To Keep A Spell from Backfiring

TO KEEP A SPELL FROM BACKFIRING

If a Witch is sick and needs to cast a spell, he/she can bind it. This will keep the spell from backfiring and causing harm to anyone else, most importantly to his/herself. The Witch must procure a thread with a color as dark as the nightly sky. Light an incense of Sandalwood and Lavender, and as the incense fills the air, he/she must make three knots on the ribbon as he/she intones the words that follow:

By the Karmic Power of Three
This spell tied and knotted be
To cause no harm nor return to me
As I will it, so must it be

The ribbon must be carried when casting the spell as a talisman to keep it from backfiring.