Witch books are a pain in the ass when you're not a beginner!

When you're a beginner it's so easy, you just look up witchcraft books and you have hundreds to choose from all with the same information. It's so difficult to look for books about witchcraft that aren't for beginners or filled with misinformation, or are actually just mislabelled wicca.

So I've given up on searching for "witchcraft" books and gone into looking at specific research books instead. It can get pretty tedious when the books you want to read aren't easy guides with pretty covers but they're practical, go into a lot more depth and are WAYYY more credible.

I would totally recommend doing this if you've been stuck like I have. Don't worry about your topics being too niche or specific, I guarantee there's a PhD student somewhere who's written about it.

Here are some topics that you could start searching for:

When you're looking at books check the bibliography! A credible source of information will have referenced numerous different sources from several different medias and viewpoints. If you're looking at a bibliography and it's all books about the same exact topic by similar people that's proof that the book is just a parody of a parody and there is nothing to gain.

Some of y'all witches on here and on tiktok don't know shit about proper fire safety so let me help.

DON'T LEAVE CANDLES BURNING!

BLOW THEM OUT WHEN YOU'RE DONE OR HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM.

It doesn't matter if it's a deity candle, don't ignore an open flame! They won't be upset if you blow it out.

If you leave that candle burning you could either set fire to everything in you room, set yourself on fire or the glass it's in will crack and explode leaving burning hot shards of glass all over your room. Just blow it out and let it cool.

If your shit ever does catch fire you need to starve the flame of oxygen with either a working fire extinguisher or lots of salt. Only use water if there's no oil or alcohol around bc that oil is gonna spit right back and burn you.

Cons of having a high heat tolerance: hot baths are only hot if they're scalding.

Pros: I just spilt candle wax on my leg and barely felt it.

Boy howdy I've been on summer break for less than a week and I'm already bored.

Guess it's time to rewrite my grimoire again.

Since spring has sprung and flowers are blooming again I wanted to share some floral offerings I found that the gods I worship enjoy.

Apollo (a lot of yellow)

Hermes (he likes purple flowers)

Dionysus (a lot of his plants aren't flowers)

Early morning sunrises at my altar make being stuck at home more bearable ☀️☺️☀️

Not trying to test my luck but a coma sounds fun rn

I have an online perfomance next week so I'm gonna PRAY that Dionysus has the power to support my internet connection.

*Praying to the gods that the only things that want to fuck with me this year are big butch lesbians, himbos and scorpios.*

Green tea really does help you focus huh

I just had some green tea incense burning while i worked and I didn't get distracted once.

I actually got a quarter of my essay down.

...It only took me weeks to start it.

Why the fuck are bedsheets so awkward to fold?

God I hate being domesticated

Just wanted to share this because it needs to be repeated:

The power comes from you, not the objects around you. Which means you don't need all those specific tools or ingredients -If you want to, you can but it's not a necessity.

So don't waste your money on specific mystical/esoteric shops, be smart with your purchases and get creative:

Use playing cards for divination, find trinkets and spell jars in charity shops, take parts from things, steal from big corporations.

Remember that old witches used what they had, so whenever you see some elitists bs saying your herbs need to come from a local provider, you can't be a witch unless you do/have these specific things, or you need that one specific crystal that costs £15 or else the spell won't work, tell them to stuff it.

The power comes from you.