It’s Ask Black Witch time! Let’s get into it!

What will happen if I write a desire I have on a piece of paper burn it with lemon grass and put the ashes in a shot glass and holy water, and drink it?

– Ang

Everyone, if you have to ask this kind of question, then maybe dabbling is a thing you should not be doing. I replied to this kid to check their research – because if you’re going to do magick, you better do research. I’m not a Spellwork Hotline.

 

Biggest Question: can I use these arts or have someone do special rituals to help me get through college exams. I am not sure how much merit there is for using Black Magic or White Magic, but how powerful is is up to question. 

I am honestly skeptical of the practice. All the books dealing with spells seem like a lot of self talk. Like you do a ritual and something is supposed to happen? I did, nothing occurred. You have to meditate for a ritual. Nothing occurred. I lighted a candle. Followed rules. I felt empty. Nothing happened. This was to get some success in school. I was dealing with some entities that were supposed to be your guides. The main issue is: Goodness, I hate school. Classes in college are hard. I almost wish something could give me super human powers to understand what I read and study, make it enjoyable, and not make me feel restless, or unfocused. This article you made on mental health makes so much sense. I get so frustrated about school and life and this feels to be the cause my biggest problems. Learned helplessness. Plus Frustration, turning into broody self pity and despair that nothing ever changes. Yet, I hate how my circumstances just do not change no matter how much effort. Everything is so slow and take so much time. Goodness, does the universe want me at all. I honestly rebel against the thought of being nothing, and fight back to make my dreams of an education and to a dream school come true. That is how I feel on the Inside. I desire with my soul empowerment transcending beyond physical limitations of this life.

– Danny L.

There was a lot written here. The question, in a nutshell: “Can I do witchcraft to pass college? It does me a mischief.”

Try studying, it isn’t fun but it works. Visit the counselling center (assuming it doesn’t suck, some do) or talk to someone about the stress university causes you.

Here’s the kit and kaboodle – I’m quite a meritocrat so it should be obvious my next words:

College is supposed to be hard, intellectually. That’s why it is college. If college is not for you, build a plan and go an alternate route. This is, of course, assuming the actual problem is “the course work is hard” and not “I deal with prejudice in college.” The former I have limited sympathy for – again, it’s college, not pre-school – the latter is an actual issue that every university in the US blithely ignore as long as it doesn’t land them on the cover of the New York Times for longer than two days in a row.

Here’s the thing, if you’re having depression about college – because what you describe sounds like depression – then you should get help for that. Ask if your college has resources for dealing with a frustrating courseload such as tutors, competent people to talk to (note the word “competent”, most college mental health professionals just plain aren’t that) and groups on campus of people you can possibly relate to vent your frustrations.

Magick isn’t a smart route here because dabbling gets you nowhere – and doing proper magick requires courseload-sized reading and research. That’s just adding more onto your plate in the attempt to take a short cut.

Instead of candles, try actually talking to someone. Use resources available to you and think about what you actually want to do with your life.

 

Hi I would like to know what it means when someone uses a statue belonging to the person with intentions on putting a spell on them.

 My story: Two months ago I threw away my Decolletage because it fell off of the shelf twice mysteriously and broke at the bottom. The next day my husband took the garbage out and said, “You put the garbage in the wrong container”. I didn’t think anything about the statue because it was broken and it never crossed my mind that my husband would use it against me. But, something tells me that he did just that.
– Rhonda T.
As an outsider looking in, it doesn’t really look like much from here. While hunches are nice, they can lead you into some wild goose chases sometimes.
If the hubby:
– does not have a background in magick/occultism
– does not have a “I don’t get mad, I get even” temperament
– does not treat you like you are his property, treats you like a human instead
Then it’s a good chance that nothing that level of nefarious is happening. However, it does show that maybe you should have a heart to heart with him about things that are bugging you in the relationship – because it is evident that something is amiss for you to think your husband is hexing you secretly. You don’t have to say “I think you were gonna put a fix on my decolletage” but you could say something like, “I just am having issues trusting you, because I feel like ….” and go from there.
If you’re thinking “that’s gonna incite World War Three” then maybe you should either A) Really have the talk because communication is crucial in a relationship or B) Consider leaving because things are only going to get worse from here.