This
is my first non-sigil related witchcraft and I though I’d share it with
you. I call it secret because I didn’t want it to look as if it were a
spell. I don’t like panic attacks and I hate having to explain them even
more. So, secret it is. Here is what’s in it.
Lavender oil for peace and tranquility
Cinnamon for strength against attacks
Clove for confidence and protection
Glue to keep from falling apart
Start by making some earrings out of fuses, which I learned how to do here. Next
mix up a little bit of cinnamon, clove, and lavender oil. The oil is
great because it makes the mixture clump together. This mixture goes in
the very bottom of the earrings under the metal cap where you can’t see
it. OooOOooOoo, secret.
And
then the rest of the earrings are filled with clear Elmer’s glue
colored green with food coloring. I chose green because it’s my favorite
color and I find it relaxing. Blue would also have been a good choice.
To finish it all up glue the cap back on and recited a little chant. I
said “Paranoia, paranoia, everybody’s coming to get me. Just say you
never met me. And now I’m free from anxiety.” It may seem like a weird
chant but it’s what I say to myself when I have a panic attack to help
me focus and calm down. The first part is from a Harvey Danger song,
Flagpole Sitta. Any more normal sort of statement like “Let me be free
from anxiety and safe from panic attacks.” or “All my anxiety now goes away, I will not panic at all today.” will work too.
As long as you can focus your energy and set your intention your spell should work, so I’ve designed these 5 spells using just one word for a Witch who needs a quick fix.
Mariquil
Pronounced mar-e-quil
Used to calm a temper or an upset person. From the latin word for sea, mare, and the english word tranquil. Essentially you are calling the sea inside them to be still. For better results cast with wet hands.
Univert
Pronounced Uni-var
Used for faster transport. I use it at the train station to have a shorter wait time but really its designed for traffic lights. By combining uni from universe and vert,the french word for green, you’re essentially asking the universe to make your path green.
Visididen
Pronounced Vis-e-did-en
Used to go unnoticed or invisible. Taken from the english words vision and hidden. For best results chant it softly while visualising yourself turning transparent.
Lapagna
Pronounced Lap-ag-na
Used when you just need someone to shut the f**k up but are too polite to say so. Taken from the Latin words lapis and magna, meaning stone and voice. For best results hold a stone or some earth while casting, if they’re really pissing you off just throw the stone or dirt at them.
Bavarignis
pronounced Bav-are-ig-ni
Used to strike up a conversation or to continue a conversation. Taken from the French word bavarder, which means chat, and the Latin word ignis, which means fire. Basically you’re asking for the conversation to spark or catch fire. For best results flick a lighter in your pocket or light a match.
TO BIND– wrap in black thread, drip wax over, or seal in a jar and hide it in the dark.
TO BANISH– burn an effect to ash and sweep off the back door step, cast it out a window, or bury in the ground and spit on it
TO ENCOURAGE– plant it by the front door/steps, bury by a window, or place it on a windowsill
TO HIDE– place in a jar painted black, cover with cloth and bury, or wrap with a ribbon
TO CLEANSE– bury it in a bowl of salt, burn herbs and pass through the smoke, or lay it in a moonwater bath
TO GLAMOUR– leave under the full moon, hold its reflection over a mirror with herbs, or
TO WISH– place before a candle and blow it out, drown a coin in water, or let seeds blow into the wind
TO COMMUNICATE– (with a spirit or deity) – anoint a candle, leave out offerings, or open the front doors and windows
TO WARD– leave part of the spell in four corners, draw lines around the protected area, or plant an object of projection in the north, east, south, and west edges
TO CURSE– spit on it, drag your nails down it, or stick sharp things in it
TO DISCOURAGE – plant or bury by the back door, or burn to ash
TO JINX– say it three times out loud, or say a word the same time as someone else
TO MANIPULATE – use wax, use poppets, or tie several strings to pieces of an effect
TO BENEFIT – light a candle, charge a crystal, or create a talisman
I am both a witch and a diviner, and I love to combine the two whenever possible! Here’s a short list of a few ways you could include tarot (or oracle or affirmation or lenormand) cards into your magical rituals.
✨ Add power to your spell with the card’s symbolism. For example, if you are performing a spell to draw wealth into your life, you could lay out the Nine of Pentacles or the Wheel of Fortune.
✨ To check in on a spell’s progress or results. Doing a post-spell reading will offer some needed insight. For example, some cards may warn you that you’ll get your desired outcome eventually, but you’ll need to be patient or some cards may suggest that the spell will manifest in unexpected ways.
✨ As a focus for meditation. Grab a card that feels right to you and lose yourself staring into its details, colors, shapes, and symbols.
✨ Add in a tarot card to your crystal grids. If you utilize crystals in your craft, place a card relevant to your intentions underneath the center stone of a crystal grid. This will reinforce your intentions.
✨ Use tarot cards for sympathetic magic or as an alternative to poppets. Do you have a card that you feel really represents you as a person, or represents the target of a spell? Instead of making a poppet, you can use the card representation. Many poppet spells require destroying the poppet once the effect has taken place, but you can always break the link magically instead to preserve your cards.
✨ Use the ace of each suit as representation of the four elements on your altar. This is a great option for witches who need something that is easy to take apart, transport, or hide.
I’m not sure if anyone else has written about this before, but there must be infinite possibilities for incorporating tarot cards into your spells! Do what feels right to you. If you’d like additional information, I would recommend: Tarot Spells by Janina Renee (it’s a Llewellyn publication so take with a grain of salt, but it’s a good place to start), Sarena’s Tarot Spells, and this video tutorial by Neopagan Priestess.
1. Protection Spell- This can be for you, A friend, or an object. While meditating, Visualize your energy field. Imagine it radiating off your self creating an egg or sphere shape. Manipulate the energy so that it is a sort of solid wall. If you’re doing this for someone else you can visualize that the energy is being transferred from you, To them.
2. Glamour Spell-This can me done any time with cologne or perfume. Hold the bottle in your hand and imagine a pink or red glow leaving your hands and entering the bottle. Fill it with the intention of attraction, beauty, and glamour.
3. Hex- for those soft, non aggressive hexes you can send a “rainy cloud” over a person to make their day frustrating, and not so much in their favor. To do this, feel what ever aggression is lingering in you towards a person. Visualize a dark rainy cloud pulling that energy in, and direct it with your breath towards a person.
4. Cleanse– This is by far the easiest way to cleanse an object. What ever it may be, Hold it in your hands and feel the congested energy around it. Visualize a sort of muggy grey cloud surrounding it. Blow on it three times to clear the energy away.
p u r p o s e – To dispel, eradicate, and keep away negative and harmful energy.
s u p p l i e s
various herbs and oils* (I used mugwort, mint, sage, parsley, eucalyptus, green tea, geranium oil, and sweet marjoram oil)
jar with lid
dragons blood incense
permanent marker
*This is a very personal spell meant to protect you, your home, things that are important to you, so use herbs and oils that you personally associate with protection/cleansing!
Mix the herbs and oils in the jar.
Create a sigil that represents protection/safety/cleansing. Make sure it is simple enough that you can fit it on the lid of your jar. (Psst… here is a great tutorial on sigil crafting.)
Draw your sigil on the inside of your lid with a permanent marker so it doesn’t rub off.
Charge the sigil in your favorite way, then hold it in the smoke of the incense. Alternatively, if you have cone incense, you can burn it on top of the lid the sigil is drawn on.
Dump the ashes in the jar, and seal the lid.
All done! Now put the jar in a safe place, and charge periodically by shaking it.
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You can do the same thing in a smaller jar (like a baby food jar) and carry it with you, just make sure you seal it well!
It wouldn’t hurt to recharge the sigil every so often and adding more dragons blood ashes to the jar.
My essentials are: sea salt on hand (my container of sea salt sits on a shelf rather than in a cupboard) and chalk.
Chalk’s super handy because you can draw on just about any surface with whatever symbols you find protective (or just write some words you find a source of protection or strength in)
Salt’s useful to pour over doorways/windows/other thresholds to protect. I know one witch in Hawai’i that had a little mound of sea salt on their front step. Swore up and down that it protected them from their abusive father’s ghost.
The best protection spells are the simplest ones I find. Growing protective herbs or plants at the door. Wash the floor with water that’s you’ve laced with protective energy or herbs/crystals/etc.
Iron is super useful. I got two huge iron nails at Lowe’s for .97 each. I doused them with protective oils (a really, really foul smelling oil I made up) and stuck them out in the yard on either side of the door. I know someone who keeps a pair of scissors in the window to ward of fae. (I keep a pair of scissors under the bed for the same reason).
A witch-bottle is super useful and doesn’t need to be complicated. Some broken glass, nails, and whatever other nasty things you can thing of go inside a jar you don’t want (spaghetti sauce jars are perfect for this). Cap the bottle, cover it in wax, and bury it in the yard (or if you don’t have a yard, a flower pot).
Charm bags are super easy to make and only require something to fill a charm bag. For an emergency, you can use a cupcake wrapper tied into a ball, a piece of paper or paper towel folded like a triangle. Many protection herbs are found in the kitchen or can be taken out of neighbor’s yards or parks it’s you’re truly desperate.
I also keep an object by the door that I touch each day as I leave the house. I started this by saying, “I will have a good day. I will be protected.” And now it’s become habit to not even bother saying the little words but just touching it. I did the same thing for my mother but I made it her key holder rack by the door.
As for what to do with the spirit… If you’re comfortable with divination you can try that. Or you can do what my brother and I do: we just tell the spirit flat-out: “here’s the rules” and then lists what is and isn’t acceptable, just like you would a new room or housemate. We aren’t hostile about it, just matter of fact.
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