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Important Facts about Samhain from an Irish Celtic Reconstructionist

Pronunciation

SOW-in or SOW-een ~NOT~ Sam-han, Sam-win etc.

Dates

Most reconstructionists celebrate Samhain on Oct 31-Nov 1, however some may choose to celebrate on Gregorian Nov 13-14 as this would match the Julian dates of Oct 31-Nov 1. Some also believe that it was a three day festival spanning Oct 31- Nov 2 on which Nov 2 is specifically devoted to ancestral veneration, but there is no specific evidence of this, only possible extrapolation from more modern practices.

Following the Celtic method of days beginning at sunset, regardless of the specific dates you choose to celebrate on your festivities should begin at sunset and end at sunset.

Importance in the Mythos

Ná Morrighan has a strong connection to this time of year thanks to the story of Cath Dédenach Maige Tuired (The Last Battle of Mag Tuired) in which she is found depicted as the ‘Washing Woman’ (sometimes washing herself in the river and other times washing the bloodied armor of the soldiers that would die that day), on the eve of the battle which is also Samhain. The Dagda approaches her and couples with her (creating the ‘Bed of the Couples’ along the bank of river and granting Dagda her blessing in the battle to come). This encounter seems to over emphasize the liminality of the encounter by taking place during the changing of the year and with the couple each standing with ‘one foot on either bank’ of the river.

She and her sisters (Badb and Macha) then use various forms of magic to rain destruction on their enemies (in the form of fire and blood). After the day is won Morrighan speaks a prophecy that describes what is taken by some to be the end of days and others to be the events which will later lead to the Ulster Cycle.

Beneath the peaceful heavens lies the land. It rests beneath the bowl of the bright sky. The land lies, itself a dish, a cup of honeyed strength, there, for the taking, offering strength to each There it lies, the splendour of the land. The land is like a mead worth the brewing, worth the drinking. It stores for us the gifts of summer even in winter. It protects and armours us, a spear upon a shield Here we can make for ourselves strong places, the fist holding the shield Here we can build safe places, our spear-bristling enclosures. This is where we will turn the earth. This is where we will stay. And here will our children live to the third of three generations Here there will be a forest point of field fences The horn counting of many cows And the encircling of many fields There will be sheltering trees So fodderful of beech mast that the trees themselves will be weary with the weight. In this land will come abundance bringing: Wealth for our children Every boy a warrior, Every watch dog, warrior-fierce The wood of every tree, spear-worthy The fire from every stone a molten spear-stream Every stone a firm foundation Every field full of cows Every cow calf-fertile Our land shall be rich with banks in birdsong Grey deer before Spring And fruitful Autumns The plain shall be thronged from the hills to the shore. Full and fertile. And as time runs its sharp and shadowy journey, this shall be true. This shall be the story of the land and its people We shall have peace beneath the heavens. Forever

(based on the translation by Isolde Carmody)

It is also mentioned in Echtra Cormaic that on this festival every seven years the high king would host a feast, it was at this time new laws could be enacted. (but it seems that individual Tuathas or possibly kings of the individual providence may have done this for their territories at Lughnasadh).

It seems to be a time considered especially susceptible to (or of) great change as it is the time which the Tuatha de Danann win victory over the Formorians and take control of Ireland, the invasion of Ulster takes place at this time in Táin bo Cúailnge, in Aislinge Óengusa Óengus and his bride-to-be are changed from bird to human and eventually he claims kingship of Brú na Bóinne at this time of year.

Celebration Traditions

Samhain is the beginning of the “dark half” of the year and is widely regarded as the Insular Celtic equivalent of the New Year. The “dark half” of the year was a time for story telling, in fact in this half of the year after dark is considered the only acceptable time to tell stories from the mythological and Ulster cycle (the Fenian cycle being assumed to be no older than the 12th century based on linguistic dating). Traditionally anything that had not been harvested or gathered by the time of this festival was to be left, as it now belonged to the Fae (in some areas specifically the Púca).

This was also an important time for warding off ill luck in the coming year. Large bonfires would be built and as the cattle were driven back into the community from the pastures they would be walked between these bonfires as a method of purification (the reverse custom of Bealtaine where the livestock were walked between the fires on their way out to the summer pastures). Assumed ritualistic slaughter of some of the herd would follow (though this perhaps had the more practical purpose of thinning the herd before the winter and creating enough food for the feasting). In some areas the ashes from these fires would be worn, thrown or spread as a further way to ward off evil.

Homes would be ritualistically protected from the Aos Sí (Fae or ‘Spirits’) through methods such as offerings of food (generally leaving some of the feasting outside for them), carving turnips with scary faces to warn them off (we now tend to do this with gourds), and smoke cleansing the home (in Scottish saining) traditionally with juniper, but perhaps rowan or birch might be an acceptable alternative. It is likely these would be part of the components used in Samhain bonfires as well, for the same reason.

Lastly based on later traditions as well as links in the mythology this is a time where divination practices or those with the ‘second sight’ were regarded to be especially potent.

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what are the correspondences/associations for each of the zodiac signs? i know the planets well but not the zodiac, and all the zodiac things i see have to do with natal astrology/how they affect your life or personality, which isnt what im interested in. id like to look at the current chart to determine the best magical timing for a spell and stuff like that instead

There's a lot to consider here, especially with elections. For example, the Lunar mansions are split through the Zodiac signs. Then there's the draconic chart and how the planets interact with each other. The natal chart might define what planet one should work with to affect A, B or C, which would include remedies, special colours, auric imprint and more.

Each sign is also categorized into Fixed, Cardinal and Mutable.

Overall, the qualities I associate with each of the spheres of the Zodiac include:

Aries: Initiative, Warfare, Domination, Causing Arguments, Clearing or Deluding Thoughfs

Taurus: Sensory Pleasures, Wealth, Sexuality, the Home

Gemini: Education, developing knowledge, gnosis, gossip, intellectual or psychological warfare, communication, to fit into social circles

Cancer: Family, fertility, water based magick, cleansing, causing depression or arguments in family, love magick, to obtain friends

Leo: Oratory work, interviews, confidence, pride, dealing with managers, solar worship, impression of will, theatre, to obtain friends

Virgo: Pragmatism, goal creation, grounding, smaller healing works, creating confusion and isolation, development of skills and daily duties

Libra: Maintaing Harmony in social spheres, discerning needs and wants, necromancy, law and justice affairs, to curse or to bless

Scorpio: For causing destruction and wrath, to bless generative qualities, to invoke Death, to overcome issues, to transform

Saggitarius: To obtain independence and financial freedom, to aid in exploration and travel, Unblocking work, to inspire peace, to manipulate someone into giving me more leverage

Capricorn: For long term work, to make a spell last longer, for obtaining long term protection, for banishing and binding a person, to cause groundedness,

Aquarius: All acts of healing, to invoke charity and divine providence, libations and water based divination, to inspire someone to act well, to cause emotional upheaval

Pisces: to cause wrath, to cause one to be overcome by their thoughts, to obtain deeper insights, divination of all sorts, to banish, to remove obstacles (especially deep seated ones)

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Planetary Magick🌙

Sun

Zodiac: Leo

Metal: Gold

Day: Sunday

Colors: organge, yellow, amber

Stones: Amber, topaz, ruby, diamond

Tarot: The Sun

Herbs: Angelica, poppy, sunflower, marigold, hibiscus, mistletoe

Symbols: lion, hexagram, sparrow hawk, dragon, head, heart, swan

Influences: renown, potency, fortune, tyranny, pride, ambition, masculinity, arrogance, bigotry, vitality, health

Moon

Zodiac: cancer

Metal: sliver

Day: Monday

Colors: blue, sliver

Stones: moonstone, pearl

Tarot: The High Priestess, The Chariot

Herbs: eucalyptus, coconut, jasmine, lotus, myrrh, sandalwood

Symbols: bow and arrow, crab, cat, turtle, Sphinx, owl

Influences: gradtitufe, friendliness, safe, travel, physical health, wealth, protection for enemies, deception, illusion, women, emotions, healing, dreams

Mercury

Zodiac: Virgo, Gemini

Metal: aluminum, Mercury

Day: Wednesday

Colors: violet, gray, purple, indigo, yellow

Stones: opal agate

Tarot: The Lovers

Herbs: hyssop, juniper, betony, carrot, chickweed

Symbols: wand, octagram, the mind

Influences: good fortune, gratitude, gain, memory, understanding, divination, dreams, forgetfulness, communication, business, cleverness, creativity, information, intellect, memory, perception, science, wisdom, gambling, writing, root of dishonesty, deception

Venus

Zodiac: taurus, libra

Metal: copper

Day: Friday

Colors: green, pink

Stones: turquoise, emerald, sapphire, jade

Tarot: The Empress

Herbs: jimsonweed, violet, rose, alder, apple, angelica, olive, sesame

Symbols: sparrow, dove, swan, pentagram

Influences: peace, agreements, cooperation, fertility, joy, love, good fortune, jealousy, strife, promiscuity

Mars

Zodiac: aries, scorpio

Metal: iron, red brass, steel

Day: Tuesday

Color: Red

Stones: ruby, garnet, bloodstone, diamond

Tarot: The Tower

Herbs: ginger, mustard

Symbols: sword, pentagram, horse, bear, wolf, vulture

Influences: war, victory, judgements, submission of enemies, bleeding, stripping one of rank, harness, discord, conflict, aggression, lust, power, courage, goals, protection, motivation, ambition, strength

Jupiter

Zodiac: pisces, sagittarius

Metal: tin

Day: Thursday 

Colors: blue

Stone: sapphire

Tarot: The Wheel of Fortune

Herbs: balm, hyssop, maple leaf and bark, oak, sage, dandelion root

Symbols: eagle, dolphin

Influences: gains, riches, favor, peace, cooperation, appeasing enemies, dissolving

Saturn

Zodiac: capricorn

Metal: lead

Day: Saturday

Color: black

Stone: onyx

Taror: The World

Herbs: alder, apple, ash, asparagus, baneberry, belladonna, distort, hellebore, blackthorn, corm, cypress

Symbols: cuttlefish, mole

Influences: safety, power, success, positive response to requests, intellect, causes discord, strips honor, melancholy

Uranus

Zodiac: aquarius

Day: Thursday

Colors: blue-green, electric blue

Stones: quartz, labradorite, blue topaz, amber, amethyst, garnet, diamond

Tarot: The Fool

Herbs: clover, pokeweed, snowdrop, foxglove, love, rosemary, trees of heaven, hellebore, morning glory, sage, wintergreen, orchids, sweet woodruff

Symbols: dragonfly, butterfly

Influences: breaking connection, sudden and unexpected change, freedom, originality, radical and revolutionary ideas, enlightenment, equality, individuality, rebellion, instability, loneliness, boredom, mistrust of self

Neptune

Zodiac: pisces

Minerals: coral, aquamarine, platinum, neptunium

Colors: green, blue, lavender

Tarot: The Hanged Man

Herbs: morning glory, night-blooming jasmine, pine, water lily

Symbols: the sea, Trident, the spine

Influences: dissolving boundaries, expanding upon ideas, changing established rules, intuition, idealism, sacrifice, glamour, illusion, evolution, decay, visions, art, healing, inspiration, dreams, creativity, compassion, drifting from reality, carelessness, stubbornness, absent mind

Pluto

Zodiac: scorpio

Metal: plutonium, tin chrome, steel

Day: Tuesday

Colors: maroon, dark red, purple, white, black

Stones: snowflake obsidian, clack tourmaline

Tarot: Judgement

Herbs: pomegranate, rosemary, vanilla, basil, poppies, belladonna, foxglove

Symbols: Phoenix, snake, scorpion, fox, eagle

Influences; destruction making way for renewal, rebirth, knowledge, spirituality, transformation, destiny, the subconscious, desire, arrogance, death, obsession, destruction

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Planetary/Elemental Considerations on Money Bowls

Jupiter is one of the main planets associated with financial growth. It represents the gradual expansion of energy, though the consistent expansion can be considered volatile and so is controlled by the nature of Saturn. Since Jupiter also govern over law, one might consider Jupiter as being tied to protection of a person from unfair treatment in the workplace, by law officials and more. Saturn itself, though tied to constriction, does have some control over finances - especially with agricultural, land and grain. So the addition of rice grains would instill the symbol of Saturn here:

"Over the kitchen he used to write as well as over the cellar, pantry, granary, and hayloft the following:  Aratron, S. Aratron, hoc sacrum est ne atlingite fures [this [place] is sacred, lest thieves snatch away], with this character: [seal of Aratron]"

A translation from cod.mag.66, Magia Furto, seems to further establish Saturn's hold over the preservation of food security, which would somehow also place it as controlling similar items as the Kathiskos, and the Grocery.

Mercury is also responsible, to some degree, for wealth. It's association with luck, quick cash, gambling and the like are suitable for the ensuring of both a short-term and long-term form of money when used in line with Jupiter-Saturn. Venus is tied to Luxuries, the Home, Sensory Pleasures and also fine items such as wine, flowers and so on. So it would make sense that the usage of Venus in such rites would be profitable, though I'd consider it to represent the result of money rather than the instigation of money. It can be argued, in favor of Mercury as another planet, that a person who works with aesthetics, designs, the arts, plants, women and similar would benefit from the usage of a Venusian Money Bowl. In comparison, someone who works with speaking, teaching, logistics, translations, writing and people in general would benefit from a Mercury-centric bowl.

The Sun is also notable, especially with its association with the metal 'gold'. Och is also said to provide a purse bouncing with coin, but also places strength on healers and those who work in medicine (as he also provides the Universal Medicine). The Sun also promotes expansive and auspicious energy, helping with health, the skin and the eyes. So far, with the exception of Venus and partially Mercury, it seems that masculine planets often take the role as provider here. The planets themselves are multi-gendered, Guido Wolther makes mention of a feminine aspect of Saturn noted as the Prime Mother.

Earth is another suitable element for the development of finances, but it would depend on the element's manifestation. Herbs of various sorts contain different spiritual qualities, but we also note the idea of 'dead earth' and 'fertile earth'. It makes sense then that one would include strongly fertile earth to ensure that wealth has the energy to grow. Stones such as pyrite, lodestone and magnets are also suitable here.

We note another part of Jupiter

Where the Sixth Pentacle is tied to provision and protection in worldly affairs. It also mentions the four angelic governers of the Elements which played as well in Rankine and De Este's depiction of an elemental pentacle in their "Practical Elemental Magic". Venus itself is also attributed to the element of Earth (and Air), Jupiter is tied to Water and Air, Saturn to Earth and Mercury to Air. The sun is tied to Fire as well, but can also be attributed to Air.

In the Sworn Book of Pope Honorius, there is the mention of the eight airts of which East and West are the 'good spirits'.

The spirits of the east provide gold, benefic, gratitude and benevolence of nations, honors. The spirits of the west provide silver, alongside other faculties associated with the Moon such as divination.

Water itself is odd to categorize due to its versatile nature. In my praxis, water is symbolic of Gd's providence, representing the overflowing and cleansing nature but also the rain which falls to make the earth fertile. Since the Moon is tied to water and also purifies the elements which come unto it, I'd say Moonstone, Quartz and other white stones would be suited for this.

One of the benefits of Saturn is that in his placation, works pick up speed. Saturn would thus be tied to the removal of obstacles, but especially those that were lengthier or harder to remove in nature than those under the disposition of Mercury.

The element of Fire is also notable for wealth work, but I'd find the issue of it burning more than it gives. So I'd say using elemental earth with fire is suitable to combat the slow energy of earth and the fast paced energy of Fire, a sort of microcosmic form of Jupiter-Saturn.

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To control a target's mind and dreams

To influence someone's dreams get a pillow or pillowcase the target has slept on, preferably for as many nights as possible with the fabric not having been washed since it was last used by them. To influence their waking dreams use a worn shirt. Take your chosen fabric and cut or tear it into 3 long thin strips that you will then braid together. Baptize this braid in the name of your target.

On the day and hour of the Moon, bring this braided fabric in your left hand to an old willow tree, and move around the tree counter clockwise saying the following,

"Wicked willow warp their mind, twist their thoughts, make them mine!"

When you've gone around the tree either 3, 6, or 9 times stop in front of the tree and put the braid under your foot. Tell the tree how you want them to bend and control the thoughts of your target, then tie it to the tree. Walk away from the willow and head home, trying not to look back the whole way.

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Battery Energy

@windvexer already wrote a post on Farming and Foraging Magic so I'm late to the party but here's some of my own little bits of praxis.

Let's say you cast a circle, and then you do the working and the various empowerments, then you banish. What's left? I'm of the mind that a place in which magic has been worked continously becomes latently charged. This adds benefit to an altar, but can also be applied to anything from prayer, to even an elemental bag or selfhood altar.

So that space becomes liminal, a gathering or vortex of spiritual energy. In that regard, magic is farmed. It's generated and made into a sustainable source of energy. Since I consider the body a mandala or yantra of deities, I consider the body to be an extension of divine energy, thus also able to farm or harness magical energy over extended periods of time. In that regard, we find ourselves as a battery.

My gnosis for this is that the person is an equivalent to a world tree. They touch the Heavens and the Hells in equal measure. Philosophy wise, this places less existential dread. Humanity is just a form of spiritual homeostasis, drawing energy from various points in order to maintain balance. The Wheel of Fortune turns, we turn with it by that sense of inward justice and valuation.

Of course, that leads us back to the question of storing energy. In Aaiyyani philosophy, there's the concept of resonance or the link and exchange of energy between two or more parties. If you invoke a deity, you activate that deity in your subtle sphere, their influence rubbing off on you. The object of meditation, the meditation itself and the aspirant are a singular stream of consciousness moving between two fixed points.

The will becomes more attuned to this force, and the person gradually becomes a battery through exposure to the principle. Hence, working with the Undines begets a stronger influence of water in the person than a person who works with the gnomes.

We then come to the concept of linking sigils and sympathetic resonance. Let us assume you make a linking sigil and place it in a graveyard, then you keep a linking sigil on your necromancy altar. The linking sigil draws the death current from the graveyard and transmits it through the sympathetic link into the altar. The sigil then becomes the point of resonance and a battery that can be drawn on by the magician who is in need of that energy.

Conversely, a sigil for wealth, when activated, always begets wealth. It is a sympathetic form, an arguable poppet. Add onto this the concept of fluid condensers and you can theoretically create a sort of emitting point that can act as a battery and infuse the objects around it with the sympathetic link.

I believe it was Masaru Emoto that did studies into water retaining memory. This can then be added by way of keeping jars of water in the ritual circle to gather up any remaining energy. This absorbing quality is also noted in the placement of salt water in the corners of the room to remove any unwanted energies.

On the other note, we can then establish specific altars as halfway points. Even if the altar is a simple bag, such as a money bag, then it still acts as a halfway link by which one may garner and attract the wanted energies for ritual work. In some cases, such as the Linking Sigil, it can develop its own consciousness and become a Servitor for ritual purposes.

One might also consider placing salt in the ritual circle to gather that energy that is cast. This creates something of a powder that can be added to rituals, especially those that make use of salt's protective aspects.

When it comes to the concept of gathering items, we note that the genii loci often have an effect. Items gathered from a crossroad have a notable crossroads energy. This can then lend credence to the fact that any item can become a sympathetic link to a specific type or pattern when exposed for extended periods of time.

If a plate is constantly used for rituals, that plate becomes a spirit in itself. It gathers the energy emitted by the rituals and stores it, making it suitable for other rituals later on.

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At sea they take the form of sudden squalls, waterspouts, and spindrift columns, which cause wrecks and drowning, driving, besides, the fish from the shallows into deep water, so that the fisherman baits his lines in vain. n land their object is to check and crush back vegetation into its state of mid-winter torpidity; but failing in this, they swirl about in clouds of dust, which, being inhaled, causes grievous sickness in man and beast. Against the demon of the dust-cloud, as it swirls along the highway, a wise man will take this precaution: as it approaches, you are instantly to close your eyes and mouth as tightly as possible, at the same time turning your back upon it until it has swept by, mentally repeating - for you are not to open your mouth, nor as much as breathe, as long as you can help it - this rhyme: - "Gach cuman a's mias a's meadar Gu Pol, gu Peadair 'sgu Bride; Dion, a's seun a's gleidh mi 'o ole 'so chunnart, Air a bheallach, 's air a mhullach 'Sair an tullaich ud thall; Pol a's Peadair a's Bride caomh!" These old rhymes and incantations, abrupt and inconsecutive as they frequently are, and with such recondite allusions, are extremely difficult to translate, though to the competent Gaelic scholar and antiquary the general drift and meaning may be plain and patent enough. The above lines are something like this: - "Be the care of milk-pail, and bowl, and cog Given to Peter and Paul and Saint Bride: Wherever I wander protect me, ye Saints! Let not evil or harm me betide; Hear me, Peter and Paul, and gentle Saint Bride!" Twixt Ben Nevis and Glencoe: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-Lore of the West Highlands. Alexander Stewart.

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Fly Binding

To bind an enemy and drain their vitality.

Needed:

• A fly

• Spider/cob webs

• Black cloth

• Pen and paper

Instructions:

Gather the webs and place them all a tangle upon the black cloth. Procure a fly, recently dead, and set it upon the mass of webs. The following words should be written on the paper:

"North, South, East, West

Spider's web shall bind him best

East, West, North, South

Hold his limbs and stop his mouth

Seal his eyes and choke his breath

Wrap him round with ropes of death"

Fold the paper four times and wrap it, the fly, and the webs in the black cloth forming s small bag. This should be bound up with the end of a long cord and suspended in a dark corner of the home. Do not disturb it, simply let it hang until covered in dust. Bury it in the earth to work its influence in perpetual secrecy.

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Witches and the Genius Loci: Folkloric Methods of Contact and Communion

The witches of old knew how to speak with the land. They didn’t just live in the wild, they wove themselves into its fabric, calling on the hidden ones in the earth, water, and wind. How did they do it? The answers would be as varied as the forests and fields they walked. But there are patterns we can see in all of them. Here are some of the ways I have discovered witches (in European folklore) reached out to the spirits of the land.

𖤐 Offerings at Spirit Dwellings

A witch rarely arrived empty-handed. Milk poured at the base of an ancient tree, ale left at the mouth of a cave, a bit of bread crumbled into a stream, these were ways to invite the unseen to draw near. Scottish folklore describes the gruagach, a guardian spirit, receiving libations of milk at stones and riverbanks (Campbell, Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 1900). In Belgium and the Netherlands, witches were accused of offering beer and bread to the duivel, a local spirit often conflated with the Devil in later Christianized accounts (De Blécourt, Het Duivelspact, 1993).

𖤐 By Bone and Blood

In Scandinavian folklore, the practice of bjarmic magic involved burying bones to anchor spirits to the land, while Livonian witches were said to whisper their desires into a skull before placing it in the earth (Rääbis, Eesti Rahvapärimus ja Nõiakunst, 1926). In the 17th-century Scottish witch trials, accused witches described sealing pacts with land spirits by pricking their fingers and pressing the blood into soil or stone (Pitcairn, Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland, 1833).

𖤐 Spirit-Flight and Dreamwalking

Witches didn’t always wait for spirits to come to them. Many traveled in spectral form, slipping into trance states with the help of charms or salves to reach spirits. The Trollenfrauen of German folklore and the Heks of Scandinavian folklore were said to enter deep sleep while holding a stone, allowing them to fly in spirit to the places where land spirits dwelled (Müller, Sagen aus Westfalen, 1857). In 17th-century witch trials from Flanders, accused witches claimed to lie still in darkness, feeling themselves lifted away to converse with spirits at crossroads and hollow hills (Proces tegen Tanneken Sconincx, 1606).

𖤐 Bone Charms & Rattles

A witch’s tools were often made from the dead. Flemish folklore mentions witches carrying duivelsfluitjes—small bone whistles said to call spirits when blown at twilight (De Meyer, Volksverhalen uit Vlaanderen, 1970). The bohnenzauber of Germanic folklore involved threading small bones together to create a rattling charm that stirred spirits of the wild (Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie, 1835).

𖤐 Turning Up the Soil

Some witches were accused of whispering into the ground, digging their fingers into the soil as they spoke. In Swedish folk belief, jordfastan involved burying a charm/offering (usually a piece of cloth or a coin) under a tree to call on spirits of the land (Hylten-Cavallius, Wärend och Wirdarne, 1863). Scottish trial records mention witches placing coal or burned bones in the earth as a form of spirit-binding magic (Pitcairn, Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland, 1833).

𖤐 Skin-Turning and Familiars

In Breton folklore, witches who wished to meet the hidden spirits of the woods were said to transform into black dogs or other beasts before travelling into the deep forest (Sébillot, Le Folklore de la Bretagne, 1904). In Scotland, it was believed that witches who took the form of hares or crows could cross into the spirit world more easily (Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Campbell, 1860).

𖤐 Betwixt Earth and Water

The land’s voice is loudest in the places where two worlds meet. Marshes, riverbanks, and tidal flats; these places belonged to neither land nor water, making them perfect for spirit-calling (my favourite method). In English and Welsh folklore, witches were said to stand barefoot in water at night, calling on spirits with secret words (Henderson, Folklore of the Northern Counties of England, 1866). In Estonia, it was believed that standing in a bog at sunset allowed one to hear the voices of spirits whispering in the wind (Loorits, Eesti Rahvausund, 1949).

Seeking out the spirits of the land is integral to building a foundational practice in witchcraft and connecting to your landscape. It is these spirits that grant you access to the powers of the land that you require to make your works work.

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The English translation of the Conjuration of Wednesday from esoteric archives:

[I Conjure and Confirm upon you, ye strong, holy and potent Angels, in the name of the most strong, most dreadfull, and blessed Ja, Adonay, Eloim, Saday, Saday, Saday, Eie, Eie, Eie; Asamie, Asaraie; and in the name of Adonay, the God of Israel, who created the two great lights to distinguish the day from the night; and by the name of all the Angels serving in in the second host, before Tetra, a great strong and powerful Angell; and by the name of his Star which is Mercury; and by the name of the Seal which is Sealed by God most mighty and honourable: by all things before spoken, I Conjure upon thee, Raphael a great Angel, who art chief ruler of the fourth day, and by the holy name which is written in the forehead of Aaron the priest of the most high Creator, and by the names of the Angels who are confirmed into the grace of our Saviour; and by the name and the seat of the Animals having six wings, that for me thou labour, &c.]

*i personally prefer “Beasts” to “Animals” (KJV) but to each their own

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Small but Mighty: Violets & Their Many Magical Uses

by Keziah

Spring is settling in throughout the northern hemisphere, bringing with it buds and new growth aplenty. Violets, also called sweet viola, sweet violet, and blue violet, are among the earliest of spring bloomers in my region, and, as they're particularly special plant allies in my personal practice, I thought I'd welcome them back this season by sharing works these oft overlooked beauties can be utilized in.

Violets are springtime perennials that can also grow in shady areas during the summer. They're a versatile tool in the world of witchery, serving in works to ward off spirits, call forth spirits, protect, heal, cleans and purify, secure luck and fortune, and so much more.

French botanical illustration of a species of viola/violet; source unknown/indistinguishable

Violet Working Oil

This working oil can be used to aid in any of the below listed workings, or can be used to anoint tools, areas, or one's body for the purposes of magical protection, drawing luck or fortune, wish fulfillment, empowering love workings, or both drawing good spirits and warding against evil spirits.

What You'll Need:

violet flowers & leaves (NOTE: always gather plants for magical or herbal workings from an area that you know is free of animal waste, chemical sprays and agents, or any other potentially harmful matters)

an oil of your choosing - oils commonly used for magical working purposes include olive oil, grapeseed oil, sunflower oil, and rapeseed or canola oil

a jar with a lid

What to do:

After gathering your violet flowers and leaves, gently wash them. This can be done with a simple water rinse, a light and brief soak in water, or a light and brief soak in a very diluted mixture of saltwater. If you use the saltwater method, take care to gently rinse the violets once more afterward. You can also use a storebought or prepared organic fruit and vegetable wash to gently wash your violets.

Once you've cleaned your violets, lay the leaves and flowers out on a flat surface to air dry. Depending on the size of the plants and the thickness of leaves or stems, it can take anywhere from 6 to 48 hours for the plants to dry completely.

Take your dried violet flowers and add them to your jar.

Cut or tear violet leaves before adding them to the jar, exposing more of the plant's properties to the oil in doing so.

Your jar should be filled anywhere from 1/2 to 3/4 of the way with just your violet plants.

Now add your chosen oil, completely submerging the violets in oil. There should be at least 1 to 2 inches of oil atop your layer of violet plants.

Cover your jar with a lid.

Place the jar in a dark, cool cupboard space - a cupboard, cabinet, or shelf - to steep and infuse for at least 3 weeks (though 4 to 6 weeks is the most commonly recommended amount of time to infuse your violets for a working oil).

Once your working oil has steeped for long enough, you can strain the oil from the plants to transfer the oil into smaller vials or jars for easier use, though some prefer to keep some bits of plant matter in their oils after transferring it.

Protection

Against Spirits & Evil

Violets are believed to be a powerful force against evil spirits. It's even said that malevolent spirits can't cross ground where violets grow, which is one reason you should be glad to see violets growing on your property.

As amulets or charms, violets can be carried - dried or fresh - or kept on one's person/in one's home to offer protection against evil spirits. Places that violets can be easily carried for protection are:

in one's wallet, purse, or pocket

in one's hair

in one's shoe or sock

affixed to one's clothing

Wearing violet in perfumes or oils - essential oils or infused oils - is also a fantastic way of bringing the protection of violets with you wherever you go.

Hanging dried violets near any entry doors can ward against evil spirits or entities entering the home.

Drawing Spirits

Burning violet incense whilst invoking or drawing certain spirits is said to aid one in doing so.

One can also burn the plants themselves. In a firesafe bowl, cauldron, or vessel, burn dried violet, dried rose hips, and dried, crushed pipsissewa (also called prince's pine and umbellate wintergreen) to attract or draw good spirits or specified spirit allies to aid one in magical workings.

Peace

Associated with the values of serenity and harmony, violets can be incorporated in magical works to attract peace and comfort.

Violet has been used as charms, amulets, and in food and drink to bring about peace - peace of spirit, peace of mind, peace of temper.

The violet flower was worn by the Ancient Greeks to calm tempers and induce sleep.

For those enduring trying times, gifting them with violet flowers is believed to aid in manifesting an end to their difficulties and bringing peace their way.

Healing

The healing and medicinal properties of violets in herbalism and traditional medicine are well documented, but it's also common to include violets in magical means of healing.

Flower crowns of violet can be worn to ease away headaches.

Wearing violets on the head either as flower crowns or in the hair while drinking alcohol is also said to prevent drunkenness and/or hangovers.

Violets and marjoram are worn together during the winter months to ward against cold and illness.

Including violet flowers (dried or fresh) to one's bath water is believed to ward away illness and promote healing for the sick.

The scent of violets is believed to promote sleep.

Luck & Fortune

Violets are believed to be a potent tool when seeking a change of fortune. They've a particular association with bringing good fortune to women.

Violet flowers can be carried or worn as good luck charms.

Love

Violets can be added to workings to draw love, encourage attraction, or ignite passions.

Charms & Tussie-Mussies

One such work calls for mixing violet with lavender flowers to embolden one's love interest and ignite a spark of passion.

This can be done by making a charm bag for this purpose, but it can also be as simple a working as making a small bouquet or tussie-mussie to keep in a space where a) you're performing other love workings, or b) you know you'll be seeing your intended. You can also carry the tussie-mussie with you in their presence.

illustration of a bouquet of violet flowers from a Victorian era greeting card, possibly circa 1850-1870

Promoting Harmony in Relationships

For those who have been arguing or have been at odds with their partner, it's said that bringing violets into the house will bring peace into the home with them. So, too, does carrying or wearing violets on your person promote peace, harmony, and balance.

Easy Charm Bag to Attract Love

What you'll need:

violet flowers

lavender

rose petals or rose hips

a small cloth or leather bag, with or without a drawstring, or a square piece of fabric and a string of some kind

Other ingredients that can be included if you wish - apple seeds, basil, cinnamon (preferably sticks if trying to avoid mess), dried orange peel, marjoram, meadowsweet, moonwort, myrtle, orange seeds, periwinkle, primrose.

What to do:

If using a bag, place your flowers or other ingredients in the bag. Your bag or cloth can be any color, though some prefer to use pink/red (as many cultures associate those colors with love). That being said, you can use absolutely any color you want to or any color that's relevant in your personal practice.

If using a fabric, place your flowers or other ingredients in the center of the square of fabric. Draw the four corners of the cloth up around the contents, securing the contents inside of the fabric. Holding the sides/corners up together, tie them securely in place with your string, making a bag for yourself.

Your charm bag can be kept under your pillow or bed, can be kept in your purse or bag or on your person, or it can be hung up in your home.

Wealth

Violets are used in spells, amulets, and charms to attract money.

One of the simplest methods of doing so is by keeping a violet flower (fired or fresh) in one's wallet, pocket, purse, or anywhere one would keep money/means of payment. This is believed to draw money in.

Wearing a violet flower (fresh or dried) in one's shoes whilst walking into their place of work, a place where one is interviewing for a job, or into a meeting pertaining to one's business or finances is said to ensure that money comes one's way from these endeavors.

It's also said that if one seeks a promotion, it's auspicious to do so after seeing the first violet blooms of the year.

For those that own their own business, it's believed to be a portend of good fortune if violets grow on the property of one's business.

Wishing

It's said across a number of practices and belief sets that violets are powerful aids for wish fulfilment.

One common belief is that plucking the first violet bloom of the season ensures that your greatest wish at that time will come true.

Using violets in wishing and manifestation work can include:

keeping violets on an altar where one is working a wishing or manifestation spell

giving violets as offerings to ancestors, spirits, or deities whom one is working with/through for manifestation or wish fulfillment

anointing items associated with one's wish with a violet working oil

wearing violet perfumes or oils - essential or infused - while manifesting or performing work associated with one's wish

burning wish/manifestation candles that have been dressed with violet infused oil and/or violet flowers

Death, Renewal, & Remembrance

Violets have a strong association with death. They've long been used as funerary flowers, particularly on the graves of children, and are thus often used as offerings to spirits of children.

Violets also serve as symbols of renewal, rebirth, and the natural cycles of times. They can, therefore, be included on springtime altars, as well as in works pertaining to death or renewal.

In Dreams

There are many beliefs as to what dreams about or including violets might mean. For my dream interpreting witches, here are a few meanings:

If you see violets or pick them in your dream, this is a portend of a joyous occasion to come 'in which you will find favor with some superior' (possibly a promotion at work).

Gathering violets in one's dream may also be a sign that one is about to embark on a new venture in love - i.e. meet a new special someone, journey into a new romantic chapter in life, etc.

Wilted, withered, or dry violets are a sign that your love will also whither, that your affections won't be returned, or that your relationship is coming to an end.

SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

Some of the content included here was learned through oral tradition within my region of the Southeastern United States or were customs or beliefs taught to me by my maternal grandparents. Other sources used, however, are included below.

'Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of the Eastern European Jews' - Cohen, Deatra; Siegel, Adam

'Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs' - Cunningham, Scott

'the Flower Encyclopedia & Gardener's Guide' - Wilkinson, Albert E.

'Magical Folkhealing: Herbs, Oils, and Recipes for Health, Healing, and Magic' - Conway, DJ

'the Master Book of Herbalism' - Bereyl, Paul

'10,000 Dreams Interpreted' - Hindman Miller, Gustavus

'12,000 Dreams Interpreted' - Hindman Miller, Gustavus; revised and updated by Shields, Linda; Skomal, Lenore

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The Storm Witch’s Hurricane Curse:

Ingredients needed:

Rain water, preferably collected during a thunderstorm. If you don’t have this handy, tap water can suffice.

Bits of glass, wood, gravel, any unpleasant debris you want flung around your target.

Blood, spit or any other personal tidbits you want to add in order to give the curse a little extra oomph.

A picture or something belonging to your target that you can burn

A jar or bottle

A grey, white or black candle

A lighter or matches

Add the water, sharp pointy things and personal tidbits to the bottle or jar.  Burn the photo/object that pertains to your target. Add the ashes to the jar or bottle, then seal that sucker up with the wax from the candle that you’ve chosen.

Then shake it. Shake the fuck out of it. Use any storm-related thought forms or incantations you want to further express your intent. Visualizing the contents of the curse breaking down your target is especially effective.  Store the curse somewhere within reach, and give it a shake whenever you want to reinforce the spell.

To break it: break the seal on the jar or bottle, smash it, or throw it in the trash.

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A curious herbal containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick engraved on folio copper plates, 

By Blackwell, Elizabeth, John Nourse. Samuel Harding. Publication info London : Printed for Samuel Harding, 1737-1739. BHL Collections: Blog Features Missouri Botanical Garden’s Materia Medica Missouri Botanical Garden’s Rare Books Collections

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”Of the folklore I’ve studied, what initiation into witchery often boils down to are some simple components in the European model: The calling, the acceptance, the contract and the gift. […] There were steps to be taken in terms of the initiatory process with a devil/spirit and it all came down to some fundamental components:

- Calling by the spirits: in most regards, the craft is initiatory - even when the initiation is brought about in private by the spirits. Common folklore provides examples of callings in the forms of visitations from the spirits in dreams or in person, or, being spirited away (like Jack and the Witches of Southern lore), or, the sudden revelation of power. This may be a holdover from the time of the witch trial records, but it has since joined the broader folklore of witchcraft. What calls the witch varies from place to place, person to person, culture to culture: in many cases a witch is called by her own ambitions and desires, in other cases he is called by the spirits or demons or wee-folk without much of a choice. The calling is a very personal thing, but once it is heard, it is the first step in pursuing witchcraft.

- Acceptance, or, the renunciation of old oaths: acceptance of the terms and conditions set forth by whatever spirits or gods or coven has called you to the craft. In order to accept the terms of the spirits, traditionally one would then be expected to renounce all former allegiances (washing away the grace, saying the lord’s prayer backwards, the like). After one has rid themselves of old oaths, they are free to promise their soul elsewhere - to spirits, devils, demons or gods.

- Contract, or oath to the spirits/gods: a contract of give-and-take between you and whatever entity has called to you. In folklore, there is a distinct understanding that whoever takes up witchcraft is doing so with the aid of unseen allies and familiars, and these entities have their own demands for the power they give; whether it is to suckle from the witch’s teat or be fed of butter and cream. The contract with the Devil takes the shape of a ritual at sunrise or the signing of one’s name in his book or some other symbolic action of dedication.”

- Folkloric American Witchcraft and the Multicultural Experience, Via Hedera

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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.