Ask a Death Witch: A Conversation about Death Work with The Witch of Wonderlust
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
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Omg when Olivia told the story about the fear of dying and what happens after- “well, do you remember what it was like before you were born?” I thought I was the only one who thought that! When I’d bring it up to my friends they’d just stare at me, lol! Also, I imagine if there is no afterlife then it might be something like going under an operation and being put to sleep so…very cool discussion!
I used to have this fear especially coming from traditional Christianity
I’ve always thought this as well and Neil deGrasse Tyson actually discussed it in an interview a long time ago too!
Yessss. As a practitioner that works with death this is right up my alley. Love this little collaboration series with different practitioners takes on witchcraft and related topics
Thank you! It’s also extremely interesting and fun for me to learn about all of these different practices!
She’s right. I never understood how death contributes to the cycle of life until I started a balcony garden with a little composter. It’s amazing.
First of all, I love how you two described Death in the beginning - the large energy of Death and then Guides that can helps us connect, learn, and grow with that larger energy. It was a really good visual concept that I think will help others understand it better. I love that you both came together for this. I literally just posted an article over on Patheos this morning that you both were featured in. Great conversation and topic!
Thank you so much! ❤️
One thing I do for deceased animals on the side of the road I touch my finger tips to the center of my chest as a sign or mourning for them.
I’ve never clicked so fast in my life 😅 video did not disappoint! Thank you for what you do ❤
Haha I’m glad you’re not disappointed
I really love this interview/chat! I always thought i was a pagan/green witch but i LOVE to work with "death" things as in bones, insects, special herbs, crystal skulls, graveyards etc. I have to look deeper into Death Work! Because as much i''ve always been scared by dying my self i've also always seen the beauty and connection with it, like the circle of life. And with the animal skulls i have i've always felt a connection, their spirit still being there and connecting with them. I also do taxidermy and it feels like bringing them "back to life", honouring them. Thank you for this super fun interview/chat and sharing it with us! Learned something new!
That sounds like working even closer with death could be very benificial for you ☺️
YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN! (If your laws allow)
In my old flat I only had a balcony and was able to proses animals to get their bones.
If you get a large plant pot and bury the animal within it nearer the bottom you can put plants/flowers in the top soil. After a few months you can upturn the pot and search for the bones and re use the nutrient rich soil.
The bones can then be cleaned with a toothbrush and whitened if you like.
It doesn’t smell. Looks pretty. And you get bones and nutritional soil for the plants
Oh that’s awesome! Did you use some specific soil? Because I’d guess if I bought plant soil from the plant shop it wouldn’t contain the animals and microbes needed to clean the bones 🤔
@@TheNorseWitchnope normal plant soil is perfect. Most of the microbes, fungi and bacteria that helps in decomposition is already inside the animas gut and when they pass they take over and start the decomp process.
Of corse the season and size of the animal all affect how long it will take. but that’s usually learnt as you go and if you’re unsure leave it buried longer you don’t wanna dig up and animals before it’s ready 😅
There’s a great public vulture culture discord with 1500 members too that I find helps a lot
Awesome thank you so much! Now I just have to get a big plant pot! ❤️ I always find smaller animals like mice, rats or birds either way so it should be totally fine ☺️
@@TheNorseWitch no problem, happy to share! ❤
I usually leave my road kills in my yard. I live in Florida and it's really hot here so something will decompose in just a few days if I leave it out in the open. I'll usually just keep it in my yard under a treat or hide I in the mangrove near my house if it's something too big
Omg ich freu mich so, dass zwei meiner liebsten Hexen-TH-camr was zusammen machen! 😍
Das interview hat auch so Spaß gemacht!! 🥰
"Death is just another path. One that we all must take."- Gandalf
LOVED this video! Thank you! As an aside, being sterile when handling deceased animals is SUCH a good direction. IE, if you ever come across a dead bear, anywhere, never ever touch it with your bare hand. And, even gloved, do not touch your face. They carry such a horrific variety of parasite eggs it is frightening and they are VERY good at attaching to new hosts. Amazing animal tho!
This video was so good and very informational. Also so stinking cute to see you and Olivia chatting and laughing together; both of you have impeccable vibes 🖤🖤
This was such a good video Bente 😊. The older I get the more interested in death and death magic I get. So many good resources to dive into.
Thank you 🥰
Hey ladies, what a lovely video, I resonated with this one very much, as my path has changed a lot since I was rushed in to hospital in August of 2021, mainly because I am very lucky to still be here, and alive, in the here and now, I especially resonated with, the 'death makes you appreciate life phraseology, and that death truly lifts ones living' also absolutely struck a chord with me, especially when referring to the coffee analogy @Olivia, it really was a deep and balanced LIVE and DIVE within a topic that truly made me smile, so, thank you both for sharing this topic with us all, I appreciate you, both & Bente your channel is a real breath of fresh air thank you for being you.
"This too, shall pass." My grandmor told me the story of the secret wisdom inscribed on solomons ring when I was a kid, and I always come back to it.
Learning about soil and fungi has been deeply spiritual to me and I really like Olivia's personal philosophy on decomposition of the soul and therefore the still part of our ecosystem.
Thank you for sharing both of your thoughts, stories and advice❤
I think its weird to be upset about working with dead animals because you're vegan. Like i'm vegan and i think ist completely okay to take bones from an already dead animal, which is normally what witches do. I just don't want people to kill animals, but thats not the same as using the parts of a dead animal in a respectful way. I really dont get the tabu, i think you can be vegan and also use bones and stuff. Also about everyone working with deities: i think there is a lot of preasure to work with deities tbh, eventhough now its changing with the trend towards folk magic. at least i have felt in the past that i really need to work with deities or otherwise i'm doing it wrong or something
Agreed!
Excellent interview. Necromancy and ancestor veneration was practiced in the Bible.
I laughed when you talked about Odin because I had a similar experience. When he first called me I was in such awe of the energy I felt that I started crying. It’s intense, like INTENSE, but in the best way😅🖤
For Odin being the god of war. He has such a helicopter dad energy
Thank you so much for this video! It came to me at the perfect time. I was having a convo with a friend about my life and things that have been happening, and she told me that I should look into death magick, which I didn't even realize was a thing. I always considered myself an eclectic witch, but I really resonate with what was said early in the video - how we eventually come to learn that we've actually been practicing something/a certain way all along and never realized. Thank you for this synchronous post!!
Well, the death practitioners I know don't wear black either, but, boy, do we have a different understanding of "death work" than this one I see prevalent in the West. 😐 And some practical advice - when going to a graveyard, clense yourself when exiting the graveyard, at the gate (liminal) or right before or after it, not in your car, your home or near them. You don't wanna clense yourself only to find out that what you were cleanisng is riding with you back home in the backseat.
28:22 I’m a Christian Witch; took me along time to welcome in my practice but I embrace both sides of myself. I’ve been following Olivia for a long time. I’m a new subbie, thanks for this interview 🙏🏽
You do realize Christianity literally calls for the death of witches when it says " Never suffer a witch to live " . I'm not trying to be mean and I wish you the best in all endeavors but I think you should pick one or the other simply because Christianity and witchcraft are like water and oil and they just don't mix . And I say that as someone who was raised Christian but just never felt it . I have always been drawn to the esoteric or dark arts since early childhood. I guess it's in my blood. Point is I could never find a sense of belonging in church and a lot of that was due to the absolute hatred most Christians have for witches and witchcraft. To them it's pure devil worship regardless of whether you're a white witch, green witch , eclectic or death witch . They don't discriminate in their hatred of us.
Oh, wow-- your talk about your experience with Hecate was trippy! Following Her led me on some intense trials! I won't go too deep into it, but yes, I concur with the Mean Mommy statement.
And, as someone who works more with raw energies and barebones practices nowadays, I am also grateful for what She has taught me.
I was explaining to my husband what you’re talking about and he said, “Oh! She’s a cycle-of-life worker.” So yeah, sounds like a death witch IS a life witch?
So good! I've always used death on my practice, but never went deep in death witchcraft. I feel drawn to a lot of deities connected do death (including Hel, that's why I chose this name) and the process of leting stuff die so other things can grow is really important to me. Loved the video, your channel has been one of my favorites lately.
I'm doing a devotion week, honoring one deity each day, and part of my devotion includes studying witchcraft in general and your content is helping me a lot. Just started my Odin's day, and I hope it will be great like the others.
Oh Yeay hail Odin!
Her description of death as being an energy AND as an embodiment of that energy in certain spiritual entities is EXACTLY how I view it.
For example: I view my Santa Muerte as an actual spiritual entity who has a personality, memories and relationships, etc However, she has direct contact with the energy of what we call death.
This was such an informational interview! Death work is surprisingly simple yet profound practice the more you go about it, which surprised me. The book recommendations was very useful. Thanks for conducting this interview!
I love the way Olivia thinks of energy after death
great video with tons of information and advice! love hearing from you + Olivia!
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As a male Green Witch, I found this discussion very interesting and enlightening. As one who grew up Catholic, I felt I never fit in. I and my Witchy Wife delved into Episcopalianism, Baptist, Seventh Day Adventism, and Universalist sects of the Church, but again, never felt quite right. When we discovered (or was it rediscovered?) Paganism and Witchcraft, it was like a light came on. I felt at home immediately. After listening to this discussion, I find that I have a little bit of Death Witch in me.
Loved ❤this, thank you both so much.
I totally get to connect with death 💀 energy through my allotment & the rhythms of new fresh life, waning life-force, decomposition not only of my plant 🌱 allies but also the wildlife.
I’m not one to keep lots of bones 🦴 in my home 🏡 but The Morrigan did send a dead Crow to me & I have its wings & tail on the wall above her altar. The head & other bones are in a home boundary protection witch bottle outside.
When I find a dead being on my allotment I do honour them there in my baneful plant ally area. I will bury them & hold a ritual for them. And I do have an altar there to keep any part of them that works its way back up to the surface of the soil in the burial area. It is very interesting watching which items do return to the surface. All are buried at the same depth yet only certain things return. After burying two very young whole Magpies 2 years later just the two skulls appeared on the surface of the soil.
I’m so glad gardening was spoken about as when I’ve tried to explain it to others they’ve just not understood how much death is interwoven into all growth
Dude, I get this entirely. If I were to describe my experience so far working with Apollo, I think there are practitioners that would come for my neck.
Thank you so much, I think I’ve found my niche! I’ve never been bothered much by death, in fact it’s always been fascinating to me in a spiritual sense. And not just in an afterlife sense but a deep connection. I already do so much of what was discussed here, but I had a hard time connecting those things to other witchy practices. I’m not into dieties, I can’t remember facts too well for things like crystals etc. Practicing has been a struggle! Finally something I connect with. 😅
_This smashing interview_ made me think of mushrooms as flowers of death
☠🍄 ...because death becomes them...quite literally lol... 🍄☠
*Olivia puts the fun in funeral* #VultureCulture
LMAO
omg my 2 fav witchy youtubers in 1 interview!!!!!
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My dad's plants never died they were huge and our house was always filled with plants. They only started to die right before our house got taken but up until then they were healthy and huge.
Loved the video, I can listen to Olivia talk about death for hours!! Thank you. 💚🖤
Same that’s why the interview got so long 🤣❤️
Not exactly death work as such but I feel like the concept of death has been chasing me since I was a kid! Not in a morbid, scary way lol but I've been in a constant cycle of death/rebirth since, forever. My physical appearance, my jobs, my interests, my lifestyle, my friends etc - I constantly wipe the slate clean, nothing about me ever stays the same for very long! You'd think by now the idea of actual physical death wouldn't phase me, but it's still something I need to get comfortable with. I'm waiting for inspiration to strike but I feel like that transformational, endings & beginnings persona that I have, is going to lend itself really well to something in the future. Whether that be in my practice or maybe channelled into an art form of some sort🤔. Anyway, great vid! Thank you both.
If you want to use animal parts from Your Goddess You Could plant them in A House Plant Pot And Use The Plant it nourishes As Substitute
Very interesting concept that a gardener could in part be a death practitioner -- i have never thought about that...my family is famers and those that don't farm we all garden -- I have basically garden my entire life and find it soothing and of great joy. during the winter months i feel that something is missing and so look forward to spring (having plants in the house no go I have a cat that loves all my plants lol) thank you so much for the video
I actually had no intention to ever have deity as part of my practice & didn’t for decades. The Morrigan made Herself very strongly known to me while I was drumming inside an ancient burial mound.
Hecate has just started to be around since I’ve reached my Crone years & I kept trying to ignore it but gave in this Summer.
Both are hard task masters in my experience lol. Mega strong feisty women, zero fluffy cuddles here ha ha ha
Yep kick my arse & laugh at me here too
Love you both! Great show today 🧡
Two of my fave people! Loved this chat ♥️
Thank you 🥹❤️
This is the first I have ever heard of death work. Interesting thank you.
In the us and I don’t do dead things. Bones maybe but I don’t mess with actual dead things BUT I’m glad I didn’t try to keep any of parts of the small birds that we found in our yard recently 😮 that’s a little dramatic good lord. I’d love to work with local spirits just don’t know how yet cuz Im not clairvoyant so idk lol still not sure how I feel about deities. I still have my doubts. I feel if something was a divine being they wouldn’t be as subtle to get ur attention 🤷🏻♀️so idk.
I love what the guest said about diety worship/assistance. Going at it alone, this time!
Hail Hel, Hades, Hekate, and Persephone.
i feel like we should at least acknowledge the concept of death in our practice, even if we don’t want to work with death itself. there is a lot of symbolism, like death in old self to prepare for our new selves, as we are constantly growing and changing. for me personally, i don’t think i want to be a death witch but i want to learn the “darker” side. it’s good to be respectful of death, too, especially when working with spirits. i enjoyed the video immensely and both of your views and topics!
My youngest finds bones, and dare I say we have decomposed roadkill on our balcony in a bucket and some compost.. her latest find was a road killed deer.
Omg, irgendwie wusste ich gar nicht, dass du aus Deutschland bist 😍. So schön Witch/Pagan YTuber hier zu haben, die auch aus Europa kommen 😊😊. Das ist immer etwas besonderes 😍☺️😊.
Yeeees ☺️☺️ nehm ich mal als Kompliment dass man es anscheinend nicht so Todes offensichtlich hört 🤣
My first inclination for someone that would be a “life” worker would be someone that works in fertility magic. Perhaps someone that’s a birth doula
That makes a lot of sense!
I used to find dead animals and make bone jewelry. I'm thinking about getting back into that.
I'm still pretty new on my journey. Been leaning into my pagan roots for 3 or 4 years now. I'm a mortuary student and I wonder if this is a new calling as I started following this path shortly after I came back to mortuary....all the Universe
The creator of ask a mortician has amazing books on it too if anyone is interested
Maybe shes familiar with "La Sante Muerte" Our lady of Death. A saint from the Orthodox Church. They stopped admitting she was a saint bc if "visuals" but none the less shes still one if the saints. This is huge in mexico and other areas. The took her image and made up "the grim reaper" from her. Santisima Muerte has millions of followers / devotees. Why? Bc she actually works. Things actually happen. Feminine energy with justice of Death.
With some Deities you aren't going to always get the same reaction sometimes Deities may have different types of relationships with different types of people and practioners.
I got away/slacked off on my practice for a few months because, life, and now I have 100+ crows showing up to my house every night right after I get off from work. Badb don't play games lol. I get dommie mommie vibes from both her and Hekate.
Maybe it's cyclical to what the world and nature are crying out for.. I think folk magic comes in line with the need to use local, and take care of our world, and diety work comes from the need to people to feel a great being when the world is so out of control and a need for a mass input. Xx
Hekate is my Matron goddess, and while she doesn’t make demands often, she will tell me exactly when she wants something, which she often drags me out of bed for 😂
As a fellow Hekate worshipper she definitely is a tough boss at times 😂 the amount of times I've gotten a download from her for something that should be pretty obvious that I for some reason look past lmao
same thing w whale bones!!!!! if you find a big ole bone that washes up from a dead whale that had been buried you’re not legally supposed to keep the bones (poaching laws) (im from New Jersey) and omg you wouldn’t even think what happens to Dolphins/Whales/Seals that pass on the shore but they need to be taken care of as well :)
Oh that’s good to know thank you!
This is an interesting video. I have a friend who is a death witch as well.
does she have a broomstick
Greetings from a necromancer chaos witch, from Germany. ❤
Super interessantes Video!
This is a question I have wanted to get ab answer for, for a few years. This is kind of that subject. I believe Anubis made a connection with me but I feel afraid the idea of mummification. Even as a small child I felt this way. The other thing is he or she looked different then expected. Long nails, Long hair to the middle of the back. Gold earrings bul thick hoops. small/medium . Leather vest. Breasts I think, if so they were smaller. At first I thought this was the spirit of my female dog Bella. But she was weeks old at the time. At first I became this myself being I was scared of something at the time in my mind. I kept thinking she wolf. Then after a bit it she was beside me. She or he I don't know. It does not matter I am just telling you.Please explain this this what I was dealing with for sure? Thank you.
Did they mention kaali ?
So much common sense here!
It’s sad she basically quit TH-cam
I didn’t.
Death is a necessity ,people tend to put Death as Evil or bad, that is called fear , death helps with growth rebirth of other things the death of a flower usually means a rebirth or the feeding of something else even another flower which is part of the balance of life the bees feed on that flower so do Humming birds . watching things grow plants are usually quicker becasue you understand the balance, like the seasons planet and humans animals are all part of that balance the seasons a child is spring , a late teen through to say 30-35 is summer around 40 yrs old is fall approximately 60 yrs old are winter wither is when thing died or go into a deep sleep then it all recycles of the seed from those living things have been planted and the cycle starts again this all connects to death rebirth life of course the human timeline is much slower then many other living things but those cycles are all the same winter is Death/ deep sleep whats left behind feeds all other things even the memories of those past living things help future generations, Death is just a transition myself having allot of Scorpio in me I understand allot about Death and rebirth I have witnessed it through people I knew and family , I have been through it more then a few times in my life the spiritual death rebirths. I learned to just let that tower moment happen dont resist and restart with what is still there. I wont go on and on about this subject because I seem to many that read this that I am going a little off topic but it is all related
Being I am listening now how you guys are speaking. In my situation I spoke about, I was in the hospital and dieing I think. I was in intensive care of just was switched to a different room. I thought this could of been the drugs too but I wonder if I was more open to help at that time. Even help to leave this world. I have never had anyone to ask about this until now. I feel by saying all of this I feel like I come off you you guys like an attention seeking person. I'm not trying to be Im just looking for answers.
Listen to the wise teaching of the dark gods. They will show you the reality, hidden by those who claim light and truth.
Michelle belanger is amazing has her own youtube, very welll established practitioner but does not really to how to be a witch.... if that makes sense..
That sounds very anti native to me. I could be wrong but it would make sense in America if that was the case.
What exactly are you referring to?
@TheNorseWitch The law yall where talking about about using animal parts.
Ah okay! We talked about two different ones. The one I mentioned exists in Germany so that one definitely isn’t anti native. I don’t know about the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in the US though.
@@danielacedillo3714from what I know, the native people here are the only people who’s re allowed to collect birds and even specifically birds of prey, but I’m sure that can depend on state-to-state here. However I agree with your statement, if it’s restricting them from practicing their religion.
@TheWitchOfWonderlust That is good at least.
I don't live under a rock my love... Ya'll new age witches... while I am an ancient witch with necromancers, santeros, santeras, brokers, paleros, etc going back five generations or so. 😒 You little girls need to be careful how you work with Death and Necromancy (traditionally summoning Demons and Angels). Playing with deities and spirits you have no idea what you are doing. This isn't something you can pick up one day and work with them. PLEASE DO RESEARCH! These deities and spirits are NOT TOYS AND GAMES!!! Just because you FEEL connected don't mean sheet... do the work of researching and studying and learning the correct and proper way. Way too many young folks out here picking up stuff without doing the work of fully understanding and knowing what ya'll doing. Death is not a joke... it is a force that is very ancient and powerful... it is not some video game you can pick up and just work with. You need to have the bloodline to correctly work with some forces. It's not just having bones and using candles. Playing around with forces ya'll got no business picking up and playing with just because you have a FEELING of connection. It does not work that way. You need to have a heritage and real training. Please warn people of all aspects. Because it is dishonest that you to paint all magic as being ok, when in honesty if you are not careful it can f^
I love how this comment is 100% based on assumptions about us that you have zero clue about. My favorite type of comment, especially if they assume stuff based on our age. But thank you, with my nearly 30 years I haven’t been called a little girl in ages, this definitely makes me feel less old 😉
@jucishockwave
for someone that's a "Ancient Witch" &
"5th Generational Witch"
you sure lack the vocabulary & self control of such lol
but not only that, you also lack insight and the ability to be OK with the following facts::
1.not all witches practice The same
2.each witch has the right to practice according to their OWN personal moral code
3. there ARE NO rules when it comes to sorcery ( there is more than one set way to do things, we all know this)
4. Practitioners are SOLELY responsible for themselves NOT how another Practitioner does things
5. it is NOT ok NOR your place/business to tell another Witch how to practice
Also.....
you rudely & ignorantly referring to these women as
"little girls" and ranting at them publicly clearly shows that you are actually envious of them, seeing this video and listening to these women share their experiences and ways of practicing actually makes you jealous, you want to be like them but feel as though you cant and that bothers you, so you felt the need to paint a picture of yourself as being better, more knowledgeable, and more experienced while belittling them and making them seem smaller, less knowledgeable, and less experienced.
You felt the need to swap places with them in a fantasy based comment in order to lessen your feeling of being a nobody.
if you were a "Ancient Witch" "5th Generational Witch" &
a seasoned Practitioner this video would not have bothered your self esteem & ego so much.
Trust Me.....
I CAN READ PEOPLE ONLINE JUST AS I CAN WHEN THEY ARE SITTING RITE IN FRONT OF ME.
you're in serious need of some Shadow Work hon
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As a death witch my practice looks very different when I'm stable and regulated vs when I'm grieving. I have a different relationship with death when I've helped people who are dying/grieving vs when I'm actively in early grief (1st year or so). There are ao many shades to it imo. Cheers to other death witches! 🥂💀❤️
This vid was amazing. Thanks Ladies 💀🦴🩸⭕🔁
Randomly came across your video! I love everything y’all said! So down to earth! Especially love what y’all said about deities! I do not work with any and I really don’t feel called to.