11 Lessons Every Witch Should Know By Age 30

If you started practicing witchcraft in your teens and 20s and now find yourself staring down age 30, you likely learned a thing or two about the nature of magic by now.

Here’s 11 lessons every witch should know by age 30.

The Craft is a skill, and you have to practice to be good at it.

So many people come to the Path, read one Witchcraft 101 book, and find themselves disappointed when they fail to transform their lives instantly.

It takes years to cultivate a relationship with the spiritual world.  Treat it as you would a member of your family.

Your body is a temple.

Hopefully, by age 30, you’ve found a way to silence your inner teenage girl and her incessant critique of your body.

Because guess what:  It’s the only one you’ve got.  It’s taken you this far.  And sister, I hate to break it to you,  but it doesn’t get any better than this.

Your body is your most sacred possession.  Anoint it with oil, indulge in ritual baths, dance.

Magic is in everything.

You get it now.

The point is not to find the perfect candle, the perfect incantation, the perfect blend of oils.

The point is to look at the drops of rain on a spiderweb.   

To pause and ponder the moon from your kitchen window. 

To marvel as you knead bread that you’re using the same method your great-great-grandmother did 100 years ago—-and wonder if her hands looked like yours.

It’s all magic.  Work it.

Sometimes, the hard way is the only way to learn.

There’s no way out of the core lessons you need to learn in this life.   There’s only a way through them.

At its best, the Craft helps you to see the deeper meaning in the hard things,  accept loss, change perspectives, allow others to be who they are and understand that you get what you give.

Spontaneity is the spice of spell craft.

When you began, you likely made a lot of common spell craft mistakes.

If you never found yourself fretting because you couldn’t find the exact combination of herbs spelled out in some ancient grimoire, I don’t believe it!

By now, you like a little spontaneity.  Creativity and fluidity is part of the process of making a spell your own. 

Everything you need to know can be found in nature.

Can’t figure out whether to take that new job?

Go outside.

Don’t know how to stop obsessing about the ex that’s definitely not good for you?

Go outside.

Can’t wrap your mind around a calculus problem?  Need relief from grieving?  Trying to overcome addiction?

Go outside, go outside, go outside.

Magic isn’t about controlling other people.

You can make it about that.  But you realized from experience a long time ago that this approach never works out the way you want it to.

Magic is about understanding the inherent, cause-and-effect principle that underlies all of reality.

It’s knowing the power of your thoughts, and how to use them to manifest change.

Once you recognize it, reshaping your whole life becomes much, much easier.

You can’t expect others to respect your spirituality if you don’t respect theirs.

It’s hard to deny that the practice of witchcraft is fraught with stereotypes.

But it’s also hard to deny that a lot of people come to the Craft because other spiritual paths didn’t work out for them.

Being angry or hurt by difficult or traumatic experiences from religious institutions is normal and even healthy.

But it’s not okay to be intolerant of people who haven’t hurt you just because they practice a religion that did hurt you.

The best way to change people’s minds about stereotypes associated with the Craft is to be a good example of how you want to be treated.

Not everything is as it appears.

If you haven’t figured this one out by now, you’re not paying attention.  Seriously.

Scientists don’t know everything.

The discipline of science is indispensably important.  Science saves lives, builds bridges, transports probes to outer space and makes it possible to talk to your dog on Zoom from Tokyo.

But when it comes to spiritual life, let’s be honest:  science doesn’t know shit.

Magic won’t solve everything.

And the truly special part is, you don’t want it to.

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Sources & References

Claims Based on Documented Sources

• Craft is a skill requiring practice (not instant results): Documented in witchcraft tradition
• Years required to cultivate spiritual world relationship: Documented in pagan practice
• Body is sacred possession/temple: Documented in witchcraft philosophy
• Magic exists in all things (not dependent on tools/ingredients): Documented in magical practice
• Core life lessons learned through difficulty/hardship: Documented in spiritual development
• Spontaneity/creativity essential to personal spellcraft: Documented in magical practice
• Nature contains all answers/wisdom: Documented in pagan nature spirituality
• Magic about cause-and-effect principle (not control): Documented in magical ethics
• Respecting different spiritual paths important to craft credibility: Documented in Wiccan philosophy
• Appearances deceive/hidden layers in reality: Documented in esoteric wisdom
• Science limited in spiritual understanding: Documented in metaphysical philosophy
• Magic not solution to all problems: Documented in realistic magical practice

Claims Based on Personal Practice & Experience

• 20+ years pagan community experience (Lumina Indigo)
• Professional tarot reader (Lumina Indigo)
• Kitchen witch/culinary wizard (Lumina Indigo)
• Founded Moody Moons in 2012 (Lumina Indigo)
• In-depth research/reporting on modern spirituality (Lumina Indigo)
• 10+ years witchcraft experience (Tina Caro, reviewer)
• 1000+ clients (Tina Caro, reviewer)

Recommended Reading

• “The Inner Sky” (Steven Forrest)
• “Natural Witchery: Intuitive, Personal & Practical Magic” (Ellen Dugan)
• “The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils & More” (Barbara Thackery)

About the Authors

Written by Lumina Indigo (Moody Moons founder), 20+ years pagan community experience, professional tarot reader, kitchen witch. Reviewed by Tina Caro, witch with 10+ years spellcasting experience, 1000+ clients, Global Excellence Award recipient.

Note

Eleven core witchcraft lessons: (1) Craft skill requiring years of practice—relationship with spiritual world cultivated like family member, not instant gratification; (2) Body sacred temple—self-care/respect essential (anoint with oil, ritual baths, dance); (3) Magic in everything—not perfect tools/ingredients, but presence (raindrops, moon from kitchen window, ancestral bread-kneading); (4) Hard lessons learned through living, not circumventing—Craft shows deeper meaning, loss acceptance, perspective shifts; (5) Spontaneity/creativity in spellcraft—moving beyond exactness to fluidity/personalization; (6) Nature as teacher—answers for decisions, obsessions, problems, grief, addiction found outdoors; (7) Magic not control—understanding cause-and-effect reality, thought manifestation power; (8) Spiritual respect mutual—cannot expect respect if intolerant of others’ paths (being good example changes minds); (9) Hidden layers/deception—reality more complex than appearance; (10) Science limited—important but doesn’t address spiritual life adequately; (11) Magic incomplete solution—and that’s the special part.