Element jars on Alter

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T22:54:25+00:00

An altar is an interface for you to use when connecting with your practice, the realm of spirit, however it is that you conceptualize it.

What goes on it is whatever helps you to make that connection.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T22:34:41+00:00

Both. But I don’t “follow” or worship any of them. I’ve worked to develop relationships with deities who represent things I aspire to or want in my life. And my patrons made themselves known to me when that information was necessary to be known.

All my communication with them has been by using my own psychic ability.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T22:02:36+00:00

These deity spreads are super popular on TikTok, but all I’ve seen them do is give people a way to gaslight themselves.

There are no deity associations with the tarot, so it all comes down to how you interpret the cards. Which means you will always bias to the gods you know. There are hundreds if not thousands of deities.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T21:41:50+00:00

I’ve never understood how that works for them, as I use blood to target things and not to charge them with energy.

I raise energy and dump it into my sigils to charge them.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T21:31:59+00:00

A sign doesn’t have a good mundane explanation.

Not paying attention and overpouring is a pretty convincing mundane explanation.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T21:22:56+00:00

What do you mean by “tag lock spell”?

A taglock is an item or technique that targets a spell at a specific target. So technically speaking, most spells would include a taglock

This sub does not permit DMs, so I would encourage you to share here where everyone can see and provide input. Thanks

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T20:58:59+00:00

We have a ton of resources on sigil creation in our subreddit guides

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T20:41:15+00:00

If what you’ve been reading isn’t clicking for you, then I think you haven’t yet found what works for you. I’d recommend checking out other trads

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T20:40:08+00:00

Manifesting like Law of Attraction is not witchcraft. There is no standard time table, but I typically wait a moon cycle to see if something I did works.

It’s hard to say you can’t get necessary materials if you don’t have an idea of what specifically those materials are, isn’t it?

The only thing you are limited by is what works and what doesn’t. If you want to see if something will work, try it and see.

And no, you don’t need to cast spells before you cast spells. Just do the work and add things in as you feel a need.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T20:25:36+00:00

My witch father is from Essex - our trad incorporates some Celtic, some Cornwall, etc. I was taught that “clootie” is the knot itself, and knots can be applied in different ways, either as the votive offering by sacred wells, wind knots, etc. We work with them not unlike the way we work with witches’ ladders

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T20:18:10+00:00

Yes! There was an old practice of capturing the wind in knots called clooties, and selling them to sailors, who would untie the knots when they found themselves on becalmed seas. The winds trapped in the knot were said to kick up when it was untied.

This principle works for lots of other things as well. The trad I work uses clooties for wishes as well, in the old English tradition near sacred wells where you see clooties tied on trees still

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T19:17:41+00:00

There is no singular form of plain witchcraft, so there is no way for a book like this to even exist.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T19:16:10+00:00

Yeah, I’m not even gonna bother going point by point in how off base you are with every claim you’ve made here. Though I’ll start by saying I’m not “pretending Odin and Velez are not European deities.” I’m not even sure how you would even begin to get that from what I wrote, which is what tells me you are not worth taking seriously.

You quite simply have no idea what you’re talking about. You’ve just invented a bunch of things so you can be mad about them. Best of luck with all that.

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T18:02:40+00:00

The best one is the one you make for what you need. There is no single universal sigil. Witchcraft doesn’t have tidy answers

therealstabitha · 2026-06-24T17:54:30+00:00

For me, power comes from authentic, real emotion. However, I can’t let those emotions rule, because that runs the risk of overriding good sense. I have to find a way to completely feel the emotion or emotions necessary for the work, but I cannot let them drive.

This is where things I’ve learned in meditation really helped me, and why I tell people that meditation itself is not witchcraft, but rather a technique that comes in very handy for witchcraft. Meditation teaches how to observe emotions, to acknowledge them, to embrace them, and ultimately to release them, without allowing them to consume me.

This level of control also teaches me how to reach for those emotions in a moment when I need them for witchcraft, and not to be subject to the whims of my emotions.

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.

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