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Heard some important information on Twitter today, and thought I’d post it here for anyone who may not have heard it. This is actually a thing, devised by human rights organisation called Karma Nirvana.

Princess Knight face reveal :)

even tho nobody asked :p

- neurodivergent witches

- casual witches

- abused witches

I could either be very silly, mischevious, or hearth-y

Just like I said. Illegal adoption.

https://twitter.com/evanchill/status/1010399759088193536

Completely unfit parents can get their children back like it’s nothing and this poor woman who loves her child and just wants him with her again cannot? How is this not human trafficking/kidnapping? 

Also:

The judge said the biological mother had no rights to even see her child, according to the mother’s lawyer.

Here’s a link:

https://4ocean.com/pages/octopus 

There’s different colors representing different sea creatures ❤️🌊 

Fog is often a forgotten aspect of weather that seems to get passed over when it comes to witchcraft despite it having some powerful and noble uses as well as a history in the craft. Though not all areas get fog commonly, many do, almost every morning depending on the time of year. Allow this small post to perhaps be some help to those who have interest in harnessing fog into their craft.

History and Fiction

As stated above, in many literary sources witches of both historical senses and fiction harness fog as a powerful towel. In popular lore, witches were said to summon fogs to roll across the lands to protect fleeing mothers and children during wars to hide from invading soldiers, though this lore is hard to pin point down, it is often said to come from Celtic and Gaelic origins.

In other tales witches would summon fog to protect traveling royalty or heroes who are on a quest to reach lands that may be unfriendly to their arrival. At some other times fog was related to almost like the “witching hour” it meant it was a time that the supernatural were out and witches were casting their spells.

Fog as a Liminal Space

What is a liminal space? To put it simply it means a “transforming space” or a place that the Veil or energies are thinner and overcross one another. Often they are associated with spirit work, energy work, astral work and over all witchcraft. Some call these places or areas “places where one area and time stop and another begins”.

In many cases, places that are covered by fog often are said to be liminal spaces during this time, due to the surrealism and energy fog brings with it. It turns something mundane looking to mysterious, confusing and even to some creepy. Its concealing nature brings the feeling of the unknown and the unseen.

Traditionally and theatrically fog is often used to represent the Veil between worlds and afterlife, often used in settings of literature and movies by covering graveyards before something supernatural happens or by filling the streets at night when magick is about to begin. Often when many people who don’t practice the craft think of supernatural energies and the Veil they imagine a foggy night or a wall of fog, this imagery is for a reason.

Often, fog is seen as an important tool for spirit work both fictionally and modernly due to its relations of being a liminal space and therefore seen as easier to contact spirits with the barriers weaker when it arrives.

Correpsondences and Uses of Fog

Generally Fog Corresponds with - The Veil, Spirits/Spirit Work, The Hidden, The Unseen, Invisibility, Protection, Obstruction, Curses/Hexes, Warding, Meditation, Astral Work, Fear, Patience, Calmness, Serenity, Peace and Travel

Often times, fog is useful to one when they wish to cast or enchant items for invisibility and protection during travel, often necklaces or items enchanted while out in the fog. Others will take the opportunity of using fog for spiritual communication, past life work and astral projection, taking advantage of the weakened barriers and Veil for these purposes.

Associations

Crystals - Clear Quartz, Smokey Quartz, Thunder Egg

Herbs/Plants - Cotton, Broom, Saffron, Thistle/Thicket, Wheat, Pansy

Colors - Gray, Silver, Black, Blue

Other Tools - Steam, Incense/Smoke, Wands, Besoms, Branches, Storm Water/Rain Water, Ash, Dust, Mirrors and Gray Candles

Fog Summoning

There are many ways said to summon fog. A few of those ways will be listed below

Method 1: Using storm water boiling it until it has thick amounts of steam rising from it, carefully move it outside or to a window (if one is not already outside) and offer it to the sky. Many will chant or call to the weather or winds to bring them fog much like the steam of the pot.

Method 2: In water on a burner add storm or sea salt and a sigil on paper for fog. Close the lid to it and wait until it is boiling. Remove the lid and allow the steam to rise. Here chant if desired for fog or let the water boil until it is nearly gone.

Method 3: With a besom go outside if it is a private space and much like wind summoning call to the fog to come to you, using your tool as an extension of yourself and your energy. Remember to ask it to come rather than demand for it.

Method 4: Using storm water or rain water, ash and a jar fill it with these ingredients and shake it thoroughly to summon fog. Be sure to center yourself and focus on your energy to put into this fog summoning jar. Leave it outside or in a window afterwards for further effects.

Fog Water

Fog water is a tool that can be used for witchcraft when fog is not rightfully available or in place of rain water/storm water in fog summoning. To capture fog water is pretty easy though you must be able to accept small amounts.

First you will need either very fine fabric or mesh or screen similar to what can be found in windows or for fishing nets. Tight it taunt onto something to hold it up like rods or sticks. Make sure it is held up at least a couple feet above the ground and somewhere the fog will roll through it. Base it off of how high the fog in your area tends to be, if you have low rolling fogs it may work better lower to the ground. After or during a time of fog you should be able to see droplets of water forming on it, you may use a jar tied below a corner of it to capture these drops or you can collect it yourself during/after they have formed. You can build much larger versions of this for potable water gathering and tutorials on this can be found easily online if that may interest you.

Store your fog water in glass containers and in the fridge, be sure to date and label to ensure you are using fresh water. Do not drink this water unless you set up the proper potable filtration systems.

Diffusing Fog

Often witches will find themselves tasked with fog being a hindrance rather than helpful. Its a dangerous weather condition especially for those on the road or at sea. 

Historically, sea witches would be asked to disperse fog for the safe return and port of sea vessels and the men upon them. Though it is difficult to find exact spells from these times, often broom or heather is used by facing the sea with it in hand and waving at the fog, putting energy into it and telling the fog to disperse. Other times it is said using a broom/besom to summon winds to remove the fog was a preferred way.

Other options for witches is to sing a fog removal song and often dance accompanied with it and with either a besom or wand in hand, direct the fog to travel away from you and somewhere else. Other witches have found success in praying and working with weather deities to move the fog back to the sky or to lead it away.

Omens, Superstitions and Dreams

In omens it is said fog represents blindness. It blocks our ability to see clearly and makes normal directions seem impossible to follow. It can go hand in hand with confusion and the feelings of anxiety. When fog appears in visions it is to be seen often as a warning that things are about to get just that - foggy.

Though it is also related to shrouding oneself, it may be a sign that it is time for you to create a fog about yourself and to build up those wards.

Superstition wise it was believed fog would steal people, often due to people getting lost in it and vanishing, because of this fog is seen as a warning of loss to come. Some cultures even associate it directly with death.

In dreams fog holds many meanings. If the fog is throughout the whole dream then it is a warning of deception. Someone is deceiving you and deep down you know it to be true. If you dream of being wrapped in fog and it is too thick to see through or escape it is often related to feeling that someone has stolen something from you. Dreaming of wandering in a foggy environment is a warning of dangers to come, keep on your toes. If you escape fog it means you are avoiding danger or theft.

If one dreams of fog just being around their head, eyes or following above them like a halo/hat, then it is an indication that you are lying to yourself. You are refusing to let yourself see the truth. It can also be a play of the saying “its all in your head” meaning you are overthinking a problem.

If you dream of fog and snow together, it is often said to be a dream related to sickness soon to come. Others say its a sign that illness of the mind and emotions is going to creep its way in.

If one dreams of their home, bedroom or apartment being filled with fog it is often taken as a bad omen and sign that a large family drama is soon to come.

Seeing a figure in fog in dreams can have different meanings. If it is someone that you know it means they may be hiding things from you or that you are going to have a fight with them in the near future. It can also indicate if you are in the fog and you see them outside of the fog, that you are guilty about something you did to them. Seeing a stranger in the fog or a shadow you do not recognize is often due to anxiety or fear in one’s waking life. They represent the unknown and the future to come, which you are currently stressed over. Animals in the fog can represent both anxieties and fears looming about you but also can represent that you a repressing your own desires and natural wants.

If you see fog rolling in from the distance of a dream it means something is looming in your waking life. If fog starts descending down on you in a dream from the sky to the ground, many take this as a bad omen for travel especially by air or sea. Historically it is said a foggy sea in your dreams means a shipwreck in your future. Though fog over a lake or river means dream-like wonder and is said that young women who dream of this can expect a mysterious stranger in their future.

Fog and Different Types of Witchcraft

Sea Witchcraft - Fog is often seen as more of a hindrance in ocean magick, especially historically when fog at sea or port could be rather hazardous and bring tragedy to many. Due to this, fog in sea magick is often used for more negative tasks like cursing.

Storm Magick - Fog is often seen more in the light of a less harsh type of weather compared to storms or rain but still one that can be used to harness energy. The energy of foggy weather is much more mysterious, calm and hazy than that of storm or wind. It can be used for such purposes.

Death Magick - Fog is often related to the barriers of the other-side as some may say, so many death witches will take advantage of fog to use it to communicate and commune with the dead. Many report that it can make using tools of communication like Ouija boards and pendulums easier.

There’s appropriating by taking things that don’t belong to you or were not made for you, and the theres appropriating by removing something from the context that gives it meaning and saying it’s NBD because you’ve given it a new meaning.

I wouldn’t call myself an authority on these practices but I have answered questions when asked, with what knowledge I have obtained by actual practitioners.

However, what I was trying to get at is that while.tgeres a difference between appropriation and appreciation, you can also appropriate through lack of appreciation for the origins. Hypothetically, if certain native North American cultures we’re open, it would still be appropriative to promote dream catchers as a cute fashion accessory, because that’s not what it is.

Racists who cite Norse and Celtic culture are appropriative, because they’re taking something out of context and trying to make it something else. Which drives me absolutely nuts, aside from the obvious, because since northern European culture is considered “open,” people don’t tend to call it appropriation.

I remember a post a while ago, which I won’t be able to find on mobile, about someone who was taught about Dia de Los Muertos, because someone wanted to help her connect with her deceased daughter. The teacher was Mexican, the student was white.

The teacher gave her a context for true meaning of the day, and enough to know it’s place in Mexican culture. As far as I know this white person didn’t move to Mexico or a Mexican neighborhood, so she didn’t get “initiated” into something closed - but she was taught a proper appreciation so she could practice it if she wanted without appropriating.

There’s appropriating by taking things that don’t belong to you or were not made for you, and the theres appropriating by removing something from the context that gives it meaning and saying it’s NBD because you’ve given it a new meaning.

I wouldn't call myself an authority on these practices but I have answered questions when asked, with what knowledge I have obtained by actual practitioners.

Cast the Circle thrice about

To keep unwelcome Spirits out.

Bind it whole, and bind it well

To serve as altar for my spell.

Mark this ground with all my soul

To consecrate with my control.

The sacred Circle is one of the oldest and most powerful tools of witchcraft. The shape of the Circle symbolizes the unity of nature; the unending cycle of life, death, and rebirth; and most importantly, a structure with no corners, no weak spots, no vulnerability. Casting a magick Circle can provide protection, seclusion, power, focus, and a host of other benefits. It is arguably the first piece of magick a witch should learn when exploring ritual work, and it can serve you in an endless number of ways.

In short, a Circle is a place of power designated by a Witch exclusively for a spell or ritual. The Witch consecrates this space with their energy and declares it to be theirs and theirs alone for the duration of the spell. This area is bounded by a physical circle which no energy can cross without the permission of the Witch.

Circles have been utilized by various magickal traditions for thousands of years, and over that time they have taken many different forms. Almost every tradition has a different method for designing a Circle, casting a Circle, and using a Circle. In this post, I will be discussing my own personal method of Circle casting, along with some traditional methods.

What are Circles used for?

Traditionally, a Circle is cast at the very beginning of any ritual. Before any spirits are summoned, before any gods are invoked, perhaps even before any candles are lit, a Witch will cast a Circle around the area they’ll be performing magick in.

When utilized like this, a Circle has three functions:

1) Establishing a Place of Power

A Circle designates a specific area as separate from the world around it. In a way, you are taking this physical space and removing it from space and time. Outside of the Circle the world continues to go about its unending business, but within the Circle, all energy is dedicated towards the completion of the spell.

This aids the witch in achieving the state of gnosis required for the spell. By removing yourself from the human world around you, you are declaring that you are more than human. You are reclaiming a piece of your spiritual godhood, and I find that this is very lucrative for tapping into that special “energy” of magick (if you’ve experimented with deep states of magickal gnosis, you’ll know what I’m talking about).

2) Protection

This is possibly the oldest use of the Circle, which can be traced back to Ancient Greek and Zoroastrian Craft. In some ways, a Circle is the most basic form of a Ward. You are creating an energetic barrier around yourself and your space that prevents any random energies or spirits from wandering into your spell.

Some of the earliest known rituals involving Circles were summonings and evocations. In this function, the magician would enclose themself in a special protective Circle before conjuring a spirit or deity. As long as they remained within the Circle, the being could do them no physical or spiritual harm.

3) Focusing Energy

This function partially relates to the first function I mentioned, creating a place of power. When performing a spell or ritual, you are essentially constructing a special, high-vibrational energy to be released into the universe. Utilizing a Circle helps to encase this special energy, allowing you to freely manipulate it without interference and without the energy dissipating into the environment around you.

How do you cast a Circle?

A precise method for casting a Circle is hard to pin down, just because they are so unique to each individual practitioner, and there are so many different methods that exist already. In general, though, a basic Circle can be cast with three simple steps:

1) Purify the space

Using any preferred method of purification, purify the space you’ll be performing your ritual in of all disruptive energies. One of the most effective and traditional methods is to burn a purifying incense, such as sage, thyme, frankincense, sandalwood, etc.

For those of you who can’t burn incense for whatever reason, this can also be achieved with sound vibrations (singing, ringing bells, etc.), visualization (manually clearing the space with your own energy), spraying herbal water in the area (a common new age type of cleansing), or any other type of purification you may utilize.

2) Mark the Boundary of the Circle

Mark the boundary of your Circle on the ground. This can be done with salt, chalk, a crystal grid, sticks, leaves, oil, water, or any number of other methods. A Circle can also be traced in the ground if you are standing in sand, dirt, gravel, etc.

A common misconception about Circles is that they have to be physically marked on the ground. This simply isn’t true, though. If you lack the materials, space, or ability to physically create a Circle around you, you can also mark the ground with a Circle through visualization.

Close your eyes, and visualize your energy tracing a Circle in the ground around you and your sacred space. A visualization thats often helpful for me is imagining a Circle of fire igniting around me, but use whatever visualization works best for you.

3) Enchant the Circle and Make It Yours

This step is the most unique from practitioner to practitioner. Every Witch does things a bit differently, but essentially, the last step is to consecrate your Circle to protect this space from invasion and to focus the energies within towards your will.

I commonly perform this step with a simple spoken spell that goes something like:

Hear my words, for they are sacred.

Feel my power, for it is manifest.

I consecrate this Circle as my place of power, wherein I and I alone have total dominion.

I mark its border upon the ground, and by my power, I declare that nothing may enter here without my invitation.

As I command, so must it be.

Final Thoughts on Circles

• This is a very simple type of Circle. While it is perfect for keeping out stray energies and weaker spirits (like ghosts or nature energies), it is reliant solely upon your own strength. Depending on how effectively you cast it, it may not be enough to keep out stronger or more malevolent energies.

• A Circle can be strengthened through any number of methods, such as marking its border with charged crystals or designing an intricate Circle using sigilcraft. Research, experiment, and find out what works best for you.

• A very common method of strengthening a Circle is by evoking the Four Elements/Watchers, which I will discuss in a future post.

• After casting a Circle, make sure to invite in any spirits/deities that you evoke in your ritual. If you summon them to you but don’t invite them into your Circle, they may be present but will be unable to interact with you or your spell.

• After completing your ritual working, be sure to unbind/release your Circle. This will deconsecrate the space and release the energy you’ve created into the universe for manifestation.

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- witchcraft

- hellenic polytheism (apollo/hermes/any)

- divination (tarot/any)

- sun witch stuff

- ANYTHING SUNSHINEY

- cats & dogs bc you can never get enough of that

- astrology

⚡ This spell is to give a spark of energy towards oneself, others, or other parts of your craft.

Materials needed:

Energy from a thunderstorm

Personal object

Hands or incantation (or both)

Be sure to ground before doing this! Find an object that best represents intention in mind (self, another, plants, divination, etc). Either stand outside with the object during a thunderstorm or find another method (video, image, music) that can best substitute if there’s no such storms.

Hold the object close and feel how the air, the energy redirects through the hands or words spoken “Sow the growth, for this shall spark ablaze. What is stagnate now shall alight a change”.

Do this for as long as needed, find something metal to redirect the extra energy into the ground once done. Make any notes for what happens the next couple days, as a comparison from before and after.

Disclaimer: Be cautious if one is more sensitive to energies flowing from outside sources. Put any safe guards on beforehand or use a method that does not use channeling of excess energy.

If anyone uses this, please let me know and credit me!

🌞Used for:

Protection, healing (especially physical), happiness, truth, clairvoyance, courage, strength, prosperity, luck, self-love, cleansing, confidence, leadership, justice, gardening, growth, warmth, comfort, fertility, and creativity

🌞How to make it:

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🌼Traditional Witch🌼

A traditional witch is a witch who has a base in the history of witchcraft and the old craft that came before Wicca, so they take a more hostorical or traditional approach to the practice.

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🌸Gardenerian Witch🌸

Gardenerian witchcraft came about in the 1950s, and is a form of Wicca that has strong ties to nature, challenges societal norms, and has many rituals that are the base of the practice. Members MUST be initiated, and members cannot initiate themselves.

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🌼Alexandrian Witch🌼

A form of witchcraft founded in the 60s by Maxine Sanders (although the name comes from her husband, Alex Sanders who referred to himself as “The King Of All Witches). It has similarities to Gardenian witchcraft, but is seen as more eclectic (as it has ceremonial magick and Qabalan incorporated in it) and is less structured than Gardenian Wicca; they follow the belief of “if it works, use it.” Members must be initiated, and there are levels of advancements that can be achieved. Covens meet on new moons, full moons, and during Sabbat festivals.

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🌸Sea Witch🌸

Sea witches have strong ties to the water (more specifically the ocean) and use the water element often in practice. Sand, shells, driftwood, and other elements that come from the ocean/beach/water are also often used in practice. Many feel connected to water and ancient folklore that’s connected to water, such as folklore concerning sirens.

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🌼Correllian Witch/Nativist Traditional Witch🌼

Founded in the late 20th century by Caroline High Correll (who claimed to come from a line of hereditary witches and was a psyche, spiritual healer, and herbalist), Correllian Wicca is one of the most widespread practices in existence, although it was not recognized as Wicca until the 1990s, being more seen as eclecticism/universalism.

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🌸Kitchen Witch/Hearth Witch/Home Witch🌸

Most commonly known as Kitchen Witches, these witches create most of their magick in their home/kitchen. Many consider them to be incredibly nurturing (and thus far, not a single kitchen witch I know has proven otherwise!). When practicing, they combine their own personal/individual magickal energy with essential oils, herbs, food, and other everyday objects to create their own spells, rituals, and magick, and many love to make their home a truly sacred or special place.

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🌼Hedge Witch🌼

Hedge witches practice what is known as “hedge jumping,” which is the ability to venture out of this world and into the otherworld. They can communicate with the spiritual world and can send messages between both worlds. They practice astral projection, as well as work with herbs and Earth magick.

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🌸Dianic Witch🌸

Dianic witchcraft is the MOST feminist out of all witchcraft practices. All followers of the Cult of Diana are female, with a no male allowed policy. The worship the goddess through all three of her aspects (Maiden, Mother, and Crone), but rituals and worship may vary, although they all have feminist aspects and come from a feminist standpoint.

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🌼Elemental Witch🌼

An elemental witch studies and practices based on the four (five, of you add spirit) elements. Elemental magick is based solely on honoring each element, and some witches even have an altar dedicated to each specific element. They call upon the elements when casting spells and performing rituals, and may even have an element that they personally identify with.

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🌸Ceremonial Witch🌸

Ceremonial witches have many practices, but ceremonies and rituals are held in especially high regard and are worked into most elements of the witch’s practice, typically being worked into whatever they’re casting or trying to accomplish, along with calling upon specific beings and spiritual entities to assist them.

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🌼Green Witch/Garden Witch/Forest Witch🌼

Most commonly known as green witches, these witches are highly connected to the Earth and the energy it possesses. They may have their own garden where they grow their own herbs and practice their magick, but also study their area and practice with local plants and their own environment. They use plants and greenery in their spells/magick/cooking/around their homes so as to stay connected with Mother Earth.

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🌸Cosmic Witch/Star Witch🌸

These are contemporary witches who look to the cosmos and work with astrology and astronomy, working those elements and celestial energy into their practice and often follow the plants and stars, basing their spells and rituals on the different placements and alignments.

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🌼Hereditary Witch🌼

A hereditary witch is born into witchcraft, where where it is a part of their family and/or lineage. Magick and practice is passed down from previous generations, but a hereditary witch may choose to follow their own individual practice instead of/as well as their family’s practice. If a hereditary witch chooses to not practice witchcraft, then they will not STILL be a hereditary witch.

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🌸Secular Witch🌸

A secular witch still uses spells, oils, crystals, herbs, etc., but do not attach spirituality to it, so they do not worship a deity or higher being. This is not saying that a secular witch can’t be religious, it’s simply that their WORK is not religious; the two are entirely separate.

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🌼Solitary Witch🌼

This is any type of witch who chooses to practice alone rather than with a coven, whether it be personal preference or that they just haven’t found a coven yet. There are many legends that say a solitary witch is the reincarnation of previous witches who had been practicing for generations, and the solitary witch’s abilities/knowledge are awakened at puberty, so they do not need a coven as they already have an understanding of the craft and have less of a need for a coven.

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🌸Eclectic Witch🌸

An eclectic witch has no set religion, practice, tradition, or culture, as their practice comes from many sources and ultimately becomes their own.

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🌼Augury Witch🌼

An Augury Witch is a witch who practices direction/guidance for someone else from using ancient symbology, signs, omens, auguries, indications. An Augury Witch can consequently check whether or not the person is on the ‘proper course’ for what they are getting direction for.

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🌸Druid Witch🌸

A Druid witch has a prepared faith. Druids do not comply with any sacred text or dogma, however, they believe that another world exists that cannot usually be percepted. Many Druids engage in prayer and rites that mark critical passages in nature.

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🌼Faery Witch🌼

Similar to the Eclectic Witches, a Faery Witch also has their own practices and ceremonies that they pull from, but by observing these, a Faery Witch tends to seek out communication with the spirits of nature, so they are very connected to the Earth, nature, and animals.

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🌸Shaman🌸

A shaman can reach altered states of consciousness by carrying out certain shamanistic practices. While a shaman is in a trance state, they have access to the spirit realm can talk with and occasionally even have an effect on both benevolent and malevolent spirits.

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🌼Celtic Witch🌼

A Celtic Witch uses Celtic/Druidic pantheon combined with ritual Gardnerian, as well as closely stressing the elements, nature and the Ancient Ones.

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🌸Caledonii Witch/Hecatine Conventional Witch🌸

This denomination of the Craft is Scottish in the foundation and still preserves the specific galas of the Scots.

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🌼Pictish Witch🌼

Scottish witchcraft that attunes itself to all factors of nature, which is animal, vegetable, and mineral.

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🌸Pow-Wow Witch🌸

Pow-Wow Witches are indigenous to South vital Pennsylvania. This is a gadget, no longer a religion, based totally on 400-year-vintage Elite German magic. (I don’t know much on this one, admittedly, so if I’m wrong here, please correct me!)

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🌼Strega Witch🌼

Follows a tradition seated in Italy that began around 1353 with a lady referred to as Aradia, and is strictly an Italian witchcraft and is far less common.

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🌸Native American/Indigenous Spirituality/African/Mestizo🌸

Local beliefs are deeply rooted in the subculture. One would have to categorize the complete culture as witchcraft, and for that reason, the public views similar ideals to be wizardly.

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PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I WAS WRONG WITH ANY OF THESE! I did a very thorough amount of research and pulled from a lot of books and websites and even from a friend, but I could have slipped up somewhere and gotten something wrong, in which case I need to be corrected and will fix!! (If I had gotten all of those from only one source, I’d be citing, but I don’t even remember where I got a large majority of this information, I just kinda wrote a ton of stuff down, lol) Blessed Be! 💗💛