#binding ritual

lips pull from her teeth in a snarl and calpernia glares at the inquisitor before her. "i do not need you telling me what i am," she replies, voice scraped from her throat. that she is not in a cell does not change the obvious fact that she is a prisoner here ; that the scroll that tells of a binding ritual the elder one had planned on performing on her eventually does not make things clear. "my personhood has never been up for debate because i do not believe in your follies." there are guards outside the door, that much she is sure, and she would no sooner sear the man before her than more would be rushing in to decimate her. a shame. there are flames crawling just beneath the surface of her skin that a less adept mage would have difficulty keeping within. "i am a person who will tell you nothing."

Has anyone participated in this monthly binding ritual?

I’ve recently came into a job that I thought was perfect for me. It was everything I’d asked the universe for (which has taught me that I need to be much more specific with my manifestations). I needed something fast, so I only put out that I wanted something close-by and well paying...a mistake. Yes this job is both of those things and the work is relatively easy, but my boss...they’re almost intolerable. So i created a jar-based binding spell that I could channel all of my angry energy into! 

yoυ wιll need ✯

an effigy of the person or people you’re binding

1 black taper candle 

5 white tea lights (optional)

2 glass jars 

5 torn pieces of paper and a pen

black pepper (optional)

wormwood (optional)

as many rocks as it would take to fill up the jar

dιrecтιonѕ ✯

The effigy I chose was a napkin that I knew the person had used (convenient since I’m the person who empties the trash, but if you’re not that person, please don’t get yourself in trouble!), so I put that into the jar. Then I sprinkled black pepper and wormwood on top of it to banish negative energies. I piled the rocks on top of the napkin, squishing them down and making a really tight space for it. 

I closed the jar to keep everything nice and contained during my spell. I used a lighter on the bottom of the candle to make it sticky enough to stay on top of the lid. On the 5 pieces of paper, I wrote 5 things that I’d like to bind my boss from doing (ex: treating me like I’m stupid, talking down to/humiliating me in front of customers, micromanaging me, etc) and lit the tea lights around the jar in somewhat of a star shape to represent all 5 pieces. 

I lit the black candle and burned the pieces of paper one by one in the flame, collecting the ashes in the second jar (or you could honestly use a bowl, just something to capture the ashes). As I did this, I said what I wrote down out loud, directing all of my angry energy into my words (this made my flame act WILD AF LMAO). I let the flame of the black candle burn all the way down, and when the wax hardened, I reopened the jar and put in the ashes that I’d collected in the second jar, then closed it again. 

I hope that some of you use this to your advantage if you’ve found yourself under the authority of a shitty boss like I have! It had pretty good results for me, it’s as if he wants to perform the same hurtful behaviors and say the same hurtful things as he did before, but he just...can’t lol. But although it’s a little more tolerable now, it still sucks because I feel that hateful energy from him and it’s just not a work environment that I’m comfortable or happy going to, and it doesn’t align with my morals. So I’m starting to look for new jobs and being SPECIFIC IN MY MANIFESTATIONS.

Reagents: 

 +small Photo of the person, or something small that belongs to them.

 +Star Anise [2 pieces]

 +1/4 tsp   Powdered sage

 + 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper

 + a smidge of ash scrapings from your Palo Santo or activated charcoal will do

 + tiny Onyx crystals or the smallest you can find. [or any crystal in equivalent]

 + Black ribbon or yarn

 + Paper towel.

 + a regular candle thats lit. 

Directions: 

  Before starting, grab the photo and announce your intentions like “you’ve been manifesting too much negativity toward people and it needs to stop” Put the photo on the paper towel, then place each of the ingredients on top of it. fold the towel so the reagents dont fall out the sides, as you start wrapping the towel with the ribbon chant “I bind _____ from manifesting negative things onto other people”. when you’re done tying it, hold it over the candle flame but not too close, you dont want it to burn. continue the chant 5 times, moving the bundle around in a circle, counterclockwise. When you’re done, thank whomever you work with. and put the bundle in a box and keep it somewhere dark.