5 Lies They told You About Witchcraft!

The Lies They Told You About Witchcraft and Why I Enjoy Breaking Them

by Dark Witchery

Oh, the sweet, sweet sound of misinformation passed down like some badly Xeroxed Book of Shadows. If I had a black salt crystal for every time someone told me, “Witches don’t do that,” I could build a throne and hex from it.

Let’s get one thing straight—witchcraft isn’t a Pinterest board. It’s not all lavender tea, pastel sigils, and polite whispering to houseplants. And it sure as hell isn’t bound by some fictional ethical code designed to make everyone feel better about what they’re doing.

I’m here to break a few “rules,” kick over the broom closet, and remind you:

Witchcraft is power.

And power doesn’t ask permission.

Lie 1 :

“You must cast a circle before you do any spell.”Oh, honey. If I had to chalk out sacred geometry every time I wanted to toss a little curse, nothing would get done. Shadow witches know—we don’t contain power. We channel it. And sometimes, that power doesn’t want to be politely traced in salt. It wants to rip through the veil screaming.

Lie 2 : “Never hex. It’ll come back to you threefold.”Ah yes, the classic scare tactic. Invented by someone who was either very boring or very bad at throwing. Let me make this crystal clear: I don’t believe in karmic vending machines. If someone harms you, you don’t wish for justice—you deliver it. You want to be a soft sage-burning sermon? Go for it. But don’t try to leash a dark witch with rules you found on Tumblr.

Lie 3 : “Real witches only work with love and light.”Please. The moon has a dark side for a reason. Shadows are sacred. Rage is sacred. The parts of you that burn, bite, and curse under your breath? Sacred. You want to ascend? Great. I want to descend into the depths, call on ancient spirits, and dance in the dark.

Lie 4 : “You can’t be a witch if you’re angry.”Tell that to every witch in history who was burned for daring to own her power. Anger is fuel. Anger is holy. Anger is how a spell ignites. And honestly? If you’ve looked at the state of the world and you’re not angry, you might be dead inside.

Lie 5 : “You must always ask for permission from the universe.”No. I don’t wait for permission. I take the signs, read the energy, and make my move. I don’t grovel. I don’t beg. I command. I conjure. And if the universe doesn’t like it? It can take it up with my spirits.

So let the others sip their moon water and manifest softly. That’s fine. We all have our path.

But some of us were born to hex.

Some of us were born to walk in shadows.

And some of us were born to break every rule they ever tried to chain us with.

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