First shot at a spell - is this possible?

[Kasai]

I appologize if this is the wrong place, please feel free to relocate if this isn't the right board for this thread c:

So... Honestly, I debated posting this all day, but now, after thinking about it, I've decided to post and see what other people think of a few things. I'm sorry if any of it seems obvious, it was my first shot at a spell/ritual sort of thing.

So, I basically just freestyled scratching a twig in a specific pattern I came up with(I also had a kind of blueprint idea from a recent dream and when I woke up had a good feeling about it), arranged some rocks and twigs in a very specific way to the plan. I had been aging some water outside for a few days(I wanted it to feel more natural to me and I felt the sky might provide it with special energy qualities for this, just on incstinct... it was a small amount, spread out; I'm honestly surprised it didn't evaporate). Found a tiny little twig that felt right to be the center, propped it up in the middle, did a few more things(trying to keep it short here cx ).

My intent was to summon a young or otherwise small and fairly harmless, atleast slightly helpful, spirit(I believe in many kinds, and have already seen plenty[including my mother's long dead cat, an albinistic cerberus, and a young seeming creature spirit of a type I'm unsure], so I don't doubt it as possible to summon as such), that would reside in the stick, and a sign it worked. So, I finished up the spell/ritual, and honestly, I thought I was going crazy at first. I look to see the stick decided to grow a tiny, flower like formation(out of a wood/pineconish material, not petals) "blooming" for a few seconds, and a tiny petal like formation started on the side. I did sense a presence from it too, and I've carried the twig in a tiny, protective box all day with me(although I don't hear anything, I feel like I can communicate with it? I'm usually very good at sensing things naturally).


I even showed the twig's shape to someone(without saying how it got like that), and they noticed right away(I wanted to make sure I wasn't just seeing things!)... But my question is, well, just... Is that known to be possible; 1- to alter minor physical things as such 2- is it really possibly a spirit in the stick? or is it more like a bonding item to a spirit? or is it possible I gave a bit of life and energy to the stick itself?


Just a bit confused(although today was really great for me after that, I noticed) and curious what other people think!

[Domtar]

Re: First shot at a spell - is this possible?

I try to stay skeptical but open minded about my experiences like this. I have gone through possible ways a spirit could give confirmation they exist, and I think apart from appearing or doing something visible to more than one person at once to create confirmation, I don't think there is anything a spirit could do that couldn't be viewed as potentially just an individual having problems or imagining things. Which means for a lot of this stuff you'll have to get comfortable with a maybe for a lot of things in my experience unless you can find others who might be ready to witness spiritual events with you- but I also think once you start getting confirmation there are spirits it often creates more questions than answers. I once saved a cedar tree from being cut down and tried to make friends with the tree-- one day I had this sense to look down and there was a cedarberry with a heart on it under my tree friend!! No kidding!

[Briton]

Re: First shot at a spell - is this possible?

Experimenting with this sort of thing interests me. I don't know to what extent there are things you do and don't do, that seasoned pagans and witches might titter at. I can't believe a spell or magic is just a mathematical formula, that certain things need to be done in a certain way. I doubt spirits would appreciate being treated like chemicals in a lab, and assumed that they only answer if you do these certain things in an order. But how do I know whether a certain action means anything and whether I'd just be looking a fool doing random things purposelessly? How do you get inspiration to do certain things, and are there things that have historically been found to be appreciated by nature?