One thing which cannot be reiterated enough for new witches is to stay in the broom closet if telling people you're a Witch or Pagan would put you in danger. If coming out would mean verbal abuse, physical abuse, or being thrown out of your house, don't tell anyone.

@siadawn

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you; this is my exact situation - and why I'm watching this 🤍🌹

@winglessfairy564

3 жыл бұрын

It’s so unfortunate things have to be like this sometimes

@kakyoin7248

3 жыл бұрын

lol this is exactly like lgbt+

@originalkrystlfyre

2 жыл бұрын

I made that mistake recently. Now I have less than a week to find a new place to live. Not fun.

@carolinesturgill1825

2 жыл бұрын

My parents would literally kill me, and the school I go to is very Christian (it’s not private but almost everyone is Christian) and they would probably do something very rash because they don’t understand it (they don’t understand being transgender even tho I have explained it hundreds of times)

I am out of the broom closet!!!! I went to the dollar tree with my mom and I said mom can I buy some candles she said, “you have so many candles at home why do u need more”? I said I am going to make an altar she said ok then I said I am interested in witchcraft and she was scared She said we only believe in one god I said it not what u think it’s more like meditation and herbs and nature and plants (Green witch) she said ok and put the candle in the basket but I was so embarrassed so I told her I didn’t want it we went to books million and I told her I wanted book on Green Witchcraft and she was really supportive and she also said she was sorry for making me cry and she said she knows a lot about Wicca from articles so I am out to her she is going to help me on my journey Blessed be🌱🧙🏼💕

Even as witch who is out to friends and family, theese tips are still really helpfully!🔮😄

@EllaHarrison

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them 🙈💛

@scarlettstarlight5642

4 жыл бұрын

Oops I said helpfully instead of helpfully!

@scarlettstarlight5642

3 жыл бұрын

@@beans6151 Lol I was taking ages to write that with no mistakes! How did I not notice!? 🤣😂

@amirthaamariam6639

3 жыл бұрын

@@EllaHarrison Iam a Christian but I like witchcraft and iam also practicing for witchcraft thank you for your tips really very helpful ☺️

for years i couldn’t find my place. now that i’ve discovered Wicca, i feel like this is who i was meant to be.

@bluebeach5599

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@willowjade9087

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@inkthedrake6854

3 жыл бұрын

same

@shahdyounes4013

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah same

@badasswannabe5901

3 жыл бұрын

Same

I am very very new to The Craft and following Wicca. I’m the epitome of baby witch - but I’m stuck so far in the broom closet I don’t know if I can even dedicate myself to the Craft the way my heart is telling me to. I’m out to my best friend, who is very heavily Catholic - and she is the most supportive amazing human being I have ever had the honor of meeting on this earth. But, my family, my family is the problem. I was raised extremely Christian - to the point where my Grandmother would not let me bring the Harry Potter books into her home when I was a child. Since I’ve started deep diving into my research and turned my mind towards focusing on the Wicca way, I’ve already been cornered by my family. I looked up a book on Amazon and that same night my mother came into my room and screamed at me. I’m not even practicing fully yet, I’m too afraid to have even a hidden altar or create my book of shadows. I feel so lost, but I know this is the life for me in my soul.

@PumpkinMozie

3 жыл бұрын

I’m in the same situation...i come from a suuuper religious background and I don’t feel like anyone in family would accept me. I haven’t told anyone :(

@mattie9307

3 жыл бұрын

my dad is a priest,yet im a witch. i am a religious witch, so i still practice religion and use psalms and prayers in my spells, meditations, and other things like that. there is no wrong way to be a witch. there is also no wrong way to be a christian. just start out in the middle, and decide what you want. :) there is no rush to do things, and you arent lost, IM HERE TOO!!

@rohankarnwal7936

2 жыл бұрын

Same here so don't worry OK. 😄

@jimmygarcia7250

Жыл бұрын

You feel so lost because the Holy spirit is calling you back.

@gwen-gn8xo

5 ай бұрын

My family is also EXTREAMLY Christian. and by that i mean all of my cousins (on my moms side) and my aunts and uncles (also on my moms side). the only people i feel comfortable with telling is my aunt jenny (on my dads side) and my siblings. Im so glad im not the only one who feels so lost. i hope that we, and all the others stuck in the broom closet soon get a sence of freedom.

I'm not allowed to burn candles in my house but when I do (in secret) I feel scandalous 😏

@happymushroom6098

3 жыл бұрын

honestly: mood

@amandahunter9186

2 жыл бұрын

Neither am I. I hope to get over my fear of it

@Grattoratto

2 жыл бұрын

Yeahh same :) do have to be careful of burning smells

@jasper_k1llz

2 жыл бұрын

Same 😩😩😩

@MoonlitBookworm73

Жыл бұрын

You can always use a wax melter or incense if those work better

My parents are strictly Christian, and if they ever knew, I’d be homeless, so this really helped me out.

Thank you so much for your video. I live in a highly Christian dominated area and alot of times I feel alone and sometimes even crazy because of the amount of time and focus I put Into my practice. I just needed more spirituality than the Christian faith offered to me. 37 yr female from north eastern US. Anyways thank you so much for your advice. It's so refreshing to see others who seriously practice the same faith.

I've been wiccan since the fifth grade and i cant tell anyone because i go to a catholic school. Thx so much for this vid! :)

@isabellassubs1949

2 жыл бұрын

im 11 just starting

@totyamr5236

2 жыл бұрын

@@isabellassubs1949 no please this is too young and there are alot of things u still need to learn try to read alot of witchy books instead of doing an actual practice or anything like that untill ur very well educated about what you're doing stay safe

@pinkperfumefairy9205

2 жыл бұрын

@@isabellassubs1949 same. Me and my mom and sister were a witch before but then they just forgot about it 3 years later..

@pinkperfumefairy9205

2 жыл бұрын

@@totyamr5236 bruh ageist i agree that you need to be well educated before but you teens try to gatekeep everything atleast let the "mature" kids in ig they wont do any harm

@simkitties2727

2 жыл бұрын

@@isabellassubs1949 same!

10:10 You introduced me to art magick and I am definitely going research more on this type of witch because my family knows that I love art.

For my book of shadows, I always have my phone so I made a huge google doc and designed it with online altars and candle gifs. It's beautiful and I tend to get frustrated with organizing and working on physical books. I'd really reccomend trying it!

"dO yOu EaT BaBiEs??" o noooo pls tell me u havent been asked that before

@EllaHarrison

4 жыл бұрын

Yep hahaha, it was definitely more mocking than a genuine question of course

@abbeyb5282

4 жыл бұрын

Ella Harrison Oml ppl 🙄

@spencer8274

3 жыл бұрын

@@EllaHarrison I woulda said yea.

@gayce6662

3 жыл бұрын

@@EllaHarrison I can’t tell if that question as mocking or genuinely asking would be worse

@flaoro

2 жыл бұрын

@@gayce6662 Definitely it being a genuine question. If it's mocking, that's just meanness. But as a genuine question? That's a while lotta unpacking right there.

Broom closet witchery is something that I definitely know about, I was educated at a catholic girls boarding school, there was no witching there (although my mother used to say ‘just hide it from the nuns’)

I'm not in the broom closest but I'm obsessed with you and your videos 🥺♥️

@EllaHarrison

4 жыл бұрын

Ohh gosh thank you 🙈💜

Thank you, this is great! I've been thinking today about how I can start to practice after I learn the basics, so this is helpful! (I just started to look into witchcraft today by watching some if your videos and by joining some chatrooms online!)

Broom closet for 2 years now . This video really helped me 💞 ı am thankful

Thank you this is very helpful! I have a Christian family that views Wicca as the devil worshiping religion. I have always been interested in Wicca, and want to really start getting into the region.

here because i was lighting incense and my mom told me that i better not to witchcraft in her house. i’ve been a witch since the 8th grade (i’m in the 10th grade now) and i don’t plan on telling my family. my family has always been very catholic, so it’s hard coming out of the broom closet. i have a lot of fear, i can only practice late at night really. it sucks :(

@kelceyfirth

3 жыл бұрын

I know it’s a month late but maybe tell her you only have incense because it smells nice? Use little excuses like crystals are pretty room decor and candles or incense make your room smell nicer

@Anonymous-tt3kx

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao i have a whole altar on my desk and my mom doesnt know its for witchcraft i just said i like the way it looks i told her that i saw it in a tv show and i wanted to make it and she belived me lol.

I am so glad that I happen to find your channel on the first days of my research on starting to be a witch. You have so much calm, safe, positive energy 🥺💜 Thank you so much, bc as a broom closet witch with a religious family, seeing your video is very helpful and reassuring 💜🌙

Im gay and a witch- I have to come out twice 😭

@WitchyShit_IsMyLife

Жыл бұрын

RIP 💀

@mandelicor

Жыл бұрын

aahhh us too fr

I swear I am going crazy... I didn’t subscribe to this channel and I had never heard of it before but when I decided o wanted to learn Wicca I found this in my subscription list

@merlinsmycology1541

4 жыл бұрын

And I am glad that it was

@merlinsmycology1541

4 жыл бұрын

The Christian description is basically me

I wanna say my story... My mother is very spiritual and accepts witch craft! My whole family is very catholic, its been 3 or 2 months from i started my journey. I’m so tried of hiding everything but my dad is so VIOLENT and mentally abusive. I’m only in 7th grade. I cant wait until collage. I want my freedom i want my own altar. I dont want to hide my things until my dad leaves... Yikes.

@skinnypop4188

3 жыл бұрын

Legit me

@pinkperfumefairy9205

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao me but im in 6th except for the dad part i dont have one and my mom still supports and accepts witcraft she and my sister were going to be one but she forget about it

@pinkperfumefairy9205

2 жыл бұрын

And im in 6th

This video is so helpful, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us babywitches and in the broom closet ❤️💚

Thanks so much for the helpful information! Also your hair looks beautiful!

@EllaHarrison

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 💜 I’m glad you like the video 😊

I don’t know nothing about this stuff, or how I found your channel but Miss/Mrs Ella you have fascinated me with this and I am definitely going to read up on it. Thank you for opening my mind to new things. Much love ❤️

I didn't even think of making an altar in a notebook! I might try that out over the summer and see how that goes.

@thatfruitygowrl

Жыл бұрын

What i did was make a mini "travel" altar with a wooden box i got from the dollar tree, as well as small bottles.

You are very comforting. Your empathic support is uplifting.

I just want to thank you for your videos! They are so informative and helpful in my self-discovery and journey towards Wicca

I used to be a atheist but witch craft just resonates with me. It makes me feel a certain way.

@happymushroom6098

3 жыл бұрын

You don't have to believe in anything to be a witch!

@pinkperfumefairy9205

2 жыл бұрын

@@happymushroom6098 bruh witchcraft is a religion

@mandelicor

Жыл бұрын

@@pinkperfumefairy9205 witchcraft is separate from religion!! you can be atheist, christian, or any other religion and still practice. only practice that really interferes with religion is deity work, and you don’t have to work with deities to be a witch.

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been trying to find a way to open up about Wicca to my boyfriend. Your videos are amazing 🥺💗

I wish I could be out of the broom closet. I can't aleeviate their fears. They think Tarot and Oracle is bad and will bring a bad entity in. Which its highly unlikely that'll happen. I'm able to do Tarot and Oracle digitally and able to do most of my Witchcraft virtually. I just wish I had my own place so I can practice freely.

I know I’m a little behind on this but wanted to thank you for your videos they have been super helpful and knowledgeable I have binged a lot in the last few days ❤️ I love your energy! Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

Your hair looks so good!!!

Hello Ella, what a great video! Best wishes.

I'm a wee baby witch and this helped, it also helps me knowing my dad used to be a druid before he met my mother, i know he'll be somewhat excepting, my mother..... Maybe not....

This was really helpful as a new witch! Honestly, your whole channel is helpful! Thanks for making these types of videos! And can I just say...you are absolutely gorgeous! ❤️

@EllaHarrison

4 жыл бұрын

Thank You so much 😩💕

@ariyanchoowdhury4414

4 жыл бұрын

@@EllaHarrison Haha Ok Ur??

Thank you so much for this!! I think I'm going to come out of the broom closet tonight but only to my mom! I'm nervous but I will be okay she is supportive so this most likely will be accepted!!

@bred_bee

3 жыл бұрын

Luck to you

I thought at first that people would be ok with me being a wiccan, but sadly i got pretty negative comments about it :(

@EllaHarrison

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Wicca is being used as a scape goat for wider community issues, I’m sorry you had negative experiences 💔

I'm watching this as a witch who is very open my family knows, my friends know and my teacher knows, it is really nice having supportive family but not everyone has that, when I was a closet witch I had a drawer that was covered up i just had a piece of dried coral, crystals from garage sales, a homemade pendulum and board, a wand i made from a pencil, kitchen herbs and small jars from the dollar tree

while I often wish I hard started exploring wicca sooner in my lifetime I feel extremely grateful to be able to express and explore myself freely.

Love your hair!

Yeah im living a double life but can't come out cuz I really don't know how they'll react

@peepy5122

2 жыл бұрын

Same :(

I really like your videos! I am new at wicca,and steal learning,but I'm already in that "broomstore wiccan" chategory. My parents don't know,and I am a little scared,how to tell them. But your video was really helpful!💗💗💗

Awesome video!

I've been with my boyfriend for 4½ years, he knows a little about what I do but I've *never* practiced in front of him 😅 I know he'd never discourage or judge me for it, but he's a biochemist, everything boils down to science for him and for some reason that keeps me from being fully open about it. I know its 100% all in my head, I just don't know how to be like "oh, I'm burning the cedar incense because I was meditating and using the rose incense to place protection on your car keys" without feeling like he thinks I'm crazy 😅

A place to draw Sigils that’s not in a book is on the little wooden peg things that come with canvas’s.

Hey ella, I see in the back that you're drying herbs/flowers over your alter. How did u hang them up?

i love this!

I use a huge walk in closet as my ritual room and Shrine. I am solitary at this point. But I like my "Broomcloset" Tradition

I know this might be a weird question but I already told my parents and my parents are excepting so how do I get around that.?

Theirs also another KZread witch named witch dark tales, she sometimes goes by the name moon witch. She actually went to a gay bar and told some of the people there that she's a witch, and they were actually really nice and accepting towards her

I tried to be closeted but my dad found out and fully supports me and buys me herbs and crystals

@EllaHarrison

3 жыл бұрын

Wholesome ❤️

@eatinghands

3 жыл бұрын

@@EllaHarrison i showed him a witchy book and he said i could get it:)

Hey I'm a Baby witch and Before I start I'm looking for tips. Does anyone have anyone have tips for a minor in the broom closet?

How do I know which gods and goddesses to follow? Just watched the Baby witch video, Wiccan paths and setting up my BoS.

@mervetoprak6895

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's to early for that don't you think

@bethmarie6900

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of times, people feel called to certain gods and goddesses after researching different pantheons. Be patient. It can also change through your life based on whatever phase of life you are in.

@lacuna_matata_9261

4 жыл бұрын

Personally I don’t follow any gods goddesses or deity’s I don’t think it’s a requirement maybe for Wicca or paganism I’m not sure on that subject but I’m an eclectic witch so I definitely feel connected to nature and the spirits and energy’s of life and beings but I don’t feel like my power is channeled through a deity it comes through the energy’s of nature and life itself hope this gives you another point of view 💚💚

@charlottelovell8184

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you all for the advice. That is exactly why I asked here. I just need a little help directing my Wiccan compass. Right now I’m full of info and energy so I’m kinda spinning like a 5 sided die. Lol So anyone wanna give advice or talk just reply. I would appreciate all I can get.

@bethmarie6900

4 жыл бұрын

Crafty Lottie I’m also just beginning my journey. I’m looking more into paganism in general not Wicca just for personal reasons. I’ve just been working a lot on patience and reminding myself that I’m on a lifelong journey and I’ve got so much time to learn there’s no sense in overwhelming myself right now. I am an over thinker so I remind myself often.

Waaaw u look stunning

I am new to witch craft and for now I will need to stay in the broom closet.

I am 12 and don’t really know how to get started

part of the reason i want to get into witchcraft, is because i want to raise a wiccian family lol

Come back! I miss you...

I wish I could leave the broom closet but tbh I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready

@inkthedrake6854

3 жыл бұрын

same

@PumpkinMozie

3 жыл бұрын

@@inkthedrake6854 yeah it feels a little lonely sometimes but I don’t wanna risk all the judgement 😔

@Anonymous-tt3kx

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao i have a whole altar on my desk and my mom doesnt know its for witchcraft i just said i like the way it looks i told her that i saw it in a tv show and i wanted to make it and she belived me lol.

i have an altar in my drawer that has keylock

I have a questions for you. I used to be active with a group that was more private, but do to Covid and wanting to do community outreach, the group now records all their rituals. I used to be part of a coven in another state when I worked freelance on my own but now I have a more conservative job where I could lose it if I was outed. Because of this, I don’t feel I can completely help out or be engrossed in ritual, but stand at the sidelines, since all the videos are put up online. My coven out of state used to be in a larger, liberal anonymous city but where the group meets is pretty small and everyone seems to know each other. I wanted to study more with the group leader’s school, but that would mean being part of ritual and being recorded. I don’t think they understand though putting videos up makes it more inclusive for some to see it like the differently abled, it basically closes out pagans like me who face consequences of coming out. Any advice on how I could be more active with the group and try to express that the camera ready aspect of the group freaks me out and takes me out of ritual? It makes me more of a spectator than participant which is more like other faiths when my city coven was very hands on. Rituals felt like part of all of us. I would also like to lead rituals and would have the group leader’s blessing, but how do I stress I don’t want it recorded? I just think some things should be mysterious and private, yet I feel this new group is very extroverted and out there in the community. There was talk of putting cameras in the back rooms of the pagan store they run too. Why all the cameras? It really takes me out of a meditative magical state. In contrast, my first tradition was private though we did have a store. I guess Facebook has made everything so public, where years ago, you would use WitchVox or websites only pagans really knew about. It just makes me really uneasy and I am unsure how to approach the subject with this new group. I was with them for two years before they started recording everything so I enjoyed a lot of their rituals in a way I can’t now. :/

i am in the closet bc my parents would be judgy and not let me do it. also is it against my religion? i am not sure

@happymushroom6098

3 жыл бұрын

You don't have to follow any religion to practice witchcraft! Just make sure that you don't do anything against your religion, i recommend looking up guides.

Omg that notebook idea is so fucking smart

I’m a baby witch I’m drawn to witchcraft I was wondering if I have to have a cat to be a witch? since I only have dogs and usually people think all witches have cats.

@egg7330

Жыл бұрын

You don't! Many witches are drawn to cats, and cats often seem to have a fair amount of spiritual energy, however a cat is definately not a requirement!

@thatfruitygowrl

Жыл бұрын

Not at all! Witches don't even have to have a pet at all:) I'm a witch and just so happen to have six cats and like 20 snakes.... But you definitely don't need any pets to be a witch!

Could I have more of a mental altar?

@happymushroom6098

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you could! It's a bit different, not being physical. You can make it a whole place if you want, but what I've read you might want to make it quite small for conviniece sake

I live with my very very strictly devotee Christian grandmother who would keel over and due if she found out I was learning to be a witch Ive just done energy mediation and she freaked out when she caught me😅

@EllaHarrison

2 жыл бұрын

Oh noo! Totally understandable! A lot of practices can easily be passed off as Christian as western Christianity has used a lot of Pagan aspects so meditation could be passed off as prayer, lighting a candle is in essence the same, having an altar can even be merged with some Christian elements, and a lot of folk practices include Christian ideas and for example the use of saints or angels etc - it might help if you are looking for a few things to appease your Grandma 🤍

What is the word you say at the end of your videos and what does it mean? 💖

@EllaHarrison

4 жыл бұрын

I always say ‘Blessed Be’ which is a common phrase in Wicca and other paths 😁

@rosiec8571

4 жыл бұрын

@@EllaHarrison Thanks!

i'm very deep in my broom closet, my parents are cristhian and do not support the craft they also know nothing about it so i can basically do most things without getting caught. i'm afraid, they have explicitly said that they're against it. idk what they would do to me if they knew.

how can i collect moon water without my mom thinking im crazy? :(

@kris.5067

3 жыл бұрын

i usually put it on my windowsill and it works just fine then collect and hide it immediately after. if you wanna put the water outside i like to just sneak out and put it somewhere theyd never look :)

@kaylakorish3922

3 жыл бұрын

i’m late but if you still are wondering, what has been working for me is to put water in one of those disposable plastic bottles and leave it outside and say i forgot it out there or put it never to the garbage can and pretend that someone tried to throw it in and missed. hope this helps!

I’m just rlly scared of coming out of the broom closet I mean my family is Christian but tbh it’s because I’m pretty embarrassed about this and my family would embarrass me

are you going to dress in a witch outfit with tall witch hat? are you gonna do or say spells that dont work or go wrong for you? and are you going to reveal your witch secret to friends and family on videos??

@marufubi

3 жыл бұрын

Haha what? Lol

@youdroppedsomething4334

3 жыл бұрын

Uh, are you okay? 😳 I don’t think you’re okay

Can boys be witches too

@EllaHarrison

4 жыл бұрын

Yes of course

@lo-dee

3 жыл бұрын

My boyfriend was wondering this too, are they called witches as well?

@polarisscale7030

3 жыл бұрын

@@lo-dee i believe they would be called warlocks but i am unsure as i am also a male and extremely new to pagan beliefs

@kaissamsungsmartfridge886

3 жыл бұрын

@@lo-dee You would call a male a witch still. It's no different than a girl!

@lo-dee

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaissamsungsmartfridge886 dope!

I want to buy books, but if my mom see them I'm dead haha, also I don't have my own money :(

@KuramiRocket

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe when you get enough money you can buy digital versions like Kindle and read them on your phone. They're usually cheaper too than physical books.

@alybaby9144

3 жыл бұрын

Download Libby, and check them out there🥰

@Croissant815

3 жыл бұрын

Same 👽✌️

I'm the only witch in my family, it isn't tolerated. I was raised old southern Baptist. My grandfather was a pastor. My family members are very nasty and judgemental. We have only a few that turned away from it and are atheist.

Sorry there’s a lot of reverb on the sound.