A short note on what the daily series has taught the host — about lore, witchcraft, history, and the discipline of showing up for the practice.
Journal / Ritual / I've been doing daily ritual magick
Founder · Host · Witch
Joel Austin.
Recording out of Salem, MA.
About Joel.
Joel Austin founded Stay Weird Witches in 2018 and has been making content about Salem, witchcraft, and the occult ever since. Two seasons of Salem’s Ghosts, seventy-seven YouTube videos, and a daily practice that’s three months and one borrowed candle deep.
This is the first in a series of personal essays about taking the practice seriously. The next one will be about the days he misses.
Stay weird, witches.
From the journal
From the dark.
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