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Are there any witches on Tildes?
I was gifted a set of tarot cards last year, and found myself quite stunned at how well they seemed to work. The cards led me slowly toward witchcraft as a broader area of investigation and study, and I find myself quite keen to take on the mantle of “witch.”
That said, I have no earthly idea where to begin practising. There are no covens (that I am aware of) in my area to learn from, so I guess that means it’s books and online resources for me!
Are any of my fellow Tilderen witches? How did you get started, and what do you recommend I do as a complete beginner?
I’m not, but with your username this seems like a great example of nominative determinism (or perhaps atronym)!
I learned a new word!
I landed in a general agnostic camp, but I definitely dabbled with at least neopaganism if not witchcraft proper, and feel that ideas of will will and intention like spells are as impactful as prayer.
So alas, no, but I am often "witchy" if only due to my friends
...whether by mindfulness or magical thinking, ritual carries power in how we frame our world and choose to engage it...
Not me personally, but back before I moved to the city I'm in now I knew a poly group of 3 (triple? as in a couple but with 3) who were/are Wiccan. A male welder/fabricator, a female adjunct professor, and another girl (can't remember what she did professionally).
Awesome friends and (for a time) casual partners. They made wonderful food and I got to enjoy some very unique and fulfilling experiences with them. We had access to a public-use space in the old/retired jail building and did 'dance church' on Sundays - we would go, put on music, and just dance as a group for around an hour or so. They also invited me to a fireside bellydancing / drum music performance they put on in their backyard once. Another time they got me an invite to a larger group meeting at this couple's farmhouse in the country (also Wiccans) for some fun - they had a section of forest that, not sure if it was naturally like that or if they cultivated it as such, but the ground was this huge carpet of moss - walking on that barefoot and lying down on it was so soft.
Triad or (more modernly) throuple would typically be the terms used. Depends a bit on if they're all together or if they're in a hinged V sort of relationship.
Polycule is more generic.
Thank you! I felt sure there was a proper term and I just couldn't think of it.
I'm not one, but as a believer of immaterial powers, I'm convinced if you go looking for magic in any way possible at all, books and video a-plebty these days, the powers behind witchcraft will respond to you, probably sooner than you'd think. If this is what you want to pursue, in all sincerity good luck, feel free to reach out if you run into trouble and need to get out.