having an answer! Have a good day/night. 🧡

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Your cards cannot think for you your teachers cannot think for you spirits cannot think for you your gods cannot think for you. YOU have to think for you. Do not outsource your thinking onto other figures, because there are and will be people looking to fill that void and tell you where to go and what to do and how to spend your money, and you will cede all control if someone speaks it cleverly enough.

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What if you’re in a loving, long term, hetero marriage with your oak?

Get in loser, we're starting an oak cult.

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Kicking around further ideas for my note taking series. Open to opinions at this point so it’s poll time!

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Rowan inspired me. I cleaned and reorganized the ole’ altar last night. Swapped in the shell offering dishes for summer, put out the two new antler sheds I found last season.

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Open Call for Questions for the Pilot Episode!

Thinking about recording a trial/pilot episode in the next week or two, so if you’d like to submit a question to a witchy advice podcast go ahead and send an ask!

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Have I mentioned that I’ve been thinking of starting a witchy/occult/pagan advice podcast? And that my buddies might be rotating guest hosts?

Now’s your chance to submit questions for the pilot episode! Send them to @witch-and-bitch-podcast !

Open Call for Questions for the Pilot Episode!

Thinking about recording a trial/pilot episode in the next week or two, so if you’d like to submit a question to a witchy advice podcast go ahead and send an ask!