Protection
Magick

Spells for Defense

CASSANDRA EASON

AUTHOR OF 1001 SPELLS

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DEDICATION

To my beloved family, Jade, Miranda, Tom, Jack,
Bill, Freya, Holly and Oliver, with special thanks to
Kate Zimmermann, Konnie, and John Gold,
who have all inspired and guided me.

Introduction

Protective or shielding magick has three phases: first, the removal of malice and negativity if a physical, psychological, or psychic attack has occurred or is threatened. Second, protection from future attack and its effects. And the third all-important and positive aspect is the restoration of good fortune, success, health, or harmony. Without the third phase, there is a vacuum that can be filled by low life energies if left empty, so the key to successful shielding magick is always to replace what you have banished. Therefore, the spells in this book are empowering as well as protective.

The spells, one a day for a year, cover every aspect of protection against traditional forms of ill-wishing:

* Curses made consciously or unconsciously against individuals, families, homes, or businesses

* Jinxes that bring on ill fortune to prevent a person from succeeding

* Hexes, which are formal and often specific curses deliberately cast by a magical practitioner, usually in return for money (or by an irresponsible amateur playing occult power games)

* The evil eye of envy (more on this in Chapter 8)

But this book also focuses on repelling everyday nastiness from those with whom we come into contact in our daily lives. This includes bullying on social media, protection from an obsessive or violent ex-partner, protection from financial fraud, from ill health, from infertility, from vandalism, from becoming a victim of terrorism, from paranormal and psychic attack, and from fears and phobias that may hold us back from happiness. Because, most of all, we need shielding from everyday dangers and crises, the spells are quick, easy to cast, use everyday materials, and the majority are related to the hazards of the world in which we live and work.

What You Need for Shielding Spells

Each protective spell in the book contains a list of what you will need, most of which you already will have in your cupboard or toolbox, or items that can easily be obtained from the local supermarket, garden center, or home improvement store. There is no need to buy specialty magical equipment, though you might if you practice magick regularly and want to collect one or two beautiful items you may find in an antiques store. Many of the spell items are in everyday use. Candle snuffers, for example, are common in stores that sell candles, but you can easily use metal tongs to snuff out a candle and so extinguish the power of a bully.

I have suggested different candle colors and fragrances as most appropriate. However, you can substitute an all-purpose white candle or a generic fragrance, such as rose, lavender, or sandalwood. Incense sticks and cones are ideal for casting spells in a hurry. Potpourri is an excellent substitute for petals, although you can pluck the petals from a fresh rose or another flower of the suggested color. Most of the herbs you need in magick can be found in the culinary section of the local supermarket, or try your local health food store for less common plants, such as dried nettles, that are ideal for a fiercely defensive charm bag. You can empower herbs in a spell and afterwards use them in cooking for ongoing protection.

You may wish to keep a well-stocked box with different-colored candles, incense sticks, candleholders, etc. if you cast a lot of spells, but otherwise raid your household supplies before spell-casting. Candles used in the later stages of a spell to restore light, health, and fortune, or to offer protection, can be burned around the home in the days after the spell, though those used for banishing or binding should be environmentally disposed of after the spell. Household appliances, such as a freezer, are your best friend for binding the names of those doing or wishing harm written on paper in the coldest part of the freezer. You will need soil or sand to bury burned cords (a big planter is ideal if you live in an apartment).

Have a sharp knife handy (one with a silver-colored handle is best) and scissors for symbolically cutting destructive links, plus strong sewing thread, string, curtain cords, or ribbons in different colors for knot-tying and binding malice.

Look in advance for places near where you will customarily cast spells to bury small items after a spell. Also, find a source of nearby running water to cast petals or seeds (if necessary, use a bucket or bowl of water and pour it into the ground) and where you can scatter seeds or petals into the air (even from an upstairs window). For fire, think barbecue coals, bonfires, or candles set in a large heatproof base so you can safely burn threads and scatter salt or herbs in the flame.

Pick up a current calendar listing dates with daily moon phases and the zodiac signs through which the moon passes each month, or access a good online site, for example, https://www.moongiant.com/fullmoons, which gives you the universal moon times so you can work out the moon phases in your own location, or http://starsignstyle.com/full-moon-calendar, which contains the zodiac signs of the different full moons.

The moon is a very powerful energy in all its phases, though different days of the week and times of the day are also important. But if a need is urgent, you can cast a spell at any time and then repeat it at the suggested time. Timings are ideal but not mandatory.

How to Cast Spells

You will need a space, a table, or any flat surface, indoors or out, on which to place all your ingredients before starting a spell. However, there is no need to keep this just for magick. If you want to create an altar, for informal spells, the home, hearth, and garden have for thousands of years been the site and source where magick has been carried out by ordinary people and community wise women and men for daily needs.

Look in the appropriate section of the book for the right spell, using the index to narrow down your choices.

Protection While Spell Casting

While in formal or ritual magick, there can be quite elaborate preparations, such as casting a circle and closing ceremonies, the spells in this book are informal and cast for a specific purpose, rather than as part of a magical celebration or offerings ceremony.

But the spells in this and, indeed, my other Sterling Ethos spell books follow the tradition of folk magick, only to deflect harm from the innocent, carried out with good intention to harm no one. Therefore, these spells contain built-in protection.

However, before beginning, you can, if you wish, hold a pointed crystal quartz or a clear quartz crystal massage wand in your dominant hand or use the index finger of your dominant hand with the second finger joined to it horizontally outward or the whole hand, fingers together and pointing outward and facing the area where you will be casting your spell.

Hold the crystal outward, straight ahead, and visualize drawing around you clockwise and including in the spell area a circle of shimmering light from the ground, rising up like walls of light, extending above the whole space like a shimmering star (include yourself within the light), then fading but present throughout the spell. Ask silently, May only goodness and light enter here.

When you finish the spell, reverse the process and if you used a pointed crystal, wash it under running water. Alternatively, picture directly ahead of you as you face the spell table or the outdoor space in which you will be working, Uriel, archangel of the earth, in indigo robes with his torch of fire, then, to your right-hand side, Raphael, archangel of healing, in his robes of early morning sunlight, and behind you the glorious red and gold Michael, archangel of the sun, and to your left the starry Gabriel, archangel of the moon. Ask the four archangels to cast their shimmering light all around you and the spell area and picture this brilliance extending as a star of light over your head and including the spell table or outdoor space. Afterwards, thank the archangels and the light will fade to be reactivated whenever you call upon them.

Using the Right Words and Format

Read the spell two or three times before beginning, and feel free to change words or actions that don’t feel right. Write down any key words you will be using and, if you wish, you can read the words during the spell. Memorize the order of the spell and have a run-through of the spell actions and words before starting, to check that you have everything you need within reach. If possible, make sure you will be undisturbed during the spell, unless someone is sharing the spell with you. Switch off all mobile devices or put them on silent and, unless it is a spell involving technological equipment, try to have these out of the room or cover them.

However, if you are sharing a crowded apartment or are dealing with the constant demands of small children, you can cast any of the spells in this book simply by reading them slowly at the appropriate time and visualizing them. (I used to improvise spells on the seashore while the children were building sandcastles and made many a circle and labyrinth in the sand.) Each spell is empowered by its creation and can be activated by the simple act of reading. Perhaps light a candle or hold an object you are going to endow as a protective charm as you read. With practice, it is possible to cast a spell entirely in your mind while working, driving a child to kindergarten, or in a noisy office. If you can memorize the words and say them in your mind, so much the better.

Magical power can be stored in a spell through using a sigil or magical symbol. In this book, I have suggested symbols that belong to ancient cultures such as the hieroglyphs of Old Egypt or the runes of the Norse world. These contain within them the actual power of the meaning of the symbol that is released by the spell. You can, if, for example, you want to empower a protective amulet for a hostile workplace, draw the symbol in incense smoke in the air over a piece of jewelry you often wear. You can also draw invisible symbols over items you use daily, such as car keys or a memory stick, and trace protective pentagrams that I describe in spells in the book in water over doors and windows to keep away thieves.

Remember, if any part of any spell does not feel right, adapt it to suit your needs, for all the spells are templates and, like any template, can be made to fit your needs. You cannot make mistakes magically if you work with a good heart and pure intention, and no one is sitting in the sky ensuring you say every word as specified or move counter instead of clockwise. Enjoy spellcasting.

CHAPTER 1

Protection
From AND Reversing
Spells, Jinxes,
AND Bad Luck

Ajinx is defined as the attraction of bad fortune for a specific event or situation that prevents the person or event from succeeding. Sometimes it is believed that we jinx ourselves by being overconfident. When we’re jinxed by others, unlike the evil eye, it is not caused by envy but by deliberate ill-wishing specifically to prevent our success.

Bad luck itself is like a psychic snowball. Once things start going wrong, we become jittery, lose focus, and bad luck accumulates psychically and psychologically. Bad luck can be caused initially by random cosmic events; some believe by the position of our stars or by someone wishing us ill fortune. The following spells will block and reverse misfortune and bring good luck no matter what the original cause of the misfortune.

Reversing Bad Luck

YOU WILL NEED

A purple candle * A white candle * A piece of long, strong purple thread * A candle snuffer * A piece of long, strong white thread

TIMING

Thursday, the day of Barakiel, archangel of good fortune.

THE SPELL

* Place the purple candle to the left of the white one.

* Invisibly trace with your index finger on the unlit purple candle, BAD LUCK BANISHED BE and on the white one GOOD LUCK COME TO ME.

* Light the purple candle, saying, Misfortune, there is the door. Trouble me no more.

* Light the white candle from the purple one, saying, Good luck waiting in the wings that joy brings.

* Tie a knot in the purple thread, saying, Misfortune be bound, no more found.

* Extinguish the purple candle with the snuffer, saying, Bad luck, dark luck, gone your power, done.

* Blow out the white candle, saying, Lucky and luckier shall I be.

* Hang the purple knotted thread outdoors, saying, Bad luck enter here no more, I shut the door.

* Hang the unknotted white cord above the front door, just inside.

If You are Unlucky in Love

YOU WILL NEED

A silver heart on a knotted pink ribbon * A sharp knife or scissors * An envelope * A red pen * A long silver chain

TIMING

Monday, the day of Geliel, angel who restores luck in love

THE SPELL

* Hold the ribbon, saying, Break now the ties of love untrue. No more shall I suffer you.

* Unknot the ribbon and release the heart from the ribbon, saying, Misfortune in love here we part. I go to find that loving heart.

* Cut the ribbon into small pieces and seal them in the envelope, writing on the front, NO LONGER WANTED.

* Put the heart on the silver chain and wear it whenever you go out socially, saying, Good fortune in love and a new start, I go to find that loving heart.

* Place the envelope in a garbage bin far away from your house.

If You are Unlucky in Money

YOU WILL NEED

A green candle * Three Chinese divinatory coins (or any gold-colored coins) * A green bag or purse (the color of good fortune)

TIMING

Early morning

THE SPELL

* Invisibly trace dollars or local currency signs all over the unlit candle with your little (money) finger.

* Light the candle and toss the coins in your open-cupped hands, saying, Lucky, lucky, lucky in money shall I be, bad luck no more financially for me.

* Toss the coins higher and chant faster until you can move and speak no faster, then slow down and catch the coins, slowly and quietly saying the spell words once more.

* Put the coins in the bag and close it, saying three times, My financial luck has changed. Good fortune permanently is arranged.

* Blow out the candle and keep the bag with you during financial dealings.

To Reverse a Jinx if You Have Attracted Bad Luck by Someone’s Ill-Wishing

YOU WILL NEED

A thin strip of paper * A soluble blue ink marker pen * A small, deep bowl of water

TIMING

Evening before sunset

THE SPELL

* Say, Jinx, jinx, jinx, three by three, unjinxed now must I be. My success cannot you blockade, your dissolution I have made.

* On the paper, copy these spell words with the soluble blue ink from the end of the strip to the beginning: MADE HAVE I DISSOLUTION YOUR, BLOCKADE YOU CANNOT SUCCESS MY, BE I MUST NOW UNJINXED, THREE BY THREE, JINX, JINX JINX.

* Soak the paper in the water until the ink dissolves or blurs the words and the paper starts to disintegrate.

* Pour the contents into a hole where no plants grow, or in a waterproof garbage can, and wash out the bowl.

To Avoid Jinxing Yourself Before Competing or Going for What You Want

YOU WILL NEED

Dried or powdered nettles from a health food store or online * Two small bowls * Garlic salt or granules * Two paper bags

TIMING

As darkness falls

THE SPELL

* Pour a small quantity of nettles into the first bowl and hold the bowl for a minute or two, but do not mix the nettles. Say, Jinx, jinx, jinx. Unwanted minx, I will not jinx myself, with your tricks. Your ingredients I shall not mix, your unlucky recipe I will not fix.

* Now add some garlic granules to the second bowl and again hold the bowl but do not mix it.

* Add the nettles to one bag and the garlic to the other, making sure they do not touch, and seal them firmly.

* Put them in separate garbage bins away from your home.

If You are always Breaking Precious Items or Equipment at Home or Work

YOU WILL NEED

A delicate precious item from within the home * A large feather

TIMING

Saturday, the day of caution

THE SPELL

* Stand in front of, but not too, near the precious item.

* Gently waft the feather in front of it, but not too close, saying softly and rhythmically, Cautiously, gently, softly, do not shatter, do not break. Do not splinter or cease to work under my touch, I ask this much.

* Continue to walk around the home with the feather in front of anything valuable and fragile, repeating the spell words and actions.

* If office equipment ceases to function the minute you touch it, before using it gently and surreptitiously, move your dominant hand vertically nine times in front of it and say the spell words nine times in your mind, then approach it slowly and calmly.

A Charm Bag to Keep Misfortune from Your Life

YOU WILL NEED

Five of the following: allspice, basil, chamomile, dill, juniper berries, lavender, lemon balm (Melissa), rosemary, thyme, or vetivert * A bowl and a spoon * A green drawstring bag or purse * Five golden-colored coins or green currency notes * Salt * Five hairs from your head * Patchouli or sandalwood oil

TIMING

The day before the crescent moon

THE SPELL

* Add the herbs one by one to the bowl, mixing with the spoon after each addition, first counterclockwise, then clockwise, five times each way, saying, Five by five, the spell’s alive. Bad fortune shall no longer be. Only good luck may come to me.

* Place the herbs in the bag. Add the coins, five pinches of salt, and the hairs, blending with a few drops of oil saying, Five by five, in vain bad fortune strive. This bag shall be, guardian of good luck, health, and prosperity.

* Close the bag, hiding it where it will not be discovered. Replace the contents when the bag loses its fragrance and use the bag until good luck shines on the person casting the spell.

To Change Bad Luck into Good, Using the Waning and Crescent Moon

YOU WILL NEED

A glass bowl of water * White or apple cider vinegar * Dried rosemary thyme, sage, and mint

TIMING

After dark, at the end of the waning moon cycle

THE SPELL

* Take the bowl outdoors. To the water add nine drops of vinegar and a handful of herbs.

* Swirl the bowl in both directions alternately, saying, Bad luck, I give you to Grandmother Moon, to take away all sorrow and bring better tomorrows, very soon.

* Dip your index finger in the water and lick it, saying, Grandmother, I take in your power, to transform misfortune at this hour.

* Leave the bowl in a sheltered place and, once you see the crescent moon in the sky, pour the water onto the ground, saying, All misfortune I pour away, rising moon, bring good luck to stay.

To Break a Specific Run of Bad Luck in Your Life

YOU WILL NEED

Make a calendar with a numbered square for each day of the current year up to the present day marked in pencil, starting with the time the ill luck began * An eraser * A sharp scissors * A new store-bought calendar

TIMING

The end of a week

THE SPELL

* Go from the present day backwards and erase each square number, saying, Misfortune I erase, unlucky nights and days. Unwritten as though they never had been, no longer in my life shall bad luck be seen.

* When the squares are empty, cut up the squares from the present day to the beginning of the year, saying, Cut up, banished, disappeared, ahead lie fortunate days, months, and lucky years.

* Burn the cut-up squares and hang the new calendar on the wall, marking the present day, as the best day ever.

To Avert Bad Luck if You Have Broken a Lucky Talisman or a Mirror, Which Traditionally Brings Seven Years of Bad Luck

YOU WILL NEED

The broken pieces * A strong dark piece of cloth * Dried tarragon, the protective dragon’s herb * A piece of dark-colored string * A soft white cloth

TIMING

After the breakage

THE SPELL

* Set the broken pieces on the dark cloth and sprinkle tarragon on top, saying, Seven years of bad luck are not to be, misfortune come not after me.

* Wrap the broken pieces securely in the dark-colored cloth and tie it with four knots of the dark-colored string, one on top of the other, saying, Four square, locked and bound around, no trace in my life of bad luck shall be found.

* Put the parcel on a high, dark shelf for seven years.

* Buy a new mirror or an identical talisman, and polish it with a soft white cloth, saying, Light enter this mirror/charm and shine. Henceforward, good fortune shall be mine.

To Start Again if You Have Been Unlucky for Most of Your Life

YOU WILL NEED

Peppercorns * Rosemary * Sage * Dried cloves * A small jug of apple cider vinegar * A larger jug of water in which rose petals have been soaked for a few hours

TIMING

The end of a day, week, or month

THE SPELL

* Add the peppercorns, rosemary, sage, and cloves to the jug with the vinegar and swirl the jug three times each way, saying, Bad luck too long has lingered in my life, obstructing my path and causing me strife.

* Go out of your front door and pour the vinegar in a thin line, right to left, ahead of you as you stand close to and facing away from the door.

* Now, standing even closer to the front door, ahead of you, left to right, pour the rose water in a line, saying, New life, new fortune begins from here. Good luck is mine, I have drawn the line.

If You Lose a Lucky Charm and Fear the End of Good Fortune

YOU WILL NEED

A replacement of the lost charm, as closely resembling the lost item as possible * A small sealable cloth bag * A sealable bag of salt

TIMING

The new moon before it becomes visible in the sky

THE SPELL

* Hold the replacement item between your open-cupped hands, close your hands over it and say, I impress you, no less, with accumulated good fortune, I have gained in the past, and this time will last. Good luck passes through me to you, as the new moon grows it shall be so, and good luck regrow.

* Wrap the charm in the cloth bag, enclose that bag in the bag of salt, and bury it, marking the place. Dig it up when the crescent moon can be seen in the sky.

* Throw away the bag of salt and carry your new charm with confidence.

To Avert Bad Luck if Your Personal Astrological Chart is Against You or Mercury is in Retrograde

Note: People would already know the stars were unlucky or they would not be doing this spell in the first place.

YOU WILL NEED

A long strip of paper on which is written in red ink, I SHALL BE LUCKY WHATEVER THE STARS SAY. (You can check your stars or Mercury position online or in the astrological section of any daily journal) * A clear glass jar or a bottle with a lid * A pile of precut short red threads * A chopped clove of garlic

TIMING

Just before the unfavorable positions occur

THE SPELL

* Push the paper right down into the jar, saying, These unfortunate stars in my life I repel. This day/period my fortunes shall go well. Banished be, effects that might be bad for me.

* Add in the threads and the chopped garlic so that the jar is packed.

* Seal and bury it in a marked place until the star positions become favorable.

* Dig it up and dispose of the jar and its contents intact.