Witchcraft symbols are many and varied, and just as there is no agreement about the definition of witchcraft, there is no agreed lexicon of witchcraft symbols. This is a listing of some of the more common witchcraft symbols, and their more generally-accepted meanings.

The Pentagram

The Pentagram has a long and complex history. Found scrawled in caves near ancient Babylon, the five pointed star was copied from the star shaped pattern formed by the travels of the planet Venus in the sky. The emblem remained popular through many cultures and time periods - for example, it was called the pentalpha by the Greeks, who believed it had magical properties.

Among witchcraft symbols, the pentagram symbolizes the five elements - earth, air, water, fire, and spirit. The Wiccan emblematic pentagram faces point upward to symbolize the triumph of spirit over matter.

The Zodiac

The Zodiac plays an important role in the timing of rituals, and the witchcraft symbols for the signs of the Zodiac are often used to refer to related properties of person or spirit.

The Elements

The elements represented by the Pentagram each have their own witchcraft symbols. The witchcraft symbols for air, fire, and earth are based on triangles, while the symbol for water is, unsurprisingly, the Zodiac symbol for Aquarius.

For more about witchcraft symbols, read the full Witchcraft Symbols article.

These days, if you were to toddle into your local bookshop, close your eyes and fling a dart, there’s a reasonably good chance you’d hit a witchcraft spell book. There’s an even better chance that you’d be forcibly ejected from the shop shortly thereafter, so I’m not advocating this practice. It does, though, make the point that this literary genre has never been more popular.

Witchcraft spells burst forth from this cornucopia of printed waffle - witchcraft spells to find twoo wuv, witchcraft spells to hog-tie that wayward ex and drag them back, witchcraft spells to make us sexier, smarter, stronger, healthier and, of course witchcraft spells to make us wealthy beyond our wildest dreams.

The biggest Witchy complaint against witchcraft spell books is that the spells within in them don’t (or possibly can’t) work. The spell book, it’s argued, looks comparable to a recipe book, but whereas Delia Smith can reliably lead most of us through the creation of an omelette, the compiler of spells is less likely to guide the average punter to health, wealth and insuperable sexual charisma.

There’s some validity to this, but the better authors in the field make it clear that the spell book isn’t really the equivalent of “150 Astonishing Meatloaves”. It’s more like sheet music: valuable to those who have put the effort into learning how to read music and perhaps play an instrument, but bookshelf clutter to those who haven’t.

To find out how to work Magick without needing formal spells, read The Inner Circle.

And why do you want free real witchcraft spells? Do you want free real witchcraft spells to find “true love”, free real witchcraft spells to hog-tie that wayward ex and drag them back, free real witchcraft spells to make you sexier, smarter, stronger, healthier and, of course, free real witchcraft spells to make you wealthy beyond your wildest dreams?

The problem with free real witchcraft spells is that they are not worth the paper they are printed on.

There is a tradition that witchcraft is free, but that tradition applies more to the casting of spells on behalf of family and friends, not the handing of trade secrets to total strangers. Real witchcraft is so much more than spells. Even if you were to find free real witchcraft spells somewhere, chances are that they would be useless to you.

The biggest Witchy complaint against written spells is that the spells don’t (or possibly can’t) work. The written spells look comparable to a recipe, but whereas Delia Smith can reliably lead most of us through the creation of an omelette, the compiler of spells is less likely to guide the average punter to health, wealth and insuperable sexual charisma.

Free real witchcraft spells are no more than electronic bookmark clutter if you haven’t learned how to work magic. The free spells you will find online often contain expensive ingredients which, co-incidentally, are supplied BY the writer of the free spells. Go figure.

No amount of expensive ingredients and no free real witchcraft spells can take the place of the study, practice and discipline required to learn how to actually work magic for yourself. Once you understand the principles of real witchcraft, you will understand why a search for free real witchcraft spells is futile. Real witches don’t need written spells.

To find out how to work Magick without needing formal spells, read The Inner Circle.

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