my parents are muslim so there is no way i ever got any exposure to witchcraft as a child, all i knew was that it was 'bad' because of 'black magic' but i always thought about it, thinking it could be positive too
i ended up leaving the religion but my best friend at the time used to research runes and sigils a few years before and had an interest in paganism, and we found her old notebook and it was there when she made the decision to become pagan because she felt so accepted by the religion
she and i were always quite interested in witchcraft and eventually i joined her and started practising witchcraft around the start of 2023, and now i'm helpol and i love tarot and crystals and sigils especially
we had done a few spells together which was fun, before she decided to become christian and abandoned me for her new religious beliefs but i respected it [before she completely fucked me over] but i found an online community and now i feel truly at home when i practice witchcraft and pray to the deities
everything feels so good about it and i honestly have been so interested and i could go on about witchcraft and divination for hours because it's the one thing i could never get sick of, i love it so much and it's honestly so special to me <3