Witches - spell help

[lastminutetrip]

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

That’s nice. As I say, I have no religious beliefs but I’m not a dick about it. You seem to be extremely dismissive over other people’s opinions yet are spouting yours very loudly expecting everyone else to care.

Being a twat is more harmful than believing that lighting a candle and saying some words might bring you some luck.

and you say you have the right to XYZ - so does the OP and everyone else to tell you to shut up. So arrogant.

Just thought you'd all like ot know, apparently MNHQ are fine with people posting religious scripture that orders us to be stoned to death.

Good to know. It wouldn't stand against other religions, it would have gone with in seconds if it called for the death of Jewish people or Islamic people. Sadly unsurprising though.

Would you believe I literally read about that experriment in a book I was reading today! Wierd...

Maybe you just got a dodgy candle ?
& it wasn’t very well made?
I work in a shop that sells “spell candles” etc
they are mass produced,
unless you made it yourself?
I wouldn’t look into it too much or you will stress yourself out too much x

@lastminutetrip OP, how do I get into witch craft?

But no one cares if you don’t care for any of it.
Why do you feel such importance in yourself to disregard and comment on others beliefs being nonsense ?

Why jump on a thread specifically asking for advice on spells etc to comment if your so uninterested by it all?

do your research, ask questions, learn, read books, read articles, talk to other practitioners.

Same as you 'get into' anything else.

Out of curiosity, is it still called ‘witchcraft’? I have friends who call themselves witches, but witchcraft is a word with negative connotations. Do you still use that word and claim it? Or do you use something else?

I don’t expect them to give a shit but they apparently expect me and others to give nonsense like this credit that it absolutely doesn’t deserve and I refuse to do that. There isn’t the slightest shred of evidence for any of it.

But no please feel free to continue to encourage the charlatans who pray upon the grieving and vulnerable. Tell the gambler in dire straits to manifest money he needs to pay off his debts instead of seeking help for his addiction and working with a genuine debt management plan. Encourage the seriously ill patient to turn to coffee enemas and organic smoothies to cure her cancer. Let the grieving widow go to Carol the medium at the local theatre so she can fleece her out of money and tell her a pack of lies instead of seeking comfort in grief counselling and friends. Convince Amy to turn to spells or prayers to get that new job she really needs instead of making a realistic plan and undertaking some training to help her to move away from the job that she really detests. That will really help them won’t it?

No because none of it works but at least they won’t be seen as dull will they? Heaven forbid that they be considered dull and sensible. Deluded is so much more fun and cool.

Anyway I’m off to watch Sense and Sensibility.

To be fair not walking under ladders is good advice.

You get a letter from an owl inviting you to the special school.

People do that every time they purchase a ticket. They certainly don't go and buy a ticket thinking, "I won't win, but I am making the country richer so it's okay".

They also use "lucky" combinations of numbers, whether it be birthdays, anniversaries or numbers of dates when something good happened.

People believe in good luck and bad luck. It's really no different, and making light of someone's beliefs and feelings only makes one person look bad.

i don't personally use the word, but its still very commonly used by a lot of people. I just say i'm a practising witch... but i'm looking at a book sitting on my shelf called "Disabled Witchcraft" that was printed in 2024!

I don’t believe it means anything, but I can see it means a lot to you. Good for you, I am sure the ritualistic element helps you to focus on what you want.

People believe all sorts of things and provided they don’t kill others in pursuit of that belief, it’s all good.

Because this nonsense is actively detrimental and I’m on a chat forum and you are not the thread police. And as someone with genuine OCD I know how delusional beliefs can become anything but fun.(Though even at my worst I knew that none of my rituals actually made any difference but your fucked up brain compels you to follow them. And even then I would never have told anyone that they worked because that would be A) Wrong and B) harmful.

If you want to wave around willow and sage and like playing with candles, crystals and tisanes then enjoy but trying to convince others that they work and expecting people to give their supposed merits any real consideration is a fool’s errand.

Anyway it’s Jane Austen time.

Excerpt the OP didn’t expect you to do anything - you turned up and gave your two pence, over and over again. OP wasn’t addressing you, she clearly doesn’t give a fuck about your opinion yet you have continued to return to the thread repeatedly. She hasn’t asked you to give a credit. All you e been asked to do is bugger off with your opinion, yet you keep feeling the need to enforce it, which is weird.

And you’ve used extreme examples to try and discredit something pretty innocent. There are predators who prey of vulnerable people everywhere, whether religious or not. Wicca and paganism are forms of religion. You don’t believe but others do. Will there be wankers? Yes, but then, as you have proved, there are wankers outside of religion too.

Also, I don’t think you understand paganism. I’ve never met a pagan who thinks a coffee enema will cure serious illness.

Enjoy your film.

I have never done any of that in my 25+ years of being a witch.

In fact the recent push in 'shadow work journals' on social media actually prompted me to tell people quite firmly they shouldn't touch those until they've actually spoken to a real therapist because some of the things 'shadow work' asks you to contemplate/think about can put you in a very dark place if your mental health isn't tip top.

shadow work btw is mindfullness type exercises that focus on addressing the 'shadows' within yourself to make you more in tune with your mind/body.

It all serves to encourage the wankers. There’d be no market, no scammers and no vulnerable people to prey upon if there was no one to not only believe in nonsense but to actively promote it to others.

And I’m talking of all forms of woo, not just Paganism hence the coffee enemas but spells make as much(None) sense and can direct people away from seeking real help for very real problems.

charlatans and snake oil sellers don't need paganism to hide behind.

some of the worst are american christians for the record.

And yet I’m not encouraging you, am I? So clearly I’m not encouraging wankers. Maybe Sense and Sensibility might teach you have a little of both.

Wow an OP literally puts in her title what she’s asking about and people see it as a good reason to pile on. I’m a non believer but I see no harm in what the OP is doing. Surely it’s just the power of positive thinking.

I agree with the person making the keyboard warrior comment.

Get a life
get a job

Christianity falls under the BS and woo category also for me. I have no time for any of it. I can see some appealing and beautiful aspects of most faiths/beliefs but ultimately it’s all harmful nonsense imo. I don’t think that Paganism is any worse or better or more ridiculous than Christianity.

Nothing to add, just wanted to say a quick

‘blessed be!’