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Category: Advice

  • Magic – Because it Works

    Hey occulties, A muggle friend and I were chatting this weekend, and she asked me why I don’t curse people more often. My reply? “Because it works.” I then detailed specific incidents of said curses working too well. One thing even was national news. You’d have to ask me privately (I am not naming names…

  • That’s Not What It’s For

    Hey Occulties, The internet is a lovely thing, until it isn’t. Recently, some of you have been bringing a few things to my attention that you found on TikTok which are just so laughably bad and untrue that…it confirms that TikTok is still full of people pretending to be witches, and possibly (almost surely) perhaps…

  • Magic in the AI Age – avoiding bots for readings, magical advice, and articles

    Hey Occulties, If there is one thing that has been very unfortunate for true students of magic and the occult, it’s the rise of AI – at least at this writing. AI is neither psychic, nor a good judge of magic, does not know what makes a magic spell, and of course it has zero…

  • Long-Term Work vs Quick Workings in Love Matters

    Hi Occulties, Today I’d like to discuss a topic which I feel is under-served when it comes to educating people in how to get love spells (and, really, any type of relationship-type magic, so even friendship and family/home spellwork,) to come together right. Because we all want a quick and easy answer, but that’s not…

  • Questions You’ve Asked Me: Happy To Be Back edition

    Hey Occulties, It’s been SOOOO long since I posted a QYAM, that I really needed to get one out. I’ve been working on a few spell posts, but this one is definitely overdue. Remember, these questions sometimes come from multiple people repeatedly (thus why they can seem repetitive as it means I need to review…

  • Q&A: Why Isn’t my Love Spell Working?

    Hey Occulties, If you’re a long time reader, you know I’ve written all about this before, and I’ve answered it in QYAM as well…but it’s a common enough question I get, and the fact that I have people willing to read an article and actually really learn something VS people who expect me to dress…

  • Hey Occulties, While I'm all for people making their own spells, keep in mind many people do not understand the herbs they put into a spell.  Creating a spell is a bit like creating a recipe. If you do not understand very distinctly the function of every ingredient and how it works with the other…

  • Hey Occulties, As I'm about to put up a new spell for you all to use, I'd like to take a moment to discuss realistic expectations and the sphere of availability, because, while I've discussed this before, we all know a lot of people won't take the time to peek at those articles, and I…

  • Hello Occulties, I'm sure my own derision of certain practices using newer forms of media to reach a new generation of occultists hasn't been missed, but when it comes down to it, that's less to do with the media being used and more to do with the vast majority of purveyors of "information" who use…

  • Hey Occulties, I’m sure you can understand that when we want a thing, we often are impatient to have a thing, especially in matters of the heart. So, of course, every day for the last 20 or so years now, I have someone asking me why isn’t this spell working (often 2-3 days after I…