SPELL TO MAKE A LOVED ONE RETURN(HooDoo Magick)
Go to the place where the lost lover is staying, and bury a black cat bone under his or her window, so it will be able to work its influence over them. Return home, and make a small paper with your lover’s name written 9 times in red ink. Burn a red candle on the paper, 3 times a day at 6 AM, 12 noon, and 6 PM until the person returns.
In addition to venerating the loa and the ancestors, Vodounsis have several practices to help them adhere to the requirements of their religion. They hold rituals to honor the loa and the ancestors. They also practice divination and magic to correct imbalances in the ache (spirit, soul), often under the advisement of the Vodoun priesthood, the loa, or the ancestors.
Vodoun priests and priestesses have several duties within the faith. In general, they run iles, which are groups of Vodounsis who practice together. Iles are considered families, although the members need not be related. The priests might be called houngans, and priestesses mambos (priestesses are also considered the mothers of the spirit). Priests and priestesses are charged with training new members, leading rituals, and performing initiations when desired. Students are called omos.
In addition to the priests and priestesses, Vodounsis receive help from several other magical practitioners. Root-workers are herbalists trained in the proper use of plants and herbs. A ju-ju woman or man is a magician who might use magical means to attain the desired result. A two-headed woman or man is a medium who can contact the ancestors or loa for advice.
Vodoun offers several options for divining a person’s fate, the magical actions required to correct an imbalance, the offerings a loa requires, or to get an idea of what is happening in an individual’s life. In addition to using coconut shells, Vodounsis gaze into a bowl of water, interpret the arrangement of cowrie shells, or interpret their dreams as forms of divination. Any other method of divination that speaks to the practitioner, such as the tarot or I Ching, is acceptable.
Ritual possession is another form of divination, but it is also a religious experience and something that laypeople can’t control. You’ve probably seen images of possessed Vodoun dancers in movies or on TV, and the images are correct, but at the same time, it’s much more than it appears to be. In Vodoun, possession is welcomed, and usually only comes to trained priests or priestesses who invite the spirits of their loa into their bodies. The loa then convey messages to those gathered.
In general, magic and ritual are used to correct some imbalance in the flow of energy, or to make amends for an abuse of power. All that is taken must be returned to the loa, and this is done through offerings and rituals. Before a loa is invited, his or her vever, or insignia, is drawn on the ground with cornmeal or grain. After a loa is called, offerings can be made. In some cases, an animal sacrifice may be necessary, but only in cases of life or death. The sacrifice is always done in a humane manner.
Magic in Vodoun is both negative and positive. Blessings are preferred, but sometimes the difference is in the eye of the beholder. For example, a Vodoun practitioner might do a spell to help heal someone suffering from a grave illness. From that person’s perspective, this is beneficial to the sick person. But suppose the magic prolongs the life of the person who is being healed, and she has already decided it is time to die and bring a permanent end to her suffering. In her eyes, the magic isn’t helping her.
Some Vodounsis intentionally use negative magic. Hexes may be necessary to stop a greater evil or threats to life, such as a serial killer stalking the neighborhood. Vodounsis have several terms for hexing: A person can be crossed or fixed, which usually means it’s something that person brought on himself through his own action. A person can also be hexed or hoodooed, which means someone else has cursed her. When a person is cursed by someone else, she can “turn the trick,” which means she can figure out through which method she was cursed and turn the magic back on the person who cursed her. Magic can be transferred by eating cursed food, touching a cursed item, or cursed items can be buried under the front stoop, in the yard, or placed under the bed.
With Vodoun magic, it is usually best to use it in a way that is clearly for the benefit of all. For example, if you hate your coworker and she constantly harasses you, you could do a spell to make her get a new, better job somewhere else. That would help both of you, but it also might have been simpler just to do a spell to get a new, better job for yourself.
Today’s Meaning:
The eye represents your will to be loved. The strength of your will controls this aspect. You have neglected needed emotions of love in your life. You cannot expect to be loved if you do not show it.
General Description:
These enati (eye stones) were first worn for protection in the East, but soon the custom of wearing these charms spread to almost all countries. Implicit faith was placed in their reputed magical power to guard the wearer from the dreaded influence of the evil eye. From the very earliest times the imagined influence of the evil eye has struck terror into the hearts of the weak minded, ignorant, and superstitious. The uncanny effect of the eye is produced by cutting through the parallel bands, or layers of the different colours which form the agate.
Today’s Meaning:
This is probably the most popular of charms. You will be protected in this aspect. No one will be able to harm you or your state of being.
General Description:
The Cross has always been a favorite device. It was used by the sun-worshippers as a symbol of the sun, and their warriors carried the Cross upon their shields. In olden days kings and nobles, when they could not write, used the sign of the Cross. That sign was used in breaking spells and for protection from evil spirits. In the East the Cross has been used as a talisman from time immemorial. The Eastern Cross as illustrated was worn as a charm against stickiness, accidents and witchcraft, also to attract good fortune. Sentences from the Koran were often inscribed upon the small pendants to make the charm still more potent.
1. Mistletoe, also known as golden bough, carried in a little hand sewn cloth bag is a traditional Celtic method of protecting the self and is also used by the followers of the magic from America’s South.
2. Marjoram or wild oregano is believed to absorb dangerous negative energies when powdered and sprinkled about the home. In Italy the followers of Italian witchcraft or Stregheria make this herb into a tea and add it to the wash and scrub water to protect the home and its inhabitants.
3. Cuban and Puerto Rican followers of the folk religion known as Santeria regularly burns brown sugar, a pinch of sulfur and garlic powder on charcoal within their homes to cleanse them of any negative energy. When the home has been cleansed it is protected by praying to Santa Barbara, the saint of protection, by the light of a red and a white candle.
4. A pinch of sulfur powder and cayenne pepper carried in a little brown paper pouch, upon which a sword has been drawn, can be carried to ward off hostile words and deeds.
5. Plain bluing (used to whiten clothes in the wash) is said to ward off evil spirits in the magic of America’s South. The bluing is generally carried in a little blue paper pouch. When a little sulfur and blue metal stone (the type often used in the process of making concrete) are added to bluing and carried in a blue cloth pouch, the charm is said to simultaneously ward off evil and attract lucky energies to the bearer.
6. Mirrors are said to frighten away dark spirits and tiny pieces of silvered glass are often sewn into Indian cotton dresses, as are bells, which are also used for this purpose.
7. A tiny silver bell worn about the neck is a very potent protective charm, as evil spirits cannot abide the sweet ring of any bell.
8. Travelers are especially in need of protection when in a foreign land. A tiny mirror smeared with a clove of garlic and placed beneath the bed is said to protect the sleeper when away from his or her own home. The mirror may also be carried on one’s person for this same propose.
Candle Magic
There is something about the magic of working with a candle that is very
attractive. Perhaps its because it harkens back to earlier, more primitive
times, when we depended upon candles for illumination, especially during long winters, when light was scarce.
Candle burning, for meditation and magic, can be a very valuable tool to any witch/wiccan/magician/occultist. The light of a candle is hypnotic…it allows us to concentrate our attention on the flame, or on the melting dripping wax and the images it makes, both in the real world and in our magical collective memory..or ‘imagination’. Scented or shaped candles can be used for special intentions. The red male/female molded candles are often used for love magic, the wonderfully fey black cat candles are used for house magic…in many traditions, cats were the ‘guardian’ spirits of the home, and worked protectively to keep the home safe. They were also used as protection for pregnant women and to safeguard children, as cats are considered excellent mothers. Candles with certain scents may also help or influence magical works. The essence of pine as it floats through the air in a small apartment or magical space may harken us back to a more natural state, it may relax us, help us to direct our earth based energy toward the right mark. A scent of myrrh as it fills the air may remind us of the mystical place inside ourselves, giving us the freedom to leave this earthly form and ‘astral’.
The colors of candles can also play a big part in candle magic…color is
symbolic to us, but also may be influenced by the human aura, which are
perceived by us in human form as color, and carry us onto another plane. Some examples of candle color correspondences are:
Love/sexual attraction - red or pink
Purity/devotion – white
Luck/fertility/money – green
Health/tranquillity – blue
I myself use a great deal of candle magic, both formal and informal. I’ve found candles exceedingly helpful in meditation, and in most spell-work I do. For a simple candle spell, I will take a candle, choosing the color for the intention desired, and ‘dress it’ For me, this means rubbing it with a special oil, though any earth/vegetable based oil can be used. I will rub the candle, first from the middle down, then from the middle up, concentrating on my intention. Then, I will carve the intention gently into the wax itself with a pin. I have found this very helpful. Then, I will begin the ritual proper.
There are many wonderful books on candle burning. The best I’ve found are byRaymond Buckland; his ‘Practical Candle burning Rituals’ and his ‘Advanced Candle burning Rituals’. I like Buckland’s work, its interesting, informative, and of value to the experienced and beginner alike. Buckland also give’s rituals to follow for those who would like something to follow as opposed to creating their own, and he gives two forms for each-one for the more Christian based traditions, and one pagan oriented. Buckland is a fun and easy read, and one may easily read along as one conducts the ritual.
Like any magic, Candle burning can be quite a powerful link to the Universal power we invoke when we work magic. I remember one ritual I was conducting some time ago for a friend, who was having trouble ‘letting go’ of a departed loved one. She had requested we participate in a ritual to be able to say good-bye to this person. Shortly after the anointed candles were lit, the flames rose quite high and a gentle breeze filled the closed room, as the smell of roses filled the air. My friend felt the enveloping presence of her lover, who seemed to make the candles sizzle with a fiery intensity before leaving her with a feeling of warmth, love, and completion.
It should be pointed out to those who are new to candle magic, that this is a magical tool, not a toy, and should be used wisely and with care. But if one follows good common sense , and meditates and uses creative visualization for protection, nothing is to be feared for even the beginning student.
While most curses are designed to do their jobs and dissipate, upon occasion we have need of one that goes a little further. Sometimes, we need it to work indefinitely. And when those times arise, a little bit of aggravation simply isn’t going to do the trick. We need something that, like the Energizer Bunny, keeps on going. And it’s on those occasions that it’s best to give a gift – a gift like no other – a gift that has a curse built right in.
Of course, not just any gift will do. It’s going to have to be something that the subject of your intent is going to be delight with and will love beyond all reason. Otherwise, it will just get tossed aside or throw away, and all your efforts will be for naught.
Admittedly, this may be the most difficult thing you’ve ever done — especially since it requires you to purchase something absolutely lovely for your least favorite person in the world. However, there are reasons that you may actually want to go this route. And it’s those reasons that will keep you smiling all the way to the check out line.
What sort of reasons? well for one thing, your target is going to feel guilty as hell for having done you dirty if you turn up with a nice gift—and that, in itself is part of the curse. Every time he or she looks at that gift of uses it, a vision of you and how you were treated will be the first thing to surface in the mind’s eye. And that’s exactly why it’s important that the person not be able to part with the gift.
Another reason for handling things in this fashion is that while you can certainly weave any curse you’d like into the object, your personal energy is not attached to it in the same way it would be if you crafted the gift yourself. And this not only disassociates you somewhat from the target but helps to keep some of that negative reside at bay.
If not that’s not enough to convince you, there’s this: Your target will never suspect that you are in any way responsible for the sudden turn that his or her life has taken. You did, after all, knock yourself out to obtain that wonderful gift. And anyone who goes to all that trouble couldn’t be anything but kind, compassionate, loveing and gracious. Right?
Taking this avenue is easy once you get past having to purchase the gift. There are, however, a few rules of thumb. Do yourself a favor, follow them caefully, and those worrisome afterthoughts won’t come to call.
Do not involve living creatures,I shouldn’t have to spell this out, but I will just to ease my own mind. This means absolutely no plants or aimals.
Only purchase gifts suitable for afults. This means no stuffed animals, no dolls, or any other toy that might inadvertently fall into the hands of a child or a pet.
In the case of music boxes, be mindful of the tune. While the music may be uplifting, it should not in any way, emmpower the target. A box that plays “When You Wish Upon a Star,” for example, is a magickal no-no.
Excerpt from: Utterly Wicked Curses, Hexes &Other Unsavory Notions Author: Dorothy Morrison
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