Greetings and Welcome to DIY Witchery!

I’m Alex  Wrekk (they/she) I am an agnostic secular witch and have built my personal witchcraft practice over 15+ years. I am the owner of Portland Button Works and the Spiral House Shop I am an organizer for CritWitchCon, librarian at the Archive of Witchcraft, Magic, and Occult Zines (AWMOZ), I’m 45 year old punk,vegan, anarchist, feminist, and zinester (itt means I make zines).  I identify as white, bisexual, and a relatively cis woman. I love DIY projects, building altars, making charms, collecting jars, filling my pockets with acorns, zines, travel, befriending crows with peanuts, my Jackie Cat, Ian B, my house and home and things I grow in my garden while living in my 120+ year old house in Portland, Oregon. 

I have built my own practice and I do not discuss particulars about it very often. I call it DIY Witchery because it is built on my personal DIY punk ethics and methodologies. It takes a hands on and trial and error approach to witchcraft. ie: fuck around and find out magic.

I don’t cast spells so much a build them and then release them.  From the outside it probably looks like cottage witchery set loose in a punk house of a philosophy student drop out. In reality, I probably draw a lot on folk magic, traditional witchcraft, and a twist of chaos magic for the fun of it.

I got tired of this being so long so I’m putting a “cut” here.

My witchcraft, as my politics, is intersectional and I work to decolonize my practice.

I do not give away spells or take spell requests, but I’m happy to help brainstorm ideas for spells.

Please note:

• I am agnostic
  
• I am a secular witch
• I am a “soft” animist
  
• I am not religious
  
• I am not Wiccan
  
• I am not pagan
  
• I do not work with deities as deities but occasionally as archetypes
  
• I do not work with spirits in a way that is relatable to others
  
• I don’t work with auras or chakras
• I do not work in the astral
• I do not work with runes or ogham
  

What I post here: reblogs of things I think similarly minded witches might find useful but not necessarily things that are included in my practice, my answers to asks, witch humor, pictures of my garden, talk about the crows that I’m friends with by way of giving them peanuts and telling them secrets, and the occasional personal things or reblog-style correspondence with other tumblr witches.

To get an idea of the flavor of this blog check out these “greatest hits” posts.

New to witchcraft and might have some questions? Check out my “Witchling” tag for resources, tips, and book recommendations to get started. Check there before asking questions because it might have what you need. I get asked frequently about how to start practicing witchcraft and that is a good place to start. Here’s another post with tips about starting a witchcraft practice.

Please check out my DIY Witchery Resource page for more information.

Still got some questions? Ask them here!

When asking questions please keep in mind:

• I do not give spells away but I will help you brainstorm ideas for spells.
  
• I am assuming you are asking me for an answer that pertains to my style of agnostic secular witchcraft.
• I will get to answering question when I find time to do so
• Please do not send messages through the tumblr messaging system unless we have spoken before. Do not send me message for things that should be asks. I will not respond to them.
  

Other Stuff

• My primary blog is @alexwrekk (I’m alexwrekk pretty much everywhere on the internet)
• I have an upthewitchypunx instagram and twitter
  
• Gemini/Cancer cusp, rising Sagittarius, Leo moon
• linktree
  

My day job is making custom button at Portland Button Works and running the The Spiral House Shop. We have a thoughtfully curated catalog of things related to witchcraft and magic, lots of books, zines, tarot decks, pinback back buttons, and more. I also have an Etsy shop here.

I wrote two zines about my exploration of secular witchcraft, Brainscan #33 & #34. You can find them on my Etsy here and in the PBW Witch Shop here.