In's and Out's of turning your practice into income

Discussing the benefits of making your skills a service to the public. Where to start, ways to grow and why its an important step for every practitioner.

As witches in the modern age of tech and social influencers, there is an opportunity that hasn’t been seen in years to inform the mundane about our world. To reveal the truth about the way it works. What we’re doing versus what they think we’re doing. We all have a responsibility to change the stigma that lingers around the practices, customs, and holidays of witchcraft. The power in the antiquities of time grows in strength as more people pick the torch back up. The more we reconnect with the sacred energy that swirls around and through us, the more power those antiquities have. It is time we took back our rightful place amongst the other beliefs of the world and balanced the scales between dogmatic faith and that which we call witchcraft.

A positive way of doing that is by offering magical services to the general public, putting yourself out there as a public servant, and allowing people to reform their bias through personal experience. You can ease into this by offering basic services such as cord-cutting and tarot readings to start. When people start gossiping about their results with others it will attract the right kind of attention and more people will come to you for assistance. Positive results and insightful advice via help from the cards can bond people to you. That changes their minds and the way they think about witchcraft. Every time someone begins to re-evaluate their opinion on this practice so many hold sacred we change the status quo.

While I am encouraging those who read this to empower yourselves and use your talents to generate secondary income, it is important to remain mindful of your fees. Do not charge extravagant amounts for simple services. Be reasonable about how much your time is worth. The cost of ingredients is easy enough to figure out and divide.  It’s the time and knowledge you’re truly charging a client for. Everyone is guilty of giving themselves too high a value at one time or another. When a client asks for services from you, it is easy to be prideful. However, that violates the rule about using magic for personal gain. This is why I advise caution when considering fees for services rendered.

Overvaluing your services and skills is taking unjust advantage of an innocent. By innocent I mean, a client, that to your knowledge has not broken a universal law. Innocents do not deserve to be taken advantage of. As practitioners, we must protect those who look to us for assistance. Pricing is difficult to nail down. What was the effort and time spent gathering knowledge and skills worth? What is the time sacrificed to perform a ritual worth? The answers to those questions will be different for everyone. My advice is to be mindful and price from the mindset of a civil servant. Charging 500$ for a simple egg cleansing is an example of ridiculous pricing. Something like that would be closer to 20 to 40$ dollars in price. A ritual that takes an hour to complete is worth anywhere from 100 to 300$ dollars in price and so on. It is normal to want appropriate compensation for your time and effort and witchcraft is no different than any other form of art or service. Not everyone is equipped with a mind that can work with the unseen or unknown, for some this is a very impossible idea. That is the advantage that every practitioner has going for them. They know they have that power and they know how to wield it effectively and in a manner that inacts positive change. 

There is no standard in pricing. I don’t think there could be a standard on pricing for services that shamans, witches, light workers, and others of the same kind offer to the public. No one would ever agree on set prices for specific services. Pricing your services is personal and as unique as learning the craft itself. I am simply reminding you that being mindful of what others can reasonably afford and being of assistance is a noble profession and all of us work hard for what we earn. None of us should take more than we need.

Be patient with potential clients. It can be unsettling to reach out for advice that comes from across the great divide. The unknown and unseen worlds are frightening to many. Some might have second thoughts, change their minds, or even back out. This is okay and will be a part of doing business. Don’t let it discourage you. The spiritual world makes many people uncomfortable. Most of the mundane world lives on the edge of the material and spiritual worlds and is happy staying inside the lines others have drawn for them. Ask questions of them, let them talk to you, and ask you questions if they have any. Make them comfortable with you because that builds a relationship. Having a relationship with your clients generates future business. This keeps the potential for secondary income going. 

Sometimes there will be things that aren’t possible. Clients will ask for services you aren’t willing to perform. You may not know how to complete the request. This is okay. No one knows everything. This is why we have strengths and weaknesses; witchcraft is a system that allows all of us to use that to our advantage. Networking with other witches is useful if possible. Promoting the success of our fellow brothers and sisters is necessary if we want to form a true community. All of us are unique in the skills and knowledge we specialize in. Being in touch with others who offer a variety of skills and knowledge is a great way to start building a network.

Networks don’t pop up overnight. Building lasting relationships is hard but comes with many benefits. There is strength in numbers. Having other witches to call on for assistance is necessary for big spells. The more energy focused the better the results. Networks are about building relationships that operate on fair trade and trust and take effort to maintain. That trust comes from helping and encouraging one another. Bringing business you can’t take care of to those that can build trust one client at a time while giving them a reason to retain confidence in their power. Someone other than themselves is testifying to its validity. If we spread the word between the mundane and ourselves and bring more business to one another, we encourage the mundane world to invite us in, accept us, and perhaps learn a thing or two. There is potential to change things. For yourself, the witches around you, and the future of witchcraft. The chance to finally bring it back to its honorable heights and out of the Middle Ages. Back when it was medicine and divine advice from the gods themselves and an utterly profound connection to Mother Earth. 

So yes, put your services out there. Be of service where you can when you can and spread the magic. Take every opportunity to erase the stigma witches have. It is undeserved and one of the great lies of history. Down to the infamous depiction of what a witch should look like that was originally a mockery of the broken battered, and bruised bodies of helpless women tortured by fanatics with wild beliefs. What is called a witch was once the village healer or spiritual medium and was a pillar of their communities. As gifted ones, we achieve that by being useful to people when they need it and reversing the lies that formed the stigma. It is not hard to be a decent person. Even in business, there is more wealth to be gained than money alone.