Disclaimer: This series is based on my personal practice, shaped by experience, intuition, and what I’ve learned from others in the witchcraft community. Magic isn’t universal—what works for me might not work for everyone, and that’s okay. Witchcraft is flexible, evolving, and deeply personal.

Welcome back to Is It Witchcraft?, the series where I break down everyday things from my practice and talk about why they feel magical—and how I actually use them. Today’s object? Keys. Plural. Very plural.

🔐 Why Keys Feel Magical

Keys are more than metal and teeth. In spiritual and magical practice, they’re old symbols of power, protection, and passage. They show up in stories and rituals around the world and are especially resonant in witchcraft for a few key reasons:

• Hekate – Goddess of thresholds, choices, and the in-between. She holds the keys.

• Gatekeeping (in a sacred way) – You decide what opens, what closes, and what stays locked.

• Crossroads and change – Every key implies a door. And every door implies transformation.

Whether physical or symbolic, keys represent agency. When you hold one, it means you decide what happens next.

🔄 My Key Story

I didn’t just get one key and call it good. I started working with Hekate in fall 2023, and the key was one of the very first objects I brought into my practice. Since then, they’ve multiplied like—well—like magic.

I wear a key on a chain nearly every day. It’s my grounding spell. My reminder. My tether.

But on my altar? I have several keys—vintage, symbolic, gifted, found. Each one has a slightly different energy, a different history, a different emotional weight. They aren’t decorations. They’re companions.

I reach for different ones depending on what I’m doing—grief, protection, shadow work, reclaiming space, or simply sitting in the crossroads of “I don’t know yet, but I’m here.”

And recently, one more joined the collection.

🎤 A Concert Key, A Spell Unlocked

This one came from the For My Last Trick tour—Halsey’s recent show that cracked me open in ways I’m still unpacking. The merch table had this oversized skeleton key, about the size of my hand. It’s just a trinket, technically. A fandom souvenir.

But when I saw it, I didn’t hesitate. I bought it immediately.

Because for me, keys are signs. Symbols that say: you are where you’re supposed to be.

And that concert? That was a ritual.

It wasn’t just emotional—it was witchcraft. It ripped the cork out of something I’d sealed off. That performance hit the same notes as a spell: intention, energy, transformation. Watching her tell that story, with that fire, with that voice? I felt it in my body. It was magic. It was healing.

So yeah. That “souvenir” now sits on my altar as an offering. It holds everything that show helped me release, and everything it gave back.

🗝️ What Makes a Key “Witchy”?

It’s not the shape or the material. It’s the meaning.

A key can:

• Mark a moment of change

• Represent a promise

• Sit as a protector

• Remind you of who you’ve become

Your key might come from a thrift store, a necklace, a dream, or a concert merch table. It might be heavy with history—or brand new and still unfolding.

The power isn’t in the key. It’s in what it holds for you.

♿ Accessibility Note

You don’t need a physical key to do key magic.

• Draw one in your journal or grimoire

• Use a digital key, like a passcode, as an anchor or spell

• Visualize unlocking something within yourself

• Create a sigil that represents your own “threshold” energy

As always, your practice adapts to you. Not the other way around.

🧹 Summary

I have a lot of keys. Literal and symbolic. Some hang around my neck. Some sit quietly on my altar. One came from a moment I didn’t expect to change me—and did. All of them remind me that I get to decide when to open, when to close, and when to stand still.

That’s the kind of magic I live for.

🪞Reflection Questions

1. What “key moments” have shifted your path lately?

2. Is there an object in your life that holds way more meaning than it was designed for?

3. How do you know when it’s time to open a door—and when it’s not?

🕯️Affirmations

1. I hold the keys. I choose the threshold.

2. I trust the doors I’ve closed and the ones I’ve yet to open.

3. My path unfolds on my terms, one step—and one key—at a time.

Do you use keys in your practice? Do you have one that followed you home, like it knew it was meant for you?
Tag me, share your story, or drop it in the comments.
The witchcraft we carry is often already in our pockets.

See you in the next one.