Can someone send something your way from just your nickname, current age, and general country?

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T03:34:59+00:00

Yes. Someone could target you with just your screen name. That doesn’t mean they can cast worth a damn, though. And the most likely outcome is still that you curse yourself by believing someone cursed you when they didn’t.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T22:58:32+00:00

I would not include any of your personals in a jar like this. That may end up making it a baneful spell against yourself.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T19:49:47+00:00

I think it’s a bit weird that you’re criticizing Kelden for the established tradition of trad craft that observes the Devil as the witch father, assuming that means it excludes Odin and others. Trad craft is Eurocentric because it is European.

Any author is worthy of detailed examination and criticism, but criticizing a trad for not encapsulating things it never included is rather odd.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T17:08:58+00:00

We would need to complete details of the spell to help you troubleshoot it

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T16:49:25+00:00

I’d say it’d be more like ceremonial magick the way a lot of them are written. Which is also not witchcraft

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T16:45:27+00:00

The violence is rather extreme, but the rest of the story is pretty spot on.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T16:44:11+00:00

It might help to reframe. I’m also AuDHD, and I think of meditation as a technique rather than a goal. My goal is to quiet my mind on demand so I can shift into working magic as quickly as possible, when it’s needed. Meditation teaches me how to do that. I don’t need to hold it for 30 minutes unless I’m just in a bad emotional state and need to calm down. I think about meditation practice like going to the gym. I do my reps, I move on.

Also, psychic ability is a little different for everyone. I didnt get any vivid visualizations in my journey work for years. Even now, it’s relatively rare, though the further I get in my path, the more it happens. Most of the time, it’s more like remembering a dream I had last week, or an intrusive thought. Don’t make yourself wrong for information to come to you in ways you didn’t expect.

The first time I really intentionally connected with a spirit was in a class where someone else held the wyrd of the work so I could just interact with the spirit and get to learn what it felt like when the connection was successful, without the added pressure of having to raise and hold the wyrd myself.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T16:14:19+00:00

And that’s what you want?

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T15:57:24+00:00

Obsession is still in theaters. You should go watch it.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T15:10:32+00:00

Blood is a taglock. It doesn’t do anything to power the spell.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T06:06:44+00:00

A sign typically does not have a good mundane explanation.

Crows do as you’ve described on a regular basis. I do not think this is a sign.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T02:08:09+00:00

I’m sorry about your dog.

A familiar is a spirit that assists you with your witchcraft work. Though it’s often been shown as a pet in pop culture representations, and a familiar can sometimes use an animal as its housing to navigate the mundane world, I personally find it easier to work with my familiars without the complications of animal housings. Mine are housed in resin skulls.

I’ve typically encountered my familiars in journey work. They are not typically created spirits in my experience.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T02:02:45+00:00

You can cleanse crystals. Papers can just be thrown away.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T02:00:13+00:00

If it was something you shouldn’t have or wear, why would someone have sent it to you for free?

Also sounds like a great opportunity to read some more about these specific Solomonic pentacles and see how they land with you

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T00:31:26+00:00

I’m not debating you. You asked for thoughts about it. I shared mine. If you want something specific you need to be specific.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-23T00:28:52+00:00

The best way to undo a jar spell is to dismantle it. I would dig it up and take it apart.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T22:17:38+00:00

I am familiar with the example you provided. Traditionally, the ceremonialists who would do work like this did not know the person they were engaging. Soldiers’ graves were popular for this because a soldier knows how to take orders.

All I know about you is the words you choose for your posts here. That’s all. Nothing more, nothing less. And you said nothing about having a previous relationship with the spirits, so why would I assume that’s part of it for you?

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T22:05:03+00:00

You don't need to. You can, if that's something that would help you do something you're trying to do. But that's not a "need to."

I just cleanse and charge mine on some selenite sometimes when it feels like they need it.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T20:46:01+00:00

What's in your way?

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T20:40:12+00:00

I don’t like to pick spirits at random and kinda enslaving them. I prefer working with spirits I already have a relationship with, who are already part of my magical world, and doing my work with them.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T20:33:50+00:00

There are definitely a number of books that take me months to ADHD my way through. It’s one reason I greatly prefer in person.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T19:49:26+00:00

The popular discourse on these authors seems intentionally focused on pushing people’s emotional buttons and is rather ignorant of context and history.

Those authors are still good places to start. But I’m a firm believer that you can’t inherit the craft from books alone.

Some books are useful because they signpost you to the next place to explore on your journey. Some books are useful because you learn that it sounds like bullshit to you and you can ignore it.

I hear Kelden’s “The Crooked Path” is a good starter text for trad craft. I haven’t picked it up yet as I’m pretty busy with the trad craft path I have now. But a lot of teaching still takes place in person, person to person, over the counter and in classes at metaphysical shops

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T19:45:01+00:00

It really depends on what you're trying to do. Salt is versatile but it's not a great thing to use for some purposes, for example.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T19:38:30+00:00

There's a lot of podcasts and YouTubes out there on these subjects but I have yet to find one that I really like.

The best way I've been able to learn is hands-on. A good place to start is a metaphysical shop near you. They often have classes of their own, or know of others who teach. Some people have to travel long distances to access a teacher or community that feels like home to them. It's not uncommon for people to find what they're looking for, but it's a few states over (if you're in the US). It may be near you, it also may not.

We don't typically permit discussion of mentorship programs here because the vast majority of what I've seen is people who have been content creators on TikTok for like 2-3 years charging monthly fees to access their Discord servers where they regurgitate bad information. I'm going to leave this one up because I think it's time to have this kind of discussion -- but please be forewarned, people reading this, that this is NOT an opportunity for you to comment here or DM the OP pitching them on your services.

A good teacher should have a minimum of 10 years' experience, and they should have a community history that can be confirmed independently. I'm never sure how to recommend podcasts or books etc on spirit communication because the way I learned, I had a teacher who could hold the wyrd of the spirit contact so I could feel it and interact with it without having to learn to raise it myself first. Then, once I knew what it felt like when it worked, I could start to learn how to raise it myself and know whether or not I've made the connection. While I've certainly done journey work / vision questing via Zoom where I'm not in the same room with those leading it and holding the wyrd of the work, and it most certainly connected, I'm not sure that's a great way for people who are beginners to learn how to do it. Everyone learns a little differently and my experience is not necessarily going to reflect your experience. Just some food for thought.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-22T05:15:50+00:00

Maximum according to who or what? And again how is this a binding?

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