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Arietis

Bringer of nyowa~☆
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Combining autistic witchcraft with Tumblr trigger culture can only awaken the eldritch forces who sleep between the layers of reality.

And thus the elder gods shall come forth into our dimensional plane and tell the witches that saying "black magic is racist" is unbelievably stupid even for their minds full of cosmic knowledge.

Jokes aside, do they really believe they have magic (oh, sorry, "magick") hex powers, or are just putting an act to scare naiver people? Either way, blessed be their stupidity, it's somehow absurdly funny.
 

Moogsy

Nyah, Shee?
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Potential Love Spell Ingredients
Fruits/Vegetables:

-Apple
-Apricot
-Avocado
-Banana
-Beet
-Blueberry
-Carrot
-Cherry
-Grapes
-Guava
-Orange
-Peach
-Pomegranate
-Raspberry
-Strawberry
-Tangerine

Herbs/Flowers:

-Apple Blossom
-Basil
-Bay
-Catnip
-Cherry Blossom
-Cinnamon
-Clove
-Coriander
-Cumin
-Damiana
-Deer’s Tongue
-Dill
-Hazel
-Ginger
-Hibiscus
-Jasmine
-Lavender
-Marshmallow Root
-Myrtle
-Orange Peel
-Orange Blossom
-Orchid
-Peppermint
-Rosemary
-Rose Petals
-Rose Hips
-Rose Buds
-Sweet Pea
-Thyme
-Vanilla
-Violets

Stones:

-Amazonite
-Amber
-Amethyst
-Clear Quartz
-Emerald
-Garnet
-Green Aventurine
-Kunzite
-Jade
-Malachite
-Moonstone
-Pearl
-Rainbow Moonstone
-Rose Quartz
-Ruby
-Rhodonite
-Turquoise

Misc:

-Buttons
-Candles
-Candies
-Champagne
-Chocolate
-Essential Oils of Love Herbs, Fruits, or Flowers
-Fragments of Cloth
-Glitter
-Heart Shaped Objects
-Honey
-Lockets
-Locks
-Keys
-Marbles
-Mirrors
-Moon Water
-Photographs
-Pink Himalayan Salt
-Ribbons
-Rose Water
-Salt
-Seashells
-Sigils
-Sugar
-Taglocks
-Trinkets
-Wine

This is certainly not a full list of ingredients, but I hope it gives you all a little inspiration for your own love spells! These tend to be ingredients traditionally used in love spells rather than healing or self-love spells. Feel free to message me if you want anything added.

~Owlfeather

My some of my sources:

www.everythingunderthemoon.com

www.boxingscene.com (the particular article was called “The Magic in Food: LOVE)

www.crystal-cure.com

Ok. Done. Please rate my love spell:
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sassyma seed

Cat with an f
kiwifarms.net
Spoilered because the post was too long to screencap:

Potential Love Spell Ingredients
Fruits/Vegetables:

-Apple
-Apricot
-Avocado
-Banana
-Beet
-Blueberry
-Carrot
-Cherry
-Grapes
-Guava
-Orange
-Peach
-Pomegranate
-Raspberry
-Strawberry
-Tangerine

Herbs/Flowers:

-Apple Blossom
-Basil
-Bay
-Catnip
-Cherry Blossom
-Cinnamon
-Clove
-Coriander
-Cumin
-Damiana
-Deer’s Tongue
-Dill
-Hazel
-Ginger
-Hibiscus
-Jasmine
-Lavender
-Marshmallow Root
-Myrtle
-Orange Peel
-Orange Blossom
-Orchid
-Peppermint
-Rosemary
-Rose Petals
-Rose Hips
-Rose Buds
-Sweet Pea
-Thyme
-Vanilla
-Violets

Stones:

-Amazonite
-Amber
-Amethyst
-Clear Quartz
-Emerald
-Garnet
-Green Aventurine
-Kunzite
-Jade
-Malachite
-Moonstone
-Pearl
-Rainbow Moonstone
-Rose Quartz
-Ruby
-Rhodonite
-Turquoise

Misc:

-Buttons
-Candles
-Candies
-Champagne
-Chocolate
-Essential Oils of Love Herbs, Fruits, or Flowers
-Fragments of Cloth
-Glitter
-Heart Shaped Objects
-Honey
-Lockets
-Locks
-Keys
-Marbles
-Mirrors
-Moon Water
-Photographs
-Pink Himalayan Salt
-Ribbons
-Rose Water
-Salt
-Seashells
-Sigils
-Sugar
-Taglocks
-Trinkets
-Wine

This is certainly not a full list of ingredients, but I hope it gives you all a little inspiration for your own love spells! These tend to be ingredients traditionally used in love spells rather than healing or self-love spells. Feel free to message me if you want anything added.

~Owlfeather

My some of my sources:

www.everythingunderthemoon.com

www.boxingscene.com (the particular article was called “The Magic in Food: LOVE)

www.crystal-cure.com

Ok. Done. Please rate my love spell:
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Well the thing is, give someone a smoothie and they might actually like you more, so your spell is a hell of a lot more effective than grinding herbs up and chanting. or whatever it is that they do
 

Vitriol

True & Honest Fan
Retired Staff
kiwifarms.net
Did a quick search for more content. Something called 'correspondences' seems to be gaining popularity and there are a lot of people selling 'healing, energy crystals'.
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Dr. Boe Jangles Esq.

Original Prick
True & Honest Fan
kiwifarms.net
Did a quick search for more content. Something called 'correspondences' seems to be gaining popularity and there are a lot of people selling 'healing, energy crystals'.
A friend used to do exactly this. He doesn't really believe in much of anything, but he noticed that you could polish up a few bits of cheap quartz crystal, tell people it had a "sacred resonance" to it, and they'd happily open their wallets for it if they believed in this kinda thing.
They may be full of shit, but it's hard to hate a sucker.
Okay, but, here's the only important question: can moon water repel vampires?
Most of the wiccans I've met repel people just fine on their own.
 

Vitriol

True & Honest Fan
Retired Staff
kiwifarms.net
Okay, but, here's the only important question: can moon water repel vampires?
(Reprinted by permission from Llewellyn Publications)
Joe H. Slate, Ph.D. is a professor, psychologist, and author of several books, including Psychic Vampires: Protection from Energy Predators and Parasites. He is the founder of the International Parapsychology Research Foundation and the Psychology Research Institute. He is a frequent lectures and has appeared on several TV programs. His books are available throughout the U.S. and in other languages around the world. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the 2003 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year at Athens State University.

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Let's face it--we've probably all fallen prey to a psychic vampire, possibly without even knowing it. It may have been a chance encounter with an energy predator that left us temporarily exhausted, or possibly along-term vampire interaction with serious wear-and-tear effects on the mind and body.

Psychic vampirism is alive and flourishing in the world today. As consumers of energy rather than blood, vampires of the psychic kind exist in many guises but with one common trait--their own inadequate energy system compels them to tap into and feed upon the energies of unsuspecting host victims. The immediate results of such a one-on-one vampire encounter are anew but temporary surge of energy for the psychic vampire and a serious loss of mental and physical energy for the unsuspecting prey. If you suddenly feel emotionally or mentally depleted, you may be under attack by a psychic vampire. The unfortunate effects of prolonged energy loss are damage to the energy system itself and in some instances, serious illness.

As consumers of energy rather than blood, psychic vampires, like their folklore counterparts, can be men or women, young or old. They can be tween, teens, or adults. They can be professionals in business suits, wealthy dot. comers, dapper CEOs, ultra-groovy rock stars, or construction workers in hard hats. They can be a business associate, next door neighbor, or even family member.

Long before the popularization of folklore vampires as blood-thirsty villains who sucked life-sustaining blood from their prey, psychic vampires as energy-sucking predators were common. There's strong evidence, in fact, that vampires as consumers of energy were the trailblazers that actually inspired the legendary version of vampires as consumers of blood. An early example with clear fingerprints of psychic vampirism is the Biblical account of Delilah's cunning seduction of Samson in which she vampirized him by cutting his hair, the source of his strength. Even the Biblical version of creation in which God breathed into man the "breath (energy) of life" and then took from him a rib (of energy) to create woman illustrates the transferable nature of life-force energy. That give-and-take make-up of energy is even more dramatically illustrated in the Biblical account of the woman who, upon touching the hem of Christ's garment, was infused with energy while Christ simultaneously felt the energy leaving his body. On a very broad scale, psychic vampire themes were common in many primitive cultures that routinely used rituals to embolden and energize their warriors while simultaneously demoralizing and enfeebling (vampirizing) their enemies. Even today, military strategies often include an excessive show of force--such as shock and awe--to demoralize and dispirit (vampirize) the enemy.

Early Encounters

In my early childhood, I first became aware of psychic vampirism through a distant relative who claimed to have discovered the secret of living forever. A world traveler, she had studied under several far eastern scholars who, she claimed, taught her how to communicate mentally, travel out-of-body, and extract life-force energy from nature, including trees, streams, and even rocks. But among her most remarkable claims was the ability to mentally extinguish fire by drawing rejuvenating energy from it.

One of my most vivid childhood memories was a festive dinner party at her mansion during which she stunned her guests by demonstrating that amazing skill. Upon taking her place as hostess at the head of a very long table graced by three large candelabras, she commented on the room's excessive light. To the astonishment of everyone, she then leaned slightly forward and mentally extinguished five of the six candles in each candelabra!

Intrigued by her extraordinary claims of power and having seen many of them demonstrated, I began to suspect that she extracted energy not only from nature but from people as well. I finally collected the courage to ask her privately whether she drew energy from people. Placing a hand on my shoulder, she answered, "Well, of course. How else could I live forever?" Although I admit I was left wondering whether to believe her, I suspected that among her preferred energy sources were the well-developed young males who made up her household staff. She remained in excellent health and incredibly youthful in appearance until she finally crossed over during sleep at the age of 101.

Psychic Vampirism in the Laboratory

With these distant childhood experiences still etched in my mind, I welcomed the opportunity as Professor of Psychology at Athens State College (now University) to lead a study investigating the human energy system. The year-long study, which was funded by the U.S. Army Missile Research and Development Command, identified several important characteristics of that system. Of particular interest was the finding that the physical body's central energizing core and its surrounding energy field, commonly called the aura, are each influenced by the presence of others. Using aura photography along with visual observations of the aura, the study found that the auras of couples whose interactions were positive tended to complement and energize each other, with each aura becoming brighter and more expansive. Conversely, negative interactions tended to constrict the aura and actually induce a state of mental and physical fatigue. When constrictions occurred in the aura, intellectual functions became slower, short-term memory declined, and physical strength decreased by as much as 50percent.

A later study funded by the Parapsychology Foundation of New York not only confirmed the findings of our earlier research, it showed that certain persons were highly skilled at deliberately tapping into and directly feeding upon the aura of others. By draining energy from another person's aura, these so-called psychic vampires not only deplete the aura's energy resources, they interrupt the capacity of the aura's central core to generate new energy, particularly when the interaction is prolonged. Consistent with our earlier findings, direct observations of the aura as well as aura photographs taken before and after a psychic vampire interaction showed the victim's aura becoming severely de-energized and constricted following an attack while the vampire's aura became energized and expansive. I was reminded of my aunt's claim of deliberately drawing energy from others, a claim that now seemed considerably more plausible.

My more recent studies uncovered even more vivid evidence of psychic vampirism and its effects. Both visual observations and aura photographs revealed ominous tentacle-like structures extending outward from the vampire's aura during an attack to puncture and draw energy from the victim's aura. As expected, such onslaughts dramatically expanded the invading vampire's aura but seriously dulled and constricted the host victim's aura, a condition that often lasted for days. Even more seriously, vampire puncture wounds to the aura often required weeks to heal. (As an important footnote, all observations and photographs obtained throughout our studies were with consent of informed volunteer subjects, most of whom were college students. Both observational and photographic assessments obtained during an actual psychic vampire interaction were obtained from couples who were in an on-going relationship. All participants in our vampire studies were offered counseling and provided instruction concerning the use of appropriate intervention and protection techniques.)

Although the human energy system is indestructible--it is literally the soul of our being--its capacity to generate the energy required for daily living can become severely impaired. Long-term, continuous psychic vampire attacks can have devastating consequences that reach far beyond damage to the energy system. Like the host victims of their blood-sucking counterparts, victims of recurring psychic vampire assaults can become--dare I say--psychic vampires themselves in a desperate effort to replenish their lost supply of energy.

Protection Techniques

Fortunately, highly effective strategies are now available to prevent a psychic vampire attack, or once it's underway, to promptly end it. These laboratory tested strategies can also promote healing and repair damage to the energy system resulting from long-term vampire assaults. They can even be used effectively by psychic vampires provided they are motivated to overcome their energy addiction.

One of the most effective protection procedures known is the Finger Interlock Technique. Developed in our labs, this technique is easy to implement, and its effects are instant. To begin this technique, simply bring together the tips of your thumb and middle finger of each hand to form two circles. Then, bring your hands together to form interlocking circles while envisioning your body enveloped in a bright sphere of impenetrable energy. Finally, relax your hands and simply affirm, "I am now energized and fully protected." This simple, inconspicuous technique requires only seconds and can be used almost any time or place. With practice, you can use the finger interlock gesture alone as a cue to instantly activate the effects of the full procedure.

A former student who found herself under a psychic vampire attack during a job interview used the Finger Interlock Technique to instantly end the attack and gain control of the interview process. She was offered the position at a salary that far exceeded her expectations. She attributes her successful interview to the simple Finger Interlock Technique.

Aside from its effectiveness as a psychic vampire protection procedure, the Finger Interlock Technique has many other useful applications. Overcoming stage fight, improving memory, and promoting positive social interactions are all within its scope. You can use the technique to induce instant relaxation during important examinations, public presentations, and conferences, to list but a few of its many applications. A former student, now a practicing attorney, attributes his admission to law school largely to his use of the technique during the entrance exam. The technique, here ported, effectively reduced his stress level and stimulated his recall of important information. Because the technique is so inconspicuous and easily executed, it has become popular among public figures including actors, politicians, performing artists, and TV personalities. If you observe their hands, you will notice many of them using the simple finger interlock gesture.

That old and trusted stand-by, the quartz crystal, has almost unlimited potential as a psychic empowerment tool. Throughout my career as a college professor and practicing psychologist, I've found that almost everyone is responsive to this tool. Because of its receptivity to programming, the crystal is an excellent tool for such personal goals as losing weight, quitting smoking, promoting career success, and even slowing aging (See my book Rejuvenation: Living Younger, Longer and Better). My students have used this tool to raise their grade point average, gain admission to graduate school, and get the job of their choice. One of my former students successfully programmed the crystal to find the love of her life! I've used the crystal to get research grants and introduce parapsychology into the college curriculum (a first in Alabama). The phenomenal success of the International Parapsychology Research Foundation, which has funded student scholarships and psychical research, is largely due to crystal programming.

At a personal level, I've found the quartz crystal to be unsurpassed in its capacity to protect against psychic vampirism. For that purpose, I recommend the Crystal Protection Procedure because of its capacity to erect an outer protective shield around oneself that renders any vampire attack harmless.Once the crystal is appropriately programmed and then kept in close proximity to the physical body, the protective shield remains in place to provide constant protection. The procedure is particularly effective in protecting against prolonged exposure, such as when a psychic vampire may be living or working right alongside you.

For this procedure, you can use a crystal already in your possession, or you can select a fresh one from an assortment. When selecting a crystal from an assortment, first state your goal of complete protection from psychic vampirism, and then slowly pass your hand, palm side down, across the assortment. Select the crystal that seems to stand out from the others, and while holding it, note your interaction with it. If the crystal does not seem appropriate for your stated goal, repeat the process until you find a receptive crystal. Not infrequently, the crystal in an assortment that first commanded your attention is ideal for your present use.

Once you've selected a crystal, deprogram it by briefly holding it under cool running water and then letting it air dry on a towel. To install the new program, simply hold the crystal in your hand, and while gently stroking it, invite it in your own words to be your empowerment partner by working with you to neutralize and defeat psychic vampirism in whatever its form. To save the program, simply say, "Please stay."

The Finger Interlock Technique and the Crystal Protection Procedure can be used separately or together to provide constant protection from psychic vampirism. Everyone can benefit from the use of these procedures. I use them regularly and make it a practice to teach them to my students and patients because of their effectiveness in promoting a sense of security and well-being by erecting an impenetrable sphere that envelops the full aura. You can view this interesting phenomenon called the halo effect around your own aura by first holding your hand, palm side outward, at arm's length, and then while viewing your hand against a neutral background, slowly expanding your peripheral vision. Finally, let your eyes fall slightly out of focus, and you will see the aura around your hand as a colorful glow surrounded by an outer halo of bright energy. (As a footnote, this technique can be easily adapted to view the aura of another person. For that application, see my book Aura Energy for Health, Healing, and Balance.)

Many Faces and Unsuspecting Guises

As already noted, psychic vampirism comes in a variety of unsuspecting guises. We see it all to commonly between individuals as one-on-one vampirism, but feeding on the energies of another person is only one of its many forms. For instance, anyone who exploits a lover, spreads malicious rumors, ruins a reputation, or betrays a trusted friend is a psychic vampire.

On a much broader scale, psychic vampirism can occur in a vicious, collective form as sometimes seen among organizations that feed on prejudice and hate, or corporations that blatantly vampirize their employees through deception and greed. Narcotics trafficking, organized crime, and so-called "ethnic cleansing" along with discrimination based on age, race, gender, or sexual orientation are examples of collective psychic vampirism on an alarming scale. In its most widespread collective form, psychic vampirism can exist at a global level. Reckless pollution of the environment, irresponsible disregard for endangered species, and exploitation of the globe's natural resources are examples of global vampirism that affects everyone and literally puts the future of the planet at risk.

Finally, it may seem hand to fathom, but psychic vampirism can occur in a self-contained, parasitic form that turns inward to feed upon oneself. In that internal form, the person ironically becomes both vampire and victim. Examples are such flagrant consumers of our energies as phobias, obsessions, and compulsions that can hover over us like monsters waiting to devour us.

One of my patients, a 22-year-old art major, when asked to draw a picture of his fear of heights, drew a lifeless figure of himself being held in the claws of a giant monster. His drawing vividly depicted the over powering vampire nature of his fear.

In my past-life regression studies, parasitic vampirism was often found to be related to some painful, unresolved past-life experience that continues to hound us in this life. Here are a few examples drawn from college students:

Deep insecurity and fear of abandonment were reactions to being an outcast and homeless in a past life.

Fear of enclosed places resulted from having been buried alive in a past life.

Fears of rats, spiders, and crawling insects were associated with imprisonment in an infested dungeon in a past life.

Fear of heights was associated with having fallen to one's own death in a past life.

Compulsive overeating was associated with a past-life of extreme hunger and stealing food to survive.

Stage fright and fear of crowds were reactions to death by public execution in a past life.

In a remarkable example of parasitic vampirism with threads of past-life origin, a 22-year-old student's fear of sunlight, along with the compulsion to wear dark shades even when indoors, was a reaction to past-life torture in which his eyelids were cut away and he was left to die in the desert with his arms bound behind his back.

Incredible as it may at first seem, our case studies found that knowledge of the past-life sources of parasitic vampirism was often sufficient in and of itself to overcome this plight. In many cases, phobias, obsessions, and compulsions with a very long history were instantly extinguished through a sudden flash of new knowledge.

One of the great teachers of all time summed up the power of knowledge this way: "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. "Knowledge remains perhaps the most powerful force in the universe. Among our greatest challenges is finding new knowledge and applying it to empower our lives while making the world a better place for all. Who could argue with that?

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lolwut

dragon deez nutz, fukkin gottem.
True & Honest Fan
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Okay, but, here's the only important question: can moon water repel vampires?
I don't know if it'll repel a vampire, but from raiding an old hippie's cupboard I know it goes good in ramen. And that they won't know the difference if you replace it with tap water.

This same hippie also had a great fear of water fluoridation, which meant their entire world got turned on its head when I revealed that their favorite 'harmony crystal' was in fact a chunk of green fluorite.
 

Surtur

Destroyer of the Universe.
Retired Staff
kiwifarms.net
Spoilered because the post was too long to screencap:

Potential Love Spell Ingredients
Fruits/Vegetables:

-Apple
-Apricot
-Avocado
-Banana
-Beet
-Blueberry
-Carrot
-Cherry
-Grapes
-Guava
-Orange
-Peach
-Pomegranate
-Raspberry
-Strawberry
-Tangerine

Herbs/Flowers:

-Apple Blossom
-Basil
-Bay
-Catnip
-Cherry Blossom
-Cinnamon
-Clove
-Coriander
-Cumin
-Damiana
-Deer’s Tongue
-Dill
-Hazel
-Ginger
-Hibiscus
-Jasmine
-Lavender
-Marshmallow Root
-Myrtle
-Orange Peel
-Orange Blossom
-Orchid
-Peppermint
-Rosemary
-Rose Petals
-Rose Hips
-Rose Buds
-Sweet Pea
-Thyme
-Vanilla
-Violets

Stones:

-Amazonite
-Amber
-Amethyst
-Clear Quartz
-Emerald
-Garnet
-Green Aventurine
-Kunzite
-Jade
-Malachite
-Moonstone
-Pearl
-Rainbow Moonstone
-Rose Quartz
-Ruby
-Rhodonite
-Turquoise

Misc:

-Buttons
-Candles
-Candies
-Champagne
-Chocolate
-Essential Oils of Love Herbs, Fruits, or Flowers
-Fragments of Cloth
-Glitter
-Heart Shaped Objects
-Honey
-Lockets
-Locks
-Keys
-Marbles
-Mirrors
-Moon Water
-Photographs
-Pink Himalayan Salt
-Ribbons
-Rose Water
-Salt
-Seashells
-Sigils
-Sugar
-Taglocks
-Trinkets
-Wine

This is certainly not a full list of ingredients, but I hope it gives you all a little inspiration for your own love spells! These tend to be ingredients traditionally used in love spells rather than healing or self-love spells. Feel free to message me if you want anything added.

~Owlfeather

My some of my sources:

www.everythingunderthemoon.com

www.boxingscene.com (the particular article was called “The Magic in Food: LOVE)

www.crystal-cure.com

Ok. Done. Please rate my love spell:
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What is funny about shit like this, is that we actually have samples of "spells" that were used closer to medival times, and its practical shit. I have a translated copy of an old Icelandic grimoire and the one thing that stuck out was how mundane the shit was. Like one was basically "Find the fucker who stole my cow". Same shit that Christians just pray over.

Did a quick search for more content. Something called 'correspondences' seems to be gaining popularity and there are a lot of people selling 'healing, energy crystals'.
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The four elements by themself are weak, but when they come together they form a 5th, stronger element: Boron.
 

Surtur

Destroyer of the Universe.
Retired Staff
kiwifarms.net
This looks easy. I'm going to go set a giant bowl of honey, water, and fruit outside under the full moon to make moon water for a love spell. Will report back with details.

Edit: I accidentally cast a "Summon a bunch of filthy raccoons" spell. What did I do wrong?!
You are supposed to leave it outside of your enemies house nerd.
 

Slowboat to China

Level 6 Hairy Hands Syndrome
kiwifarms.net
What is funny about shit like this, is that we actually have samples of "spells" that were used closer to medival times, and its practical shit. I have a translated copy of an old Icelandic grimoire and the one thing that stuck out was how mundane the shit was. Like one was basically "Find the fucker who stole my cow". Same shit that Christians just pray over.

What you said. A lot of spells in the old days, before the evil evil Christians started oppressing everyone, were basically substitutes for stuff the culture didn't really have or couldn't manage. There used to be a big overlap between science, religion, magic, and medicine, and one was often interchangeable with the other. Doctors in multiple pre-Christian ancient societies would prescribe spells and prayers as well as drugs. If you lost your cow, you couldn't exactly check your security cam footage, but you could get some shit together and try to curse the fuck out of the guy.

Actually, reading about medieval and even post-Renaissance spellwork in Christian societies, you see something similar. Witchcraft is often very much work, not religion, and Christian artifacts and symbols are used precisely because they're believed to have power. And there was very little in the way of crystals, moon water, or auras.
 
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