This is just one/some approach/es out of infinitely many, so feel free to take them as you please and use it as something to chew on while figuring out your own magical path!
All the power we need we already have. That’s right, you could theoretically cast any spell with just intent and energy work, and many magic users don’t use any tools or items at all. However, doing something really huge would either take a very specific method or a metric crap-ton of effort. Since most of us are human beings with limits and nobody ever truly masters magic, items, tools, and correspondences help us focus, filter, and direct our own energy so that the result is more concentrated and more powerful than if we did it on our own. Like differently-shaped strainers.
All items have their own power. Everything from that double-terminated quartz to that old Snickers wrapper can be good for something. Most items are good for more than one thing, even on a mundane practical level. Some items are better suited for certain tasks, though, which is where you get those quick-and-dirty lists of key words from. When we use items for their own power, we’re taking the aspect of them we find most useful, focusing, and amplifying it so that it works its own magic. If all your ingredients work for lots of things but all of them work for luck, that aspect will shine through strongest.
They work WITH your energy… putting a bunch of ingredients together without energy, effort, or meaning is like building a computer but never charging the battery. Or throwing together a salad but never eating it! Correspondences make our job go a lot more easily, quickly, and effectively, but they aren’t reliable simply on their own. (In my view, it’s because the energy is unfocused and there’s a lot of extra noise.) So find a rhythm and a balance between your energy and your tools/ingredients and find what works for you!
I’m not the type of witch to go hunting for random ass ingredients that you can’t find anywhere, so I made a quick and easy curse against abusers/those who have wronged you.
You will need – Black Candle – Red Candle – Pentacle (optional) – Jar – A Cauldron -2 Pieces of Paper – Red Pen – Black Salt or herb ashes – Dirt
1st: Light your candles. Get powered up. get ANGRY. Get HEATED. Allow all your emotions to flow through you into your circle. 2nd: Bust out a letter of intent. Put every thing you imagine on there. You want them to be in unimaginable pain for the rest of their life? fuck yeah. You want them to be consumed by horrific guilt forever? DO IT. Write all that emotion in that letter. Fold it up and burn it. Add the ashes to your black salt or burnt herbs. 3rd: Put that burnt shit in a jar. 4th. Take the 2nd piece of paper and write the name (or a picture of the abuser) and shove it in that jar. Pour hot red wax all up in that shit. Imagine it burning that fucker who did you wrong. Sealing all your anger away from you and onto that stupid ass mofo who decided it was a good idea to fuck with a badass like yourself. 5. Fill the rest of your jar with dirt. Bury the seed of your anger and let the intent bloom and take fruition. 6. Throw that jar away or keep it in a safe place to remind you that that anger isn’t yours to carry. it’s being dealt with and it’s in that jar. 7. Cleanse your space and get back into a calm state. I recommend doing a healing spell or meditation after this.
fair--y backup 