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105 Witchy Questions

I should put a disclaimer that I don't usually use the term witch for myself, but I want to get acquainted with other magic practitioners, so I thought I might start here with this trend I found.

1. Are you solitary or in a coven?

I was once a practitioner at the Trevni Reldiv, but I work independently these days.

2. Do you consider yourself Wiccan, Pagan, witch, or other?

I am a descendent of the Divine Gift, and a follower of the Metamorphic Truth. In simpler terms, I follow a pagan faith I was raised in.

3. What is your zodiac sign?

In the trevni equivalent of zodiacs, I’m Lepid condit, ovo phase.

4. Do you have a Patron God/dess?

I serve Arānea and her associated facets.

5. Do you work with a Pantheon?

I suppose it could be considered such.

6. Do you use tarot, palmistry, or any other kind of divination?

I practice cartomancy with a personally crafted deck.

7. What are some of your favorite herbs to use in your practice? (if any)

I don’t suppose this is typically considered an herb, but sunflowers are especially useful.

8. How would you define your craft?

I am a practitioner of gifted arts.

9. Do you curse? If not, do you accept others who do?

I’m not sure I understand the concept of a curse. To intentionally inflict harm? I’m not fond of the idea.

10. How long have you been practicing?

I was raised in the practice.

11. Do you currently or have you ever had any familiars?

I don’t believe we have an equivalent to this in my faith.

12. Do you believe in Karma or Reincarnation?

All will get what comes to them, and what comes to us all is death. It is the great equalizer. As for reincarnation, all things are in a constant state of change. Death is not the end, it is simply part of an ongoing cycle of energy exchange. My understanding of these concepts is nontraditional. It could be understood under the labels of karma and reincarnation, but it could just as easily be considered misaligned.

13. Do you have a magical name?

I do, as is customary in my practice.

14. Are you “out of the broom closet”?

I’m a very private person.

15. What was the last spell you performed?

A ward of protection.

16. Would you consider yourself knowledgeable?

I know more about my people’s history than most are allowed. I am more knowledgeable about our faith than the religious leaders I was raised with. That’s why I left.

17. Do you write your own spells?

I improvise fairly often, but I prefer to keep in touch with old tried and true rituals when the time calls for it, as I like to keep in touch with my roots.

18. Do you have a book of shadows? If so, how is it written and/or set up?

I’m not incredibly familiar with this term. After some cursory Googling, I suppose I do have something like that. I’ve had to jot down some excerpts of religious texts from our archives. I’m not technically supposed to access and copy these texts, but I believe that this is a dire mistake of our authorities, as most of us are unfamiliar with the basic tenements that define our culture.

19. Do you worship nature?

Absolutely.

20. What is your favorite gemstone?

I’m fond of Labradorite.

21. Do you use feathers, claws, fur, pelt, skeletons/bones, or any other animal body part for magical work?

I often utilize the parts of meals I don’t eat. Reusing organic material is a sacred practice in itself. I also use live and dead specimens in a number of rituals, though this is most often simple symbol interpretation.

22. Do you have an altar?

Yes.

23. What is your preferred element?

Carbon, I suppose.

24. Do you consider yourself an Alchemist?

I don’t think so.

25. Are you any other type of magical practitioner besides a witch?

I don’t generally even call myself a witch, but it is a label I accept. I’m not too caught up on labels.

26. What got you interested in witchcraft?

I’ve been practicing all my life. I don’t typically call it witchcraft, but that’s a fair enough name.

27. Have you ever performed a spell or ritual with the company of anyone who was not a witch?

No.

28. Have you ever used ouija?

I have not.

29. Do you consider yourself a psychic?

No.

30. Do you have a spirit guide? If so, what is it?

Yes. A light-seeker.

31. What is something you wish someone had told you when you first started?

The elders are not mouthpieces of the divine. Seek the truth and it will guide you.

32. Do you celebrate the Sabbats? If so, which one is your favorite?

I do not celebrate these holidays.

33. Would you ever teach witchcraft to your children?

I don’t plan on having children, but I believe all children must learn that nature is sacred.

34. Do you meditate?

Yes.

35. What is your favorite season?

Spring, when eggs start hatching.

36. What is your favorite type of magic to perform?

Simple everyday sacred practices are my favorite independent practices, but I miss our rites of passage between life phases. They were always so extravagant.

37. How do you incorporate your spirituality into your daily life?

I revel in change. I return what I take. I cultivate life in my garden.

38. What is your favorite witchy movie?

I’m not familiar with any, I’m afraid.

39. What is your favorite witchy book, both fiction and non-fiction. Why?

Again, I’m not familiar with these.

40. What is the first spell you ever performed? Successful or not.

I don’t recall.

41. What’s the craziest witchcraft-related thing that’s happened to you?

I left my community and it’s been a jarring re-adjustment.

42. What is your favourite type of candle to use?

I like using homemade oil candles.

43. What is your favorite witchy tool?

My pendant.

44. Do you or have you ever made your own witchy tools?

Of course. Resourcefulness is everything.

45. Have you ever worked with any magical creatures such as the fae or spirits?

All beasts have magic imbued in their very essence. I call upon spirits often and they guide me.

46. Do you practice color magic?

Not really.

47. Do you or have you ever had a witchy teacher or mentor of any kind?

As said, I was raised in a community of practitioners.

48. What is your preferred way of shopping for witchcraft supplies?

The more I obtain from nature and discarded things, the better.

49. Do you believe in predestination or fate?

The future cannot be said to exist. Once it comes around, it loses its status as future. All existence occurs in the present.

50. What do you do to reconnect when you are feeling out of touch with your practice?

My life is my practice. I cannot be separated from it. I know that even if I never perform a ritual again, I am playing my role in the universe.

51. Have you ever had any supernatural experiences?

Is anything super-natural? The prefix implies that the super-natural is either excessively natural or “above” natural. Everything is natural, as I see it. Though there are many human constructions, humans too are beasts of nature. Human constructions are no less natural than the nests of wasps. As for spirits… Why should they be considered something other than natural? All simply is or isn’t. I am not keen on drawing distinctions.

52. What is your biggest witchy pet peeve?

Those who forget why they practice and go on to preach hollow teachings that are doomed to fail, as those who practice become void of connection to that which fuels them.

53. Do you like incense? If so, what's your favorite scent?

I prefer candles and perfumes when it comes to scent. I miss the smell of the candles they used to burn during reldiv. It was an indescribable smell. I wish I knew how to mimic it.

54. Do you keep a dream journal of any kind?

I write things here and there.

55. What has been your biggest witchcraft disaster?

Falling for empty words.

56. What has been your biggest witchcraft success?

Crafting my own path.

57. What in your practice do you do that you may feel silly or embarrassed about?

I don’t have the superficially nice tools we used in reldiv. Still, I know that my handmade tools are more than enough.

58. Do you believe that you can be an atheist, Christian, Muslim or some other faith and still be a witch too?

I’m not deeply familiar with other faiths, but I don’t see why not.

59. Do you ever feel insecure, unsure or even scared of spell work?

Only that it won’t be enough,

60. Do you ever hold yourself to a standard in your witchcraft that you feel you may never obtain?

Perhaps.

61. What is something witch related that you want right now?

I want a community again.

62. What is your rune of choice?

I don’t use runes.

63. What is your tarot card of choice?

I don’t use tarot.

64. Do you use essential oils? If so, what is your favorite?

Sometimes. I’m fond of floral scents.

65. Have you ever taken any kind of witchcraft or pagan courses?

Not exactly.

66. Do you wear pagan jewelry in public?

Yes, though I doubt it would be recognized.

67. Have you ever been discriminated against because of your faith or being a witch?

Not exactly.

68. Do you read or subscribe to any pagan magazines?

No.

69. Do you think it’s important to know the history of paganism and witchcraft?

I think it’s absolutely vital to know the history of one’s own faith to really understand one’s practice. Without our history, we are powerless. I am, perhaps, a bit wary of the use of the vague umbrella that is “paganism” here, as there are a diverse array of pagan religions and magical practices. Knowledge of any subject is important, but I think what is key is the history of our own practices.

70. What are your favorite things about being a witch?

I am acutely aware of my connection to the earth and universe.

71. What are your least favorite things about being a witch?

My faith is largely unheard of, and I have left my community, so I have few people to whom I can relate.

72. Do you listen to any pagan music? If so, who is your favorite singer/band?

Not to my knowledge.

73. Do you celebrate the Esbbats? If so, how?

I do not.

74. Do you ever work skyclad?

No. This term comes from Jainism, correct? I admire Jainism, and many of the beliefs resonate with me, but I do not practice that religion, nor do I practice nude.

75. Do you think witchcraft has improved your life? If so, how?

I can’t imagine my life without it.

76. Where do you draw inspiration from for your practice?

My faith and my history.

77. Do you believe in ‘fantasy’ creatures? (Unicorns, fairies, elves, gnomes, ghosts, etc)

Reality is in the eye of the beholder.

78. What’s your favorite sigil/symbol?

Spinne.

79. Do you use blood magic in your practice? Why or why not?

On occasion. It allows a stronger bodily connection.

80. Could you ever be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t support your practice?

No.

81. In what area or subject would you most like your craft to grow?

I’m really not sure.

82. What’s your favorite candle scent? Do you use it in your practice?

Most floral scents.

83. Do you have a pre-ritual ritual? (I.e. Something you do before rituals to prepare yourself for them). If so, what is it?

I try to channel my focus and energy into my intent beforehand.

84. What real life witch most inspires your practice?

A former partner.

85. What is your favorite method of communicating with deity?

Directly, as she wishes.

86. How do you like to organize all your witchy items and ingredients?

I’m quite cluttered, but the right items come to me when I need them. Mostly.

87. Do you have any witches in your family that you know of?

Yes.

88. How have you created your path? What is unique about it?

I dove into my history. I diverged from the practices of my community to connect with our true roots.

89. Do you feel you have any natural gifts or affinities (premonitions, hearing spirits, etc.) that led you toward the craft? If so, what are they?

I was given the gift of change during the traditional ceremony, as all members of my former community are.

90. Do you believe you can initiate yourself or do you have to be initiated by another witch or coven?

In some accounts I’ve paged through in our archive, some people were initiated without seeking via divine intervention. That’s how our founders were initiated centuries ago, but even before then, there were tales of people being initiated into our way of life. The leaders of my sect preached that the only way to enter our practice and receive our divine gift was to be initiated by spiritual leaders such as themselves. Our history clearly shows otherwise, but that only goes to show why we’re discouraged from learning our own history.

91. When you first started out in your path what was the first thing or things you bought?

I don’t believe this is applicable to my experience.

92. What is the most spiritual or magical place you’ve been?

It’s a bit odd… I feel I should say the sacred gardens, but I honestly felt the most overwhelmed by the spiritual energy of my sect’s archive. It was powerful.

93. What’s one piece of advice you’d give someone who is searching for their matron and patron deities?

I’m not sure, sorry.

94. What techniques do you use to 'get in the zone’ for meditation?

I focus on the endless patterns and get lost in them. It's hard not to slip into a meditative state just watching it all shift.

95. Did visualization come easily to you or did you have to practice at it?

It comes when it does, often against my will.

96. Do you prefer day or night? Why?

Night. It feels safer. I like the quiet.

97. What do you think is the best time and place to do spell work?

At any and every given moment.

98. How did you feel when you cast your first circle? Did you stumble or did it go smoothly?

We never used this technique in my practice. Everything is very open and free-flowing.

99. Do you believe witchcraft gets easier with time and practice?

I don’t know about easier, but it becomes more fulfilling.

100. Do you believe in many gods or one God with many faces?

The deity/deities we recognize are hard to describe to outsiders. The main divinity recognized by most sects, Arānea, is both a deity with autonomy and intent as well as an embodiment of a concept and the universe as a whole. Before she was known as such, she was recognized by other names and in other forms. Her name and form is ultimately irrelevant. We recognize what I guess you could call personal deities, which are “assigned” based on a person’s role. Assigned isn’t exactly the right word, but it’s hard to explain. All of these personal deities can be seen as facets of Arānea, while also being distinct and while also all being non-entity entities. Like I said, it’s hard to explain to outsiders.

101. Do you eat meat, eggs and dairy?

Yes.

102. What is your favorite color and why?

Yellow, perhaps. It’s vibrant.

103. What is the one question you get asked most by non-practitioners or non-pagans? How do you usually respond?

I’m usually very private. I’ve not been asked many questions about my faith and practice

104. Which of your five senses would you say is your strongest?

I wish there were more trevni here to laugh at this question with me. Just trust me that this would be really funny where I come from.

105. What is a pagan or witchcraft rule that you preach but don’t practice?

I don’t really preach. I do my own thing.

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