Ghost Witchcraft: Working With the Dead

Ghost Witchcraft: Working With the Dead features ghost hauntings, necromancy, and working with graveyard spirits, all accompanied by Plants by Laurali! When I was a little girl, my childhood home was haunted, and there began my fascination with the dead. There comes a time when every witch meets a ghost!

My childhood home was filled with ghosts, demons, and dark entities. I remember how terrifying it was to go to sleep at night. I would often feel spirits walking on my body and whispering in my ear.

It took me many years to realize I had psychic abilities and I could see and hear what others couldn’t. I remember overhearing some of my family members talking behind my back, thinking I had a severe form of mental illness.

Eventually, I stopped telling people about my ghost encounters, for fear of judgment. In fact, I even went through a phase where I barely spoke at all.

Sadly, this happens a lot with psychic children. Children are often more open energetically and haven’t quite mastered shielding themselves from the things that go bump in the night. Pets are also highly sensitive to spirits, especially dogs.

As I grew older, I learned how to control my gifts better and protect myself. One of the things that helped me through my formative years was the bible. I would read passages aloud, or I would call on the Father, the Son, and the holy ghost to protect me.

It would instantly feel like a warm presence was surrounding and protecting me, helping me get through the night. I would often sleep with my bible in order to feel safe.

I talk a little about Christian witchcraft in “The Saint Expedite Candle Magick Spell for Procrastination.” Prayer, bible passages, and rosary beads are all part of my folk magic practice.

As an adult, I came to the realization that much of the paranormal activity in my childhood home stemmed from pure evil. My father was abusive, sexually, physically, and emotionally. He was a raging alcoholic with a mean streak a mile long.

His evil energy welcomed in dark entities, demons, and even ghosts. On the other hand, my mom was a good Christian woman who didn’t know all of the truly evil, vile things going on in that house.

It almost became a battle between good and evil. I remember church members coming over to pray over the house, and placing prayer cloths under our pillows, but with my father running the home, it would only work for so long before they came back.

My mom didn’t realize that the devil was in our home. I remember sleeping on the couch one summer, as it was the only air-conditioned room in the house, and waking up in the middle of the night to the devil staring down at me. I’m talking pitchfork tail and everything.

I squeezed my eyes shut and prayed until I fell asleep, feeling this evil presence watching me the entire time. Ghost witchcraft doesn’t just deal in ghosts. It can sometimes deal with demons and dark entities ushered in by evil people.

However, the majority of the time, I saw ghosts all over that house. I would see them out of the corner of my eye and hear their voices in my ears as I was drifting off to sleep. I never knew what they wanted.

I guess the closest thing I could describe it to was the movie “The Sixth Sense.” That movie encapsulates my childhood perfectly, as I imagine it did for other psychic children like myself.

My Christian background helped me survive my childhood, while my green hearthcraft practice keeps me going now. There aren’t many things I’m afraid of nowadays, and I have since discovered that not all demons are pure evil. I’ve even worked with a few.

I’ve also since discovered that ghosts are just people who used to live, just like you and me. Many are stuck out of guilt or shame. Many ghosts are imprints, left over from the past.

Today, we’re going to dig into all of the different ghosts, spirits, and entities there are, as well as ghost hauntings. I’m also going to share with you how to communicate with the dead and how to set trapped ghosts free.

Ghost witchery is serious business! This is the type of spirit work that requires a lot of protection and defense magick. Many ghost witches go into it hoping to help people, even though these people have already passed away and are still very much part of the material earth.

Graveyard witches also work with deceased animal spirits, often spending time in pet cemeteries. These types of witches enjoy helping animals, even in the afterlife. Many of them practice animal witchcraft.

Looking back, I think I was always a witch. All of the signs were there, even as a little girl. Everything from communicating with ghosts to making friends with the fae was a huge part of my childhood. I even remember singing to the rose bush when I was a kid because I knew it enjoyed my melodic voice.

Maybe you have a similar story. Maybe there was a house you walked by as a child that would always give you a bad feeling, or a doll given to you that felt so evil, you wanted nothing to do with it.

Perhaps you’ve lived in a haunted house or near a graveyard with wandering ghost spirits. Maybe you, too, could see, hear, and feel things other people couldn’t.

Maybe you’re in the Halloween spirit, and love learning about spooky things this time of year, and want to approach it with an open mind. It’s okay to be somewhat skeptical. In fact, I think it’s downright healthy.

The veil is thin as we approach the Samhain Holiday, making it the perfect time to communicate with the spirits of the dead. The barrier between the earthly realm and the spiritual realm somewhat merges this time of year.

It’s time to place pumpkins on the porch for protection, wear a cross around your neck, and light candles for your ancestors. Samhain Season is the perfect time to learn about wandering graveyard spirits!

It’s the only time of year when it’s acceptable to embrace the weird, the strange, and the macabre. Unless, of course, you’re a witch, in which case you can learn about oddities and curiosities all year long!

This Article Includes:

• Ghost Witchcraft: Working With the Dead

• Signs of Spirit Attachment

• How to Become a Ghost (And why you don’t want to!)

• How to Free Trapped Ghosts

• Boundaries and Ghost Magick

• Demons and Dark Entities

• How to Make a Good Imprint

• Working With Friendly Ghosts

• Ghost Witchcraft Playlist