Get to know yourself and your own spirit
It's also always recommended for folks, no matter who they are and what path they come from to start cultivating a relationship with their ancestors.
Now, that is for good reason but what good is communing with your ancestors if you don't know to trust your own spirit? How will you be able to trust yourself and your experiences once you begin incorporating other Spirits?
Get to know yourself, your body, your intuition and what it feels like. Pay attention to your thoughts, how they make you feel and how they are influencing your reality. Journaling consistently is a great way to start. Open up to a blank page in a journal, don't think about what you want to say, just write and allow your heart to speak to you.
- Don't compare your paths to other peoples
One of the best things about the internet is its ability to connect us with people who have similar interests as us, who don’t live where we do. This allows us to expand our consciousness in ways we don't even realize on a daily basis because of the different cultures and realities we can be exposed to. Unfortunately, it can be easy for us to see what someone else is doing and compare our spiritual practices and routines to theirs.
If you see someone online and seems to always do rituals, consistently changing offerings and who manages to keep up a beautiful, expansive altar, don't feel bad and think you aren’t doing enough for your Spirits. Everyone's lifestyle is different and people are meant to show appreciation in different ways. A lot of peoples love and devotion of spirits come from that Spirit helping them through something important or from a lifetime commitment.
Does it make any sense to compare yourself to a Spirit Worker who had 10+ years of worship under their belt? No
“There are as many paths to The Divine than there are people on this planet.” - I forgot who said this
Just because you are doing more or less than someone else, doesn't mean that either of you are wrong. It just means you have found two different but magical routes to the same destination.
- Know when to keep things private
It's easy to get excited and want to post your spellwork or confirmation from Source before it’s time to do so, but it’s incredibly important to know when it’s time to share and when things are means to stay between you and the Spirit that bestowed that knowledge or warning onto you
Wait till after the ritual is over to post its’ glorious energy, especially if its clients work.
On the other hand, if you did a transmutation spell or something that draws in the energy of onlookers, to transform it into something beneficial, then of course post the working and draw in as much attention and energy as you
- Mind your own practice
When it comes to Witchcraft and The Occult, there is no such thing as one true way. The path of magic is raw and free flowing.
But because we share so much and get our inspiration from social media, we can’t help but to compare what we’re doing to what someone else is doing
It could cause us to judge the magic we’re witnessing and prevent us from seeing the spirit that’s flows within it.
Put 10 witches in a room and tell them to cast the same spell, I promise you each one of them will go about it differently. That doesn’t mean that any of them are wrong but that there are many different ways to work magic to get the same result
- Karma, free will, & the 3 fold law
Karma is specific to the religions, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Understanding this is important because there are a lot of people who will tell you not to work certain spells because it’s karmic consequences even if neither of you practice a religion listed above. It's’ also important to note that Karma is a very complex spiritual system that is built on infinite lifetimes of karmic debt which can mean both good and bad things.
Unfortunately in the West, it’s been watered down and stripped of much of its cultural and spiritual significance, people use it as a way to condemn the behavior of others. It’s almost like saying “if you do x,y&z you’ll go to hell!” Which interesting coming from a Spiritualist or Occultist.
Many people are against doing love spells or anything that could influence another person's free will. Depending on the Witch you ask, they might say every spell no matter what influences another person's free will. I say coming up with the answer to this question is as personal as the spiritual walk into the journey of the Witch itself. Look within and ask the Spirits that surround you.
- Developing a daily practice
The only way to be a Witch is to be active and do the work. That can be as big as performing rituals under the moonlight and giving thanks and offerings to Spirits or simply anointing yourself and home to keep yourself protected.