Acharm to invoke the powers of the earth.!
After a rain,when the earth has received enough water to be soft,thus clinging to the fingers and to itself,go out and gather enough to fillthe bowl of a large spoon,,mold this into a sphere,smooth and rounded.set it aside in a iron vessel,this covered over with a square of rough sackcloth,it will dry in about two days,remove it and place it in the center of the cloth,with these as well:a small green twig,broken thrice,a soft white feather of down,and a drop of blood from your own finger,over them say these words:Now earth is earth
and earth is air,and earth is water and earth is fire,let all go into thee and all be thine,let all arise from thee and then be mine.Now fold the cloth to enclose these four entities,and bind it up with a length of coarse twine.keep this in a dark box,to be taken out and cupped in the hands ,and its words repeated, whenever a strengthhening influence is to be called forth...
A charm to win the moons aid,for a secret purpose.!
A small globeof crystal or clear uncolored glass must first be consecrated by holding it up to the light of a full moon,that the lunar image may be caught therein,after this has been done,the sphere shall serve for a charm to procure the secret wishes of its owner,thus,on the night of each new moon,hold the sphere in the left hand,by candlelight,gaze upon it,and say:cresent be full,and crystal fill,thus my eye,and thus my will,:fiat voluntas abdita,fiat voluntas abdita,fiat voluntas abdita,the sphere should be keept in a bag of leather inscribed with the figures of the moons phases,and worn tied to a thong about the neck durring those days and nights between the cresent and the full moon,while it is not being worn,this charm should be kepted wrapped in a black cloth .. .
To bind an enemy
gather from the conners of your chambers every cobweb,and place them all in a tangle,upon a black cloth,take then a fly,recently dead and set it down upon the mass of webing ,these words should be written down on papper:north south east west,spiders web shall bind him best,east west north south,hold his limbs and strap his mouth,seal his eyes and chocke his breath,wrap him round with ropes of death.fold the paper four times ,and wrap it up,along with the fly and the webs,in the black cloth,forming a small bag. this should then be bound up with the end of a long cord ,and suspended from a hook in some dark conner of the house, do not disturb it but let it hang untill it is thickly coverd with dust,then it may be taken down and burried in the earth,to work its influence in perpetual secrecy...
To drive away evil
take an iron nail, red rusted by time and rain,and forged by hand or if need be a (plain nail) on a dark night moonless and cloudy, set down this nail upon a smallish flat stone, and with an iron hammer strick it thriceat each stoke saying this:clavus ferreus malleus ferreus ferrum rufulum ferrum nobilis, score the stone thrice across with the nails point ,then take the stone away and bury it in the earth far from your house,the nail should afterwards be carried with you always as a charm against evil influences and emanations..note a forged nail be best if one can be found...
A charm for fertility
in early spring, twigs of the alder,bedecked with new red datkins,should be gathered in the first light of morning,place them in a vessel of water ,and set this upon a good sized mirror near a window where the sun may fall,each morning after collect with a fether the grains of golden pollen that have been spilt upon the mirror,and save these gleanings, carefully within a folded paper,when no more pollen appears,take what has been gathered and put it into a yellow bag of silk, along with the same paper,on which these words should be written:pollicitum pollinis,pollentia pollinis,pollentia appollinis,pollis,appollinis,pollinem polluceo,polleo polleo, hang up this bag above your bed,and keep it there untill a child be conceived,then the charm must be burned in a small fire of alderwood,and its ashes strewn over that spot where the catkins were gathered...
A charm to work revenge
(name the heart for the victim) gather from the hawthorn tree,or from some great thorned rose,three thorns of noble length,set them to steep in an oil of civet,and meanwhile take the heart from a fowl which has been readied for the cooking pot and seethe it in white vinegar over the fire,when the heart is well boiled,remove it,and put it into the oil with the thorns,to remain there untill the last stroke of midnight,at which moment light three black candles,and soon plunge the three thorns into the heart,with each thrust saying one of these:this shames the deed,this blames the hand,this blights the heart,wrap the pierced heart in a piece of ragged cloth,and dig for it a grave in some waste place (or better yet a cemetary)where weeds flurish,this charm so burried is most deadly,and shall bring such ruin to its victim that it should not be undertaken without serious consideration of the consequences ,the effect may be lessened,and a weaker form of revenge worked upon its object,if the heart once pireced ,be not interred but rather preserved in a small vial of the oil it was steeped in ,some single misfortune then,not not such dire devastation,shall befall the one in whose name the charm is kept..
To win control over another
paint with a brush and india ink,upon a ragged scrap of cloth,the figure of the person you would contol or there full name and birth date,roll the cloth into a scroll,tie it with a thread of black and cufl this up into a tightly rolled coil,wrap the coil in a vine leafe ,and this in scrap of red silk,and this in a circle cut from silver foil,wind it round with red thread,seal it well with sealing wax,and pack it in a hollow wallnut shell,set both halves together tight with glue and then with wax again,and mark this on the nut:nux nox,pax pox, hex hax,wix wax,hithero hothero,withero wothero, well. shut the nut within a box ,bound about with heavey twine,and you shall hold the victim in your rule...
A charm to gain wealth
when a fresh hen has been dressed for the stew pot,save one of its feet and while it is still of a fresh yellow,rub it well with whiskey and salt,place within its claws a new silver coin,and also a scrap of paper on which this is written:hen hen give me gain thus to hold silver and gold,curl up the claws and tie themabout with black cord so that all they contain is secure,then hang this charm by the samecord from some eave of your house,and it shall draw money within the year..
A charm to recall the dead in the name of love
if it be possible, a letter once written by the one who has departed should be found,or eles an article of clothing,or picture,cut from it a few cornners or strips to make a spoonful of snippets,and bring these at night,with fine incenses of myrrh and sandalwood,to a table where seven white candles are burnning,sprinkel the snippets over the incense,all contained within a vessel of brass,and then set these on fire with one of the candles flame ,while they burn speak these words :the presence in this room ,denies both time and tomb,thy shade before my eyes,bright as flame doth rise,nor shall it cool or pale,untill my life must fail,when these substances have all ceased to burn,their ashes sould be gathered into a box and the candles left to consume themselfs entirely,soon after this you must buy a new gold locket,on a chain of gold,and place within it a pinch of ashes from the box,while repeating the words from the ritual.there after the locket should never be opened again,but worn always to be warmed always by the warmeth of your life,thus shall your devotion confer comfort upon the beloved deadwhere ever he or she may lieand like wisethat presence upon your breast that shall work your own griefs assuagement,any ashes that are let should be scattered upon the west wind,where they shall meet,that departed but immortal spirit flowing ever toward the sun...
A charm to break a bad habbit
you must take a white egg,and ,through small holes made in each end,(with a big nail ) blow fourth the contents from the shell,plug up one hole with alittle bees wax,then fill the shhell useing a fine funnel,with sour red wine,carefully seal the second hole again with the bees wax,and in red ink write upon the surfface of shell the name of the habbit that is plaguing compulsion you would be rid of,take this egg in secret then to a place where great rocks cover the groumd,stand there and say these words:halls of blood where life has fled,walls of bone that close me round,i break thy reign ,thy yoke i shed i cast thy powers to the ground,smash the egg against the rocks,then gather up the broken bits of shell,take them home,and grind them to a powder,this charmed dust should be kept within a small jar,a pinch of it to be placed upon the tongue and swallowed whenever further treacherous temptations may appear..
A charm to reveal truth among false appearances
when a fowl has been roasted and eaten ,take the carcass all its bones,and boil these for six hours untill the flesh shall slip away, futher scrub the bones clean,freeing each rib and joint from its fastenings,and then let all lie on a paper plate in the sun untill they are quite dry and white,when these bones are so prepared ,place them in a black box of wood and set it down before a white candle,gaze into the flame ,while considering earnestly all manifestations of that situation fromwhich you would draw the truth,when all these various aspects have arisen before your eyes ,take from the box a bone and inscribe upon it,in india ink one possible truth,next take outhers,and write upon them the outher truths you have envisioned,then before the candle set out all the bonesin a row,and say this over them:beneath the flesh of confusion,behold the bones of that which is true:still all save one are false,and must decive where the spirits eye is shut,yet open now that eye and the truth bone shall rise revealed,replace the inscribed bones in the box,and also all outhers that are not marked,then with the eyes shut,shake the bones up and draw from within one bone,on which shall be writen the truth,if it shall bear no inscription all the supposed truths are false,and the situation must be studied in a new light...
A Charm for recalling the faithless
At midnight light a new black candle in a locked chamber. Take the white wing feather of a dove or a pigeon and dip it in some pungent scented oil, rue, wintergreen, or the like. Then let it's tip burn in the candle flame, and say these words: Thy flight be stayed, Thy wing be bound, this cloud casts thee, To the ground. Dip the feather again into the oil, then break it into small pieces and fold these up in a bit of silver paper. Bind this charm with black thread, and bury it in the ground near your doorstep. So shall it call the faithless one back,and when returned, drops of the same oil must be touched to the brow and palms of that person, who then shall not leave again. Yet reveal not the reason for this anointment, lest it's powers be diminished.
A Charm For Eternal Youth
Go to a grove of pines, when the moon is new, and in the earth beneath their boughs inscribe a circle, wide as you are tall. Lie down within it, your arms extended to meet the circle's rim, and say these words: The ancient pine, Is evergreen, The crescent moon, May never wane, The circle bound, Is ever round, And so my life, As light and leaf. Pluck three needles of pine from a green branch, take them home, and wind them tightly round about with a hair from your head and a long green thread. Keep this charm beside your bed, that you may dream of eternity, and each night before you sleep, repeat the words that have conjoured youth from the enchanted grove. Ever after, you should wear some token of green--jade, emerald, or other stone, ornament, or article of clothing--in honor of this fair spell now threaded through your life.
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