So You Want To Start Folk Magic w/ the Witch of Wonderlust
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
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00:00 Intro
02:07 Discussing what folk magic is
05:32 Folk magic & centering the folk & the spirits
11:45 Working with what you have
14:44 How do you start folk magic?
28:39 St Michael musings
30:14 The power of fucking around and finding out
36:35 Final points
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I love how Frankie is like 🎉🤪🍵🇮🇹 and Olivia is like 😈☠💅🇵🇭
We love the vibes.
I think Frankie has a crush on Olivia lol. I don't blame them though.
@@stormyweather8236 bestie, pls, at most it's platonic and I totally get it
@@stormyweather8236 I def have a bit of a crush on Olivia
@@stormyweather8236 number one frankie has a partner, number two even if they didn’t DONT SPECULATE ABOUT REAL PEOPLES RELATIONSHIPS!! that’s rude and creepy, unless they say otherwise they’re just friends
"I too, am a spirit" is the energy I choose to live by today.
Fuck around and find out is absolutely my philosophy. It’s worked so well. Including just asking a tree for something 😂
Same I don't make a good enemy lol 😂😂😂
An example from my folk practice that's ugly is I spent a couple hours picking up trash around my neighborhood great for the land and community. Even picking up a few pieces whenever you see them can count you don't need to do it for hours I just had the time and energy. When friends come over I also give them tea and choose what mug to give them. Anything can really become your practice. Like they said just experiment and find what works for you.
Michael is definitely a "That's rough, buddy" kind of angel. Probably with a sprinkling of "Have you considered setting something on fire?".
Ah yes, he does love himself some fire 😂
I was raised Muslim American and so I am revisiting and reconstructing my practices with the 99 names of Allah because I have relationship with the Arabic language, I use my own rune symbols, sound alchemy. I love chanting and working with my art. I’m 34 and the path continues to unfold.
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That’s so beautiful
absolutely love this, my entire family is polish catholic & while i don’t believe in the faith, it’s been so difficult to find polish secular folk information due to the country going through a huge catholic conversion, but your journey with embracing italian catholic folk magic has inspired me to reclaim some catholic traditions that i used to love as a child for my own practice, much love xx
are you going to one day surprise your whole family at christmas and declare you are a pagan folk magic practitioner??
Hey friend, good luck with your path(non-ironically). I'm polish and pagan (panpagan I guess as I believe in existence of all gods). If you need some informations about slavic rituals that survived in catholic tradition of our country I've got quite collection. Very messy collection, but some of it can be of use to you too :)
There are creators who speak a lot about polish folk traditions :)
youtube.com/@polishfolkwitch
@@miramari732 I would be very interested in this. I've been trying to find stuff online for a while and haven't been able to
@@bpyku Are you ok with stuff in polish or I have to translate it for you? Also on my channel description is my e-mail info, so we can contact this way :)
I want to share something because I don't have anyone in person to share with. I recently was able to buy a house (I am so thankful and blessed that I could). This is such a witchy home and I love it! First of all there are native flowers and plants all over the proprty. The previou owner got some special certification for it. So many native birds and bugs love this space. Also, this house had no bad energy when I moved into it and this place is 100 years old how did it not acquire things over the years? I did a clearing/ceaning and everything but it didn't really feel necessary. I due to a few things I suspect the previous owner was a bit witchy and they left this place good to go. There was also a few random nicknack type things I thought of as protective spritis/guardians so decided to leave them be. I feed the birds and am expanding the vegetable garden. I am just so thankful and happy. When my partner and I saw this place we knew it was the one. It was calling to us.
Proud of you 🫶🏼
Your home sounds lovely!!! I'm proablly going to be looking to buy in a few years and what you described is what I want! Little bit witchy, native plants and animals. ❤
Congratulations 🌒🌕🌘
My grandma is a pediatrician and served people around her her whole life. When she retired she discovered her herbal medicine talent. She's almost 90 and is still helping her community to this day, people coming to her, seeking help and advise. I always saw her as a bit of a witch, she has a proper apothecary at home, herbs drying everywhere and when she makes her ointments and cream..I mean proper witch 😎 and now I see that she actually might be without even knowing it! I'm actively trying to absorb her wisdom and I see her being happy that she has someone to pass it on 😌 Love you granny!
That’s so awesome!!! 🤗🙏🏼
"That's a good stick!" ...is the most folk magic-y thing.
This was so good for me to watch. I have a disability that gives me chronic pain and fatigue, so strict timings of "this spell must be done on this day at this time under this moon" doesn't work for me all the time.
Like, sometimes I have the intention of doing cleansings at the new moon or whatever it might be, but then I'm ill and I can't. I know that's okay really, but it does get into your head and it was nice to hear you guys talk about it.
Same here! It can really feel like we're not "real" when we don't practice a certain way even when we know it's not true. And with a disability (I also have one) this is even more true because of how often I've had to adapt things to work for me.
I used to give myself shit about this until I read in the book Abramelin the Mage that not to worry about planetary times and that the best times to work with a planet is whenever it’s above the horizon. I’ve noticed better results with this especially if you can get it to be on the planetary day. There are many apps like SkyView Lite that you can just point to the sky and see where the planet is currently. I’m tapering off a narcotic medication (and will be for the next year or so more) I was put on in rehab (of all places) 5 years ago and frequently have times where I feel too sick to do anything so I feel your pain.
Two of my favorite people in one video once again!!
40 minutes of two amazing people talking about Folk magic. 10/10 would watch again.
Love this! I've been hesitant to label myself a folk practitioner in the past. Partly because of my solitary/introverted tendencies, partly because I don't like to pigeon hole myself terminology wise anyway as well as some other considerations. But after watching this, yeh man, I'm probably more a folk practitioner than anything else. Thanks for the vid!
Not me thinking about the bird meme “bitches love sticks”
This video was uploaded at perfect timing for me. I found out the other day I have German ancestry and have been researching folk magic (particularly german folk magic)
How has that been? Did you start a practice or are you just researching :) ? This is coming from some one of Lithuanian ancestry who is looking into their folk lore.
I love this video so much! The part where yall said folk magic is ugly is really reassuring too, I don't get too down on myself for my practice not being aesthetic but it still happens, especially during the cleanup. The fuck around and find out segment was my favourite in the video though xx
I love crafty magic too, working with my hands in the craft helps me connect with source! I practice a little bit of everything but nothing gets me in mood like a good old hoodoo crafty magic . Working with the elements helps me connect with the gods and goddess. I believe folk magic is made to be simple and using what you have. Since I started working with my ancestors ( island girl Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹, we practiced voodoo, Obeah, NATURE IS EVERYTHING TO US), my magic hits every time!
Have you found much information on obeah in T&T? Jamaican here, trying to glean what I can about that tradition (if it's even one unified practice...Which I suspect it's not...Probably an umbrella term).
This video really spoke to me; thank you. I realized that so much of what I do could already be considered folk magic lol. You saying "it's not aesthetic" made me go like "uh my most common spell is literally clumps of cinnamon floating in coffee in a red plastic cup." Watching this made me want to get back into the swing of witchcraft, since I _already_ work on a "as needed" basis and have struggled to keep up any sort of routine or aesthetic or stuff like that.
Hi, I'm from Guatemala and I always watch your content. We use a lot of Rue here, it's literal medicine from our ancestors and it actually is very easy to plant and have around. Also, if you plant it in your front garden it protects the house :)
Ahh yes!! Haven’t watched the video yet but I know it’s a good one! 40 mins with the best magical duo🖤✨
the speed at which i ditched the video i was seeing for this one 😎 my two fav witchy content creators together??? aint no way im missing out on it 💅
I did exactly the same thing for my 2 favs!💫
I love you both, but this conversation is just so over the place if you consider terminology. I know, I know that with "folk magic" you're probably referring to some contemporary witchcraft idea, but it's an actual term in religious studies and if you know it - it is so weird. Long story short, folk religion is generally opposed to the institutionalised religion, thus at some point it became equated with folk magic. It is very, very often used in a derogatory manner. And while scholars do call people "folk practitioners", I've never met a folk practitioner that refers to them as such. It is good to know that this self labelling is a new. You don't want to scare away a traditional folk practitioner by calling them one (speaking from experience here). Now, the term "folk" indeed refers to people, but the practices that are coined "folk practices" and especially those that are considered "folk magic" are not exclusively for the benefit of the community. Unless if you consider getting rid of your lover's spouse forever, terminating an unwanted pregnancy in someone else without their knowing or stealing the fertility of your neighbours' fields a good thing for the community. Because lots of the folk magic is that. Another interesting thing to note is that what you're referring to folk magic, in relation to the Christian saints, is better described as folk Christianity. Of course all this is mostly scholarly stuff, and even scholars would have differing opinions on the details, but I think it is good to know these things. Especially if you consider that words are sometimes believed to be the strongest magical tool. And in my opinion a strong folk practice is best founded on one major thing - knowing who you are. This doesn't necessarily mean knowing who you are genetically. It is a good starting point, of course, but you should always remember that culture is not transferred genetically. If you come to my country, if you respect my land and family, if you follow the rules of my community - you are one of us. This is the rule most people followed throughout history. So... Find yourself and you'll find your practice. Good luck!
What an iconic duo
Thank you so much for this video. 2 years ago I saw a psychic at my local metaphysical store and she told me that the gods were having some sort of intergalactic war...? And also that my deities were upset with me for not being consistent with offerings. She also had said some really bad stuff about some past trauma of mine that was just disgusting. I didn't really ever ask for super major things from my deities I don't think, just help with cleansing and small bits of luck, and I would give everyone their associated offerings whenever I had them on hand, but often just lit candles for them or offered my own energy. I baked for them once as well. It felt right to me but she made me doubt my practice and I stopped working with them for a long time. It actually disconnected me so much from my practice that I stopped really actively practicing. Last year I learned she was going through a divorce and was mentally projecting on her clients. Ick. Anyway, I recently have started working with my deities again and it's made me really happy. I'm really grateful to be reminded that your practice is yours and what feels right to you is right, and if you don't know, find out!
I LOVE it when you two collab!!!!
The excitement i felt when i saw this video uploaded and who it was with!! 🤩🤩
I love your videos so much! The well thought information is just *chefs kiss* everytime!
Thanks to both of you for this video.
You two are amazing and this video is one of my favorite!
omg yaaas the ultimate collab
I was so excited to see you two together on my homepage! I appreciate your content immensely 💜
I always love when you guys collab, no matter what it’s a joy to watch ☺️
this is literally exactly what i needed to see. every time i come across this channel again i find what i need to
thanks for this video, it cleared up a lot for me!
Thank you for this, I appreciate you guys taking the time to inform us, FRANKIE I LOVE YOUR LAUGH!! ❤
Just started watching, but gotta say,,, I love when you both collaborate!! ❤
This is honestly so refreshing. Thank you so much for not only this video, but for all the works y'all do. Blessings to you both ❤
This was such an inspiring video thank you. The clarity regarding relationships with spirits was also really helpful as I took it quite literally like having to cultivate a really deep friendship. ALso the centering of community was such a big thing that I love as well.
I really appreciate this whole video. You two are amazing.
been researching about follk magic these past few days, and it's really timely that this video came up kudos to the both of you!!😊😊
yay my two favorite internet witches
~I literally just mentioned on Olivia's channel how I love it when you two collaborate and then you post this. I'm so excited. You two always have such great collabs.
Thank you for these vids lately on folk magick!! I’m desperately trying to do research on my own ancestry and rediscovering Catholicism from a “witchy” perspective, and your videos came at the perfect time!
Omg I love that for u ❤. I hope it goes well for u in discovering that and being connected with the Devine. 😊
I really enjoyed that! It was so good to hear you two talk about Folk Magic 🥰 thank you for sharing 🤗
2 of my loveliest youtube folkmagicians. So nice to listen to you. Thank you for the sharing. Blessings to you both.
My entire practice is fucking around and finding out! That’s my favorite part of witchcraft- the creativity that creates!
Absolutely love your guys's content, I watched this video while refinishing a dresser that was made by a great uncle of mine in 1929, and this video inspired me to use it as a way to honor him and my ancestors in the process. I've been a full practitioner my entire practice, and I love the customizability and uniqueness every person that it comes with.
I love this, thank you.. so much.. this is so cool 😎😊
I love seeing Frankie, and Olivia together. Both have great ideas. Work well together.
Name a better duo… I’ll wait
I just love every video with you 2 💓
👏👏👏👏 love this 👏👏👏👏
I love watching videos from both of you! You both inspire me so much. I’d love to hear from both of you in a video about decolonizing your practices and resources for it. I’d also love to hear from Olivia on any resources she has for Scottish folk magick. Thank you both for this video, you gave me a good laugh. “I’m a stick b!tch” 😂
If you want badger fur - brushes for foaming and aplying shaving soap/cream are often made with badger fur :)
About just doing it and the privileges necessary for a complex/consistent practice: I'm chronically ill and I've been super busy these past months to the point of neglecting my craft. But I have a community based art project to finish and since I'm working with Brighid, I just light a candle, some incense and I get to work. As simple as that. I don't feel particularly witchy atm, but it's arts and it's for my community, so it totally feels connected to my practice even tho I'm too exhausted for a cute, well thought out ritual. I just do it and I'll do more complex work when the energy is back up and I have more time.
This opened my eyes so much. I always felt isolated from other practioners due to how grounded by practice felt and now it just. Makes sense. I want to use magic to heal people, to protect my community, to make sure my neighbor gets a job, so that my friend's new apartment is safe, all of these things, just. A more mundane and grounded practice. And I think that folk magic might be just what I need. Woo!
Slightly sad that I don't think there are many resources on folk practices from my heritage (I'm part lebanese lol, maronite if anyone's familiar) but will keep looking and just hope my ancestors aren't mad at me
I laughed when you mentioned how over the top Saint Michael (Archangel Michael as I call him) goes when completing a task. I've worked with him for a long time and I refer to him as a completionist. He will do what you want him to do but then he will go out of his way to do what he thinks you need and it will oftentimes it will be way more intense than you expect.
finally, something that I relate to
🌬❣🧚♀️❣🧚♀️I love the two of you and together your a blast.
I'm Italian and learning a lot.
Thanks for sharing your nolage 🌬❣🧚♀️
Happy Easter 🍀🐇🐰🌻😇
My view is folk magic began with regular folk doing magic when those folk needed help in their communities. I’m a regular folk in a community too.
"Can I crack your toes?" Olivia's stare at the camera killed me! 😂
I've been afraid of trying to reconnect with the magic of my people cuz I'm an immigrant living far away from my country, but fucking around and finding out is a thing I'll be doing more often 🥹❤️
As someone who's a good mix of Polish, Irish, and Norwegian I'm working to slowly reconnect with my heritage and find a way to incorporate these different aspects of my ancestry into my practice
I fall under traditional witch more, but I do a little folk magic. I researched for 3 months by witch of wonderlust and your channel and books you guys recommend before I really started my practice.
please do more witchy oil crafts! i love them so much!!
Toothpicks are good for carving 🤷🏻♀️😅
hello! i love this video so much, i have been trying to find and learn about people's practices in relation to my ancestry and it has been extremely difficult. i cant find dutch practitioners so i have been focusing on the land around me, the plants and animals in my area. i have a few traditions passed from my parents, but a majority of my practice has been seasonal and nature based with some dutch folk magic sprinkled in. this video helped solidify my understanding of my practice and how i can move forward, so thank you!
Thank youu c:
Yay feel like I'm drinking coffee with my dream besties
When you said go based of necessity, so People, Necessity, Accessibility, and Culture, my brain instantly went so PAN(i)C, got it LOL
Honestly sticks are awesome
While we're listing different sages, golden sage is amazing. ❤
Crazy how lately I have been thinking of folk magic and maybe wanting to learn more about catholic folk and then I open TH-cam and this pops up!!
Thank you so much for this! And 12:40 gave me extra giggles. Not. Wrong. ;)
This is exactly what I needed to get started, thank you. I'm still so stuck on a path and I've been on a long hiatus from practicing anything at all, but I think I need to go back to my roots. I'm Mexican American, so that means looking into curanderismo and Santeria. I also grew up in a Catholic school as a gay trans person, so there's a lot of resentment and hurt surrounding Catholic figures and practices that I really need to work through.
I had a spirit reading done and I was told Saint Michael was there but in a feminine form! Which I thought was very exciting
haven’t finished the video yet so maybe you guys talk about it but i’ve been interested in folk magic for a year and a half now, and been doing ancestor work and all that! but a problem i’ve ran into after digging into my ancestry- my family lineage truly has a little bit of everything in europe/eastern europe: british, german, dutch, scottish, etc.
digging into folk practice there feels foreign to me, very removed. my family truly is American, we’ve been here awhile, we don’t hold a lot of traditions from places we immigrated, and we kept moving after that! so it’s not even like i can dig into regional practice bc the PNW doesn’t seem to have one open to me. when i ask my great grandma questions about “weird traditions” or “superstitions” i got told we don’t really have any! .-.
i was curious if anybody felt similar- like they’re so drawn and called to folk practice and would love to dig into more specifics than the general folk practice stuff but don’t really know where to root that practice because it doesn’t feel like there’s any one culture that feels “yours” enough besides, you know, colonial America lol. which is most times appropriative and problematic. otherwise very scarcely documented or closed (southern craft, ozarks, etc.)
I feel the same!! Except my family never even kept track of where our older roots lied. I think maybe a good compromise is to learn everything you can from folk practices you know your family once lived around, then gently see which parts call to you (or your ancestors). Witch craft is unique to each individual and so long as you're educated and respectful, mixing certain things isn't wrong 🙂
Ray I'd recommend you go straight to the real thing, real manifesting. Read Neville Goddard. There's a subreddit on youtube - there are some real goldmine posts there, you kind of need to go into the history, but there is a community of support there :). Good luck buddy
@@the.carp.show. That is true! and that’s kind of what I have been doing, learning about each one. it is a very daunting task to do deep dives into 6 different cultures and then their American counterparts. so it’s been very slow. I’m definitely drawn to certain practices more than others! I suppose being an eclectic folk practitioner is always an option, considering my lineage and experience is eclectic. :)
I relate to not knowing too- i don’t have any concept of my paternal side at all so there’s a whole history there I don’t even know! :)
i have a similar problem where, while we (my family) are all from one place, we don’t have any folk traditions. so i’m just learning from the land and the spirits of the land in a non appropriative way! which is still folk magic :)
me too! the most i know of my lineage is that im a quarter dutch, after that its a big ole question mark. ive felt connected to greek/hellenistic faiths and to folk magic but ive come to the conclusion that i dont need a singular basis or name for my practice for it to be valid
You're both such a stars & funny , I adore your TH-cam channel. You've shown me how to make some Chaos with my crochet hooks and pens. I love doing knot magic and calligraphy, thanks to you. Your Time here is amazing, I'm putting them to good use. Keep being awesome, you fabulous witches! ✨📿🩶🫶🏾🧙🏽♂️
7:30 😮😂😂😂😂😂 fantastic
In Norwegian folk magic muttering words while holding steel is common. Bits of whales are also common. I have a tolle knife my great grandfather made with a whale bone handle and my grandfather gave me before he died for this use.
I adore you both individually, and together 😗🤌 perfecto!
Being a hearth based practitioner is really enriching. Plus if you have a busy schedule or your in the broom closet its perfect bc its so mundane but its beautiful just being simple sometimes
Very informative! I’m half Scottish and half Chinese and I’d really like to delve deeper into both cultures and start learning more to use for folk magic.
I was wondering though, you mentioned the Tenets of folk magic- can you explain a bit more about them, if you don’t mind? Thank you!
Hey Aunt😎
off topic but Olivia's hair so gorgeous and I love ur new haircut Frankie both u guys are so beautiful ❤️
Coming from someone who practices some British Traditional Witchcraft and draws form Appalachian conjure (because heritage), I sometimes wonder if people have a tendency to map British TradCraft on other traditions just because they seem to have a "witchy" flavor (especially if it's been appropriated). For some people like Appalachian practitioners, it's common to draw from Hoodoo and British/Celtic TradCraft because of the mixed ancestry of the area and proximity of the practices (I'm primarily of Celtic and Germanic heritage via Britain, but many Appalachians are African-American or Native American or have that ancestry). But in a lot of other cases like Italian folk magic for example, even comparison doesn't quite work (for example, from what I understand the Devil isn't a big part of Italian folk magic, but in British folk magic he's almost omnipresent in nature and also huge in Appalachian folk practices). Maybe where some of the misconceptions come from but that's mostly speculation on my part.
Also I 100% agree with what you said in the video. The part about folk practices being concerned in the everyday is a big reason why you can be pretty much any religion (including none) and a folk practitioner.
Ooooh i use a large sewing needle for inscribing candles and that is a cunjunction with appalachian folk magic.
One day we will be the ancestors 💜
True
Me trying to grow basil twice doing everything right (I think) in an attempt to work with it and it either not growing or dying even though its supposed to be a simple plant to grow
"If a spirit doesn't wanna work with you it will let you know."
Love this! Although, I have been having trouble connecting with ancestors... I'm not sure who they are. I have no idea where I come from and none of my relatives really do either. I have wanted so badly to connect but not sure how to do so if I don't know who I'm trying to connect with
I like just do good luck spells on people around me and like healing just because
When ur TWO witch mothers come together...
Love this video! 💜 I learn so much from you both. I work with slovak/ukrainian realm. Its hard to find a mentor etc to help me out. Ive been just learning & trying stuff on my own. Any suggestions?
I feel the "exhausted after working" bit. -_- I started working in a hospital and had like... 25,000 steps by the end of the day yesterday. Finding time to work my spiritual practices in is a pain sometimes.
I can get you badger fur!
Voting and sending letters to your representatives is also a form of folk magic!!
So, my grandmother and my grandfather on my father’s side are from Germany and both met after fleeing the country at a young age from WW2. They then came to the US. My mother’s parents have lived here since they were young and I’m pretty sure they have Eastern European and German ancestry. In any case, I have never been outside of the country (I live in PA) and I feel that I am missing any sort of folk culture to call my own. I tried to look into German folk magic but because that land has been owned by a million different religions and practices over its history there is no long standing culture there, at least that I can clearly discern. Another element to my search is that I have felt pulled to Celtic beliefs, which sort of makes sense, but specifically the Irish Tuatha de Dannan. I’m not at all Irish nor do I have any relation to the culture. I felt called to the goddess Morrígan and have an alter to her at the moment. As I’m doing research about the pre-Christian religion there I feel like I’m not ‘allowed’, not in the sense that it is a closed practice but in the sense I have never been to Ireland nor have literally any culture there as I have reiterated. This video brought a new perspective, which is more of an animistic one which I have sort of adopted already in my working with the water spirit in a stream by my house. I wanted to connect with the land I am living on which is the Native American tribe, the Suquehannock’s, but there is almost no information on their beliefs due to quick colonization leaving their tribe extinct. You can probably discern I am not at all Native American and any spirits of the land I am living on would’ve been individualized to the Suquehannock, to which there is little to no information. I just wanted to ask if you have any advice, I’m getting into foraging and connecting with the land but I feel that I can’t properly do that with, again, little to no researchable qualities of the Suquehannock. I don’t know what deities pray to or even how to do research on my ancestry. I know I’m putting a lot of information down but any tips where to start, if I should pursue Irish or Celtic deities, if I should connect with native Americans in general, or what. The video was great and I like the try it and see approach. Thanks so much!
Does anyone know what classes Frankie was talking about at the beginning? They sound very interesting!
A lot of folk magic is using spiritual gift, or a series of mundane things, or a simple practice to survive and thrive. The ancestors already know you. You just need to honor that and if you want to you can know them.
Hi! Im a Reiki level 2 practioner and I'd love for you to make a video on Reiki!
they don’t do reiki i’m p sure
Talking about the substitution of ox to hawk and/or rabbit, I would think about what the ox represents. It is a beast of burden. It is a worker. Maybe substitute for another animal serving a similar purpose. That being said, i do live in an agricultural community where cows, donkey, horses, etc are commonplace.
I was walking around an abandoned hospital with some friends once and I got a really bad feeling like harmful baneful, I ended up throwing a pocket full of change in the floor and left and I felt like they were distracted by counting the coins
'Witches love being crafty'
'Ya we do'
... I have about 12 projects on the go 😂😂