mojo magick.
by Lilah Wild @ freestylewitchcraft.com
Always include a tag-lock to link the bag to an individual.
Always an odd number, and not more than thirteen.
LOVE CHARMS.
- ash keys(winged seed pods from the ash tree - they look like medieval locks) for fertility.
- things that are heart-shaped: pieces of love-related fruit skin, wax from a pink or red candle, a stone.
- red or pink coral.
- apple seeds.
- a scrap of parchment with your names and birthdates written on it in Dove's Blood ink, anointed with a drop of blood.
- seashells.
- a ring.
- a key(locking/unlocking hearts).
- seven pennies.
- sugar.
- popcorn.
- drops of pink champagne.
- leaves, roots, twigs, berries, pieces of bark from love-oriented trees
HERBS: jasmine, cinnamon, patchouli, violet, vetivert, ylang-ylang, lavender, mint, orris root, rose petals, vervain, periwinkle, mistletoe, ginger, damiana, vanilla beans, gardenia, passion flower, lemon and sweetpea(for friendship), blood root, catnip, chamomile, daisy, dragons blood, licorice stick, lotus, maidenhair, mandrake, meadowsweet, mimosa, orchid, poppy, spearmint, primrose, yarrow, Witchs Grass, satyrion root, jezebel root.
FOOD MOJOS/FLOWER ESSENCES/TEAS: mint, coriander, ginger, damiana, vanilla, chocolate, lemon, apple, Brazil nut, cardamom seeds, chamomile, cherry, chestnut, licorice, lime, orange, peach, pear, popcorn, sugar, strawberry, spearmint, raspberry, basil, dill seed, cinnamon, powdered orris root, marjoram.
MONEY CHARMS.
- a pair of dice.
- lodestones.
- lucky hand root.
- a nutmeg filled with quicksilver.
- tonka beans.
- magnetic sand.
- a black stone(protection from loss).
- buckeye wrapped with a dollar bill.
- a coin bearing the year of your birth/seven silver coins.
HERBS: nutmeg, cinnamon, bayberry, basil, pine needles, allspice, mustard seeds, cloves, almond, mint, Irish moss, heather, cedar, buckeye, smartweed, silverweed, Jamaica ginger, black snake root.
PROTECTIVE CHARMS.
- mandrake.
- rock salt.
- iron nails.
- broken glass.
- dragons blood reed.
- devils shoestring.
- stub of a white candle used in a sabbat.
SPIRITUAL CHARMS.
olive oil, sage, rosemary, sandalwood, frankincense, myrrh, lotus, cinnamon, violet, benzoin, sweetgrass, jasmine, acacia, iris, violet, mugwort, lemongrass, orchid, lilac, mimosa(dreams) Dittany of Crete, yew, camphor, poppy, eyebright, flax, wormwood.
MISCELLANEOUS CHARMS.
- for freedom: a piece of chain.
- health: things made from copper.
- fun: a toy.
- found objects: bits of animals, add shards of circuitry, things which are probably pieces of something bigger.
- a poem.
- a page from a book.
- something given to you as a gift.
- clay pentacle: earth symbolizing body, flesh, reality.
- enduring effects: stone, metal, bone.
- feathers: attributes of air.
- bones: that which touches the core.
- arrowhead.
- shells.
- teeth.
- braids of hair.
- beads.
- wood: carve your runes/sigils slightly into the wood, then rub a little ash or blood over the inscription.