Think of curse tablets as the takedowns of the ancient world: If someone disrespected or harmed you, you could head to your local magician and pay to curse them. People cursed people who hurt their family members, but they also cursed them when they committed crimes or even entered into court cases against them.
Large caches of curse tablets have been found in Roman digs in the modern-day United Kingdom. One such tablet invokes the god Mercury to bring down a curse on Varianus, Peregrina and Sabinianus, whom the curser thought had brought harm on their animal. Of course, if someone dissed you, you also had the option of creating a tiny effigy to do harm to. The neo-pagan religion Wicca holds that "three times what thou givest returns to thee," which can be applied to positive magick as well.
But the rule of threes doesn't simply mean, for example, that if you cast a spell to steal someone's man and you and said man get together, he'll cheat on you exactly three times. Hexes like this usually entail bigger blowback: If you're performing magick to cause harm to someone, you're probably in a pretty nasty, dark place. You likely aren't exuding positive, loving vibes, but swampy, malicious ones.
And it doesn't feel good to be a mean troll. Performing magick to release yourself of anger so you can move on after you've been harmed can be healing. Using your craft to hurt someone, meanwhile, often just ends up making you feel bad, not to mention that positive energy is simply more powerful.
Work with the universe, not against it. Speaking of hexes, you've probably heard about "black magick" and "white magick. To start, they have racist undertones: Rituals that are mistakenly believed to be "bad" and therefore labeled "black magick" often come from traditions such as Hoodoo, which is traditional African folk magick.
Generally speaking, magick itself isn't simply "good" or "evil": It's a tool. We can all act selfish, jealous, and petty from time to time and, honestly, that's OK. We have good sides that are loving, too. Often, the best way to get in touch with your loving side and then inject it into your magick is to recognize that you're human.
Negative thoughts are normal. Instead of acting on them, perform a cleansing ritual, dance around, go to the gym , or take a long, hot bath to soothe yourself.
All such acts can be magickal rituals. A coven is a group of witches that meets regularly to perform magick and rituals. A coven can be traditional, with 13 members and a highly organized initiation process, or it can be more laid-back and designed by you and your witchy friends.
As witchcraft has become mainstream, covens have become more casual. Some people enjoy the responsibility and framework of performing magick with a structured group, while other people perform better as solo artists.
So this is also the day you don't expect any visitors since you have to be alone the whole day. Additionally, ensure that your periods are far from near if you are a female spellcaster. For the male, alcohol and sexual activities are off-limits on this day. You are almost there, and this is what you need to do. Cleanse your inner energies as well as those of the object of the ritual before performing the spell. Ensure that the moon is waning during this time unless this won't work.
This is among your last steps of performing a love spell that actually works; therefore, you need to be more careful not to spoil anything.
So on the new moon, ensure that you schedule a three-day fasting routine. Have you ever fasted before? Don't worry if you've never fasted before since this will be a shorter one for your greater good. So during this time, eating and drinking are off-limit. You are only allowed to drink water only. Additionally, smoking and sex are also off limit as well.
After all that preparations, the big day is finally here. Ensure you have observed all the steps for this to work, or else you will be among the many people commenting on various pages of the internet how the love spells dont actually work.
At this time, the moon should be waxing for this to go through. Perform your love spell during this time and wait. You did not feel the spell? Perform it again. You can perform the spell more than once and several times if need be.
After performing the ritual, you should conduct another fortune-telling ritual. This is just like a confirmation, but here is what the fortune-telling actually does. This last step is a crucial step that you shouldn't overlook by any means. It is through this last step that you will be certain of the repercussions, whether the ritual was successful, and seek any swift assistance from the professional spellcasters. This … can give you a reprieve from the thoughts and emotions that can trap us.
Even witches know that. Their point is not to do away with contemporary medicine—instead, it's to encourage us to approach our mental health with a sense of mindfulness and self-possession.
With that in mind, we consulted our trio of witches to put together this list of mood-boosting spells. From mind-clearing baths to energizing crystal therapy, here are six magical rituals to make you a very happy witch. Smudging is an ancient practice that energetically cleanses a space using the power of herbs and smoke. Sage is often the go-to herb for smudging because it works to clear out old, stagnant energy.
But it's so powerful that it also clears out positive energy too, so after smudging, you'll need to replenish the space with good vibes, using materials like palo santo or sweetgrass. According to Dr. Sanam Hafeez, there is specific preliminary support for the use of sage in that of mood and memory. Check out Johnson's two-part smudging spell below:. Light the sage and guide it in clockwise, circular motions around whichever space you wish to smudge, starting from the back of the room and working toward the front.
Then light your palo santo stick or sweetgrass and repeat the same steps. Put on your favorite uplifting Spotify playlist after smudging to further infuse your space with positive energy.
For witches in training who want to replace feelings of stress and confusion with tranquility and clarity , this spiritual bath is an easy yet transformative ritual. The bath potion, courtesy of Jona Genova , spiritual healer and self-care expert, is "easy to make, packed with benefits, all natural, kind to the environment, and cruelty-free. Instructions: Mix your potion in an upcycled glass jar; then, it's time to infuse it with positivity.
To do this, simply hold your hands over the open jar of salts and, at Genova's word, "imagine that love is flowing from an infinite supply within your heart, down your arms, through your hands, and into the salts. Feeling lethargic? After assembling your materials, wash the glass bottle and the quartz crystal with mild soap and water, and let them dry. Next, cast a circle around the area where you want to do your spell here's a little tutorial on how to cast a basic magic circle.
Fill the bottle with spring water, add your essential oils, and then add the crystal. Cap the bottle and shake it three times to charge it. Next, place the Strength card face up on a table or altar. Set the bottle on top of the card and leave it there for at least 10 minutes, long enough for the water to absorb the energy of the card. Finally, remove the crystal from the bottle, open your circle up, and sip this "supercharged elixir" for a serious energy boost.
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