I remember getting whipped because I told my parents that my Uncle had died hours before they got the call. I had little spirit friends help me hide from my mom when she was going to punish me. I was an abused child and they protected me. I am lucky to still have them with me.
@ThatDivinationWitch Hehe, totally did that - this goes under the fantasy/supernatural games, I reckon? I write in my new book about my tendency to use flowers, stones and dolls as witchy tools in childhood without really knowing what I was doing. 🥲😋🤭🥰😍
When I was little i would talk to the trees and flowers...I'd lay in the grass and put my face up close to the clover and dandelions...it was a beautiful time. My Christian mother, fearing for my soul, sent me to Christian school and forced me to get baptized - twice. I'm still finding my way back to that part of me that was silenced. Your videos have helped so much. Thankfully mom never interfered with my love of the moon. To this day, at 46, my high school friengs still call me Moonchild. 🌜✨️
I have reallly vivid memories of being a literal toddler (still crawling) and making little shrines for fairies and squirrels on the playground of my families church 😂
This is so interesting to me. In old Palestine, a lot of these things were signs of being a folk saint (which, unlike our usage today, was anyone who was 'touched' and manifested in so many different ways. These people were not canonized, or recognized by religious authorities, but the common people did.
I remember some friends from childhood who wanted to start businesses. One girl wanted to babysit. Another wanted to sell drawings. I was like I’m going to be a fortune teller. 🔮 This was at Catholic school. 😂
As a child I confused my parents by recalling the Christmas that an American relation turned up as a surprise. They quietly told me that was before I was born! I also got in trouble at my Church of England school for asking who gods wife was or if he had a sister. I remember feeling really indignant that there was no goddess ever mentioned.
Yes to all of this! Being a witch definitely makes me feel more in tune with my inner child. Being queer and neurodivergent I was always a weird, lonely, creative little kid asking way too many questions and never quite fitting in anywhere. So for a long time I tried absolutely everything to escape that stigma and to make myself more palpable, more normal, less alive. Now that I’m almost 30 I’m just ready to be done with all the bullshit and embrace myself for the weird little changeling child I am. Thank you for this video, as always it was exactly what I needed to hear at the moment and resonated deeply. ✨
For me, it was being near trees and being outside right before a thunderstrorm. It was exhiliarting and magical. It took my breath away, and made me feel awe and was something that made me feel alive, and like there was more to life than the circumscribed and abusive home I grew up in. The other thing that did this too me was music, and watching airplanes (as a girl growing up in rural Ohio in the 1970s). Later, it was being in community with lesbians (especially as I understood this as my identity) and going to women's festivals. And then later, or maybe simultaneously, it is being in community with liberation, peace, and climate activists and identifying and standing with the LGBTQ community.
My activism and my witchyness are inextricably linked. I was kicked out of my coven which espoused being apolitical but was centered on hierarchy and affilitation with the police state. Saying on Samhain 2015, that I stood with Black Lives Matter and called in Tamir Rice, I was shunned. Ended up bringing the coven to an end.
I love to go to Goodwill Outlet and get in the bins and do psychometry! It’s how I can figure out what I should buy and what I shouldn’t based on how the items feel to me.
Everything you are saying is absolutely resonating with me. During my childhood I was also unfortunately in a home with unstable parents and as a result of abuse and trauma I was always a very frightened child. I looked to witches in media to help give me strength to face my fears.
Yesssss, witches seemed to have the most control over reality and the most confidence. I didn't care that they were presented as evil. I knew they had layers to them. 😌❤❤❤🔮🧙♀️🕯🧹
I was Witching and Goddess worshipping from a very early age. I was not brought up in a religious family at all.. yet I was strangely attracted to the Virgin Mary.. in my early years the family home was split.. I was then brought up by my Dad.. and had no contact with my mother.. The Virgin Mary started to appear in my life in all kinds of ways.. When I look back now I understand the comfort that she brought me through all my difficulties growing up.. She is my Matron Goddess, she was always by my side and has stayed with me throughout my life..I'm 54 now. I loved ritual as a child..the practices..lighting the candle.. Sprinkling the herbs.. I never understood what it was then but once you know it hits you and you realise how the process has been playing out in your life. 🌙🌙✨✨ Great topic to discuss.. Always appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us Kelly-Ann.. ❤❤
Yes, All of this. The funniest being, visiting Wookey Hole Caves as a child I bought a talisman from the gift shop, that had an inscription on the back "Life will go without a hitch if you wear this lucky witch" I completely trusted this. No one knew that it was significant to me. I talk to animals and feel their communication, energy around people and knowing I have power, potentially inherited. My mother is christian but has witchy powers that she does not recognise, its pretty funny. She still has dreams and feelings but has lost her way with it. Synchronicity is key, signs and symbols and the chain of events. Feeling between the layers. Another really funny thing is being told again and again by strangers I meet that - I am a witch. That always makes me laugh!
I want to thank you for this-- I forgot some very telling things I felt, believed, and did as a young kid. Age 6 I planned on running away to go live in the hills. My parents found my note and I got in trouble lol. I always had paranormal events growing up. My mom had an NDE when she was little, so natural witchy and paranormal was normal 🤟🏻
Old places, especially ancient churches with yew trees. Graveyards. Mossy places with running water. High, lonely places where the wind blows. All these gave me a sense of longing and belonging as a child. I was a daydreamer. I’ve had a (very) late ADHD diagnosis which explains a lot. Treatment is helping me focus and now I am really leaning into intuitive practice
Yes! I was also tested for my hearing!! Apparently, the doctor told my mother that I had “perfect hearing, amazing focus skills, and probably just was not interested in what was being said” to me. Hahaha. (and of course I’m happily nodding my head to all you’re saying here! Such a fun vid )
A gorgeous video as always Kelly Ann, what an interesting thing to cover!! Even though I know I am....I still loved this content! You psychedelic wonder you! I remember making potions from all the different products in the bathroom as a very very small child, I also remember essentially praying to whatever orher power there was whilst looking at the moon. It's so interesting to think back to these young experiences!
Omigosh this made my day ✨️ Thank you 🖤 I'm in the broom closet right now because of my living situation. I miss my altar and incense and daily practice. I miss feeding and talking to the crows. I'm going to re-read Rebel Witch this weekend 🙏 and as soon as I can walk well enough, I need to get out amongst the trees and feel those yummy vibes again.
I resonate with all of this. I suspected it runs in my family too. No one ever identified as one but.. My grandma used to “‘make her prayers come true” and claimed she could talk to angels. We even share a specific birthmark that skipped a generation.
When I was a kid I wanted to make potions, which was generally me mixing household cleaners and sticking them in jars in dark closets to see if they became something shiny, I'm not sure how I didn't die. Also, my favorite character growing up was apparently Witchy-poo, then Maleficent. Then I read the crucible and after that it was over, I was so far down the witchy rabbit hole I was never coming back from wonderland.
I was the only one to dress up as Medea Greek mythology, Maleficent etc. Connections with nature animals, knowing or sensing an inner power/hunch. Wow I think I have all 12. There might be more that I don't realize. Amazing , love this vid. Thanks Kelly. Gosh, I need a coven or to start one lol 😂. Blessed be 🌾🌿🔮🪄🧙🏽🧚🏽♀️💜
thanks for sharing this vid! i went through my entire childhood feeling weird and like didn't fit in, but i did not truly pursue the witchy path until a classmate in college recommended i apply for an art residency for witches (we were art majors). when i told them that no, i did not identify as a witch, they just chuckled and said that I am, i just didn't know it yet. that made me so fizzy!
Totally a huge Black Sabbath fan. And well was just listening to that on blast the other day and posted on my page monumental albums that changed my world and blew my mind. Needless to say they are my most loved group. The impact that song had on me !!mind blown 🤯 it still sounds just as great 👍 absolutely 👍
I feel so fizzy after watching this! I have the power! He Man was my jam for that reason. Not She Ra, though I'm not sure why. You articulated so many ideas that were very nebulous and vague before - I feel very inspired atm. Thanks, lovely! Give Danny my best!
OMG “War Pigs” I laughed out loud when you said this because that was my absolute favorite song and that line resonated with me as a kid and still does. I always gravitated towards album covers that had occult themes, anything that had to do with witchcraft really. As a kid I HAD to be outside when it was storming and raining ( I still do but I don’t always have the freedoms I did and a kid ( hard to explain to your boss why you’re standing outside in the rain getting soaked. lol)). And I always felt so much better and energized after being out in a storm . I experienced a lot of things over the years including dreams that sometimes were precognitive but it wasn’t until I started working with someone who became my mentor that I learned that I was a witch. She knew as soon as we met and she gave me my first Tarot deck. But in some way I could relate to almost all of what you discussed. 🖤
Pretty much all of these, accept the rituals. Especially the instinct. Now that the contentions in life has stripped away distractions, I'm left with instincts. I have a memory from back in grade school, that I would almost involuntarily go to a place "in my mind" (though it didn't seem in my mind, but a place that I escaped to). I think I'll go back there and see what that is about.
You've given me so much to think about and respond to here that I'm inspired to resume writing my book after several months of neglecting it. I can't thank you enough 🖤
Oh boy. I was sitting in a Taco Bell once, thinking about the spirit of the AMerican Zeitgeist and suddenly it was just... there. Probably because it loves attention and it's also greedy. It wanted whatever I could give it whether I wanted to give or not. Would recommend heavy shielding to interact. And another time I was woken up in the middle of the night with the name of a goddess I'd never worked with and never thought of working with repeating in my head. It wouldn't stop and let me go back to sleep until I agreed to start researching her in the morning. Talk about your spiritual experiences. Weird kid? That was me. Drawn to fantasy, the supernatural, and the occult? YUP. This is just me. The only one that doesn't describe me is being in nature but that's only because I'm allergic to nature. ;_;
Page of Pentacles sums this topic up and what you’re going into perfectly. I feel very strongly that this video will open some parts of those who listen to want more in terms of exploring and learning. Moreover, this is what being a Witch is - a student of The Arts and not just feeling called to jump in but also being okay just exploring alone for a bit, connecting with your guides and feeling that nothing is too hard to understand or appreciate if you have an open mind to it. Magic is about having a good sense of balance of all the elements and how they relate to you on many levels. Also, being a Witch means creating prosperity in all things that involve diving deep into your practice, calling forth the tools and the guidance from the unknown and asking for these things to manifest on the physical plane and you feel elated when they do. It may not be perfect but it’s what you asked for that The Universe responds and shows up for you. Being alone often helps that part surface and allow a close examination of your involvement in the creation of things as they take shape and form.
When you started talking about liking all of the ritual as a catholic child…. I’ve never connected those dots until you said something but that is very accurate. Even to this day I still have an appreciation for the chant, incense, candles, etc.
I was bullied as a kid for getting lost in nature around me, talking to trees and seeing creatures that now i know were Fae since I practice the Faecraft. I was always a dragon, knight or a wizard when i was a kid or an animal 😅 i loved all things Dragons and Unicorns.
Wow!!!! I hadn’t wanted to identify…..but wow!!! Your last item is what brings me to your channel. I have no tool kit. I would add….I loved books like…Amityville Horror, and movies like the exorcist. I am not a fan of horror movies, but this genre intrigued me. I hated Cinderella, not her but the story…My mom gave me a Ouiji board, despite being a Pentecostal Christian….loved it. I would label my interest as more into mysticism and have avoided the idea of witch….but I think I need to change that.
I think Christian theology and the occult will alwats be interlinked. I have studied both of them. I am always amazed at how much occult traditions are derivative of Christian spirituality. Including Aleister Crowley actually.
i study witchcraft and have a huge fascination with it, i used to practice it as well back in the day. but i stopped because i thought i wasn't good enough to even cast successful spells even as simple as self love and protection spells. i suffered from very poor self esteem and depression. now that i am in a better headspace i think maybe i can give being a witch another try. i still have a lot of my tools i used to make spell jars and recipes incorporated with witchcraft. though i do still find it hard to even call myself a witch, maybe one day that'll change and i will have more confidence. much love 🌞❤️
This was very much my experience as a kid. I was raised in the Catholic Church and definitely had a lot of questions. I was however very fascinated by the rituals, the incense the candles, the rosary that whole bit. I had a lot of questions and tried to get my hands on anything occult. Found 3 books that were magickal gems in the local Library 📚 and that started the journey. As a kid would often find myself in the corner Just observing everyone. And spent my afternoons through the evenings under the trees or in the fields creating a world. Making potions and mixtures from mud, plants and waters/ teas. I definitely was that “weirdo” kid. And well labeled the “town freak”, unfortunately small town girl it wasn’t very accepted we’ll just say. I still knew there was something there and that I did not associate with the “norm”. It’s interesting how I am the “black sheep” of the family but everyone seems to come to me for advice 😂
Damn. 12 for 12. I was seven years old when l asked my mother who created God. I remember this very clearly even though little else from my (often bad and abuse-filled) childhood remains to me. She was so proud; she dragged me to my father and made me repeat the question to him. She was less impressed when I said I wanted to be a pagan (still less than 10 years old, no clue where I was exposed to such concepts). A short while later, I would write a short novel about ancient Egypt and mail it to a publisher. It wasn’t accepted, but I did receive a very nice and encouraging letter from the publisher. Raised Catholic, never cared for its ideology (I wouldn’t know the difference between a Catholic and a Protestant until adulthood!), but I did enjoy the rituals. Still under 10, I’m dragged to the principal’s office for trying to start a coven with my friends at Catholic school (I’d discovered a Sabrina the Teenage Witch book and thought it would be neat). Definitely a strong attraction to the occult and a sense of kinship with devils, witches, and other supernatural figures usually feared by others. I had a couple of weird, witchy aunts who encouraged it; I was a metalhead from a young age. I also had a phase of writing letters to fairies when I was a kid. My parents or my aunts would write the replies and leave them for me to find in the garden. I was for sure a weird kid; my parents, having raised another child with special needs, were convinced I had autism, but I insisted I didn’t. Mental illness would definitely play a part in my witchy journey (I attempted s**cide at 16), but I had a very strong feeling that, while I was clearly different, I was not different in the way my brother was. I could go on. I decided to identify as a witch when I was 30 (now 32). This is really just confirmation for me!
I have been into spirituality since I can remember, as a child it was all about ghosts for me, I could see them before I started to fear them. Then new age stuff came I jumped on it but it all left me floating in the air without any results. Four years ago I spent a year in England, Manchester by the way😊, worked there as an au-pair and went to the shop where they sell crafting supplies together with cheap books and other not so useful things 😁 and I saw Harmony Nice’s book about wicca on one shelf, it was looking at me, and the aesthetic did the job and I bought the book for 3 or 4 pounds. I remember saying to myself that it’s something dangerous but exciting recalling the word from the series Buffy the vampire slayer😂. And since than I have been hooked, even though Harmony is not my main source of information I owe her for introducing me to the craft. BTW my first tarot deck was gifted to me as well back in my new age stage by a friend and I had no idea why she would give it me. It was OSHO tarot, blend of something I knew with the exciting old mysterious call. After I discovered witchcraft in England I asked my parents to send me the OSHO deck there and I performed my first ritual there 😊🙏❤️
As Im sitting watching nodding my head, theres also this little tiny internal sceptic trying to find "rational" explanations 😂 I think witches do have a somewhat steely skeptical inclination within their core but this somehow fuels the curiosity of the inner wild rebel who doesnt like absolutist know-it-alls. It doesnt matter how much we may try to ignore it, Enchantment seeps into our mundane awareness and makes us curious.
I've been practicing for 18 years now but I love popping in to these kinds of videos because it makes me feel connected to other witches, and this is one of the best ones I've seen! War Pigs is the JAM! Love Black Sabbath, and love everything you said here, thanks for the video ❤
I know I've been a witch since I was young because I as a little boy always spent time in my grandpa's yard over by the pond and by the trees and i was also attached to my aunt's cats and we actually used to do stargazing and my aunt is a practicing witch herself and I actually saw my first omens when I was 14 and had a natural attraction to wicca at 15 and started practicing at 16 and now I'm going to be 23 this year
I thought I was a mermaid in the wrong body until I was about 16. I haven’t been swimming in so long…I’m almost afraid what it would trigger in my psyche.
1)Having to be outside ( from childhood) 2) I wanted to be the Queen from Snow White Jadis ( Chronicals of Narnia/ as a adult) 3) The ritialistic practice There were Catechism classes ( One class..then out). I never felt confortable 5) As a child ,I was put in special ed...because a teacher thought I was retarded...but,I was zoning out into another land. 6) I'm the last one in a line of psychics ( 5 generations)....Battle of Evermore & Stairway To Heaven ( They are two of my favorite occult related songs) 7) Prophetic Dreams. Three of the Clairs 9) I would like to use the sword cane I have in a ritual sense ( calling the corners) 11) I always feel the energy from people & places 12) I've always known about the strong instinct that keeps me out of danger This happrnef to me twice Once as a child & the second time as a teenager ( which saved my life) Am I a Witch ?
lol I had (I still have it) a curse bead necklace of three strands of beads, some that I picked up on the playground that had fallen out of other girls' hairstyles. I wore it every day for two months until the end of that year of school and I used to peer at someone through certain of the beads and curse them. it doesn't look very witchy, it's a bunch of multicolored plastic beads on ribbon and string, but it's some potent proto-magic!
I always had the ability to escape into my own head and get away from whatever was happening that I wanted to escape from. My mom said I was different even as a baby. I have had feelings about trees, specifically that some are good and some house bad spirits. Claircognizance has always been an ability for me, I just KNOW things that there's no way I should know. I wanted to be the witch from Wizard of Oz, and Maleficent was my favorite character in Sleeping Beauty. I called up a tornado when paying to Thor. Holy shit, that was something! My last name is Storms, LOL.
As a child I used to talk to the trees and tell them which way to blow the wind and when to stop blowing wind. ❤💨💚Even now I talk to the rain. Got shocked second hand by lighting that hit a rail I was holding. Lol played thunder cats on playground and picked flowers and gave to strangers. Used to make flower soups, and break crayons and place in water as a potion.
I relate to everything you say, I use tarot, spirit board and others but I would never class myself as a witch. When I can turn people into frogs I'll call myself a witch.
Im utterly fascinated by spirit, witches, the occult, theology, magic, myth and mystery schools. I made potions as a kid, talked to animals, and was the odd goth kid at school. Yet i wont practise any magic. It's a "No" inside. I sometimes wonder if a past life punishment for using powers could have carried over 🤔 ✨️💫💖
This so resonates with me, there have been times in my life where I have tried to resist the call in a bid to be accepted. But now I just embrace it :).
...i was this weird kid that loved to play in mud make "salades" and potions with the plants in my surroundings i swear i wanted to "tasted" every single berrie and plant ( yes even night shade fruits) was always climbing trees always loved animals more then humans(still that way ) ect...but had my calling for witchcraft not to long ago??? Why so late in my life ????
So much of this resonates. I have always latched on to stories of the fantastical or mythological. Characters that had actual powers or who didn't bow down to the status quo. I've been mentally inserting a fantasy version of myself into my fandoms for years. X-men, Star Trek, Xena (a lot of the similar 90's shows frankly). I've often chalked it up to being an only child who was (partially) diagnosed ND at an early age. At one point I used a circular version of solitaire as a pretend divination system before I ever considered getting a tarot deck. I was telling fortunes for my favorite characters.😊
hi ... so i just wanted to share that i watched the video about 12 signs of being a witch and i can relate to a number of them, it is also great to see a video on that that is more serious, talking about how a person responds to the world and society, but also to their own inner world ... what i would say tho, is that i noticed one thing that was kinda triggering to me in a political, but also personal kind of way. it is that video is great about giving traits, but does not leave a lot of space for different kind of characters and personal circumstances ... for me, those 12 signs were given in a way, that was very much from the perspective of a super confident, super strong person. it reminded me of queer sphere ... of course a lot of us knew we are queer, but had doubts about it, fears, conflitcing feelings, shame, etc. and i think there are witches feeling very much the same, having doubts, fears, feeling "not in this or that way enough" and things like that. i think if i make a tarot comparison, it is like this video gives me just the light of every card and no shadow. in a society we are in i think the same things/signs can manifest as fears, doubts, or even rejection. it is because of the society and maybe even the feeling that you are crazy if you believe some of those things. i think at least some of the witches do have the experiences described, but they dismiss them and it is not because they are not witches, is other reasons, you know ... the closet is not just for the society. it can be a personal thing too. i think that those 12 signs are great, but that it is possible - it was for me - to listen to them and be like ... yeah, those things, but not those emotions, not that confidence ... so i just wanted to share, because i think it is important topic and i think that a lot of things if not all, have this tarot quality of being light and dark at the same time.
Wow Kelly, whenever I feel like my mind is elsewhere for a while and I'm unable to find that part of me that truly wants to explore another world in my mind, I can just watch one of your videos and It fills me with wonder and intrigue ready to experiment again! 🤩 A couple of these definitely applied to me as a kid but a lot of them not until I found my spiritual footing recently. A big reason I got onto it so late I'd say is because my family and literally nobody else I knew growing up talked about religious/spiritual stuff at all. It just was not something proposed to me at any point in my younger life. So I always had it in my mind that it was irrelevant to anything happening in my life. Though I did always listen to Metal and was obsessed with Horror. Wasn't until after I met my wife and lived with her mother for years that I felt the oppression of a highly Christian person who disapproves of everything you do and enjoy... I think that was likely the snowball effect that pushed me towards wanting to escape her pushy Christian values and realising I had a side to me I never truly acknowledged before. Plus discovering Black Metal, I had always loved Metal in general but Black Metal and Funeral Doom especially both unlocked a whole new world for me and without realising it I was meditating for years while listening to Black Metal, then after my awakening realised the deep, powerful, emotional feeling that the music lit inside of me was actually meditation and my spiritual side screaming to come out. I'm at a point where I definitely find a ton of joy and comfort feeling close to the Pantheistic values. But I also feel so full of desire and magic in my heart wanting to deep dive into my imagination and tap into Witchcraft, tarot and everything alike! As far as the Occult I've been 100% comfortable with the ideas since I was like 10, so I guess a part of the feeling was always there. I think I will always feel an incredible connection to Nature and for the time being I've been calling it Pantheism, we'll see if what I call it ever changes as the years go on. But as we all know labels aren't really important, it's what we feel that matters. ❤
Would love you to do a video on male witches. I think men are really being pushed out of the witch community. Maybe because men don't typically hype it up on social media?🤷 Would love to hear your thoughts. 🤟
✨☀️🌞 i think a lot like words like leftist, or artist, witch is a VERB, you know you're a witch / or leftist / or artist (these are three of my most important personal identities, that for me are intrinsically linked) when you DO THE THING, and when it's something that you prioritize and that carries you through everything else in life, these are MODALITIES OF BEING, i SEE the world as a witch, and when i ACT it's as a witch, and when i FIGHT it's as a witch, the same goes for artist / leftist for me too, its about habitual action, and through habitual action it becomes part of your beingness itself edit- you decide if what youre doing is witching, if you say it is and do it from a modality of witching then you're witching, do that habitually and you're a witch
I agree with this. A lot of the points I'm making are about habitual action and habitual thought though. 🙂 The video is really all about the stuff that keeps instinctively happening because it's your instinct to do/think it. I like the fact that you included the word 'FIGHT' in all caps in your comment. I mean, more of that in witchhood would be very nice.
yeah definitely, fighting is one of the most sacred acts we have a responsibility to take part in as witches, the history of witches as leaders of revolution can not be ignored, we must stand with the marginalized including our own marginalizations and say enough, and lend our voices and our prowess, i also did a little edit to my comment just fyi to spell out for the new people how to define what is doing witching imo, in cause they have trouble discerning
Yassssss loved this! It brought back so many memories from my childhood of playing at being a woodland faerie who cast spells and had magical animals with one of my oldest and best friends - she's a medium now - and I used to read to all my pets when I was really little, and talk to them. One of my cats Wallace (he was a black moggy) used to follow behind me as I walked all the way to school and he would turn back for home when I went through the school gate! 😂 Just so much that rings so true! I love it 🥰 Xx
Bless you darling. You can use the search button 🔎 on my channel to find the videos I have done about recovering from religious dogma, if you feel they would help. I have worked with a lot of witches who have those kinds of issues.
Hello my beautiful Jigglypuff! 😊❤ I love your energy and power sister! I'm not a witch but I fucking love you sister! ❤️ I'm just a boring academic and philosopher and snorlax 😅
I would love to hear some tips from you on giving readings that resonate online. I think a video on this topic could be very interesting. I find that I struggle to connect to a person's energy when they're not in the same room as me. The readings i've done for people in real life have always gone well, but the readings I do for people over the internet often don't resonate. I want to be able to pull the cards for someone, confident that those cards are specifically for the person I'm reading for. Any tips on this would be immensly appreciated!
@@kelly-annmaddoxtruly, I do think your content in general is high quality. I especially like your intersection of activism+witchcraft and I think that’s a really powerful use of your talents. This video just wasn’t for me. But hey, if it helped people discover that witchcraft is a good path for them, I suppose I shouldn’t judge. But I still stand by my original point that anyone can be a witch if they simply choose to be one. I should have written that a little more kindly though.
Love this! 😙🤌🏻 And I love that there were so many of us having those otherworldly, romanticised experiences as a kid, even though we thought we were the only ones at the time. It's so cool that the internet has allowed us to see how common and completely natural our lived experiences were, that we always had kin. Also, I was watching this, fully resonating with everything and my fairy lights just came on all twinkly, by themselves 😁✨
I kept telling myself "it's fine if I show none of this, I'm still a witch, in a witch by choice". And then you got me in sooo many things I felt called out on 😅 especially the deep questions bit. I remember being around 3 years old and asking my mother why I could sort of "look from the outside" at that part of me that answered to "I" and so I asked "so what else am I?" And she looked at me as if I had grown two heads and just brushed it off saying "you're a child" 😓 most of my relationships (and likely the reasons I don't have many) are based on the ability to share deep issues questions and conversations, it blows my mind that some people manage to have their head quiet with just intermission music in their heads. I was literally talking about this the other day to Imogen from @saplingtarot !
When I was growing up it was in a stifling small town ruled by the Southern Baptist church and the girls were all being raised to be wives. And I was an outsider from kindergarten. They hated me because I had curly red hair. So I made friends with the outcasts and non white and anyone else who was literally verbally harassed. I was always in my own head. That was in the 1980’s thru 90’s. Now I think back, I had an unhealthy obsession with Edgar Allan Poe and I made my reading of The Raven to a very dark symphony into a presentation. No one liked that except me…. ❤😂 I feel validated now I’m 44. 🥹
I remember getting whipped because I told my parents that my Uncle had died hours before they got the call. I had little spirit friends help me hide from my mom when she was going to punish me. I was an abused child and they protected me. I am lucky to still have them with me.
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@@wileywiseonetonya5477 I'm so sorry you went through this, dear sweet witch x
@kelly-annmaddox Thank you so much. I am one of the lucky ones. I had help. I stopped the abuse cycle with my child. Love is a cure!
If you’re watching Kelly Anne’s videos and enjoy learning from her; you just might be a witch lol
I mean that is definitely a sign 😆❤
Making little potions as a kid with flowers haha
@ThatDivinationWitch Hehe, totally did that - this goes under the fantasy/supernatural games, I reckon? I write in my new book about my tendency to use flowers, stones and dolls as witchy tools in childhood without really knowing what I was doing. 🥲😋🤭🥰😍
yes, mixing up berries and flowers and things, trying to get drops of nectar out of honeysuckle flowers in there!
When I was little i would talk to the trees and flowers...I'd lay in the grass and put my face up close to the clover and dandelions...it was a beautiful time. My Christian mother, fearing for my soul, sent me to Christian school and forced me to get baptized - twice. I'm still finding my way back to that part of me that was silenced. Your videos have helped so much.
Thankfully mom never interfered with my love of the moon. To this day, at 46, my high school friengs still call me Moonchild. 🌜✨️
Damn, you KNOW you're a witch when your Christian mother baptises you TWICE. 😅❤ You just can't keep a good witch down! 🔮🧙♀️🕯🧹😌
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I have reallly vivid memories of being a literal toddler (still crawling) and making little shrines for fairies and squirrels on the playground of my families church 😂
Reminds me of a truly classic school report - “Isabel is an able student, often in a world of her own”.
This is so interesting to me. In old Palestine, a lot of these things were signs of being a folk saint (which, unlike our usage today, was anyone who was 'touched' and manifested in so many different ways. These people were not canonized, or recognized by religious authorities, but the common people did.
I remember some friends from childhood who wanted to start businesses. One girl wanted to babysit. Another wanted to sell drawings. I was like I’m going to be a fortune teller. 🔮 This was at Catholic school. 😂
Hahaha 😂❤ A SURE sign if there ever was one omg
As a child I confused my parents by recalling the Christmas that an American relation turned up as a surprise. They quietly told me that was before I was born! I also got in trouble at my Church of England school for asking who gods wife was or if he had a sister. I remember feeling really indignant that there was no goddess ever mentioned.
Yes to all of this! Being a witch definitely makes me feel more in tune with my inner child. Being queer and neurodivergent I was always a weird, lonely, creative little kid asking way too many questions and never quite fitting in anywhere. So for a long time I tried absolutely everything to escape that stigma and to make myself more palpable, more normal, less alive. Now that I’m almost 30 I’m just ready to be done with all the bullshit and embrace myself for the weird little changeling child I am. Thank you for this video, as always it was exactly what I needed to hear at the moment and resonated deeply. ✨
This comment section is a delight. 😊
For me, it was being near trees and being outside right before a thunderstrorm. It was exhiliarting and magical. It took my breath away, and made me feel awe and was something that made me feel alive, and like there was more to life than the circumscribed and abusive home I grew up in. The other thing that did this too me was music, and watching airplanes (as a girl growing up in rural Ohio in the 1970s). Later, it was being in community with lesbians (especially as I understood this as my identity) and going to women's festivals. And then later, or maybe simultaneously, it is being in community with liberation, peace, and climate activists and identifying and standing with the LGBTQ community.
My activism and my witchyness are inextricably linked. I was kicked out of my coven which espoused being apolitical but was centered on hierarchy and affilitation with the police state. Saying on Samhain 2015, that I stood with Black Lives Matter and called in Tamir Rice, I was shunned. Ended up bringing the coven to an end.
Oh yes! A thunderstorm in the woods is my absolute favourite thing. So much energy and life!
I love to go to Goodwill Outlet and get in the bins and do psychometry! It’s how I can figure out what I should buy and what I shouldn’t based on how the items feel to me.
Everything you are saying is absolutely resonating with me. During my childhood I was also unfortunately in a home with unstable parents and as a result of abuse and trauma I was always a very frightened child. I looked to witches in media to help give me strength to face my fears.
Yesssss, witches seemed to have the most control over reality and the most confidence. I didn't care that they were presented as evil. I knew they had layers to them. 😌❤❤❤🔮🧙♀️🕯🧹
I was Witching and Goddess worshipping from a very early age. I was not brought up in a religious family at all.. yet I was strangely attracted to the Virgin Mary.. in my early years the family home was split.. I was then brought up by my Dad.. and had no contact with my mother.. The Virgin Mary started to appear in my life in all kinds of ways.. When I look back now I understand the comfort that she brought me through all my difficulties growing up.. She is my Matron Goddess, she was always by my side and has stayed with me throughout my life..I'm 54 now. I loved ritual as a child..the practices..lighting the candle.. Sprinkling the herbs.. I never understood what it was then but once you know it hits you and you realise how the process has been playing out in your life. 🌙🌙✨✨
Great topic to discuss.. Always appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us Kelly-Ann.. ❤❤
Yes, All of this. The funniest being, visiting Wookey Hole Caves as a child I bought a talisman from the gift shop, that had an inscription on the back "Life will go without a hitch if you wear this lucky witch" I completely trusted this. No one knew that it was significant to me. I talk to animals and feel their communication, energy around people and knowing I have power, potentially inherited. My mother is christian but has witchy powers that she does not recognise, its pretty funny. She still has dreams and feelings but has lost her way with it. Synchronicity is key, signs and symbols and the chain of events. Feeling between the layers. Another really funny thing is being told again and again by strangers I meet that - I am a witch. That always makes me laugh!
I want to thank you for this-- I forgot some very telling things I felt, believed, and did as a young kid. Age 6 I planned on running away to go live in the hills. My parents found my note and I got in trouble lol.
I always had paranormal events growing up. My mom had an NDE when she was little, so natural witchy and paranormal was normal 🤟🏻
Old places, especially ancient churches with yew trees. Graveyards. Mossy places with running water. High, lonely places where the wind blows. All these gave me a sense of longing and belonging as a child. I was a daydreamer. I’ve had a (very) late ADHD diagnosis which explains a lot. Treatment is helping me focus and now I am really leaning into intuitive practice
Yes! I was also tested for my hearing!! Apparently, the doctor told my mother that I had “perfect hearing, amazing focus skills, and probably just was not interested in what was being said” to me. Hahaha. (and of course I’m happily nodding my head to all you’re saying here! Such a fun vid )
A gorgeous video as always Kelly Ann, what an interesting thing to cover!! Even though I know I am....I still loved this content! You psychedelic wonder you! I remember making potions from all the different products in the bathroom as a very very small child, I also remember essentially praying to whatever orher power there was whilst looking at the moon. It's so interesting to think back to these young experiences!
30 seconds in and I'm already swoon by your wit 😂
Omigosh this made my day ✨️ Thank you 🖤
I'm in the broom closet right now because of my living situation. I miss my altar and incense and daily practice. I miss feeding and talking to the crows. I'm going to re-read Rebel Witch this weekend 🙏 and as soon as I can walk well enough, I need to get out amongst the trees and feel those yummy vibes again.
Any time, baby
Aww darling, sorry you have to go back in the closet right now. I hope you can have your delish time in nature very soon x
I resonate with all of this. I suspected it runs in my family too. No one ever identified as one but..
My grandma used to “‘make her prayers come true” and claimed she could talk to angels. We even share a specific birthmark that skipped a generation.
When I was a kid I wanted to make potions, which was generally me mixing household cleaners and sticking them in jars in dark closets to see if they became something shiny, I'm not sure how I didn't die. Also, my favorite character growing up was apparently Witchy-poo, then Maleficent. Then I read the crucible and after that it was over, I was so far down the witchy rabbit hole I was never coming back from wonderland.
I was the only one to dress up as Medea Greek mythology, Maleficent etc. Connections with nature animals, knowing or sensing an inner power/hunch. Wow I think I have all 12. There might be more that I don't realize. Amazing , love this vid. Thanks Kelly. Gosh, I need a coven or to start one lol 😂. Blessed be 🌾🌿🔮🪄🧙🏽🧚🏽♀️💜
That is awesome - all 12. A full house 🥰
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thanks for sharing this vid! i went through my entire childhood feeling weird and like didn't fit in, but i did not truly pursue the witchy path until a classmate in college recommended i apply for an art residency for witches (we were art majors). when i told them that no, i did not identify as a witch, they just chuckled and said that I am, i just didn't know it yet. that made me so fizzy!
Totally a huge Black Sabbath fan. And well was just listening to that on blast the other day and posted on my page monumental albums that changed my world and blew my mind. Needless to say they are my most loved group. The impact that song had on me !!mind blown 🤯 it still sounds just as great 👍 absolutely 👍
I was never a 'black sheep,' though i was called that all the time. I WAS, and still am, a tie-dyed witch😊
this felt like a warm hug and an exhale i had been holding 🐚🌞 trying to be in my gentle with my protective hunch
I feel so fizzy after watching this! I have the power! He Man was my jam for that reason. Not She Ra, though I'm not sure why. You articulated so many ideas that were very nebulous and vague before - I feel very inspired atm. Thanks, lovely! Give Danny my best!
I love the little sayings, like Sacramental Mushrooms, Poptarts
OMG “War Pigs” I laughed out loud when you said this because that was my absolute favorite song and that line resonated with me as a kid and still does. I always gravitated towards album covers that had occult themes, anything that had to do with witchcraft really. As a kid I HAD to be outside when it was storming and raining ( I still do but I don’t always have the freedoms I did and a kid ( hard to explain to your boss why you’re standing outside in the rain getting soaked. lol)). And I always felt so much better and energized after being out in a storm . I experienced a lot of things over the years including dreams that sometimes were precognitive but it wasn’t until I started working with someone who became my mentor that I learned that I was a witch. She knew as soon as we met and she gave me my first Tarot deck. But in some way I could relate to almost all of what you discussed. 🖤
Pretty much all of these, accept the rituals. Especially the instinct. Now that the contentions in life has stripped away distractions, I'm left with instincts.
I have a memory from back in grade school, that I would almost involuntarily go to a place "in my mind" (though it didn't seem in my mind, but a place that I escaped to). I think I'll go back there and see what that is about.
You've given me so much to think about and respond to here that I'm inspired to resume writing my book after several months of neglecting it. I can't thank you enough 🖤
Oh I LOVE that! Yesss, get writing ✍️ 💻 ☕️
Oh boy. I was sitting in a Taco Bell once, thinking about the spirit of the AMerican Zeitgeist and suddenly it was just... there. Probably because it loves attention and it's also greedy. It wanted whatever I could give it whether I wanted to give or not. Would recommend heavy shielding to interact. And another time I was woken up in the middle of the night with the name of a goddess I'd never worked with and never thought of working with repeating in my head. It wouldn't stop and let me go back to sleep until I agreed to start researching her in the morning. Talk about your spiritual experiences. Weird kid? That was me. Drawn to fantasy, the supernatural, and the occult? YUP. This is just me. The only one that doesn't describe me is being in nature but that's only because I'm allergic to nature. ;_;
Page of Pentacles sums this topic up and what you’re going into perfectly. I feel very strongly that this video will open some parts of those who listen to want more in terms of exploring and learning. Moreover, this is what being a Witch is - a student of The Arts and not just feeling called to jump in but also being okay just exploring alone for a bit, connecting with your guides and feeling that nothing is too hard to understand or appreciate if you have an open mind to it. Magic is about having a good sense of balance of all the elements and how they relate to you on many levels. Also, being a Witch means creating prosperity in all things that involve diving deep into your practice, calling forth the tools and the guidance from the unknown and asking for these things to manifest on the physical plane and you feel elated when they do. It may not be perfect but it’s what you asked for that The Universe responds and shows up for you. Being alone often helps that part surface and allow a close examination of your involvement in the creation of things as they take shape and form.
When you started talking about liking all of the ritual as a catholic child…. I’ve never connected those dots until you said something but that is very accurate. Even to this day I still have an appreciation for the chant, incense, candles, etc.
@@Runnermax1 Right? It resonated, kind of, but not quite. 😉
I was bullied as a kid for getting lost in nature around me, talking to trees and seeing creatures that now i know were Fae since I practice the Faecraft.
I was always a dragon, knight or a wizard when i was a kid or an animal 😅 i loved all things Dragons and Unicorns.
@@zzhettyzz1549 A big hug for your inner child. 🫂 ❤️🥰
Dear Kelly-Ann, chills….. such interesting timing of posting of this video! Had already scheduled for this coming Tuesday. Blessed Be 🙏🙌
Wow!!!! I hadn’t wanted to identify…..but wow!!! Your last item is what brings me to your channel. I have no tool kit. I would add….I loved books like…Amityville Horror, and movies like the exorcist. I am not a fan of horror movies, but this genre intrigued me. I hated Cinderella, not her but the story…My mom gave me a Ouiji board, despite being a Pentecostal Christian….loved it. I would label my interest as more into mysticism and have avoided the idea of witch….but I think I need to change that.
I was the child who sat in the garden and talked to the flower fairies.
Also I love to pray, I grew up in the church, pray and song has always worked for me
I think Christian theology and the occult will alwats be interlinked. I have studied both of them. I am always amazed at how much occult traditions are derivative of Christian spirituality. Including Aleister Crowley actually.
Christopaganism was an important book for me in my twenties and hashed out some of my personal thoughts
I am not a witch. But that thing about having a hunch is totally me. I get hunch feelings every day. They always seem to be right as well.
Oh my goodness! I AM A WITCH! Who knew... 😍😍😍
i study witchcraft and have a huge fascination with it, i used to practice it as well back in the day. but i stopped because i thought i wasn't good enough to even cast successful spells even as simple as self love and protection spells. i suffered from very poor self esteem and depression. now that i am in a better headspace i think maybe i can give being a witch another try. i still have a lot of my tools i used to make spell jars and recipes incorporated with witchcraft. though i do still find it hard to even call myself a witch, maybe one day that'll change and i will have more confidence. much love 🌞❤️
Yes lol head rolling on the floor now, eloquently expressed as always, that last point is so true and still gives me good chills to this day x
Sacramental Mushrooms 😂❤
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the Barbie cut scene! 😂
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This was very much my experience as a kid. I was raised in the Catholic Church and definitely had a lot of questions. I was however very fascinated by the rituals, the incense the candles, the rosary that whole bit. I had a lot of questions and tried to get my hands on anything occult. Found 3 books that were magickal gems in the local
Library 📚 and that started the journey.
As a kid would often find myself in the corner Just observing everyone. And spent my afternoons through the evenings under the trees or in the fields creating a world. Making potions and mixtures from mud, plants and waters/ teas.
I definitely was that “weirdo” kid. And well labeled the “town freak”, unfortunately small town girl it wasn’t very accepted we’ll just say. I still knew there was something there and that I did not associate with the “norm”.
It’s interesting how I am the “black sheep” of the family but everyone seems to come to me for advice 😂
Enjoyed this upload, glad I subbed 🦇🦇🖤🖤
Wish I could give this video 3 thumbs up. Love it and it’s so on point😂
so ofc u are brilliant and stellar and creative as heck BUT i just wanna say how obsessed i am w ur look in this video!! simply glowing !
🥰🥰🥰 Wow, thank you darling x
Beautiful singing voice
I was a free spirited child/teen (still am). I didn't give anyone much trouble. I loved playing in mud along with frogs and worms.
Damn. 12 for 12. I was seven years old when l asked my mother who created God. I remember this very clearly even though little else from my (often bad and abuse-filled) childhood remains to me. She was so proud; she dragged me to my father and made me repeat the question to him. She was less impressed when I said I wanted to be a pagan (still less than 10 years old, no clue where I was exposed to such concepts). A short while later, I would write a short novel about ancient Egypt and mail it to a publisher. It wasn’t accepted, but I did receive a very nice and encouraging letter from the publisher. Raised Catholic, never cared for its ideology (I wouldn’t know the difference between a Catholic and a Protestant until adulthood!), but I did enjoy the rituals. Still under 10, I’m dragged to the principal’s office for trying to start a coven with my friends at Catholic school (I’d discovered a Sabrina the Teenage Witch book and thought it would be neat). Definitely a strong attraction to the occult and a sense of kinship with devils, witches, and other supernatural figures usually feared by others. I had a couple of weird, witchy aunts who encouraged it; I was a metalhead from a young age. I also had a phase of writing letters to fairies when I was a kid. My parents or my aunts would write the replies and leave them for me to find in the garden. I was for sure a weird kid; my parents, having raised another child with special needs, were convinced I had autism, but I insisted I didn’t. Mental illness would definitely play a part in my witchy journey (I attempted s**cide at 16), but I had a very strong feeling that, while I was clearly different, I was not different in the way my brother was.
I could go on. I decided to identify as a witch when I was 30 (now 32). This is really just confirmation for me!
I have been into spirituality since I can remember, as a child it was all about ghosts for me, I could see them before I started to fear them. Then new age stuff came I jumped on it but it all left me floating in the air without any results. Four years ago I spent a year in England, Manchester by the way😊, worked there as an au-pair and went to the shop where they sell crafting supplies together with cheap books and other not so useful things 😁 and I saw Harmony Nice’s book about wicca on one shelf, it was looking at me, and the aesthetic did the job and I bought the book for 3 or 4 pounds. I remember saying to myself that it’s something dangerous but exciting recalling the word from the series Buffy the vampire slayer😂. And since than I have been hooked, even though Harmony is not my main source of information I owe her for introducing me to the craft. BTW my first tarot deck was gifted to me as well back in my new age stage by a friend and I had no idea why she would give it me. It was OSHO tarot, blend of something I knew with the exciting old mysterious call. After I discovered witchcraft in England I asked my parents to send me the OSHO deck there and I performed my first ritual there 😊🙏❤️
As Im sitting watching nodding my head, theres also this little tiny internal sceptic trying to find "rational" explanations 😂 I think witches do have a somewhat steely skeptical inclination within their core but this somehow fuels the curiosity of the inner wild rebel who doesnt like absolutist know-it-alls. It doesnt matter how much we may try to ignore it, Enchantment seeps into our mundane awareness and makes us curious.
I've been practicing for 18 years now but I love popping in to these kinds of videos because it makes me feel connected to other witches, and this is one of the best ones I've seen! War Pigs is the JAM! Love Black Sabbath, and love everything you said here, thanks for the video ❤
I’m autistic and I relate to all this and also you remind me of Natasia Demetriou from What We Do In The Shadows
❤ A massive compliment. Also, my bf ADORES her. 😅
I know I've been a witch since I was young because I as a little boy always spent time in my grandpa's yard over by the pond and by the trees and i was also attached to my aunt's cats and we actually used to do stargazing and my aunt is a practicing witch herself and I actually saw my first omens when I was 14 and had a natural attraction to wicca at 15 and started practicing at 16 and now I'm going to be 23 this year
@@Curtis488 This comment is so sweet. 🥹❤️❤️
@@kelly-annmaddox Thanks beloved, blessed be
I thought I was a mermaid in the wrong body until I was about 16. I haven’t been swimming in so long…I’m almost afraid what it would trigger in my psyche.
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Anybody else wanna see the venn diagram between witchcraft and autism? I’m so interested.
Oh, it's probably almost a circle. 😂❤
1)Having to be outside ( from childhood)
2) I wanted to be the Queen from Snow White
Jadis ( Chronicals of Narnia/ as a adult)
3) The ritialistic practice
There were Catechism classes ( One class..then out).
I never felt confortable
5) As a child ,I was put in special ed...because a teacher thought I was retarded...but,I was zoning out into another land.
6) I'm the last one in a line of psychics ( 5 generations)....Battle of Evermore & Stairway To Heaven ( They are two of my favorite occult related songs)
7) Prophetic Dreams. Three of the Clairs
9) I would like to use the sword cane I have in a ritual sense ( calling the corners)
11) I always feel the energy from people & places
12) I've always known about the strong instinct that keeps me out of danger
This happrnef to me twice
Once as a child & the second time as a teenager ( which saved my life)
Am I a Witch ?
lol I had (I still have it) a curse bead necklace of three strands of beads, some that I picked up on the playground that had fallen out of other girls' hairstyles. I wore it every day for two months until the end of that year of school and I used to peer at someone through certain of the beads and curse them. it doesn't look very witchy, it's a bunch of multicolored plastic beads on ribbon and string, but it's some potent proto-magic!
I always had the ability to escape into my own head and get away from whatever was happening that I wanted to escape from. My mom said I was different even as a baby. I have had feelings about trees, specifically that some are good and some house bad spirits. Claircognizance has always been an ability for me, I just KNOW things that there's no way I should know. I wanted to be the witch from Wizard of Oz, and Maleficent was my favorite character in Sleeping Beauty. I called up a tornado when paying to Thor. Holy shit, that was something! My last name is Storms, LOL.
As a child I used to talk to the trees and tell them which way to blow the wind and when to stop blowing wind. ❤💨💚Even now I talk to the rain. Got shocked second hand by lighting that hit a rail I was holding. Lol played thunder cats on playground and picked flowers and gave to strangers. Used to make flower soups, and break crayons and place in water as a potion.
I relate to everything you say, I use tarot, spirit board and others but I would never class myself as a witch. When I can turn people into frogs I'll call myself a witch.
Im utterly fascinated by spirit, witches, the occult, theology, magic, myth and mystery schools. I made potions as a kid, talked to animals, and was the odd goth kid at school. Yet i wont practise any magic. It's a "No" inside. I sometimes wonder if a past life punishment for using powers could have carried over 🤔 ✨️💫💖
This so resonates with me, there have been times in my life where I have tried to resist the call in a bid to be accepted. But now I just embrace it :).
...i was this weird kid that loved to play in mud make "salades" and potions with the plants in my surroundings i swear i wanted to "tasted" every single berrie and plant ( yes even night shade fruits) was always climbing trees always loved animals more then humans(still that way ) ect...but had my calling for witchcraft not to long ago??? Why so late in my life ????
So much of this resonates. I have always latched on to stories of the fantastical or mythological. Characters that had actual powers or who didn't bow down to the status quo. I've been mentally inserting a fantasy version of myself into my fandoms for years. X-men, Star Trek, Xena (a lot of the similar 90's shows frankly).
I've often chalked it up to being an only child who was (partially) diagnosed ND at an early age. At one point I used a circular version of solitaire as a pretend divination system before I ever considered getting a tarot deck. I was telling fortunes for my favorite characters.😊
hi ... so i just wanted to share that i watched the video about 12 signs of being a witch and i can relate to a number of them, it is also great to see a video on that that is more serious, talking about how a person responds to the world and society, but also to their own inner world ... what i would say tho, is that i noticed one thing that was kinda triggering to me in a political, but also personal kind of way.
it is that video is great about giving traits, but does not leave a lot of space for different kind of characters and personal circumstances ... for me, those 12 signs were given in a way, that was very much from the perspective of a super confident, super strong person. it reminded me of queer sphere ... of course a lot of us knew we are queer, but had doubts about it, fears, conflitcing feelings, shame, etc.
and i think there are witches feeling very much the same, having doubts, fears, feeling "not in this or that way enough" and things like that.
i think if i make a tarot comparison, it is like this video gives me just the light of every card and no shadow.
in a society we are in i think the same things/signs can manifest as fears, doubts, or even rejection.
it is because of the society and maybe even the feeling that you are crazy if you believe some of those things.
i think at least some of the witches do have the experiences described, but they dismiss them and it is not because they are not witches, is other reasons, you know ... the closet is not just for the society. it can be a personal thing too.
i think that those 12 signs are great, but that it is possible - it was for me - to listen to them and be like ... yeah, those things, but not those emotions, not that confidence ...
so i just wanted to share, because i think it is important topic and i think that a lot of things if not all, have this tarot quality of being light and dark at the same time.
Excellent. Thank you
Wow Kelly, whenever I feel like my mind is elsewhere for a while and I'm unable to find that part of me that truly wants to explore another world in my mind, I can just watch one of your videos and It fills me with wonder and intrigue ready to experiment again! 🤩
A couple of these definitely applied to me as a kid but a lot of them not until I found my spiritual footing recently. A big reason I got onto it so late I'd say is because my family and literally nobody else I knew growing up talked about religious/spiritual stuff at all. It just was not something proposed to me at any point in my younger life. So I always had it in my mind that it was irrelevant to anything happening in my life.
Though I did always listen to Metal and was obsessed with Horror.
Wasn't until after I met my wife and lived with her mother for years that I felt the oppression of a highly Christian person who disapproves of everything you do and enjoy... I think that was likely the snowball effect that pushed me towards wanting to escape her pushy Christian values and realising I had a side to me I never truly acknowledged before. Plus discovering Black Metal, I had always loved Metal in general but Black Metal and Funeral Doom especially both unlocked a whole new world for me and without realising it I was meditating for years while listening to Black Metal, then after my awakening realised the deep, powerful, emotional feeling that the music lit inside of me was actually meditation and my spiritual side screaming to come out.
I'm at a point where I definitely find a ton of joy and comfort feeling close to the Pantheistic values. But I also feel so full of desire and magic in my heart wanting to deep dive into my imagination and tap into Witchcraft, tarot and everything alike! As far as the Occult I've been 100% comfortable with the ideas since I was like 10, so I guess a part of the feeling was always there. I think I will always feel an incredible connection to Nature and for the time being I've been calling it Pantheism, we'll see if what I call it ever changes as the years go on. But as we all know labels aren't really important, it's what we feel that matters. ❤
Would love you to do a video on male witches. I think men are really being pushed out of the witch community. Maybe because men don't typically hype it up on social media?🤷 Would love to hear your thoughts. 🤟
When I was about 10 I would get my school friends to play-act Dracula with me....guess who was Dracula. 😂
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you are such a blessing ❤
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i think a lot like words like leftist, or artist, witch is a VERB,
you know you're a witch / or leftist / or artist
(these are three of my most important personal identities, that for me are intrinsically linked)
when you DO THE THING,
and when it's something that you prioritize and that carries you through everything else in life,
these are MODALITIES OF BEING,
i SEE the world as a witch,
and when i ACT it's as a witch,
and when i FIGHT it's as a witch,
the same goes for artist / leftist for me too,
its about habitual action, and through habitual action it becomes part of your beingness itself
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you decide if what youre doing is witching,
if you say it is and do it from a modality of witching then you're witching,
do that habitually and you're a witch
I agree with this. A lot of the points I'm making are about habitual action and habitual thought though. 🙂 The video is really all about the stuff that keeps instinctively happening because it's your instinct to do/think it. I like the fact that you included the word 'FIGHT' in all caps in your comment. I mean, more of that in witchhood would be very nice.
yeah definitely,
fighting is one of the most sacred acts we have a responsibility to take part in as witches,
the history of witches as leaders of revolution can not be ignored,
we must stand with the marginalized including our own marginalizations and say enough, and lend our voices and our prowess,
i also did a little edit to my comment just fyi to spell out for the new people how to define what is doing witching imo, in cause they have trouble discerning
100 % yes. Accurate. To the T!
yes
Yassssss loved this! It brought back so many memories from my childhood of playing at being a woodland faerie who cast spells and had magical animals with one of my oldest and best friends - she's a medium now - and I used to read to all my pets when I was really little, and talk to them. One of my cats Wallace (he was a black moggy) used to follow behind me as I walked all the way to school and he would turn back for home when I went through the school gate! 😂 Just so much that rings so true! I love it 🥰 Xx
Good to see you 🖤
🥰 thanks!
Everything you say, word by word is me 😂 every single word, description and example ❤
There are times I lean into it (green witch), but then catholic indoctrination kicks in and I get scared that I’m doing something sacrilegious.
Bless you darling. You can use the search button 🔎 on my channel to find the videos I have done about recovering from religious dogma, if you feel they would help. I have worked with a lot of witches who have those kinds of issues.
@@kelly-annmaddox thank you, I will check them out
Hello my beautiful Jigglypuff! 😊❤ I love your energy and power sister! I'm not a witch but I fucking love you sister! ❤️ I'm just a boring academic and philosopher and snorlax 😅
An academic and philosopher is never boring. Thanks for watching, as always! x
@@kelly-annmaddox 🥰😊❤🙏
Adore you, you beautiful soul
Wow, thank you, doll 🥰
What a silly carry on... I CHOSE to be a witch! I have never regretted my decision!
@nicholaswoodhead9944 Yeah I think CHOOSING to be a witch is the most fairly obvious sign. 🤣 So obvious that I didn't feel the need to state it.
Interesting.
I would love to hear some tips from you on giving readings that resonate online. I think a video on this topic could be very interesting.
I find that I struggle to connect to a person's energy when they're not in the same room as me. The readings i've done for people in real life have always gone well, but the readings I do for people over the internet often don't resonate. I want to be able to pull the cards for someone, confident that those cards are specifically for the person I'm reading for. Any tips on this would be immensly appreciated!
I think I am like a witcher, like Geralt of Rivia. Am I welcome here? Bjørn, Norway.
have you read this book, speaking of occult lyrics in heavy metal? www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821134-season-of-the-witch
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Signs you’re a witch: you decide to practice witchcraft. That’s it. That’s the only criteria. Videos like this are really quite silly and pandering.
Didnt your mom ever tell you if you cant say something nice...
Thanks for the watch ❤
@@kelly-annmaddoxtruly, I do think your content in general is high quality. I especially like your intersection of activism+witchcraft and I think that’s a really powerful use of your talents. This video just wasn’t for me. But hey, if it helped people discover that witchcraft is a good path for them, I suppose I shouldn’t judge. But I still stand by my original point that anyone can be a witch if they simply choose to be one. I should have written that a little more kindly though.
You just call yourself a witch. Isn't that how society works now - we can self-identify however we want. For example i am a pansexual astronaut.
Wtf is this comment? How did you get here? 😂
@@kelly-annmaddox Words fail me. Words fail you. Words fail. I can remember where I am from, but not how I am here. Not now.
@@hank_mohaski Your weird TERF-y talking points fail you, that's for sure.
Love this! 😙🤌🏻 And I love that there were so many of us having those otherworldly, romanticised experiences as a kid, even though we thought we were the only ones at the time. It's so cool that the internet has allowed us to see how common and completely natural our lived experiences were, that we always had kin. Also, I was watching this, fully resonating with everything and my fairy lights just came on all twinkly, by themselves 😁✨
I kept telling myself "it's fine if I show none of this, I'm still a witch, in a witch by choice". And then you got me in sooo many things I felt called out on 😅 especially the deep questions bit. I remember being around 3 years old and asking my mother why I could sort of "look from the outside" at that part of me that answered to "I" and so I asked "so what else am I?" And she looked at me as if I had grown two heads and just brushed it off saying "you're a child" 😓 most of my relationships (and likely the reasons I don't have many) are based on the ability to share deep issues questions and conversations, it blows my mind that some people manage to have their head quiet with just intermission music in their heads. I was literally talking about this the other day to Imogen from @saplingtarot !
When I was growing up it was in a stifling small town ruled by the Southern Baptist church and the girls were all being raised to be wives. And I was an outsider from kindergarten. They hated me because I had curly red hair. So I made friends with the outcasts and non white and anyone else who was literally verbally harassed. I was always in my own head. That was in the 1980’s thru 90’s. Now I think back, I had an unhealthy obsession with Edgar Allan Poe and I made my reading of The Raven to a very dark symphony into a presentation.
No one liked that except me…. ❤😂
I feel validated now I’m 44. 🥹