Jewellery as magic tools
Much in the way that charms, wreaths and garlands decorate and bewitch your home, so too can the humble adornments on your person serve you in ways that go beyond the aesthetic.
You might be familiar by now with using a pendant or a ring threaded onto a chain as a pendulum for divination. But why stop there? Lockets and poison rings can be used to carry a bit of herbs, incense or oils with you, or a lock of hair to keep a person close to your heart. Brooches and hat pins can pin a taglock to your person, so that neither heart wanders. Earrings can be enchanted to lend you a better ear and improve your attention, or to carry good news to you swiftly. Glasses can be enchanted to keep your view of things clear. Necklaces can be used to keep your words sweet, sensible or powerful. You can gift a foe a cursed bracelet to bind their hands away from you: this works especially well with heavy bangles or with bracelets made of stones and metals used often in baneful magic.
Of course, these are only a few ideas and you may get as creative as your mind will allow.
Rings in particular are my favourite type of jewellery to use, and they are quite good for commanding control over your hands:
To make them gentler, treat with lavender, linden or chamomile, and wear on your pinkie or ring finger;
To make them steadier while crafting, rosemary, hazelwood or appletree bark, and wear on the middle finger;
To make them firmer and more decisive wear especially hard stones and use oak or walnut, ginger, nettle or mulberry and wear on the thumb or forefinger.
When given to or by a beloved, treat with the blossoms of any fruit tree, with daffodils and other sturdy wildflowers, and with the stalks of any grain to ensure a secure, fruitful, abundant connection.
Now, I brought up specific enchantments only for rings; but they should work for any piece of jewellery. Of course, first ensure that the piece is made of materials that can sustain the treatment. Then, you can either rub with the oils of the desired plants, burn a little bit of these plants and pass your jewellery through the smoke, boil the plants in a little water, let cool and dip your jewellery, or simply crush into a fine powder and sprinkle on the jewellery. For the latter two you can leave the jewellery there overnight or day, to charge from the sun or moon. Another very good method of activation though, particularly for jewellery symbolising a connection, is to speak affirmations and to make frequent contact, such as by stroking.
For example: I like to charge my engagement ring by kissing the stone whenever I think of or miss my fiancé as I go about my day; and in turn, this gives me a feeling of grounding and fondness. Similarly, he wears earrings I got him so he always remembers my words, and remains easy to find by attracting only my attention.
Jewellery borrowed from friends and family can strengthen your bond and keep you safe, especially on voyages. It is a good idea, before going on a long journey or when facing a big change or a trial, to exchange jewellery with loved ones in order to borrow from each other's strength.
Finally, regardless of the piece of jewellery and if their materials allow, it is a good idea to take them off now and then and to leave them in a bowl full of salt for a little while. This will cleanse them of the energies accumulated. After this, reapply enchantments and wear as normal.
