iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I warded against energy vamps. Someone I suspected might be trying to do that's stuff ended up getting nausea and diarrhea when we hung out. Now that's what I call a SHITTY WARD 😂 💩

151 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Things I'm excited about for my business, Hemlock & Honey: - Selling crystals & curios - Developing relationships with reputable suppliers - Learning more from my partner about his expertise Things I'm SCARED of: - Taxes. How the fuck? - Taxes while using Etsy

040 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Non-witchy books that greatly impacted my practice #witchsky #witch #spellwork #witchcraft

190 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Oh I understand, yeah. For a green waste container like that, I think the spirit would definitely be different. So definitely start with the relationship and see what they are okay with!

010 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Great question! A couple things here 1. For disposing of baneful remnants or working with the spirits for a hex or curse, I'd find one further away 2. It's often illegal to use a companies dumpster for personal use, so be careful with that!

110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

and of course leave an offering or payment like coins, alcohol, something especially nasty they can break down

040 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

they’re incredibly good at breaking things down. excess spell materials. baneful leftovers. energy you don’t want sitting around. you can also ask them to help things rot. a bad habit. a situation. a relationship. even someone’s health or finances if you’re working banefully.

250 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

witch tip: build a relationship with garbage spirits. If you have legal access to an industrial dumpster, that's great. If not, even a local trash bin. Here's why 👇🏽 👇🏽 👇🏽 #witchsky #witchcraft #animism #spirits #babywitch

1152 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Thanks! Always happy when my ramblings are useful 😂

020 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

there are general rules: a binding? you cut. a containment? you free. fire? use water etc etc write spells like you’re the one who might have to take them apart later. because someday… you might be!!!

1110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

if someone comes to you with something nasty stuck to them, you’ll already have notes on how to dismantle a similar working. huge time saver. very helpful. 10/10 recommend.

1110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

not because you plan to undo it—though that happens. but because knowing how you’d break it helps you understand what you actually built. AND...

1120 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

witch tip: every time you write a new spell in your grimoire or notes, also write how you’d reverse it. Here's why 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 #witchsky #folkwitch #spiritual #witch

1328 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The ingredients and tools have to match your intention and manner if doing the spell. If you make substitutions, they need to be methodical and you might have to change the "how" of the spell. Because intention won't outweigh the conflicting energy's of mismatched, thoughtless ingredients

051 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

To light the candle that way, you need the right tools, like a lighter. That being said, a pencil CAN be used to light a candle. You just have to use it differently. You have to break it, scrape it, use friction, and get creative.

140 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

"Intention is everything in witchcraft" If you hold a pencil to a candle wick with the intention of lighting it and just hope real hard.... It's not gonna light.

172 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The terror of posting a response video to another witch's video Like crap... Didn't I cover all the things I had to say and be "nice enough" to not get cancelled 😂 How many times is it appropriate to say "this is my take" without getting annoying

150 0

Reposted by Marco Bowen

🌷🧿 khthoniaa 🧿🌷 @khthoniaa.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Witch Tip: Simple talismans can be made by folding sheets of aluminum foil into a thin, metal tablet. You can then use a toothpick or pencil to engrave symbols or sigils onto the surface. #WitchSky #OccultSky

3547 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I was never a fan of the wheels either! I like to break the letters down into their components and the try to make the sigil from that. Bonus points if I can make alchemical/astrological ones (or even something from my own mind that reminds me of the intention)

120 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

These are from my perspective. Which you do depends on the nature of the object and how you work. I feed my lucky rice. A client bought some and they choose to charge it. This is okay, because it's a different relationship with the object. It helps with my notes on how to maintain the charm

000 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🍽️ Feeding 🍽️ Feeding is more animistic in nature and works with the SPIRIT of the item. "I will give you 3 drops of rum on the first Monday every month for you to continue ____ for me." If it's adding material, the material isn't crucial to the function because the spirit is handling the "how."

110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🌻 Refreshing 🌻 When a ward or magical object has a MATERIAL component that is: 1. Crucial to the function 2. Exhaustive, meaning it needs to be replaced If a potted plant is my ward and it has a fly trap for extra protection, the trap gets filled with flies and needs to be replaced.

100 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

⚡ Recharging ⚡ When a magical objects needs more ENERGY you recharge it. Think of it like filling up gas in a car, it just needs more juice. This can be through prayer, energy work, the sun, the moon, etc

100 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Wards and magical objects 🧵 ⚡ Recharging 🌻 Refreshing 🍽️ Feeding These are just how I use those terms. It's not universal and I'm sure someone disagrees. But it helps me, and here's how I use these terms 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 #witchsky #witchraft #charms #amulets #wards

110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I agree, I think the differentiation between mundane and magic isn't as cut and dry, if even there. That being said sometimes using scissors to cut a price tag off is just that! To me at least haha

010 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I have dedicated tools for a couple specific things, but in general I feel that. That would be amazing! I don't think that using tools mundanely "taints" the tools in anyway, you know? Especially if you wanted to consecrate them to bring magical aspects into "mundane" art

010 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Love that! I could definitely see the ideology for both sides, and the traditions I've learned have different views on it

110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Very true! There definitely isn't a "right" answer, but I love seeing the difference in practices and cultures. Personally, the only tools specific to magical are ones dedicated to specific spirits or used for a singular TYPE of working

020 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

❓ QUESTION ❓ I've heard and been taught two ways of thinking; magical tools like scissors, knives, etc that double as household tools should: 1. Be used only for magic 2. Be woven in with daily life What do you think & why? #witchsky #witchcraft #folkmagic

780 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Nice to meet you! Yeah the terminology is super interesting when it comes to workings, witches, and witchcraft. My friend broke it down between "Divine Magic" and witchcraft. From his cultural perspective I can see that. Doesn't necessarily fit mine, but it's close enough and entirely valid

110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Exactly! And even if it's something to create a change or affect someone, at most my mentor would call it a "workin'"

110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Hi everyone! I'm Marco, a magic practitioner/witch. I primarily focus on folk magic, but that's not all I practice. I'll mostly post about 📚 Books ✍🏽 Folklore 🔮 Magic Practices 📜 Magic Recipes 🧠 and Theory! I'm a gay (partnered) Texan in the ATX area, and always open to meeting other witches!

1150 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

And you know DAMN well that reason isn't to speak over those born into the tradition. Your invitation to the practice is between you, your mentor, & the spirits. If thats easily quaked by strangers on the internet, look in the mirror and figure out why. #witchsky #conjure #hoodoo #folkmagic

180 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Side note: if you've been invited into a closed or restricted practice, look at who invited you. How did they learn? How do they move in the world? If that all checks out, then you just gotta have faith that your mentor and their spirits had good reason to teach you.

170 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Soap box post (apparently) If you're an invited guest in a tradition, DO NOT argue with or speak over someone born into that tradition when they talk about who is and isn't allowed to practice. It is not, hasn't been, and will never be a conversation that you have authority in.

1111 0

Reposted by Marco Bowen

That Immigrant Witch 🏳️‍🌈🇹🇷🇻🇪 @elhoimleafar.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

By biting words, and grasping hands, No unjust power in this land. Their poisoned wealth, their cruel decree, Shall break and falter, bound by thee. For those who stand, with voices strong, Protected now, where they belong! #Sobeit #WitchSky

03815 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thank you! That makes me happy for 2 reasons 1. It sounds cooler and definitely contributes to the mindset needed 2. Other prayers backwards would have the word "dog" a lot

020 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

These little questions and debates in my head make me feel like a dummy 😂

110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

WITCH CONFESSION In stories and spells, when they say "recite the lords prayer backwards" I never know if it's by word order or letter order. "I am so hungry." Would it be... "hungry so am I" Or "yrgnuh os ma I"

350 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It's okay if you can't pull a card every day. It's okay if sometimes you feel a little less connected. You're still a witch on the days where clouds are just clouds and not omens from gods. There will always be herbs to ground up and candles to be lit; your path is your choice, not your chore

0303 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Oh amazing! In that case you might also like the books by @byronballard.bsky.social too. I read through a lot of folklore too and there is so much magic in there, it just needs a bit of distilling. Stories carry such a potent magic, in my opinion. I've pieced together spells from old poems too!

110 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Southern Cunning - Aaron Oberon Backwoods Witchcraft - Jake Richards The Holy Wild - @wolfwomanwitch.bsky.social The Un-Spell Book - Mya Om

020 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

For sure! My flavor of magic tends to learn more toward folk magic, but here are some recs. Six Ways - @aidanwachter.bsky.social New World Witchery - @newworldwitchery.bsky.social (Corey Thomas Hutcheson) More 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

240 0

Reposted by Marco Bowen

Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I am a bit concerned that I find this so very funny 😜

5181 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I feel like it comes to the territory, and not just for spirituality, you know? It is SO hard to unlearn and it kinda just feeds itself with the topical, sterile, and mystical-en ought language. I'm so happy GREAT books can be shared easier nowadays

130 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Believe me, I know. I can't tell if I've read the book you're talking about, or if I've just read too many bad ones

150 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

FACTS 😂 Many witchy books I've read follow the formula: For centuries long ago, many [mystical sounding title of people] practiced [rebranded new age topic] to connect with the [over simplification of complex relationship with spirit]

2213 0

Marco Bowen @marco-bowen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

"Do I not want to practice, or am I just afraid it won't work?" Asking myself this helped SO much with my practice. Doubt is a part of the path, and moving through it makes you more powerful. Confronting it can deepen your practice and establish your personal beliefs and magical framework.

060 0