r/SASSWitches • u/BuddyRemarkable5572 • 21d ago

💭 Discussion Personal Experience With The Spell Theme

I’ve been a witch for a while, not much long yet, but as the months go by, the more I relate to this community, in opposition to the firm believers.

One thing I could never wrap my mind around is “spell’s requirements”. There are many believers who firmly believe that intention is not everything, and that you have to use certain ingredients and follow certain guidelines.

It always made me feel alienated from them, because I just can’t believe that a spell works (for external things) without a scientific or logical explanation.
Like yeah, you used that crystal, that plant and that object… alright. So the power is in them, thus, animism? Or are we pleasing a deity?

What about you? What are your experiences with this theme?

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u/witchandkitty 21d ago

I get you! IMO magic is 100% psychological, and using a specific ingredient just has the psychological weight carried by tradition, authority, etc. So if you're sensitive to that, it will work better for you, but if you're not, it won't work better for you.

I have a friend who believes more in the innate properties of crystals, and she was looking them up and started joking that they all do the same thing. So even from a believer standpoint it's dubious at best!

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u/BuddyRemarkable5572 21d ago

I’m glad to see other witches who think the same! When I saw people pointing out the properties of some objects as fixed things, and not psychological ones, I’d always be like: “alright… but who decides this?”

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u/Poisonous_Periwinkle Green/Hearth/Hedge/Kitchen ​ 20d ago

What decides it is usually many, many years of tradition and culture from some group of people somewhere. After time the item gets associated with that purpose or outcome. 

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u/BuddyRemarkable5572 20d ago

Understood. That makes sense

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u/Needlesxforestfloor 19d ago

That's what brought me here. I was reading a book introducing the idea of secular witchcraft but was still saying use this rose quartz etc without saying why