BREAK BAD HABITS

Best performed during a waning moon.

ITEMS NEEDED

  • Black pillar candle to burn every day for at least a week

  • Cedar, cinnamon, dragon’s blood, or frankincense essential oil (optional)

Find a quiet place to work where you will not be disturbed or interrupted.

WHAT TO DO

  • Center, ground, and focus on the habit you wish to break. Why do you want to end this habit? How has having this habit harmed you or held you back? What do you need to change to rid yourself of this habit for good?

  • Light the candle and stare into the flame, thinking about the habit you wish to banish.

  • Say:

I call upon the cleansing fire, to unmake that which I desire. I rid myself of (habit to break) evermore. This habit of mine shall be no more.

  • Visualize the flame flaring and roaring up like an inferno. Open yourself to this blaze, inviting it to burn through you, cleansing you of your unwanted habit. As the candle wick burns, so your bad habit burns away.

  • Spend a few minutes meditating on ridding yourself of the unwanted habit.

  • snuff the candle out and store it someplace safe.

  • The next night, take out the candle and repeat the ritual.

  • Repeat every night for a week. On the last night, allow the candle to burn completely down.

  • Bury any remnants and ashes in the earth.

  • If the habit persists, continue the spell longer if needed, until wither the habit is broken or the candle burns down completely.

OVERCOME ADVERSITY

Best done under the waning moonlight. Perform this ritual someplace where you can leave the items in place without disturbance.

ITEMS NEEDED

  • 1 Black candle

  • 1 Tbs. dried basil (protection)

  • 1 Tsp. dried marjoram (peace and harmony)

  • Jalap root (inner power)

  • Tonka bean (luck)

  • Smooth stone

WHAT TO DO

  • Place the black candle on the ground and light it.

  • Sprinkle basil, marjoram, jalap root, and tonka bean around the candle.

  • Visualize yourself overcoming any adversity or anything that is getting in your way.

  • Say:

I am triumphant over all adversity. I am free to live as I choose. Love surrounds me completely. I am strong and I simply will not lose.

  • Pour three drops of the candle wax onto the smooth stone.

  • Snuff out the candle and turn it upside down (smother the wick in dirt)

  • Leave the ritual ingredients as they are

  • Carry the smooth stone on you for the next week, then store in a safe place.