"Standing on the roof, complaining to the moon..."

“Standing on the roof, complaining to the moon.

The only time I tell the truth is when i’m naked in my bedroom…”

Welcome back! It’s been quite a while since I checked in here. I just wanted to make an entry to talk a bit about my new project Mystik Spiral, and explain myself and my intentions. I guess this is also me officially coming out of the “broom closet”...

Yer girl is a Witch. & Mystik Spiral is the name of my apothecary that I created to share my craft. I identify as an ‘Eclectic Witch’ to be more specific, and most of my practice involves divination, healing, art & music.

My practice started with a desire for self-healing… I started reading Tarot cards in 2012, and I have spent the last 10 years developing the rest of my spirituality without even fully realizing it. After I discovered oracle cards and positive affirmations, I continued with color therapy, yoga + meditation.. and it evolved into a full-blown ritual practice. I studied about astrology, herbalism, aromatherapy and crystals. I found ‘Human Design’, and started living my life based on being a “Projector”. I got into theology and studied about all different religions and spent a couple years thinking I was a buddhist… (spoiler alert: i’m not.)

I was just at that time in life when you desire to search for “meaning”, ya know? I feel like it’s probably a pretty common feeling to experience in your mid-20’s.. especially as someone who was raised in a non-religious household…

Something I found interesting while skimming and scanning all the various religious content I looked through was how many similarities there were. My understanding of it all is that the idea of God is universally always the same — he/she/they basically just wears a different outfit for different people and cultures.. & I believe there is something to that… there’s gotta be a reason that so many completely unrelated people have found their way to essentially the same place.

I knew at that point that I wanted to find something to believe in, but I really didn’t resonate with any religion I had learned about yet. Plus—the idea of beginning any kind of spiritual practice was really alien and intimidating to me and I had no idea where to even begin to look for advice without being indoctrinated… so I kinda just kept myself open to the idea of a higher power, and went about my life.

“My heart’s made of parts of all that surround me…

…and that’s why the devil just can’t get around me.”

Then one day, sometime in 2016, I found some old witch’s rad collection of magick books at the thrift store. I remember seeing like, just a whole wall of metaphysical and witchy books from the 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s and lighting UP at the sight of it. I wish I could’ve bought them all… there were probably hundreds of books to choose from & so many of the covers were just so beautiful and eye-catching. I’m also REALLY inspired by vintage typography and graphic design, so even though I didn’t necessarily plan to read all of them at the time, I bought like 10 of my favorites just based off the cover art.. and then I DID read them. That one trip to the thrift store led me down a whole new path; of pagans and wiccans and alchemists and metaphysical philosophy and holistic healing and manifesting, and, and, and, and…!!!

I finally found my faith. I collected it from a thrift store.

Exactly as it was meant to be, at exactly the right time…

I set up an official altar for myself. I started connecting with my higher power, calling in spirit guides, casting spells, and connecting with other witches online… all under an alias. I’ve continued to unlock more levels to my own healing, and I have a hunger to keep learning. I've been privately nurturing my faith and developing my own rituals for years and only just now, i’m finally feeling called to open up and begin sharing my light with others.

Although I’ve been practicing for several years now I have hesitated to claim the title of “Witch” for a long time, for a few reasons. First; there is a wholeass history of negative connotations and imagery surrounding witches and witchcraft. We have been burned, and outcast, and misunderstood for always. I myself have misunderstood the community in many different ways, and it wasn’t until I started down my own self-led spiritual path that I realized how wrong so many of my assumptions were.

Second; I felt like an imposter. Who was I to say I am a witch? What even IS a witch? It sounded really ethereal to me, and it seemed really inaccessible. I grew up obsessed with all the fictional witches i saw in movies and TV, feeling connected to them for unknown reasons... wishing I could live in a magical world too. But it was always just my own private longing that never went beyond my imagination. I never realized it was because I was one of them. I never believed it could even be real.

I also felt like.. I don’t know. Superficially, I just don’t fit in to that world; the “Magick with a K” world… no offense meant to anyone, but I just personally do not vibe with modern witchcraft aesthetics. Most of the crystal/crescent moon/black+gold minimalist designs I see nowadays are trendy to the point of tacky, and I want nothing to do with it… but then I remembered that none of that was a requirement. Just because I practice witchcraft, doesn’t mean I have to lose my own identity. It doesn’t actually matter what you look like or how you dress. Intentions are all that matter… and my intentions are pure.

Ever since I was a teenager, I have felt this calling… I developed depression and anxiety at a young age, but I have always wanted to help people who felt like me. I’ve always been the friend people came to, to confide their problems in. I’m non-judgmental and I listen and I genuinely care… & I always felt like that’s what made me important — My ability to really hear what people are saying, and feel the feelings beneath their words. I believe that my childhood trauma taught me empathy. I believe I am a healer.

I have healed my own soul, over and over and over again… and I know I’m here to help others help themselves. I believe I have the ability to guide others inwards, towards themselves and their own self-healing journeys. I am here to embody and promote personal power and self-acceptance. I am here to encourage others to love themselves. I am here to demonstrate authenticity. I am here to teach, and to learn.

ALLLL of that just to say, Mystik Spiral is the way I have chosen to help others.

Candle magick in particular really speaks to me, and it works for me, so I have decided to start there. With candles, I am able to combine several different avenues of holistic healing into one charged object. I use aromatherapy, chromotherapy, herbal therapy, crystal therapy, and positive intentions to make my candles and I am proud to offer them to you.

You will also find links to playlists in each candle listing. Music is a very big part of my spiritual practice, and it’s my favorite way to connect with the universe and with other people. Let’s be Spotify friends!

Anyway—I guess that’s all I have to say for now… but this is just the beginning for this version of me. I’m not going anywhere.

Thank you for reading my words, thank you for being yourself, and thank you for being here.

Love Always,

Haley Mariah Tuesday Wise

“I’m the Witch of your dreams, I’m the voice in your head.

Your husband sent me a DM and I just left him on ‘Read’…

My planet’s Mercury, My element is Air.

I’m such a free-spirit that I don’t fucking care.”