Beginner guides
Start here.
New to witchcraft or runes? Five short guides take you from zero to your first casting in a weekend.
Guide 01
What witchcraft actually is
Witchcraft is the practice of directing intention through symbol, ritual and nature. It's a craft, not a religion, though many witches are also pagan, heathen, or nothing at all. No one needs to initiate you to begin.
Guide 02
Your first rune set
Buy one, or make one: 24 flat pebbles or wood slices and a red paint pen. Making your own bonds you to them. Draw one rune a day for 24 days and read its page.
Guide 03
Build a tiny altar
A shelf is enough: a candle, a bowl of salt, something from nature, your runes. Keep it clean. An altar is a focus, not a shrine you have to fill.
Guide 04
Cast your first three-rune spread
Hold your question. Pull three runes: past (what led here), present (what's active), future (where it's going). Read the upright meanings first; add merkstave later.
Guide 05
Protection basics
Before deeper work: a salt line at the door, Algiz drawn on your phone case, and a habit of grounding (feet on floor, nine slow breaths) before and after.
Guide 06
Make a bindrune
Combine two or three runes into one sigil, sharing strokes. Fehu + Jera for patient wealth; Algiz + Sowilo for protected confidence. Keep it simple and meaningful.
The Sunday Pull
Your weekly rune, every Sunday.
One rune pull for the week ahead, a moon forecast, and a two-minute ritual. Free, forever.
