#spell tutorial

foreword: this spell does include fire! make sure to read the safety precautions and read the entire spell through before attempting. this spell works best during full or waxing moons or big leaps of faith in your life.

any creative liberty can be taken with any parts of the spell! you may do this with as many people as you like as long as all participants keep the fire safety elements in mind.

i did not take inspiration for this spell from any other source and all information here was written by me, from my own experience. i don't claim to be the first person to do this, but if you share the spell on social media or with a friend, please give credit where credit is due.

i have been a practicing witch for 3+ years and do not claim to be extremely experienced or all-knowing.

please do not start debates or send me hate for the "legitimacy" of my practice or personal beliefs surrounding witchcraft and magick. questions about the spell or elements of such are welcomed, however!

REQUIREMENTS:

-bowl, cauldron, cup, jar, or anything else capable of holding a folded piece of paper (must be metal or glass, be prepared to burn something in it)

-candle/s (scented is fine)

-paper (any, as long as it's burnable)

-writing utensil

-string/twine (not plastic)

-matches/lighter

-water bottle (fast pouring, within reaching)

-spray bottle (on mist setting, within reach)

-a safe & quiet ventilated location (outdoors is fine! smoke alarms should be off or out of smoke range and any windows should be open)

OPTIONAL:

-flower seeds

-salt

-any herbs you'd like, as long as they're burnable. research first.

-scissors

-tweezers/tongs

SAFETY MEASURES:

-keep the spray bottle on-hand in case the smoke gets nasty

-keep the water bottle ready and any flammable objects away from flame

-smoke alarms remain off or out of reach

-keep pets away

-test burn a piece of paper beforehand to make sure you're prepared

-make sure you're prepared to handle burning paper with your bare hands or with tweezers/tongs

SPELL:

1. light a candle, if desired for burning (other option is matches/lighter)

2. take a piece of paper and write a list of things you want to banish or remove from your life. be as specific as you'd like, and take the time beforehand to plan. put intention down as you're writing & imagine the things on your list leaving your life. you can also write any relevant sigils.

3. tear or cut the paper so it is only as big as it needs to be. (second option: tear the paper into tiny pieces, collecting them on a regular sheet of paper. while envisioning tearing apart what you desire to banish or purge.)

4. fold the paper and wrap it in twine/string. if you know knot magick, feel free to use it to tie the knot. use as much twine as desired & cinch to taste. (second option: fold the sheet of paper to wrap your shredded list and tie with string. tape not recommended.) imagine or visualize this as trapping the negativity and/or you taking control.

5. make sure your bowl/cauldron is on hand before holding your wrapped spell over the candle flame, using tongs or bare hands if you'd like (if using a stick candle or lighter/match, feel free to put the spell in the bowl first if you so wish). once lit, place in bowl. try not to drop it too fast or let it go out once lit, but it's fine if either happens. if it goes out, carefully pick it up again and relight or wait until it's cooled down to retry.

f. instead of speaking or thinking words to banish or dispel the contents of the list, think/say words like "i welcome you into my heart and life. i call for these things to come in abundance. i trust that in their own time, i will have all i desire." e myself from you, and you me. i trust that in time, you will purge from my life " (creative liberty can be taken!)

7. wait until the spell burns out to remove paper. put out any embers and store in a glass or metal container until you can bury the ashes. (optional: bury with seeds to symbolize your fresh, positive experiences being given life with the ashes of your negative experiences or relationships.)

8. wait for any other participants to do their own burning. again, watch for smoke. stay respectfully quiet and help your fellow witches by adding your own visualization of their sorrows or negativity leaving their life.

9. cleanse the space and take several minutes to meditate or set final intentions in the aftermath. "reset" your energy for the next half of the spell.

10. repeat this process for attracting positivity, with the following changes:

a. write things you wish to attract or welcome into your life instead of things you wish to banish or purge

b. instead of tearing the paper as a second option to folding it, you could roll the paper

c. be gentle and unrestrictive with your twine. instead of thinking of it as "containing" the contents of the list, imagine it as "centralizing" the contents to draw them to you

d. you may add seeds to the bowl or put them into your paper, if possible, to symbolize the positivity blossoming into your life

e. once lit, watch the flames and imagine your list being released into the air, moving around you and any other members of the group (however, focus on yourself. the spell is for you!). imagine the words calling out to this positivity, inviting it.

f. instead of speaking or thinking words to banish or dispel the contents of the list, think/say words like "i welcome you into my heart and life. i call for these things to come in abundance. i trust that in their own time, i will have all i desire." (creative liberty can, again, be taken!)

g. instead of burying your ashes, you could also find other uses in your craft. options include things like using them in a black salt, adding them to salt or herb mixtures you use to charm objects, carrying them on you to attract the contents to you better, or even scatter them on the wind, in a stream, or any other (preferably natural and within reason) space to scatter your positivity as long as you trust that the contents of the list have been freed and are now just for you.

REMEMBER:

1. this spell may not do all the work for you, and you have to understand that there is a limit to what it can do. the spell won't change your physical features or personality drastically or overnight. if you want something that involves other people (and is within your reach), work for it yourself. spells are asking the universe (or your own subconscious) for a push in the right direction- it's up to *you* to get yourself there a lot of the time. cut out those toxic friends, ask them out, tell that person you like their outfit, etc.. it starts and ends with you!

2. there is no "wrong way" for the spell to go. if your paper won't light or won't stay lit or won't burn- it's no big deal. that doesn't mean it won't work. keep your patience. dissolving the paper in water will also work in a pinch. you can also interpret parts as a sign- for example, if your paper won't stay lit without your help, you could take it as your list being very centered around you getting out there and making things happen!

3. not everything will work, and not everything will work right away. have faith, but don't get too down if it doesn't happen!

4. this spell is not a substitution for professional help and should not be treated as such.

5. doing this spell with a friend, or while calling somebody with video, is recommended for fire safety purposes. if you get too focused, you may not notice any dangers popping up.

6. if your bowl is a flimsy metal, it could very well melt

7. *there is no right or wrong way to do this spell*. if you need to use water to put out the flame, or you don't feel a massive change, or you get distracted or feel intrusive thoughts, don't get yourself down. nobody and nothing is perfect, and you don't need to get it flawlessly right the first try. hardships are what make magick work- keep working, edit or personalize where needed, drop this tactic entirely, or anything else you need. good things will come, and bad things will be banished. magick is a very personal thing and if my methods don't work for you, then they don't need to.

8. be aware of ventilation and fire alarms!

SUGGESTED:

1. after i did the spell, i removed all the spell materials from my space and spent a half hour doing self-care. i found myself drained and extremely tired afterwards, but felt much better after thinking of my self-care as kickstarting the positivity rolling in. i suggest you do the same- it's fantastic

2. don't take yourself too seriously! especially with friends, giggles happen and you can get distracted. don't try to force seriousness when laughing or joking feels better or more natural. a forced atmosphere is bad for spellwork!

3. personalize, personalize, personalize

4. be prepared for emotions to come to the surface. be gentle with yourself and others, especially after casting, and sleep or do something relaxing to reset or relax your state of mind if you feel agitated or tired

MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE SPELL:

i did this on new year's with a good friend! there's a reason i have many of these safety mentions- i forgot to open a window or have a water bottle next to me while casting and we had to be a thousand times more jumpy with the fire aspects. i'm a big baby with fire, too, so i kept dropping my papers and needing to relight them.

my negativity banishment burned long and hot- the flames were licking over the (curved inward) rim of the cauldron as if reaching for me, at a height that honestly surprised me. it burned for such a long time that the cauldron melted- the arms falling off and droplets of metal sliding onto the floor as the cauldron tipped forwards me.

this got actually concerning, and the smoke became so thick we ended up putting out the flame. i poured water into the bowl as my friend sprayed the air to make sure any smoke didn't reach the fire alarm. after the danger passed, we were giddy and started to laugh at the situation before disposing of the forbidden tea into a lidded glass jar (that i ended up placing outside for the night).

my positivity paper wouldn't light or stay lit- which makes sense considering how much it pertained to things i wanted to do- and eventually i was left with ashes and a damp piece of paper reading "to attract".

when my friend burned their papers, during the negativity spell my skin was crawling and i felt slightly ill until it burned out. i interpreted it as feeling the power of them banishing the negativity- which they reported feeling as well as i burned my spell.

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So as y’all know, the place I live is pretty fucked. Ive been researching protective magic for awhile and ive connected most with sigils. I thought you guys might want to try them out too, especially if your luck is as shitty as mine (its literally not).

Sigils are symbols charged with magikal power- basically a spell in a symbol. I like them because they dont take expensive materials (im a poor bitch), are pretty easy to make, and are mega aesthetic. Most importantly tho, they’re effective. While tons of premade sigils are available online, work that you create is always going to be more powerful in anything youre trying to do. Heres a guide to making your own, original sigil.

Start by writing your intention. This needs to be written positively, without using words like “not” or “won’t”. For example, i want to be protected from the thing in the woods. Instead of writing “I will not be hurt by the great evil”, i wrote “I will be protected from the great evil”.

(srry my hand writing is absolute garbage)

Once youve written your intention, cross out all vowels. This will help us simplify our intention to its simplest form.

Next, cross out all duplicate letters, leaving only one of each.

Now, write down the letters you have left.

We will now break these letters down even further until we are left with only their base symbols. Separate all complex shapes down to lines, curves, and circles.

This looks pretty complicated, but organizing the symbols makes it a lot easier to keep track of all of them.

Now we can begin forming the sigil. Start arranging the symbols in whatever way your mind is calling you. If i stay focused on my intention, my hands just work and seem to know where the shapes fit. If youre having trouble just take a breath. Dont stress. It will work because YOURE making it. The power doesn’t come form the symbol- it comes from YOU. Thats another reason why this is only a baseline. You may feel called to add extra symbols- do it. Trust yourself, the goal is to make something that you feel connected with.

This was my finished sigil. To charge it, it is usually best to make it transform. This symbolizes the transformation between where you are and where you want your intention to lead you. This transformation can be done in a few ways, but is most commonly done by burning or soaking the sigil. Because we’re having a rainstorm tonight, Im leaving mine outside to be soaked. Once it dries in the sunlight I’ll carry what remains of the paper with me. This is just a personal preference because I like having something physical to remind me that the magic is working even if i cant see it. Other options for transformation include:

Burning and scattering the ashes

Writing in soil or sand before a rainstorm and letting it wash the sigil away

Writing it on your hand and letting it naturally fade away

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💫 Intent 💫

This magickal spray will attract attention towards you, while giving you that big boost of confidence to handle all the attention! Perfect for witches who are socially anxious but greatly yearns for companionship, be it platonic or romantic ( It's me, I'm the witch :') )

🌟 Materials 🌟

Rose 🌹

Rosemary 🌿

Pink Himalayan Salt 🍨🧂

Water 💧

Clove Oil ☘

Citrus Oil 🍊

Rose Oil 🥀

Peppermint oil 🍃

Rose Quartz Chips 🌹💎

Crystal Quartz Chips 💎

💌 Possible ingredients for substitution: Jasmine, Thyme, Other type of roses, violets (perfect if you're sapphic!), Spearmint oil, Carnelian chips, Catnip etc.

🔮 Tools 🔮

Oil Burner or Cauldron 🥘

Mortar and Pestle

Pink, Red, or Yellow Candle (to signify romance, beauty, or friendship)

Tealight Candle to lit the cauldron

Small Spoon

Spray Bottle

💋 How To Cast The Spell 💋

Meditate on your intent. Play relaxing music. Think of how it would feel to finally be confident and have people be attracted to you. Feel the energy build up. Lit the colored candle

Pour water 💧 in the cauldron, then lit a tealight under it.

Grind roses 🌹 with a mortar and pestle, then put it in the cauldron.

Stir it with a spoon three times.

Pour 3 pinches of Himalayan Pink Salt 🍨 "For beauty, For love, For purity"

Pour clove oil ☘ "to attract"

Pour citrus oil 🍊 "to bring happiness and joy to all who sees me"

Pour peppermint oil 🍃 "so that they will listen to my every word"

Pour rosemary 🌿 "For love and virtue"

Stir the potion clockwise three times to release the energy, then counter-clockwise to seal it.

Pour rose quartz chips 🌹💎 and crystal quartz chips 💎 into the spray bottle, then pour the potion in.

Meditate on your intent, then do what you must to finish the spell.

Your magickal spray is done! Thank you for reading and share this post if you enjoyed it💐

Note: essential oils combined with crystals are bad for your skin, so make sure to spray it on just your clothes or things you own. Careful with stains!

♡♡♡ Blessed be 🔮🌌🖤 ♡♡♡

This post will talk about the different reasons why your spells don’t always succeed, and a little about how you can deal with it.

Disclaimer: some UPG is inserted into this post, but I intend for it to enhance the content and not skew how you align your own beliefs and craft with what is covered.

really long post under the cut.

1. your worrying is what’s nullifying your own spell

we’ve all been there before, stressing out about a spell and worrying about whether it’ll succeed. well, guess what? these nagging thoughts can actually nullify the intended effects of your spell. when you cast a spell, your intent is going into it in order to power the spell, but when conflicting energies are being sent in the same direction, it’s going to neutralize the original intent. especially if it’s an emotion-heavy spell like a love spell. the spell may be nullified if your worry equals or outweighs the time and effort put into the casting long before any effects even start to show. give it some time, don’t worry your spell into the ground.

once I cast a binding spell that didn’t seem to take effect in the first two days after I cast it, so naturally I was quite concerned. however, after that I just kind of forgot about it and only was reminded of the spell when I caught a glimpse of the spell jar occasionally. and it worked out. the spell worked. 

2. your subconscious has a part to play

what if deep down you don’t really think the spell will work? what if your subconscious isn’t fully willing to be doing this spell? what if your heart isn’t in it and you don’t really want the outcome to happen? personal will and feelings are such an important thing in spell-casting that even if any aspect of your own moral system or personal desire is in conflict with the desired outcome, it’s going to be an obstacle. 

think about it this way. what if a friend asks you to cast a love spell to reconcile them with their ex, and you know it matters a lot to them so you do it anyway, yet you personally don’t really want them back together for whatever reason. the spell is Not Going To Work. 

3. you’re casting it even if you don’t feel up to it

if you’re low on spoons, the spell might not work out the way you want it to, because energy is an important part of spell work. or if you’re not in the mood to be casting a spell, your feelings can interrupt your spell work and cancel out whatever intent you tried to send out. 

sometimes we have our down days and our lulls or just have some unexplainable shy away from witchcraft. you’ll find it hard to raise energy, or focus, or find the intent, or even put the spell together, so all in all not a very fun or effective experience to be casting a spell when you don’t feel like it.

4. consent consent consent? have you got it?

every magic(k) practitioner will understand the importance of warding and shielding and probably have some form of method to keep someone else from casting a spell that affects them. even if your intended target isn’t a witch or does not practice anything of the sort, if the spell is intended to change something that involves a large part of their involvement, then you have to check if they’re already to willing to do this in the first place or nah. 

if their will is strong enough against something that you intend for them to do, then there is a strong possibility that the spell will not work. unless you’re able to channel something stronger, whether it is your own will and emotions, or that of a group of people. there are always exceptions, and it’s always a case-by-case basis. take curses, for example, when you have strong emotion or a cause pent up into a curse, it’ll really pack a punch.

I cast a spell that acted as a sort of wake-up call for someone to act on their priorities. someone who was waiting around for the opportunity. the person I cast the spell on was not already opposed to the idea of confronting their problems, so when I intended for the spell to put them into action, they were able to be swayed in that direction.

5. losing your focus

are you surroundings too chaotic or noisy or messy? are there any distractions in the room that can sway your focus? is something on your mind preventing you from keeping full focus on your spell? there could also be too many different energies coming from the surroundings, especially if you’re casting in a busy environment. here’s where circle casting can save you some inconvenience.

without focus, you’ll most likely lose your intent somewhere in the mix. you’re saying the words, you’re doing the things, but when your concentration isn’t there, you’ll find that your spell may not even be cast properly at all.

6. your spell is too specific or vague

sure, it’s good to get into the specifics and clarify terms, but when you go in with too specific an intention in mind, this may not leave enough space for the effects of the spell to manifest. most likely your magic will hit a corner and trip or get stuck. 

being too vague is also an issue. when you’re leaving Too Much space in your intent in a spell, it can make your intentions unclear. this can cause a lot of issues like misdirecting energy, your spell working on the wrong person or causing the wrong outcome, etc.

7. asking for something that a spell cannot give you

setting unrealistic goals and expectations. expecting the impossible. sure, the whole point of a spell is to bring something out of reach, but there are limits to magic. it cannot break the laws of physics in the physical plane, you may be able to get away with that in the astral planes, but not here. 

8. the spell worked, but not in the way you expected

spells are tricky things, the outcome may not turn out like what you expected. but it may very likely still fulfil the original intent you had. magic may be unpredictable, but it still has its ways. oftentimes, it’ll take the path of least resistance. for example, while you cast a spell with the intent to give yourself better grades, you may expect your grades to just miraculously improve, but most of the time that is not the case. the spell may clear your schedule so that you have more time to study. things like that.

9. sometimes they just don’t work, and nobody knows why.

don’t always expect a 100% chance of success when it comes to magic. that’s part of the fun, and leaves a lot more room for things to work out. even if the occasional spell fails, you’re still valid in your craft. everyone has their bad days. 

Hi there! I've been meaning to post this for a while. The other day my mum was complaining about the amount of mosquitos in our house. We live in a really old house by the beach in Australia, which is basically mosquito heaven. Since I did this, we haven't seen any of the pesky little things around the house.

Gather:

.A small glass bottle with a lid or cork

.Pepper

.Salt (any kind will work)

.Clove (I used ground but you can use whole cloves if that's what you've got)

.Green and White candles

.A piece of thread

.A small bead (preferably black or dark blue)

.Black Tea Bags (used or unused)

To do:

.Take your candles and light them. How many you use is up to you.

. Put your bottle in the middle of the candles.

. Take the bead and attach the thread to it. If it has a hole in it, use that boyo :)) if not, use tape or glue

. Attach the thread and bead to the bottle lid/cork, so that it will hang down into the bottle. I used candle wax for this. This bead will represent the mosquito being banished and shit

. Okay, now we've finished all the boring prep stuff we can actually do the spell. Fill the bottle a quarter way with salt, a quarter with pepper. Next, sprinkle your cloves on top. Cut open the tea bags and pour the contents in. While doing this, focus on your intent of absolutely destroying those little things (jk ily mosquitos just not in my house)

. I also wrote my intent on the empty tea bags, burned them, then put the ashes into the bottle. This is obviously totally optional but it packs an extra punch

.Put the lid on, allowing the bead to dangle in the bottle. Seal with candle wax.

Say the following:

"mosquitos are not welcome here

Creatures though they be

This house is to be kept forever mosquito free

Mosquitos cannot enter this humble dwelling

For their bite is rather painful, and can cause nasty swelling.

This is my will, so mote it be"

Then shake the bottle as hard as you can, channeling all your mosquito-based rage into it. Remember, that little bead=mosquito.

Anyway yeah this spell worked pretty darn well for us. If you ever think it's starting to stop working, shake that bitch

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