Andrea Flores MCALLEN- For this Halloween, being a witch might sound like something easy, but being a real one is not. A local business shared insight on its background and specialty: witchcraft.
Elliott Jarrett, store owner for ” The Witch’s Nest,” said she found her interest in witchcraft during the “witchcraft boom” in the ’90s with movies, such as “Hocus Pocus” and “Halloweentown.”
Beginning with local market events, Jarret’s business came to be by accident while she was in school back in quarantine.
“Since it was Halloween at the cosmetology school, I decided to bring my tarot cards and just be a witch,” she said. “And that in turn had me doing readings for people during school and I didn’t think much of it and then next thing they were sobbing; they were telling me how good I was at it; how much I helped them and then they were passing my number to their friends.”
Jarrett added that practicing witchcraft is one’s own journey.
Daniel Melchor, employee for “The Witch’s Nest”, said the most difficult part of being a witch is the fact that people may not be comfortable with the craft, which sometimes leads to not the best of treatments.
Melchor and Jarrett said some misconceptions about being a witch are that they are evil.
“Or that we throw curses around, and that’s not at all what we are,” Melchor said. “We pretty much just work for ourselves. You won’t see a witch like outwardly doing bad things for everyone.”
Jarrett recommended starting with solitary witchcraft, meaning working on your own. She said she provides a safe space in her store where people can come in and learn from their mistakes.
“The Witch’s Nest” offers cleansings, spell work, psychic and tarot readings, and tools, such as books, oils, crystals and herbs.
