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Red is at the end of black.
— Saeed Jones, “Boy Found Inside A Wolf” Prelude to Bruise
(Blackness isn’t black. It is the last degree of reds. The secret blood of reds.)
— Hélène Cixous, “Bathsheba or the Interior Bible” (translated from the French by Catherine A.F. MacGillivray)
When Homer mentions blood, blood is black.
— Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red
“Have you seen blood in the moonlight, Will? It appears quite black.”
— Thomas Harris, Red Dragon
red-black, like the last, deepest drop of heart’s blood, brought to light only by violent death.
— Robin McKinley, Deerskin
✖︎ curse correspondences ✖︎
edited 7.6.25
crystals:
agate - for use on a target who has entered a space uninvited, i.e. someone breaking into your home or vehicle; confusion
alexandrite - causes obsession and delusions
amethyst - causes sensitivity and self-destruction; delusions
astrophyllite - causes those who have died at the hands of another to torment the target from the grave
celestite - detachment
diamond - causes blindness, confusion, and disorientation
diopside - lowers inhibitions and causes secrets to be revealed
emerald - causes greed, selfishness, and isolation
flint - causes conflicts
garnet - leeches energy from a target
kunzite - induces vulnerability
kyanite - used to infiltrate a target’s mind
lapis lazuli - illusion and detachment
meteorite - used as a catalyst in baneful magic
moldavite - delusions
obsidian - used for general aggressive magic
onyx - causes nightmares and mental torment, and is used to break up relationships
opal - used to store negative energy, and then to be given to a target
pyrite - illusions
ruby - used to focus your intent on a target
tiger’s eye - causes arrogance
colors:
black - law, justice, manifestation, sorrow
red - force, energy, confrontation, jealousy, anger
greenish yellow - strife, discord, illness, conflict, jealousy, greed
magenta - catalyst
botanicals:
ague weed - confusion
angelica root - misery, strife, distress, discord
asafoetida - drives enemies away
bayberry - depression
bindweed - binding
blackberry root - distress
black salt - misery, strife, distress, discord
bladderwrack - illness
bloodroot - substitute for blood
blueberry - confusion, strife
boneset - distress, confusion
cayenne pepper - anxiety
chicory - discord
chili pepper - discord, misery, strife
cinquefoil - discomfort
clove - stopping gossip
cramp bark - pain, illness
dogbane - deception
dragon’s blood - destruction, strife, misery
hemlock - discord, sadness
henbane - illness, discord, melancholy
jezebel root - wickedness, ending relationships, punishing unfaithful lovers
knot weed - binding
lemon - sourness, bitterness
lemon verbena - a boost of power, ending relationships
lime - sourness, bitterness
lobelia - discord
mace - misery, strife
mandrake - misery, strife
mistletoe - isolation, confusion
mullein - spirit work, nightmares
mustard seed - strife, discord
myrrh - a boost of power
nightshade (belladonna) - discord, illness
onion - strife
patchouli - illness
poke root - confusion, discord
poppy seed - discord
rue - misery
safflower - destruction
spanish moss - bad luck
slippery elm - ending relationships
stinging nettle - jealousy, envy, discomfort
sumac - bad luck
tobacco - a substitute for any baneful herb
tormentil - distress, harm, discord
vetiver - silence
wormwood (absinthe) - misery, strife
yew - spirit work
yohimbe bark - impotency
planets:
mars - power, force, energy, war, conflict, jealousy
saturn - law, justice, chaos, revenge
neptune - confusion, illusion, chaos
pluto - death, mystery, crisis
celestial bodies:
black hole - darkness, destruction
comet - stasis, isolation
supernova - destruction, endings
lunar phases:
waning - binding, banishing
dark - destruction, banishing, justice
black - power, manifestation
taglocks:
drawings
photos
the target’s name written on paper
the target’s signature
an item that belongs to the target
the target's DNA
other ingredients:
cigarette butts
broken glass
razorblades
vinegar
lemon/lime juice
alcohol
bones
needles
nails
thorns
shark teeth
catfish or urchin spines
murex seashells
flying devil oil
dead insects
black sand
charcoal
disclaimer: i do not condone the unethical practice of collecting or harvesting animal parts, or forcefully obtaining taglocks. this is just a list of theoretical correspondences and I am not responsible for the actions of others. for entertainment purposes only.
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Magick Oil Recipes
This is going to be another long post but here are various basic magick oil recipes based on various traditions, including hoodoo, witchcraft, ceremonial magick, and chaos magick. These oils can be used for anointing candles, tools, sigils, spells, and personal empowerment. Keep in mind these are simple recipes that reflect the necessary ingredients needed. So, do your own research, experiment, and create your own powerful recipes over time.
I do recognize some well known oils are not on my list and I plan to add more here in the future. If you have a request for an oil, just comment or DM me. 🖤
Prosperity & Money Oils💰
⛤Money Drawing Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Cinnamon (wealth & attraction)
• Bay leaf (success & prosperity)
• Basil (steady income)
• Patchouli (physical money)
• Carrier oil (olive, grapeseed, or almond)
Effects: Attracts money, business success, financial stability.
⛤Fast Luck Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Wintergreen (speed)
• Cinnamon (attraction)
• Five-finger grass (luck in all endeavors)
• Gold flakes (wealth energy)
• Carrier oil (jojoba or sunflower)
Effects: Brings rapid good fortune in gambling, business, and unexpected financial gains.
⛤Wealth & Abundance Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Frankincense (spiritual wealth)
• Myrrh (long-term prosperity)
• Bergamot (success in business)
• Bayberry (attracts material wealth)
• Carrier oil (avocado or coconut)
Effects: Ensures financial stability, long-term prosperity, and steady income.
⛤Business Success Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Bergamot (success in money matters)
• Cinnamon (financial attraction)
• Bay leaf (victory)
• Chamomile (prosperity)
• Carrier oil (grapeseed or jojoba)
Effects: Attracts customers, strengthens business growth, and enhances career opportunities.
⛤Road to Prosperity Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Abre Camino (removes financial blockages)
• Basil (wealth and abundance)
• Orange peel (good fortune)
• Ginger (fast action)
• Carrier oil (sunflower)
Effects: Clears obstacles to financial growth and opens doors for wealth opportunities.
⛤Money Magnet Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Lodestone chips (money attraction)
• Patchouli (physical cash manifestation)
• Vetiver (long-term financial stability)
• Frankincense (spiritual prosperity)
• Carrier oil (avocado or olive)
Effects: Strengthens money-drawing spells, attracts financial stability, and amplifies manifestation work.
Love & Attraction Oils🌹
⛤Love Drawing Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Rose petals (romantic love)
• Jasmine (sensual attraction)
• Vanilla (sweetening relationships)
• Patchouli (lust & passion)
• Carrier oil (sweet almond)
Effects: Attracts love, deepens romance, strengthens existing relationships.
⛤Come to Me Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Red rose (love)
• Catnip (draws lovers in)
• Cardamom (passionate encounters)
• Orange peel (joyful attraction)
• Carrier oil (grapeseed)
Effects: Draws a specific person to you in love or relationships.
⛤Passion & Lust Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Cinnamon (heat & desire)
• Ginger (sexual stimulation)
• Ylang-ylang (aphrodisiac)
• Hibiscus (erotic attraction)
• Carrier oil (sesame or coconut)
Effects: Ignites passion, strengthens sexual energy, increases attraction.
⛤Sweetening Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Honey (love and attraction)
• Vanilla bean (sensual sweetness)
• Lavender (peaceful romance)
• Orange blossom (happiness in love)
• Carrier oil (sweet almond)
Effects: Sweetens relationships, encourages loving communication, and softens tensions between partners.
⛤Commitment Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Rose petals (devotion and fidelity)
• Myrrh (sacred bonds)
• Chamomile (harmony in marriage)
• Jasmine (romantic attraction)
• Carrier oil (grapeseed or olive)
Effects: Strengthens commitment, encourages proposals, and deepens long-term love bonds.
⛤Irresistible Attraction Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Catnip (draws in lovers)
• Cinnamon (sexual energy)
• Hibiscus (lust and beauty)
• Ylang-Ylang (magnetic sensuality)
• Carrier oil (jojoba)
Effects: Enhances personal magnetism, boosts charm, and makes the wearer irresistible to others.
Protection & Banishing Oils🛡️
⛤Fiery Wall of Protection Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Dragon’s blood resin (spiritual shielding)
• Frankincense (purification)
• Black pepper (banishing)
• Rue (warding off evil)
• Carrier oil (olive or castor)
Effects: Creates a powerful barrier against negativity, psychic attacks, and curses.
⛤Banishing Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Wormwood (drives away spirits)
• Black pepper (protective force)
• Lemon peel (removes negativity)
• Cayenne pepper (fast action)
• Carrier oil (castor or olive)
Effects: Removes unwanted influences, spirits, and toxic energy.
⛤Uncrossing Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Hyssop (spiritual cleansing)
• Lemon verbena (purification)
• Eucalyptus (removes hexes)
• Camphor (clears stagnant energy)
• Carrier oil (coconut or mineral)
Effects: Breaks hexes, jinxes, and bad luck.
⛤Evil Eye Protection Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Rue (warding off negative energy)
• Black tourmaline chips (protection)
• Bay leaves (shielding)
• Frankincense (spiritual purification)
• Carrier oil (olive)
Effects: Protects against jealousy, gossip, and the evil eye.
⛤Reversal Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Black salt (repels negativity)
• Lemon (purification)
• Eucalyptus (removes curses)
• Agrimony (reverses hexes)
• Carrier oil (coconut)
Effects: Reverses curses, jinxes, and psychic attacks back to the sender.
⛤Guardian Spirit Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Angelica root (guardian energy)
• White sage (spiritual defense)
• Lavender (calm protective energy)
• Myrrh (ancestral guidance)
• Carrier oil (jojoba)
Effects: Invokes spirit guides, strengthens personal energy shields, and offers divine protection.
Power, Manifestation, & Influence Oils🙌
⛤Crown of Success Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Bay leaf (triumph)
• Frankincense (spiritual mastery)
• High John root (power & influence)
• Sandalwood (leadership)
• Carrier oil (jojoba or sunflower)
Effects: Increases success in career, academics, and personal achievements.
⛤Commanding Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Licorice root (domination)
• Calamus root (persuasion)
• Bay leaf (authority)
• Ginger (forcefulness)
• Carrier oil (olive or castor)
Effects: Enhances personal power, influences others, and asserts dominance.
⛤Road Opener Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Abre Camino (removes blockages)
• Lemon (clears obstacles)
• Orange peel (brings new opportunities)
• Ginger (adds momentum)
• Carrier oil (jojoba or sweet almond)
Effects: Removes obstacles, opens paths for success, clears stagnation.
⛤Mastery Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Frankincense (spiritual elevation)
• Myrrh (wisdom and insight)
• High John the Conqueror root (mastery and control)
• Bay leaf (success)
• Carrier oil (almond)
Effects: Enhances personal power, strengthens leadership abilities, and aids in mastering skills.
⛤Psychic Domination Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Calamus root (persuasion)
• Licorice root (control and authority)
• Clove (mental influence)
• Ginger (power boost)
• Carrier oil (olive)
Effects: Strengthens mental influence, persuasion, and domination over others.
⛤Success & Victory Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Bay laurel (winning energy)
• Bergamot (luck and success)
• Frankincense (high achievement)
• Dragon’s blood (empowerment)
• Carrier oil (sunflower)
Effects: Ensures success in competitions, exams, legal matters, and career goals.
Cleansing & Spiritual Oils🔮
⛤Florida Water Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Lemon (purification)
• Lavender (calming spiritual energy)
• Orange blossom (uplifting)
• Rosemary (clearing negativity)
• Carrier oil (alcohol base or sunflower)
Effects: Used for spiritual cleansing, aura clearing, and purification.
⛤Psychic Vision Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Mugwort (enhances visions)
• Star anise (clairvoyance)
• Lavender (calms the mind)
• Wormwood (opens third eye)
• Carrier oil (grapeseed or olive)
Effects: Enhances psychic abilities, intuition, and lucid dreaming.
⛤Spirit Communication Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Myrrh (spirit world connection)
• Dittany of Crete (manifestation of spirits)
• Mugwort (enhances mediumship)
• Sandalwood (deepens trance states)
• Carrier oil (jojoba or coconut)
Effects: Aids in contacting spirits, ancestors, and guides.
⛤Divine Blessing Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Frankincense (connection to divine beings)
• Lavender (spiritual peace)
• Rose (angelic guidance)
• White sage (cleansing)
• Carrier oil (coconut or jojoba)
Effects: Invokes celestial guidance, brings blessings, and strengthens spiritual connections.
⛤Lunar Empowerment Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Jasmine (moon magic)
• Mugwort (dream work and divination)
• Sandalwood (spiritual attunement)
• Silver flakes (moon energy)
• Carrier oil (grapeseed)
Effects: Enhances lunar magick, psychic abilities, and dream work.
⛤Elemental Balancing Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Fire: Cinnamon (passion)
• Water: Blue lotus (intuition)
• Earth: Patchouli (stability)
• Air: Lavender (mental clarity)
• Carrier oil (almond)
Effects: Balances elemental energies, aligns chakras, and stabilizes emotions.
⛤Black Cat Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Patchouli (attraction)
• Black Pepper (protection)
• Mugwort (psychic insight)
• Black cat hair(supernatural power)
• Carrier oil (almond or jojoba)
Effects: Used for protection, luck, supernatural guidance, and enhancing one’s personal power.
⛤Infernal Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Dragon’s blood (spirit manifestation)
• Cinnamon (energy amplification)
• Wormwood (spirit communication)
• Sulfur powder (demonic energy)
Effects: Enhances spirit work, opens pathways to demonic entities, and strengthens the connection during rituals or meditations.
⛤Spider Oil⛤
Ingredients:
• Spider web (weaving fate)
• Mullein (spirit communication)
• Clove (psychic enhancement)
• Black walnut husk (transformation)
• Carrier oil (almond or olive)
Effects: Ideal for manifestation, divination, shadow work, and spiritual wisdom.
Ways to Use Magickal Oils
• Anoint Candles – Dress ritual candles to enhance spellwork.
• Wear on Skin – Apply to pulse points (if skin-safe) to absorb its energy.
• Anoint Tools & Talismans – Charge magical items.
• Add to Mojo Bags & Spell Jars – Boost potency of spellwork.
• Drop into Bathwater – For personal empowerment and ritual cleansing.
• Mark Doorways & Altars – To create an energetic boundary.
Baneful Oils
Additionally, here are the basic recipes for various baneful oils. Always use caution and consideration. These oils are meant for experienced practitioners who understand their consequences and ethical implications.
General Hexing & Cursing Oils☠️
⛧Black Arts Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Asafoetida (baneful energy)
• Sulfur (curse activation)
• Black pepper (powerful hexing)
• Graveyard dirt (spiritual influence)
• Carrier oil (castor or mineral)
Effects: Used for hexing, cursing, and dark workings.
⛧War Water Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Iron rust (conflict energy)
• Cayenne pepper (aggression)
• Black mustard seed (chaos)
• Spanish moss (binding)
• Carrier oil (swamp water infusion or vinegar base)
Effects: Used for enemy work, destruction magick, and revenge.
⛧Hot Foot Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Cayenne pepper (drives enemies away)
• Black pepper (banishing)
• Sulfur (removes unwanted people)
• Graveyard dirt (finality)
• Carrier oil (castor)
Effects: Forces someone to leave, drives away enemies, removes toxic individuals.
⛧Devil’s Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Sulfur (destruction)
• Black pepper (banishing)
• Graveyard dirt (spiritual energy manipulation)
• Asafoetida (intensifies dark workings)
• Carrier oil (castor)
Effects: Used in cursing, binding enemies, and increasing dark magick potency.
⛧Chaos Magick Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Uranium glass (radioactive power symbolism)
• Mugwort (visionary energy)
• Peppermint (mental stimulation)
• Dragon’s blood (amplification)
• Carrier oil (coconut or jojoba)
Effects: Strengthens chaos magick rituals, assists in reality shifting, and enhances experimental spellwork.
⛧Justice Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Devil’s claw root (punishment energy)
• Black mustard seed (confusion)
• Red pepper flakes (aggression)
• War water (conflict magic)
• Carrier oil (castor)
Effects: Ensures justice, punishes wrongdoers, and intensifies karmic spells.
⛧Black Hex Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Black mustard seed (confusion and discord)
• Asafoetida (banishment and curse amplification)
• Wormwood (spiritual torment)
• Black pepper (aggression and conflict)
• Carrier oil (castor)
Effects: Brings misfortune, causes confusion, and weakens an enemy’s defenses.
⛧Jinx Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Poppy seeds (mental fog and bad luck)
• Sulfur (destruction and decay)
• Vandal root (psychic disruption)
• Red chili flakes (suffering)
• Carrier oil (olive or grapeseed)
Effects: Weakens an enemy’s luck, creates obstacles, and disrupts personal and financial stability.
⛧Graveyard Curse Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Graveyard dirt (spirit assistance)
• Myrrh (ancestral energy)
• Hemlock (poisonous influence)
• Blackthorn/locust (cursing and dark magic)
• Carrier oil (castor or mineral oil)
Effects: Calls upon spirits of the dead to enact vengeance and haunt enemies.
Domination & Manipulation Oils✊
⛧Domination Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Licorice root (control and persuasion)
• Calamus root (mental dominance)
• Clove (commanding power)
• Dragon’s blood (intensification)
• Carrier oil (jojoba or sunflower)
Effects: Grants control over another’s thoughts, actions, and decisions.
⛧Bend Over Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Licorice root (submission)
• High John the Conqueror root (dominance)
• Tobacco (enslaving influence)
• Red pepper flakes (forceful action)
• Carrier oil (olive or mineral)
Effects: Forces someone to comply with your wishes, weakens their willpower, and makes them obedient.
⛧Puppet Master Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Poppy seed (mental control)
• Mugwort (influencing dreams and subconscious)
• Orris root (psychological persuasion)
• Solomon’s seal (binding)
• Carrier oil (grapeseed)
Effects: Manipulates people’s thoughts and decisions, making them act in your favor.
Revenge & Payback Oils💔
⛧Revenge Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Devil’s claw root (punishment energy)
• Red brick dust (protection and justified aggression)
• Black salt (banishing)
• Chili powder (intensified suffering)
• Carrier oil (castor or mineral)
Effects: Brings swift karmic retribution and inflicts suffering upon wrongdoers.
⛧Return to Sender Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Agrimony (reflects negativity)
• Devil’s shoestring (block enemy spells)
• Black tourmaline chips (spiritual protection)
• Eucalyptus (cleansing)
• Carrier oil (coconut)
Effects: Sends hexes, curses, and ill intentions back to the sender with triple force.
⛧Wrath of Spirits Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Blackthorn/Locust (spiritual attack)
• Wormwood (spirit summoning)
• Henbane (malevolent energy)
• Bloodroot (ancestral wrath)
• Carrier oil (olive)
Effects: Calls upon spirits to haunt and punish enemies with nightmares, paranoia, and bad luck.
Destruction & Chaos Oils💥
⛧Black Destruction Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Sulfur (corruption and destruction)
• Black dog hair (ill omens)
• War water (conflict magic)
• Rust (decay and ruin)
• Carrier oil (castor or mineral)
Effects: Destroys enemies’ prosperity, causes financial collapse, and weakens their social standing.
⛧Discord & Strife Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Black mustard seed (confusion and rivalry)
• Vinegar (sour relationships)
• Red pepper (arguments and discord)
• Dogwood bark (unraveling stability)
• Carrier oil (olive)
Effects: Causes arguments, breaks up relationships, and fuels chaos in personal and professional life.
⛧Separation Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Lemon peel (cutting ties)
• Black salt (banishment)
• Cayenne pepper (heated conflict)
• Rue (removes unwanted people)
• Carrier oil (grapeseed)
Effects: Breaks up relationships, friendships, or business partnerships.
Pain Infliction Oils🩹
⛧Pain & Suffering Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Thorns (piercing pain)
• Red pepper (burning affliction)
• Black salt (banishment and suffering)
• Stinging nettle (agony)
• Carrier oil (castor)
Effects: Causes physical and emotional distress, making the target feel constant hardship.
⛧Shadow Plague Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Graveyard/hospital dirt (illness energy)
• Poppy seeds (lethargy and confusion)
• Henbane (spiritual sickness)
• Asafoetida (rot and corruption)
• Carrier oil (mineral)
Effects: Weakens a target’s physical health, causing fatigue, minor ailments, and general discomfort.
⛧Blood Curse Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Dried animal blood (ancestral wrath)
• Rue (generational curse energy)
• Wormwood (spiritual decay)
• Mandrake root (dark energy infusion)
• Carrier oil (olive or mineral)
Effects: Places long-lasting and harsh curses, especially on family lines or descendants.
Binding & Entrapment Oils⛓️
⛧Shadow Binding Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Solomon’s seal root (binding power)
• Black ribbon (symbolic entrapment)
• Poppy seeds (mental stagnation)
• Mugwort (energetic suppression)
• Carrier oil (coconut or jojoba)
Effects: Restricts an enemy’s ability to move forward in life, keeping them stuck in bad situations.
⛧Eternal Chains Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Devil’s shoestring (binding and restriction)
• Ivy (trapping and immobilization)
• Licorice root (control)
• Hemlock (powerful suppression)
• Carrier oil (grapeseed)
Effects: Traps a target in their misfortune, preventing them from escaping a bad fate.
⛧Veil of Silence Oil⛧
Ingredients:
• Slippery elm (stops gossip and lies)
• Mullein (silencing and stilling)
• Knotweed (energetic restriction)
• Solomon’s seal (sealing influence)
• Carrier oil (olive)
Effects: Silences enemies, stops gossip, and prevents harmful rumors from spreading.
How to Use Baneful Oils
• Anoint Black Candles – Used in hexing and cursing rituals.
• Dress Poppets/Dolls – Infuses energy into sympathetic magic.
• Mark Enemy Belongings – Secretly place on items to affect a target.
• Add to Cursed Spell Jars – Intensifies spells for long-term suffering.
• Use in Written Curses – Apply to paper sigils or petitions for enhanced power.
Dylan Thomas, The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The New Centenary Edition; from ‘The Fight’, Frivolous is my hate
TEXT ID: Frivolous is my hate, Singed with bestial remorse Of unfulfilment of desired force, And lust of tearing late; Now could I raise Her dead, dark body to my own And hear the joyous rustle of her bone And in her eyes see deathly blaze; Now could I wake To passion after death, and taste The rapture of her hating, tear the waste Of body. Break, her dead, dark body, break.
~Feeding Fire to the Dead ~
The realm of the dead is often depicted as a cold dark place, sometimes even being wet. Making it's denizens cool fluid beings craving fire and the warmth of vitality. Chthonic entities, in my experience, are very reactive to warming offerings. Such as candles, fire, coffee, liquor, and spices. These types of gifts excite the spirits of the underworld, allowing their old bones to thaw from being in cold chthonic waters.
You have to be careful feeding fire to the dead. While it is excellent at bringing movement to slumbering beings, it can also lead the dead to cause chaos. Acting wild and unruly for the inexperienced conjurer. Which is why in traditions like Quimbanda you'll find firey spirits such as Exu and Pomba Gira are given these types of firery offerings and mediums will consume alcohol and tobacco, but are warned against over indulgence as to not give the spirit control over you. There is a line to ride when it comes to exciting spirits with hot offerings, as too much fire and the magician could get burned.
Cooling offerings are often preferable when working with the dead for this very reason. Especially with wild/unknown dead you are working with, because over excitement could be dangerous when you're unfamiliar with the being you're speaking with. These offerings take the form of milk, honey, wine, and sometimes coins. You see these types of offerings used frequently in the PGM when working with the dead, and other rarer ingredients get used inconjunction when working with divinities. These cooling offerings call the spirit forward without inciting them too much, and can also be paried with hot offerings to temper spirit.
This is why im my personal practice with my local dead I tend to shy away from hot offerings, and focus more on giving cooling gifts such as coins, milk, and sometimes honey. Only when I really want excitement and quick action do I lean towards feeding my spirits of the dead hotter offerings.
Do you have any particular powerful ritual approaches to binding someone from doing harm to another?Think someone harming their spouse in an abusive relationship. I've been led to believe that breaking up relationships can have negative repercussions
Absolutely. But I wish to urge caution with regards to what I’m about to say.
We can bind individuals to keep them from performing specific acts, but we cannot fundamentally change who they are as a person. In other words: an abuser will remain an abuser, binding or not. There is an underlying psychological need or drive beneath their actions - a craving for control or power - which no amount of binding will ever change. Keeping them from performing a specific set of actions won’t change that drive, and may just escalate their behavior. Someone who was emotionally abusive may become physically abusive; someone who was physically abusive may find they can’t target their normal target, so they might throw things around the house and break them… Or go off and pick a fight with someone else entirely.
But they will not become magically better people because they have been bound. They are abusers, and short of a near-death experience or years of honest therapy (which they won’t do, because lying is part of their pattern of behavior), they will remain that way.
I mean that very seriously. I’ve known people who were in abusive relationships, and thought that if they just bound the individual from a specific action, it would cause their act to clean up. It did not; the abuser just escalated, targeted their kids, etc.
But while we cannot alter their behavior, we can alter who they can and cannot interact with. In other words: we can excise them from the lives of their victims. (And after they’re excised, we can curse them into oblivion. But that would be another response entirely.)
Saturnian Binding of Poppets Against Malign Motherfuckers:
First, you need a link to the individual you are binding. A piece of hair nail clippings, an item of clothing that was worn by them, a picture of the individual, some poetry they wrote (I once got to bind a guy that was writing creepy letters to a female friend, and who would include his own blood on said letters - it was the best link one can ask for). The better the link, the more potent the binding.
Next make or get a doll to represent the person you will be binding. You can make one from wax, or clay, or you can just head to the nearest store that has dolls and buy one that fits the person.
Once you have these two items, procure a bowl of water (if you can visit a Catholic church and make off with some holy water - all the better, if not, regular water will be fine). Also get some black string or thread.
On a Saturday, in the hour of Saturn (Lunarium’s planetary hours calculator can help out if you don’t know how to calculate the hours by hand; remember the default time on it is for London, so alter it to your own timezone when making plans), set up space. Cast a circle, or banish, or put down a circle of salt. Whatever works for you.
Now take the link, and the poppet and combine them. Cut a hole in the chest and place the link inside, or tie the link to the poppet with some of the black string. Next, baptize the poppet in the bowl of water in the name of the individual you are about to bind. “I name you X, and baptize you in the name of [X].”
The baptism of the poppet can be done traditionally - that is, in the name of God and Christ, or we can take the ‘diabolic’ route and baptize it in the name of Lucifer (and if you’re feeling traditionally witchy, Diana and Lucifer work well together).
Next, recite a Psalm over the poppet. I recommend Psalm 7: 6 - 9:
“Exsurge Domine in ira tua exaltare in finibus inimicorum meorum et exsurge Domine Deus meus in praecepto quod mandasti
Et synagoga populorum circumdabit te et propter hanc in altum regredere
Dominus iudicat populos iudica me Domine secundum iustitiam meam et secundum innocentiam meam super me
Consummetur nequitia peccatorum et diriges iustum et scrutans corda et renes Deus.”
Or:
“Arise, Lord, in your anger;rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.Let the assembled peoples gather around you,while you sit enthroned over them on high.Let the Lord judge the peoples.Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure—you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.”
If you have done the Baptism traditionally, then just recite the Psalm as is. If you’ve taken a more Diabolic approach, replace ‘Deus’ (Lord) or God with “Lucifer” (etc.) in the Psalm recital.
After that you’ve ‘primed’ and 'readied’ the Poppet. Next comes the full on binding: taking the string, bind the hands:
“I bind these hands that NN cannot take action against (myself and the person affected by the abuser).”
Bind the feet:
“I bind the feet that NN may not move to approach (myself and the person affected by the abuser)..”
Bind the mouth:
“I bind the mouth that NN may not speak against (myself and the person affected by the abuser).”
Bind the ears:
“I bind the ears that NN may not hear of (myself and the person affected by the abuser).”Bind the eyes:
“I bind the eyes that NN may not see (myself and the person affected by the abuser).”
Finish the binding:
“In the name of God (or Lucifer, etc.) and Saturn, may NN be bound from taking any and all actions against (myself and the person affected by the abuser). May they be cut off, not to know the solace of friendship and love from those they have abused.”
Next, wrap that thing in tinfoil, or have a box that is entirely black with the Seal and Kamea of Saturn on the front and back with mirrors lining the interior, and place it inside. Drop it in a body of water; not moving water, mind you, as that will cleanse your link and break your poppet. Still water - like a lake - is best. Otherwise, bury it. If you want to be really nasty, bury it beneath one of the Nightshades so that any malicious intent that seeps out from the poppet (as it is an effective 'double’ for the individual) gets eaten up by the poisonous plant.
I mentioned 'myself and the individual effected by the abuse’ because occasionally you will bind someone, and they will know that you have taken actions against them. They may not be able to explain it, but they’ll be sure that you’ve done something. And they might decide to come after you. As such, blinding them and negating their ability to notice your presence is something to keep in mind.
I hope this helps.
A survey of mostly textual wards from the Cunning Man's Handbook
Here ys a charme for wyked Wych. In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, Amen. Per Virtutem Domini sint Medicina mei pia Crux + et passio Christi +. Vulnera quinque Domini sint Mediciua mei +. Virgo Maria mihi succurre, et defends ab omni maligno Demonio, et ab omni maligno Spiritu: Amen. + a + g + l + a + Tetragrammaton. +Alpha. + oo. + primogenitus, + vita, vita, + sapiencia, + Virtus, + Jesus Nazarenus rex judeorum, + fili Domini, miserere mei Amen. + Marcus + Matheus + Lucas + Johannes mihi succurrite et defendite Amen. + Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, hunc N. famulum tuum hoc breve Scripturn super se portantem prospere salve dormiendo, vigilando, potando, et precipue sompniando ab omni maligno Demonio, eciam ab omni maligno spiritu + (Brand 1900: 616)
Anti-witch: Put five spanish needles into an egge through the shell & seethe it in the uryne of one that is bewytched, & whyle it is seethinge the witch will come without doubt. Prt est. prt est prt est. (Briggs 1953: 456)
To spoile a theefe, a witch, or anie other enimie, and to be delivered from the evill. Upon the Sabboth daie, before sunrising, cut a hazell wand, saieng : I cut thee O bough of this summers growth, in the name of him whome I meane to beate or maime. Then cover the table, and saie + in nomine patris + & filii + & spiritus sancti + ter. And striking thereon saie as followeth (english it he that can) Drochs myroch, esenaroth, + betu + baroch + ass + maaroth +; and then saie; Holie trinitie punish him that hath wrought this mischiefe, & take it away by thy great justice, Eson + elion + emaris, ales, age: and strike the carpet [carpets were used as table coverings in Scot’s day] with your wand. (Scot 1973: 219; from Weyer: 381)
Counter charmes against these and all other witchcrafts, in the saieng also whereof witches are vexed, &c. ERuctavit cor meum verbum bonum, dicam cuncta opera mea regi. ◊ Otherwise: Domine labia, mea aperies, & os meum annunciabit veritatem. ◊ Otherwise: Contere brachia iniqui rei, & lingua maligna subvertetur (Scot 1973: 211)
A charme to drive away spirits that haunt a house. Hang in everie of the four corners of your house this sentence written upon virgin parchment; Omnis Spiritus laudet Dominum: Mosen habent & prophetas:Exsurgat Deus et dissipentur inimicie jus (Scot 1973: 199).
For Slander or Witchcraft. Art thou slandered, or thy head, flesh, limb, send it back home to the false tongues, thus: ††† Take off the shirt, and put it on wrong side out, put the two thumbs at the pit of the stomach, and carry them around under the ribs as far as to the hips. Do this three times, carefully and devoutly (Brown 1904: 108).
To drive away Ghosts, or Spirits that haunt a house. This is a curious secret, and I think never before made public, or privately practised but by a few. To do this, take the wool that grows between the two eyes of a black sheep, burnt to powder, and after it has been steeped a night and a day in man’s urine, mix this with the powder of nightshade, or wake Robin, an herb so called, boil them in a quarter of a pint of Aqua Vitæ; sprinkle the walls of the chamber you fancy is haunted with it, and no disturbance will happen if you turn your face when you go to repose to the eastward, when in bed, and say your prayers (Witchcraft Detected 1824: 50).
This to be carried about one for the prevention of Witchcraft, &c. These misfortunes generally happen under the power of the moon, who (as ancients hold) is the favourer of magic, or enchantment, take the opposite planet to her in allaying her force this way, which is Jupiter, write his character thus ♃ on a piece of parchment, and add to it the following characters that are the signs of the Zodiack, viz. ♍ ♎ ♏ and this number, 1, 3, 2, 5, 7, 1—1, 1—7, 1—4th; after this, set down the number of the figurative letters in your name make, wrap it up in as small a compass as you can, and sowing it up in a piece of black silk that has been steeped in juice of vervine, hang it about your neck when the moon changes, and you will be sure from any danger of this nature if you lead a good life (Witchcraft Detected 1824: 51).
To find out a Witch, and prevent and cure mischief wrought by charms or witchcraft. One principal way is, to nail a horse-shoe at the inside of the outermost threshold of your house, and so you shall be sure no witch shall have power to enter thereinto. And if you mark it, you shall find that rule observed in many country houses. Otherwise, let this triumphant title be written crossways in every corner of the house thus: Jesus + Nasarenus + Rex + Judreorum +. Memorandum. You may join herewithall the name of the Virgin Mary, or of the four Evangelists; or Verbum caro factum est. Otherwise, in some countries they nail a wolf’s head to the door. Otherwise, they hang scilla (which is a root, or rather in this place garlic) in the roof of the house, for to keep away witches and spirits; and so they do Alicium [alyssum] also. Otherwise, a perfume made of the gall of a black dog, and his blood besmeared on the posts and walls of the house, driveth out of the doors both devils and witches. Otherwise, the house where herba betonica is sown, is free from all mischief. Otherwise, it is not unknown, that the Romish church allowed and used the smoke of sulphur to drive spirits out of their houses, as they did frankincense and water hallowed. Otherwise, Apuleius saith that Mercury gave to Ulysses, when he came near to the Inchantress Circe, an herb called verbascum, which, in English is called mullein, or tapsus barbatus, or longwort, and that preserved him from the enchantments. Otherwise, Pliny and Homer both do say, that the herb called moly, is excellent against enchantments (Witchcraft Detected 1824: 62).
TO DESTROY THE POWER OF A WITCH. TAKE three small-necked stone jars: place in each the liver of a frog stuck full of new pins, and the heart of a toad stuck full of thorns from the holy thorn bush. Cork and seal each jar. Bury in three different churchyard paths seven inches from the surface and seven feet from the porch. While in the act of burying each jar repeat the Lord’s prayer backwards. As the hearts and livers decay so will the witch’s power vanish. After performing this ceremony no witch can have any power over the operator (Hewett 1900: 74).
TO FRUSTRATE THE POWER OF THE BLACK WITCH. TAKE a cast horse shoe, nail it over the front door, points upwards. While nailing it up chant in monotone the following: So as the fire do melt the wax And wind blows smoke away, So in the presence of the Lord The wicked shall decay, The wicked shall decay. – Amen (Hewett 1900: 68).
I Naphumphytor Tetragramatan ☉ ☽ ♂ ☿ ♃ ♀ ♄ and desire you all by your powers to Gard A.B. from all evil spirits and from all bad washers, faires, and night-mare, and from all desorders, fits, cramp, and all other desorders, and give him good elth and store of wealth all his days.—O Lord, Amen. Charm on a small piece of paper in a canvas bag to be worn, owned by a farmer from Pendle Gorest ca. 1830-40.
A popish periapt or charme, which must never be said, but carried about one, against theeves. I doo go, and I doo come unto you with the love of God, with the humilitie of Christ, with the holines of our blessed ladie, with the faith of Abraham, with the justice of Isaac, with the vertue of David, with the might of Peter, with the constancie of Paule, with the word of God, with the authoritie of Gregorie, with the praier of Clement, with the floud of Jordan, _p _p p c g e g a q q est p t 1 ka b g l k 2 a x t g t b am g 2 4 2 1 q; p x c g k q a 9 9 p o q q r. Oh onelie Father + oh onlie lord + And Jesus + passing through the middest of them + went + In the name of the Father + and of the Sonne + and of the Holie-ghost + (Scot 1973: 188).
For theft or anything thou desirest. Say the iiiith {4th} Psalm invocarem &c And when you come to the verse, be angry and sin not, Say it thrice Afterwards say Kyrilayson Christilayson Kyrilayson Our father &c Ave maria &c Credo &c Then write their Greek names in parchment + Alga + Cad + Iskiros + Mediator + Elyson + Panton + Craton + Cisas In the name of + Thou + In the name of + Jesus + Christ + the life eternal Then roll them in virgin wax and put it under your head and Sleep and you shall see whatsoever you desire + finis + Amen + fiat (Rankine 2011: 288).
The right Spell for thieves. In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost Amen, Defend this my house ground and goods this night and all other times from all thieves Witches also spirits Elves and all other evils and I charge thee thou spirit that hast the charge especial of open as of secret things and by the virtue of the omnipotent power of Almighty god maker of heaven & earth and Creator of all mortal flesh and of all other things visible and invisible and I charge thou spirit by all the holy names of God the most highest + Elo Ely Sabaoth Adona{y} Saday Tetragrammaton Alpha et Omega and by all the names of god that may be spoken or not spoken also I remind thee thou spirit Which are called Banalum by all the aforesaid naming & by the virtue and power of them that if any thief or thieves hitherwards to me within this place where I go with my goods belonging to me or else also I charge thee Banalo [sic] by the great virtue and power of almighty God and of the Virgin mary Gods mother and by all the powers of St. Peter and St. Paul and by all the holy company in heaven and by the Angels and ArchAngels that if any thief or thieves hitherwards come they may be struck down both blind and that still stand to or they are kept as siff as any staff (Rankine 2011: 298).
To safeguard for an orchard, park, warran, or field, to take a Thief, &c. The several places being guarded by one and the same planet, not to be too tedious to you, one and the same thing will indifferently serve to secure any / of them from thieves that come to make robbery or depredation, whether it be for the fruits of the earth or any kind of cattle, or to steal away timber in fields or woods; to make which, take the following direction, have a piece of curious clean parchment, made of a sleek skin, cut it with five points or corners in the form of a star, but so large, that you may write in the centre of it, what is to be written, viz. ♊ ♐ ♓, the characters of the celestial signs governing these affairs, add the character of the planet for the day, as before directed, and suppose it to be Tuesday, Mars that govern that day has this character, which set down thus ♂, and this number, 1, 7, 11, 12, 1—2, 1—8th, close it up with virgin’s wax, as I should have told you, (you ought to have done with the former, and sprinkle it with the juice of fumitory, and place the same if in a garden in the hole of a wall; ) if in a forest, park, or wood, in the hole of a tree, having laid it before in goose tansey; and so whatever any thief takes in these several grounds, he shall not be able to carry off till the sun-rising; but then if not watched he may do it. (Witchcraft Detected 1824: 49-50)
There is an herb called corona regis (or rosemary); the house that is suffumigated therewith, noe devil nor spirit hath power over the same. Piony hath the same virtue.—(Manuscript.) (“Raphael” 1832:19)
A Spell against thieves, to be said three times while walking round the premises :—In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, This house I bequeath round about, And all my goods within and without, In this yard or enclosed piece of land, Unto Jesus Christ, that died on a tree, The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. All Three, Thieves! Thieves! Thieves! By virtue of the Blessed Trinity. That you stir not one foot from this place until the rising of the sun next morning with beams full clear. And this I charge you in the name of the Trinity; Jesus save me and mine from them and fetching. Amen.
A CHARM WHICH PROTECTS FROM THIEVES AND ENEMIES. SAY daily at sunrise: In the power of God, I walk on my way In the meekness of Christ, what thieves soe’er I meet The Holy Ghost to-day shall me keep. Whether I sit, or stand, walk or sleep, The shining of the sun Also the brightness of his beams, shall me help. The faith of Isaac to-day shall me lead; The sufferings of Jacob to-day be my speed. The devotion of the holy Lamb thieves shall let, The strength of Jesus’s passion them beset, The dread of death hold thieves low, The wisdom of Solomon cause their overthrow. The sufferings of Job set them in hold, The chastity of Daniel let what they would. The speech of Isaac their speech shall spill, The languishing faith of Jerom let them of their will. The flaming fires of hell to hit them, I bequeath, The deepness of the deep sea, their hearts to grieve The help of Heaven cause thieves to stand. He that made the sun and moon bind them with his hand So sure as St. Bartholomew bound the fiend, With the hair of his beard. With these three sacred names of God known and unknown. Miser, Sue, Tetragrammaton, Christ Jesus! Amen. (Hewett 1900: 79-80).
A General Protective Spell: A charm found on a long strip of parchment inside the hollow 15th century enameled Ingleby Arncliffe Crucifix. Locations of the small “AGLA” square found at the end of the entry is indicated by asterisks: The ORIGINAL LATIN. “* In nomme patris et filii et spiritus sancti. Amen. Conjuro vos elphes et demones et omnia genera fantasmatis, per patrem et filium et spiritum sanctum, et per sanctam Mariam matrem domini nostri Jesu Christi, et per omnes apostolos dei, et per omnes martires dei, et per omnes confessores dei, et per omnes virgines dei Jesu Christi, et viduas, et omnes electos dei, et per quatuor evangelista (sic) domini nostri Jesu Christi, Marcum, Matheum, Lucam, Joheannem (sic), et per nacionem (sic) domini nostri Jesu Christi, et per passionem dei, et per mortem domini nostri Jesu Christi, et per descensionem dei ad inferos, et per resurrectionem domini nostri Jesu Christi, et per passionem (sic, lege ascensionem) domini nostri Jesu Christi ad celos, et per quatuor evangelistas domini nostri Jesu Christi, * (sic) Marcum, * Matheum * Lucam, * Johannem, * et per virtutem domini nostri Jesu Christi, et per magna nomina dei AGLA ON tetra Gromaton (sic, lege tetragrammaton) sabaoth adonai et omnia nomina,—ut non noceas (sic, lege noceatis) Huic famulo [famula interlink dei Adam osanna, nocte neque die, sed per misericordiam dei Jesu Christi maximam, adjuvante sancta Maria matrem (sic) domini nostri Jesu Christi, ab omnibus malis predictis et aliis requiescat in pace. Amen. *. In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti. Amen, * et requiescunt in Domino suo [requiescunt interim.] requiescat iste isti (sic) famulus dei Jesu Christi Adam Osanna, adjuvante sancta Maria Matrem (sic) domini nostri Jesu Christi, ab omnibus malis predictis et aliis, Amen * Quinque [supple vulnera] domini nostri Jesu Christi, et sancte marie de osanna (sic), sanctus dunstanus, sancte andrea (sic), sanctus nicholaus, sancta Margareta, sancte petre, sancte paule, sancte mathea, sancte bartholomee, sancta [supple vulnera] domini nostri Jesu Christi, sancta brigida * Christus vincit * Christus regnat * et Christus inperat (sic)* et Christus Adam Osanna ab omni malo defendat. Amen.”
A charme to drive awaie spirits that haunt anie house. Hang in everie of the foure corners of your house this sentence written upon virgine parchment; Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum: Mosen habent & prophetas: Exurgat Deus et dissipentur inimici ejus. This is called and counted the Paracelsian charme. Psal. 150. Luk. 16. Psa. 64. (Scot 1973: 199)
Protection of the House and Court from Sickness and Robbery. Ito, Alo Massa Dandi Bando, III. Amen. I. R. N. R. I. Our Lord Jesus Christ went into the hall, there the Jews specially sought him. So also must my days be with those who revile me with their evil tongues falsely, and smite, and for praise of God must I bear the suffering, be silent, be dumb, faint, ashamed, ever and always. God thereby bestows praise. Help me I. I. I. ever and eternally. Amen. [“The 3 I’s signify Jesus three times.”] (Brown 1904: 128)
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mx. gauger i need an anti-venom. ive cut my ex out of my life but his hold on me wont stop. recently he’s been sitting on the edges of my social circle, making up horrible stories about things i would never, ever do to others, trying to drive my friends away and kill my support group. i want it to stop. please. i try to live my life as kind and accountable as possible and he’s doing evything he can to paint me as the ‘crazy ex gf’ stereotype. its been a year. let me live. i am the real me.
I have discussed the Threefold Law in several previous articles but it’s never had its own post before. Most people get the wrong idea about
I was discussing the Wiccan Threefold Law with a friend and making the comparison to Luke 6:38. Then I found this article and the source of the law. The common interpretation is incorrect. As the article concludes, it is not a statement that when you give, you receive back Threefold; but rather that when somebody gives something to you, the witch should give back Threefold. There isn't a direct Biblical analogue to this and I find it all the more wonderful an idea.
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“The Goddess falls in love with Herself, drawing forth her own emanation, which takes on a life of its own. Love of self for self is the creative force of the universe. Desire is the primal energy, and that energy is erotic: the attraction of lover to beloved, of planet to star, the lust of electron for proton. Love is the glue that holds the world together.”
— Starhawk, The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religions of the Great Goddess
Watching people give advice on how to avoid lung infections and house fires from burning incense and candles and being told not to tell other people what to do.
Queen, your ancestors' lungs are crying
Here's what you're going to do, queen. Go down to your local shop and buy 1 herb/spice. Read the ingredients on the back of that spice packet and research them. Draw up a basic list of correspondences and folklore. If it's a herb, do that as well. Buy that one herb/spice and go home, put it on your altar. Recite Psalm 104 as it describes various forces that can be invoked through the Lord.
Give that herb water and a candle. Now ask it to reveal its nature to you. Ask it how it can help you and how it can work.
When that's done, ask the plant for a sigil or make one.
You'll soon discover that this one plant has a myriad of uses. You can work with it using the sigil or the herb. You'll find out what it likes and what it doesn't like. Repeat this.
You'll soon have an arsenal of maybe two or three herbs you trust with your essentials. Maybe two herbs each, hell, you might even find a herb that covers all your areas that you can call on.
You'll also find that some herbs have better uses. Some herbs are Watery and don't respond well to fire, so using them in incense and candles doesn't work well because the fiery element works against them. Some are better in baths and some are better in incense.
The hill I will die on in the year of Our Lord 2025 is that "The Three Fold Law" was never actually a thing and Raymond Buckland pulled it out of his ass because he lacked reading comprehension.
You're certainly not the only one to share that opinion (Shocker: There Is No Universal Threefold Law in Wicca). I don't believe its 100% Buckland just making things up, but I very much agree it is a misunderstanding of the source material.
The full quote from High Magic's Aid (Ch 17 pg 188):
"Learn, in Witchcraft, thou must ever return triple. As I scourge thee, so thou must scourge me, but triple, where I gave thee three strokes, give nine, where seven, give twenty-one, where nine, give twenty-seven, where twenty-one, give sixty-three. (For this is the joke in witchcraft, the witch knows, though the initiate does not, that she will get three times what she gave, so she does not strike hard.)...Thou hast obeyed the law. But mark well when thou receivest good, so equally art thou bound to return good threefold."
High Magic's Aid was written with the intention of being a book one could provie a seeker to see their interest, though something that can easily be denied as a simple fictional novel. Gerald Gardner mixed it with genuine folklore, but also his own imagination. Of course, it does contain elements inspired from his experiences in the occult and the New Forest Coven; however, it is far from a guide for practicing witchcraft.
These different traditions are very coven based and will have differences between them, even within the same lineage. Some might find truth in such things, but there are others that could easily disregard any of this. It just really depends.
The more harmful thing is when folks treat it as a universal aspect, applying it to anything and everything. And, I often find that those individuals use it as a moral high ground to fuel their own egos.
If I remember correctly, the exact wording is first found in Buckland's big blue book, which he published after he really parted away from paricipating in Gardnerian craft to focus more on his own brand of Wicca.
To me, it always felt like one interpretation from a coven/individual that spread like wildfire and taken into an extreme. I wonder if part of that could be because of what happens when religious/spiritual beliefs leave the area of their origin and become a snap-shot in time of that belief - being more restorationalist vs letting the belief naturally evolve and change.
I WILL BULLY TRANSPHOBES ON THE INTERNET IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
*not bullying, because that's repeated abuse of a power dynamic. This is speaking truth to power, actually.
How many workings you got going on?
Me:
