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⛧ || ❝ CURSE REFLECTED ❞

Should you find yourself on the wrong end of a curse or a hex, perform this spell, ideally on a cloudless moonlit night, for clarity. It’s a fairly rudimentary spell, easily performed by just about any witch as long as your intentions are clear and your focus is set.

This box/jar must be buried, preferably somewhere with low foot traffic and if possible in the woods.

☽ || ❝ INGREDIENTS ❞

MIRROR. this mirror will be, ideally, a small, handheld mirror that will break cleanly, rather than shatter.

JAR OR BOX. a jar is undoubtedly more secure, but a wooden lockbox is appropriate all the same.

DRIED THISTLE. dried thistle, to protect yourself.

MORNING GLORY. to bind the curse to the jar, and byway, back to the source.

SELENITE CRYSTAL. a small piece of this crystal will aid in focusing the moonlight, amplify the protection onto you and the curse onto the source.

BLACK FEATHER. this feather must be black by nature, not by human, meaning it must come from a bird that is obsidian, not a feather of other colour that has been dyed. the feather is to both strengthen the protection to you, and help to carry the curse to the source.

BLACK INK. to bind the jar/box.

TREE DIRT. ideally this dirt will be collected from under an old oak tree, but if there’s not one available to you, any dirt will suffice. this is to promote concentration while casting, and improve the strength of the spell.

☽ || ❝ SPELL WORK ❞

001. Gather your ingredients, and find a clearing where the moon can meet the mirror when you need it. When you’re ready, focused, and prepared, sit on the ground and open your jar: ensure the moonlight kisses every corner of it, flooding it entirely.

002. Begin to place the ingredients into the jar, one by one, ensuring to centre on your intent with each: chanting aloud can help to focus your thoughts, but this is not necessary. With each item you place in the jar, make sure that your thoughts are clear with the items property and reason. As in, with the thistle: to protect yourself from what you’ve been cursed with. “with this thistle, i protect myself.” “with this morning glory, i bind this spell to this vessel.” etc. Once you’ve placed the thistle, morning glory, crystal, and feather into the jar, set it aside momentarily; preferably somewhere that the moonlight is still drowning the contents.

003. Take the mirror and look clear into it, concentrate deeply to remove the curse from yourself and bind it to the mirror. If you prefer simply to remove the curse from yourself, complete this step then skip to step five. If you wish for the curse to flutter back to the sender, you must perform step four as well.  

As follows:  

Continuing to hold the mirror, gazing deep into yourself, speak these words six times:

                         curse blind to me. curse bind to thee.

004.  To return this curse to where it originated, speak these words eight times:

                         as the mirror breaks, this curse it takes,

                         i am protected,   your curse is reflected.

Once you’ve spoken the words, you will lay the mirror down face up and break it with a rock. the idea is not to smash it, but to break it into medium pieces that can easily be collected. If you’re concerned about the clean break, you can lay a piece of fabric beneath the mirror and it can easily be scooped up and dumped into the jar if it happens to shatter. Please be extremely careful with this step, wear gloves if you think you may cut yourself. 

005.  Upon completion of the steps above, place ALL the pieces of the broken mirror into your container and fill it entirely with the tree dirt. Once full and the lid screwed on tightly, your spell is bound - optionally add a binding symbol and/or protection symbol to the lid of the jar. This spell cannot be unbound, meaning it will not return to you even if the caster should cleanse their own, as it will return to the mirror shards instead. Make sure to bury this jar in a safe, low traffic area. Deeper is better, you don’t want to accidentally injure someone should they step on it. Three feet or more should suffice. If you prefer not to bury this jar, keep it stored somewhere safe and consider gluing the lid closed so no one will accidentally open it an injure themselves.

I am happy to present my own Wamily’s version of finding your signifier card using a Tarot deck.  (Wamily, just in case you don’t know, is a witch family.)  

Please keep in mind that this is a practice passed down and developed by a handful of witches related to me, and isn’t the process that every cartomancer uses.  I hope this helps you on your witchcraft journey!

My own signifier card was found when I was a wee little witch.  I chose the Chariot (which, if you know me personally, is Salt through and through.)  My strengths and limitations are very much found in this card and I am drawn to its imagery indefinitely.  

Comment with your signifier card once you find it!  I am excited to see what you receive.

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