Are you looking at this from a lens?
The "vulgar witch" became a target when the state and church sought to centralize power. Disenchantment
Vulgar magic does not hide behind "love and light." It acknowledges that human emotions are messy. Anger, lust, grief, and jealousy are not viewed as spiritual failures, but as potent sources of energy. A Vulgar Witch channels these intense emotions directly into their work rather than trying to suppress them. The Power of Profanity
You will find her in the alley behind the dive bar, spitting gin into a jar to catch a hex. You will find her scraping roadkill off the asphalt for a bone charm. You will find her smoking a cigarette with the Devil in a condemned laundromat. The Vulgar Witch
Write rituals in your own everyday vocabulary. If you swear when you are angry, swear when you are banishing.
As we explore the concept of the vulgar witch, we're invited to reflect on our own relationship with crudeness, messiness, and the unrefined. Are there aspects of ourselves that we've been conditioned to suppress, or that we've learned to hide? The vulgar witch encourages us to reclaim these parts, to celebrate our imperfections, and to find power in our own uniqueness.
Because the tools are entirely mundane, this form of magic is naturally disguised. A jar spell can look like a fermentation project, and a protective charm can be built into a piece of everyday jewelry. Are you looking at this from a lens
Witchcraft has always been inherently political. When the state and the church controlled bodies, land, and healthcare, the local witch offered an alternative system of healing and autonomy.
The Vulgar Witch despises the phrase “You’re doing it wrong.” She knows that witchcraft was born in barns and back alleys, not in Instagram Reels. She uses dollar-store candles. She writes sigils on pizza boxes with a sharpie. She casts a circle by just… declaring it’s cast. She doesn’t own an athame; she uses a rusty butter knife she found in a thrift store.
In Appalachian folk magic, if you believed a witch had hexed your home, you didn't hire a priest. You stood on your porch and laughed. You laughed louder and louder, calling out the witch’s name in a sing-song rhyme. Anger, lust, grief, and jealousy are not viewed
If "I conjure thee" doesn't feel natural, don't say it. A Vulgar Witch speaks to the universe in their own dialect. If that includes slang or a few choice expletives to emphasize a point, so be it. The universe responds to conviction, not vocabulary.
The Vulgar Witch knows that a spell cast with intent in a chaotic kitchen is stronger than a ritual performed with expensive tools just for a picture. Her tools are often repurposed—a rusty spoon, a broken shard of glass, a jar filled with river water. 2. The Power of "Low" Magic