A Spell for Binding

You'll need:

• A piece of lightweight cardboard
• Writing/drawing utensils
• Black yarn
• A fireplace, bonfire, cauldron, or other safe place to burn the cardboard

Cast a strong protective circle around yourself and all participants before you begin.

Take a piece of light-weight cardboard and draw images and write words on it to represent the evils that you wish to bind. For example, draw a man with an X crossing out his heart to show it is closed, write words like "Greed", "Irresponsibility", "Disrespect", etc. Then crumple the cardboard up into a loose ball.

Take a piece of black yarn and wind it around the cardboard twenty one times. With each time you loop the string around the cardboard, say one line of the following chant...

With the thread of the crimes 

of your own design 

I bind your evil 

Three times seven times.

I bind you from Behind 

I bind you from Before 

That you'll hurt my people 

never ever more

I bind you from the Left 

I bind you from the Right 

I bind you by Day 

And I bind you by Night.

I bind you from Below 

I bind you from Above 

That you may ever know 

The laws of Life and Love

I bind you with your own 

Good conscience Within 

And so let this magic 

Unfold 

And spin....

Tie off the ends of the yarn with three sturdy knots to seal the spell. When done with this, burn the wrapped images and words in a loud, strong, crackling fire. Chant these words until it is thoroughly burned:

Goddess of darkest night 

Send our troubles all to flight 

Burn them in thy sacred fires 

And replace them with our hearts' desires!

Once the image is burned and all negativity removed, do a positive visualization to replace it. For example, visualize people laughing and dancing in rainbows, etc.