Basic Witches: How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven

by Jaya Saxena

A SPELL TO Accept Compliments This spell will help you cultivate the confidence to be confident and believe in the radical power of your beauty. Perform it for your peace of mind or just to freak people out (both valid reasons). WHAT YOU’LL NEED: A handheld mirror (larger is better, but a compact is fine) A list of positive things about your face and body, written by a friend, partner, family member, or multiple people In 2015, twenty-year-old Claire Boniface performed a social experiment: Whenever a man sent her a compliment on a dating website, she’d agree with it. The results were swift and startling—men instantly retracted or reversed the compliments as soon as she accepted them. (Here’s a representative case: “Well you’re bloody cute aren’t ya,” says an unnamed