Magic Is Just Science We Don’t Understand Yet

[Alt Title Text: A Slightly Deeper Ask Game for Practitioners of Folk Magic, Traditional Magic, and Spirit Work]

A @hagstoneandtoadsbone ask game for those who practice centers on folk magic, traditional magic/traditional witchcraft, folklore, cunning practice, and spirit work. Reblog to participate and invite your followers to send you a keyword to ask you questions. Don't forget to send and ask to the person you're reblogging from to keep it going.

Nettle: What are your plant allies, and how did you form your relationship with them?

Lantern: What was a spirit encounter that profoundly impacted your practice or worldview?

Fur: What forms/shapes do your familiars take, and how do they make themselves known to you?

Grove: Where is your favorite place to work with the land and why?

Formula: What would the “recipe” for your practice look like? (Tradition, intuition, land work, ancestor work, scholarship, etc.)

Fog: What relationship do you keep with the spirits of the dead and how do you maintain it?

Hearth: What folklore, regional practice, or historical tradition most shaped your craft?

Iron: What is a magical no-no you personally refuse to break?

Vessel: What physical object in your toolset feels truly inhabited by spirit?

Cobweb: What is something about witchcraft/magic that you had to unlearn the hard way?

Salt: What is your most-used ingredient, tool, or materia, and why?

Owl: What is an omen you received that turned out to be insanely accurate?

Ember: What is a spell, rite, or working you wish you could go back and relive?

Tallow: What offering has gotten the strongest response from spirits?

Heirloom: What part of your practice feels inherited, even if nobody taught it to you directly?

Black Cat: What are some boundaries that exist between you and your familiars or spirits?

Thread: What do you see as the thread that ties all the pieces of your your practice together philosophically or spiritually?

Offering: What aspect of your practice demands the most sacrifice from you?

Stone: What landscape feels the most spiritually charged to you? Forests, rivers, graveyards, crossroads, deserts, coastlines?

Ballad: What is a text, myth, ballad, or folktale feels spiritually “true” to you?

Ward: What protections do you maintain even when you aren’t actively practicing?

Foundation: What core foundations does your practice stand on? (Animism, reciprocity, devotion, rebellion, healing, sorcery, etc.)

Hearthkeeping: What mundane chore or act secretly feels magical to you?

Serpent: What spirit, deity, saint, or force do you approach with the most caution?

Storm: What natural phenomenon feels most spiritually significant to you? Fog, thunder, tides, drought, wildfire, etc.?

Petition: What role does prayer, petition, or devotion play in your work?

Crossroads: Does your practice belong to a specific place, or has it adapted wherever you go?

Transformation: What part of your practice has changed the most over time?

Mask: What misconceptions about traditional witchcraft or folk magic frustrate you the most?

Broom: What does your hearth mean to your practice?

Blood: What price do you believe magic demands, if any?

Hush: What is a ritual or practice you only do in secrecy?

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