#hex bag

hi,

so my partner wasn't feeling well and was experiencing a lot of pain, so i made them a hex bag -yes- hex bags can be used for positive outcomes. you can call it a charm bag, as well. its all about intention. are you trying to negatively impact someone? or are you helping them? to hex means "to cast a spell on; bewitch". that doesn't sound inherently negative to me. words hold so much magick power. as a writer, I have felt this first hand. everyone must have to some degree.

now that my rant and thoughts are out.. the things i put in the bag are always different, i'm trying to get better at writing my recipes down. but for this one, i put in small salt rocks for the oxygen in their blood, (it was blood related.) next, since it was blood and circulatory system related, i put a bloodstone (heliotrope) also. next, ginger essential oil because ginger is great for muscle relief, and similarly, cloves for the same reason. i put a mantra in there for healing, and green drops of candle wax since green represents regrowth and nature, which i was calling upon to help them heal.

i also want to add, what works for me may not work for you. meaning, if you are always going to associate hex bags with casting negativity, or resetting the balance, then your’s just is not going to come out any differently than the thoughts & associations you're allowing it. this scenario with my partner happened a while ago, so i already know the outcome. they got well quickly and relative to the usual, seamlessly. so now, they carry a little hex when they don't feel well cause we know it works for us.

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@spnhiatuscreations​ | week four

You woke up and went into the kitchen where Dean was at. He had made you breakfast and was being unbearably nice, so you felt a bit awkward but didn’t say anything.

You ate breakfast with him, which you had never done before.

He rarely took his eyes off of you and seemed to be flustered.

You: “Dean, are you okay?”

Dean: “I’m fantastic!”

You: “You sure you aren’t sick?”

Dean: “Maybe love-sick.”

You furrowed your eyebrows.

You: “I-I don’t understand.”

Dean grabbed your hand before you could back away.

Dean: “I don’t know why it took me all of this time to realize it, but I’m madly in love with you. I never want to leave your side, I want to spend eternity serving and caring for you. You are my everything.”

He paused for a moment.

Dean: “Marry me.”

You got loose of his grip and backed out of the kitchen. As he kept looking at you with those giant eyes, you just walked faster until you bumped into someone.

You spun around and saw Cas with a boquet of flowers.

Cas: “I’m sorry, I didn’t know which ones were your favorites. But these flowers were the most beautiful, and they reminded me of you.”

Your eyes were wide with confusion and a bit of fear.

Cas: “I know it’s sudden, but I can’t stop thinking about you, and I want you to know that I love you. I want to protect you for eternity and serve you. Please, let me marry you, y/n.”

You could hear Dean’s chair in the background skeeting across the floor.

You looked over to see a very pissed off Dean standing, making deadly eye contact with Cas.

Dean: “Y/n’s mine. I love y/n more than you could ever think of.”

Castiel put down his boquet of flowers onto a table that was next to him.

Cas: “I highly doubt that, sense I am an immortal being and my brain is vastly larger than yours. As is my love for y/n.”

From the tip of Cas’ coat sleeve, you could see the tip of an angel blade.

Dean had his hand on his gun holster.

You: “Woah woah woah. Just stop, both of you.”

They both looked at you with the most loving eyes.

You: “I don’t know what came over you two, but you aren’t in love with me.”

Both Dean and Cas: “Of course I am.”

Dean’s eyes turned to Cas with that evil look in them.

Dean: “And I’ll kill Cas to prove our love. That way no one will stand in our way.”

They started towards each other, gently pushing you out of the way, and they began to fight. Punches flew one right after the other.

They hadn’t used their weapons yet, but they were ready to. So you ran to Sam’s room to get help.

You knocked profusely on his door.

You: “SAM HELP!”

He opened the door so quickly, and he looked as if he had just woken up that very second.

Sam: “What’s wrong, y/n?”

You: “Dean and Cas are about to kill each other.”

Sam: “What?”

He ran to where he could hear the fighting. Castiel had just pulled out the angel blade. So Sam ran in between them to try and stop them, but it didn’t work.

Sam: “What are you doing?”

He asked the two.

Dean: “Get out of our way, Sam.”

Dean pointed his gun at Sam’s head.

You ran in between Dean’s gun and Sam because you knew Dean wouldn’t shoot.

While Dean was processing the new situation, Sam turned around, knocked out Cas, then grabbed Dean by the collar, and knocked him out as well.

You and Sam then took each of them back to their separate rooms and locked the door.

Sam: “What the hell.”

You: “They both think that they’re madly in love with me. I don’t know why. I woke up and they both confessed their ‘love’ to me, then they found out that both of them ‘love’ me so they fought in order to prove it to me.”

Sam: “Again. What the hell.”

You: “I don’t know. But we better find out how to break this, and quick.”

After hours of reading books, Sam went into Dean’s room to make sure that he was still out cold. Dean was, so Sam searched his room.

Underneath the edge of the mattress, Sam saw a corner sticking out, so he grabbed it.

He then went to Cas’s room and found an identical piece under that mattress.

Sam: “Found it.”

He said to you as he returned from the bedrooms.

You: “What is it?”

Sam dropped the two pieces in front of you and leaned against the table.

Sam: “Hex bags. They were underneath each of their mattresses.”

You: “That explains a lot.”

Sam: “I’ll do some research on how to break this, you go and rest for a bit.”

You: “I’m fine.”

Sam: “Y/n, you’ve been through almost all of these books for hours on end. Just take a break. I’ll take over from here.”

You gave a half smile at Sam and then got up and left.

On a hunch, you walked into Sam’s room and looked underneath his mattress. Sure enough, a hex bag. Your bed, in the other room, didn’t have one.

You returned to Sam.

You: “Hey - uhm - Sam. I found this.”

You showed him the hex bag.

Sam: “Where?”

You: “Under your mattress.”

Sam opened it up, and sure enough, it had the same materials as the other two.

Sam went a little red, but you couldn’t notice.

You: “Well, sense you’re acting the same,”

Sam got a bit more red, but hid it well

You: “I guess the witch just made that bag wrong.”

Sam didn’t make eye contact with you, because he knew that your theory was not true.

These are my own personal opinions. This is how I choose to define each one. You do not have to follow this system nor do you have to agree with it. 

Firstly, for a lot of practitioners a charm bag and a hex bag are one in the same. They’re also known by many other names including: mojo bags // gris-gris bags // conjure bags // medicine bags // wish bags

It’s important to note that some of these names or used by closed religions and are distinctly different in their own rights. 

Technically a hex is defined as a spell but more specifically it defined as a spell casted on someone; to bewitch them. Bewitch is defined as: cast a spell on and gain control over (someone) by magic. So though it is, by definition, similar to the word spell, I wouldn’t consider it a definite synonym.

A charm is more commonly defined as: the power or quality of giving delight or arousing admiration or, a small ornament worn on a necklace or bracelet. But within magick it’s commonly defined as: to control or achieve by magic.

So I’ve chosen to define them as followed:

Hex Bag: A curse placed on someone; to control a person or situation in a way that would negatively affect their life.

Charm Bag: A blessing place on someone; to manifest positive change in someone’s life. 

So, again for me personally, I have decided that separating the 2 would work out better when defining my practice. This makes it easier for me to know when one would be better suited for a certain situation. 

It’s also important to remember that you do not have to use a “bag” or pouch either. You can make hex or charm bottles and boxes too.

*warning this will cause many people to like you, and can become a burden

You will need:

A black hex bag

Cinnamon

Salt

Rose petals

Red stones

Shells

Rose incense

Heart charm