Hot Foot Powder

Hot Foot Powder is an old Hoodoo trick that is used to banish someone from your life or home. The base ingredients are usually salt (one or more different kinds) and peppers (ground habanero, cayenne, black, etc). Other ingredients might include iron shavings, red brick dust, brimstone powder, garlic powder, gun powder, or anything else that packs a significant punch.

The purpose of hot foot powder is to make the target feel extremely uncomfortable in the area the user is trying to banish them from. They'll feel a strong urge to leave, and won't be inclined to come back.

When I made some of my own, I did an internet search for common recipes. Many of them seemed too harsh for my liking, and I felt that many of the ingredients were overkill. I was worried that if the powder was too potent, I might risk bringing harm to my target. Obviously, that's not something I want to do. If someone is truly that bothersome and I wish to be rid of them, I want to simply drive them away without causing them any harm at all.

I used four simple ingredients:

• Salt
• Black Pepper
• Cayenne Pepper
• Sulfur

I mixed the ingredients and then charged the powder under a full moon with the proper intent.

Don't get me wrong, this stuff is nasty. It gets the job done, but it doesn't run the risk of bringing any harm or misfortune to the target. It just (slightly forcefully) persuades them that they need to get the hell out of dodge, now. 

Sprinkle the powder over the path of the person you want to get rid of. Wherever or however you administer the powder, just make sure they walk on it! Use it sparingly, though, a little goes a long way! Not only that, but you want it to go unnoticed by the target.

Be sure not to let anyone else step on the powder. This includes pets! Do not consume, or allow anyone else to consume it. Wash your hands immediately after use, and wash it away from the area where you sprinkled it after it has served its purpose.

Want a bit for yourself? Grab a small batch of my recipe here. 

Prosperity Spell

Whenever I'm feeling like my business ventures can use a little boost, I always bust out my favorite prosperity spell. Since I'm renewing a spell I've already done, I thought I'd take some pictures this time and share!

What you'll need:

• A green candle. Green symbolizes luck, prosperity, and money. 
• A candle holder, a piece of tin foil, or some other heat-safe platform to burn the candle in. 
• An herb that symbolizes prosperity. Some good examples can be Ginger root, Basil, Bayberry, Clover, Patchouli. I usually use basil because I grow it in my garden and it's always easy to come by and readily available to me. I add ground cinnamon and ginger root to dried basil to amplify the properties in the basil that attract prosperity. 
• Salt.
• Paper and a writing utensil.

Instructions:
 Put the salt and herbs in the container with the candle. I then surround the candle with a ring of salt, to create a circle of protection for the spell. As I light the candle, I say out loud what I want to come of this spell. As the candle burns, I meditate on my goals and wishes, and I write them all down.

When I'm done I fold up the paper, snuff out the flame, and put the paper under the candle holder for next time. Since the candle would take several hours to burn down, I draw the spell out over a couple of nights. I usually find that a repeated effort yields better results than a one-time-only spell. Relight the candle the next day and repeat the process until the candle finally burns itself out on its own. When it does, bury the remaining scraps of wax (if there are any) and the paper in the ground as close to where you conduct your business as possible. At this point, the spell is complete.

Start this spell on a Sunday, preferably during a waxing moon phase.

The candle pictured above is one that I made myself, specifically for this spell. The herbs for the spell are already embedded inside the wax, so it's pretty much a "loaded candle." I like it this way because instead of separate items coming together to aid in a spell, they are all combined as one. It just feels stronger and more powerful that way. I do sell these candles here, if you want one.

"So Mote It Be"

The phrase, "so mote it be" is popular among many witches, pagans, and Wiccans. It's widely used in spells and rituals as a closing statement, sort of an "amen." It is deeply rooted in Wiccan tradition, dating all the way back to Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner (who apparently borrowed the term from the Freemasons).

It was included in all of the books I used to teach myself the craft so, naturally, I adopted it myself. But nonetheless, I always felt funny using it in my spells. That one term seemed so out of place among everything else in all of my spells, like such an old phrase didn't belong as a conclusion to a spell that was otherwise written in the modern dialect that I am familiar with. I always felt uncomfortable using it and as a result, used it only half-heartedly.

But for me, that defeats the purpose of having it there in the first place. It's not just a conclusion, but a statement of power. By ending a spell like this, you are affirming to yourself and the universe that your words and intent have immense power. Because you will this spell into fruition, it will be so! That's why it was so important to me that I keep it in my spells instead of just scrapping it altogether. Without it my spells feel incomplete, like they stop abruptly and then just putter out.

I decided to tweak it so that it was something I was fully comfortable saying. It became "As is my will, so it will be." It is essentially the same phrase, and its meaning is exactly the same. I pretty much just got rid of the word 'mote.' No one in these modern times ever uses that word. Because of this, I feel that it just didn't have a place in my craft. I think that a witch's craft needs to be very personal and everything must mean something to the individual conducting the spell. Otherwise, it won't hold as much power.

Now, I can conclude my spells with complete confidence in the words that are coming out of my mouth. I am using words that I fully understand and am comfortable with, and that only enhances the potency of my intention.

Simple Spell for Removing Pain

I recently started developing random episodes of severe swelling in my joints. It happens totally randomly and sometimes renders my fingers, knees, and toes totally useless. Because I currently have very restricted access to healthcare, I cannot easily get to a doctor anytime soon. So what's a desperate Witch to do in a situation like this??

Cast a spell, of course! Since this happens at random times, I needed something I could do in little time and with no tools or aides. So this is the spell I created to meet my needs.

• Get away from distractions for a few minutes so you can concentrate. If you can, sit somewhere on the ground so you have direct contact with the earth below you. Ground and center.
• Concentrate on the area that is causing you pain. Visualize a dense cloud of red, stagnant energy where the pain is. 
• Get that cloud spinning. Spin it like it's a wet clump of towels in the dryer. At first they are a dense, tight block of cloth. But after a few tumbles, they start to break apart and tumble in a smooth spherical shape. That's what you want that red stagnate energy to do. Let it spin and tumble until you feel that it is all broken up and flowing smoothly in a fluid motion.
• Next, drain that shit. Watch as the energy starts to trickle downward out of that sphere. Drain it from the sphere where your pain is, down into the earth where that energy will be neutralized. If you'd like, you may chant something while doing this that signifies your banishing of this energy. I usually say something like, "away with the pain." It's simple, and helps to put extra power into my intent.
• Do this until all of the energy from the sphere has been drained, and repeat on other areas as necessary.

This spell has been a huge help when I get pain and don't have access to any other forms of relief (like when I'm at work and can't get away for longer than a 15 minute bathroom break). Sometimes I also feel the need to change the color of the sphere from red to blue during the process of tumbling the energy to break it up. Other times I'm in a hurry and don't bother with that step.

Another variation I sometimes use is to evaporate the energy instead of melting and draining it. I do this when I can't get direct contact with the ground. I don't like to work with grounding energy when there's concrete in my way, but that's just me. So I make use of air in this case rather than earth.

This spell has also proven useful with headaches and other minor aches and pains.