Update 2023

As one of the original witchcraft/occult websites, BWC had to be very careful with our terminology in order for our website not to be pulled down by our hosting company. Now in 2023, we are more relaxed about terminology and about the discussion of this type of content. Still, we are mindful that the world is still nervous and judgemental of us who follow the alternative path.

Personally, I don’t see any of what is written even here on the website as black magic. To me, this is EVERYDAY witchcraft. Meaning that some days you’re angry, and sometimes you’re feeling great, and the modern, which has multiple tools in her toolbelt in order to even out her mood and do what she needs to do if she so desires (for those of you, who are upset by the word She, then change it to he).

How should you work through these three stages – beginner/intermediate/advanced?

This website should be looked at as somewhat of a guideline of how you could handle the learning of witchcraft and magick.

For example, in this beginners section, I’m talking a lot about correspondences, but also various herbs that you could use in spell craft. I think this is important to know before you jump into heavier styles of spells, because you won’t be able to modify your spell with something that could be helpful if you don’t know what that something is. Any spell that you read online is somebody’s specific spell based on what they are going through and their circumstance. You should be able to modify that spell which you have read online with alternative ingredients that are going to help you and your specific situation. 

If you’re working towards becoming a pure “black magician” you will still need to understand the basics, so when, and if you need some knowledge, you have it up your sleeve. When you have the experience that only time can provide you, you will never need any witchcraft tool. No, you need to perform a specific ritual in order for you to have your magic succeed. However, the years you will need to dedicate to the craft to get to that point will need your serious consideration. There is a lot of fantasy when it comes to the idea of becoming a powerful black magician, but unless you have balance, you will end up in a psychological mess.

When it comes to my practices in “demon worship” or whatever anybody would like to name what I do……My personal practices would not be socially accepted, even by many witches and occultists. I am an old-school practitioner that does not care if I fit into what is socially acceptable. And before your imagination runs wild, no, I do not kill people or babies! My loyalty is to the code -To Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silent. In a nutshell, this means you will be on a continuous spiritual journey, having the determination to push the boundaries of your personal spiritual growth, and honouring the sacredness of this knowledge by keeping it safe.

Would you be able to practice your spirituality without sharing it online? Would you be able to keep your skills and knowledge private and take these to the grave? Could you honour your relationship with the spiritual world, and not with humans? Most of you will say absolutely, yes, especially if you’re expecting a specific trade-off. But the facts are 99% of people will quickly abandon spiritual relationships and practices once their human needs are satisfied.

99% of anyone practicing any type of witchcraft, or occultism should stick to mainstream yet acceptable, witchcraft, and occult practices. Ideally, you will begin your studies in magic because you enjoy bringing elements of magic into your life.

The content below is from 2015 and the years before

 

BWC has created this system of defining beginner to advanced Black Magick to assist you in charting your occult journey. We suggest that you build on your skill level, before you attempt the black magic style rituals. A common mistake a newcomer would make, for example, would be to try and evoke a Demon or spirit, without having Knowledge of basic rituals, such as protection work, and without being able to strengthen their 6th sense so to connect to the spirit for messages. If you build on your knowledge , you will find yourself having much success in magic, and in the dark arts. You will only find frustration if you do not dedicate time and energy on learning the basics.

Points to remember

  • You don’t need to follow these suggestions in any specific order.
  • You will need to do loads of reading, internal processing, and deciding what really sits with your identity and beliefs.
  • Expect to spend a significant amount of time devoted to your studies.

That is how you can begin your black magick education, one step at a time. Learn meditations, read books and try various techniques, exercises and practice, practice, practice.

Beginner Magick

Suggestions for beginners:

  • Tools 
  • Herbs
  • Learning correspondences
  • Planetary considerations
  • Celebrations
  • Meditation
  • Understanding Protection
  • Basic Rituals
  • Casting a Circle
  • LBRP
  • Divination

Here you are ready to learn magick! You may be becoming from a different religious system or from a different magical practice. The idea of learning and practicing black magic is quite exciting because there is hope that one day you will learn how to manifest your desires and live the life of your dreams.

Tips and Advice from Others:

I love these comments from our subscribers, as it shows there are many ways to begin and enjoy our craft. If you have a tip for this page, feel free to leave a comment as well.

I am absolutely no beginner and I still put myself in trouble during certain goetia rituals. I agree with you that one should only move to the black arts once one has mastered the basics…. if I could go back in time, one thing I would do differently in my learning process would be this: do not mess with invocation/evocation before you have developed enough self-power. Just saying…
 
Skip the Quabbalha stuff and pick up the old grimoires See also jake stratton kents Geosophia series
 
I also have a few ideas to share🖤 When I was fresh into the Occult, my first stop was my spice rack along with caretaking plants, and in fact a deceptively powerful type of work is planting the seeds of a plant with an end result in mind. As time goes on with consistent attending to and nurturing the plant’s growth, when it matures fully, your desire will as well grow into reality as the plant did. As another bonus, that same plant will have an energy towards you like a child to mother, and if you use that plant in any working, it’s going to push extra hard because you took care of it, so it’s going to do all it can for you🖤 Another great idea is establish Astral relationships with passed on family members. Getting comfortable with that will help you expand into approaching Divine, Demonic, Angelic etc. far more easier.🖤 Consider also Astrology as well and that will help organize future workings with having the most celestial help possible in your workings.🖤 My #1 choice, after 10 years in this field, I urge to invest in Alchemy, and being physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual Alchemies. Alchemy is structured, yet simple once you understand it, that it is one of the most adapting occult sciences out there.🖤 Lastly, the Occult study has no end, and even I go back through all I learned since day one and relearn everything again; That is how you discover more potential than your first step.🖤🤍
 
I’ve read many witchcraft books, most of them say the same. Some of those things are connecting with deities, which I don’t do, I connect with the universal energy. So I’ve picked my own path which is very eclectic witchcraft 🌛🌕🌜
 
Excellent advice. Modern Magic was one of my favorites.
 
Life hack. For many who live with others who do not agree with these practices or if you like to keep things from the nosy ones get yourself a kindle so you can download books, passcode protect your kindle and no one will see the material you are into. Also have a book of shadows digitally saved on your computer. I myself prefer books and a book of shadows but when you are in a pinch or travelling and want to learn anytime this is a great way. I am also making a dedicated portable altar box for Lucifer so I can praise him on my travels 🖤🤘🏼Blessed Beast!
 
 
Building foundations as for me take two rough years .. and almost daily practice. Its really like building perception, openmindedness, also the capability to ‘feel’ the magick instead just following recipes. I came to the point that I feel ‘ok finally quite understand the basics’ after two years starting this.
 
I personally believe that if you are attracted to witchcraft, your soul’s purpose is to be a witch. Basically, you’re a natural witch.

Meditation & Visualization

Your first 12 months in magick should be spent learning how to:

  1. conduct energy
  2. focus

This can be achieved with practicing:

  • Meditation
  • Visualization
  • Developing a relationship with spirit

You will need to learn basic meditation rituals, and be able to focus the mind for a given amount of time. If you can’t do this, you may need to read the book Spiritual Warfare, and complete the 6 Months of exercises.

Correspondences

Black magic is all about cause and effect. The idea is to work with the elements, and the spirit, to achieve improvement in our own lives. You will soon find certain times, days, cycles, and other important factors, should be considered before conducting rituals and spells. It is recommended that you purchase a good correspondences book NOW, and familiarise yourself with the most auspicious days for conducting your spells and rituals.

You’ll probably ask me for a recommendation on the best book for correspondences, and I will tell you that this will depend on the system of magic you wish to pursue,

Helpful Links:

Understand Planetary Influences on spell casting & rituals

How To Calculate the Planetary Hour

Meditation and visualization

Spellwork is 10% preparation and 90% manifestation.You’ve probably heard that term used before, but I’ll simplify it for you.

Manifestation is simply the ability to alter your physical reality by visualizing the change you want to experience. From overcoming self-defeating behavior to improving your financial situation, you can move mountains with the power of positive visualization.

Manifestation really is at the core of all magickal systems, and the best way to become a powerful manifestor is to — you guessed it — meditate.

If you can’t learn to meditate and visualize, you will not be successful in any other area of black magick.

 

Divination

Divination is the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.

BWC suggests you learn at least two methods.

The Importance of Divination

To be a spell caster or connect with the spirits, you will need to learn a divination method – and we suggest the pendulum is the easiest method. Tarot is an excellent method to gain some insight into your future.

It can take some time to learn any method of divination, so we suggest you start to learn this now. Try and practice every other day until you feel confident.

  • Most Popular
    • Tarot
    • learn runes
  • Easier to learn, better for yes/no questions. Popular for demonolatry
    • Pendulum 
  • Difficult – used to communicate with spirits
    • Ouija Boards
    • Scrying
    • Crystal Ball Gazing
  • Useful
    • Numerology
    • Tea-Cup Reading

 

The Essential Tool


The Book of Shadows is a place where you write down all of your Magick rituals and results. It is the most important thing in Magick to do.  What may seem boring at first will be awe inspiring later when you go back to read what you wrote. Writing down your ritual and results will increase your Magick ability and results ten thousand times faster then not writing them down as you will be able to see where you are making errors and correct them.

Remember Magick is an art AND a science so you will need to have a structured and written down way of doing your ritual (the science part) then you will change it a bit (the art part) to see what gives you the best results to get more money, better health, increased psychic abilities and many more things.

 

61 thoughts on “Begin The Journey into Witchcraft & Magick”

  1. giggle says:

    Hi BWS , greetings to you guys , I wanted to ask you about a term which is getting so viral in india “Vashikaran” they said it is some form of black magic by which a person can make somebody else their puppet like they will do whatever the person who practice this says , Is this type of black magic really exists? If yes how can i learn this , from where . In india stories are getting viral of this “Vashikaran” i try to explain one of these stories to you so that you can understand what am i saying and reply me , that there’s a boy desired a girl who doesn’t liked him back so what he did , is do some kind of black magic and after sometime she started to behave like that boy is her everything . If you know something about this kind of magic it’ll be my pleasure to be guide by you

    • BWS says:

      Greetings – yes this type of magic appears across multiple magical systems – from Africa to India. In fact, it is the foundation of the modern “voodoo doll”. Even the Satanic Bible uses a doll in the image of the target to curse – but not control. In our mind control rituals, sometimes we create a doll, sometimes we don’t, and that will depend on how close of the connection we can get with the target. No we do not teach this and we do not write about it on the website because we have been around for nearly 20 years and during that time we have had our website band, deleted by our hosting company, and penalized by Google in various ways because of specific content. If you’re beginning, you would just create a black doll of the target, summon a Demon to enchant the doll/target – and practice practice practice.

  2. powermind200 says:

    Hi , Myself Alex i wanted to learn Black magic but i think my aura is weak cause i got scared so easily even by some stories and people bully me by calling me cry babyy and I am already 19 so i decided that i will learn black magic and know about spiritual things to make myself strong but this is something that make me cautious that if my aura is this weak then i am easy target for spirits to attack me , So How can i make my this aura strong before starting these thing , how can i learn these thing in safe manner and build myself step by step and also make me spiritual strong that i can withstand these thing , because i dont wanna be a cry baby anymore and be dependent on people and getting mocked . If you understood what i said please tell me a way or a path that will help me

    • Savannah says:

      Begin by strengthening your mind. Shadow work is extremely important if you want to master black magick, so this is important for you to research. Also begin with the basics. There’s lots of YouTube content for free on strengthening your aura and chakras. Bullying takes a hit your self-confidence so this is more about strengthening your emotional self and believing in yourself so the opinions of others start to not be of your concern

      • powermind200 says:

        thankyou for ur answer , if possible could you please recommend me some youtube videos that i can watch for strengthening my aura and chakra as i don’t know whether the video i watch teach that right or if something better out there but you can tell what this person or in this video they are teaching is correct and might be the one i should watch, Thankyou again for giving me your time

  3. erichherrmann123 says:

    I live in a christian household and i have been practicing and meditating for a few years in secret. i came to witchcraft because of pop culture and other stuff, but now diving deep into withcraft and the path i chose, i discovered that it is more than casting spells or rituals, it is about building yourself and taking control of my own destiny and creating a better life for myself.

  4. IvantheWarlock says:

    I had a question about your timeline for learning disciplines. At what point would you suggest one starts learning curses, hexes, and magic to harm another.

    A little background, I’ve been a mostly dabbler level practitioner with frequent bout of dedicated practice for some 20+ years, it’s only since the pandemic that I’ve been making a committed and disciplined approach to my craft. I have a pretty good grasp of protection, energy work, and chaos magick. Recently, I’ve been feeling drawn to Thelema and intend to deep dive that and it’s qabalistic, raja yoga, tantric aspects.

    Suffice to say my plates full for the next year but I think attack spells are an important thing to learn. When would you suggest adding them into one’s magical education and when?

  6. GreekoItaliano says:

    Hi! I’m new here myself. I’m mainly learning the art of Black and Baneful magick for defensive purposes, just in case I ever need to. I definitely agree that hexes and curses should only be used as a last resort.

  7. Revenge1996 says:

    I am angry and I want revenge – I will do whatever it takes.
    I want to learn black magic, hexes and curses – I want to make her suffer.

    She tried to steal my boyfriend once and she is trying again – I won’t let that happen.
    I don’t care if inflicts pain on me – I just want her to suffer

    Advice on this?

  8. NewOne says:

    Ive been waiting for Lucifer to send a signal or sign so I can step forward but he never showed up in my mind, my dreams or anywhere and Im just onfused trying to figure out these giant questions myself, because everybody says I should contact Lucifer before contacting any other Demons. I mean why doesnt he come to my dreams and talk to me? I made an altar, offered blood, time etc to show respect and dedication but it seems Im talking to myself. Its makes me disappointed sometimes.
    SIGH

  9. NewOne says:

    TBH the first time I read about Goetia Demons I was like “Fuck, this is it” but now Im so confused about magic like all these third eye, energy, chakra, planetary etc. … I just wanna talk to Lucifer about everything and u know I want to learn from himself. Im sick of reading books telling me about religions and hell and angels like im sick of those things. If I wanted to hear about them well religions just talk about them 24/7. I am here to experience the TRUE REAL BEYOND RELATIONSHIP.
    So is there any simple way to contact Lucifer without solomon shit or religious crap way to tell me what to do?

    Blessed Be

  10. NewOne says:

    Hey,
    I meditated by the sigil of Lucifer with blue and red candles for 10 days and then I prepared an altar for him. Actually the paper with his sigil on it is a mess now with candle remains, my blood etc and I offered fruits and few more things like burning copal but idk when to remove the remains of the offerings and how to do so.
    Can anyone help me to learn about this pleaseee?

  13. oliver says:

    do you have any recommendations as to any other websites or apps that i can use to help me learn more? i am new to this. and my whole family is christian. so that poses a problem. blessed be

    • BWS says:

      Hi Oliver,

      This page was designed to demonstrate the various types of practices. As there are SO many, you should focus on one path at a time. Therefore, I recommend you buy a book on learning magic, and decided if this style of magic gels with you. For example, to learn High Magick “Modern Magick” by Donald Kraig; For Sex Magic “Modern Sex Magic“; Mastering Witchcraft: A Practical Guide for Witches, Warlocks, and Covens by Paul Hudson. I hope these few recommendations help, and there are many more links on the page.

  15. Corey Mitchell says:

    I know I am sensitive but I feel I’ve lost my way with my energy and I wish to get back in touch with it if someone could contact me and help me with this and tell me what I could do that would be greatly appreciated

  16. Avery Taylor says:

    I have a question that seems to confuse me a bit. If I want to be witch free to practice any kind of magick and call upon any gods/goddesses needed (although specializing in the darker crafts) does this make me a solitary witch/chaos magician?

    • BWS says:

      Hi Avery. I totally understand the need to classify yourself for the purposes of identity within the world, the witchcraft community, (and perhaps yourself). However, if you are chaos magician, who enjoys witchcraft, and perhaps even demonology, there is no one term. I fall within the same basket of not knowing how to classify myself within the craft. Many years ago, coven members would jokingly classify me as A “Black witch” so that term has stuck over the years. If I was pushed into a corner and made to say what I am, I would simply say that I am an Occultist – as occultism being the study of a deeper spiritual reality that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences. I think that covers what I do quite neatly.
      Let me know what term you end up using!
      Blessed beast!
      Black Witch Savannah 🙂

    • Faith Hope Mcabudbud says:

      I wish to practice voodoo and a ritual involving lighting a bonfire by the sea alone or in the woods and how to cast s circle , what to start and how to end the ritual.

      • Anonymous says:

        Maybe you should pick up a book on Wicca for what you wish to learn is all in there my friend. Are you aware of your spirit guides, do you listen to what they want you to know. do you have a quick technique of defense in case something rotten shows up. likes feeding off your vibrations. it can be as simple as a prayer to reinforce your libstraight into the grey, it’s takes much more than knowing how to cast circles, less a dabbler don’t mind opening a lifetime of sorrow. Are you familiar with the term “Now dawn the age of the innocent ones.” I have a strong sense you should search for Indigo children. Not really a path, no doctrine to follow . More of a generational awakening, a race within our race. You hear the call and rise eagerly to answer, they are the polar reaction to centuries of trauma done to the earth by greed men.

      • dedmond979 says:

        you dont just go to the beach to practice voodoo, you must have a mambo or hougan, be initiated and taught. first find your path, learn it then practice on a beach or in the woods

  17. Angel Juliano says:

    I am new to black magick. I am younger than most here. Not 12. Nor 20. But, I am not sure where I should start. I’d love to learn more. Ive been learning a lot about many things the past year. I know there is so much more to know! Where do I start? Anyone you could reference me to? Or perhaps a book? Thank you, blessed be.

    • BWS says:

      Greetings Angel,

      I am guessing that you know my feelings about teenagers and black magic. I’m not here to judge your desire, because I do not know your path to this point in time. However I do question the rush to enter into a very complex area occultism, without building a solid foundation of spiritual practice. To break it down simply, in order to be a successful Black witch, choas magician, or other left hand path practitioner, you must learn the foundations of visualization – focused awareness. To do this one really has to understand the art of certain meditation practices. My own book spiritual welfare, is a six month journey of visualisation and meditation exercises. This is a good place for the beginner to start, so you can feel comfortable with these concepts, and also with beginning to touch out to the Darkside. As you’re under 18, I would not accept you into the working Demons course. However once you hit 18, and I feel you are not doing the course just to solve a single issue, and Then I recommend you do take the course – as you will get the results are looking for!

      Blessed beast
      BW Savannah
      May 11, 2017

  21. Brenda says:

    I want to do black magic on someone i know they have been threati g me and i dont like it i want them to hate me i never liked them any way can someone help me.

  22. magic man says:

    Please excuse me for making so many comments,but I’d love a comment about an experience. Last night I was watching a video listing signs you may be under attack by a demon& some where having a lot of sexual dreams & dreams encountering demons also ones of violence, I have these dreams I even had them last night.while I was watching the video I felt a little strange oppressing energy,I thought a demon may be causing the uncomfortable feeling. I called the name of Astaroth & asked him to get the other spirit to let me be. I have never formally summoned Astaroth but have talked to him respectfully for a couple of years asking for help withsituations & for knowledge. What do you think of this?

    • BWS says:

      Magic Man, you are welcome to post as often as you’d like to, we love it!! It ‘sounds like’ you were having a psychic attack. You are obviously gaining skills and are well on your way to mastery. Don’t forget to protect yourself though, even ninjas use armour.
      Are you taking our working with demons course?

  23. magic man says:

    I also want to thank you for sharing your videos.I go with my inner feelings & sinces lot in life & their usually correct & I feel like you are a skilled spellcaster, I hope to be skilled also, I don’t know any witches do you know how I could meet one?

  24. magic man says:

    I’m trying to get$$ for books,spell ingredients, lessons or whatever I need, I watch a lot of bws videos & serpent key videos. In the Claunek $$ spell video can the load stone be replaced with a magnet if it represents the same symbolism in my head? & could I just use cooking oil for the oil?

  27. kennedy says:

    Growing up i used to see witches, i once saw a short thing open a door for that witch since they can walk through walls and doors, a couple of years later i heard a deep voice calling me over i was sleeping, i was scared but as years went down the line something kept on telling me that maybe that scary thing wanted to help me in a way, i was raised from the right hand path but now i want to be a part of the left hand path i tried to make a pact with Bune, i don’t know if i did everything correctly or not please advice ,and yes i am ready and yes i am not going back once I’ve joined the left hand path.

  29. Justin janky says:

    I’m beginning to feel more comfortable with my power I feel the fire all the time I still don’t know if I should go to a certain coven or can I grow into my own.

  30. Luke says:

    I want to learn everything I can about being a black witch, but my family is super Christian and I can’t download or purchase my own books or crystals, candles etc. I need a teacher or coven that could train me and teach me the ways. Where should I start looking?

    • BWS says:

      You’re not the only one in this situation Luke. It may comfort you to hear that this is quite common for people interested in the left hand path. Sadly, bigotry is everywhere. But where there is a will there’s a way, literally. We offer online courses and have many free videos on youtube if that suits you, or you can try and find a coven near you.
      Good luck Luke
      -Blonde Gypsy

  32. Jami says:

    You stated, that you where in contact with an Indian goddess, prior in life. Do demons, Angels, Eyptian gods and goddess, Indian gods, etc., all exist on the same plane? Is this just a labeling system to harness certain forms of energy? If a spirtual dimension exist (which I believe does), how are atheistic witches successful? Thanks!

  33. Wynter says:

    I would like to offer a suggestion to any beginner and that is, be very careful what you read and use as instructional material. It is extremely difficult to unlearn bad habits and practices.

  35. Ebon Elán says:

    About time!
    I get so taken aback with all the doom and gloom associated with ongoing development when it comes to this path taken or thought about.
    It it disrespectful of me to want to shine a little light? We should smile, laugh, hang out, learn, crack jokes, etc:
    When I literally stumbled onto the BWC YouTube, it was refreshing to see the teacher smile.
    What is the protocol for starting a branch in the States?
    Can we be seen and overstood at the same time?

  36. Marcy Smith says:

    Looking to advance my knowledge. Seeking to learn all I can. My desire is to be the best I can be at my craft (solitary).Are there specific books/titles /authors you would recommend that helped you?
    Blessed Be

  38. Karistan says:

    Hello! I came across this site after watching a few videos on YouTube by the Black Witch Samantha. All of which are very eye opening and empowering. I have been practicing witchcraft as a solitary witch for close to 10 years now, have made a personal connection to my Goddess,NYX, and have done a few spells (white). However, I am deeply interested in the other spectrum of magick, in particular demons and contacting them. If someone here could contact me regarding this as I would like to proceed sooner than later, it would be very much appreciated.

    Blessed be.

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