Witches - spell help

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Hey, looking for some advice as in all the years of spell work I have never had this happen before.

i did a spell on the full moon, all very well intentioned, to help me save money. I lit a candle in a special place to me, set my intention, and the candle blew out quite quickly. It was near a window, so I took it to mean spell completed ie wish made.

i took the candle home and lit it again later on the lionsgate portal night to strengthen my resolve. The wax kind of dripped on to my finger and burned me a lot. I’ve never had that happen before. I looked it up and some say it’s a warning (what can it be warning me about, it’s literally just to make me save money 😂) or - very differing view - the spell needed some kind of karmic or energy payment from me, and I “paid” with the burn to add strength and resolve to the spell.

any thoughts? I’ve done this a long time and never cast bad or ill intentioned spells so I don’t know what this was about! Has someone hexed me?

blessed be x

My thoughts are how on earth can anyone believe in this utter nonsense?

My thoughts are maybe you should be a bit more open-minded and not dismiss something you know nothing about? It's not my thing but it obviously works sometimes (manifesting, power of the mind, focus of intention, maybe) or people wouldn't continue to do it.

@IHateWasps - if you don't believe this, don't comment on it!

OP, I used to be really into witches and casting spells when I was younger...unfortunately, I could never cast any as my parents never allowed candles in the house as they were a fire hazard!

Maybe the warning is to be aware of temptation if you ever face it while trying to save money. The other viewpoint of it being a karmic/energy payment is also possible. Either way, you've set your intentions to saving money and cast the spell for good measure so, all the best to you!

I always go by a saying from the movie Practical Magic - "Curses only have power if you believe in them" - I feel the same about superstitions etc.

Aha maybe that was the burn. 😀

It’s chat not The Unexplained so I’ll feel free to comment on it if I wish thank you.

This nonsense is harmful, not innocent at all.

Yes me saving money is very harmful.

Ill ask to move it to the unexplained and maybe you can move your bad energy to the unexplained too x

Oh don't be so silly!
It's impossible to cast spells.
I can't believe anyone believes in this nonsense.
🤣🤣

What's bad energy?

This nonsense is harmful, not innocent at all

Yes, indeed.

The heat of the flame causes the wax to become more fluid. The hot wax falling onto your skin causes a mild burn. Run it under cold water and it will be fine.

Why would anyone be wanting to hex you? That seems like the least likely answer unless you’re a horrible person.

I think the warning is that making economies can sometimes feel painful but the pain is short-term and there is no lasting damage. You have committed to a plan and a spell that won’t always feel great. I also think burning is symbolic of purification and also of strength (forging by fire) so this is providing strength and reminding you about purity of purpose.

For example if you were going to save money by cancelling all your charity donations, that’s kind of impure and not in the spirit of the spell. So be warned how you go about this.

I do not know anyone, of any religious/spiritual persuasion, and of however limited intelligence, who would think that a drip of candle wax meant someone had hexed them.

how prosaic can you be? Do you not believe in signs and symbols?🙂

No it doesn’t work at all. People do plenty of things repeatedly that don’t work like pray to non existent beings and become involved in pyramid schemes that will never make them any real money in spite of it blatantly not working. That people keep doing it just shows how deluded they are and how this sort of nonsense sucks the gullible and vulnerable in.

As for open minded, believing in blatant nonsense is foolishness not being open minded. There’s not a shred of evidence for this.

The next time that an item goes missing in my home I could consider that Peter the Purple Pixie who may live in my garden may have taken it but people would rightly look at me like I’m an idiot if I went into the garden to ask him to give it back instead of looking in my home for the item that I’ve misplaced.

Sure. If you blow out the candles on a birthday cake and make a wish, is that not the same?

How about knocking on wood for luck?

In a woo context, of course I don't.

Peter the Purple Pixie certainly doesn’t live in your garden. It founds like a very dry environment for pixies 😂

This ⬆️ explains it very well. I wish there was a like button or a laughing emoji

Those are superstitions! Like not walking under ladders or stepping on pavement cracks.

My garden is quite rich in plants thank you but the odds that Peter exists are about the same as the odds that your “spells” work and that someone has hexed you i.e non existent

Why do them at all then?

I think you are being guided to examine your outgoings and see where you could make some savings. Maybe buying fewer candles and less spell casting paraphernalia?

Excellent question OP.

@IHateWasps ok wasp-hater (what’s that all about? Don’t the wasps have a right to exist too?) we don’t need your skepticism here.

I’m sorry that you don’t believe in anything at all, you are missing out on the wonderful power of the human mind and all that it can accomplish. Of course sometimes that backfires and people go down the wrong path, but when belief is channelled in the right direction it can achieve incredible things.

Let the OP have her beliefs. There is no need to be scornful and unkind about it.

If you can’t look up at a star and make a wish on it, that’s sad for you. Please don’t call me stupid or suggest I’m going to sign up to a pyramid scheme just because I find joy in something that you can’t. Lots of people find joy in gardening like yourself, I don’t and that’s ok ☺️