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I find it really disconcerting that while I’ve been a practicing witch for almost a decade, I am only a baby Hellenic

It’s like. Yeah I can whip you up a kickass spell in five minutes flat

But I am functionally useless in a conversation about the gods that doesn’t include mostly upg/that I don’t have to look up to double check.

Copper Teeth

Dancing unclothed in fire, flame licking flesh
Gleaming sweat, shimmering gems beneath bare feet
Dragon’s flames untouchable swathing me like robes and scarves upon my head
it is the gold upon my wrists and the gold upon my neck and the
gold upon slender ankles dancing
Silver sweat, eyes tiger’s eyes, predatory in the glow
Hips telling stories that waist and thighs corroborate
In the house of the old gods all is fire and flesh, pain and pleasure,
topaz eyes and ruby lips, talking ecstasy with every exhale
Slave of dragons, master of men

Hello! So I wanted to get into witch craft because It really appeals to me and sometimes I find it very calming and fulfilling. I fit more into the ” non-religious” spectrum and sometimes just classify myself as an atheist for simplicity sake because I don’t really believe in a specific deity/god. My question is .. where would a good beginning point be for this? I also feel like I’m a contradiction for not having any sort of god ?

First off the bat, witchcraft is a secular practice, so you’re good! You don’t have to have a religion to be a witch.

Second, the where should I start question is always a hard one to answer because witchcraft is very personal. I’d try dipping my fingers into every interesting pool (barring closed cultures not your own). You’ve got oh, green witches, hedgewalkers, technowitches, sea witches, kitchen and hearth witches, witches that work with dragons or fae, (gasps for air) elemental witches, sigil witches, urban witches, weather witches, pop culture witches- the list goes on and on and on. So it really depends on what’s interesting for you.

Third, materials. When you’re getting started you’re gonna be tempted to buy every fancy thing that comes your way- but oftentimes you don’t need weird ingredients or fancy ass supplies like wands and altar cloths. Sometimes all you need is a handful of salt, a cheap quartz point, some rosemary, and a kickass attitude. (I stand by salt, quartz, and rosemary for everything).

I’m gonna point you to my Spellbook and my Resources pages, both of which have a bunch of useful stuff, but I insist that you READ. Read read read everything you can get your hands on. Here’s some free books to read and authors to avoid and why. Also, your local library might surprise you.

And there’s quite a community of people here on tumblr that are always willing to help- it’s always useful to find like minded people to create a dialogue with, particularly once you’ve found your niche. There’s also this blog I discovered called Adoptawitchling that’s kind of like a personals page for people looking to mentor/be mentored. And as always, my ask box is always open and anon is always on, even for little questions.