A witches’ bottle is an
ancient protection spell of great power. This is my version. I
would recommend that anyone who is pursuing a magickal path make
one to protect against any thought-forms, entities, spirits,
demons, or simply negative energies that are bound to be
encountered along the way. After charging, the bottle becomes an
energetic trap for any force that intends to cause you harm. It
is aligned to your energy-field through the use of your own DNA
as well as symbolic powers that imprison and then transform
harmful energy into something useful.
Items Used:
a small to medium sized jar or bottle (a large spice bottle
works well)
sage, or other purifying herb such as rosemary
a black candle
sea salt
parchment paper (or other “nice” stationary)
dragon’s blood ink
rusty nails, broken glass, needles, other sharp objects
dead bugs, some of your favorite food nicely molding, other
“gross” things
some of your hair, finger or toenail clippings
some of your semen or menstrual blood
some of your urine
a handful of earth, or potting soil
a black cotton cloth
Perform this
spell alone at night. On a night before the dark moon (women will
need to adjust the timing to coincide with their menstrual cycle)
gather your items together to perform this spell. Ground and
center. Mark a circle on the ground around you with the sea salt,
moving clockwise beginning and ending in the North. Burn your
herb as an incense and allow the smoke to waft over you and your
area. Hold the bottle over the smoke and make sure that some gets
inside it. Light the black candle saying:
“From
the darkness I conjure light
from the light I
summon force,
from the force I
invoke the power
to trap that which
intends me harm.”
On the parchment write the following with Dragon’s Blood Ink:
Your full
name (your magickal name will do if you identify with it.)
Your birthdate. (Month,
day, year, and time if possible)
The symbol for your
astrological sun, moon, and rising signs.
Any other symbol that
you feel represents the real “you”.
Now smear some of your semen
or menstrual blood onto the paper. Draw a circle around the whole
thing and draw a pentagram over it, feeling that to do so is an
act of power; that when the star is completed you have erected a
field of protection around you. Roll up the parchment and place
inside the bottle.
Now begin to
fill the bottle with the other items: your hair and clippings,
nails, glass, bugs, etc. You will want to fill the bottle about
halfway. Say:
“Insects
from beneath a rock,
needles, nails
rusting fast,,
Keep all harm inside
and locked,
within this dungeon
made of glass.”
Now fill the
jar as far as possible with your urine, which is from your body
in the act of release. This will provide a link for the energy to
follow into the jar and remain. Add the handful of earth, feeling
it’s connection to the planet and it’s ability to
transform waste into fertility. Add three pinches of sea salt to
the mixture. Cork the bottle or attach the lid and seal the edges
with drippings from the black candle. Hold the bottle in both
hands before you and in front of the candlelight so that the
light shines through the bottle. Feel the power of the candle
permeate your bottle, charging it with power and purpose. Say:
“I
charge you, bottle, to trap all harm.
Keep me safe away
from danger.
Inside darkness calls
to darkness,
to be carried below
into the grave.”
Take three deep breaths and
exhale all your stress, worry, doubt fear, pain, etc. into the
bottle. On the last breath “hear” the power in your
breath ring and resonate with the bottle. Wrap the bottle
carefully in the black cloth and open your circle in the normal
way. Go outside to bury the bottle in a place where it will not
be disturbed. Should the bottle ever be disturbed or broken, rest
assured that the negativity will not then return to you as it has
already been neutralized by the salt and the handful of earth,
but the bottle will cease functioning. If you end up burying it
in a place that you cannot check up on its well-being, you then
may want to perform this spell at different intervals, perhaps
once a year on a certain date. This of course is up to you.
