The Witch Who Was Taught Not to Want

Releasing the Guilt That May Be Blocking Your Abundance Magic

There is a spell that was cast on many of us long before we ever practised witchcraft.

It didn’t come from a grimoire.
It wasn’t passed down through a coven.

It came from quiet cultural messages repeated over and over again until they felt like the truth.

Wanting more is selfish.

More money.
More love.
More ease.
More security.
More joy.

For many spiritually minded people — including witches — this belief runs far deeper than we realise.

And if your spells, intentions, or manifestation work seem to stall just as things begin to shift… this hidden belief might be the quiet force working against you.

The Hidden Belief Blocking Your Magic

The belief is simple, but powerful:

It is not spiritually acceptable to want more.

Many of us absorbed this message long before we ever found the craft.

Perhaps it came from religion that praised sacrifice and humility.
Perhaps it came from family beliefs about money.
Perhaps it came from a culture that treats desire with suspicion.

By the time we begin practising magic, this belief often sits quietly in the background of our psyche.

And it creates a strange contradiction.

Part of you casts the spell.

Another part whispers:

"But who am I to ask for this?"

When Desire Feels Spiritually Wrong

This belief doesn’t always show up in obvious ways.

Often it appears subtly in your practice.

You might notice:

• Feeling embarrassed writing abundance intentions
• Asking for just enough rather than what you truly desire
• Resistance when visualising the life you want
• A quiet feeling that wanting more makes you ungrateful
• Success arriving… and then slipping away again

In magical work, conflicting signals weaken the current.

You may be calling something in while another part of you believes you shouldn't have it.

Your nervous system begins to treat abundance as something unsafe, shameful, or undeserved.

And magic struggles to move through that contradiction.

The Spiritual Misunderstanding About Desire

Many spiritual traditions teach non-attachment.

But somewhere along the way, this teaching became distorted.

Non-attachment does not mean suppressing desire.

It means not gripping outcomes with fear.

You can hold an intention with clarity and openness without clinging to it from scarcity.

In fact, desire itself is not the enemy of spiritual growth.

Desire is often the language through which the soul expresses what it came here to experience.

Your higher self did not incarnate simply to endure life quietly.

It came to create.

To experience.

To participate in the unfolding of reality.

And creation always begins with desire.

You Are Here to Co-Create

Wanting a safer home is not greed.

Wanting financial stability is not materialism.

Wanting joy, pleasure, and beauty is not spiritual failure.

These are natural expressions of a life that is meant to expand.

Witchcraft, at its heart, is a practice of co-creation.

You bring your will, your imagination, your intention.

The universe responds with possibility, synchronicity, and movement.

But when guilt sits underneath your desire, the flow becomes tangled.

Magic works most clearly when the channel is open.

And that channel begins with allowing yourself to want.

Questions That Gently Shift the Spell

Deep beliefs rarely dissolve through force.

But curiosity can begin to loosen them.

Instead of trying to replace the belief immediately, sit with questions like these:

What if I could want more and still be a deeply spiritual person?

What if my desires are not selfish, but sacred?

What if wanting more does not cancel my gratitude for what I already have?

What if the version of me who has more could contribute more to the world?

What if abundance allows my magic to expand rather than corrupt it?

You don't need to answer these questions immediately.

Simply allow them to open new space in your thinking.

Witch-Friendly Ways to Release the Guilt

If you sense that this belief lives somewhere inside you, gentle magical practices can help shift it.

Candle Ritual for Releasing Inherited Beliefs

Light a black or white candle.

Black for banishing.
White for clarity.

Write the belief on a piece of paper:

“I am not allowed to want more.”

Sit quietly and notice how it feels in your body.

Where do you feel the weight of it?

When you feel ready, safely burn the paper and say aloud:

"I release this inherited belief.
My desires are sacred.
My magic is allowed to work."

Watch the smoke rise and imagine the belief dissolving with it.

Shadow Work Journaling

You can also explore this belief through reflection.

Consider writing about questions like:

Who first taught me that wanting more was selfish?

When did I first feel guilt around desire?

What do I secretly want but rarely allow myself to admit?

If I truly believed I deserved abundance, how would my magical practice change?

Shadow work reveals the stories we carry — and gives us the chance to rewrite them.

A 2-Minute Tapping Reset

If the belief “wanting more is selfish” has been living quietly in your system for years, you don’t need to force it away.

You can simply begin to soften it.

Try this short tapping reset.

Tap the Karate Chop Point

Using the fingers of one hand, gently tap the side of the opposite hand (the karate chop point).

Tap steadily while saying:

Even though part of me feels guilty wanting more… I am open to releasing this belief.

Even though I was taught it might be wrong to desire more… I allow myself to question that now.

Even though some part of me still feels unsafe receiving… I am open to a new possibility.

Take a slow breath.

Tap the Karate Chop Point Again

Then say:

“What if I can want more and be safe at the same time.”

“What if I can want more money (or substitute love, health, safety) and be safe at the same time.”

“What if I can want more and still be a good person.”

“What if I can want more and still be a spiritual person”

Let the words settle in your body.

You don’t have to convince yourself.

You are simply opening a new pathway in your nervous system.

Repeat this practice for a few days and notice what begins to shift — in your thoughts, your energy, and even in the way your magic moves.

Mirror Magic for Worthiness

Stand before a mirror and meet your own gaze.

Say slowly:

"I am allowed to want more.
My desires are sacred.
I am worthy of receiving."

It may feel uncomfortable at first.

But discomfort often marks the edge of transformation.

You Were Never Too Much

The witch who desires more is not selfish.

She is not spiritually immature.

She is someone who understands that magic is a relationship between will and possibility.

Releasing guilt around desire does not mean abandoning gratitude.

It simply means allowing yourself to participate fully in life.

To want what you want.

To cast spells without secretly undoing them.

To receive what begins to arrive.

Your magic has never been blocked by the universe.

More often, it has been waiting for you to believe you are allowed to receive.

A Question for You

Have you ever felt guilty asking for more in your magic in your life?

I’d love to hear your comments.

Sometimes simply naming the belief is the first step toward breaking it.

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