being the Samhain is right around the corner and its time to get to replacing our witches bottles ! The witch bottle is a magical tool that has been reported in use for centuries. In early times, the bottle was designed as a way to protect oneself from malicious witchcraft and sorcery. In particular, around the time of Samhain, homeowners might create a witch bottle to keep evil spirits from entering the home on Hallows Eve. The witch bottle was usually made of pottery or glass, and included sharp objects such as pins and bent nails. It typically contained urine as well, belonging to the homeowner, as a magical link to the property and family within. In 2009, anintact witch bottle was found in Greenwich, England, and experts have dated it back to around the seventeenth century. Glass Bottles Voodoo Doll Spells Clear Plastic Bottles Pagan Love Spells Wicca Supplies Around the Samhain season, you may want to do a little bit of protective magic yourself, and create a witch bottle of your own. The general idea of the witch bottle is to not only protect yourself, but send back the negative energy to whoever or whatever is sending it your way. Youll need the following items: A small glass jar with lid Sharp, rusty items like nails, razor blades, bent pins Sea salt Red string or ribbon A black candle Fill the jar about halfway with the sharp, rusty items. These were used to deflect bad luck and ill fortune away from the jar. Add the salt, which is used for purification, and finally, the red string or ribbon, which was believed to bring protection. When the jar is halfway filled, there are a couple of different things you can do, depending on whether or not youre easily repulsed. One option is to fill the remainder of the jar with your own urine - this identifies the bottle as belonging to you. However, if the idea makes you a bit squeamish, there are other ways you can complete the process. Instead of urine, use a bit of wine. You may wish to consecrate the wine first before using it in this manner. In some magical traditions, the practitioner might choose to spit in the wine after its in the jar because -- much like the urine -- this is a way of marking the jar as your territory. Cap the jar, and make sure its sealed tightly (particularly if you used urine - you dont want any accidental spillage), and seal it with wax from the black candle. Black is considered handy for banishing negativity. If youre having trouble finding black candles, you may want to use white instead, and imagine a white ring of protection surrounding your witch bottle. Also, in candle magic, white is typically considered a universal substitute for any other color candle. Now - where to stash your bottle? There are two schools of thought on this, and you can decide which one works best for you. One group swears that the bottle needs to be hidden somewhere in the home - under a doorstep, up in a chimney, behind a cabinet, whatever -- because that way, any negative magic aimed at the house will always go straight to the witch bottle, avoiding the people in the home. The other philosophy is that the bottle needs to be buried as far away from the house as possible, so that any negative magic sent towards you will never reach your home in the first place. Whichever one you choose, be sure that youre leaving your bottle in a place where it will remain undisturbed permanently. If you do believe someone may be trying to harm you or your family with malicious magic
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:25:51 +0000
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