Witchy Wednesdays: An Introduction

Happy Wednesday!

I thought we'd incorporate some witchy bedevilments into Frida Therapy. After all, if you saw Frida walking down the street, you'd probably think she was a witch. She was tres bewitching. How do say bewitching en francais??? But I digress....

I've been a practicing witch for over ten years. Under the big Pagan umbrella, I fall into the category of Kitchen Witch. This basically means that I believe in using what's available to me and I see my home as a safe place to do magic. I also don't believe in spelling the word magic "magick" because I think it's pretentious (go to any pagan message board if you want know more about "The Great ‘Magick’ Debacle.")  

If you've ever been in the bookstore, flipping through a spell book and thinking, "Where the hell am I supposed to get the fur from a young wolf?!" there are two answers:

1. You can get naturally shedded wolf hair at the Hex website. They're in Salem and the hair is gathered from a wolf habitat. 

2. Fuck that! 

Here’s what you need to know about magic (what I wish somebody told me when I was starting out):

Magic is all about intention.

Everything has a magical vibration and can be used in a spell.

Write your own spells, they are more powerful.

Use things you gravitate toward. A spell calls for peanut butter and you’re allergic? That’s not a good thing. Use something else. (By the way, peanut butter is used for money spells. You can substitute pretty much any vegetable or herb that’s green, the color of money.)

Nothing bad will happen as long as your intention is good. If you screw something up, maybe your spell won’t work but that’s about it.

This week, try writing your own spell. Incorporate things you love: apples, rubies, cinnamon, the color yellow, a picture of Johnny Depp. Whatever. Need to know the magical meaning of a color or herb? Google it. It will take you 5 minutes tops.

Here’s an example:

I want to do a love spell. I know (or have learned from google) that apples are used in love spells. Bonus points if the apple is red, the color of love. So I eat the apple while saying in my head, “As I eat this apple, I bring love into my life.” That’s it. It took me about 3 minutes to write.

Your turn bunnies!