#protection magic

i was asked to detail my process in crafting a witch bottle, commonly referred to as a baneful ward in some witchcraft spaces - while i will not be divulging my personally chosen ingredients, i will give you the basic rundown.

as a primer, check out my protection and warding masterpost.

witch bottles typically involve two vessels - one to hold taglocks that represent a target, aka, the things or people you want to protect (you, your pets, your family, your belongings, etc.) plus benefic ingredients, and another to hold baneful ingredients that act as a barrier of protection surrounding the target/s. think of the outer jar acting as a shield for the smaller jar (you know, the one that represents the things you hold dear). the easiest (and safest) way to do this is probably with glass jars which are more durable than plastic, cardboard, paper, or cloth especially if your baneful ingredients contain sharp objects - place a small jar affixed to the inside of the large jar either with hot glue or glue dots. add personal taglocks to the small jar and seal it with wax. add baneful ingredients to the large jar - set a black candle on the top of it to melt down and hopefully seal the entire jar but if that doesn't work then just drip wax on and around the lid.

🖤 Carrying or wearing iron nails

🖤 Sewing sigils in to favourite pieces of clothing

🖤 BLACK OBSIDIAN, MY BELOVED (it can kinda drain me after a time though)

🖤 Bones from animals associated with protection

🖤 Shells

🖤 Tiny spell jar of black salt, garlic, sage or other protective herbs

🖤 Horseshoes, pentacles & other protective symbols as jewellery

🖤 Symbols associated with deities (not necessarily just for protection)