As I’m just starting out along this path, I thought I’d create a checklist of all the witch activities I plan to do over the next year. I hope this helps anyone currently starting out with the craft too <3
Travelling and Moots
Visit Spirit of Gaia festival in MayDoneVisit ancient woodlands like PuzzlewoodDone- Research spiritual places to visit and choose one to go to
- Attend a local moot in my hometown
- Go on a shopping spree in Magic Alley, Stratford
- Go foraging
- Visit the Museum of Witchcraft
- Visit Whitby and the magic shops there
- Visit Stonehenge
- Go to Spirit of Gaia festival again in September!
Celebrate the Sabbats
Spring EquinoxDone – Visit to PuzzlewoodBeltaneDone- Summer solstice
- Lammas
- Autumn Equinox
- Samhain
- Winter Solstice
- Imbolc
Tools and tarot
- Read enough to memorise most card meanings
Read for friends when they need guidanceDone (and will keep doing more!)- Receive my Alleyman’s Tarot deck and explore that
- Stock up on candles and other spellcasting requirements
- Explore crystal ball gazing and whether that works for me
- Dissect and understand more about what I might forage for myself
Books and reading
- Finish ‘Rebel Witch’ book activities
- Research sources of feminine and divine power through history
- Read and dissect all of my reference books and choose the best of them
- Study my personal chosen text and what it might teach me
- Further understand types of spell-craft
Extra stuff
- Watch more witchy/occult films for fun!
- Meditate more often
- Find a more permanent place for my physical altar
- Continue to keep a journal documenting my journey