Spirit work involves working with spirits that assist witches in their magickal workings and daily life. It is the art of engaging in meaningful conversation and relationship with spirits, especially hidden or subtle spirits. Spirit familiars or spirit servants are commonly associated with spirit-based magical practices. Spiritwork encompasses more than just the spirits of the deceased, including animism and connecting with the spirits of place, genius loci, land, fauna, and flora.
In the Appalachian Mountains, folk magic goes by many names, such as root work, granny magic, kitchen witchery, Braucherei, and witchcraft. Some labels like Garden Witch or Cottage Witch are both commonly used and easy to understand due to the imagery that such terms convey. Spiritwork might seem scary but is just like every other type of witchcraft, especially during the time of being at home more than normal.
Historically, witchcraft was believed to involve the use of supernatural or magical powers to inflict harm upon members of a group. The world is alive with spirits, and for the witch, this fact influences nearly every aspect of their magickal practices. From the archetypal spirit of an archetypal witch, witchcraft is part of a living web of species and relationships, a world which we have forgotten to observe, understand, or inhabit.
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A few days ago, my grandmother visited her husband’s grave Someone put twigs on the grave, she didn’t like them very much, so she took them home to throw them away (she could have done it right away but for some reason she took them home) In the evening, she was woken up by voices coming from the kitchen. where she left the twigs she took she went to check who it was and she heard voices coming from the branches!! The discussion was strange and incomprehensible, like two quarreling squirrels 😀 from a Disney cartoon she threw the twigs out the window and the discussion ended I wonder what it could have been? The spirits of dead people would speak an understandable language and if grandma had something wrong with her head and the voices were only in her head, they wouldn’t stop after throwing the twigs out the window
I just lately into giving offerings to my ancestors. Now,I just realized I must have known these things many decades ago not only because I will benefit from my ancestors but I really want to give them something able for them to be ok in the spirit realm . I wish i had help them many years ago.They know my heart,I’m not only for asking,I really want to give . Thank you 🙏 I learned new things to you !
I have always dealt with spirits my entire life. I’m empath medium. I feel the emotions of both the living and the dead. I’m well aware of the dark spirits. I was 5 years old when I encountered something demonic. But at that tender, I didn’t understand what it was nor what I was dealing with. I’m the daughter of 2 clairvoyants. So, dealing with spirits was normal and accepted. I’m far stronger and far more powerful than anyone in my family. But the reason for me being so powerful is because I nearly became a still born. It was a miracle that I was born fairly healthy. Because I nearly died at birth, I’m very tethered to the spirit world. I have so many ghost stories that it’s not funny. I’m more than aware of the dangers of the spirit world. As I have been assaulted by spirits. But that’s before I became a witch. I begged so many communities and people for help with spirits. But no one wanted to help me. I know that spirits can act like toddlers when you fail to acknowledge them. At this time, I had a never-ending stream of bad luck, and my health was getting very bad. Then, I came across the witchcraft community. They were so friendly and helpful, and they helped me. I have been a witch ever since, and the spirits now respect me, and I respect them. With me, I either see a black mass where a spirit is. That or feel their presence. With deities, I see Bast the most. I nearly see her eyes on a daily basis. I have had a run-in with the fae. Mainly a house elf. I agree with you that this isn’t for beginners.
I’ve had quite a bit of experience with the paranormal. I’m half Native American, Navajo to be exact. The Navajo side of my family, a lot of them are or have been medicine men. Even members of my family who aren’t medicine men, are sensitive to the spirit world. As for myself, I’ve been aware of my connection to the spirit world since I was fourteen. The first official contact with a spirit, was not a good experience. I’m positive that the spirit that made contact with me was a demon. Things got scary, and mean physically violent. It took the combination of help from a family member who is a medicine man and prayer to finally get the thing to back off. Once it did I learned how to protect myself from those types of spirits. Since then I’ve encountered almost every spirit you’ve talked about in this article. Mostly it’s the spirits of people who have passed away. So far the only angel I’ve encountered and interacted with is my own guardian angel.
The most unique story of a calling from a spirit that wanted to be my spirit companion was with a japanese yokai. I was having a series of nightmares that repeated itself for months and it would start the same way every time. I walk in and the house looks more abandoned. There was always a ghost woman peeking from the distance. The looked like the spirit from The Ring. Long black hair, a blurry missing face, and she floated without legs. She wouldnt talk and after the 5th time seeing her in my dreams, I contacted a trusted medium and she told me it was a Yurei that wanted to be with me. I set out black tea and dark chocolate for the spirit every week and take really good care of the Yurei. Im glad you brought up giving offerings often to spirits because its so important to them.
I’m 16 and a beginner to witchcraft and spirit work, and I work with Asmodeus. I feel very safe working with him despite him being a demon as he reached out to me first and has been protecting me since. However he is the only demon I feel safe working with at the moment, I’ve thought about reaching out to King Paimon but I have a feeling I’m not ready, so I’ve been working with my ancestors.
As I’m deepening my spiritual practice, I have had many wild animal encounters that are unusual for me and have never had prior to this. I also connected with Lakshmi in a very deep meditation. I didn’t know who she was until I researched the name after that meditation. An angel also visited me in a dream and called me Friday. She said I was divinely protected. Naturally, I’m becoming more interested in the spirits that are possibly trying to reach out to me. Intriguing. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this.
I love to learn how to sew and hear them as my fiance dose (Not like he had any choice as he remember just woke up on someone’s sofa just to be pulled and dragged into some kids body as the kid shouted go away before merging in.. thar soul might be dead now as he is trapped and living as the kid now adult and always hated to see and hear other worldly beings as we both question how and y ect normally when something so crazy and um.. weird..) Sorry for ramble..
Do Deities belong to the spirit world or they are a part of different category? I love how your article is super informative and packed with good knowledge. I’ve had plenty of spirit interactions from a young age. And then I messed things up (opened myself waay to much) and things got a bit messed up. That event shut my spirit work for a bit and I’m more aware of the importance of cleansing, protecting and grounding now.
I’m completaly new to all of this and I’m looking to learn more. I’ve always believed in paranormal/occult and wanted to know how to see and communicate with ghosts/spirits. But everyone always told me it’s dangerous and I shouldn’t mess with those kind of things so that made me nervous to actually start anything.
See im new to witch stuff but im mainyl looming around at different peoples chanels to see what direction i want to go. Ive always had “supernatural” experiences and love looking into folklore and spirits things like that. But i also dont want to practice something that i am not educated enought on so its a little difficult. Im really drawn to this type of stuff but its dangerous work x.x for now im still looking around at different practices and researching though
I did had a spirit attack me once wend I was like 17 it would hid in the top coner of my room at night/ note Coners are portals as well/ anyways it was ours black and move like smoke it remind me of the shadow people but this thing was different like it wanted me for a houst so after just ignoring it one night it jump on top of me and paralyze me I could not move or talk but i Aways saw myself as a witch king and son of Lilith i said to myself No your my prey and I open both my hands and concentrated on sucking the spirit into my palms observing it’s energy and essence it knew what I was doing and it jump away fast right after I got up looking for it but it was gone I never seen it since. Aways believe in your self and you can accomplish anything. :y
I was able to tell when people were coming over and who it was before they came so wondering if I sensed energy. However I can’t do it now. I can hear things sometimes though and just thought it was due to my seizures however I’ve been pretty alert lately and I hear my name a lot now 🤦🏻♀️ how do u reach out to a house spirit and how do u know u have one?
I was followed by 4 evil spirits when I was little (I think 5 years) one of them tall, has gigantic body, extremely thin, and not too tall but not too short (Idek how to explain their shapes lol). They kept me crying like a loud ass siren when the sun goes down every single day. But somehow someone in my family knows a psychic and helped us to fix this problem. Then I haven’t seen or have any interaction with any spirits until now, but I got dreams that I speak with them and I even seen Horus in some of my medications but I’m afraid if it’s some kind of trickery. I want to work with him ugh 😣