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Hello miz Bree. I'm in need of a spell or curse. Either one would be fine. My
mother is my biggest bully. Yesterday she told me that "if you don't make
the correct decision, I will make it for you." in terms of who I voted for. She
is constantly calling me a screw-up in front of my sister, dogging me about
my sexuality, belittling me because of who I choose to be friends with, etc.
Is there a curse that would make her realize the weight of her bullshit and
have to bear it?
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HOW TO BREAK A CURSE
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"He had it coming all along. If you had been there, if you had seen it? How
could you tell me that I was wrong?": A Curse to Completely Destroy
Someone
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The White Thread: the Knave of Swords
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Sigil Work
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I went through some of your links and i saw some of your sigils, however,
I've ne'er use sigils, so i have no idea how they are used, can you explain
what they are and how they are used?
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Witch of Dionysus and Persephone Answer:
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Can you write a spell for writers block/to make somebody write well, the
gift of writing?
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*A Simple Attraction Spell
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Anonymous asked: Do you know of a curse to make two people fight and
clash?
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"Is there a curse to make someone get angry in general? Like maybe a
curse jar and once you shake it symbolizes/triggers that person getting to
be enraged."
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a simple love curse
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Anonymous asked: I'm in need for a curse that will stop someone from
entering the psychologist proffession, as the person would do some serious
harm to others if they did. Thank you for your time.
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Anonymous asked: How do you gain abd apply energy to cast a curse? I
think that's what's keeping my curses from working :/ I'm a beginner
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storm witchs blizzard bitch curse
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Lift a Curse
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Curse Reversal
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Curse Removal
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Curse Breaking
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Curse Trapping
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Introduction
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Alarms
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Anonymous sent: do you have any suggestions for combining knot craft
and storm craft? i'm interested and connected to both but i don't know how
to combine them since i'm new to all of this haha.
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coille-dithean sent: Hi lovelie, I was wondering if I could incorporate
stormcraft into my personal craft and what would be good things to read to
get me started?
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reckless-violence sent: how do i write & create spells?
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Anonymous sent: I'm just beginning witchcraft, I'm not sure if there's
anything I need to know before casting my first spell. Someone said I have
to be aware of the dangers or something of the spell I cast, but spells don't
come with disclaimers telling me how much I'll have to give back for
casting said spell or what could happen, so how do you know?
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a dream is a wish over the rainbow protection bottle
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protection methods
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GROUNDING
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THE JAR
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THE BREW
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curse basics
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traveling tips
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Anonymous sent: Hi, I'm sorry, I saw you explaining how to go into a
trance, and I know some of my friends do it, but what exactly is the
purpose?
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how to make a fae box
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Anonymous sent: Celestial Fae anon again. I was more curious on what you
know about their culture. How did you get involved with them?
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lksnow sent: I assure you, I tried my absolute best to not have to use ask,
but dragon magick sparked my interest and I was wondering if you'd be
willing to enlighten me on the subject. Regardless of if you can/will help, I
thank you for your time.
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storm sorceress how to make a dragon box
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Anonymous sent: can you choose how youre dragon will look
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Anonymous sent: like you said with sea dragons and forest dragons, what
are the different types of dragons?
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Anonymous sent: Hello! Are there any ways/spells to contact
mermaids/mermaid spirits?
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spirit festivals
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Anonymous asked: Um are there any spells you know to cause chaos in a
group of people? For example, to make a party get out of hand?
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by Winter Raven.
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Mas as formigas no comem po, elas levam o po para uma cmara onde
o po servir de alimento para um tipo de fungo que ser alimento delas
quando ele crescer. Melhor dar o po para passarinhos ento, n? '-'
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Em que circunstncias a magia do formigueiro seria til?
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Naelyan, minha mae ta umas bolhas na lingua e j foi para uns 8 mdicos e
no melhora ela est ficando mto mal pq no somem e eles s dizem q
estresse, se eu enviar os dados dela voce envia cura para ela?Obrigado! Eu
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Posso usar magia com o formigueiro para emagrecer? lol
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Vi uma resposta sua no ask que vc falava das maldies que tinha jogado
nas pessoas.. inclusive uma que eu morro de vontade de fazer (que de
deixar um cara impotente) mas isso no faz mal pra gente? Usar magia pra
prejudicar uma pessoa no traz consequncias?
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Naelyan eu vi aqui no seu adk muitas maldioes legais q vc fez, mas e a lei
trplice? Ela nao voltou nao? Vc fez maldio e nao teve dano? '-'
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Um "amigo" meu me roubou, e no posso envolver a policia nisso, ele me
viu precisando daquele objeto e ainda ficava rindo, fui descobrir hoje, o que
eu posso fazer ? Acha q uma maldiao seria justo ? Qual ? Ou entao como
fao para que aquilo volte para ele ?
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Posso trabalhar magicamente com o 'cubo mgico'? Para que e como?
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What are some protection wards you put up? I'd love some advice on this. I
can't seem to find the right things!
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so I want to do one of the curses you've posted, but I'm not really sure
how to set up my space to protect myself. I've heard something about
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Have any simple, easy protections that can be set up quickly around the
self every morning?
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changes to you struttin down the hallway with your hair slicked back
wearin shades yo)
Pick up the fruit and hold it. Imagine it contains the energies of that
quality that you want them to steal from the target. Theyre swirling around
in there, but they cant get out yet.
Step 4: Pick up the knife and STAB THE FRUIT between where you
wrote their name and where you wrote the quality or as close to that as
you can get. Just stab it. Thats the main part.
Say the following:
Let (Targets name)s (thing you want to steal) now be mine,
Let its power flow through me.
They no longer have (thing you want to steal).
I possess it, and soon everyone will see.
Step 5: Imagine all the energies of the quality you wanted to steal
rushing out, through the knife, and into you. Now, again, imagine yourself
with that quality. They dont possess it anymore, its you that is now super
cool.
Step 6: Throw away the fruitor eat it. Whatever. It has to be you
that eats it, though.
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This a spell for success, but a sort of ruthless form of success that
gets all obstacles/competition out of your way.
Youll need to be familiar with the tune of the song to do some things
here, so I suggest that you listen to it once or twice before you do this.
Items Needed:
1 small green bag/pouch (needs to be drawstring or at least
closeable)
Malachite (be careful with it, it can be toxic)
Green paper
Pen/pencil/marker
Basil, Cloves, other herbs for success
Step 1: Cut yourself a small square of the green paper and write
down what you want to be successful with. Be very detailed. Describe how
you want to get past your obstacles in order to get to the top.
When youre done, read it out loud a couple times. Close your eyes
and imagine what youve written down coming true. Now, imagine the
energy from that vision of success flowing into the paper and energizing it,
giving your wish an extra boost.
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Step 2: Put the paper to the side. Get your stones and herbs and put
them close by, as well as the bag. Youll need to go quickly if youre going
along with the song, as it moves kind of fast.
Step 3: As youre putting the stone in the bag, sing the following to
the tune of the song (you can play the song and sing along if you want, or
just go from memory, it doesnt matter):
Well, theres a principle of nature
That almost every creature knows.
Called survival of the fittest
And check it this is how it goes.
The animal that eats gotta scratch and fight and claw and bite and
punch.
And the animal that doesnt, well the animal that doesnt winds up
someone elses lunch.
As youre doing this and the next two steps, imagine the energy of
your words going into the bag and boosting your goal, helping your wish of
success to come true. If you cant do that and sing at the same time, just
do it after the singing parts are over.
Step 4: Now, as you sprinkle the herbs in, sing this:
Theres a principle in business
That everybody knows is sound.
It says the people with the money
Make this ever-loving world go round
So Im biggering my company, Im biggering my factory, Im
biggering my corporate sign.
Everybody out there, take care of yours and me? Ill take care. of.
Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.
Step 5: Now, fold the paper up so it can fit into the bag. As you place
it in the bag, sing this:
All the customers are buying.
And the moneys multiplying.
And the PR people are lying.
And the lawyers are denying.
Who cares if a few trees are dying?
This is all so gratifying.
(Skip the crossed out line because it doesnt fit in with the feel of the
spell, unless youre making thneeds.)
Step 6: As you close the bag and tie it, say: "How bad can this
possibly be?"
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Step 7: Keep the bag with you when youre doing something that has
to do with your goal. If its about work, keep it at your workplace. If its
about school, keep it in your backpack. If its about business/money, keep
it in your purse or wallet. Just do whatever. Its best if no one else
sees/touches it. When your wish has come true, you can keep the bag or
move it to a different place thats out of the way.
Fires light
now take flight.
Concentrate hard with the center candle when the time is right, you
should take each corner candle and add its flame to the center candle to
ignite it. You should blow out each of the corner candles after using it to
contribute to the center candle.
Once this is done, you will now hold the center candle high above
your head and state its purpose:
Protect this home!
It is known
From evil that roam!
It is known
Take the candle to each room to fill it with its light, when that is done
you will place it on the table again and leave it to burn throughout the night
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lighter could lead to you getting food poisoning and dropping ten
pounds, not so fun)
These rules arent so hard and fast for spell writing as they
are for sigils however. Play around with these guidelines and find
what works for you! I prefer working more abstractly, working
with the natural flow of events instead of shaping them overly
much. If you work with a deity phrasing it as a request instead of
an absolute may work a bit better.
For our purposes lets say our objective is to attract a lover.
Now, we dont have anyone specific in mind, we simply want to
open up the channels that can allow love into our lives. The
objective could be phrased a number of ways, I am open to love
and draw healthy relationships to my life would work, as would
Love enters my life freely.
Next its time to figure up what kind of spell youd like to
use. This is largely going to depend on what materials you have
available to you and what kind of magic youre comfortable
working with. If you cant cook you probably dont want to be
making food-based spells and if you dont have jars that jar curse
probably isnt getting far. This is a fun place to get creative
though. Have you ever wondered if you could use something in a
spell? Now is the time to try it! (In all likelihood the answer is
yes)
Our love spell could be done any number of ways, for
example you could use:
A love attracting knot bracelet
A candle spell
A charged object that you keep near your bed
A leaf spell
You could bake magic food that you give to others (not to
make them fall in love with you but simply to put your willingness
to accept love into the universe via their energies)
Some combination of techniques
These are just the tiniest glimpse of the ways you could do
this one spell but Im sure you guys get the idea :)
From this point its all tweaking, you have your bases
covered, you just need to assemble the pieces. This includes your
standards like any kind of circle that you cast for working,
calling deities and other entities, invoking elements, etc. This
would also be a good time to figure out if you like working with
words. Most of my spells are wordless but I know there are many
witches who like to supplement their power with incantations,
rhymes and sometimes songs or chants. Writing these yourself is
an excellent way to just funnel that much more energy into your
spell.
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If you try a new spell that youve written and it doesnt work,
tweak it and try it again. Writing spells is like any kind of creative
process, youre likely to find a dozen methods that dont work for
you before you find even one that does.
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cursing stones
Charging a stone with malevolence is an ancient Celtic method of
delivering a curse. Charge the stone by holding it in your hands while
allowing yourself to be engulfed by feelings of rage, jealousy, anger, or
hatred. The stone will store your this emotion. When charging is complete,
terminate the process by setting the stone down and consciously changing
your train of thought. Reserve the stone for future use.
Should one wish to curse someone or something, hold the stone
within your hands, stroking it, while turning it counter-clockwise and
murmuring curses.
The Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes
http://blog.hellboundwitch.com/post/24699262757/cursing-stones
Well, I first start out by thinking of a concept or the entire theme of the
grid. What is its purpose? What does it need to do?
I then think about the stones/objects that would best benefit the grid
I am doing.
Next, I think of a layout. How can I most effectively design my crystal
grid?
Then, I need to think about how I want it to work. Will it slowly draw
in power? Or will it be quickly? Will it draw the needed thing directly into
the grid? Or will it help spread it throughout my house?
How long will I have it set up?
Example
Alright, Ive decided I want the main theme of the crystal grid to be good
luck. I want it to gather as much as possible and to store it in the center of
the grid.
What stones, crystals, and objects should I use?
I make a list of stones that I associate with luck
green calcite
green jasper
jade
emerald
magnets
rose quartz
moon stone
quartz crystal
fluorite
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With the lists down, I can start designing the layout of the grid. I
want the design to help flow the energy to the center of the grid
So now, I will focus on the outer layer of the grid. I call this layer the
outer stones
I will place down the good luck stones. Green Calcite is the one Ive
decided to go with.
With the first layer done, I will focus on the second one. I call it the
aiding layer
This layer is focusing on attracting and drawing in the good luck. I will
be putting the magnets on this layer
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The next layer is called the Support layer. Its main purpose is to
focus on the center point of the grid.
Ive decided to use fluorite and quartz crystal, since they help focus
and draw things in naturally.
and the final layer, the Center point the main focus of the grid.
Ive decided that I would use a cup as the center point. It will help
store the good luck within.
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The designs of the circle can vary greatly from very simple to very
complex. Its all about what you want!
How do you make a magic circle?
There are a few different ways, but I prefer this method most of all. I keep
designing magic circles, and as I do so I keep the intention in my mind. I
wait until I feel a click, then I know that the design will work nicely. I then
place my hands upon the circle and put my energy and intent into it. I thus
activate it.
Other Methods
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use one shape or template to create a complex (or simple)
magic circle
What your purpose is. I mean what is really is. Not just I want to
curse someone but I want to make this person suffer as I suffered. I
want to take away their joy and happiness. I want them to feel small.
etc. Another example for those who dont curse is rather than thinking I
want a job detail your spells purpose as I want a long term job that
pays above X amount, where I can be happy, and will be good for my
injured back. Being specific helps narrow the field down and delivers the
spell more along the manner you want it to.
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Method of casting and delivery. This is true for adapting written
spells as well. What purpose does adding a candle serve? Do the
ingredients have a specific purpose or are they for the ritual and
atmosphere? (Theres nothing wrong with that but make sure you know
youre adding something just for ritual so if you share the spell others
know that the specific element is optional.) Is this a jar spell? Does it
need to be a jar spell? Can you swap it out for a charm bag or a bowl?
Can your spell be done with a knot magic instead? Your specific casting
methods should be kept in mind as well. For example,I dont do big
rituals. Matter of fact, I rarely do big set-up spells. I focus on folk magic
more than anything. Others like to cast their spells in large rituals,
invoking their gods and the elements. Some people dont believe in
casting curses or love spells. To each their own but keep that in mind
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when you write a spell. How you deliver a spell to a target is important
too. Is having them touch or step on a powder important? Do you need
to be close? Or do you need to smash something on their front door? Is it
OK to do it from afar? Consider this.
Timing. By this I mean both cast under a full moon which some
people believe is important (I dont, but others do) and by timing your
spell to your specific need. Casting a weight loss spell a week before a
big event when you want to loose ten pounds not only isnt wise, but isnt
likely to work. The human body, under most conditions and with most
people, should only loose two pounds a week. Make sure you cast your
spell at the best optimal time to give it a chance to work. Some spells are
slow going, even if you dont want them to be.
Ingredients, invoking, and symbolism. This is going to vary
person to person. For example, my symbolism for turtles may not be
similar to others. It draws on my experiences with owning a land turtle
as well as living near large sea turtles and a culture that enjoys them. I
have lists of ingredients for certain spells but many of those ingredients
appear in other lists - cinnamon for example, is a common denominator
in both my love spells and money related spells, as well as others. Do
you need to invoke all the elements and deities or will one or two suit?
Do they need to be there at all? Is there an offering laid out for them in
the spell or do you need to include that separately? Is there something
for them to do or are they just observing?
Adapt and rewrite. I almost never cast a spell as written. Ill adapt
it to my particular situation and particular goal. Sometimes my
adaptation ends up spawning a new spell. Thats OK. But I recommend
practicing your spell writing by adapting spells as you see them. Do you
need all the lines in that spell? Cut out the ones invoking deities and so
mote it bes if you want to. Is this spell too fluffy for words? Change it
until it isnt. Dont work with Athena but the spells ingredients/offering is
tailored to her? Adapt it so you can work with your own deities in the
spell. Dont be afraid to rewrite one of your own spells because the
casting of it didnt feel write. You might have wrote an amazing verbal
chant but it felt awkward and stuttering when you spoke it out loud. Make
a note and add an adapted version so you have both available to you.
Sources. You can draw from all sorts of sources for your spells. I
routinely flip through the fluffy books for spells I can take and adapt.
That video game summoning that you thought was awesome? Yup, that
can be a spell. Ive lifted spells straight from childrens books (while citing
the source in my grimoire), and Ive created different versions of the
same spell base on Doctor Who. Ive worked song lyrics into spells as a
chant. Where you get your spells might not matter to some and might
matter a whole lot to others. It wont hurt, as an experiment, to look at
media or fluffy books to find a great spell.
Hope, Confidence, Courage, and Bravery. This is less about
confidence in the spell and more about confidence that you can change
your situation for the better. I also lump bravery and courage under here
too because it takes a lot to say no, Ive had enough. Im going to
change my future. Im going to do whats best for me and my own. If
youre looking to do a spell, then youve already mentally made that
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Here is an example - I made this spell bottle for a friend, who needed a bit
of help meeting new friends. After I put in the regular spell ingredients, I
sealed it with a braid-pattern friendship bracelet. Using red for courage,
orange for motivation, and yellow for communication, I visualized each part
working and weaving together to bring my friend that little push he needed
to meet new people.
You can get very complex with just using string and cords, especially if you
do friendship bracelets or macrame. Look for a pattern that flows with your
goal. Are you trying to ward something? Find or create a pattern that
features symbols that you associate with warding. I would make something
like this:
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(image source)
Maybe youre planning a trip to the casino and you want a good luck charm.
Take something you associate with success or lucky and incorporate it
into something wearable. Personally, I would attach a small bell to
whatever jewelry I make for the luck part, not unlike these:
(image source)
Now, if you want to get even more intricate with your spellwork, you can
start using beads made from stones and crystals that have meaning for
you. A common and simple charm to attract love would be to wear a string
of rose quartz beads. Add in knotwork to bind it all together with a string
color that represents what youre trying to attract. Heres an example of of
a shamballa style bracelet, made with rose quartz and pink cord that could
be charged with the intent of attracting love:
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It can break. Broken glass can eventually make its way to the
surface and that barbeque youre having and turn into a trip to the
hospital. This is especially dangerous if the glass was coated or holding
with poisons, rust, metal, or other harmful materials.
Finding the jar again. Lets say you want to undo a spell. Or you
just need to find the damn jar after you buried it. If you didnt mark it,
youre going to be playing the guessing game on locating it in the earth.
Too many jars makes for a full garden. Think about it. Bury six
jars in small space then try to plant a garden over it. You can do it,
absolutely, but thats a lot of earth being taken up for a spell.
Youre burying a perfectly good glass jar. I hate using glass jars
for spells. I prefer to use and reuse glass jars until I cant any more. By
cant I mean they shatter, are given away, hold poisons, or contain a
smell that cant be dispersed.
It isnt your land. (Maybe) Youre renting? Live in an apartment?
On campus? Maybe you shouldnt be burying shit in places you dont own
a deed to.
Someone else could dig it up and find it. And how much would
your plan suck then?
Glass doesnt decompose. Technically called devitrification (if I
remember correctly) only some glass actually breaks down. In this
process, the glass crystallizes as typically seen in art glass, crazing,
warping, etc will occur before the glass actually becomes so fragile it will
break. This occurs over long periods of time. Some types of glass can be
broken down with chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid. But most glass we
use, such as silicates, dont break down naturally.
Does it need to be buried? Does it really? Are you sure? There isnt
some other way to solve the problem?
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Is this a short term spell? Maybe burying it in a potted plant is
better.
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Does it need to be liquid? You can soak herbs in vinegar, hot
sauce, protection oils, water, etc. without needing to fill a jar. It might
even be easier to soak said herbs then leave them for the spells target to
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Simple poppet
Small jar
Black candle - targets name carved into it
White candle
Permanent marker - for a lasting effect
Loose incense and charcoal to burn it on
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"An odd, sudden urge now compelled him to bring his fingertips to his
ear - to listen. And what he heard astounded him. Tiny screaming voices!
His Dreamsand was being turned into nightmare sand - each grain of
blackening sand now held a nightmare!" - The Sandman and the War of
Dreams
This curse is best done at night, but whatever.
Items needed:
1 black candle
1 piece of paper
Step 1: Light the black candle. Get your pencil and paper. Place them
in front of you. Close your eyes and think about the target of the curse and
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"He had it coming all along. If you had been there, if you had seen it? How
could you tell me that I was wrong?": A Curse to Completely Destroy
Someone
Isnt this nice? I ask for a spell and get an outright curse. Well, this is
what the Grimoire has said. A note: I am neither promoting nor
condemning the use of curses, I am just reporting a spell. Whether you use
curses or not is entirely up to you.
You will need:
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Red material
Black thread
A blade (a knife or other such object; a sharp one)
Complete and utter certainty
A note: this curse wont start off a persons destruction. They must
already have self-destructive behaviours or thoughts beforehand. This will
finish that.
Take the red material and go through your poppet creation process find things that will connect it to your target (e.g. nail clippings, their blood,
a photo, their name) and perhaps things that are unpleasant (e.g. sharp
things, spicy or bitter things), place this inside the red material while
imbuing it with the knowledge that this is a direct link to your target, sew it
up with the black thread. Embroider things onto the red material with the
black thread - symbols, sigils, words, images.
Get your blade and call to mind why you and completely, utterly, and
entirely convinced this person deserves to have everything about
themselves destroyed - their self-esteem, their sense of who they are, any
prior thought patterns about themselves, their self-worth.
You must have no doubt. If there is any doubt or questioning in your
mind as to whether the target truly deserves these things,do not do the
spell. One, it most likely wont work if that doubt is there; two, no one
wants the sort of what have I done? guilt.
Stab the poppet ten times.
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Now make the poppet look pretty and attractive. Or, just surround the
completed poppet in more attractive material - perhaps gold and blue.
Make it look like a charm rather than a curse. Hide it in something that you
give to the target, or just give it to the target directly if you are confident in
your deceptive abilities.
The curse is now complete. If, later, you decide that you want to stop
it? Acquire and destroy the poppet. However, bear in mind inertia - once its
started, it will be extremely difficult to stop this sort of destruction.
Below the cut is the rationale behind this spell - the cards I drew and
my initial thoughts:
The Knot of Wyrd: the 10 of Swords
There is a cat in a red cape with ten swords stabbed into
its back. It is lying with its face towards the viewer. This is a curse. It will
cause the break down and eradication of all the targets previously held
self-concepts, a metaphorical death, stealing away all what they once held
to be true about themselves. This could be used in benefit, if someone or
yourself is stuck in old ideas and rutted in old behaviours and needs a
drastic and major change in order to pull out of it. Or you could use it to
seriously mess up someones life, in the ending draining all their motivation
to struggle.
You will need a piece of red cloth, maybe stained with
blood if you are that type, made into a poppet of the target. Or a doll, if
you cant make a poppet yourself.
The White Thread: the Knave of Swords
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Materials:
Small piece of paper & writing implement
Salt & pepper
White candle
Wax paper
Fireproof surface
Write the persons name on the paper (their full name, if you know
it), then cross it out with lines or Xs. You can also write over it with a sigil,
if you prefer. (See simple sigil tutorial and example of simple sigil here.)
Sprinkle a little tiny bit of salt and pepper onto the paper and roll or
fold it up tightly. Secure it with a small amount of tape, if necessary, so
that nothing spills out.
Put the wax paper down on the fireproof surface and place the bundle
on it. Light the candle and slowly drip the wax onto the bundle, saying
whatever words you feel will keep this person from harming you.
Heres a charm Ive used in the past:
Lock the door and hide the key
You have no power over me
By the power of this charm
You cannot do me any harm
Flip the bundle and make sure you cover the bottom too. Once the
bundle is completely encased in wax, tuck it away somewhere secret where
it wont be disturbed, but it wont be accidentally moved or thrown away
either. I keep mine in a box in my sock drawer.
Should the target leave your life forever, or if you ever decide to
break the charm for any reason, simply burn the paper bundle and bury the
ashes or cast them into running water.
http://breelandwalker.tumblr.com/post/70854576212/psychicparasite-pesticide-paper-charm
Sigil Work
indigovagabond asked:
I fell completely in love with your You Shall Not Pass sigil. Ive been
interested in sigil-work for a while, and would love to know if you have any
tips regarding making your own as well as pursuing that type of work?
Im a novice at sigil work myself. The You Shall Not Pass was my
first and it took me a page full of tries before I found an arrangement that
seemed right.
The format I used was actually one I saw on tumblr a while back (and
if the site wasnt running like an inebriated tortoise, Id find it to link to
*gnaws things*). It involves taking a simple word or short phrase, cutting
out the vowels and duplicate consonants, and then rearranging the letters
into a symbol for magical workings.
Thats pretty much what I did with mine.
YOU SHALL NOT PASS
YSHLNTP
And then I made a symbol from the letters.
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Its worth noting that as I put the sigil on the mirror, I did recite the
phrase as I drew it, and I put the letters down in the order they appear
above, then sealed the whole thing with salt and peppermint oil.
Ive done a couple more sigils since then, one for a successful
business venture and one to halt wagging tongues, which was constructed
from the phrase Shut up, bitch. I may post them later on, along with the
extra stuff I do when applying and activating them, if all goes well.
The best thing Ive found about sigils is they can pretty much look
however you want them to. Its your symbol, you can tweak it until it feels
right.
(And if anyone finds the post I referred to above, please let me know
whose it was so I can give them proper credit!)
Sealing Charm
Grab some consecrated water (or go dry, if youd rather) and trace a
symbol (or just your initials perhaps) onto your bedroom door or any item
you particularly want to be left alone.
With this symbol, I do lay
Protection here both night and day
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http://landwalkerwitchery.yolasite.com/sealing-charm.php
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Blood Add a few drops of blood to the sigil, and the blood itself
charges the sigil.
Pain Meditate on the sigil, and break your meditation, while looking
at the sigil, by inflecting some sort of pain. Usually this can be something
like stabbing your finger with a needle, biting your lip, ect
Sex Focus on the sigil while engaging in either sex or masturbation,
and the energy from the orgasm will charge the sigil.
Intense Emotion Charge your sigil while experiencing intense
emotion such as anger, sorrow, love, ect If youre an empath you can
even channel another persons emotions to do this.
Mirror Boxes Set your sigil inside a mirror box, where the energy
inside will continue to move, adding to the charge every time it passes over
the sigil.
Death Charge sigils on/by graves, with grave dirt, or something
symbolic of death.
Birth Charge sigils with the intense pain and emotion related to birth,
or with anything from/related to birth.
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pepper-great for those spreading lies and talking general shit. The
hotter the pepper (vegetable or spice) the more intense the curse.
salt-to repel someone from reentering your life and home.
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Method:
On the photograph of the target, write their across their face
backwards. Also write your intent across them.. something that gets
straight to the point such as shut your fucking mouth is good enough.
Take your cow tongue and create one big slit down the middle with
your knife. Roll up the photo and stuff it into the slit on the tongue. Seal up
the slit with your blank pins. Make smaller slits everywhere on the tongue
and stuff in your cloves.
Create a small fire in your cauldron or fire-proof dish (this part is best
performed outside). Once you have a good fire going, throw in some more
cloves and hold the tongue over the fire to roast with your tongs - you may
want to use those really long barbecue tongs for this.
While youre holding the tongue up and its roasting and smoking,
visualise pain and burning to the mouth and tongue if they ever try to
slander or bully you again.
When ready, throw the tongue into the fire and watch it burn.
Visualise their shitty behaviour diminish.
Scatter the ashes however you wish, or throw it out with the trash
http://oldmotherredcap.tumblr.com/tagged/gossip
h3rosu asked:
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4.
sigil for love, its not a sigil for general, over-all, generic love. Its a sigil
for (i.e.) I am happily married and in love with my spouse. Also, if you
set defensive sigils on your house, they are more of alarms than
anything else, and each one would have to be reset after they were
triggered.
Summery:
A sigil gives you a physical object to focus on
A sigil needs charging to be anything more than a drawing
A sigil is easy to make, and charge
A sigil isnt very powerful, and has a very limited scope of use
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Then, turn it a bit more so it looks more like an upright x from your
perspective instead of a t. (Xs just look more witchy.)
Step 2: Take the candle and drip wax onto what youve just written
(be careful!). Do this until you cant see the writing anymore.
As you do this, say the following as many times as you wish:
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and not. To protect from damage to it or myself from other's mistakes and
to stop my own mistakes from doing the same. Please and Thank you!
anonymous
Items needed:
Rosemary, Bay leaf, Basil
Copper things (small enough to fit into the bottle, can be pennies)
Water
Bottle
Pen/markers and paper
1) Mix the herbs together and put them into the bottle. Heat the
water and pour it over them. Fill the bottle near to the top, but not all the
way. Imagine the protective energies from the herbs being boosted by the
water and growing in power.
2) Pop the copper things into the bottle. Imagine the protective
energies from them combining with the others and strengthening the spell.
3) On the paper, write down how you wish to be protected. It can be
a simple statement or a detailed wish. Whatever floats your boat. When
youre done, roll it up and put it into the bottle as well. Imagine the
energies already in the bottle reading your wish and empowering it.
4) Say the following:
Grant me protection while driving,
Grant my car protection even while alone.
Let me make no mistakes with dire consequences,
Let others make no mistakes that will affect me.
5) Imagine the energies from the spell surrounding you and your car,
granting protection. See yourself being protected by these energies and not
making any bad mistakes and such. Just imagine the spell working.
6) Seal the bottle. Let it sit for a few days. Then, later, you can open
it (IF YOU WANT) and use the water to anoint your steering wheel, mirrors,
windshield, whatever you want. Make sure to seal it again after.
1) Put the pen and the paper in front of you. Close your eyes and
clear your mind.
2) Pick up the pen. On the paper, write down everything you think of.
It doesnt have to be sentences. It can just be words, and they dont have
to make sense. Just write and do not hesitate. If you forget a word you
were going to write, leave it unfinished and move on. Just constantly write.
3) After youve filled up as much of the paper as you want (it should
be most or all of it), take the paper and roll it up. Get a bowl and fill it with
a very little bit of water (not more than 1/2 of a cup, but more than a
tablespoon).
4) Submerge the paper into the water. Make sure it all gets soaked.
As you do this, say the following as many times as you would like:
As my thoughts flowed freely while I wrote these words,
So shall my thoughts flow, unblocked, as I write my works.
Let my mind go free, let my imagination be as effective as a childs.
Do not hold me back, let my efficiency go wild.
5) Imagine yourself being able to write without writers block. See
yourself filled with inspiration. Imagine the spells energies helping you be
the best you can be.
6) Let the paper soak in the water for a while. When you feel happy
with how long its sat, take the paper out and wash the item you chose with
(only) the water. This object can be the pen youll write with, a piece of
jewelry youll wear while writing, your keyboard (you may just want to put
the water on a cloth and lightly clean the keyboard with it if you choose
this), etc. Just whatever you want.
7) Keep the item with you as you write.
you. By the power of ________, you are now ________. I name you
_______.
Step One - Using your parchment and ink, make a list of every
person in the group you wish to curse.
Step Two - Recite, I curse this list of names and cast your spit onto
the page.
Step Three - Set the list in the fire and recite:
Spirit of fire, I ask your favor as I curse the names upon this list. Let
my curse infect every part of their lives. Let their group be disbanded and
weakened. Let them feel fear in their hearts. Let them feel doubt. Let this
curse spread like flame through the trees, but not be budged or returned to
me. This is my request. I ask this favor in exchange for my devotion and
gratitude. I will always respect the fire.
Step Four - If there are any ashes, let them cool and rub them on
your hands, then walk to the place associated with the group and touch the
door.
same belief, any dirt that has been taken from the site of any recent
confrontation would work.
**Something spicy to add a little kick or spark to it, adding wood the
fire so to speak. Just in case anyone was unsure.
http://versesofcurses.tumblr.com
Anonymous asked: Is there a curse to make someone get angry in
general? Like maybe a curse jar and once you shake it symbolizes/triggers
that person getting to be enraged.
theenchantinglittleredsadist-de:
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Write their name on the paper (or on the back of the photo) and roll
it up. Tie it up tightly with the string along with anything else that feels
right. (for example, I tied it up with some rose petals from flowers given to
me by the person) Make sure to wrap it up really well with the string, as if
binding them to their fate.
Concentrate all your anger and pain and feel it envelop the paper.
Dont hold back. Scream and cry if you must. Take the pins, one at a time,
and push them into the paper, imagining them burning fiery hot through
the victim. The more pins, the more pain.
"[Name] is not free of the pain and anguish until no pins remain.
Keep this paper in a safe place that is out of reach from anyone.
Remove the pins, one by one, as seldom or often as you please. Discard
these pins immediately, its not really smart to re-use them. Once all of the
pins are out, the paper should be burnt, buried, or otherwise properly
disposed.
Process:
- Prop up the mirror so that it sits at an angle. You dont want things
to be able to slide off of it.
- Scatter the snow over the mirror in a thin coating that leaves the
mirror revealed just beneath. If you can no longer see a reflection, you
have used too much snow.
- Shine the flashlight or light the candle to reflect in the mirror. Avoid
looking at the reflection and say:
Like sun glaring on the snow, reflecting into eyes,
This lense bounces light, their sight now fries.
Cold, white, and harsh, obscuring in spots,
Until they cannot handle, having been forced to stop.
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Okay, this curse isnt perfect but I like the way its turned out.
Lift a Curse
Items needed:
12 white candles
1 black or dark purple candle
1 cup sea salt
1 tbsp lavender
1 tbsp white sage
1 tbsp chamomile
Perform this spell on the night after a full moon for the best results.
On your altar (or in the bathroom), place the 12 white candles in a circle.
Place the black or dark purple candle in the middle. Do not light them, yet.
Run a hot bath, and add the salt and the herbs. As you smell the
scent of the herbs, light the candles and get in the bath. Get comfortable
and say,
By the light of moons wane
Cleanse my soul of this stain
Let the ill spell be reversed
Lift away this dark curse
As I enter sacred space
Return my spirit to grace
Pour some of the bathwater over your head (keep your eyes closed).
Do this three times, and say the following each time:
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day. So, here it is. Where I will discuss different methods to remove,
reverse, and break curses that youve cast or that have been cast on you.
A Few Methods of Curse-Removal
Reversal - The act of sending a curse back to the person who cast it.
This is not (I repeat, is not) the method you want if youre the person who
cast the curse.
Removal - Simply removing a curse from a person. This can be done
by the caster, the target, or by a third party.
Breaking - Satisfying the demands made by the curse-caster in order
to have a curse removedor actually destroying the curse and all of the
negative energy from it.
Trapping - Putting a curse into an object or living thing and removing
it from yourself.
A Note Before You Begin
Some curses are written so that they cannot be removed or reversed.
If youre looking for a curse that you will want to remove later, make sure
you can find a removal (or write one) before you begin. Alternatively, if
youre the target of a curse that you cant seem to shake, try to find out
what the targets demands are and meet them. If thats out of the
question, trapping may be your best option.
Curse Reversal
Say youve been the target of a curse and you want to get even. A
curse reversal might be just what youre looking for. There are lots of ways
to reverse a curse. Some are written to send the curse back to that person
in a multiplied formmost popularly 3-fold or 10-fold. You can write your
own reversal in any way that meets your needs.The following is a simple,
quick method of reversing a curse.
Clean up any salt lines and take down any barriers that would prevent
a curse from leaving your home.
Acquire a cheap hand mirror (one that you wouldnt mind losing).
Breathe onto it. As you fog up the mirror, imagine youre breathing out all
of the cursed energy youve been carrying around.
Place the mirror on a window (facing your targets home, if possible)
with the reflective side facing outward. Leave it there overnight to reflect
the persons curse back on them.
In the morning, remove the mirror from your window and throw it
out. If you can, place a black candle in each window (you can do this one
window at a time so that no candles are left burning alone) to protect the
house and banish any leftover nasty energy.
Physically clean the house, cleanse, and redo any protections you
need to.
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Curse Removal
Reader, were about to have one of those moments in which you read
my writing and then give me a weird lookbut here me out. Curse removal
is the act of ritually removing a curse. In my family, we do this with dirt.
Go outside and collect some dirt. (Preferably, loose dry dirt.)
Bring it into the house and and sprinkle it over the floors. (You can
mix it with a curse removing floor-sweep if you like.)
Take some in your hands and rub them together (as if your were
washing your hands). Say something along the lines of, Soil and mud and
earth and dirt, remove the curse thats caused me hurt.
Wash your hands and sweep the floor, sweeping the dirt out the door
if possible.
**Even though it sounds crazy, we use dirt because of its negativitysucking, neutralizing properties. Obviously, you could replace the dirt with
anything else you felt these properties in.
Curse Breaking
Curse-breaking is a removal method that only works if the curse
caster has tied a demand to the curse. For example, a curse broken by true
loves kiss. Or one that goes away when you return the Khals books to her.
And, in order to break a curse, you have to know what the persons
demands are.
The best way to find this out is with divination. Scrying, Tarot, etc are
all good tools to understand what a person wants to get out of their curse.
If you trust the person, you can just do what is required and get ready to
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be curse free. If you dont, you may want to write a spoken spell to go with
your action. Something like, As I meet [full names] demands, take this
curse off of my hands. should work.
Curse Trapping
Similar to the scapecoat concept I talked about in part two, trapping
a curse is simply directing a curse into another thing to remove it from
yourself. I like to direct curses into earthen-clay figures and bury them
away from my home.
Introduction
With all this talk of curses (and some actual curses) being hurled
around tumblr, it seemed fitting that my next post ought to be about
curses. Unfortunately, I figured out while writing my intro to these posts,
curses are a very big subject. And theyre gonna need a lot of posts.
So, the next three or four posts are going to be about curses
fending off, casting, and removing. If you dont believe in casting curses,
thats fine. Theres still stuff to be learned in here. And, if you still have
questions after this series is done, my inbox is always open.
Alarms
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This is a thing that I talk about a lot, but never explain. Basically,
setting up an alarm is setting up a signal to alert you to a specific thing.
Curses can be that thing if you like.
There are lots of ways to set up an alarm, but Im just going to go
over my go-to way. You can use an object like a bell or a stone or
something. Or you can just make it up. For this example, well just use a
bell.
Ring the bell to become familiar with the sound. Keep ringing it until
youre able to mentally recreate it after the ringing has stopped. This could
be on the first ring or the thirteenth.
If youre working on an alarm for curses, you can add a little spoken
spell, like:
"When a curse is coming near, let a bell ring in my ear."
or
"Let this sound be my alarm, when magic seeks to bring me harm."
OR, if youre not into rhymes
"I want to hear this sound in the event that someone tries to curse
me."
This can be really handy, because you may be able to get rid of the
curse before it takes effect.
Creating a Scapegoat
Creating a scapegoat is super easy to do. I have to make a lot of
them, because they break/go missing/etc whenever they absorb a curse;
but its better than absorbing it myself.
There is a little figurine on my property that is made to absorb any
curses that come my way. Hes made of clay, and I didnt actually do a
spoken spell to make him. But I made him with the intent of attracting
curses away from me, gave him a little bit of my energy as sort of a target,
and put him in a circle of magnets for a few days before setting him to
work.
They dont require a whole lot of maintenance, apart from the
occasional offering. And, if you never get cursed you never have to make
another one.
Conclusion
None of the things I just mentioned will help you with curses already
placedbecause my friends and I have been cursing a lot lately, so why
would I tell you how to get rid of that?but it will help with curses to come.
To Counter a Curse
phoenix-fire-witchcraft:
Take a small narrow necked vessel, be it of glass or pottery, and place
within it the hair and nail pairings of the one to be protected to provide a
decoy for the curse, the red Witch Powder to destroy the evil influence, a
tangle of sewing threads to trap and confuse evil spirits, nine bent pins and
three large blackthorn spines to ever prick a d stab at the originator of the
cute. Close the vessel with a cork and seal it with wax. The vessel may be
secured within a chimney, buried beneath the hearth, or else buried in a
churchyard path or crossroads.
-Gemma Gary, Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways page
136, second edition.
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You dont have to limit yourself to collecting the water in a jar, and
waiting for another day to use it. Keep it as simple or as advanced as you
wish. You can write down a project youd like to move along, and allow a
misty rain to wet it. Write all of your obstacles down on a chalkboard, wet a
paper towel in medium rain, and wash them away. Soak pictures of
memories you no longer want to keep.
Magical Uses:
A light in the dark
Sparking new ideas
Setting objects on fire, causing them to quickly progress
Ability to receive warning, or signal before a storm, or obstacle
Connecting earth and sky
Causing fear
The Calm
Before the storm, the skies darken, and an eerie, yet energizing silence fills
the environment. This is the element of spirit. Energy begins to increase,
and a pathway is opened for the other elements. Focus on your breathing.
Be mindful of the environment around you.
Rain
Tiny drops begin to touch your skin; then, build up into larger, sharp, liquid
spears. Water represents cleansing, the subconscious, and healing. Stand
in the rain to remove unwanted negative energies. Find a natural bowl of
rain water to scry with. Add rain water to a healing spell. Storm water, in
particular, can be used to cause a storm of events for someone or
something that has harmed you.
Lightning
Fierce, and occasionally deadly, lighting can bring good fortune, or bring
harm. It may be the sign youve been waiting for if youre growing a
garden. Watch it flicker across the sky in a guided meditation for increased
energy.
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Wind
Howling winds are packed with strength, and are capable of carrying many
items in their surroundings. Write notes on leaves to carry away negative
energy, or carry positive energy to someone in need.
The Collection
When the storm has passed, there are still remains left to be discovered.
After a heavy rain, there may be quite a bit of mud and fallen or misplaced
items.
~ Mud can be used as a natural healing method for cooling swollen areas
on the body, and for bee stings. It can also be used to build - sculptures
and sigils would be a great start. Lets not forget our feathered friends! A
mud-filled bird bath is a great offering for birds, who use mud to build their
nests.
~ Winds may leave fallen branches, and heavy rains may uncover items
that were buried in the ground. Look carefully! You may be able to find
some lovely stones, or even the perfect wand.
Many of our parents told us not to stand in the rain or play in the mud, but
Im telling you its a good thing. Take off your shoes and take a hike when
the rains come by, and let the mud sooth your crafty soul. Begin the storm
craft.
Magical Uses:
Meditation
Self-awareness
Exploring the subconscious
Clarity
Communication
Grounding
Promoting calmness
Neutralizing energy
Snow Water
Collect snow in a jar or dish and allow it to melt.
What does snow symbolize? Think about what snow symbolizes for you,
personally. It might remind you of joyous memories of past holidays. It
might also remind you of loved ones who have passed on. For me, it
symbolizes freezing, cleansing, peace, and beauty.
How can I use snow water? Ritual baths, spells, anointing, just about
anything you can think of! Add snow water to a ritual bath to promote inner
peace and beauty. Anoint a candle with snow water during a spell to
cleanse negative energy from your life and create even more joyous
memories.
Snow Sculptures
Snow people - Could be used similar to a poppet. If using herbs or crystals,
please do research to find out what is safe for the environment and
animals, and what is not! You could even use the snow person as a
protective tool! Build it with intentions to freeze negative energies sent
your way, and melt those energies back into the ground.
Snow animals - If you have an animal companion, this would be an
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excellent way to honor them. If you dont, you could choose animals to
sculpt based upon their symbolism.
Snow spirits - This would be a great way to honor deities and local spirits
too!
Snow Sigils
Need to create a sigil? Dont forget that you can write in the snow using
your footprints! Another option is to use food coloring and water mixed into
a ketchup bottle.
Snow Meditation
Speaking of footprints in the snow, I imagine you could create quite the
impressive labyrinth!
Watching falling snow can be used as a method of relaxation and focused
meditation. Allow your mind to drift with it as it falls.
Even if youre not a lover of the snow, Ive just given you a few
reasons to appreciate it a little more! :)
STORM SPREAD
Relax.
Decide if youre going to ask a specific question, or wish for a general
reading.
Ask your question, if you have one.
Gaze into the water, and allow images to appear.This may not happen
on your first, second, third, or even tenth try. Do not force them. Just keep
trying.
Keep a journal. Its helpful as far as progress, and determining what
certain images and symbols mean to you.
protection methods
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Nails
The wonderful thing about painting your nails is that there are so many
possibilities! Paint sigils in your first coat of polish, or in your clear top coat.
Paint animals or objects as designs on your nails. Cat eyes to stay quick
and on your feet about a situation, pumpkins for protection, candy to
sweeten others to you, the moon to appear mysterious. If fancy nail art
isnt your thing, you can just use color magic.
Common colors and a few of my associations:
Red - passion, lust, sexuality, warmth, fiery, strong foundation,
danger
Orange - energy, excitement, full of nutrients
Yellow - happiness, ideas, creativity, sour
Green - growth, healing, earth, money, luck
Blue - calmness, subconscious, emotions, communication, water
Purple - psychic energy, power, meditation
Pink - love, romance, flirtation, harmony
Grey - stormy skies, shadows
Brown - neutral, grounding, stability, dirt
Black - power, absorbing, hidden
White - power, reflecting
Perfume
Perfume associations can come just from the name of the perfume itself. A
perfume called Island Breeze might be associated with relaxation and
vacation. One called Royal might be associated with royalty and being
unstoppable. I enjoy natural scents, like lavender, which has calming
effects, and patchouli, which promotes love and money. For other herbal
scent associations, go here.
CLEANSING
Start by closing your eyes and picturing yourself sitting up against an
old, strong tree. Visualize sunlight shining down upon you. The sunlight
enters your body and small orbs of light begin to flow inside you. Feel the
light as it cleanses each part of your body from negative energy; your
head, your neck, your arms and hands, your back, your chest, your
stomach, your pelvis, your legs, and finally your feet. After the light
reaches your feet, visualize all of the negative energy in your body coming
out of your feet, and neutralizing itself as it travels deep into the earth.
Pause for a moment and take a deep breath. Recite:
I cleanse myself of all unnecessary and unwanted energies.
GROUNDING
Now visualize that you are growing your own roots from your tailbone
and grounding with the earth. Watch them travel deep into the earths core,
just as the old trees roots have traveled. See positive energy building up
as bright light inside the earths core. The positive energy begins to enter
your roots. It travels up to you, through your feet, your legs, your pelvis,
your stomach, your back, your chest, your hands and arms, your neck, and
finally your head. Take several deep breaths and open your eyes when you
feel ready. Recite:
I am grounded. I take in the energy my mind and body need in order
for me to enhance my psychic abilities.
THE JAR
Step 1: Fill the jar with clean water, and seal the lid tight.
Step 2: On the purple tissue paper, write the types of psychic abilities you
would like to enhance. Example: Intuitive, medium, clairvoyant, etc.
Step 3: Set the jar on the tissue paper, and pull the tissue paper up and
around to the top of the jar. Tie with ribbon. Be sure that light is able to
shine all the way through the jar and tissue paper.
Step 4: Leave the jar in sunlight for a day. Recite:
May the sunlight and colored paper enhance this water with the
psychic abilities I desire.
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THE BREW
Step 1: Remove the tissue paper from the jar, as if opening a gift.
Step 2: Remove the lid from the jar, and pour the water into your coffee
maker.
Step 3: Brew your coffee with the water. Add your desired amount of
cinnamon.
Step 4: Inhale the aroma of the coffee. Allow yourself to truly
experience the scent.
Step 5: Drink the coffee. Recite:
I have cleansed and opened my body and mind.
I have built up my energies.
I am strong in my psychic abilities, and will continue to grow.
curse basics
Curses can be for:
Harm
Misfortune
Punishment
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Justice
traveling tips
You do not need to travel to communicate with fae, spirits, or deity. I
repeat, you do not need to travel.
This is the astral. Know how to protect yourself, the people around
you, and your home before even thinking about traveling. Know how to
cleanse and exorcise all of those things as well. Dangerous shit can go
down, especially if you dont educate yourself. Spirits can haunt you. Spirits
can possess you. They can even kill your astral form.
If youve educated yourself on protection, cleansing, and exorcism,
and feel that you are prepared to travel, only then should you choose to
travel.
Do what you need to do beforehand, so that you will not be distracted
while trying to travel. This might involve something as simple as taking off
your socks, or it might be as involved as taking a shower and eating. If you
think that bug bite on your foot is going to bother you, put something on it.
If you think your phone is going to go off, turn it off. If your throat hurts,
drink some tea. Again, do what you need to do.
Ground yourself. This helps you to be able to concentrate on
traveling.
RELAX, and dont force it.
Find your connection to the lands and let your astral body flow. To
me, this sometimes feels as if I am floating through my head. Other times,
I feel like Im yanked out of my chest.
7a. You may be led by a companion.
In my personal practice, I used to have a wolf companion guide me.
At first, his eyes appeared, and we made direct eye contact for about a
minute or two before I followed him. He has recently passed, and is no
longer able to guide me. Now, I feel as though I am called more often than
guided.
7b. Once you get to the border of the lands, there will be a gateway
for you to enter the lands. Different gateways lead to different lands, or
different places in one land.
Here are some personal examples:
Ivy Arch Bridge - leads to the Elven Lands.
Stone Stairs - leads to the castle tower near the Cave of the Dragons,
just on the border of the Elven Lands.
White Gates - Leads to the Celestial Court ruled by the Silver Queen.
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Step 4: Choose additional plants and herbs that you will be using in
your fae box. If you buy them from a store, be sure that they are organic,
and free of chemicals. I chose to use clover, lavender, rose hips, and basil.
Step 6: Pour the additional herbs and plants into the box, on top of
the flowers.
Step 8: Close the box, and anoint it with oil, consecrating it for the
use of working with the fae. You may use a base oil, or an oil of your choice
that will attract the fae. While anointing, you might want to draw a symbol
that will attract the fae with the oil, such as the Elven Star.
Step 9: Leave a note on the box for the fae. You may want to
welcome them and state your intentions in this note.
Step 10: Keep the fae box in the place you wish to work with the fae.
There you have it! Youve made your own fae box!
The purpose of a fae garden is to attract the fae, and other nature
spirits into your life.
Step 1: Decide if youre going to make the garden inside or outside.
Step 2a: If youre going to make one inside, perhaps for putting on
an altar or faery shrine, you may want to use a small container and items
that will last year-round. In the example above, Ive used a clear, glass
container, craft moss, and small trinkets, such as mushrooms, a fence, a
broom, flower pots, and a garden sign.
Step 2b. If youd like to make a more natural garden, you may want
to use a small flower pot, a planting box, or an entire garden. Youll want to
use flowers that the fae enjoy, and are attracted to. The flowers should
also carry properties that are beneficial to you. Fae may take the form of
these flowers and enhance the properties of the flowers.
Flowers that can be used include:
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dimension. If youre not crafty or not into painting, you can choose a box
that already has a design on it.
Step 4: Choose crystals that will attract dragons. Again, wisdom and
friendship is likely to attract them. Ive chosen peridot for friendship, and a
dragon crystal.
Other options:
Wisdom crystals: amber, chrysocolla, fuschite, garnet, jade, lapiz
luzuli, malachite, opal, pearl, sodalite, and turquoise.
Friendship crystals: emerald, garnet, moss agate, pearl, peridot,
sapphire, sugalite, turquoise, and unakite.
Step 5: Add the OoOoO! Shiny! Dragons love the oooo shiny! Ive
chosen a golden key and gold glitter.
Other ideas: Coins, rhinestones, metallic polymer clay, beads, and
charms.
Step 6: Once youve made contact, you may find that the dragon
who has contacted you asks for certain items as offerings. Maybe theyd
like you to write a riddle for them. Maybe they really enjoy a certain type of
candy. You can add those things too!
You now have your very own dragon box!
spirit festivals
Spirit Festivals begin August 18 and continue through November 1. It
is a time of celebration and honoring for all spirits. I use the term spirits
as an umbrella term for a wide range of beings, including ghosts, faeries,
mythical creatures, otherworldly beings, and deities. I began celebrating
the festivals last year, and have added a number of activities since that
time for my celebration this year.
Here are some of my activities planned for this year:
Meditation. Take a moment each day to reflect on the spirits you work
with, whether they have been in your life for years, or only for a brief
moment. Consider how you and the spirits have changed together.
Altars. Create altars specifically for the spirits in your life. Dont feel you
have to limit yourself by just using a table or a dresser. Altars can be
placed almost anywhere! Shadow boxes make wonderful wall altars.
Outdoor altars can be set up on tree stumps, or even placed into glass
ornaments to hang. You can include photographs, heirlooms, items that
once belonged to the deceased, statues, decorations, and any other item
you can think of to remember and celebrate them.
Offerings. Depending on the spirits, the offerings will vary. Ancestors may
be easier to give offerings to if you remember their favorite foods and items
during their lifetime. Other spirits require research and getting to know
them personally to discover their likes and dislikes. If you are unsure, many
spirits accept lighting a candle as an offering. A few examples: Certain
ghosts in my house might enjoy a bit of home-cooked Italian food left out
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with some wine. House faeries here enjoy milk with sugar and shiny
objects. Nature faeries may enjoy something seasonal, such as maple
leaves, maple sugar, or pumpkin spice coffee. The minor demons are drawn
to spicy foods.
Charm Bags. Use as a form of encouraging communication with spirits, as
well as protection from unwanted spirits. Making charm bags can be as
simple as gathering all of the items you need, putting them into a bag that
you are able to close, and stating your specific intentions. In my practice, I
make three types of bags. I start by making protection charm bags,
including protective herbs, such as rosemary and sage. These bags serve
as a protection from unwanted or ill-will spirits. Next, I create a crossroads
charm bag, which is meant to focus on the places that are a location
between the worlds, and includes snake shedding, crossroads dirt, skeleton
keys, feathers, and other items I associate with the crossroads. This bag is
similar to a message telling the spirits that this is a location they may visit.
Finally, I make spirit communication charm bags, including herbs
associated with attracting spirits. Some common herbs associated with
attracting spirits are catnip, echinacea, marshmallow root, mint, rose hips,
and sweetgrass. These bags serve as a message to the spirits that I am
willing to communicate with them.
Stories. Read and tell stories about the spirits in your life. Remember good
memories of the deceased. Ask family members to tell stories of your loved
ones. Go to your local library and read folk tales and legends about local
spirits. Write what you have learned in a book and pass it down to future
generations.
Genealogy. Research your family history. Discover where your ancestors
came from and learn more about their culture. Be sure to keep records.
Visit cemeteries. Walk through and appreciate the life cycle. Clean off the
headstones of those you know and those you dont know. Decorate the
graves of those you know. They will be thankful.
Spirit Supper. In memory of the deceased, invite them to a meal with
you, and hold a silent supper with family and friends. Prepare dishes that
the deceased once enjoyed. You may even choose to leave out a plate for
each of them, or a plate in the middle of the table for them to share.
Communication. Listen to the spirits. Talk to them. Become aware of what
they are searching for. Offer to help them, if you wish. If you are unable to
easily communicate with them on your own, you can use a method of
divination, such as tarot or a pendulum.
Purpose: To help attract stray cats to you and your home, in addition
to providing food, water, and shelter.
Items Needed:
- drawstring bag
- non-toxic marker
- yarn
- feathers
- catnip
Steps:
On the drawstring bag, draw the Here, Kitty Kitty attraction sigil
shown above.
Tie feathers together with yarn, and wrap the remaining yarn around
the feathers, and place them into the drawstring bag.
Fill the remainder of the bag with catnip.
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Energize the bag with love, warmth, comfort, and other positive
energies you think the cat might need.
Tie the bag securely outside where you have seen the cat. As you do
so, call out, Here, Kitty Kitty!
family folklore
Italian
mano di cornuto - extending the pointer and pinky fingers from the
left clenched fist to resemble goat horns - to ward off evil.
Wild birds in the house are bad luck.
Breaking a mirror is seven years bad luck.
Throwing salt over your left shoulder brings good luck.
Walking under a ladder is bad luck.
If your toes swell up, its going to rain.
Death comes in 3s.
Polish
Mint to help with healing, particularly digestion.
Pysanky - decorated eggs which symbolize Spring, birth, rebirth, and
fertility. My family has a few of them from Poland that have been passed
down through the generations. [photo]
Dutch/German
Horseshoe over the doorway - symbol of luck and protection.
If anyone drops a fork at the table, the visitor will be a man, if a
knife, the visitor will be a woman.
A cat, when left alone with an infant, will strangle it by sucking its
breath.
Elder-blossom tea for sickness.
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This little baby has been helping me in the gardens this week.
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In my area, we have local maple syrup available behind the kids skating
rink. Maple Festival happens in the Spring, and contests are held between
locals for the best maple syrup.
Wood
Maple wood is known for its magical properties of spirituality, healing,
cleansing, knowledge, communication, binding, love, prosperity, and
traveling. [X]
Leaves
Colors vary and are often found in combination, depending on the
type of maple, and the season. They include shades of red, orange, yellow,
green, and brown. Use the color combinations to your advantage in color
magic. A red and green leaf could help in a spell for growing stronger. An
orange and brown leaf could be included in a charm for a joyful home. A
yellow and green leaf could help with happiness and health.
Textures are dependent on the season. In Spring and Summer, the
leaves are soft and flexible. Use to soften your words when discussing
difficult topics. Use in a glamour spell to soften your physical features.
Make your schedule more flexible, or your approach to new things more
flexible. In Autumn, the leaves become dry and crunchy. Use to crush a
relationship or shatter bad memories.
Scent is the strongest in the Autumn. It reminds me of smokey sugar
and spices. This scent would be great for spicing up passion, romance, and
sex.
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Often, we pick out the best leaves and seal them in wax paper using
a hot iron. Write your wishes on these leaves, and frame them until the
following autumn.
At Halloween, we rake the leaves into bags decorated to look like
ghosts and pumpkins.
Maple leaves make great compost for your garden.
Syrup
Medicinally, maple syrup contains anti-oxidant compounds, which also
have anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, and anti-diabetic properties. [Read the full
research article.]
Magically, maple syrup could be used following the same properties of
its wood. The syrup generally has a light and sticky texture. It could be
used in spells for remembering, sticking to your goals, sweetening a deal,
sweetening someone to you, or creating a sticky situation for someone.
Try some delicious recipes
And my personal favorite, and creation, Maple & Mint Sun Tea
Blueberries - protection
Strawberries - success, luck, and love
Blackberries - healing, protection, and money
*Not a complete list, but what I can get out of family or local
gardens.
Step 2) Place your fruits and vegetables in a glass bowl, and fill the
rest of the bowl with water. Cover with plastic wrap. Depending on
preferred taste, you may want to create separate bowls.
Step 3) Place the bowl under the light of the super moon, and allow
the water, fruits, and vegetables to soak up the energy.
Say: May the energy of the super moon be gathered into all that this
bowl holds.
Step 4) After you feel the water, fruits, and vegetables have soaked
up enough energy, you have a few options:
Leave the fruits and vegetables in the water to drink and eat.
Example: strawberry cucumber water.
Separate the fruits and vegetables from the water. Use the fruits and
vegetables in recipes, and save the water in a jar for later use in spell
work.
Make fruit jam. A how-to.
Can your vegetables. A how-to.
Dry beans and use them as a divination tool.
Sources [X]
Purposes:
- A jar for any wishes you might have during the Winter season.
- A protection method.
- Offerings and connection for Winter fae, deities, etc.
Items Needed:
- Vase, jar, or terrarium
- Wood slices
- Permanent marker
- Glass bulbs
- Winter scents - herbs, dried fruit and berries, etc.
- Cotton & glitter
Steps:
Fill a large glass container 1/4 full with cotton and glitter to create a
snow effect.
Draw any sigils or symbols representing your goals on the wood slices
with permanent marker, and then put them into the glass container. You
dont have to write all of your goals at once. Feel free to write them
throughout the Winter season. If using as a method of offering, draw
symbols related to the Winter fae or deities.
Fill your glass bulbs with Winter scents related to your goals, or
offerings, and then carefully place them into the glass container.
Place in a safe place, and enjoy for the entire Winter season.
Winter scent suggestions:
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- Allspice
- Apple
- Bay
- Cedar
- Clove
- Cinnamon
- Coffee
- Cranberry
- Ginger
- Hazelnut
- Lemon Zest
- Mint
- Nutmeg
- Orange Zest
- Pine
- Rosemary
Bonus:No one has to know of your magical intentions, unless you
want them to. It looks like a lovely Winter decoration. :)
That a person may hate everyone, give him to drink wine in which is
mingled the blood from the ear of a black cat, prickles from a rose, and
dried ants. He will have a falling out with everyone he meets.
To part all friends and lovers gather a twig for each letter of the
names of those whom you enchant. Take two twigs at a time in your hand,
one from each name, and break them together at one blow, reciting over
them the victims names. Then bury the twigs together in a heap.
Witches Potions and Spells, by Kathryn Paulsen
Here are some Hoodoo tricks for the purpose:
"To Cause Confusion in a House: Mix dauber dirt with red pepper,
black pepper, black mustard seeds, and salt and sprinkle it all around a
house in which you want to create confusion and discord.
Confusion Sprinkle: To cause a household of people, or all the
employees at a business, to misunderstand one another, fail to follow
instructions, or make poor decisions, walk backwards across the doorway of
the premises sprinkling a mix of black mustard seed and sulfur powder.
To Cause Inflammatory Confusion in an Enemys Household: Mix red
pepper flakes with equal parts black mustard seeds, grains of paradise,
whole black pepper corns, and poppy seeds. Grind the mix to a powder by
hand, cursing the entire time, and throw the powder on your enemys
doorstep.
Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic, by Catherine Yronwode
http://grimoire-of-stormsorceress.tumblr.com/
wand (driftwood or any plant related to water is best)
Step 5: Once the water has faded your name enough that it
cannot be read, pour the entire container including the paper into
the mud. Say, This mud will seal your memories of me away.
Jafars Back Me the Fuck Up Spell
chaoticwanderings :
"You either need to back me the fuck up, or shut the fuck up."
Inspired by the Starkid musical, Twisted: The Story of a Royal
Vizier.
Intent: To get a friend or family member to either back you up
or leave you the hell alone. Intentionally simple, because I noticed
I tend to make my spells to long and complicated.
Materials:
Procedure:
1. Using your sewing needle or toothpick, carve the name of
your target into the top of the blue tealight candle.
2. Light the candle and watch the persons name slowly melt.
Think about the situation in which you are currently in and why
youre doing this spell.
3. Once the name is mostly melted or covered in melted wax,
aggressively say the following phrase:
"You
either
or shut the fuck up.
need
to
back
me
the
fuck
up,
brynja-storm :
Shit youll need:
Collect the snow and ice during the coldest part of the night.
The objective here is to freeze the target from your heart and allow
them to suffer in the bitter cold.
Assemble all of the objects in the jar. Spit upon the photo or
the name of the target, and add it to the jar.
Seal it, and watch as the ice, snow and unpleasantries cut and
bite into the target as the storm would. You are the force of nature
to be reckoned with.
Now the ingredients which is what I used you can add or take away I
dont care, and obviously I cant stop you. So here we go!
about a cup of vinegar
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the vinegar is the represent bitterness, and the base for everything
else.
3 tbs. of ground Cayenne pepper
this is for you, to strengthen your will power, and boost the strength
of the curse.
2 tbs. of ground sage
this is for the power of manifestation. Use this to manifest your will
and your malice.
And last, but not least the chant I placed in the jar with a perment
mark and cardboard.
corrupt thy dreams but dont awake,
till morning comes thy dream i take,
and leave in place this dark nightmare
and then TA- DA. Your very own Nightmare Inducing Jar! I hope it
brings you much pleasure, even if it only comes from shaking it to release
your anger!
http://witchinthebayou.tumblr.com/
Requested by anonymous
Intent: To establish dominance over someone who is sexually
harassing you.
Materials:
belt
marker
needle
chair
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Procedure:
1. Write your targets name across the head of the poppet and
imagine their face in your head as you do it. After youre done,
write the word dominance on your palms and knuckles.
2. Take your needle and etch the words sexual harassment
into the top of the candle near the wick. Do it slowly, and think
about all the times theyve harassed you.
3. Light the candle and let it melt enough so that there is a
decent amount of melted wax in the middle (if youd like to do the
whole candle, use a wax melter or pot and melt the entire thing).
4. While thats melting, set your poppet on a chair, wrap the
belt around the middle, and pull it tight in the back so its
completely restrained to the back of the chair. Dont be afraid to be
rough.
5. Once you feel enough wax is melted, take your candle (or
pot of melted wax; now that I think about it, a pot and a few
candles sound much moreevil effective) and stand in front of the
poppet. Say the following words (alteration on Abaddons words to
Crowley):
Somebody thought it was a good idea
to make you think youre King of my body
6. Slowly pour the wax over the poppets head, imagining
throwing all their shit back at them and watching them burn in it,
and say:
but you dont own me.
7. Let the wax cool and dry before taking on this next part.
Youre going to want to get very aggressive here. Punch, slap, spit
on the poppet, whatever youd like, while saying these phrases in
between.
I am the Queen* of my own body,
You do not get to touch me,
look at me, talk to me,
or make me feel uncomfortable,
ever again.
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Collect the snow and ice during the coldest part of the night.
The objective here is to freeze the target from your heart and allow
them to suffer in the bitter cold.
Assemble all of the objects in the jar. Spit upon the photo or
the name of the target, and add it to the jar.
Seal it, and watch as the ice, snow and unpleasantries cut and
bite into the target as the storm would. You are the force of nature
to be reckoned with.
Rain water, preferably collected during a thunderstorm.
If you dont have this handy, tap water can suffice.
A jar or bottle
A lighter or matches
Add the water, sharp pointy things and personal tidbits to the
bottle or jar. Burn the photo/object that pertains to your target.
Add the ashes to the jar or bottle, then seal that sucker up with
the wax from the candle that youve chosen.
Then shake it. Shake the fuck out of it. Use any storm-related
thought forms or incantations you want to further express your
intent. Visualizing the contents of the curse breaking down your
target is especially effective. Store the curse somewhere within
reach, and give it a shake whenever you want to reinforce the
spell.
To break it: break the seal on the jar or bottle, smash it, or
throw it in the trash.
Red paint
A jar
The Procedure;
The white rose is the person, the target, the red paint will be
all of the things you want to see happen to them, in defense of
what they have done; you want to cover them with the color, make
them vulnerable, expose them, to draw attention to them. Maybe
like they did to you. You want to cover their eyes with redness, to
blind them, to send them into madness, to make them lose
control.
They think youre mad, dont they?
Well, its time to show them what madness really is.
So, with each decorative stroke of the flower, make these
movements deliberate, focus on your purpose, bind your rage to
the flower and paint, visualize the meaning of what these two
concepts symbolize. As you paint, sing this song;
Painting the roses red
Were painting the roses red
We dare not stop
Or waste a drop
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Breaking - Satisfying the demands made by the cursecaster in order to have a curse removedor actually destroying the
curse and all of the negative energy from it.
Clean up any salt lines and take down any barriers that
would prevent a curse from leaving your home.
Place the mirror on a window (facing your targets home,
if possible) with the reflective side facing outward. Leave it there
overnight to reflect the persons curse back on them.
Give it to them.
This can also work as a stand-alone curse and (since theyre
eating it and therefore willingly accepting it), its not so easy to
remove or reversal. (Right, now none of you will ever eat my
cooking, but moving right along.)
Curse Removal
Reader, were about to have one of those moments in which
you read my writing and then give me a weird lookbut here me
out. Curse removal is the act of ritually removing a curse. In my
family, we do this with dirt.
dirt.)
Bring it into
floors. (You can mix it
like.)
Take some in
your were washing your
Soil and mud and earth and dirt, remove the curse thats caused
me hurt.
Wash your hands and sweep the floor, sweeping the dirt
out the door if possible.
**Even though it sounds crazy, we use dirt because of its
negativity-sucking, neutralizing properties. Obviously, you could
replace the dirt with anything else you felt these properties in.
Curse Breaking
Curse-breaking is a removal method that only works if the
curse caster has tied a demand to the curse. For example, a curse
broken by true loves kiss. Or one that goes away when you return
the Khals books to her. And, in order to break a curse, you have to
know what the persons demands are.
The best way to find this out is with divination. Scrying, Tarot,
etc are all good tools to understand what a person wants to get out
of their curse. If you trust the person, you can just do what is
required and get ready to be curse free. If you dont, you may
want to write a spoken spell to go with your action. Something like,
As I meet [full names] demands, take this curse off of my hands.
should work.
Curse Trapping
Similar to the scapecoat concept I talked about in part two,
trapping a curse is simply directing a curse into another thing to
remove it from yourself. I like to direct curses into earthen-clay
figures and bury them away from my home.
Removing a Curse That You Have Cast
Some people will tell you that its bad luck for a witch to
remove their own curse. Some wont. For myself, I dont know
because I right my curses not to be removable for the most part.
If youve changed your mind and want to take away a curse
that youve cast, try this:
Say, My fiery anger did not last. Remove the curse that
I have cast. Let all ill will and energy flee, and let [targets name]
never suspect me.
Binding Chalk
wickedbrass :
intrepidcrow-girl :
So, last night while I was traveling the realms I received
instructions for how to make something called Binding Chalk. Its a
pretty easy recipe and it has tons of uses so I thought Id pass it
along to you guys.
Materials:
Plaster of Paris
Wood ash
Salt
Water
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Chalk molds (Depending on the size/shape you want
thisll differ. You can use paper towel rolls, large straws, candy
molds, egg cartons, etc.)
Drawing sigils
Banishing spells
Ancestor Water
lavenderwrath :
Place a bottle of water on the grave of a relative. Allow it to
sit for at least twenty-four hours or as long as a moon cycle. Pour a
small amount of this water into a bowl to place on your ancestor
shrine, especially during the Samhain (Mourning Night) season or
any time you work with your ancestors.
black thread/string
small bells
clove of garlic
any beads or charms you want to include
matches/candles/incense (your choice)
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Banishment Juice
basil
rosemary
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rue
blessed thistle
vervain
whole cloves (3)
juniper berries (3)
bay leaf
dragons blood resin
Place herbs in a small sachet and simmer in distilled water for 10-20
minutes. Since I have a bit of a tea problem, I cheat and place my herbs in
a loose-leaf tea bag. Let the liquid cool, pour into a spray bottle, and spray
each room of your home to clear out negative energy and unwanted
guests. (This was just my blend based on what herbs I had on hand, feel
free to make substitutions.)
A piece of paper
Sharpie/pen/pencil
Representation of the negative person/spirit
Candle or open flame (optional)
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Steps:
1.
Place your representation of the negative person in front
of you, where you can easily place something on it.
2.
On your piece of paper write Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai,
Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen or or All warriors
have been lined up in formation here. They all mean the same
thing, it depends on your preference.
3.
When youre finished, stand up and face your target. You
can either say Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen or
All warriors have been lined up in formation here. (They mean the
same thing).
4.
Slam, or just place, the paper on the target and say Evil
spirit/person/entity begone!
5.
If your representation is paper, you can place it in a
fireproof bowl and burn it with a red candle or match or lighter in
order to strengthen the ritual.
things, kinda like how it washes away dirt. The second you are
submerged all that negativity is going to go away.
4. Sit there and think calming thoughts, allow the lavender to
sooth you.
5. Emerge from your tub feeling clean and stress free! The scent
will cling to you all day, every time you smell it think back to the
time of peace and quiet you had in your bath.
6. Blow out your candles and drain your bath. You can rinse off the
lavender buds with some water, but I wouldnt recommend rinsing
in the shower because that will take away all the oil that your skin
is still absorbing.
7. Enjoy your silky skin and stress free day! :D
Wand (All the better if you have a toy of the Moon Stick)
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Glitter (White suggested or any color you associate with
healing.)
White Cloth
Wrap both objects in the white cloth and tie the ribbon around
it. Anytime you feel like you are moving off track again, repeat this
spell until you reach the part with the object. At this point, hold
the bundle in the air (do the x-shaped stance if you want) and
yell/say/think Refresh! Feel the power of whatever you put into
the crystal and let it move you back on course.
Jar
Sea salt
Lavender
3 Bay Leaves
White feather
Thread - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet cut into 1 - 2 pieces
Steps:
1.
Cover the base of your jar in sea salt. This will act as
your protection base.
2.
Add a layer of lavender. "Protect me in my dreams, when
Im fast asleep, and even when Im wide awake."
3.
Add 3 bay leaves. "Protect the wishes my heart makes."
4.
Add the white feather. "Allow me to fly over the rainbow,
should harm try to overtake."
5.
Add the rainbow of thread. "Let this smiling rainbow
absorb negativity, never letting me break."
6.
Seal the jar. Place your hand over the jar, and
concentrate on the protective energies. Focus on building energy.
7.
When you feel you have built enough energy for your
protection bottle, place it in a safe place.
A scarf, shawl, or piece of flowy fabric that you can wrap around your
wrist.
White candles (any number of your choosing).
A playlist of music that soothes and inspires you.
The Spell:
Light the white candles, put on the shawl/scarf or gently hold the
piece of fabric with your fingertips. Put on the playlist.
Dance, spin around and listen to the music with your clothing of
choice as you visualize a white light surrounding you, dispelling negativity
and shielding you.
When you feel like youve finished and that you are adequately
protected, blow out the candles and say, Ive surrounded myself with a
white spirit light to protect me.
Wear the shawl or scarf, or tie the fabric to your wrist while you go
about your day to remind yourself that you are protected.
A Shell (any kind will do but one with with a natural hole
in it will be best if you want to string it on anything)
Saltwater
Freshwater
Bay Leaves
Yarrow
Nettle
Rosemary
Optional:
Steps:
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1.
Come up with a protective sigil or symbol. You may
already have one, feel free to use that.
2.
Boil the freshwater (it can come from the tap, thats
totally fine)
3.
Place all of your herbs in a bowl or mug, pour the boiling
water over it and let steep. Just like tea!
4.
While that steeps, dip a finger, paintbrush, pencil, pen,
whatever into the saltwater and trace your sigil onto the shell.
5.
Let the shell dry, and then rinse in the herb infused
water. For added strength let is soak for a little while.
6.
For more added strength re-draw the symbol in
pen/sharpie so that it will be visible.
7.
Carry it with you. This is why I put it on a bracelet.
Vehicle Protection Powder
natural-magics :
2
2
1
1
1
parts rosemary
juniper berries
part mint
part comfrey
part catnip leaves
Mix and crush all ingredients with a mortar and pestle until
powdered. Pour powder into a black pouch and hide it somewhere
in your vehicle. Replace with fresh powder monthly.
Protection Powder
amethyst-wings :
- 2 parts Dragonsblood
- 2 parts Sandalwood
- 1 pinch of salt
Mix and sprinkle outside and around your house to dispel and
stave off negativity.
Sea salt
Murex shell
Combine ingredients and seal with cork and dark blue wax.
Place near the entrance of your home inconspicuously or bury in
the yard near the entrance. It works similar to a Witches Bottle, for
protection and warding off psychic attacks.
This spell is used to wash away bad memories and cleanse the
mind
of
sorrow
and
pain.
Materials:
A beeswax candle
Two bowls
Water from a flowing river or stream
A small stone from the river or stream
A piece of white cloth (a handkerchief will do)
spiritmap :
After a rough couple of weeks, I decided I could use a
cleansing ritual. Just wanted to get all those bad vibes off, ya
know? Since I have a lovely little Rosemary plant growing right
now, I made use of its purifying and cleansing properties .
What Youll Need:
Materials:
salt
tan color ribbon/string/yarn
white candle
ashes
handprint on paper
Latin word for evil on paper
olive oil
Instructions:
1. The first step to this spell is to make the handprint. I would use
a simple craft paint, in tan color but you can use a different color
to suit the spells purpose. But before the paint dries, sprinkle salt
on it so it dries in the paint.
2. On a separate paper draw out your word for evil. Make it as
lovely or as rough as you want, because next youre gonna burn
that fucker. Light your white candle and begin burning the paper,
safely I might add! As youre burning it you need to be collecting
the ashes in a dish. Think about all the evil in your life, think about
it as clearly as you can. Be specific in your visualizations. Now
picture it disappearing, burning away, as if Castiel is burning it all
out.
3. Once you have the ashes, and your handprint is dry with
salt, take the ashes and mix them with a little olive oil to make a
mild paste. Now take the paste and carefully apply it also to your
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handprint. Now you have paint, salt, ash, and olive oil on that
sucker.
4. Take your finished and dry handprint and roll it up gently.
Tie the tan string/ribbon around it. And say this now:
With this handprint, I call on Cas.
Pull me from my perdition and burn the evil
right out of my life. Take my demons and
banish theyre hate. Give me back my free will.
Free me from my fears.
"I grabbed you tight and raised you from perdition." Take your
finished scroll and keep it near what you find most important, like
your desk, bed, altar. Keep it near you, it will cleanse away current
negatives and ward against the future ones.
(I decided in the actual chant, maybe to clarify who were
calling on we should say Cas, not Castiel. You dont want the real
angel in this case.)
NOTE: Dont use the Enochian.
You had me at Castiel
to
pray,
washable markers
*be smart, if the river looks to strong or too dirty just use
your shower
Procedure:
1. Take your washable marker and write all over your body
whatever is haunting you. Write out your worries, concerns, any
nightmares youve been having, anything that relates to it.
2. Go to your water source (be it a river, lake, or a cold
shower) and, holding your crystal in hand, slowly wade in. Walk in
until youre in up to your shoulders, hold your arms out, and say:
"Give up the ghost,
Stop the haunting.
Give up the ghost,
no more haunting.
3. At this point, if youd like to pray to any spirits or deities
you follow for assistance in this process you can do it now. Squeeze
the crystal tight while youre either praying or reciting the above
phrase.
4. Start to rub away the marker on your body. When you think
youre done go dry up, take an actual shower to get the rest off,
and tuck the crystal under your pillow before you go to bed.
send your desires upward. ~The spell has been cast do not dwell on your
wish, because such thoughts drag it back to earth and sap it of its energy.
~Have faith in your desire becoming fulfilled. :)
~Happy casting ! :D
~The Witch Darkest of Lights
Happiness Sugar
southernbellepagan :
A little spell to make some sugar that will sweeten your
mood.
Materials:
Elemental representations
5.
Eat your sugar. Focus on the sweetness in your mouth,
and imagine that as you do this you are also filling yourself with
those positive energies, so much so that your are pushing out the
negative.
Alternatively, you could just hold your sugar container and fill
it with happy, positive energies if you happen to already be in a
good mood.
If your making a lot of sugar, put it in a storage container.
Use a spoonful anytime you need to sweeten your mood or outlook.
You could also add it to anything if your not about just eating
straight sugar.
This was inspired by everything I read saying that sugar was
used in sweetness spells. I figure, if it sweetens a spell, maybe it
could sweeten up a mood or outlook, too.
Youll need:
one persimmon
rope or string
slips of paper
Set up the basket. You will be taking this to the closest tree
you feel the most connection to. If you dont already have an
established connection with one, take a walk around and see which
seems to pull to you the most.
On the slips of paper, write out your wishes that you desire.
Make them as specific as possible.
Take the persimmon, bucket, paper and string to the tree.
Speak what youve written on the paper slip before putting it into
the bucket. Then tie one end of the string to the bucket. Youll be
pulling it up on the highest branch you can safely reach (a bit like
a pulley). With the other dangling end, tie that to the bucket as
well.
Unless youre using a store-bought bucket, the persimmon
wont be fitting into it, so you can leave it at the roots of the tree
as a gift to the spirits who will answer your desires.
*Note: Typically persimmon can get a bit expensive and you
would have one whole persimmon per wish, but to make it easier
on your wallet, cut up the persimmon into slices; one for each slip.
Hair accessories
Rosewater
Sea Water
Clam shell (optional)
Goal: Feel empowered and energized for the coming day, and
add a dash of wellness.
Materials: a cup of coffee or latte or iced coffee (or tea),
worry stone of your choice, vitamin supplement of your choice (or
prescription meds), and the Strength tarot card from your deck.
Procedure: Take the vitamin, drink your coffee, hold your
worry stone, run it through your fingers. After finishing that, place
the stone on top of the tarot card and repeat this chant 3 times
(edit the chant if you substitute anything):
Im awake, Im present in mind and body,
Im energized with coffee, and with the air I breath,
Im well with the vitamins I need to be healthy,
I claim Strength in my day, with the Strength in my heart.
I am the Lion, I am the proud, the mighty, the tough.
I may be frail in form, but in nature I am the bold,
I am the Strength, the strength of character, of will,
Empowered by all I might need, I am the owner of my day.
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Lucky Powder
stormsorceress :
spellyalater :
So Ive got all these damned crickets running around my
house Oddly. and I say oddly because I have lived on this
property for 3 years now and 1. These crickets are black. We
dont /have/ black crickets, we have camel crickets; 2. When I say
my house I actually mean my Studio, because I have never seen
one of them anywhere outside of the studio.
So what am I deciding to do with all these crickets if I can
catch them? Lucky Powder. Ground. Fucking. Cricket.
Warning: This prolly isnt for the faint of heart, so if youre
queemish about killing bugs, youre better off elsewhere And no, I
dont want to hear anything about it, I really give no fucks You
are talking to the bitch who ripped the head off a grasshopper and
buried it as a plant fertility spell after she caught the fucker
munching on her Ginger, so what the else would you expect from
me?
Luck Powder and ground pesky cricket. Yes. Moving on now.
Materials:
Chamomile Tea
Honey
Gold Candle.
Light the Gold candle on the table. Make the tea according to
you taste. Set tea and honey in front of candle. Put in 3 spoons of
honey ( could be small or large depending on how sweet you like
your tea). As you are pouring the honey into the cup say:
Today I make liquid luck
to help me through my day
As I drink this from the cup
May luck point the right way.
Sit down in front of the candle and sip on your tastey Liquid
Luck.
Then snuff out the candle and see where the day takes you.
Materials:
euro, and
small jar
mint leaves
chamomile flowers
sandalwood powder
red clover
blue vervain
basil
assorted coins [several pennies, a dronning, a 50 cent
a groszy]
star anise pod
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Instructions:
Put in all the herbs and then the coins on top, and the star
anise pod on the very top. Seal up. Say this:
In times of need, when luck is low and not there,
When jobs and money are scarce, we need help.
I bless this jar with positivity and hope for help.
Within here, are money attractors to inspire
To inspire myself to work hard, and to gain
To inspire others to see my merits and reward.
Bless this jar with all the best intentions for the future.
the jar wherever youd like, adding more water when you feel the need to
renew the spell!
Since all my spells are involved with the Gods, I added some more
things to my casting to make it a Hermes-specific spell. That involved
saying prayers to Him first, ringing of my new altar bell, having His candle
burning, offering incense, putting His image on my altar, etc. etc.
Feel free to make this spell as religious or as secular as you would
like! Go ahead and adapt it to your own needs, this is just a basic skeleton
for starting off yourself!!
http://heraslions.tumblr.com/post/89576611782/money-like-water-aspell
1.
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6.
7.
8.
Cast a circle around the spell ingredients and holding table/altar only,
leaving the direction youre standing near (should be south) open - THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT
On the piece of paper, write your full name, the name of your
workplace, and what your goal(s) is/are [i.e. Enjoy doing my work Have
more energy at work Make management]
Tear a piece of this paper off and make a sigil using your goal
Wrap the large piece of paper around your token, and set beneath or
beside the purple candle
Take the small paper and place it and the rosemary in your bottle
Light the purple candle
Take a few minutes to focus your thoughts on the goal, holding the
bottle in your hand
Light the last candle in your circle, sealing it
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9.
After three minutes, uncast the circle and take the rosemary bottle.
This is now a charm that you take with you to work
10.
You do not need to continue casting the circle, but light the purple
candle for three minutes every day, until it is gone
Your goal should either be met or its way to being met in this time.
It may be that youll need to redo the entire spell multiple times, depending
on the difficulty of your goal.
Click the Read More for my personal notes
1/1/2013 - Cast this spell with a purple and gold pillar candle with
the goal written Make enough money to support family.
1/13/2013 - Was fired from job.
2/10/2013 - Found new job making $3 more per hour than was
making before. Successfully achieved goal, albeit not in the expected or
intended way.
11/15/2013 - Cast this spell again using natural beeswax blueberry
muffin scented candle given to me by neighbor. Anointed it with jojoba
bean oil in order to re-focus the intent of the candle.
Cast for husband, with goal Make management.
http://skepticalwiccan.tumblr.com/post/67069932900/success-atwork-spell
Its good because not only does it protect, but gives a nice bite back
to any negativity/entity/thing that tries to cross it. Best for ritual work
and simple spirit work, not necessarily protection from physical attackers.
Its something pretty much every single one of my readers can make
at home with its ridiculously simple ingredients and process, but its not
something that everyone would think of off the top of their head.
Ready? Here we go. Try not to sneeze!
You'll need:
a large bowl
mortar and pestle
bottles (size varies on how much you want to make)
funnel (optional, but not worth leaving out)
Step 1:
Place the coarse salt and black peppercorns in the mortar and pestle.
Grind them together. Yes, technically this could also be done with ground
pepper, but I find the actual effort put into grinding them makes the
powder more effective.
Thisll take a long time youll want it to turn to a fine, light brown
powder.
Step 2:
Yes, you guessed it: place the sea salt and chili powder in the mortar
and pestle and grind together. Remember how I said this was easy?
This should turn to a light orange, almost pink when finished (my
pictures really dont do it justice).
Step 3:
Add the two together. You can see the peppercorn mix on the left and
the chili pepper mix on the right.
Step 4:
Ready? Time to get this thing in a bottle. This is where that funnel I
mentioned earlier can really come in handy.
And there we have it! Put a nice little label on it, put the date you
made it on the back, and now you have your own all-purpose protection
powder.
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Flatten out the husk leaf and rub patchouli oil along the inside
surface. As you work in the oil, repeat the following words:
With the power of harvest corn,
Bring me money, dusk till morn
Harvest wealth
Financial health
And now success is born.
Lay the dollar on the husk, and roll the two together into a
tight tube. Tie it closed with the green ribbon, leaving a little extra
ribbon for hanging. Hang it above a main door in your home (it
doesnt have to actually dangle into the doorway) and wealth will
soon follow.
FORMIGUEIRO
MALDIES NAELLYAN
Vi uma resposta sua no ask que vc falava das maldies que
tinha jogado nas pessoas.. inclusive uma que eu morro de
vontade de fazer (que de deixar um cara impotente) mas isso
no faz mal pra gente? Usar magia pra prejudicar uma pessoa
no traz consequncias?
H controvrsia. Em primeiro lugar eu nunca lancei uma
maldio que no fosse uma retribuio. Ou seja, se a pessoa fosse
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http://ask.fm/NaelyanWyvern/answer/114660229906 Essa
maldio da vida medocre tem escapatria ou sada?
Apenas se eles se retratarem, admitirem seu erro e
oferecerem reparao. Enquanto isso no acontecer, seus prprios
atos alimentaro a maldio.
Lexis
a
pop-culture
witch.
Yes,
Lexis
a
Disney
kid.
Yes, Lexi still watches Disney musicals at nearly a-quarter-of-acentury-old.
Why?
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Because they are, truly, magical. And no, this isnt me plugging for
Disney out of nostalgia. If you pay attention to some of the songs,
the lyrics also double as spells (if applied with the right intention
and focus) and, at least for me, using songs that remind me of my
childhood helps me get in touch with my inner child, and get
excited and confident about the spell Im performing.
The following list consists of some of the songs I think work very
well as spells. Its formatted as such:
Song Title - Movie
types of spells or magic they can apply to
Hope this serves to inspire! If you have additions, please feel
free to reblog and add to the list!
A Whole New World - Aladdin
scrying, divination, astral travel
When You Wish Upon a Star - Pinnochio
confidence, motivation, reaching goals
Once Upon a Dream - Sleeping Beauty
communicating with a spirit/entity who appeared in a dream,
dream magic
Be Our Guest - Beauty and the Beast
hospitality, bonding with new friends or acquaintances; impressing
friends, family, business contacts, party guests, etc.
Kiss the Girl - The Little Mermaid
encouraging two parties to start dating, love magic
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Song of the South
happiness, breaking a bought of depression, encouraging optimism
Youll Be In My Heart - Tarzan
protection of a loved one, shielding magic for someone else
Chim-Chim-Cheree - Mary Poppins
luck magic, getting through hard financial times
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http://breelandwalker.tumblr.com/tagged/Bree%27s-Book-ofShadows
Truthfinder Powder
For when you thinkor knowsomeones lying to you or
generally being an untruthful jerkface.
Ingredients:
Copal resin
Table sugar
Grind the ingredients together with a mortar and pestle until
theyre the consistency of fine sand. If you happen to have
something cute to put it in, bottle that glorious stuff.
Sprinkle the powder where you know the target will walk, be
it on a doorstep or a walkway or what have you. You can specify a
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target or just let the magic work on its own, in which case any
person walking over it will feel inclined to tell the truth when put to
the test or questioned directly.
Note: This powder and its effect are technically in the realm
of compulsion magic. However, the effect is subtle and falls into
sort of a gray area in that regard.
[Original Idea: Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells, Judika Illes,
HarperOne, 2009.]
Pass the sachet bag over the candle three times to seal it.
Keep the sachet bag in your purse, wallet, pocket, with your
resume, or in a crock with your spare change. I find it works best if
you can put it in something and carry it with you as often as
possible. Mine is in my purse, and has been since it was made.
Take the bowl outside to your property line. Walk all the way
around your property, sprinkling the water along the line. Invoke
whatever deities, ancestors, or personal or household spirits you
feel are appropriate and ask them to help protect your home, or
simply reinforce the casting with your own will. Say whatever
words you choose. If it helps, imagine the droplets of water
springing up as tongues of fire when they hit the ground.
Reserve some water and use it to wash the thresholds and
windowsills. If there is anything left, keep a little bit in a bottle in
your kitchen, on your altar, or wherever you feel is appropriate. If
you have asked anyone for help, leave them a little thank-you
offering. (I find bread or cake and a bit of wine do the trick nicely.)
The idea of this spell is that you place a magical wall of fire
around your property and your house. Any intruders coming onto
the property may find themselves getting a a hot bite on the foot
and should not wish to remain.
Lost Something?
Heres a quick and easy spell I always use when Im having
trouble finding a lost object.
Stand in a clear space in the room where youre searching,
look up at the ceiling, and clap your hands three times.
Household spirits, gather round
Let now what is lost be found
Let your gaze fall where it will. Check for the lost item in the
first place that draws your attention.
I use this often. It never fails. Seriously. Works. Every. Time.
It helps to leave out some sweets or a glass of juice or wine
every so often to keep those little helper spirits happy.
Literally came up with this on the fly this afternoon, with the
hurricane approaching. Posting it for anyone who wants to get a
little extra protection in before it hits.
Supplies:
chalice
wooden spoon
wine, mead, or cider (I used all three)
consecrated water, preferably collected rain
white candle
offertory incense (I used amber)
Light the candle and the incense. Fill the chalice with your
chosen libation mixed with the rainwater. Take it and the spoon and
go outside. Starting at the east corner of the property, walk the
entire perimeter. Using the spoon, sprinkle the boundary,
foundation, and cars, trees, and anything else you want protected
while chanting:
Water of storm, accept my offering
Vent not thy fury upon this house
Nor these people
Nor their possessions
Continue until you have come full-circle. Bless the front door
if you wish (I did), then pour the remaining libation out in the
direction of the oncoming storm. Reserve a few drops to keep in
the chalice on the altar.
Go back inside, make your final preparations, and let the
candle and incense burn down.
Be safe, everyone!
Prosperity Charm
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Pass the sachet bag over the candle three times to seal it.
Recite:
By all the power of Three Times Three
As I will, so mote it be!
Keep the sachet bag in your purse, wallet, pocket, with your
resume, or in a crock with your spare change. I find it works best if
you can put it in something and carry it with you as often as
possible. Mine is in my purse, and has been since it was made.
He/She will be kind, but dont be afraid to mark down traits that
you definitely DONT want, i.e. He/She will not smoke.
Cleanse yourself with a ritual bath and dress in something
that makes you feel desirable and lovely. If possible, go barefoot.
Taking the bowl in hand, walk into the garden and thank the earth
and the plants for their gifts before you begin.
Walk through the garden. Pluck a blossom, petal, or leaf for
every trait you desire in a lover or a mate, reciting each out loud
as you do. (Be careful not to take too much from any one plant.)
Place them into the bowl. Continue until you have gone through the
entire list.
Rub the rim of the bowl with consecrated water and rose oil,
clockwise, three times, while visualizing your energy pouring into
the bowl to join the blossoms and petals, as an attractant to your
prospective lover. Chant as you do:
Lover fair and Lover fine
Come and join your heart with mine
I pray you, love the whole of me
And ever true and faithful be
I offer up my love, my all
And pray you heed my earnest call
Take up the bowl of blossoms and cast them either into a
strong-flowing body of water or into a strong wind, saying:
Water/Wind, flow through hill and tree
And bring a lover back to me
Go home and light a red candle. Sit for a while and muse on
the idea of meeting the person your spell might bring into your life
as the candle burns down.
Thereafter, keep your eyesand your heartopen!
flowers in the place of petals as well. For simplicity, red roses are
wonderful for this. Orange blossoms are great if youre hoping for
something long term and possibly permanent.
A piece of you. Blood is best. Hair will work in a pinch.
A bowl of water, preferably from a natural source, or whatever
water you personally find sacred. Size will depend on the number
of traits.
Ground and focus.
Begin to add the petals to the water, one at a time, stating
each trait clearly and letting it become part of the overall picture in
your mind. Dont rush this. If youd like, spend a moment with each
petal and imbue it with emotions or thoughts of what the trait
youre looking for means to you.
When all of the petals have been added, add the piece of
yourself. You dont need much.
Stir clockwise, gently to avoid spilling, and speak to the
person youre looking for. Tell them about how wonderful they are
and how excited you are to meet them. Talk about the things youll
do in the future. Whatever you want. This is your time with them.
When finished, take the water and pour it into a running bath.
Soak, letting the spell, and them, become part of you.
If youre anything like me, youll probably feel really sappy
after this, so spend the rest of the night watching romantic movies
or listening to love songs.
The important part here is to follow your heart. If you get the
feeling you really need to go to that obscure Italian caf, do it. If
you get invited to a party and you get a nudge, go. You cant find
love if you dont actually look for it. The spell will draw you
together naturally. It wont make you fall in love (and it wont fix a
broken relationship), so thats still on you.
I wont give you a full list of the stuff because some of them
are rather personal, but these (along with those listed as examples
above) are some of the traits I used that drew me to my husband:
Theyll enjoy drinking tea and actually know how to make it
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A curse for friends which you are fed up with, but dont want
to legitimately make suffer. (Too much.)
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ANONYMOUS
EYE-BITING.
What is Eye-biting?:
Eye-biting, sometimes known as the Evil eye, is a method of
cursing used by some witches. It is the act of manipulating what
one could call a sorcerous gaze to deliver a curse.
Learning Eye-biting:
Eye-biting is a method of cursing, so you can already tell it
isnt for everyone, however it is still a practical skill to look into. It
teaches you a lot about various gazes and the effects each one can
have. It can teach you that there are various ways of seeing auras
and spirits even.
So, the method I use is fairly simple, because I dont see the
need for fancy methods when something raw and practical sits
before me. Heres a basic rundown of my method and what I
believe you need to eye-bite:
Reason, even if this reason is simply pure spite, you still need
one. Nothing works without a driving force behind it, and reason is
the force behind eye-biting.
Emotion, lots of this one, rage, anger, wrath are all good
places to start, you need these to fuel this curse. Without these the
curse would be an empty shell, with no punch whatsoever.
The Gaze, most important part, you have to have that look
down. You have to be able to channel all your reason and emotion
into this gaze, you have to project it as concentrated it as you can
at the target.
Visualisation, you need to visualise what you want to happen
too, otherwise your just giving a nasty ass glare that may or may
not curse the person with a random affliction.
And there you go, my simple method on eye-biting.
the-weatherwitch:
Firstly make your poppet, make sure its not going to absorb
water, id say make it like the one pictured. Name it your target.
"I name this poppet [target name] all i do until it, i do unto
you."
Get your jar and fill it with water, charge it with your anger.
Once this is done write down all the reasons your cursing your
target/what they should drown in - the painful feelings they caused
you.
Materials:
2. Lay the purple ribbon out flat and write the words did you
miss me? over and over again with your marker.
4. Tie the ribbon around your poppets feet with the words
facing the poppet. Then slowly wrap the ribbon completely around
the poppet. As youre wrapping it around the head say:
~Wanderings
Ignorance is your new best friendInspired by Ignorance Paramore. This is a curse for your
friends who dont like that youre changing.
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Black Candle
Paper
Writing Utencil
Picture of your friend
A Broom
A Bowl
Take the piece of paper and write upon it all the ignorant
things you can think of.
Take the picture of your friend, and put it ontop of the paper.
Then take your candle and pour wax around the edge of the
picture. This will bind your friend to the ignorant things on the
paper.
Now, take the paper with your friends picture on it, and light
it on fire. Make sure to catch all the ashes though.
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Enjoy.
STREXPET CURSE
nightvale-paganism:
wrath-fire-ice:
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Materials:
Instructions:
1. Grab youre materials and find a nice comfy spot. The jar
you picked outits time to make it into an instrument of doom!
Now for this.Im gonna have episodes of Supernatural playing in
the background so I get the right vibes of Dean. When youre about
to start say this: Hey Dean, I found a job. I brought the shots, lets
gank a bitch. Ill be including a few quotes as we add stuff to the
jar. Now picture that person whos been pissing you off. "Dude,
youre fugly."
2. Take a shot of the alcohol and toss it in your jar (and take
a shot to drinkduh). Saying: Heres some shit to cloud your mind.
3. Now the motor oil goes in, saying: Oil, to darken your life
and clog your luck in muck and murk.
4. The nails come next kids. Im gonna use many 3-4 smallish
nails. Saying: The sharpness youve inflicted on others now digs at
you. Feel the pain it causes others, bitch.
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8. Now, when the jar is complete, put the lid or cork on it,
seal it with wax from the candle, leave your candle burning for a
bit. If you want the curse to last forever, bury the jar. If you want
it to be temporary, keep it somewhere safe and when you are done
with the curse, empty the contents out and burn them (safely, mind
you.) "So screw destiny right in the face. I say we take the fight to
them, do it our way."
9. Finish with a shot for yourself and one next to the jar and
candle for Dean, close with this: Shots on me, Dean.
brynja-storm:
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sea or storm water (mix salt with water if all else fails)
flotsam (bits of wood, nails, glass etc)
Mugwort
flames (hot sauce, pepper, etc.)
Something to represent the target
a black or red candle
a jar
The goal here is to drown your target in nightmares. First,
place the object that represents them into the jar. Fill it about
three quarters of the way with your storm water, or until the object
is completely submerged. Add your shipwreck flotsam, mugwort,
and your flames. Melt the wax of the candle over the lid of the jar
to seal it. Imagine the nightmares you wish your target to have,
and shake the jar. Keep it as long as necessary.
sinkingcrowfeathers:
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Materials:
A poppet
Personal items of the victim (hair, blood etc)
A box
Needles
Your tears (cried while thinking of them would be best)
Blue thread/string (optional)
1. Either dress or anoint your poppet to represent your victim
with the personal items.
7. Bury that box and laugh your ass off. (Im kidding. Unless
you want to, then go for it.)
chaoticwanderings:
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Materials:
Procedure:
2. Soften the clay between your hands. When its soft enough,
mix your herbs in with the clay. Work it in until theyre evenly in
the clay.
3. Shape the clay into a poppet of your target. For this curse
youll have to make the whole body.
5. Push the amber stone into the heart of the target. This will
ensure that they are not physically harmed by the curse.
6. Take your iron chain and tie it around the feet of the
poppet. Wrap the remainder of the chain slowly around the entire
poppet, reciting the following:
witchyelsa:
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Materials
representation of target
(expendable) headband
moon water; water charged in moonlight, phase at
practitioners discretion
(optional) moonstone
Procedure
witchyelsa:
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Materials
2. Take the samples of maple and wood and press them firmly
against the representation and utensil. If it helps, add in this
variation of a nursery rhyme that appeared in one of Moffats
episodes:
3. Sweep all the materials into the jar and seal it. Whenever
your target manages to evade the impact of their actions, give the
jar a little or vigorous shake.
Grind the Galangal Root and Deers Tongue with mortar &
pestle until a fair amount of powder collects in the bottom. Sieve
the material through a fine mesh strainer into a collection dish;
this removes the larger ungrindable pieces and gives you cleaner
powdered herb. (Pro-Tip: Putting a funnel under the strainer helps
reduce lost material.)
Grind small amounts of the remaining ingredients and add
them to the dish. Mix everything well and bottle immediately.
Sprinkle where you know your target will walk, or across the
entrance to a room or dwelling, or in the corners of a room. (The
powder is most effective when trodden upon by the target.) As you
do so, visualize a flaming eye stripping away their lies and
dishonesty. If you wish, you can recite the now-famous line:
"You cannot hide. I seeee you."
Curse Candle
An unpleasant mix for unpleasant people.
Materials
A candle (a tealight is fine)
Peppermint oil (be very careful with how much you use)
Ground sage
Ground rosemary
Salt
Black ink (just a drop or two)
Anything else you find unpleasant
Air freshener of your preference
A lighter
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Preparation
Gather the list of ingredients. On the candle, carve
STRNGHCLQFDW onto it with something small and sharp.
Charge the candle and push your energy into the letters you
carved into it (these will work to focus the curse and make it more
potent).
Performance
Add the ingredients in the order listed (again, be careful with
the peppermint).
Light the candle.
Optional: Say Stirighcliquifiwi for an extra kick.
Tell the curse its target and let it burn down (if you have any
specific instructions for it, tell them to the candle before the flame
extinguishes).
Spray some air freshener and get rid of the terrible smell from
the peppermint.
Dispose of the remains.
This curse has been tested and it works.
wrdsnv
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Forget Me Not
A curse full of regrets made with no regrets
Materials
A poppet or representation of target
A jar or container big enough to contain the poppet
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Rose petals
Strips of paper
A pen
Candles
Preparation
Pre-make poppet (this is a curse poppet so please make
accordingly). On each strip of paper (and there should be a large
amount) write Forget me not.
Performance
Have all of your supplies on your workspace.
If you usually cast a circle, do so now.
Light however many candles you want to. Theyre mainly for
dramatic effect.
Kiss the poppet (sweetly, if you can manage).
Now place it into the container. With each line you say, place
a strip of the paper you wrote on into the container with it.
Forget me not
Forget me never.
You will regret this mistake
Now and forever.
Cross me once.
Cross me twice.
Now that you have,
Youll see Im not so nice.
I whisper to you nothing sweet.
I whisper to you nothing kind.
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And when youre done with everything, try to not think about
what youve done. Do something mundane. Let the curse do what it
needs to do.
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ously-since-i-know-ill-be-asked-at-some)
A spell to bring misfortune upon your target by blinding their mind Inflict debilitating confusion and lethargy upon them.
What youll need:
Two candles, black and purple. A white candle painted black or
purple is fine too. If you have neither, just use a pair of white
candles and charge them with your intent over a meditation
session, or how you normally charge objects.
An effigy of your target - This can be a picture, poppet, or
just their name written on a piece of paper, as long as it represents
your target.
An amethyst.
String.
Yourself.
*YOUR REASONS FOR CURSING ARE YOURS ALONE. I, NOR
ANYONE ELSE, HAS ANY RIGHT TO SHAME YOU OR JUDGE YOU.
WHETHER YOU DESIRE TO USE THIS POWER TO ELEVATE YOURSELF,
OR TO LASH BACK AT ONE WHO HAS WRONGED YOU, THAT IS YOUR
BUSINESS ALONE. USE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION.
Step 1: Respect. Tenacity. Power.
Meditate with the Amethyst crystal. Do whatever you normally
do to get into your mind-state. Focus on your personal power your strength, your ambition, your greatness, your cunning, and
the anger or malevolence you feel. Get into a state where you
feel powerful. This may be a feeling that your target has robbed
from you - take it back.
The cult of the forgotten shadow values respect - respect for
your betters, respect for yourself.
The cult of the forgotten shadow values tenacity. Through
unwavering perseverance, you can do anything you desire.
The cult of the forgotten shadow values power. Those who
grasp for too much power may find themselves overwhelmed those who seek none, who crave nothing, desire nothing, and cling
to the past need not exist.Power is bettering yourself within the greatest
of your own abilities.
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end result to be? Why are you cursing them in the first place? What
do you hope to accomplish?
Seal the jar however you wish and shake it. Shake it as you
reflect on who the person is and how much you know about them.
Make sure you do this good and hard. If you think physically
marking the curse with their name or features will help do that as
well.
Once youve finished take this jar and dispose of it. Throw it in the
trash. Your work is done. Youve created the festering wounded
curse that will latch on to the intended. You set the wheels in
motion.
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is free to seek out the target. Once youre sure youve separated
yourself from the curse leave the area and do not look back.
To make others give ones target the cold shoulder, expose all deeds and
misdeeds of ones target, and bring general misfortune to ones target.
Materials
clean glass jar with screw-on lid
figurine representing target
hot glue gun or other waterproof sealant
water
glycerin or baby oil
glitter
tiny white or silver-colored beads
stirring utensil
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black salt
Procedure
1. For the figurine, you can use a fast food kids meal toy, a
figurine made of clay or glass or ceramic, or even Play-Doh sculptures
that you can oven-dry and seal . Do whatever you want to designate it as
your target, be it by writing their name on it, making a sigil in
Sharpie, or having the figurine resemble them.
2. Whatever figurine you use, you will have to adhere it to the
lid of the jar. If you do use hot glue, be careful as it goes without
saying that it is hot. Let the glue or sealant dry thoroughly, and/or
as instructed on the products packaging. When its dry, carefully
wiggle the figurine around to make sure its secure. If it isnt,
apply more glue or sealant, or try a different product.
3. Take your materials to a large kitchen sink, since things
may get messy. Fill the jar with water right before the screw
threads. Add a splash of glycerin or baby oil, which will make the
snow fall slower. Add in the glitter and/or beads and salt, and stir
everything up. Now fill the jar to its brim, to prevent air bubbles.
4. Put the jar in the sink basin. Apply glue or sealant to the
threads of the lid. Carefully settle the figurine into the jar, allowing
excess water to pour out due to displacement. When the lid is
completely on the brim, screw it closed tight and let the glue or
sealant solidify.
5. Once the snow globe is done, hold it however you can and
recite this variation of Let It Snow.
Oh, the weather inside is frightful,
But the facts are so delightful.
And since youve no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
It doesnt show signs of stopping,
So your social life is flopping.
Your spirits start to sink low.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
When you finally meet a blight,
How Ill love that youre out in a storm!
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Place the poppet into the jar and add the egg, vinegar, pins,
nails, and herbs. Light the black candle stub and drip wax into the
jar while reciting:
Your hands I bind, your voice I take
No peace or rest, asleep or awake
Your eyes I pierce with sharpest thorn
No peace or rest, by night or morn
Your heart I bind with bitter gall
No peace or rest, no none at all!
My wrath I send, and spirits vile
To walk behind you all the while
Youve stolen what belongs to me
So may your bones accursed be
You sought to take and so I give
For one years time, this curse shall live
And after, if you choose to steal
It wakes again with eager zeal
Dont try to run, youll flee in vain
I name you Thief! I bring you pain!
Blow out the candle (or spit on the wick) and drop it into the
jar. Seal the jar and wrap it well with the duct tape to prevent
escape.
Afterwards, you can bury it in a planter pot or at a crossroads
(or in a cemetery, if youre feeling particularly viciousleave a little
bread and some coins if you do this). Wherever you bury it, be sure
to walk away without looking back and cleanse yourself and your
tools thoroughly when you get home.
Herb Substitutions:
Blueberry Leaf - Blueberry Fruit (rotting fruit works just as
well)
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Hello girls. I'm gonna tell you a sad story. In one of my jobs,
they never paid me (actually, they never paid anyone of their
employees), I'm in a legal struggle with these fucktards, and they
ain't paying all the money they owe me. I already cursed my
fucking former boss (thief knife curse you kindly posted here), but
What do you
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- Knife
- String
- Bird seeds
Method:
Combine all of your ingredients into a basic recipe for bread. The
bread is going to be formed into a phallus shape, so you may want
to cut a basic recipe for a loaf of bread by half.
Whilst your kneading your dough, add in the extra salt, charcoal
and vinegar. Now is the time to get angry. You will work out all of
your anger and frustrations toward to the rapist/molester into the
dough. Mutter your curses.
When the dough is ready, form it into a phallic shape. Use your
knife to carve in the targets name down the length of the bread.
Bake it.
When the bread is ready and cooled, brush all over with an egg
wash and dump the bird seeds on it, making sure they are nice and
stuck. You might want to leave it to dry for a little while.
When ready, tie a string around the base of the phallus, and hang
it up in a tree, spitting on it as you do so - you want to hang it up
somewhere where you can see it getting pecked at by wild birds.
When the phallus has been nice and demolished, break up any
remaining pieces, and bury them far away from your property.
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Protection Charm
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1 crystal
1 bowl of salt
1 bowl of water
incense of your choice
1 red, white or black candle
Pass the crystal through the flame of the candle and say
By fire be cleansed.
Pass the crystal through the smoke from the incense and say
By water be cleansed.
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A Ward of Protection
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-water
The Herbs
-Basil.. thriving off neglect and heat from the sun, remaining
fruitful and sweet to taste. I relate basil to the power of
overcoming negative energy.
Add the herb mix with water but not too much. Too much
water will make the soil muddy.
When mixing the herbs and soil together chant out loud or in
your mind.
Using your own words for the chant may have greater power.
Divide the soil into five equal parts and roll into balls.
(Source: thehiddenvixen)
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3 cloves of garlic
A handful of coarse sea salt
A handful of rosemary
Stir everything together in a bowl, and leave on a windowsill
during the night of a full moon.
Then, take the bowl outside and spread the salt and herbs
around the outside of your front door and any other doors in the
house. The main door that you use should get the most of the
mixture. For added protection, sprinkle a little on the window sills,
too. If you live in an apartment, pour the contents in small bottles
and keep them by the front door and windows.
broomstraws:
You Will Need: Four stonesat least the size of your fist. Paint
(or paint markers).
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lunaspellcat:
A candle
Take your athame (or sharp object) and carve a word (or
more) into your candle that represents the characteristic(s) you
take issue with in your target. Examples would be prejudiced,
bigoted, sexist, racist, unaccepting, or simply ignorant. Place
your representation of your target near the candle, close enough so
that it will be illuminated by the candles light. Chant as you light
your candle.
If you wish to ask a deity for help in your work, now would be
a good time. Let the candle burn all the way down and keep the
representation near it while it burns.
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Materials:
yellow candle
sage incense or herbal stick (peppermint or rosemary would
be suitable alternatives)
This spell calls on the power of the element of Air, so its
helpful to perform it outside or in front of an open window
(especially on a breezy day). Light the candle and the incense.
Calmly breathe in the scent of the incense and focus on the candle
flame. Say the following:
Allow the candle to burn itself out (or allow the breeze to blow
it out). Repeat as needed.
Materials:
On the night you wish to cast this spell, go out to a quiet and
secluded place. Once you have found a suitable place, kneel on the
ground and meditate on your desire, be it general or specific. You
should think clearly as to what it is you desire most in the way of
wisdom or knowledge.
Next, take the three sticks of wood and lay them flat on the
ground to form a triangle. In the center of the triangle, place the
index finger of each of your hands, tips side-by-side and held
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firmly against the earth. Speak the following words aloud three
times:
Once you have finished reciting the chant three times, pick up
the sticks and, with the cord, tie them in a bundle. Place the
bundle in a secure place where it will remain undisturbed for three
consecutive nights, including this first night. On the morning of the
fourth day, the bundle may be removed and discarded.
free-spells:
school spells
Dab a small smudge of oil in the center of the star, then fold
up the paper into quarters. Rub another bit of oil onto your
forehead between your eyes. Repeat the words:
Open my mind
Open my thoughts
Bring to my memories
What I need to learn.
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sacred-chaotic-geometry:
Basil
Bay leaves
Coriander
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Lemon juice
Rosemary
Mint
Parsley
Water
A pot
A stove
Glass jar/tube/container
Mix the herbs and spices into the pot and add water (only an
inch or two high).
Boil on high and add lemon juice.
While boiling for 5 minutes, picture your significant other and
your love and bond growing stronger and imagine both of you
smiling and happy.
(Optional) ask your deity to bless your spell.
Poor herbs/spices and the water into the glass container.
Leave container out in moonlight for one night.
When ready to be used, rub a small amount of the liquid
across your wrist, heart and forehead with your significant other in
mind.
Source: http://www.spellsofmagic.com
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This type of spell has been around for a long time. Its usually
used to encourage people to be kinder to you as well as taking a
liking to you (romantic or platonic), without outright forcing them
into a friendship/relationship. Its also quite useful for smoothing
over arguments between yourself and loved ones. The materials are
easy to obtain, though the spells bit detailed.
Materials:
Light the incense, and enjoy the aroma. Open the jar of honey
and taste a little bit, then say:
Put the open jar on a saucer. Fold the paper with the names
toward you. Fold it three times. Pour a little sugar in the jar. Drop
the paper in. If you are using two magnets, they should be joined.
Cap the jar. Inscribe the candle with the persons name and your
intent, using a nail, toothpick or thumb tack. Anoint the candle
with the oil. Put the candle on top of the jar, light it and allow it to
burn itself out (keep an eye on it for safety reasons).
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In a small draw-string bag (perhaps orange in color) about 12 inches deep, put in a pinch or two of each of the following:
licorice root
rosehips
fennel
catnip
elderflower
Once assembled, hang the bag outdoors at sundown. At
midnight, remove the bag and place it around your neck. You must
wear it for the next 24 hours. After the first 24 hours, you can
place it under your pillow the night before anything important
where you feel you need some extra help with reaching your full
potential. Remember this charm is to bring out your existing talent,
not give you one you dont already have.
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What are some protection wards you put up? I'd love
some advice on this. I can't seem to find the right
things!
cursebook cursebook said:
upthewitchypunx:
DIY WITCHERY
THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULAR SHIELDING
littlecitywitch:
Brightest blessings! Xx
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Anonymous wrote...
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Anonymous asked:
Before this becomes a habit for anyone please see this post
on why I dont give out spells .
However, Im a visualization and energy manipulation kind of
person and I dont view shielding as spell casting. Its more like
getting dressed.
Shielding unlike most protections is only you and your aura
and you manipulating the structure of your aura to make it harder
for things to get in. And all youre doing is feeling these changes in
your aura. If you are unable to feel your own energy, then you
have a different set of issues that need to be addressed entirely.
So, there are three shielding techniques that I like to use
because of my empathetic and amplifying traits ( see this post ).
1. Building an outer shell.
This is basic. Youre hardening your aura and depending on
what you have to do that day painting it a symbolic color. For
instance, I work in a customer service oriented field. If my
department has made a mistake that will effect a lot of people and
make them angry, I will have a hard, light blue shell for calming or
baby pink for comfort. So, that when they come to me they get the
benefits of the color correspondence but are unable to spew
grossness all over my well being.
2. Reflective shell
This is a little healthier. The hard shell is a very temporary
thing and I dont suggest wearing it every day. Youll snuff yourself
out. However, since the reflective shell is also hard, it is also not
something you want to keep on all the time.
Basically the inside of the shell is black, like the back of a
mirror. This allows you to let bad emotions and negative energy out
(versus the simple colored hard shell that has a tendency to keep
those things in). The outside is reflective like the clearest mirror
youve ever seen. I use this when I visit judgmental family or
friends. That way when they throw that energy at me, it comes
right back at them and they start using those judgments on
themselves. Its quite interesting to watch.
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3. Filtering
This is where youre aura acts like a water or air filter. Its not
solid, but its strong enough. Now, here comes a really depressing
reality. Ready? The filter catches the big negatives that float
around us everyday and lets the small positives through. That
might just be me. The negative just has a so much bigger impact
on my days than the positive, simply because the positive gets
blown away so easily.
Anyway, you visualize your aura as netting. I like designing
mine. Sometimes I do flowers, or lattice and I color this too based
on what Im doing that day. If I need to whip folks into happyexcitement for a creative project, Im school bus yellow all day.
Since the filter allows you to breathe and allows things in and out
without suffocating you, you can wear it all day everyday. But, the
other two are really useful in stressful situations.
So, I hope that helped. I know that visualization and energy
manipulation isnt really easy for everyone. But those are the
things that have worked for me. I wish you luck with that.
What is aura?
Aura is the energy bubble that surrounds your body (or any
body essentially), that is emitted from you *point*. Whether it
comes from your heart, or its your astral bodys emission, or body
heat is up to debate.
Sooooooooooooo,
more likely than not, you cant see it.
Im just going to say it like that. Even if you claim to see it,
thats not my business, know that it is absolutely okay not to be
able to see your aura or anyone elses. Not everyone has synthesia.
Again thats okay.
See, whether or not you can see or feel the thing, you have
evidence that the thing exists. If you are inside your domicile,
staring at this post, then you are not feeling the wind or seeing it
ruffle the trees. People will come and tell you its windy. The news
will say it was windy. The garbage can you forgot to bring in is
going to tell you it was windy.
With aura, science has taken a crack at this energy field that
surrounds our being. There are sources online and in scientific
journals that explore the subject. People have made steps to prove
that auras exist.
Well, it means you have to buy into it. You have to buy into
the existence of this thing that you cant see or feel kinda like
bacteria for those of us who went to schools too poor to afford
microscopes or books with pictures.
Visualization practice.
Thats okay, too. Ill get back to that, let me finish this first
thought, though.
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igamuinacra:
stsathyre:
I dont know how your lives are set up, but I am very lucky to
have a lot of personal space. Like a lot. 99% of the time if
someone needs to speak to me they have to walk through a door or
pass a threshold.
BOOK OF SHADOWS I | 334
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raytray-pkthunda wrote...
Anonymous wrote...
Do you know any spells for protection?
thepaganstudygrouppage:
War Water
Ward Water
Home Protection Spell
Home Protection Spell #2
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Patronus Ward
Peacock Key Ward
Protection Spell: My Blood is Armor
Property Protection Spell
Wall of Fire Property & House Protection Spell
Protection Blend (for jars/bottles/pouches/incense)
Wearable Protection Charm (enchant jewelry piece)
Basic Warding Jar
Protection Bouquet Spell
Knitting Spell (For Protection)
Sea Witchs Charm Bag for Warding
These should help! Thanks to @natural-magics
Sirdame Snakes
Red cloth
Red ribbon (or scrap of cloth, elastic, string)
Needle and thread (or staples, glue)
Blood/red paint/red ink
Method:
http://naturalmagics.tumblr.com/post/77572443806/protection-spell-my-bloodis-armour
Patronus Ward
wrath-fire-ice:
Now Im all sure weve heard of the patronus. Its s spell from
the Harry Potter series. The patronus spell goes like this: expecto
patronum. To successfully cast the spell, one must muster the
happiest memory they can think of (the happier the memory, the
better the charm will work) and begin drawing circles with their
wand so as to increase the power of their spell. They must then say
the incantation, Expecto Patronum; the Patronus will come from
the tip of the wand and can be directed towards a target by
pointing ones wand at said target. Designed to work against
Dementors and Lethifolds, it also was used as a messenger type
spell by Dumbledore.
http://naturalmagics.tumblr.com/post/82452807963/patronus-ward
Materials:
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dried lavender
dried rosemary
dragons blood resin
a black or red drawstring pouch
fur from a powerful animal (found/scavenged, do not harm or
aggravate the animal to get its fur)
Grind and mix the herbs and resin together, then pour the
mixture into the pouch. Add the fur, close the pouch. Hold it in
your hands and say the following while envisioning the animal and
how its strength inspires you:
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1 crystal
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1 bowl of salt
1 bowl of water
incense of your choice
1 red, white or black candle
Pass the crystal through the flame of the candle and say
By fire be cleansed.
Pass the crystal through the smoke from the incense and say
By water be cleansed.
2 parts rosemary
2 juniper berries
1 part mint
1 part comfrey
1 part catnip leaves
Mix and crush all ingredients with a mortar and pestle until
powdered. Pour powder into a black pouch and hide it somewhere
in your vehicle. Replace with fresh powder monthly.
starlit-forest:
Items needed:
Jar
Sea salt
Lavender
3 Bay Leaves
White feather
BOOK OF SHADOWS I | 347
Cover the base of your jar in sea salt. This will act as your
protection base.
Add a layer of lavender. "Protect me in my dreams, when Im
fast asleep, and even when Im wide awake."
Add 3 bay leaves. "Protect the wishes my heart makes."
Add the white feather. "Allow me to fly over the rainbow,
should harm try to overtake."
Add the rainbow of thread. "Let this smiling rainbow absorb
negativity, never letting me break."
Seal the jar. Place your hand over the jar, and concentrate on
the protective energies. Focus on building energy.
When you feel you have built enough energy for your
protection bottle, place it in a safe place.
seashellies:
Note: You could also do this same recipe and leave it out in
the sun to add the element of fire and make it a little more
volatile. I was going for a peaceful vibe so I did moon light.
*Cooking habit. Eyeballed about a teaspoon. Measurements
dont matter unless you want them to.
**Obsidian is a 5-6 on the Mohs Scale so it might be effected
by the salt water but I used chips because I dont intend to use
those stones again.
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12 small stones
A white or black candle
A compass
At dawn, light the candle and place it on a flat surface,
preferably a tabletop. Lay the stones on the tabletop, but not too
close to the candle. Next, say the following:
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