Finding Your Witch Niche

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I think young or beginner witches get caught up in those posts they see that label witches into discreet categories. And there is value to them. You’d rather ask a green or kitchen witch about herbs than, say, a techno witch, and you’d rather ask a Pagan about deities than a secular witch. But I think that new witches need to know that its ok to fit into more than one bubble, or no bubble at all, and that magic is about so much more than just those labels. 

Here’s how to find out what kind of witchcraft to practice:

• Find the things you love in life, that make your breath catch and your fingers tingle
• The things that you really, really feel the magic in
• Apply spells and thought (and maybe prayer if you want that) to that thing
• You are that kind of witch

For some of you that’s standing in a forest, or the heart of a city, or knee deep in the sea. For some of you that’s staring up at the night sky, or in the pages of a book, or any one of a million other things. Find your natural, intuitive conduit to magic, hold onto it like a lifeline, and see where it takes you. 

Its ok if its just one thing, or a million little ones. I have a tag on this blog and my main blog that I call “small magics”, and its for the little things in life that are so mundane that they’re magical. Things like flowers growing in the middle of a city sidewalk in a crack in the cement, or the possum that lives in the an apartment complex garden by my house.

Take that first sip of a hot beverage in the morning and the way that the warmth curls in your chest and infuse it with power for the day, or devote it to a god or goddess.

Note a particularly healthy tree and maybe leave the fae that guard it an offering. 

See a pop culture symbol that resonates to your bones? Fill it with your own magic.

Because if you are here looking to become a witch, if this feels right, then you’re right, and no label out there is ever going to take that away from you. The world tries desperately to take away your wonder and hope and power, and you have no business letting them. If you are here, looking to be a witch, then you’re already most of the way there.