A Kitchen Witch Bottle
Scott Cunningham - adaption
Place three needles, three pins, and three nails into a small glass bottle.
Add a clove of peeled garlic (or if the bottle is very small,a spoonful of crushed or powdered garlic) and a pinch of dried thyme;
Then fill the bottle with sea salt, shake vigorously nine times, and seal the cap with red wax.
Place the bottle in a cupboard where it won’t be seen, and it will protect your kitchen from food poisoning and other culinary disasters.
Bottle of luck-
This ritual is excellent to attract luck towards you.
What you'll need:
-7 green candles
-patchouli incense
-1 green glass bottle or pot
-symbols of luck (for example: an old lottery ticket, a rabbit's foot, a horseshoe or figure 7 cut out of cardboard)
-7 coins of 1, 5 or 10 hundredths
Ritual:
Light your 7 candles and your incense. Then, fill up your pot or bottle with all of the symbols of luck that you gathered, as well as with the coins. Raise the bottle towards the sky and speak this invocation aloud:
Ram Chance,
Ram Fortune hear me,
Let your breath enter my bottle.
Let everywhere the luck be with me.
Close the bottle well and seal it with green wax. Before leaving to play any games of chance, or if you need extra luck for some endeavor, agitate your bottle so that luck will accompany you.
A Kitchen Witch Bottle
A Kitchen Witch Bottle will protect your food from contamination or burning.
There are many ways of constructing these, but I like to put three needles,
three pins and three iron nails into a jar filled with salt. Seal it tightly
and shake it vigorously nine times. Place three dabs of red wax along the
seal. While you're constructing your Kitchen Witch Bottle, visualize your
kitchen as a peaceful, safe place, full of delicious aromas, and savory
food.
Place your Kitchen Witch Bottle on a top shelf of your cupboard where it
will not be disturbed.
WITCH'S PROTECTION BOTTLE
Get a glass jar such as a Mason jar, or even a baby food jar, anything that has a lid to it.
Fill the jar halfway with small sharp objects such as pins, metal scrapings, broken glass,
razor blades, etc. Be careful when you are filling the jar! Once the jar is half full with
these objects, fill the jar up with a holy water mixture of salt and water.
Put the top on the jar and be sure it's secured.
This jar should be buried in the ground at least twelve inches deep.
As long as the bottle remains in the ground, you will be protected from harm that is
sent your way. If you bury the jar somewhere away from home, and you wont know
if it will still be there in a year (City Witches don't always have backyards), then
be sure to repeat this process each year.
HERBAL WITCHES CLEANSING BOTTLE
To make an herbal cleansing bottle, pour a layer of sand in a large clear bottle.
Add layers of dried herbs, one at a time: first rosemary; then lemon peel, sage, cedar,
black peppercorns, lavender, dill, bay leaf, and rowan.
When the bottle is full, focus cleansing protective energy into the herbs and sand,
and see a golden light radiating from the bottle.
Visualize the herbs driving away negative influences.
Cork and seal the bottle with white wax.
Using a permanent marker, draw the Algiz rune on one side of the bottle, and on the
other side draw a pentagram.
Set the bottle near your front or back door, and every six months, uncap,
Pour herbs out into the woods or your compost heap, and thoroughly wash
and dry the bottle before filling it with a new round of herbs.
HOUSE PROTECTION SPELL
1 glass bottle or jar with cap mixing bowl funnel (you can make one with a rolled up piece of paper)
9 herbs of choice from list: (Acacia, Aloe, Angelica, Anise, Ash, Basil, Birch, Blackberry,
Blueberry, Broom, Caraway, Carnation, Cedar, Cinquefoil, Clover, Cotton, Cypress, Dill,
Eucalyptus, Fennel, Flax, Foxglove, Grass, Hazel, Heather, Holly, Irish Moss, Ivy, Lilac,
Mandrake, Marigold, Mistletoe, Mugwort, Mulberry, Oak, Olive, Pine, Primrose, Raspberry,
Rice, Rose, Rosemary, Sandalwood, Spanish Moss, Thistle, Valerian, Violet, Willow)
Pour the nine selected herbs into the mixing bowl one by one. As you pour each one in say
these words (replace the blank with the name of the herb):
"________ that protects, protect my home and all within."
Once all of the herbs have been added to the bowl, mix them with your hands.
Visualize you home being safe and secure as you mix.
Cap the bottle or jar and bury it outside, in front of your front step.
If you live in an apartment or other place that would prevent you from doing this, place the jar some
where out of view but still near your doorway.
WORRY JAM JAR SPELL
Worries and anxieties that are becoming too big and interfering with daily life benefit from this spell.
Take and cleanse a jam jar or box with a tight fitting lid.
Write the problem on a slip of paper Pass it through the 4 Elements, and pop it in the jar,
reciting the following spell. Leave the jar in the moonlight, but visible to yourself.
Each time the problem sneaks into your mind, think of the jar.
You are only permitted to worry if you go and remove the lid and the slip of paper.
You'll find that soon, you can't be bothered to even give it thought.
When the problem is resolved, remove the slip and bury or burn it, giving thanks to the Lady.
Into this vessel secured up tight
I place my anxieties that they might
Find their right level within my life
Be only acknowledged when I say it's right.
I swear that I will not give thought to my woe
Until such time to this vessel I go
And take off the lid and grieve, for I know
That unless the lid's missing, trapped is my foe.
It may not escape into my daily way
And trouble my thinking during the day.
Some time in the future when I feel I may
Dispose of this vessel with no debt to pay.
TO STOP A TROUBLE MAKER JAR
Write the name of the person on a piece of parchment/paper, fold it twice.
Take a lime and cut it twice, once diagonally and once horizontally, but don't cut it all the
way into four pieces. Place the paper or parchment inside the lime and hold it together with
two long steel nails. Place the lime into a clean glass jar and put into it some ash, salt and
vinegar and screw the lid on tight. The ash and salt are supposed to thwart their efforts to
cause you trouble of any kind, and the vinegar and lime should sour their own affairs at the same time.
HOUSE PROTECTION JAR
1 glass jar 1/2 to 1 cup salt 3 cloves garlic 9 bay leaves
7 tsp. dried Basil 4 tsp. dill seeds 1tsp sage 1tsp anise
1tsp black pepper 1tsp fennel 1 bowl
In the morning ideally on a bright sunny day assemble the items.
Place in the bowl and say: "Salt that protects, protect my home and all within."
Add the cloves of garlic: "Garlic that protects, protect my home and all within."
Crumble the Bay leaves and place in the bowl:
"Bay that protects, protect my home and all within."
Add the basil and say: "Basil that protects, protect my home and all within."
Add the dill and say: "Dill that protects, protect my home and all within."
Add the sage and say: "Sage that protects, protect my home and all within."
Add the anise and say: "Anise that protects, protect my home and all within."
Add the fennel and say: "Fennel that protects, protect my home and all within."
Mix together the salt and the herbs with your hands, throughout the movement
of your hands and fingers lend energy to the potent protective items, visualize
your home safe and as a shining secure place. Pour the mixture in the jar and cap tightly,
Place it in your home with these words: "Salt and herbs, nine times nine
Guard now this home of mine"
INSPIRATION JAR
Purpose: To bring on inspiration. For creativity.
Ingredients: Mason jar Small crystal Dried orange peels (two-thirds) Dried mint (one-third)
2 drops orange essential oil 1 drop mint essential oil Square piece of black cotton fabric
Rubber band Orange fabric paint or orange acrylic Orange ribbon
Note: The color orange is the color of creative energies.
The shading (how dark or light the orange is) that you use will denote the level of creative
energies you wish to channel. A dark orange will take you deep into the creative energies
while a light orange is less intense.
Moon cycle: No moon cycle is selected for this spell because all phases of the moon hold
different levels of creative energies, including the dark moon. If you follow moon phases,
choose the cycle that fits your purpose best.
Gather ingredients. With a clean and dry jar before you, place the mint first and then the
orange peels inside, filling it up about two-thirds of the way. Add two drops of orange
essential oil and one drop mint essential oil. More if you are using a large mason jar.
Stir ingredients together. Take the small crystal in your hand and say something such as:
"Creativity come to me
In whispers and dreams
And visions that gleam."
Place the crystal inside the jar with the potpourri.
For the lid, cover the opening of the jar with black fabric so that the side of the fabric
hangs down over the edges about 2 inches.
With a pencil, mark the center top of the fabric.
Take the fabric off the jar, lie it flat on a hard surface.
Using orange paint, acrylic or fabric paint, paint on a spiral.
While the paint is drying, cover the jar temporarily with a lid so that it doesn't get spilled.
Spiral: The spiral is a symbol of the dance of life. It shows the continuous cycle of ourselves
going inward (within ourselves/our psyche) and then going outward (expressing ourselves).
Black: The black fabric in this spell is used as an absorption color.
Black absorbs all colors, all energies.
By placing the orange spiral on this we are signifying just what those energies are that the
black is absorbing, all creative energies.
Once the paint is dry, place the fabric on the jar once again.
The spiral should now be on the centered top of the jar's mouth.
Holding the fabric in place, wrap the rubber band around the sides to hold it in place.
Next, tie the orange ribbon overtop of the rubber band.
Keep this inspiration jar in your work area, where you do your writing, painting, drawing,
or keep it by your bed to bring on inspiring dreams.
GOOD LUCK HERB JAR
To attract good fortune into your life or change a streak of bad luck to good, fill a small jar
(leaving a bit of space) with any combination of the following magical herbs: buckthorn bark,
chamomile, clover, dandelion, frankincense, heal - all, honeysuckle, huckleberry leaves, Irish moss,
Job's tears, John the Conqueror, khus -khus, lotus, lucky hand root, mistletoe, myrrh, nutmeg, rose
hips, rosemary, sandalwood, spearmint, star anise, thyme, Tonka bean.
Seal your jar tightly and keep it in your kitchen on a shelf or a windowsill.
Place your hands upon the jar each morning upon rising, and say :
To God and Goddess I do pray
Guide me through another day
Let good fortune come my way
Good luck hither now I say
After reciting the magical incantation, gently shake the jar a few times and then
kiss it before putting it back.
I suggest using the same jar for a maximum of 13 days, then return the herbs to
the Earth and repeat if necessary.
HERB JAR TO ENHANCE YOUR POWERS PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY
Fill one jar with the following:
Cinnamon [for dream Magic
Nutmeg [for good luck]
Allspice [healing]
Ginger [lunar Magick]
Basil [protection]
Fennel seeds [spiritual healing]
Garlic [spiritual purification]
Marjoram [protection]
Sage [spiritual purification]
Cloves [protection]
Mustard seed [protection]
Before you do any scrying or any kind or psychic work, inhale the scent
deeply and shake the jar gently.
SACRED SALT JAR
This is not only great to have for oneself, but it makes a nice gift to someone special if you
happen to know what scents they like or stones they like. Since what you put into it is "yours",
it is like giving a part of yourself, too.
This mixture is excellent to charge stones in and to "simmer energies". Once it has blended
for a few months, a pinch can be added to rituals, etc., bathwater or as a gift to Mother Earth.
You can also make a "starter salt" as a gift for a friend. You can also give of your own sacred
salt mixture to a special friend to help blend powers and energies when they make their own
sacred salt mixture.
The mixture should be made and kept in a covered stone or Earthen jar, but can be made
and kept in a covered glass jar until you find one that is suitable. There are thoughts on what
kind of salt to use. Some use rock salt, some Earth salt and some sea salt, some even use
normal table salt. Whatever salt you use, make sure that it is "natural" and not iodized.
You blend the salt with chopped or ground herbs, tiny crystals, small stones, nuts seeds,
jewelry, locks of hair, ground incense and a few drops of your favorite oils, anything that
you wish. Even rose petals and other flowers, or a lock of hair. When you have cleansed
and charged stones and crystals by sun and Moon, place them in this mixture to store until
you wish to use them or give them as gifts.
MAKING A WITCHES BOTTLE
First select the Bottle you want to use. Your bottle maybe clear or tinted. If you're working with
a colored bottle, choose a color that suits what you are doing. Tinted bottles are great for spells
that use color correspondences. Once you have a bottle, wash it with warm soapy water, or
cleanse it in the ocean. After you have washed it, magically cleanse it and bathe it in the light
of the full moon. When the bottle is clean it is time to fill it. There are a lot of options when it
comes to contents, here are a few examples:
For Protection from unfriendly forces, you can fill the bottle with very sharp objects such as
nails, pins, safety pins, & needles, or sand.
By collecting herbs, resins, leaves, roots, and spices and filling a bottle with them, you can
concoct a wide variety of Wards, Spells, or Talismans. Add a base oil or cider vinegar and
you have wonderful gifts for your friends, these would enhance their magical life as well as
their cooking! You can also fill the bottle with a variety of flower petals selected for their
healing properties, attributes, or correspondences to planetary or other forces.
You may want to include a bit of alcohol, vinegar, or olive oil to preserve the flowers.
SPELL OF THE WITCH'S BOTTLE
1 jar - 1 red cloth cut into the shape of a heart some of your own hair clippings -
some of your own nail clippings - 13 iron nails - 13 black-headed pins - 1 cup of sea salt
The making of the witch's bottle is very simple and should be done as early on in your
practices as you possibly can. Never let another person know that you are making the
bottle, or it's location. Place all of the items on your altar and take a few minutes
to meditate on magical protection, for your safety. Take up your hair and nail clippings
and place them into the jar saying:
"Here do I present myself"
Take up the 13 iron nails and place them into the jar saying:
"Here are my swords of protection"
Take up the salt and place it into the jar saying:
"Here is salt to purify me"
Take up the red heart-shaped cloth. Hold it high and say:
"Here is the heart of any who wish me harm"
Stick all 13 black-headed pins into the cloth heart and say:
"Let any who wish me harm or any who wish me ill,
feel the pain of their own heart's hate, rebounded by this witch's will"
Place the pin-studded heart into the jar. Next fill the jar with your own urine. This sounds
revolting, but urine is a powerful fluid-condenser, and by doing this is symbolic of saying
that you think any spell which is cast against you is a useless and worthless gesture, and
this is the frame of mind you should take while performing this act. When the jar is filled,
or at least halfway so, cork it up with a red tapered candle. Light the candle and as it burns,
it will drip wax to seal the bottle. Take it out and bury it somewhere near your home.
Say the following:
"Blessed Mother of the Darkened Moon, I pray that you grant me this boon. A bottle of
protection do I bury here: to protect me from those both far and near. May any curse or
magic spell placed on me, be dispelled. Rebounded on the sender be, In accordance
with the Law of Three."
Once the bottle is buried, it should never be dug up again. To do so would be to release
all of the negativity that it has absorbed for you. If another person digs up the bottle, it
will not affect them, as it is designed to absorb negativity aimed directly to you.
This energy is tied to you and you alone. It cannot affect another person.
Do not dig up the witch-bottle for any reason. If you move to a new location,
the witch-bottle will continue to work for you. The witch's bottle is buried in the earth
so that the earth may ground the energies of the negativity directed towards you.
One bottle should be all that is needed.
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