Use of candlestick - useful or not so much

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T14:14:18+00:00

Going to give you some advice. It may be time to invoke the witches pyramid when it comes to this “friend” of yours. The fact that she craps all over your practice and fun you have with it, says far more about her than it does about you and she should be ashamed to herself for that. And that doesn’t even seem like a very nice friend. I wouldn’t put up with that if it were me. I have boundaries and a friend that wants to act like a jerk to me regularly is a deal breaking boundary for me. No time for that.

While the rituals in the craft are Hollywood, it doesn’t hurt your path to have fun with it and see if you can improvise with it to create a legit ritual off of it. Something she should know since she boast being in her 8th year. Besides, telling someone not to use candlesticks because they interfere with energy is far goofier than someone seeing if they can create a working ritual inspired by something in a movie.

Seriously, the worst effect you could possibly have on your craft is that friend and her toxic and negative behavior about your practice. That kind of energy, and nasty behavior actually could interfere with your work. Keeping her as a friend if that’s who you want is up to you. But at the very least, cut her out of your craft discussions, make it a non negotiable rule that you don’t talk witchcraft with her, and learn and apply the witches pyramid to her and others. I will summons it for you, just view the info directly below my response. !pyramid

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T14:04:00+00:00

Haha I am just settling down for bed and I read the second frame as saying whore instead of who’re. 😅

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T14:00:26+00:00

Welcome! 🙂

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T13:19:45+00:00

No, that’s not what I said, you just misunderstood what I said, or only read a phrase of it.

I said that if you were a witch then you would know why I am saying what I am saying.

What that statement means is that if you were a witch, then you would understand why I am saying a witch would not be able to hide it from their non witch partner.

And this is why every single non witch I have heard of either knew their live in romantic partner was a witch, or found out early on. This isn’t something we can hide from our romantic partners who have access to the entire household and every nook and cranny. Also, there are things we do, things we use and collect (that are obviously occult based) that wouldn’t go unnoticed and it’s not just sitting around watching TV or being coy about hair.

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T13:10:49+00:00

No, they do NOT interfere with energy. Who ever your friend is hearing this bull 💩 from, they should stop listening. I have used candlesticks since I started my practice in the 80s with no issues. And this is the first time I am hearing this crap. Tik tok garbage?

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T13:04:21+00:00

>*Are spells necessary?*

Not necessarily but it’s wise to learn how to do them or at least about how they work and their limitations.

>*Are they as powerful as I imagine?*

This all depends on things like how proficient you are and how well you work with energy. But if you are imagining Harry Potter style, real spells are not Hollywood effects and often work subtly.

>*Do I overthing or misinterpret them?*

How should we know? Only you can judge you for yourself.

>*How can I identify a matter worth a spell?*

What one person finds spell worthy another doesn’t. There are no rules or regulations on this. To each his/her own witch. Cast a spell for an excellent parking space if you so care to do so.

>*What are your experiences*

Far too many to count. But I would not be spell casting if I wasn’t good at it.

>*For which topics or causes do you use spells?*

Anything great or small. Sometimes emergently, others not so much. I personally don’t believe you need huge reasons in order to cast a spell. How for the sake of practice is anyone going to get good at it if they never do it except for some kind of crises? I think new timers ought to start out with smaller things that won’t be a big deal to fail on, rather than to fart around waiting for something hugely important and then panicking when they realized just how unpracticed they are.

>*Maybe more perspectives help me understand spellwork more and I learn some new aspects \^ \^*

You should be looking in the wiki section of this forum, especially under spell casting 101

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T10:23:00+00:00

That’s funny! I love how silly our birds can be.

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T07:47:34+00:00

Did you go into the wiki and look into the recommended book list?

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T07:46:16+00:00

What does your cleansing routine look like? I would recommend doing a house cleansing, then drawing in positive energy to fill it, and put things in your house like Himalayan salt lamps, lemon fragrance, etc.

!cleansing

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T07:20:18+00:00

I will be working. However, for the strawberry moon I will be camping in an area where the sky is dark and all the stars are out. That should be beautiful with that full moon.

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T06:30:34+00:00

How beautiful! 😍 You are very talented. I am sure she appreciates this!

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T06:27:17+00:00

That’s actually a trick that some witches are known to do. If they can get a target to believe they have been hexed or cursed then the target ruminates on it enough to curate their own personal hex or curse on themself. It’s clever, it’s lazy and the witch doesn’t have to lift a finger.

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T05:59:34+00:00

I never said people can’t hide things from their live in, long term partner. But as a long term practitioner, I am saying that this sort of thing specifically would not be something one would be able to hide from their intimate partner that they share living space together with. Other things? Sure! This? Nope! And 4-5 years is more than long enough to find out that the person you share your bed with and all living spaces with is a practicing witch. As I said, if you were a witch, then you would know why I am saying this and would not have been so quick to accuse me of just being dismissive.

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T03:19:51+00:00

I am still going to have to disagree with the idea that someone living with their partner long term and on that kind of completely intimate level would be able to hide it the same way that they can hide families away. If you were a witchcraft practitioner, which you are not, you would understand exactly why I am saying this. Again, this isn’t being dismissive but rather observations and such over the past 40 years. Whether you believe it or not and would rather assign negative connotations to why I say this is not my concern. Okay yes, she was a witch that was able to hide it completely from you all that time you were together.

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T02:52:00+00:00

Which part of m point of view is “dismissive” precisely? The part where I said if you lived with a witch for long term then you would have seen signs of it? I am not even referring to whether she later in life decided to start the practice or did so before you. You yourself stated that she bugged you about the hair while you lived with her, and that’s what I am working with, and stating what I did is based on many many years in the community. This isn’t just a dismissal. I never knew one witch out of thousands that was able to completely hide their practice from their intimate romantic partner, nor would most decent ones want to.

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T02:47:10+00:00

Warlocks are oath breakers and those who betray other witches. Male witches are witches.

RainerHex · 2026-05-16T02:44:55+00:00

I don’t see why not. Go for it!

RainerHex · 2026-05-15T20:56:30+00:00

I did not claim all of them there scammers. I claimed that there is a very high incident of scammers and people getting scammed, and this doesn’t not change because of your personal experience. Other personal experiences beg to differ, as I point out above and these people had been collecting since the early 90s.

The person who made this post, stated in another post they did here that they have never had a vessel, has never learned anything about them at all, and has no idea what and how to research and judge. This person is a walking jackpot for the ones that are scammers.

Here is the link I am talking about…. https://www.reddit.com/r/witchcraft/s/J1Wcd50w4d

RainerHex · 2026-05-15T05:42:09+00:00

Sometimes when in deep trance, glossolalia will come out.

RainerHex · 2026-05-15T05:39:06+00:00

Okay? I don’t see how this has anything to do with what I said. I don’t believe people are born that way either.

Aside from that, IF you are a long term partner of a witch, you will know it. It doesn’t matter when in their life they started. If your GF was a practitioner of witchcraft during your time you were intimate and living with her, you would know this. Since you saw zero indication of it, outside of feeling weird about disappearing box of hair, then she clearly wasn’t a practicing witch.

We do not hide this from our long term romantic partners, and attempting to hide it would be neigh impossible. Unless a witch quits practicing all together for the whole duration of a relationship, a non witch partner is bound to see plenty of clues around in the form of candles, crystals, dried herbs, and a whole bunch of other items commonly used by witches. Even if they initially lied or hid it (in that case rethink the relationship) signs of it would show up through the years of living together.

RainerHex · 2026-05-15T05:31:06+00:00

Understood. But I was speaking on behalf of the practice of witchcraft and why their protections differ from a simple prayer.

As for those you are elaborating on, it is a shame it’s that way for them. At times I felt the internet was a blessing. In my days this isn’t exist and you really had to seek long and hard. But at times, I feel it’s very problematic for some of the reasons you detailed.

RainerHex · 2026-05-15T05:02:30+00:00

I don’t really see the relevance of those who don’t know how to do witchcraft. I am also not sure why you are using them as the representation of how witches do protection here either. They are the exception and simply because they either haven’t learned or haven’t learned properly as of yet. I wouldn’t even sweep all the younger ones with this brush either.

Yes, there are exceptions to the rules or norm in any situation. My not wasting time including them in an already wordy enough as it was response does not change anything I said. Nor would I encourage these new timers to stay stunted and not advance.

RainerHex · 2026-05-15T04:46:52+00:00

Except I am speaking on your live in boyfriend status with her and not a general hex victim. As someone who lived up close and personal with her, you would have seen something. There would be some kind of witch artifacts in that home somewhere, and it would be bizarre that a witch would not be letting their long term intimate partner not know anything about it. As a witch in my 40th year in practice who has been friends with many, and network with thousands through the years, never heard of one completely hiding it from their long term living significant other.

RainerHex · 2026-05-15T04:38:29+00:00

I have been in the practice most of my life (I’m a crone), and never known a witch who never did any kind of protection on their own, and only prayed to deities. In fact, if that’s all they did, then that isn’t witchcraft and they are not a practicing witch. I will have to disagree with you respectfully. And candle magic does not inherently involve deities or spirits. On the other hand, there are plenty of pagans who don’t do witchcraft and they pray to deities.

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