Banishing Spell: Slander and Gossip

Items: cauldron – a piece of paper
Time: Night, Waning Moon

Ritual: Light a small fire in a cauldron or whatever you have available to contain the fire. Write on a piece of paper that is 3×3″, the word Rumors and the rumors that are being spread about you. Do not write the names of those who are slandering you! You do not want to harm them and suffer the consequences with karma! Be thinking of these lies going away never to return as you draw an X with a dark marker across the paper. Toss the paper into the fire and repeat the following words 3x

Rumors, slander standing stout,
With this X I cross you out
I toss their words into the fire,
All these lies no longer hire
All bad things done and said,
Leave my life, be gone be dead
All the evil that they say
At this time will go away
Rumors carry me no more,
Be gone be dead be no more
As I speak, so mote it be

Remember to sit and concentrate on all that you’ve experienced in this matter and focus on it all being taken away on the wind then, extinguish the fire.

Simple Banishing Spell

This spell is useful for when you’re particularly affected by someone from your past.

You will need:

white sheet of paper with no lines
writing utensil
heat proof container
lighter or matches
Write the name of the person who is constantly in your thoughts three times on the sheet of paper, followed by an affirmation, such as “I will no longer allow you to have control over my life.” or “You have no power over me.”

Read the affirmation out loud to yourself. While continuing the affirmation, burn the piece of paper 

Banishing Negativities

1 Black candle
Incense
Ashtray or Cauldron
Paper and a Black Pen

Kneel in front of the altar (after having lit the incense and cast the circle), light altar candle focus, and draw energy. Light the black candle, while concentrating on placing all negative energies and thoughts you have concerning the subject into the candle. Write the person’s/object’s name in black ink on a piece of paper and place it in front of the candle and say:

Isis mother of Horus, Isis daughter of Ra, Isis wife of Osiris,
I beg of thee.
Please come to my aide
Help me unburden my negativity.
As I burn this candle in front of thee
May all bad thoughts and deeds flee
Out of my sight and into the night.
May they return into the universe to be used correctly.

Take the piece of paper and light it from the black candle. Let it burn (in the ashtray or the cauldron) all the while concentrating that the negative energy is fading away into the night. Look at the ash and say:

Be gone! Into the night.
Out of my mind and out of my sight.
Never to disrupt my slumber again,
Never to return to cause me pain.
As above, so below and in harmony.
My Goddess I beg of you,
SO MOTE IT BE!

Let the candle burn all the way down or snuff it out saying:

Physically though you are quenched,
Astrally you will always burn. 

Reflective Banishing

You Will Need:

A small mirror (craft mirrors with unfinished backs are best)

Something to write with (sharpies or oil pencils work well)

This is a very simple sort of banishing designed to reflect negativity back at the target so this is for use only on troublesome spirits and unwanted people in your life.

You certainly don’t want your anxiety or procrastination reflecting back on themselves.

On the backside of your mirror write the name of your target and underneath it write

“You’ve sent me strife and caused me pain, I now reflect it back again.”

You can also add a banishing sigil if you like. Keep the mirror with you until the offending being has been removed from your life.

Thieves Vinegar

This banishing concoction gets its name from a folktale that tells of four thieves who, during the height of the Black Plague, would steal into peoples homes and rob them in the night.

Instead of catching the plague they grew healthy and rich.

When they were finally apprehended they struck a bargain to trade their secret recipe in exchange for their freedom.

I can’t speak for the effectiveness of this vinegar against the plague but it’s long held a place in pagan circles as a protective and warding brew.

You will need:

Rosemary
Sage
Lavender
Thyme
Mint
Garlic
Apple Cider Vinegar
A jar or other airtight container

To make 4 Thieves vinegar fill a mason jar or other airtight container loosely with your herbs (fresh herbs are best).

Cover the herbs with apple cider vinegar and screw the lid on tightly.

Vinegar can erode metal lids over time so it’s suggested that you use a plastic lid instead. Label and date your jar.

Store the vinegar in a cool dry place (your pantry is ideal) and gently shake it once a day for 4-6 weeks.

When your 4 Thieves vinegar is finished you can use it in a variety of ways.

Traditionally, sprinkling it over your doorstep is thought to ward away your enemies.

Banishing Techniques

Best done at a waning or new moon – used to get rid of negative energies or spirits

Tools needed: Athame, Broomstick, Candles, Cords, Gobi Dirt, Incense, Mirrors, Spells, Salt, Sistrum, Wand, Water, Xua, etc (this list is not exhaustive)

Athame – Black handled blunt knife used for invoking positive energies in a circle and for protection.

Broomstick – Use this to ritually sweep ones sacred space before a working

Candles – Black candles are the best to use in banishing magic

Cords – Used to ritually bind something or someone from causing harm.

Gobi Dirt – This is soil from a Graveyard. Sprinkle some on the floor and sweep up with a dustpan or a broomstick

Incense – Use this to create sacred space, to cleanse and to purify an area or object

Mirror of Hathor – a Mirror that has one side scoured the other is clear. Look into the clear side, whilst reflecting back negative energies on the scoured side (or you could use a double sided or folded make up mirror).

Scrying Mirror – this is a mirror that has been blackened and is used to scry spirits or future events, as well as reflect back negativity. You could make your own by blackening an ordinary mirror with black paint (or use a piece of obsidian).

Sistrum – This is an Egyptian rattle. Walk around each room shaking this as you go, I call this the ‘shake and vac’. Said to dispel any negativity

Salt – Use to create a circle of protection or sprinkle around doors to keep evil out

Saltwater – Go round each room sprinkling this on the floor. Salt and Water are also used in aspersing sacred spaces, as they cleanse.

Spells – there are various ones here, some of the Romany and Spells from Charmed may be useful. Or you could make up your own. Remember a spell is a rhyming rune consisting of at least four lines

Wand – Used for directing the art of magic and zapping anything negative.

Water – Water helps to psychically break any link and cleanse. Sometimes it is good to have well water.

Xua – This is Solara’s technique for getting rid of negative energies by using a sweeping motion with your arms upwards to the nearest exit