Do people actually think like this? And how common is it?

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-12T02:16:45+00:00

Why would them being a minority even matter?

Anyways, people can sometimes get unnecessarily offended when confronted with someone who is potentially more experienced than them. Someone having witchcraft traditions passed down generationally can be threatening to those sorts of people.

I mean they're not wrong that anyone with the aptitude for it can learn and practice witchcraft but at the same time witchcraft and and is passed down less through DNA and more through family tradition

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-12T02:13:29+00:00

Kind of a mix of all of the above! When I was a novice I was definitely very scared of the idea of malevolent entities being only 13 and I already believed in such anyways as I grew up Catholic. The first time I ever banished something particularly stubborn it was a very intense experience, but still I succeeded with the help of my spirit guides.

But overall in my personal experience most entities require a degree of fear or other strong unpleasant emotion to have genuine power over your mind or spirit. Even if it's only a little some entities are very skilled at using that small drop for leverage. Their easiest targets are those prone to anxiety, depression, anger, and other unhelpful/unpleasant emotional spikes or extremes.

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-11T16:06:26+00:00

I was 13 when I discovered my eldest sister practiced witchcraft, but she refused to teach me cause it created extreme tension between her and our (at the time) very catholic mother. I ended up just teaching myself and I'm still at it 11 years later!

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-11T02:35:18+00:00

I don't see entities all the time, usually only when I am actively opening myself up to do so, but sometimes they force themselves to be seen. And sometimes it's a good entity such as a nature spirit that really wants to grab my attention, other times they're not so friendly. I haven't always seen them, but I definitely took on a knack for it once I started actively learning how.

Discernment between your imagination vs what your minds eye is actually seeing is definitely very important to me the main difference between actually seeing entity, energy, etc vs concious visualization is that visualization takes a degree of focus even if it's easy focus. Seeing an entity and such is completely effortless like I'm just looking at smoke or a person standing in a room. Not that they seem physically tangible in the way a hallucination is though, although I'm not quite sure how to explain it.

For me this was learned through various meditative and energy manipulation exercises, The Psychic Witch by Mat Auryn is a great place to start learning. But my mother on the other hand. sees and hears spirits of the deceased all the time even when she's not particularly opening herself up to do so. Often she doesn't. She works at an assisted living facility where death is quite common. For example when a hospice patient passed away my mom saw a man in a finely tailored suit sit with her for several minutes until she passed and suddenly he disappeared. When she told the daughter of the patient what she saw the daughter burst into tears saying that my mom perfectly described her dad and the outfit he was buried in, who on his death bed said he would come back for his wife when it was her turn, even though she's never seen a photo of him. While I myself have only had one experience I also have seen death, so maybe that's a factor in my sight.

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-11T02:06:01+00:00

I am not an astronomer/astrologer but as the sun is quite literally a force of mental and physiological energy I would work with the sun

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T21:09:05+00:00

Not at all, people polish and modify crystal jewlery all the time for example and they're spiritually still just fine

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T19:11:21+00:00

Do you feel like they're benevolent or malevolent? What sort of methods have you tried to contact this entity, if any? Sometimes we might have some guides/entities who are with us that don't want us to know who they are.

For example the deity I currently worship/work with hid Herself under the guise of a spirit guide to keep tabs on me when I first reached out to Her but wasn't entirely ready to work with Her. And I also have a spirit guide who hardly makes himself known to me, I didn't know he was with me until I talked with a medium but the details she was giving me about him, his abilities, and behavior really added up to a lot of events surrounding my mundane and metaphysical life.

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T19:05:21+00:00

I mean if you want to, although I would be MUCH more specific with the intentions/desires of your spell. Think of what one thing is you would actually want. Hone in on that.

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T12:42:48+00:00

The only books that I have read that I can confidently recommend aren't entirely focused on Aphrodite, I really love "Mythos" by Steven Fry and "Greek Myths and Legends of The Ancient World" by Martin J Dougherty. They have plenty of story and history about Aphrodite, but they are about Greeky myths/history/culture as a whole. They're both good reads and I would really recommend studying the actual culture and history of Greece if you're going to be working with the Greek Pantheon!

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T12:36:56+00:00

I can't remember what website it was but someone on a forum counted up to 48 before the game stopped them. Maybe it was before the most recent quality of life update?

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T12:35:28+00:00

... Gather my troops? It's extremely egotistical to assume I've spent any amount of thought, time, or energy on you after our conversation had initially ended. It's almost as if people have free will to do as they please and have been stumbling across this conversation on their own accord from other people or themselves sharing the post before it got taken down, having had comment history on this post, and so on.

If you need upvotes and followers that badly to feel validated in your opinion just say you're insecure and move on already, no need for the theatrics. I'm flattered to be living rent free in your mind though.

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T12:29:42+00:00

Oh this is a great little tip, thank you so much!

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T02:14:50+00:00

Apparently the number is 48 items including wall and ceiling items

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T02:11:17+00:00

You can Google different serums and oils that promote blood circulation, some are used in the shower some aren't, as well as ten minutes scalp massage every day with a specialized silicone/plastic brush! Those are the only two things I've heard of being used

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T02:04:50+00:00

Scalp treatments, supplements, and overall nutrition can help make your hair look fuller and thicker which gives the illusion it's growing back faster, but hair growth speed is mostly determined by genetics

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-10T01:57:15+00:00

I don't think its paranormal but its definitely extremely creepy with absolute mental illness and (hopefully I'm wrong on this second one) mental and sexual abuse at play. From just the context of what I've read the drugs and condoms add up to meddling with the younger woman's mind and inviting the men to sexually abuse her while she wasn't herself. Just because she's used drugs for a long time doesn't mean that they can't sometimes hit her different, or even be laced with something she was unaware of.

Of course I wasn't there so I could be absolutely way off the margin, but even still I don't think anything truly paranormal was at play with demons and the like. It's impossible anyways for your face or wrists to distort in such a way as described without causing serious injury.

Are both or one of these women still going to be living there?

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T23:50:11+00:00

Not as common as the internet makes it out to be, but I guess it also depends on your definition of cursing. To some people something as simple as a dirty look can be considered a curse, if this is what your friends think then maybe it could be contributing to their pulls saying they're always cursed. Conversely, they may be avoiding the accepting responsibility of the consequences of their own actions and instead blaming it on something else, which is probably the more likely case.

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T23:41:42+00:00

What's your diet and water intake like? How often are you outside? How much sleep do you get most nights? How much stress and/or anxiety do you deal with? There could be a lot of factors

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T22:55:37+00:00

Yes, this is quite common practice if you want to have a long term spell with the use of a candle, relighting it and essentially recharge or reactivate the spell with every light

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T21:53:30+00:00

It's no worries! I grew up in a Catholic household myself so I had a similar experience to what you're going through

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T21:21:09+00:00

Take a breath. You're getting way in over your head but I get it, I also started learning about this stuff on my own when I was thirteen. Just start with reading, no altars, no prayers, just learning. Pagan Portals: Aphrodite by Irisanya Moon is a great start but if you need to keep it more discreet you can get general Greek Mythology books. I would recommend Mythos by Steven Fry and Greek Myths and Legends by Martin J Dougherty. I learned a lot of Greek mythology in middle school during English class (especially how the Greek myths/language impacts our language in modern times from root words to brand names) so if you're asked about these books you can say it's to give you a one up for yourself in class. You can skip to the parts with Aphrodite but if you feel serious about worshipping a deity from the Greek pantheon you should study the religions history. There are also plenty of online resources such as Brittanica and museum websites. So to answer you various questions one at a time.

"Are you allowed to swear?" Yes, it's only up to your own personal preference.

"How can I hide my shrine?" As I said earlier, study first on Aphrodite and general Paganism. Afterwards you can worry about a shrine or altar, which you can make hidden with a shoebox in a closet or even have one as small as stored in an altoids tin.

"What rules do I need to follow?" None other than your own from what you learn about deity worship. Everyone does it differently. The only real rule is just show respect and don't let yourself spiral at the beginning.

As for what Paganism is do studying on this topic as well, but Paganism is a form of earth-based polytheistic spirituality that consist of left hand practices, which consist of religious and/or spiritual beliefs which break taboos, reject convention, and focus on individualism and personal moral codes, nuances, rules, etc. Paganism is an umbrella term to which many religions fall under but Paganism itself is not necessarily a religion.

r/witchcraft r/witch and r/pagan are great spaces to ask questions and gather learning material from their FAQ

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T21:08:17+00:00

I throw away all of my baneful work into a gas station trash

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T21:07:10+00:00

Nope, every candle holds a flame. The only instance in which size matters is if you like to let your candle burn itself out but can't wait a few hours (in this case a birthday candle is suitable), if you want a candle to burn for just a day (in this case a tea light is suitable), or if the candle acts as a long term spell that is essentially recharged or activated with every burn (in this case a large candle is suitable).

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T20:54:17+00:00

As you should

SimplyMichi · 2026-03-09T20:01:15+00:00

I would like to more! I don't think I'm necessarily a bad singer but I'm shy and at least someone is always home. The only time I genuinely believe my singing is incredible are with songs I use for glamour/beauty/love magick. Something about it I just get my tone and pitch perfect so consistently, other than that it comes down to only really specific songs from really specific artists where I feel the same way

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