[godiegogobutgay]

I never post here anymore but I thought some people here would like this

[godiegogobutgay]

I dread the day that frogblr/frogtok finds out about "Sana Sana colita de Rana"

[witchcraftingboop]

Shall we experiment with love spells tonight?

I have red string, incense, dried parts of some flowers and herbs, roks, a pink lace bag, and 3 bottles of plum soju. What could go wrong?

[witchcraftingboop]

I'm going to try my best to actually document this one, so I'll record myself throughout the whole process and pass out notes after. Most my spur of the moment shits end up working themselves out verbatim, but I'd be interested in seeing if they work at all for others so this'll be a team project

[witchcraftingboop]

'Till My Say-So Do We Part

Components

Consecrated or pre-made oil (Here: KitchenToad's Crown of Success)

Red base candle

Pink taper candle

Rose quartz chunks

Herbs (Here: poppy seed, licorice root, white willow bark, senna leaf, strawberry root, and lemon balm)

2 pieces of red string

Tall jar to fit chunks, herb blend, and braid

Glass candle holder to fit base candle

Braided or knotted strands of your hair

How It's Done

Awake the oil and anoint yourself

Light the base candle, keeping the long one to the side

Drink soju

Call on the spirit, deity, or planetary intelligence that you will - Here, I called on Hera and told her my end goal and asked that she aid me in reaching it

Grind or blend the herbs together - Start from roots to flowers, blend as you keep in mind 4 core traits/characteristics/principles your partner must have

Knot the red strands one over the other and then the two together for a total of 12 knots

Weave your hair together, roll in the oil you've chosen (NOTE: If you want a thrall or uber unlikely to stray partner, use trance oils. Choose your oil based off what your end goal is.)

Tie your hair into the red strings' knotted end and then braid them together. Again, go over the specifics of your partner for the duration of this step. Do not trim the strands to end at the same time, just leave them. Dip the end of the braid - where the three were made to end - in white wax and then roll in the blended herbs.

Stab the long candle into the base one - by now there should be a pretty good puddle of wax at the top of it. The excess wax will splash onto the glass and cement them further in place. Sprinkle the base clockwise with the herbal blend.

Anoint the joined candles in the same oil from base to tip 3 times. Sprinkle the herb blend over their top to your satisfaction.

Empty a whole dropper of oil into your palm, creating a small pool. Roll the chunks of rose quartz in your hand and then let them drop into the base jar.

Sprinkle the quartz pieces with herbs.

Form the braid into a circle around the base candle's glass holder, form a knot just after the wax bit and then wrap the excess around too. Roll the circlet off and drop into the jar atop the rose quartz.

Pour the leftover herbs into the center of the circlet.

Close the jar with either its lid or the glass candle holder. If you did it with a lid, simply place the candles on top.

Write your petition and fold it six times. Place under the jar. Keep a circle of salt or sand around wherever you plan to keep it.

Light the candle and recite your petition, along with whatever invocations/psalms you'd like, every night for 7 days and 7 nights.

After step 17 has been completed, put the jar and candle in a box and sweep the ring over on top of it. Do not take it apart. Place the box under your bed, under where your rest your head, and try not to disturb it too much. Also make sure to put a clear and realistic end date on your petition.

If you don't like the person that comes to you next, unbraid the strands, soak them in water, and burn them. Dispose of leftover components away from the home.

Cheers, any participators!

[therainshallmakeadoor-deactivat]

do you know a spell to bring out a persons worst qualities (increase anger, selfishness, irresponsibility, cruelty, etc)

One of my favourite spell - I have a knack for stripping someon’s glamour and reveal them for who they truly are - many an enemy have lost friend and family over it.  Try this :

Procure a mirror large enough that you can rest an entire red apple on top of it with ease. Drop the apple on the floor, enough for it to create a bruise. Slit it open with a knife, roll a taglock of your target inside - or, failing that, a piece of paper with their full name on it, and seal it back with black thread and a number of pins. Spit on the glass panel of the mirror and form a cross with your fingers on the surface with your saliva. Place the apple there. Say : “You’re rotten to the core and to the core you shall rot / What is decaying within, I bring without.” Conceal the apple and the mirror under a black veil and leave it somewhere relatively warm for a couple days. As the apple rots away, so the qualities of the person will start to show for the world to see. When you are satisfied with the progression, remove the veil completely and sit your spell’s implements in the sunshine, saying “« The bad seed you sow, now you shall reap.” Toss the apple away when the person is rendered powerless and all know them for who they really are. 

[writtensecretsonparchment]

Hey! Have you any knowledge surrounding using witchcraft to find a new house to rent? I have been given permission to work witchcraft to help someone find a new home as they are being kicked out of their current one.

When Seeking a New Home

The Moon serves as a guide for travelers and to those who are lost. Appeal to her to guide you and lead your way as you find a place you can call home. 

When she has turned anew and her light starts to grow, face her and speak:

“Lamp of night, 

Guiding light,

Lead the way as I roam.

Growing Moon,

Grant me boon,

Lead me to a new home.”

Speak these words to her on the nights she’s growing until the full. May her light guide you to your new home. 

Another method, inspired by the Grimm’s story of Hansel and Gretel. When they used white pebbles to guide them from being lost. 

Find a white stone, smooth and round, if such can be found. When the Moon has turned full, hold the stone under her light. Once blessed, carry the stone with you as a charm when you seek out a new home. 

“Stone that shines 

deep in the night,

Be my guide as I roam. 

Be thou charmed 

by Moon’s fair light;

Help me find a new home.”

Hope this helps. 

**Note that I haven’t done these spells yet - but I’ve just wrote them now so please let me know if they’ve help you, one way or another. The moon today is waxing so perhaps, I may have had an inspiration or two. :)

[lailoken]

“The wild rose is another defensive plant that can be used in protective magical work and for keeping things hidden. Much of the roses older lore is likened not only to love and death divination work, but also to secrecy. A classic example comes from the French fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty, where the briar rose encircles the enchanted castle and keeps it hidden for one hundred years, while at the same time trapping any intruder in the hedge to the end of a slow painful death. The tenacity of the R. canina is remarkable, the plant boasting seductive dark mauve immature thorns, later transforming into tawny sun-bleached versions of the same, both fit for ripping flesh that resists Her. With both charming and cunning attributes, we see a shade of the Devil concealed amongst the sharpened briar rose, if only visible by those who can see Him there.

A plant that contains darkness within it has the power to assist in grim circumstances. Any wild rose is a potential ally for grief, heartbreak and sexual trauma. The immense beauty and defensive nature both are of great value here. A simple personal practice that goes beyond sipping the delicious elixir made from fragrant petals involves visioning and meditation. In order to eliminate disturbing imagery and information from the mind and spirit, one can imagine an old R. canina plant that is growing next to a ruined castle, with deep astringent roots that reach far beyond, into the tombs below, touching the dead, feeding on the ancient bones. By gentle pink blossom and vicious thorn, the rose protects the inner temple from poison, for those sensitive and thin-skinned. The thorns can also be respectfully collected and infused in a small vial of oil, buried upside down in the earth from dark moon to dark moon. This substance can then be used for anointing all that needs protection, from flesh, heart and home.”

—

Plants of the Devil

by Corinne Boyer

[ioqayin]

Hi.. What if I can never leave my body? Some witches on here say you can’t be a witch if you can’t leave your body and attend the Sabbath. I think I can feel spirits when they’re around me, I’ve had isolated events where I’ve definitely seen and heard spirits but I still can’t always see. What do I do to develop this? And can you be a witch without attending the Sabbath? Is it even real? Lots of questions... thank you in advance

Hello, 

You can be a witch if you haven’t had visions of the Sabbat. As I’ve spoken about before, the Sabbat is both a physical AND a visionary occurrence. Some people experience this at the same time, others experience one or the other. When witches come together, and do the rituals of the Sabbat in the physical -- THAT is the Sabbat. When witches fly out of body and attend a Sabbat in the Other -- THAT is also a Sabbat.  I’ve come to the realization that being out of body in the Other is much easier than flying in the Middle world. The reason for this, as I’ve come to experience, is that the Other is made up of Dream-stuff. It is ephemeral, misty, dreamlike, moldable, and shadowy. It is subjective.  The middle world, our physical “reality”, is objective. A chair is a chair is a chair here. I’ve often experienced in my brief forays of travelling in the middle world a chair, but then I’ll slip a little further into the Other and it changes location, or changes color, and I have to pull myself back to the Middle. A continuing skill to work on. 

As for travelling into the Otherworld, there are a number of ways. Most books write about a visualization that guides you into trance and into the Otherworld. There are some excellent narratives out there. A favorite I’ve come across is in Orion Foxwood’s Faery Teachings. I shall give a brief summary below:

Sit on a chair or on the floor, and light a candle before you. Withdraw your awareness of the outer world, and enter deep into yourself and into stillness. This may take a while depending on the individual. Some minds (like mine) begin to race! Take your time. In your mind, you are to envision the flame growing and becoming a fireplace in an old cottage. There is an old woman there, stirring the cauldron. I’ve always thought of this woman as one of the First Mothers. This woman offers you a ladle of what she is stirring - tis a flying potion. The fluid is bitter. You may feel in your vision that you become lightheaded, or you may feel in your physical body that you are spinning in place. These are signs that you are in trance, and that you are separating from your body and going “elsewhere”. 

See yourself (or feel yourself, some people aren’t as visually oriented -- find what sensations and senses work for you. Perhaps you feel or have an inner knowing of what is happening -- these are both valid) drawn up the old woman’s chimney on a great wind. Around you, you see other flying visitors, spirits, and a whole host. Below, you see the lights of villages and towns. You fly for a time, over rivers, and over a hedge, and set down amidst a bonfire, and all manner of beings and creatures dancing about. You join in their dance, and commune with these beings for a time. Then you return the way you came and eventually bring your awareness back into the living world. 

I like this because you start in your own home, in a chair or on the floor, and the room changes to match the Otherworld. 

Now, is this just daydreaming? Fantasizing? Pretend? 

If it is affecting you, and you are having spontaneous visions and reactions to it: Who cares? For some people, this is how they enter into the Otherworld. I discovered last night that speaking the vision aloud as I am experiencing it results in a very deep trance state, and more vivid visions. The Faery Seers in Scotland would do this as they were having their visions as well. 

Others may just sit in silence and stillness until they appear for all the world to be dead, and they start experiencing visions of the Otherworld -- this, too, is a method. 

My personal favorite is to dance around or shake until exhaustion, and then fall to the ground and fly out and about. 

Do not let -anyone- dictate your experiences. If you are having flashes of insight, realisations of spirit contact, momentary visions of the Otherworld, then you are doing something correct. As far as if it is real, or not, that is up to you to decide. For me, the metric for if it is real is how is it affecting me? Is it benefiting me? Is my life improving? Are the visions consistent, are the contacts I’m making consistent and aiding me? If they’re trying to pump me up as a demigod who can do no wrong, I know that is a delusion and a trickster spirit. If they’re shutting me down and abusing me constantly, that is a demon and I must nourish it or trap it so that it will become an ally.  One final thing: Sometimes you won’t be successful in your experiments, and that’s okay! This isn’t a science, it’s an art. Sometimes we fail, but we must have the courage to stand back up again, and try again. You must be your own metric of success, not some gatekeeper on tumblr.  Good luck, and blessings to you on your path!

IoQayin

[qedavathegrey]

Dinah: Of Rose and Honey

Patroness of: Acceptance, Social and Youthful Curiosity, Young Love, Loss (in many aspects of the word – lost youth, lost love, lost faith), Powerlessness – not at the hands of Shechem, but her family, Infatuation, Tenderness, Understanding and a Girl’s Reclamation of Self. She is one who has been desecrated, whose trust has been dismantled – by none other than her family – she, conversely, commands a great power of retribution and will stop at nothing to ensure that no other be forced to endure what she had to.

Call upon her for works of: Reclamation from Patriarchal Tyranny – when the words of men asphyxiate every fiber of your being. Too, for Justice – Her name is Judgement – and no matter her forced meekness in life, her death brought forth the very essence of Power that kept her living through the Hell that cropped up around her. She is Innocence, She is Youthful Naivety but never mistake that for weakness – for it is her greatest strength, and one that renders swift, unrelenting justice.

Symbols: The Jug & the Veil

For the Story of Dinah, see: Dinah (Don’t bother with the Biblical version… It’s slightly biased)

“Prayer”:

Cometh Dinah – bright and new,

Wrapped in linen veils of youth,

And a crown of gems:

Emeralds, rubies,

Lapis – blue;

Stones of love – a love

That is born in strife,

O Dinah, child,

Alight with raging fire,

For the heat of kindled flames,

Burn brighter than the ember;

And in the hearth,

The fire gleans:

Uncertainty to cinder;

O Dinah, of wing-ed heart,

Your words were swept away,

And in the wake:

An army –

Torn asunder by the blood,

That welled within a broken heart,

Dinah – Dinah:

Reclaim now what was stolen,

Not the guise of youth – no,

But the words –

And lives –

And memories –

That were dashed like hopeless

Dreams – the ones

You once did cling to:

For none deserve

The pain –

Dinah – we remember;

We remember you”

Ritual:

(I’m going to present two, one for both sides of the spectrum)

Binding Hearts

To tie the hearts of two-together, first collect two onions. Peel the skin and place them both on a red swatch of fabric – between the two, burn a candle (one in bright red, lapis blue or a votive of the Virgin) to work by. Once the candle is lit, read the above “prayer” to Dinah, adding to the end:

“Dinah – of Lost Love –

Look into my feathered heart,

And if my/our love is True:

Stand as witness –

As I bind these hearts together,”

Cut the two onions in half vertically, and unite the two halves of one heart with the two halves of the other – fixing them with a blend of honey and rose.

Wrap one onion in red fabric, tying a cord to form a “bag” – this one you will leave at the side of a road along with the candle. As you do, recite the last part of the prayer:

“Dinah – sweet of honey, rose,

I bare my heart to you.”

The other half, bury near your bedroom window. If the love is true – he/she will show great interest very soon.

The Flames of Retribution

Take with you into a dark room, a candle (red, black or a votive of the Virgin) and a mirror. Prop the mirror against a sturdy backing and light the candle; Look upon yourself in the mirror and read the above prayer, finishing with:

“And on barren feet I walk,

‘Neath the shroud of persecution,

O, sweet Dinah of the Rose,

Bear your thorns –

For I have suffered;

I – a child of Sorrow –

Wept;

But no longer shall we

Weep for Sins –

That were not ours

To mourn –“

(Blow out the candle; and wait for the darkness to settle – then relight the candle)

“And at last:

We are Reborn.”

Let the candle burn down or dash the flame, drizzle it with honey and leave it at a crossroads.

[bonesofiron]

sighs but does anyone have a spell for heartbreak or some shit is the question

[qedavathegrey]

@thefaerfolk

I’ve actually got a little something for your heartache predicament. It’s very simple, but does the trick.

All you need is a red onion, and a collection of either iron nails (which are preferable, but hard to get your hands on nowadays) or sewing pins.

From here you can proceed in two ways, whichever is more preferable to you.

1) Drive all the nails/pins into the onion, as a representation of your own pain. Then, one by one, remove the nails/pins, all the while freeing yourself of the ache. When all are removed, you may tip them one by one into salt water and wipe them clean — these can be saved to use in curses relating to the heart/love. Wrap the onion and dispose of it on either the next Tuesday, Friday, full moon or new moon — depending on which is preferable to you.

2) Very similar, though the imagery is different. Instead of removing the nails/pens, you will be driving them into the unpeeled onion. This is an act of transference. You’re removing your pain by inflicting it. This is my preference, but it depends a lot on your own personality. Drive the nails one-by-one into the onion until you’ve relieved your pain or have run out of nails. Dress the onion in black or white and bury near your front door or your bedroom window.

I have more options. Though I have found these to be the most pointed, simple and effective.

Good Luck, Q

[ivy-kissobryos]

Take two pieces of paper and write each person’s name on them with their date of birth. Bind them together with red string and dust it with a mixture of powdered rose petals, flour, and sugar. Bury the bundle on the east side of a tree, preferably a willow, to bring them together.

Backwoods Witchcraft by Jake Richards (via ivycrownedwitch)

[upyrica]

An eagle flew across the sea, lowered his wing and plugged the spring. A rooster sat on a stone, flapping his wings: black stone, you don't move, Christian blood, you stop for born, prayerful, baptised [Name].

A Ukrainian chant to stop blood from a wound.

[godiegogobutgay]

This might be the first blood stopping charm I've seen that doesn't invoke Jesus' name

[therainshallmakeadoor-deactivat]

Hi Briar, happy new year to you! Before asking I want to say I am very grateful for all you share that has helped me walk my own Path. Ive been searching on your blog for an ask that provided a guide to creating your own calendar based on your own land.. i even reblogged it but i cant find it on my own blog either.. Could you please, kindly share it again? Finally is the right time and place for me to start this practice... thank you again! 🦋🌿

Well tumblr search engine sure is a bell end because now I can’t find it either !

@unfashionablehousewife Dearest, per chance, do you remember the source of this excellent link you kindly shared with me some time ago ?

[hurkhurkdurkburk-deactivated202]

I do! They were all written by @thetwistedrope​. Here’s the complete list of their posts that I shared in the original posts about creating my calendar:

Gathering Information

Creating the Backbone

Developing Associations and Themes

Folding in Religion

Bringing it All Together

Here’s a link to Mystical Bewilderment’s go at using Devo’s guide that I usually share as well, so people can see it in action. My old blog is also kind of still up despite not using it anymore- and it contains the calendar I re-made partially using Devo’s guide before reconverting, if people want to see that, too, as an example.

[therainshallmakeadoor-deactivat]

Thank you thank you friend 🤍🌹

[ozarkhealingtraditions]

From the Archives: Fevers

Up until about fifty years ago, and much later in some remote places in the Ozark Mountains, a fever was a deadly foe for anybody that caught one. Folk doctors have developed a lot of successful ways of breaking fevers, some involving plant medicines other’s involving what might appear to be works of “hocus pocus,” but regardless, these cures have stuck around because of how effective they are. If they didn’t work no one would remember them. So I’d like to give some examples of these fever cures from a few different traditions.

Ozarks

Vance Randolph’s Ozark Magic and Folklore

“Dr. W. O. Cralle, of Springfield, Missouri, writes me that some backwoods friends of his have used a tea of onions and wild lobelia with great success, in cases of ‘pneumony fever.‘” “Boneset tea is a favorite remedy for chills, fever, and ague. A tea made of elderberry roots is good, too. Some people have great confidence in blade-fodder tea, especially if the fodder has been kept in a dry place. Seneca-root or rattlesnake weed (Senega) is said to make a mighty fine chills-and-fever medicine. The unfermented juice of the little wild possum grapes is supposed to cure malaria. Uncle Jack Short of Galena, Missouri, says that he used to drink gallons of peach-bark tea every fall for his ‘ager’; also a tea made by boiling sheep manure, with a little spicewood added to kill the unpleasant taste. Fanny D. Bergen observes that ‘in central Missouri one is recommended to take for ague a whole pepper-corn every morning for seven consecutive mornings.’ The plant known as fever-root (Corallorhiza odontorhiza) is also used to reduce fevers and is a mild sedative as well. A gentleman in Cyclone, Missouri, tells me that his family made a ‘chill remedy’ that was in great demand; the exact formula was kept secret, he says, but the main ingredient was crushed burdock seeds.” “To cure malaria, chills, fever, and ague all you need is a hickory peg about a foot long. Drive it into the ground in some secluded place, where you can visit it unseen. Do not tell anyone about this business. Go there every day, pull up the peg, blow seven times into the hole, and replace the peg. After you have done this for twelve successive days, drive the peg deep into the earth so that it cannot be seen, and leave it there. You’ll have no more chills and fever that season. If the cure doesn’t work, it means that you have been seen blowing into the hole, or that you have inadvertently mentioned it to somebody.” “Some families are accustomed to treat chills-an’-fever by placing an ax under the patient’s bed. Since this procedure is also used in ‘granny-cases’ to relieve the pains of childbirth, there are many jokes and wisecracks about it. I once went to see a very fat man, who had malarial fever. He stayed in bed as the doctor ordered and took the doctor’s medicine, but his wife held to the old superstition and insisted on putting an ax under the bed. I noticed this when I came into the room, and asked: ‘What’s that ax doing there? You expecting burglars?’ He laughed and clasped both hands over his great paunch, twisting his face in a ghastly imitation of a woman in labor. ‘Naw,’ he answered, “just expectin’!'” “Many people think it is a good idea to burn feathers from a black hen under the bed of a fever patient. I have seen the feathers of black chickens dried and saved in little paper bags for this purpose. For night sweats some hillfolk put a pan of water under the bed; I have known the wife of an M.D. to do this in her own home, without the doctor’s knowledge. May Stafford Hilburn says that ‘if the case was persistent we sprinkled black pepper in the water. Usually in three nights an improvement could be noticed, but in some cases it might take a week. This remedy seldom failed. In fact, I do not know of a case where it did fail.'” Granny Gore

“‘Had lots of cures for colds and pneumonia. One of them was smokin’ ’em with the cobs. You took and surrounded them with a steamin’ hot blanket and put smoking corncobs around them to smoke out the fever. Once’t a lady tal’ a doctor that she had tried smolcin’ ’em with the cobs, he asked what color she used, and she replied white. He tol’ her next time to use the red cobs. Then skunk oil an’ mutton taler was a good cure, and possum grease. Take a fresh kilt animal and render the grease from him, and rub thoroughly on the patient. Slippery elm bark tea is good. Bile the leaves of a slippery elm or the bark and drink the juices. Coal oil and honey is still used fer cough and pneumonia.'”

Louisiana Creole/Cajun

“Make a tea with elderflowers and drink that.” “When someone has a fever give them tea made with marsh elder. Give them a cup three times a day.” “Boil wormwood flowers, then put the water in a tub.  Heat it up, then put the person over the vapor. Make sure they’re covered well.” “Pick elderflowers on Saint John’s Day and then dry them in the sun. When they’re really dry make a tea with them and drink three small cups a day.” “You boil wild wormwood and make a tea, then you drink that three or four times a day.” “Some of us give malomé rouge. We boil that and take it three times a day. At the end of three days it will cut the fever.” “You take some red willow bark from off the side facing the setting sun. You put the bark in whiskey. Then you in put nine nails that have never been used and put in nine green coffee beans. Then you add a little bit of wormwood tea. Then you add two doses of quinine in there. Drink a spoonful of that tea three times a day.”

Pennsylvania German Braucherei

John George Hohman’s Pow-Wows or Long Lost Friend

A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE FEVER Good morning, dear Thursday! Take away from [name] the 77-fold fevers. Oh! thou dear Lord Jesus Christ, take them away from him! + + + This must be used on Thursday for the first time, on Friday for the second time, and on Saturday for the third time; and each time thrice. The prayer of faith has also to be said each time, and not a word dare be spoken to anyone until the sun has risen. Neither dare the sick person speak to anyone till after sunrise; nor eat pork, nor drink milk, nor cross a running water, for nine days. TO BANISH CONVULSIVE FEVERS Write the following letters on a piece of white paper, sew it on a piece of linen or muslin, and bang it around the neck until the fever leaves you: A b a x a C a t a b a x A b a x a C a t a b a x A b a x a C a t a b a A b a x a C a t a b A b a x a C a t a A b a x a C a t A b a x a C a A b a x a C A b a x a A b a x A b a A b A HOW TO BANISH THE FEVER Write the following words upon a paper and wrap it up in knot-grass, (breiten megrich,) and then tie it upon the body of the person who has the fever: Potmat sineat, Potmat sineat, Potmat sineat. REMEDY FOR FEVER, WORMS, AND THE COLIC Jerusalem, thou Jewish city, In which Christ our Lord, was born, Thou shalt turn into water and blood, Because it is for [name] fever, worms, and colic good. ​ AGAINST THE FEVER Pray early in the morning, and then turn your shirt around the left sleeve, and say: Turn, thou, shirt, and thou, fever, do likewise turn. (Do not forget to mention the name of the person having the fever.) This, I tell thee, for thy repentance sake, in the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. If you repeat this for three successive mornings the fever will disappear.

[helheth]

Throwing the Eye

Lock on your foe with your left eye. From your lungs and mouth, gather fire and venom. Direct their power up within your head, and pull them back taut behind the pupil as an archer behind his embrasure.

“Lord and Lady, hear my cry-

Shoot your arrow from my eye-

Poison and pyre and pain to thee.

Thus do I will, and thus shall it be.”

Release.

[therainshallmakeadoor-deactivat]

hello! I hope you are well today during these troubling times. I was wondering if you have any correspondences for curses to cause serious illness for him. (I also made sure to check your tags bc it would be embarrassing if I didn’t beforehand) I’m using it on my friends abuser and thought you could have some ideas. Thank you!

Shape a dough poppet that you will baptize with the name of your target. If you can procure a taglock, all the better. You may choose to incorporate adequate baleful plants to the preparation (I use a Saturnian mix which contains toxic materials). As you do, repeat the following chant : “I bestow, I bestow, poison in my power / I bestow, I bestow, venom in my words.” Then spit - the saliva is where it’s really at. Bake your poppet in the oven. As it rises with your cursing, wash a jar in vinegar and powder it with graveyard dirt. Pierce your poppet with a single nail, particularly in the part that you wish to see afflicted. Stick it in your jar upside down and cover it in your own urine. Seal and top the cap with an inverted black candle (a candle which you will have lit from the bottom). Recite : « By the black tears of ruin, by the sap of my tongue, by the dust of the tomb, by the rust of iron, by the infectors of the green, by the flow of my urine / Illness I call forth, illness I raise, illness now in your flesh I place. » Leave the candle to burn down in its entirety, and toss the spell somewhere obvious on your target’s property.

[handy-sigil-pop-spells]

I’m looking into banishment spells for banishing people, anyone have any they found particularly successful in the past?

[jbirdoftheriverlands-deactivate]

Get a large steel nail, a taglock of some variety (dirt from their foot print or a photo is good here but hair is better), and a piece of raw meat. 

Take them all to a fencerow or a crossroads you don’t frequent and don’t need to return to. 

Dig a small hole, drop in the meat, lay the taglock over it, and pour the earth back. Drive the nail into the center, through the meat, through the earth. 

“my enemy I cast away from me. 

For your pound of flesh, take this, 

and flee. 

As far from me as east from west,

by blood and iron, laid to rest”

leave without looking back.

Easy as falling backward. 

[lailoken]

Wild Cherry:

The Magic of the Hag-Berry Tree

When it comes to the magic of trees, one that is all too frequently overlooked and eschewed in favor of other trees more central to popular Celtic mythos, is that of the Wild Cherry, known by various names throughout the British Isles (and beyond,) including Gean, Hag-Berry, Hackberry, and Mazzard.

Wild Cherries have been cultivated and used by humans for thousands of years, serving a number of medicinal purposes for numerous cultures. In the U.S., a number of indigenous cultures in the East made use of the trees, particularly the dried inner bark, as a circulatory sedative for the treatment of Fever, Diarrhea, Pain, and Agitation. The root was also used to treat Gastrointestinal Parasites, Burns, Sores, and other, similar skin issues. This medicinal wisdom was later adopted by early colonial invaders, and went on to influence various aspects of modern western pharmacology, but probably none so widely known as the use of the trees’ fruit and bark to create an antispasmodic syrup with mild expectorant properties. Indeed, the fruit and bark of the Wild Cherry has been widely used since antiquity to prepare herbal syrups, tinctures, and teas that aid with sore throat, coughing, and congestion, the effectiveness of which can still be seen echoed today in certain pharmaceutical cough syrups.

With this array of historically observed medicinal attributes owed to the Wild Cherry Tree, it’s no shock then that it has been associated with healing and the Healing Arts. In the course of the work I’ve done with tha tree, I have definitely observed its efficacy in aiding me with healing magic—a virtue only underscored by the poisonous nature of Wild Cherry, which harbors cyanogenic compounds in its wood, leaves, and fruit pits. When it comes to the magical properties of Wild Cherry, however, the most widely recognized is probably its use in dealing with feelings and, in particular, romance. Examples of this can be found in traditional lore and practices, such as the belief that one can attract a lover by tying a lock of their hair around the bough of a Wild Cherry in bloom, or that one can create an amulet to inspire love using Cherry Pits.

Though Wild Cherries may be best known for their aptitude with romantic magic, they are associated with other knacks and traditions as well. Divinatory Magic, for example, has historically held a notable station in the folklore surrounding Wild Cherry trees in Europe. One piece of British lore asserts that a Cuckoo must eat three full meals of cherries before it may stop singing. An oracular children’s rhyme from Buckinghamshire, meant to be sung if one encountered a Cuckoo bird in a Cherry Tree, says:

“Cuckoo, cherry tree,

Good bird tell me,

How many years before I die?”

It was believed that the number of times the Cuckoo called after the conclusion of the song correlated to the number of years.

Another tradition states that, if one should like to uncover when they will marry, they need only count the number of Cherry pits left on a plate after eating, while repeatedly saying:

“This year, next year, sometime, never.”

Whatever word they were saying when the last pit had been counted, told the querent their fate.

Other traditions involving the Wild Cherry ranged from the more celebratory and benign—such as the Swiss belief that, if one should want to ensure a plentiful fruiting of their Cherry Trees, they must give the first fruit of each new season to a person who has recently given birth—to the more obscure and sinister—such as the old Kentish belief that, if one should walk through a stand or orchard of the trees, having failed to rub their shoes with cherry leaves, they will die choking on a Cherry Pit.

Miscellaneous folk-observances relating to the Wild Cherry tree have, in fact, existed throughout Europe, and particularly so, in Eastern Europe. In the region of former Czechoslovakia, cherry branches were once Harvested on the Feast of St. Barbara—December 4th—and then brought into the home in order to force blossoms by Christmas. The Danish historically believed in malevolent forest spirits who frequently inhabit old cherries and cause harm to travelers who approach them. Likewise, Albanians long believed that certain trees—especially old Cherry trees—were haunted by devils who caused a swelling of the feet and hands for any unfortunates who stopped to rest in their cursed shade. In Lithuania, people were known to believe in ademon, or god, named Kirnis who was a protector the trees. Alternatively, in Serbia, they are associated with the Vila—elfin creatures who ride stags bridled with snakes and steal children consigned to the Devil by their angry mothers. They were often said to be found dancing ‘round the trunks of Wild Cherry trees, as described in Serbian Ballads as translated by John Bowring:

“Cherry! dearest Cherry!

Higher lift thy branches

under which the Vilas

Dance their magic roundels.”

Even with all of these associations and beliefs surrounding the Wild Cherry, one set of Celtic beliefs and observances still holds particular significance to my heritage and practice. This lore, which existed in various parts of the British Isles (though it was centralized in Scotland,) viewed the Wild Cherry, more commonly referred to by Gean or Hag-Berry in the region, as a “Witch Tree” or “Witches’ Tree.” It was thought of as a very mysterious plant, and in the Highlands it was considered fateful to come across one, though travelers remained quite wary of them. In fact, the belief that Wild Cherries were Witch Trees was pervasive enough that, for a time, it was considered taboo to cut or use the wood of the tree, for fear of inviting malefic influences into one’s life.

Between the curative, divinatory, persuasive, malefic, and spectral qualities of the Wild Cherry, it is a tree which is all too frequently overlooked, and worth getting to know. It has certainly been a boon to my own Craft to learn more about the plant and its history.