Tips & Tricks to Survive the Broom Closet: Those who hide their true magickal identities from friends & family are known as dwellers in "the broom closet". Many who work with magick and witchcraft feel the need to constantly hide their practices, of...
So I'm going to be demonstrating my most successful hiding spots for my magickal items, and I'll also suggest a few that I haven't tried. These aren't listed in any particular order.
Firstly, the obvious one; the closet
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Okay so if you have a wardrobe/closet a bit like the one pictured above you can see how it's super easy to hide stuff in there. Personally I've hidden a homemade broom and a wand at the back of my closet for the best part of a year without anyone finding it. It's better if they are packed full of clothes, especially trousers/pants and long dresses.
Pros: easy access to your hidden items, quick to hide them. Overall a good solution that should work most of the time but be wary of others who might use the closet.
Cons: not 100% foolproof. Risky if other people use it to put clothes away, or if it needs cleaning out.
Bottom draw of a cabinet
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This is a pretty safe hiding spot and most of the time does not affect the draw's ability to close fully as most cabinets have a little section underneath the bottom draw that is big enough to hide items in (demonstrated in picture above). I've hidden items for a number of years with this method.
Pros: very effective, very low chance of someone finding your stuff.
Cons: hard to access especially if you have big arms (as you can see in the picture my wrist is getting pretty crushed). You can sometimes lose items if they are small or if the draw is tall. Best to be used on cabinets with shallow draws. Best for items that you don't use very often.
Note: You might be lucky enough to have a set of drawers that have removable draws, I think this is common in self-assembled ones. If this is the case, the only drawback would be the risk of someone removing the draw and revealing your stuff.
Behind books on a bookshelf
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