Basic Witches: How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven

For you, a witch is any woman who understands she has power even when the world insists she doesn't

Beauty isn't just something you have; it's something you do.

I thank you for the gift of your absence, and the space it has made for me.

Sometimes you’re genuinely uncertain, and no amount of digging into your psyche will reveal one clear, life-changing direction to pursue.

sometimes witchcraft is just a fancy word for keeping your house in order and caring for your own.

Of all the elements of a successful spell, your intention and desire for change are the only essential parts.

Our version of modern magic is a means for navigating any mental obstacles that crop up—essentially, magic is a set of tricks to outwit yourself outwitting yourself.

Even if you know on some level that you can access and experience self-confidence, inner calm, and emotional acceptance, you might find doing so intimidating, embarrassing, or just plain difficult.

Ambition, assertiveness, nonconformity, high standards, the ability to say no, control over your own body: all witchcraft, by our definition. Our witchcraft also means practicing arts that may be devalued because they’re too feminine: listening, supporting your friends, choosing clothes, applying makeup, crafts and cooking, taking care of people or animals, making and keeping friends, allowing yourself space. If you speak when you’re told to be quiet, take pride when you’re told to feel shame, love what and who you love whether or not others approve, you’re practicing witchcraft.

For our purposes, witchcraft means the kind of mundane pursuits that might once have resulted in accusation: enjoying sex, controlling reproductive health, hanging out with other women, not caring what men think, disagreeing, and just knowing stuff.

We know women were accused of performing magic and consorting with the devil, but all we can truly know is that they pissed off someone in power, whether for performing an abortion or refusing to be Christian or saying “no” to a man.

Do you want advice, or do you want to vent?” “Would it help to talk more about what happened?” “What do you plan to do next?” “Do you need someone to go with you?

We witches cackle in the face of perfect femininity.

a witch is any woman who understands she has power even when the world insists she doesn’t.

your ideal beloved should be more than just a warm body who isn’t too mean to you.