#witches ladder

[w00dw1tchold]

A pretty good outline to base your knot magic off of! Witches ladders as a whole are also really interesting. Always remember you can alter a lot of stuff to fit you better, spells included.

[infernalwitxhcraft]

The Witches' Ladder (A Folk Charm)

One of the most widely known charms for accomplishing a variety of objectives is the witches ladder. This is a length of twine or yarn which nine feathers are knotted. As each knot is tied, the witch speaks the appropriate charm. For example:

"I tie this knot for my need of _____"

The next I tie in the Devil's name.

The third is to fix it by my will.

The fourth one to hold it fast and firm.

The fifth one to bind it evermore.

The sixth fastens the wish herein.

The seventh brings it nearer still.

The eighth makes it almost true.

The ninth completes the ladder by which I climb and reach for ______."

Source: Folk Witchcraft by Roger J. Thorne

[miniaturemoonheart]

The witches ladder is a very old form of spellwork that has gone on through centuries and is actually very high magic!! Most witches ladders use feathers, but really you can use anything from sticks, driftwood, rocks, beads or gemstones. The purpose is to recite the spell knot by knot, thereby focusing the energy and your intentions within that knot. Once it is completed, it is to be hung up in the area to which you feel best suited. The feathers are pushed within the knot or the string, if you were doing other items simply wrap the string around the item and knot while focusing on your intention.

Obviously you'll want to use items that are associated with the spell work that you wish to manifest. An easy example, for love you might use red or pink feathers, although I prefer feathers found in nature. Because you build up those feathers over time thinking of the spell and sometimes taking your time with something is better than getting instant reults.

[fridaythe13ththeseries]

Coven of Darkness

Episode Recap #52: Coven of Darkness Original Airdate: June 17, 1989

Starring: John D. LeMay as Ryan Dallion Louise Robey as Micki Foster Chris Wiggins as Jack Marshak

Guest cast: Maria Ricossa as Lysa Redding Maurice E. Evans as Gareth Winslow Mark Wilson as Brother Shannon Jason Blicker as Danny Catherine Disher as Crystal

Written by Wendy Rodriguez Directed by George Bloomfield

As the second season finale opens, we join a witches coven already in the midst of a ritual around an altar. They are praying to Satan to find an item they claim has been stolen. A voice tells them to follow the right hand path.

Cut to another house, with a white magic coven gathered and Micki and Jack are in attendance. One brother reveals they have something called a Witches Ladder, a talisman tied in nine knots and bound by the power of a warlock. They have used it to amplify their powers. But Jack and Micki have told them it was cursed by Lewis, so they give it to Micki.

Outside, Jack thanks Gareth, the coven leader. He says Lewis' coven was determined to wipe out theirs. Micki asks if Lewis' coven is still active, and he is unsure. Jack doesn't think they should count them out. Gareth says the Ladder is the most powerful, and any coven with it would be most powerful. Micki shakes Gareth's hand, and he says he senses occult power in her. They leave. Suddenly, one of the member is attacked.

Back at Lewis' old coven, this man is tied down and being tortured by Lysa, who wants to know where the Ladder is. He tells her it is now at Curious Goods, and Lysa kills him.

At the store, Jack is telling Micki about what true magic really is. He wants to start with a simple trick.

Danny, a friend of Ryan's, comes in and tosses him the keys to the Mercedes, having tuned it up. Ryan pays him and Danny asks him to go out clubbing tomorrow. Danny leaves and a woman enters. It is Lysa. She knows Ryan's name and shakes his hand, "accidentally" cutting his palm. She gives him a handkerchief to stop the bleeding. Lysa asks about the Ladder, and Ryan wonders why Gareth would have mentioned that. She says she is a psychic researcher and has been investigating Lewis and his ties the occult. She claims Lewis killed her sister. Ryan says the Ladder is safe. She says she's been destroying items cursed by Lewis. Ryan is skeptical and goes to get the others.

Jack is in the basement teaching Micki. Ryan comes to tell her about Lysa's claims, but when they return to the store, they see Lysa leave.

The dark coven is then performing another ritual, with a figure representing Ryan covered with the handkerchief with his blood. Seems they will torment him until the Ladder is returned. A pin in the figures head gives the sleeping Ryan a headache. They they cast a fever onto him. Ryan wakes in pain, and Micki hears him. Ryan is tormented, Micki rushes to him but he snaps at her goes to the basement for the Ladder in the vault. Jack wakes up, as well. Ryan finds the Ladder, and Micki and Jack go to him. Micki's love for Ryan temporarily breaks Lysa's hold. She collapses and says someone with great power interfered.

Later, Ryan claims to be fine. Ryan is worried the Ladder is affecting him. Jack tries to calm him but Ryan is angry and upset. He heads back upstairs. Jack goes to research anything he can, and Micki remembers Ryan mentioning a pendant Lysa was wearing.

Lysa sends Crystal out, and then reconnects her hold on Ryan. She calls Ryan and tells him to leave the store, saying he is a danger to Micki and Jack. She tells him to meet her and hangs up. Jack makes sure the vault is locked up.

Jack calls Gareth, and asks about the pendant. He says it belongs to the leader of the Black Coven, a Black Witch. Gareth tells Jack that Lysa was Lewis' second in command. Gareth hears a noise and hangs up to investigate. He opens the door and finds a pentagram in blood, with knives stuck in the door. No one seems about, so he looks around, and the body of Shannon swings down, then an upside down cross appears and bursts into flame.

Ryan meets Lysa and gets in her car. She claims to be scared, and offers Ryan a cup of coffee. A too-trusting Ryan drinks it. He's worried about Micki and Jack, but she tells him the Ladder will control him. Lysa asks if he has anyone to stay with and Ryan mentions Danny, so she starts her car.

Jack is reading up and Micki calls out for Ryan, Jack tells her he left sometime in the night. Then tells her about Gareth's information. Jack tells Micki to call Ryan's friends, but Gareth arrives and says he's been trying to reach them but their line is dead. He says Lysa has reformed Lewis's coven and killed Shannon. Maybe they have Ryan, too.

At Danny's shop, Crystal has brought a car in to be worked on. Danny flirts with her, she leaves. Ryan wants to go but Danny calms him and tells him to lay down.

Micki finds an article Lewis had on Lysa being arrested for graverobbing. Jack figures she's out on parole. Gareth wants to use the Ladder to fight Lysa, but Jack doesn't want to use any item. Jack mentions Micki breaking Lysa's hold once, and Gareth thinks she can do it again. Micki is not so sure.

At night at Danny's, he closes up and wants to go out. He goes to Ryan, no noticing the trunk of Crystal's car opening. Ryan is feverish and Danny wants to call him a doctor. Suddenly, Danny is attacked by hooded figures as a confused Ryan watches.

Gareth is teaching Micki how to use her latent powers. Jack finds that Lewis gave Lysa a sculpting tool, and Gareth says she uses it to carve her victims in wax. Between that and the Ladder, she could destroy them all. Micki is taught more.

At Danny's, Ryan awakens next to Danny's bloody body and panics.

Gareth has Micki lighting candles and thinking of Ryan protected in white light.

Lysa arrives at the garage, and Ryan thinks he killed Danny, Lysa lies that the Ladder made him do it and they need to get it back before it gets worse.

Micki recites a protection spell to help Ryan, Gareth helping her. Saying as long as the candles burn, Ryan will be protected.

Lysa drives Ryan to Curious Goods, saying he has to lie to them so they don't get suspicious. Then lies that they will destroy the Ladder, and she'll dispose of Danny's body and no one will know. Ryan says he will know. He goes inside, prodded by Lysa.

Inside, Micki is still casting the spell to help him. Ryan comes inside, sees them, but slips down to the vault. He finds it locked. Micki keeps doing as Gareth teaches her, with Jack watching. Ryan uses a hammer to break the lock, so Jack goes to investigate, then calls to Micki and Gareth, who rush down. Ryan goes to find the Ladder, Jack tries to expose Lysa, Ryan fights him off, then Micki and Gareth. He runs the Ladder out to Lysa. Gareth goes to confront her, and Lysa uses the Ladder to kill him. She takes off with Ryan as Micki rushes out.

At the Black Coven, Lysa has them all gathered with the Ladder, promising the return of darkness and the deaths of White Magicians. Ryan lays nearby, feverish.

Micki helps Jack upstairs and tells him Lysa killed Gareth and that Ryan left with her. Jack says their only hope is the White Magic altar. Micki doesn't think she has it in her, but Jack says she is Ryan's only hope. She goes back to reciting the spell Gareth taught her, again and again, as the candles burn low.

Lysa makes wax figures of many White Magicians, using the Ladder to enhance her power.

Micki nears the end of the spell. Ryan is slowly seeing what Lysa has truly done, to him, and to Danny and to Gareth. He hears the coven below. Micki tells Jack she knows Ryan heard her. Jack says now they have to go after Lysa, to help Ryan.

Lysa and her coven use the Ladder in their ritual, but Ryan appears and knocks one of them out. Micki keeps chanting, a spell to turn Lysa's spell back upon her own coven. Lysa feels it, but keeps at it, handing figurines to each member. Micki keeps chanting. Ryan, hiding in a cloak, comes through the line and surprises Lysa, grabbing the Ladder. He yanks it from her as Micki chants, turning Lysa's spell against them. Ryan holds it and uses it to stop the coven, killing Crystal. Lysa tries to kill Ryan, but the Ladder tosses her out the window to her death. At Curious Goods, Micki collapses into Jack's arms.

Later, Micki comes to. Jack says she is lucky, as Ryan comes up to her, seemingly okay. Jack thinks Micki has exhausted her powers in one night, at least temporarily. Ryan thanks her for saving him. He kisses her forehead, and Micki realizes he brought the ladder back, and Jack says also brought the sculpting knife. Ryan says at least Danny and Gareth didn't die in vain. Jack tells them to go sleep as he heads to the vault. Micki is worn out but goes over and opens the spell book again.

My thoughts:

Quite an interesting episode. Liked the delving into Lewis' old coven and his fellow black magicians, especially Lysa. Also glad they explained why Lysa hadn't shown up until now.

Danny was a sudden good friend of Ryan's, just created to be killed off. Not sure who else they could have used, but very convenient.

Ryan being pulled into Lysa's spell is a different take on someone trying to get their hands on an antique. Also always thought this possession thing was kind of an opening to a door that the dark powers use to get Ryan even more in the season three opener.

No Johnny here. You'd think Jack would have called him for more help against Lysa and the possessed Ryan.

Micki having some latent White Magic is a good twist, but I don't think they ever address this again in season three. Maybe if the show had gone on longer they would have. Could have even shown Micki join the White Coven.

Like that they get two items back, but lots of death to get to that point.

I feel bad for Ryan. The episode ends with Micki having a weird look on her face, but as we know, Ryan is the one who suffers the most at the beginning of the next - and last - season.

Great strides have been made from the start of the show to now. I feel like the episodes are more mature, deeper. But boy, a real downer of an episode to come.

Next week: The Prophecies - Part 1

[booksbeansandcandles]

How to Make a Witch's Ladder

[nathanolsenart]

The Witch's Ladder

[diana-andraste]

"Less explicit than ritualized coupling, maypoles are sometimes viewed as phallic, while the ribbons represent fertility. As they twine together, it’s a mingling of masculine and feminine energies."

Love come near, love come fast Love be strong, love be lasting Love be kind, love be true  Love be mine, I welcome you.

Witch's Ladder Love Chant

[smokestarrules]

‘Philip never could have changed and that’s why he’s tragic’ no!!!! Philip absolutely could have changed, that’s why he’s tragic! this man spent 400 years marinating in the culture and experience and people of the place that he was going to commit genocide in and he never once allowed himself to even consider the possibility that everything he was doing was wrong. he had all the time in the world and chose not to.

[jjthebunbun]

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[reno-matago]

NEW IDEA 2024

Insects are truly the kings of the earth. Their complex, brutal, strange and magnificent world undoubtedly carries fabulous magic.

Why not raising insects (with great respect) with notions of planetary witchcraft and communicating with them to request a possible magical collaboration? A whole microcosm to recreate with feathers, threads and stones...the art of witch ladders...

[w00dw1tchold]

Simple Prosperity Knot Magic

*I can't remember where some parts of this spell come from but it's a mesh of different sources and my own ideas.

This is probably one of my favorite simple spells to do for a few reasons: It's easy, you only need two things, and you get to say fun phrases.

Need:

Green string/yarn (money and prosperity)

Cinnamon sticks (success and drawing in money)

*Spells that you get from others don't have to be followed exactly. Listen to your intuition and adapt as you feel necessary. Feel free to switch up the ingredients, change the words and steps, or get rid of the words as a whole. Hell, this whole thing could be done with a random piece of string and some well placed intention.

How to:

Cut a piece of string to about the length of your forearm, going from your elbow to the tips of your fingers. This should give you plenty of room to work with. Cleanse the string however you normally cleanse objects.

Break up a cinnamon stick into nine small pieces. You probably wont use the whole thing. The pieces should be less than an inch long and thin, so they're easy to tie on.

The first time I did this, I followed a pattern and set of phrases I found online. This is an altered version but I'll post the original photo it's inspired by separately.

Focus your energy and get ready to channel your intention. I charged the cinnamon with success and drawing in money specifically, but if this isn't about money for you, you can focus on the drawing in and prosperity aspects of cinnamon.

Going from left to right, (to bring things in) we're going to start tying our knots. Make them small and don't space them out too much, you don't want to run out of room.

"By knot of one, I'm drawing in." Tie you're first piece of cinnamon at the end of the cord, charging the knot with your intention as you tighten it.

"By knot of two, success is imminent." Tie the second piece onto the string.

"By knot of three, my work pays off." And continue.

"By knot of four, this power grows."

"By knot of five, my will drives forward"

"By knot of six, prosperity increases."

"By knot of seven, my finances grow.

"By knot of eight, fortune expands."

"By knot of nine, what I require is mine."

Have fun! 💚

[nickysfacts]

Take care of your hair girls, unless you want a hex girl to put a spell on you!✨

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[felidaefatigue]

First 15 of my series of linocuts of native plants in Alberta are now available for order in my shop! Letter Mail Option // Rigid Mailer Option

Each print is drawn, carved, and printed by myself on handmade paper, also made by me!

You can find some quick facts about each plant in my highlighted stories on insta if you wish! From top left in the first image we have: Pineapple weed, Jacob's ladder, Pussytoes, Goldenrod, Yarrow, Purple Coneflower, Mountain Hollyhock, Gumweed, Red Paintbrush, Prickly Rose, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Blue Beardtongue, aaaand Columbines! Let me know which ones your favourite so far- and which native plant I should carve next! (prairie smoke and strawberry spinach are already in the works!)

[lailoken]

A Cantrip Wreathe I made for a client, which involved empowering and aligning the virtues of eight Botanical Spirits within a framework of Knot Magic.

In this Wreathe, eight knots are underpinned by Nutmeg, Wishing Bean, Jezebel Root, Beth Root, High John root, Master Root, Cinammon Stick, and Lucky Hand root, respectively. The ninth and final knot serves to bind these virtues together synergistically, forming a new 'alloy' of virtues specialized for the given task.

[rthwrms]

a mobile for the new years. -> blog post here <-