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A Witch is a label: Claiming yourself as a worker and transmitter of energy. Living with the powers and tides of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun. Compare the art of witchcraft or magick to the art of painting or playing a musical instrument. It's fair to say that most people can learn to play the piano, paint a lake in watercolor, etc., But there are, of course, those who are born with more musical talent or artistic ability than others. The same applies to spiritual abilities, including Witchcraft. These skills can often be taught, but some are simply born with more natural ability than others. Continue reading...

​Old World Witchcraft is summarized as the esoteric practices of European village elders. Wise women (and men!) secretly performing powerful rituals utilizing wild-harvested herbs, roots, crafted ritual blends, and pure beeswax Old World Ritual Candles. Of course, we have expanded and elaborated on their magickal practices, but the core has remained the same. We are honored to share with you the Craft of the Old Ways. 

Our intention is not to perfectly replicate the practices of our Central and European ancestors, but rather to bring their many ritualistic practices to light. Although we use traditional Central and Eastern European Witchcraft supplies, we do not make claims regarding the historical accuracy of Old World Witchcraft. Nor do we go out of our way to educate those about the history of this vast and extremely controversial subject. After all, women were kept illiterate for the greater part of the last millennium; therefore, most historical information is written (haphazardly) by men. Many of which never even practiced this old style of countryside Witchcraft! Most information regarding Witchcraft has been passed down through oral traditions, folklore, secretly shared rituals, and sacred wisdom.

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A Witch is a label: Claiming yourself as a worker and transmitter of energy. Living with the powers and tides of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun. Old World Witchcraft, by its very nature, is operative and results-oriented. It has stood the test of time for a reason; it works. Its ability to manifest measurable results is the reason for its continued presence in the world. Our goal is to provide you with variations of Old World Witchcraft rituals that will create measurable positive change in your life. 

There is nothing to "convert" to or "initiate" into. You are more than welcome to keep your existing religion, path, and ideology. Old World Witchcraft is a personal experience and a private practice. Just like all things in nature, it will blossom, change, shed, regrow, and expand throughout your life. Weave your own traditions, listen to the whispers of your ancestors, and allow yourself to discover a new life path.

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An Old World Witch does not bother with silly little things like initiations, head-priestesses, or covens. We simply want to do our rituals, obtain measurable results, and move on with our lives. Magick is a part of our routine, everyday life. And we can show you how you can do the same! Visit The Witch's Shop to view step-by-step ritual instructions. If you're not sure which ritual you should do first, please feel welcome to contact us for assistance. 

No. We do not subscribe to any one single theory, religion, or new age movement. Wicca is a new age religion and is very different from Old World Witchcraft. They are very different in both philosophy, as well as ritual practice. Old World Witchcraft does not focus or comply with one magickal tradition over another. It predates the new age religious practice of Witchcraft and instead focuses on the best of what works from various cultures and time-tested methods.

We do not worship deities, angels, demons, goddesses, or saints - but you certainly can! We do not identify as Wiccans, Pagans, Christians, or Conjure Doctors. We do not believe in (the western interpretation of) karma. We do not believe in dogma. We do not believe in judgements. And of course, we do not believe in the threefold "law" or the Wiccan Rede.

We believe in you. We believe making peace with the outside world begins from within. We believe by learning to love and appreciate ourselves, we experience the world differently. We believe in making our own rules and following our own path. We believe in ultimate free will. And most importantly, we believe in magick.

We encourage you to step outside the pre-exiting limitations imposed by religions, cultures, and new age movements. Finding your own truth will lead you to your own power. ​

Old World Witchcraft is more than a practice. It's the Witch, the Earth, and the Energy. Magick in its purest, most elemental form. It allows total freedom of magickal expression and limitless choices. It is the shortest, most intense, and direct route to understanding your own power. 

Occasionally, Witches and spiritual-types from the so-called "White Light" path like to label and criticize other's decisions or life choices. They argue that manipulative - or what they refer to as 'black magick' - is wrong. (Hint: the Law of 3 is an entirely made-up concept. It is nothing more than 1950's Paganism, propagated by worthless new age books.)

Do you think energetic or emotional manipulation in black magick? All magick, all physical action, and the very act of breathing is in itself manipulation. You manipulate energy, you manipulate air, you physically manipulate the real-world experience around you -- and that's true even without magick!

Cursing and healing. Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path. Black and white. Desiring and repelling. They are all part of the same circle. All interlocking forms of spiritual, magickal, and transformational work. Human energies in the spiritual, coming into the material world through perfectly natural means. 

Manipulating love is no different than manipulating money - after all, the money must come from somewhere. 

This doesn't need to be a Robin Hood situation of taking money away from one group to feed another. Understand that the simple act of accepting a job offer could very well be an act of denying another person that very same opportunity. 

​Whether you consciously wanted this person to not get the job doesn't matter - the same physical and emotional response will be emitted by the other party. In the same manner, a Christian's prayer to God for a lover to return is essentially a (weak) version of a love spell. By placing the ultimate decision making on the shoulders of an "exterior" being is simply semantics. 

Similarly, fertility magick and death magick are only one degree from separation. Those willing to perform "White Magick" to bring a physically materialized soul into the hands of those who cannot otherwise conceive is itself, essentially playing God. Likewise, performing "Black Magick" to kill a pedophile or an animal abuser can also be of great benefit and should be celebrated. ​

Separating magick into right versus wrong, black versus white, evil versus good, is not only a narrow-minded task, but it narrows your scope of universal understanding and the greater reality. Nothing and no one is judging you but you. Learn to love yourself, stand up for yourself, and know that you are a limitless being. 

Making peace with the world and our magickal practice begins with our minds. Just as the moon can illuminate the dark, the rays from the sun can leave a deadly burn. The circle of life does not exist of right and wrong, black and white, good and evil. The circle of life is a never-ending array of colors, shades, and experiences. 

Witchcraft is a natural, flowing process. Although one must decide for themselves what is right for them, accepting the circle of life will facilitate a more peaceful, loving physical experience and a sense of well-being.

Enjoy your magick. Feel confident about your choices. Follow your own path.

​Absolutely! Old World Witchcraft is available to everyone. Although most of our readers are women, men are an equal part of Witchcraft and occultism.

Despite most people equating the word 'Witch' with femininity, men were the dominant figures in occultism in the last millennium! In fact, men wrote the vast majority of the surviving grimoires. But the men who practiced magick and wrote grimoires certainly did not call themselves Witches. The history of Witchcraft and the word Witch was equivalent to signifying a malicious hag. It was a derogatory term. A person feared being called this word. Only in the mid-1900s, it became a word of magickal empowerment and a self-given label.
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Fortunately, we are now in a very different time. We now gladly welcome the Witch label for both men and women.

No, nothing on this website is guaranteed to work. 

Just as a doctor cannot guarantee a clean bill of health, a lawyer cannot guarantee the outcome of a lawsuit, and a weatherman cannot guarantee the week's weather, a Witch cannot guarantee your personal life experience or any outcome of your rituals. If ANYONE EVER offers you a guarantee of healing health problems, winning a legal case, or the return of a lover, turn around and run! These types of guarantees are the surest signs of fraud. 

As with all things in life, success depends on your work ethic and personal belief system. A Witch should approach all rituals from a path of inspiration, rather than desperation. Do not use spellwork as a bandaid for poor life decisions. 

Rituals shape your life and give birth to new beginnings. And of course, rituals can create new endings. Witchcraft is a path of power and personal freedom. Honor it, treat it with respect, and know that just about anything is possible. ​

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No, a ritual cannot backfire. The ritual simply works or it doesn't. The backfire myth is propagated by those who are operating from a fear consciousness (and shouldn't be participating in Witchcraft in the first place) or have abysmal judgment regarding the desired outcome of their work. 

​For example, if a woman curses her ex-husband and then struggles when he can no longer send her the alimony/child support checks. Well, of course! If you curse someone, they will most likely lose their financial well-being, and in turn, will no longer be able to pay their bills. ​The curse did not backfire. The woman simply shot herself in the foot. It's poor planning and poor judgment. 

Don't curse the hand that feeds you. ​

Imagine each person is surrounded by an energy field of particles that are the energetic interpretation of the person's thoughts, emotions, and inner desires. These particles are responsible for forming the person's reality, their reactions, and their external desires. 

When a person does not love you (or have the feelings you desire them to have for you), it simply means those energetic particles are not present in their external energy field – because they are not naturally internally present. 

​What magick does, is it energetically inserts those desired energetic particles into the target's energy field. In a sense, it works like a virus or radiation. By surrounding the target with the energy of the desired effect, the target's energy field becomes "contaminated" with new thoughts, desires, and in turn: actions.

If and when the "contamination" is persistent and magickally performed properly, the result will be a thorough seep into the physical and emotional mind of the target.The thoughts and emotions you have planted inside the target's mind will begin to feel as if they are their own. Once the thoughts and emotions are planted, the target will begin acting upon them. ​

Well, it depends. Many key factors play into this:

• How well was the ritual performed?
• What kind of resistance was the target facing?
• Are you a cooperative component to them loving you forever?
• Are you treating them well, loving them truly and sweetly nourishing the relationship?

Many types of love rituals exist. Some nudge the person into loving the other, some convince the person to love the other, and some absolutely zombify the person to be enamored the other.

With every degree of persuasion and influence, the target loses a part of him/herself in the process of energetic coercion.  This is why we strongly recommend starting the love spell on the lowest level of coercion possible, to avoid having a brainwashed "zombie lover." 

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Trust us, you won't be happy with a "zombie lover" – no matter what you may be telling yourself right now. You fell in love with the person because of who they are, not who they aren't. Don't rob a lover of their individuality, their own values, and their own ideals. 

​Having said that, we firmly believe a mild love spell is extraordinarily beneficial, even for already blissful couples. Solidifying a union and ensuring a faithful, happy partnership is truly a beautiful thing.​ As with all rituals, it's best to approach magick out of inspiration, rather than desperation. Do not wait until your life is falling apart before you take action!

No. If you are experiencing medical-related problems, please visit a holistic medical professional instead. We do not offer medical or mental advice, spells, or readings of any kind.  Witchcraft and spiritual healing is not a replacement for modern medical intervention. Please visit a holistic-minded trained medical professional.

No, casting a circle is not necessary and is not a part of Old World Witchcraft. Casting a circle comes from new age practices, ceremonial religious-based magick, and a few Middle Eastern traditions. 

Those that say they cast a circle "for protection" have clearly never been involved in real magick and have never had any real interactions with the spiritual world. If a spirit, energy, or other person's spellwork is on the hunt for you, a silly little circle isn't going to stop it. In addition, a circle unquestionably does not function as a filter - letting in "good energies" and filtering out the "bad energies." Substantive Witches and occultists chuckle at this new age notion.

Witchcraft is NOT an open invitation to all entities and spirits, but rather, it is a step into the spiritual world. You must enter it feeling comfortable and confident, just as you would step into the physical world. If you step into magick with a fear-based consciousness, you have no place in this practice. Fear invites fearful experiences. Confidence and authority encourage in-control experiences and positive, powerful outcomes.

​Retrogrades are a regular and, of course, perfectly natural occurrences. At almost all moments of the year, one or more planets are in retrograde. Mercury has been in the pop culture spotlight because of how strongly it impacts technology, communication, and travel. Of course, these things we always notice in our modern daily lives.

Mercury Retrograde has zero negative impact on love spells, BUT since Mercury rules communication, technology, and travel, it may slow down communication between you and your desired lover. In other words, you may have to wait a couple of extra days to hear from the target of your love spells. Or, an email from your target will end up in your spam folder, and you won't realize it until a week later.

How do you know if you're cursed? Daily, we receive the "Am I cursed?" question. We want to assure you that genuine curses are extremely rare. Simply put, very few practicing Witches have the skill and energetic endurance to go through such a tiring ritual! Curses aren't fun, nor are they easy.

But what if you're experiencing unpleasant things you can't explain? Sure, one may believe they are experiencing just a streak of bad luck - but if on the rare occasion the streak is unusually long or persistent, here are the universal signs of someone (or something!) working against you.

Call it being cursed, jinxed, goofered, hexed, crossed -- it doesn't matter, the symptoms are always the same. The symptoms of being on the receiving end of a curse tend to fall into three different categories: Psychological, Anatomical, and External.

1) Banishing Ritual to eliminate the negativity around you and remove attachments/entities. This is crucial to getting you unstuck.

2) Smudge your home with Cedar. The sadness, the grief, the self-pity, all leave footprints of sorrow in your home. These energetic footprints quickly multiply and often attract other unwanted manifestations, as well drifting spirits that feed off your despair. Place the Cedar smudge over a fireproof bowl and walk clockwise around your private space, allowing the rich Cedar smoke to gently envelop each corner of your home. Pay special attention to mirrors, windows, doors, and all reflective surfaces. When the home is thoroughly smudged, collect the smudge ashes and take them to a very private, undisturbed part of the forest away from your home. Dig a shallow hole in the ground, place the ash inside. Fill the hole back up with the dirt. Take a Wrought Iron Coffin Nail and strike it with a hammer into the ground. Leave in peace, don't look over your shoulder.

**Once your energy field is clean, and your home is no longer an all-you-can-eat buffet for attachments, only then you may begin your work to unblock and/or increase other areas of your life.**

3) Since you feel like you are blocked and stuck, the Financial Roadblock Banishing Ritual is recommended. This ritual will eliminate anything that is blocking the flow of prosperity and wellness. Especially if you feel like someone or something has been working against you. 

4) Finally, you can now move to your choice of prosperity and manifestation rituals. These will depend largely on your targeted desires. Here are three different options that I would recommend for you. You will need to review each to find the one that best suits your needs:

• Dispel & Conquer
• Attainment Ritual
• Opulence Ritual

Every Ritual Blend is a time-tested proprietary formulation that is ritually handcrafted and bottled in small batches. The herbs, roots, resins, and crushed minerals are sealed under specific corresponding Moon phases and planetary influences. The harnessed energy of the Ritual Blend is then placed in your hands in the most potent manner possible. 

We do not disclose the ritual process for creating Ritual Blends, nor do we share the ingredients. 

Those with severe allergies to herbs and roots are advised to not use Old World Witchcraft products.

No. For long-lasting results with measurable results, you must perform the work yourself. All Ritual Kits contain easy to follow, step-by-step ritual instructions. 

We ship around the world. Shipping costs and transit time is calculated at checkout based on the input shipping address. 

We ship worldwide, with discounted international shipping automatically calculated at checkout. Please familiarize yourself with your country's import restrictions before placing an order. We will do all we can to fulfill customs paperwork and import requirements, but it is ultimately in the hands of the destination country to allow or refuse a shipment. 

All of our products are handcrafted in Portland, Oregon and Prague, Czech Republic. 

While most orders will ship directly from our Portland, Oregon (witch)craftshop, we do use a US-based third-party fulfilment service for some of our most popular items. This allows us to fulfil your orders at a much faster speed and enables your products to arrive in time for the Dark Moon, Witch's New Moon and the Full Moon. In some instances, items from your order will arrive in separate packages from multiple US locations. 

Yes, absolutely ALL orders are shipped in generic, discreet packages. 'Old World Witchcraft' IS NOT shown on any part of the box or label.

The current order processing time is 4-6 business days for most in-stock items. 

**All our products are made in small batches under the influence of the Moon. If an item says it's preorder, the lead time is between 1-2 Moon cycles (AKA months).**

Exclusion: International shipments, which will ship once all products become available. 

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PLEASE NOTE: We're a small business. And despite what you may think, we do not have any special control of UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS, or your country's local post office.  All shipping and delivery issues regarding missing shipments or unexpected delivery delays must be addressed directly with the carrier. When placing an order, please ensure you are shipping to a secure address. We are not responsible for lost or stolen packages. Once USPS, UPS, DHL, or FedEx marks the package as delivered, we will not be able to file an insurance claim, and therefore, we will not refund or replace misplaced, lost, or stolen orders.