2. Listen to or sing hymns or Christian music while working on witchy stuff.
3. If you go to church or another place of worship, you probably get nice community vibes from being there. Channel that sense of community into your tools to charge them. (Though, I still recommend praying before use.)
4. If your place of worship has stained-glass windows, try to sit in the light coming through them. In my experience, it’s a very cleansing and spiritual experience.
5. Create spells based on Bible verses or passages, like a glamour based on Song of Solomon chapter 4, or a spell to be more patient with others based on Matthew 7:5.
6. If you have concerns about whether you can really be both a Christian and a witch, consider the Magi.
This past Christmas season, around the time I was beginning to think about becoming a witch, our interim pastor gave a message discussing the Magi. She pointed out that they were astrologers, and that the word Magic actually comes from the word Magi. They read the stars, and God lead them to His Son. They were shown the way to Jesus through their astrology.
I’m not certain if magic truly exists, though I WANT to believe in it. But I firmly believe, if it DOES exist, it exists because God created it, just as He created the universe and all within it. And I believe that, just like medicinal plants, humans can use magic for good and bad purposes; because that’s how God designed it, giving us the free will to decide how we will use it.
If you’re having a serious issue with debating whether or not you can be a Christian witch, take a break. Pray about it. Maybe God has a plan for you that doesn’t include witchcraft. But, if you’re feeling brief flashes of guilt and wondering if you’re sinning because you have a crystal in your pocket, think about the Magi. God used their astrological practices to lead them to His Son. Who knows what you’ll be led to experience?
Take the full and correct name of someone who’s harmed you. Go to a Catholic church, give the priest a small donation, give him the name, and tell him that it’s the name of a dear loved one who has recently passed away and you’d like to have their name included in prayers for the newly deceased.
On Sunday, an entire church will affirm your enemy’s death.
Gentler version:
Do the same as above, but rather than saying they have passed away, say that they are very, very ill. Think of the harm they have done you as a sign of their illness when you do so.
On Sunday, the whole congregation will think of your enemy as being broken, sick, and in need of healing from their behavior.
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(prepares for hate on this post)
I struggle believing in God/Jesus after learning more about other ancient religions. How Christians came in and essentially erased them to be the ultimate religion. How people were literally burned at the stake and hung and tortured for not believing in Christ or in the faith.
I grew up with God and Jesus. So I still feel drawn to Christianity. I miss it. And with the new wave of Christians coming in who are doing new interpretations of it, I want to re-join and explore the path. But I can’t just…invest? When it feels like there were gods that existed before Christ was discovered and the bible came to be. It feels like it’s invalidating the existence of God and Jesus’ being.
This is a person struggle and idk how to deal/overcome it.
Story:Under this title Mary appeared on Montichiari in Northern Italy in 1947. She appeared there six more times. During the seventh apparition, miraculous healings occurred. Maria Rosa Mystica has appeared eight more times in other locations.
Symbols: white cloths, three roses on her breast (one white, one gold, and one red)
Offerings: white, red, and gold roses, white, red, and gold candles, prayers
Holy Places:
Montichiari in Northern Italy
Rosa Mystica House of Prayer in Edmeston, New York, USA
Prayers:
Rosa Mystica, Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Grace, in honor of your Divine Son, we prostrate ourselves at your feet to implore God’s mercy. We beg for help and grace, not relying on any merit of ours, but on the Kindness of your motherly heart, and confident that you will grant our urgent requests. Hail Mary …
To be prayed on the twelve days before her feast
Mystical Rose, be thou blessed, Mother of Divine Grace. Thou hast given to the whole of mankind thy divine Son, Jesus Christ, the Author of Grace. Mystical Rose, be thou ever blessed! Thy Divine Son, when dying upon the cross, obtained grace for us and thou didst co-operate with Him in this, when the sword pierced Thy soul.
Mystical Rose, be thou ever blessed! Thou were chosen by the Heavenly Father to be the mistress of His treasures, stewardess and distributor of all His graces.
Mystical Rose, our mother! Turn loving eyes upon the millions of human kind. We beg thee, we implore thee, we beseech thee, let all obtain the grace of God through holy Baptism, the sacrament of Reconciliation and all the other sacraments.
Mystical Rose, Mother of Divine Grace, let us all attain to the house of the Heavenly Father, for we are all Thy children and the children of God. Look upon my soul, which through sin is so poor and unworthy.
Mystical Rose, thou givest to whom thou willest. Thou givest when and as much as thou willest. I trust in thee; I open my heart to thee. Let thy light irradiate my soul. Make Thy motherly love cause my indifferent heart to glow. Fill me with Thy joy, Thy humility and Thy peace! Mystical Rose, thou acceptest that thou art a mother with a special care for all those children who most require thy help. And so I seek thy help in all my bodily and spiritual needs. Very particularly I beg thee for the following grace …
Mystical Rose, thou art the mother of Jesus Christ and the mother of Divine Grace, Thou art the Mother of Mercy and the Mother of Life. Thou art our kind mother and our hope. Enclose me in Thy Immaculate Heart and hear my prayer. Amen.Mystical Rose, pray to Jesus for us! (Three times)
Salve Regina … Hail Holy Queen …
1. The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary and she conceived by the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary …
2. Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to Thy Word. Hail Mary …
3. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us. Hail Mary …
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the incarnation of Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to His glorious resurrection, through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen
hi! i’m willow, a death witch who’s been practicing magic for about as long as i can remember, with active participation for ten years and the claiming of the name witch for three-ish years. i can never remember dates accurately, but suffice to say magic has been imbued in my life since day one.
i wanted to give y’all an introduction to what i practice as a folk witch/christian descendant. i’m not claiming to be a christian witch or christopagan, but i’m trying to illustrate the folk christianity my family handed down to me.
in particular, i received this tradition from both sides of grandparents. my paternal grandfather came from the hills of west virginia, while my maternal grandparents came from ohio, and all of their families were deep in appalachia. my grandfather was more of a loose christian, while my maternal grandparents were heavily spiritual and involved in their own syncretic magic (although they’d never call it that.)
what is syncretic folk religion?
syncreticism refers to the blending of multiple practices. my grandmother (who i’ll be talking about most) was catholic in name, but believed in spirits, ghosts, spooks, and magic. think of your family superstitions – that’s your own form of magic, in my experience.
folk religion refers to the practices of small groups which form their own culture and religion in the name of other religions. my grandmother may have been called a christian, but she had to live in harmony with the desperation of urban poverty in the great depression as a child, and had to make her own way through the world without the help of anyone else. her religion naturally grew from that. she was not adherent to any form of christianity but her own.
why are you not a christian?
simply, i don’t follow christianity – i follow a folk version of christianity. i can go further in depth about my relationship to Christ and the other christian figures, but suffice to say for now i am not a christian.
what do you do as part of this practice?
a lot of what i consider to be magic in this tradition is the practice of life. for example, have you ever spit on a broom that hit you? that’s supposed to protect you from going to prison. have you twisted an apple stem until it broke, telling you who you’ll marry some day? have you taken food to your neighbors when they’re in need, fed your loved ones after loss, or visited graves and tended to the ones that aren’t connected to you by family but lived and died in the same place? these are all folk superstitions and practices that have survived from my converted ancestors.
here is a list of ways my catholic/christian ancestors have steeped me in magic:
superstition. appalachian folk magic has a lot of superstitions, like beating a rock with a wet rag to bring rain or the aforementioned spitting on the broom.
guidance. my family has always turned to spirits, and in some cases angels, for help.
folk healing. this is a big part of why i am studying herbalism – from tobacco on bee stings to whiskey for toothaches, doctors were too expensive so we found our own remedies, and i am reclaiming that knowledge.
bible inspired magic. from ezekiel 16:5 healing wounds to the lord’s prayer healing alcoholism, a built-in religious framework provides me with guidance when i need it and help when i seek it.
relationship mores. there are a set of norms that go along with folk christianity about how you treat others. this ties heavily into death, relating to how you express condolences (casseroles and baked goods, sitting with the deceased, comforting loved ones), how you treat the dead (my uncle carried my grandfather’s body to the transport for the morgue, you can ease the passage of the dead with your eulogy by tying up unfinished matters), and how you relate to those who have passed (sitting on the grave, speaking to them through prayer).
spiritual knowledge. even if i don’t follow the bible’s teaching or believe in Christ, i get the robust text of the bible to base my practice in.
this is just my experience with folk christianity! i hope it’s illuminating!
Charm to cure burns I love healing charms. And since I seem to be prone to burns (seriously, even with asbestos hands (I have worked in a kitchen and as a waiter for years) turns out you can still get burns.) it is something that has proved quite useful to me. So, this is for minor and mild burns on the skin. Best to do this asap. When the burn is little, do this before rinsing with lukewarm/tepid water. Be quickand don’t wait too long. So it is best to learn this by heart. Don’t try to treat serious burns with just this, get medical attention immediately. Charms and healing magic can come after medical attention.
At the end of each spoken line, gently blow on the burned area (gently!)
Fire of God (gentle breath) Lose thy heat (gentle breath) As Judas lost his color (gentle breath) When he betrayed our Lord (gentle breath) In the garden of olives (gentle breath) Amen, Amen, Amen (gentle breath)
Repeat for a total of three times, seal the working. And remember; if a serious burn, see a professional asap. Please.
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