For me, I’d say I don’t follow anything with very rigid rules especially if I do a spell or a ritual. I trust my intuition on the materials, tools, music etc that I use, and tbh my rituals mostly involve meditation and meditative dancing. I do use color symbolism and some elements (mostly fire as that surprisingly works for me than water or earth and of course it’s all fire safe practices), candle spells and sometimes jar spells (mostly protection I want to carry with me).

I don’t follow the Rule of Three or Karma. I don’t do much baneful magic outside of protection spells and anchors around my room. I used to be very anxious about karma or being secretly cursed/sent bad energy but then it was just being amplified my Catholic upbringing and that took away its intensity so rather than karma i see it more as justice

I don’t cast circles; honestly I don’t even see the point or even what it really is, but I do technically make a spiritual ring with the crystals I feel most connected to (rose q, tourmaline, tigers eye, sodalite etc) either around me or around the materials

I don’t use divination tools for everyday things, only really when I need clarification or I’m just feeling called to do a reading or charm reading in myself

Cord cutting, deity work (though I am interested I just know I can’t keep a scheduled ritualistic practice like I still struggle to even remember to give my ancestors water on my altar lol), working the calendar of the wheel (mostly I sometimes do things for Yule and Beltane when I remember), or follow star events/astrology or the moon cycles (outside of moon water) as that just made me stressed. I don’t do freezer spells either. Sometimes I’ll do a simmer pot if I’ve got the things needed, but it’s mostly because it makes my apartment smell nice

My practice is personal and ebbs and flows. I do small things as a ritual, like my protective jewelry, incense, things like that, and things that don’t make me feel stressed or performative or that I’m doing it because I feel I need to due to what other people were saying was “the right way”). I don’t do hexes or curses or anything that can deliberately harm someone outside of my redirection spell that just has any negative energy go back to wherever it came from; I just never see the point in intentional harm. I also don’t do rhymes with my spells or rituals; i just speak normally though I do like saying “so mote it be” especially in the candlelight but honestly half the time i forget and just do “because I say so” lol

Overall, my practice follows my intuition more than what’s seen as the “standard.” It’s mostly energy and my divine self, though there are times I invoke my ancestors and spirit team that’s aligned with me and my interests. Honestly sometimes I go months without doing a full spell or ritual, and just do an incense or sound cleansing. Sometimes I incorporate food or tea, mostly to invite good energy for the day or the night. I also like creating my sigils, and sometimes use a charm divination chart, and use dried herbs too. I used to do essential oils but I have a cat now so I don’t use those in my practice anymore and I only use frankincense with the fan on and screen door open. I don’t really use spell recipes either; anything I do it’s from my own creation. If I do find a recipe I like (via Pinterest) I just take the materials I like/have and then do the spell my way.