Cat’s Rants: Confessions of an Occult Mastermind

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Category: On Spells and Spellwork

  • Hey occulties! You knew this was coming. Perhaps you knew because I’m uncreative, and I tend to enjoy these types of posts, or perhaps you know it was coming because you reading right now personally asked me so many questions last week in an email (that I’ve not replied to,) that you KNEW I’d have…

  • Hey there, occulties, Just a quickie today. Q: Can you tell me which is a better “sign” – the candle burning slow, or the candle burning fast? A: To be fair, some people read a slow burn as a good sign, and by slow, I mean uber super slow. I do not take it as…

  • Hey Occulties, This is probably a rant, but here goes… I could never pick out one thing that annoys me most about working with clients, just like I can’t say I can pick out the things I like best, either. Both are incredibly varied. 😉 However, the most current trend in my inbox at this…

  • Hey Occulties, Seeing so much asshattery in my inbox gave me an idea…how about we do a little test. 😉 I’m sure I will have a lot of anti-fans but after the last month and a half I had of people totally not following directions or acting like they couldn’t fight their way out of…

  • Hey there, Occulties, Time to answer another round of questions which have been plaguing my inbox. 😉 Hope this is educational for some of you. Q: What, in your opinion, is the single best skill to start working on for a new magician/rootworker/spellcaster? A: I answer this question probably every few years, and while some…

  • ***The only substitute for any item or action you can’t find or accomplish doing is to locate another spell you have all the ingredients to and can complete all the actions thereof; I do not locate spells for you to use – Google is a fantastic method to locate this on your own (try “Cat’s…

  • Hi Occulties! I know, I know, why am I doing this again? Because I have to. Please feel free to laugh, to shudder, or to go “Wait, I didn’t realize this!” 😉 Enjoy…because I’m sure I just offended some people. I wish I was sorry about that. Q: Where do you buy sulfur? I have…

  • Good Morning, Occulties, You might recognize the title of this article as something your mom (or anyone else,) might have said to you when you kept bothering a scab or wound. It’s true…if you fuss with a wound, pick at it, keep bothering it with your dirty fingers, it takes longer to heal, and can…

  • Hey occulties, Time again, for a Questions You’ve Asked Me article. 😀 Q: I have found a dead bird in front of my house. I think I’m cursed. I also had a spider crawl on me, so I must be cursed, right? A: I often get mails about an unfortunate dead bird (who probably ran…

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