#dracontinesspells

Listen, this spell is hard. It was hard for me. And it hurt. But it felt so good in the end. Lets start this early;

TRIGGER WARNING:

Abuse. ~ SA. ~ Traumatic events

I made this spell because, well because i didnt want to feel like I did anymore.

Now that thats out of the way, lets get to the actual spell.

here's what youre going to need:

Sewing pins

A tall tapered candle (red or black)

A holder for the candle with room at the bottom

Salt of your choice ( I just used pure white salt)

Enough white candles to make a ring around your main candle.

Time. A lot of time.

Step one: Take your candle and one of the sewing pins. Carve the entire surface with what happened. It can be sentances or single words. Put all the most painful events you can in various areas on the candle. I swore and cried while I did this, feel free to do the same. Pour those feelings about what happened into the candle. Squeeze it and force your feelings into it. Once everything is carved into the candle, take more pins and push them into the most painful events. Be careful not to break the candle.

Step 2. Do some warding and draw a circle if you need.

Step 3. Stick that bitch into the holder and pour the salt around it. I did this so that all that awfulness I just forced into that candle would stay put.

Step 4. Put all the white candles in a circle around the main one, or form a wall in between you and it.

Step 5: light the white candles first. Then the center one. As it burns, let those feelings burn away with it. Feel them leaving in the smoke. Feel the fire burning them away. When the pins drop, let an event flow out from you. Let it fall out of you just as the pin fall out of the candle.

Step 6: Stop when you get tired. Doesnt matter how much the candle has burned away. But stop when youre tired, post breakdown tired. Blow out tbhe candles and leave them for a bit.

Step 7: take care of yourself. Do some grounding and some HEALTHY self care. Talk to a friend, cominucate your feelings. Do something you enjoy.

Finally;

Put the candles away. Dont touch them again till youre ready to burn the candle more. It can be months before you touch it again. Hell, in my case it was years. Literal years. Heres my proof:

This is what mine looked like:

This was the first night I did this spell. I felt gross and sad and angry.

I did the first part of this spell in

August of 2016

This is where the part about a lot of time comes in. The next time i burned this candle?

September 14th, 2018.

You can see it, its dusty and tall and the salt has turned solid. It came with me through two moves, through two years of life. I didnt feel ready to do this again till two years later. Maybe you'll be ready in a week, maybe a month. My point is dont push your limits to hard. I only burned it when I felt like i needed too.

Its still sitting in my bedroom, waiting for me to need it again.

When youre done:

Destroy the pins, leftover wax, and salt. Burning them in a fire is my recommendation. Dont keep any of it.

And remember; take care of yourself. Recovery is a long journey. 💙

×disclaimer×

Hello! In my own magical practice I use what I would call “grids”. They look something like this:

The practice and idea of construction, casting, and working with and within circles has been a common presence within the community of witches for years. The circle represents the basic form of fluid wholeness; with no angles or corners, no end or beginning. It represents a great deal to many witches in this community and I come to you today to show you my circle grid construction for a whole slew of spells with as many purposes as one can think up.

I know, its a lot to look at. but dont worry, well break it down. Here is your basic construction. 

The basic construction of these circles is fairly simple, made up of eight  parts.

1. The outer circle(green)

The Outer circle is there to keep all energies outside of the circle, with the exception of the power source.

2. The inner circle(red)

The inner circle helps to hold all desired energies inside of the grid, keeping everything nice and tidy.

3. A power source(indigo)

The power source is whatever you want it to be, and yes I do mean whatever. More on why to and ways to power your grid later

4. The power source path(indigo)

The power source path leads from the power source  to the central circle, touching both the inner and outer circle, then it flows through the node paths to the nodes themselves. The nodes are powered last as to make sure everything is ready to go before the actual infusion starts

5. A central circle(teal)

The central circle is where you place the object that will be filled with the desired aspects. It could be a talisman, a poppet, a tag lock, a token, or even yourself.

6. Removal(pink) / infusion(blue) nodes

These hold items of the aspects that you wish to place in the object. For example, maybe a small bottle of black salt in one, rose thorns in another, and then for the final item place a small vial of basil. In the center you place a necklace you wear everyday. The protective aspects are pushed into the necklace from the nodes. This process works in reverse for the removal nodes. Say you have an item of silver that you would like to use on your altar but you don’t know where it came from. So you place it in the center and in the removal nodes you place three pieces of blank paper, or three stones, three crystals, etc. the past and energy the item carried is removed.

7. The node pedestals

The node pedestals are where you place the items within the node. They are able to follow the lines to the central circle and node.  

8. The node paths (3)

Each node  has three paths to which the attributes follow.

You won't need all nodes for all spells. there is a chance for you to have a basic removal, and basic infusion grids. Like these:

So why power your grid? Is it absolutely necessary?

No, you don't have to use a power source, and to be honest I don't even use a power source all the time. It's completely fine to not use one, but the power source always gives my spells an extra boost and helps me visualize the energies Im working with. Energy is something put into all spells, and in my case and for me, I like to have a direct path for my energy to flow as i take the energy from one thing and put it into another, be that the universe or the flame of a candle. In reality anything can be a power source, from the sun to the earth to the stars. It all depends on what you want to power the ritual. The energy from the sun for warmth and fiery passion, energy from the moon for cool strong power.  Some things you can use are:

  Yourself

Simply sit in the power source circle and put your own energy into the grid. 

The sun

My personal method of utilizing the sun is to place something black in the power source, or a statue of it, and build the grid in the sun.

The moon

My method for the moon is to simply place something white in the grid, or a statue of it, and build the grid in the moon.

A candle

A bowl of water

A bowl of earth

Incense

Although they seem limited, you can place things just inside the circle without placing them in the nodes. An example: just placing a placeholder for the goddess aphrodite inside the circle while asking her to be present in the ritual will still have an effect. 

They're incredibly versatile, easily personalized, and easy to master. Go forth and create! just credit me for my idea, please!

With love and well wishes, 

~Lia.(dracontine tempest)