Gatekeeping in witchcraft
I have recently started posting videos on Instagram and YouTube of various spells and rituals I've been playing around with and performing. About a month ago, I won a free spell and had it performed as a money working. Fast forward to now and I recently posted a spell I performed for a giveaway winner. The spell was completely unique in its set-up to anything I've done before, as it was a super involved and large ritual. I posted a short video of my working and suddenly I am getting tagged in posts by the person who did the free money working saying I am somehow stealing their spellwork.
They sent me a few photos of their workings as examples of how I stole their work and while there are certain similarities due to the nature of magic and associations, mine looks very different.
I recently was gifted a circle slate plate I specifically asked for to use in my spellwork. Ive seen loads of people using them along with crystal grids, which are both things they cited as what I was stealing from them. I find it interesting because I spent days crafting the ritual and doing all the workings for the spell and then the working itself took me over 4 hours to perform. I am amazed at the way this person came at me and continued to attack me.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
Its crazy how a few similarities can set someone off to be so upset, I hadn't thought about this person or seen any posts from them since they did the working for me. This was a shock and now I am left feeling off.
Any advice is welcomed.
Posted Jan 14, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC