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BINDING A SPELL (Classic version)
A Ritual of Self-Affirmation.
Love Spells (introduction)
To Find a Lover
To Bring a Lover
To Attract a Man
To Command Love
To Beckon a Lover
To Break the Bonds of Love
Binding a Spell (Classic version)
Come ye as the charm is made!
Queen of heaven, Queen of hell,
Horned Hunter of the night
Lend your power unto the spell,
And work our will by magic rite!
By all the power of land and sea,
By all the might of moon and sun
I call the Earth to bind my spell.
Air to speed it well.
Bright as Fire shall it glow.
Deep as tide of Water flow.
Count the elements fourfold,
In the fifth the spell shall hold.
Farrar, Janet and Stewart; "Eight Sabbats For Witches"; Robert Hale 1983
Valiente, Doreen; "Witchcraft for Tomorrow"; Phoenix Publishing 1985
Preparations
You will need four candles and the following incense for this ritual. The candles: green, yellow, red and blue. If you can't find candles of the proper color just make them all white. Burn the following incense-
3 parts Sandalwood
3 parts Frankincense
1 part Rose Geranium
1/4 part Cinnamon
The Ritual
Light the four candles, green in the north , yellow in the east, red in the south, and blue in the west. Face each candle and say:
"I declare, before the powers of the (direction),
that I am loved, by (deity worshipped),
by my friends, and by myself."
Repeat facing each direction.
Repeat this ritual every other day.
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There are several kinds of love spells. The most successful are those which are made in order to bring an as-yet-unknown lover to the spell-maker. The spell, in fact, appears to send out a general 'radio' message which will be received only by an appropriate person, much as a female moth sends out a radio message which attracts male moths of the same species. This kind of spell does not attempt to impose the maker's will upon any particular person and therefore does not come up against any real opposition.
In all love spells it is necessary to be able to visualise the person loved or desired. Some spell-makers find that a photograph helps them do this effectively. One photograph by itself, however, may not be effective, for it shows only one expression, one aspect of the person. A series of different photographs laid out in a pattern on the spell table can, however be very effective. The pattern should feel appropriate to the spell-caster. In the centre of it a candle may be lit and left to burn out after the spell has been cast. This has the effect of continuing the transmission after the spell-caster has ceased personal transmission. A hour-glass can also be used for the same purpose. These devices are sometimes more effective than a spell-box, which is most useful for long-term magic.
Every Friday night (Friday being the day of Venus, goddess of love), culminating in a Friday on which the moon is full or almost full, throw salt onto the fire from your right hand, saying:
It is not salt I turn to fire
but the heart of the man I seek;
let him have no peace of mind
until he comes to me.
This spell should be cast three times on each occasion. On the third occasion the wording should be slightly altered:
It is not salt I turn to fire
but the heart of the man I seek;
he shall have no peace of mind
until he comes to me.
This concludes the spell. The person sought is unlikely to appear immediately but usually appears within the next few weeks.
This 'seeking spell' can be altered into a 'love-binding' spell by changing the word 'seek' to 'love' or, of course 'desire', in which case the spell-maker should clearly envisage the person he or she wishes to come. If, however, this particular person resists the 'pull' of the spell, the spell-maker may well find that the force of the spell rebounds and causes extreme anxiety and tension in it's originator. This can be avoided by adding at the end of each recitation the words:
for his good and for my good
by love's true power.
A proper name may be substituted if a specific person is being called. The name should be the personal and not the family name.
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Another 'seeking spell' is one which involves little ritual recitation but does demand a shrewd analysis of the spell-maker's own desires. If you are seeking a partner you may list on one sheet of paper the exact attributes you wish him or her to possess. You might, for example, list kindness, a comfortable income, a love of paintings and vegetarianism. This list you should then place in a box which has been cleaned with salt, and the box should be left closed and not opened again until the spell has worked. While putting the spell in the box, you must imagine, as intensely as you can, the personality you have described, saying:
Lady, bring this man to me
with your power and your love.
You should say this three times and then, after the third repetition, the box now closed: 'So let it be.'
The snag with this spell is simply that it is hard to define a personality completely and that the more complex the description, the longer the spell will take to work. This is a spell for a patient spell-caster.
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Few people in love are patient. If you desire a person passionately, you can, if you can summon up enough intensity of concentration, bring that person to you in a state of sexual hunger. It would, however, be wise to think at least twice about using this spell. It frequently fails to work because of opposition, but if it does work, the results may be uncomfortably dramatic. The spell runs as follows:
This I lay upon you:
when we meet
put your mouth to my mouth,
and, furthermore,
this I lay upon you:
when we meet
put your breast to my breasts,
and, furthermore,
this I lay upon you:
when we meet
offer your swelling manhood
up to me.
This is a direct 'transmission' from the spell-maker to the person desired.
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Another spell of the same kind is one derived from the Atharva Veda. It runs:
As the creeper twines the tree,
so your arms will twine round me
in deepest love.
As the eagle rides the wind,
so do I control your mind
to deepest love.
As the sun rules every part,
so do I possess your heart
in deepest love.
The spell makes use of natural symbolism. It does, indeed, bring forces of nature to bear upon the desired person. In casting the spell, the spell-caster must envisage not only the desired person but also the creeper round the tree, the eagle in the sky, and the sun at it's zenith.
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If you are turning towards me,
know I turn
also to you
and come to me in love.
If you are thinking of me,
know I think
also of you
and come to me in love.
If you are saying my name
I say your name
and call you to me:
come to me in love.
At this point the name should be spoken three times. The literal-minded may think it unlikely that the person addressed will be saying the spell-caster's name at the required time. The word 'saying' has to be taken figuratively, of course, as a kind of shorthand for 'dwelling upon me in your mind'.
I have already mentioned one danger in making a love-spell, that of its rebounding and causing you the discomfort and anxiety which you have attempted to impose upon another person. A second danger, especially of love-spells of the binding and commanding kind, is quite simply that, if they work successfully, you will find yourself bound in responsibility for the one you yourself have bound. You may, indeed, find yourself in time saddled with a relationship you no longer desire. In your armoury of love spells, therefore, it is as well to have a loosening spell.
Unfortunately, as in legal marriage, it is often a great deal more difficult to separate than to become joined. Moreover, because the loosening spell is usually made entirely from self-interest, it is liable to fail or to rebound or to bring disaster. It must therefore be made with intense and true compassion, not with resentment or anger. Indeed you may not have the power to unloose what you have bound, just as those who impose bans (geasa) in Ancient Ireland could not lift them without extraordinary and divine assistance. In spellcraft, as in life, one's chickens return to roost.
This time you should work within a circle, for the circle is not only a protection but also a symbol of wholeness, and a means of concentrating power. Begin with an invocation to the Lady:
Lady of power and of compassion,
grant me compassion
and your power
to loosen, break and burn
these bonds upon her
and by releasing bless
and bless and bless.
This should be said three times or until you feel that the power has been given you. The envision the person you wish to release and say:
Flesh to flesh
the bond is broken
You are freed and freely blessed.
Eye to eye
the bond is broken
You are freed and freely blessed.
Tongue to tongue
the bond is broken
You are freed and freely blessed.
Head to head
the bond is broken
You are freed and freely blessed.
Heart to heart
the bond is broken
You are freed and freely blessed.
Loin to loin
the bond is broken
You are freed and freely blessed.
Breast to breast
the bond is broken
You are freed and freely blessed.
Name to name
the bond is broken
You are freed and freely blessed.
At each statement of breaking, envisage at thread between the two persons breaking; in saying the word 'free', envisage clear open skies; in saying the word 'freely' visualise light surrounding the person you are releasing and coming to him or her from all around. You may also use actual lengths of white thread and break them in the flame of a candle. When this is over, say:
I give you now
a new beginning
and a happiness.
I give
you ease and comfort,
give your name
into the good hands
of the Lady,
whom I thank,
and thank
and praise
and in whose power
I make this be.
A Short Bond-Breaking Spell
The loosening spell above can also be used to separate two other people who wish to be loosened but who cannot contrive it themselves, or, of course, to release one person from an unfortunate entanglement. In this instance the spell should be altered. There may be no need to ask the specific intervention of the Lady. Your own intense concentration, your own magical will, may be enough. If that is so, the spell should begin:
X, hear:
the bond is broken,
eye to eye
the bond is broken...
and so on. It should conclude:
... you ease and
comfort,
bless your ways.
This is my will
and so must be.
This spell should also be made from within a circle. It would also be as well to consider carefully whether or not you are making a spell that runs counter to the will of one of the parties concerned. If this is so, there could be difficulty or trouble unless you are a great deal more powerful than that person. It would, indeed, be wise to do this work together with other people so that the power is increased and the resistance less effective.
