Encylopedia of Love-Magick

The Encyclopediaof Love Magic:

Over 100 Spells, Charms, and Divinations

Written by Eliza Yetter

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Copyright 2005, Eliza YetterThe Encyclopedia of Love Magic

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Contents

Dream Magic

Shoes

Stockings

Garters

Pennies

Dream Lover

Dove Feather

Onion

Apples

Salted Egg

Bay Leaves

Rosemary Sprig

St. John’s Wort

Dandelion Dream Root

Pink Yarrow

Honeysuckle Wreath

Ivy Leaves

Even Ash Leaf

Sprig of Yew

Dream Haunting

Dream Mirror

Dumb Cake

Padlock and Key

Four Kings


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Divination

Candle Flame

Spring and Candle

Mirror and Well

Who Loves Me Stone

Wedding Ring Pendulum

Hanging Apples

Apple Seeds

Apple Peel

Book Divination

Odds and Evens

He Loves

Pear Tree

Even Ash Leaf

Hawthorn Branch

Sage Leaves

Rosemary and Flour

Yarrow Leaf

Four-Leaf Clover

Ivy Leaves

Dandelion Fluff

Carlins

Pea Pod

Hempseed

Cigar

Tossing a Die

Handkerchief


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Love Letter

Choosing a New Lover

Comb

Gold Ring

Acorns

Walnut Shells

Walnut Tree

Hazel Nuts

Wax Divination (Voskolitie)

Three Bowls

Cat Whiskers

Wishbone

Trail of Ashes

Spells, Charms, and Rituals

Full Moon Ashes

Hooked Heart

Matchbox Love Spell

Two Red Hearts

Braided Anklet

Circle of Stones

Candle Lighting Love Spell

Two Sticks

Popsicle Sticks

The Faithful Wink

Lemon Balm Pillow

Stone with Two Names

Locked in Love


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Valerian

Armpit Orange

Simple Heart Spell

Five pennies in a Well

Bent Pennies

Luck Changer

Herb Bundle

To Attract a Soul Mate

The Daisy Sending

Moth Sending

Clam Shell and Candle

Attract a Lover Parchment Amulet

Knotted Hair

Bottled Love

Rose Quartz Amulet

Finding a New Partner for You and Your Children

Walnut Shell Boat

Tree-Bound Love

Names in the Sand

Red Wine

Chicory Root

Binding the Knave of Hearts

Fern Leaf

Ivy Leaf

Footprints

To Force a Confrontation

Twelve Pins


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Love Stinks

Undoing Love Spells

Water Dump

Two Separate Candles

Appendix

Gods and Goddesses of Love

Superstitions

Dream Dictionary

Bibliography


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Dream Magic

S h o e s

To dream of your future lover, put a pair of your shoes

inside your bedroom door with the toes of your shoes pointing

in towards your room. This action will provide you with a dream

showing you the next lover that will walk into your life.

Another popular bit of dream magic involving shoes

requires you to place your shoes in the form of a T on your

windowsill. Say:

“Hoping this night my true love to see,

I’ve placed my shoes in the form of a T.”

S t o c k i n g s

Before going to bed on a Friday night, put your left

stocking into your right stocking, and say:

“This is the blessed Friday night

I put my left stocking into my right;

To dream of the living and not the dead,

To dream of the man that I am to wed.”

Place the stockings under your pillow when you are


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finished saying the rhyme.

G a r t e r s

Using garters in dream divinations was once popular

throughout Europe and the United States. There are numerous

variations of this spell but nearly all require the girl to

knot her garter nine times before going to sleep.

For this first divination, the girl must knit her left

garter around her right stocking nine times. She begins by

saying the rhyme below and makes a knot at each comma:

“This knot I knit,

To know the thing,

I know not yet,

That I may see,

The man that shall my husband be,

How he goes,

And what he wears,

And what he does,

All days,

And years.”

Another dream divination involving garters requires the

girl to tie her garters around the bedposts nine times while

saying:


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“This knot I knit, this knot I tie,

To see my lover as he goes by,

In his apparel and array,

As he walks about in every day.”

The following dream divination does not require the girl

to knit her garters. Instead, she is to pin her garters to the

wall:

“I pin my garters to the wall,

And put my shoes in the shape of a T,

In hopes my true love for to see,

Not in his apparel nor in his array,

But in the clothes he wears every day.

If I am his bride to be,

If I am his clothes to wear,

If I am his children to bear,

I hope he’ll turn his face to me;

But if I am not his bride to be,

If I am not his clothes to wear,

If I am not his children to bear,

I hope he’ll turn his back to me.”

After performing any of the above garter dream

divinations, the girl is to immediately get into the bed and

not speak another word until waking in the morning.


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P e n n i e s

To dream the face of your true love, gather five pennies.

Place one penny under each corner of your mattress and one

under the center of your mattress before going to bed.

Dream Lover

A wise woman recently confided in me that she had a dream

lover that visited her nearly every night. When I asked her how

she managed to conjure up a dream lover she said that she

covered the top of her boxspring with a mixture of dried

mugwort and dried red rose petals. After putting the mattress

back upon the boxspring, she tied four gold strings, one on

each leg of the bed. She replaces the dried herbs monthly and

on nights when she doesn’t want any visitations she unties the

gold strings.

Dove Feather

Whether you are infatuated with a movie star or a

character in a book, you can create a dream image of the person

or character for dreamtime romances. All you need is a dove’s

feather (the bird of Venus and of lovers’ souls), a bottle of

ink, a slip of white paper, and three dimes. Snip off the end

point of the dove feather and use it as a quill to write the


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person or character’s name on the paper. When dry, put the

paper inside your pillowcase and place the three dimes on your

windowsill. Happy dreaming!

O n i o n

To sleep with an onion under your pillow will enable you

to dream of your future lover. The onion also drives away

negative energy and will absorb recurring nightmares.

A p p l e s

To discover whether or not you will marry the man you

love, push a pin into a juicy red apple. Put the middle finger

of your left hand on the head of the pin and say the man’s

name. Place the apple under your pillow. When you have gotten

into bed to go to sleep, clap your hands together one time and

say:

“If you be he that must have me

To be your wedded bride,

Make no delay,

Come right away,

This night to my bedside.”

Another dream divination requires that you be given an

apple on Halloween. Place the apple under your pillow and you


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will dream of your future husband or wife.

Salted Egg

For those who like salty foods, one way to dream of a

future lover is to remove the yolk from a hard boiled egg and

put salt in its place. Eat this just before going to bed.

A similar dream divination states that you should eat the

yolk, salt the white, and put the salted eggwhite under your

pillow.

Bay Leaves

Gather five bay leaves on the night of a full moon. Pin a

bay leaf to each of the four corners of your pillow and one bay

leaf to the center of your pillow. Say:

“I now lay down to go to sleep,

My dreams will show me if I keep

My sweetheart, and if married we,

Before the year is out, shall be.”

Rosemary Sprig

On the night before Halloween, put a sprig of rosemary and

a silver coin under your pillow to dream of your future husband


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or wife.

St. John’s Wort

On the night before Midsummer Day, gather nine yellow St.

John’s Wort flowers and place them under your pillow. You will

dream of the person you will marry.

Dandelion Dream Root

To dream the face of your next lover, dig up and dry a

dandelion root. When completely dried, tie a red thread around

the root. Keep this root in a pouch of its own and whenever you

desire to see who your next lover will be, place the root under

your pillow before going to sleep.

Pink Yarrow

To dream of the man you will marry, gather pink yarrow,

and say:

“Yarrow, pink yarrow, the first that I have found,

In the name of Love, I have plucked you from the ground.

Always when I hold you, all is well and dear,

And in my dreams tonight, my true love shall appear.”

Place the yarrow beneath your pillow before going to


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sleep.

Honeysuckle Wreath

To dream of your future husband, make a wreath out of

honeysuckle vine and hang it above your bed.

Ivy Leaves

Should a man desire to know who his wife will be, he must

pick ten ivy leaves while he is outside, preferably at midnight

on a full moon, and bring them to his home. When he reaches his

front door, he must toss one ivy leaf to the ground and put the

rest under his pillow. This will cause him to dream of his

wife-to-be.

Even Ash Leaf

To see your future husband in a dream, pluck an even ash

leaf, and say:

“Even ash, even ash, I pluck thee,

This night my own true love to see,

Not in his rick nor in his rare,

But in the clothes he does everyday wear.”

Sleep with the even ash leaf beneath your pillow.


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Sprig of Yew

To dream of your future husband or wife, cut a small sprig

from a yew tree that is found growing in a graveyard and place

it under your pillow before going to sleep at night.

Dream Haunting

To haunt the dreams of a former lover so that he will

return to you, you will need to gather three red roses on

Midsummer Eve. Then on Midsummer morning you must bury one rose

under a yew tree and one rose at a cemetery. The third rose

needs to be placed under your pillow. Sleep with the rose under

your pillow for three nights and, afterwards, burn the rose.

Images of you will then begin to haunt the dreams of your

former lover until he returns to you.

Dream Mirrors

If you desire to sleep with a mirror under your pillow

will provide you with a dream of your future lover. Some say

that you need to first purify the mirror by washing it in salt

water and then take it to your bed without it reflecting

anyone’s image. One lady told me that the mirror should first

catch sight of a red apple before being used.


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To dream of a specific person you must first catch his or

her image in the mirror before placing it under your pillow. If

you cannot get the person’s image directly, reflect his or her

picture in the mirror before placing it under your pillow.

Dumb Cake

In England, girls would make a dumb cake for the purpose

of discovering who would marry first and for finding out

exactly who a girl’s husband would be. The dumb cake was made

on the night of Halloween or on the night of the full moon.

This tradition has strong roots in Paganism and lunar

associations and could more accurately be named moon cake.

The dumb cake was made by combining one eggshell full of

flour, one eggshell full of sugar, and a pinch of salt. This

was made into a dough using spring water and patted out round.

Sometimes it was baked by the fireplace and other times it was

used unbaked.

To discover which girl would marry first and who the

husband would be, a group of maidens would take turns making

this cake between 11 pm and midnight. Each girl would then

write her initials on the cake using a pin. The dumb cake was

then set on a table and the girls waited in absolute silence

until a few minutes after the stroke of midnight when the image

of the future husband would enter the room and place his hand


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over the initials of the girl he would marry.

Another practice using the dumb cake was to be performed

by no more than three maidens. The dumb cake was made and

baked. When the clock struck midnight, each of the girls would

take a portion of the cake and walk backwards to bed. On their

way, the girls would either see the image of their future

husbands following after them or they would hear a tapping on

their bedroom door. If nothing was seen or heard, that girl

would not be married.

To dream of one’s future husband, a group of three girls

would make and bake the dumb cake, divide it between them, and

then each would eat a bit of her portion and place the rest of

it under her pillow.

Padlock and Key

One way to dream of the man you will marry is to place a

locked padlock beside your bed. Put the key under your pillow

and say:

“Husband who will one day be,

Come and ask me for the key.”


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Four Kings

To dream of your future husband, remove the four kings

from a deck of cards and place them under your pillow. This

same divination can be performed by men using the four queens.


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Divination

Candle Flame

The candle’s flame has long been used in acts of

divination to determine the outcome of many things, from

marriages to business deals. Here the candle flame will be read

to find out how a relationship will turn out with the person

named.

Set a red candle before you and say:

“[His/Her name] is his/her name

And I do want him/her so.

Reveal to me, O candle flame,

How the relationship will go.”

Light the candle with a match. If the candle does not want

to light on the first three tries, there will be no fruitful

relationship between you and the named person. If the candle

does need to be relit, the relationship will be off to a rocky

start. When the candle is lit, watch the flame. If the flame

sputters and spits, there will be fights between you. If the

flame burns blue, the relationship will quickly turn cold. If

the flame is short, the relationship will turn into a business

partnership. Should the flame dance about merrily, the

relationship will be a happy one. Finally, if the flame burns


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tall and strong then you have found your soul mate.

Spring and Candle

An old Halloween night tradition states that if a woman

peers into the water coming out of a natural spring while

holding a candle aloft, she will see the reflection of her

future husband.

Mirror and Well

For a woman to see the image of her future lover she must

walk backwards around a well two times, hold a mirror over the

well, and then look into the mirror to see his reflection

Who Loves Me Stone

Since ancient times stones have been used for divinatory

purposes. For this divination you will need one small stone. It

must be flat on both sides like a skipping stone.

When you find a flat-sided stone, rub some of your spittle

onto it and then put the stone under your pillow. For three

nights you must sleep with it under your pillow. Keep notes on

who shows up in your dreams as the stone may already be trying

to reveal who loves you.


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After this period of sleeping with the stone, remove it

from under your pillow. Mark one side of the stone with a

circle for “yes” and mark a line on the opposite side for “no.”

This can be done with paint, nail polish, or permanent marker.

To use, shake the stone in your cupped hands and say:

“Who loves me?

Is it [name]?”

Let the stone drop onto a table or floor. The symbol that

is facing upwards is your answer.

This stone can also be used for answering other yes or no

questions and should be kept in a pouch or wrapped in cloth for

safe keeping.

Wedding Ring Pendulum

To discover the initials of the man you will marry, you

must first borrow a friend’s or relative’s wedding ring. Tie a

white thread onto the ring and then suspend it over a wine

glass that is half-filled with spring water. Begin to slowly

recite the alphabet until the ring hits the glass two times

rapidly. The letter that it raps twice on is the initial of his

first name. Repeat to find the initial of his last name.


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Hanging Apples

This divination is a Halloween game played by a group of

young people to discover who will marry first, next, or not at

all.

Each person hangs an apple on string in front of a fire.

The apples are twirled around and the person whose apple falls

first will marry first. The rest of the apples will fall in the

order of who will be married next. Should someone’s apple not

fall, that person will die unwed.

Apple Seeds

To discover if you will soon marry, cut open an apple and

count the seeds. An even number of seeds means that you will be

married shortly.

To discover which man you should marry, stick apple seeds

on your cheek, naming each one after a man of your choice. The

apple seed that sticks to your cheek the longest is the best

man to marry.

An apple seed can also be placed on a fire, with the

words:


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“If you love me, bounce and fly.

If you hate me, lie and die.”

Should the seed pop or burst, your lover is true to you.

If the seed does nothing, it is time to seek a new lover.

Apple Peel

Peel an apple in one long strip. Throw the peel over your

left shoulder. Examine the apple peel after it has landed on

the ground. You will be able to see the initials of your future

wife or husband in the shapes of the peel.

Book Divination

This form of divination is quick and easy to perform. All

you need is a book. For matters of love, you should select a

book of love poems or sonnets.

Picture in your mind the woman or man that you are

enamored with and then open the book to a random page. Let your

pointer finger select a passage and read it. The passage will

tell you something about the person you were thinking of.


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Odds and Evens

This divination also involves the use of a book and is

performed to find your perfect match.

Stand before a bookcase with your eyes closed. Think of

the person you are interested in and then reach out and pull a

book off the bookshelf. Look at the last page number of the

book and add the numbers together. For example, if the last

numbered page of the book is 264, you would add the numbers

2+6+4. If the answer is an even number then you and the person

you were thinking of are a match.

He Loves

This very old love divination turned nursery rhyme can be

performed by gathering a handful of pennies and letting them

drop onto the ground. Count the number of pennies that are

heads up using the following old nursery and divination rhyme:


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“One, he loves. Two, he loves.

Three, he loves, they say.

Four, he loves with all his heart.

Five, he casts away.

Six, he loves. Seven, she loves.

Eight, they both love.

Nine, he comes. Ten, he tarries.

Eleven, he courts. Twelve, he marries.”

If there are more than twelve heads-up pennies, begin the

rhyme from the beginning and continue until they are all

counted.

Pear Tree

Walk backwards nine times around a pear tree on Yule night

to see the image of your future spouse.

Even Ash Leaf

If a girl wishes to meet the man she will marry, she must

pluck an even ash leaf from a tree, and say:

“Even, even, ash,

I pluck you off the tree.

The first young man I meet,

My lover he shall be.”


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She must then put the leaf inside her left shoe and she

will marry the first man she meets that day.

Hawthorn Branch

On the eve of May Day, hang a flowering hawthorn branch

from a sign post at a crossroads. Leave the branch to hang

there overnight. In the morning, check to see which way the

wind has blown the branch and from that direction your husband

or wife will come. If the branch has altogether blown away, you

will not marry.

Sage Leaves

Another way to see the image of the person you will marry

is to pick twelve sage leaves on the night of the new moon and

then toss them out in front of yourself. An image will appear

in the darkness before you.

Rosemary and Flour

To discover the initials of your husband-to-be, put a

plate of flour under a rosemary bush on the night before

Midsummer. In the morning you will discover the initials of

your future husband traced in the flour.


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Yarrow Leaf

A form of love divination performed by East Anglian girls

required them to put a yarrow leaf up one of their nostrils and

gently move it about, while saying:

“Yarroway, yarroway, bear a white blow.

If my love loves me, my nose will bleed now.

If my love don’t love me, it won’t bleed a drop.

If my love do love me, ‘twill bleed every drop.”

Four-Leaf Clover

When you find a four-leaf clover, put it in your right

shoe. The first man you meet will be your husband or he will

bear the first name of the man you will marry.

Ivy Leaves

Pick an ivy leaf and put it in your left pocket. You will

marry the first man you meet thereafter, even if he is

currently married.

On the night of Halloween, gather a pointed ivy leaf to

represent a man and a rounded ivy leaf to represent a woman.

Name the ivy leaves and throw them into a fire at the same

time. If the ivy leaves jump together, the two people named


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will marry. If the ivy leaves jump apart, the two people will

quarrel and part.

Dandelion Fluff

To find out how many years until they will be married,

young girls pick a dandelion that has gone to seed and blow on

it. The number of times it takes to blow off all the seeds will

be the number of years until marriage.

C a r l i n s

Carlins (grey peas) were used for marriage divinations

among groups of people in Northumberland. Carlins were prepared

with an added odd bean. When served, the person who received

the odd bean among his or her carlins would be the first in the

group to marry.

In another group marriage divination, the carlins were

dished out to all who were present until there was only a

spoonful of the peas remaining in the bowl. Each person would

then take a turn removing one pea at a time from the bowl. The

person who got the last pea would be the one who would marry

first.


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Pea Pod

Should a maiden place a pod containing nine peas on the

lintel outside her front door, the first man to enter through

the door would be her husband.

H e m p s e e d

One popular marriage divination required a girl to sow

hempseed over her left shoulder at midnight on Halloween. While

doing this, she would say:

“Hempseed I sow.

Hempseed, grow.

He that is to marry me,

Come after me and mow.”

The image of her future husband would then appear behind

her. If no image appeared, she would not marry that year.

However, if she saw an image of a coffin behind her it meant

that she would die young and unwed.

Since it is no longer possible to sow hempseed in one’s

garden, grass seed has been used in its place.


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C i g a r

Most of us have heard that stepping on a crack in the

sidewalk will “break your mother’s back,” but did you know that

if a woman unintentionally steps on a discarded cigar end she

will marry the next man she sees? That is, at least, how the

superstition goes in Salem, Massachusetts.

Tossing a Die

Discover what type of person you will marry by rolling a

die.

One - You will marry someone who will become famous.

Two - Your spouse will be a foreigner.

Three - You will marry a thief.

Four - You will marry a politician.

Five - You will marry a person in the military.

Six - You will marry into wealth.

H a n d k e r c h i e f

On the eve of May Day, lay your handkerchief on a bush and

retrieve it the next morning. The initials of your future

spouse will be written in dew upon it.


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Love Letter

Take a love letter that was written to you and light it at

the fireplace. If the love letter burns bright and clean then

the love is true. If the love letter doesn’t want to stay lit,

the love affair will soon be over. Should the flame burn blue

and short, it is best that you find another.

Choosing a New Lover

On the night of the new moon, go outside or open your

bedroom window so that you can see the moonsliver. Hold up a

mirror and angle it so that you can see the new moon reflected

in it. Say:

“Moon, moon, show to me

Who my next lover will be.”

Stare into the mirror and the face of your next lover

should appear. If nothing happens, place the mirror under your

pillow and your new lover will appear in your dreams.


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C o m b

I remember performing this bit of mirror magic when I was

about fourteen years of age. My mom and I lived together in a

stone farmhouse built in the early 1800’s and the place was

always harboring haunts. On Halloween night I stood in front of

my mirror and began combing my hair. No sooner had I started

than did an image begin to materialize behind me. I let out a

yelp, the comb flew through the air, and I high-tailed it

downstairs to where my mom was sitting. You’ve been warned.

To see your future spouse, sit or stand in front of a

mirror on Halloween night and comb your hair. The image of the

person you will marry will be seen standing behind you.

Gold Ring

More frightening than the one above, this divinatory

custom was commonly performed in Siberia. A girl would go into

the cellar right before midnight. At the stroke of twelve, she

would look through a gold ring and into a mirror to see the

face of her husband-to-be who would be standing behind her.

A c o r n s

Gather two acorns. Give the one acorn your name and the

other acorn the name of your lover. Drop both the acorns into a


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bowl of water. If the acorns float next to each other then

marriage is certain. If one of the acorns sink the person it is

named after will soon die.

Walnut Shells

This was performed by girls in Russia to see who would

marry first, next, and not at all.

Each girl puts a candle bit into a walnut shell, lights

the candle, and sets the walnut shell to float into a bowl of

water. The girl whose candle goes out first will marry first,

and so on. Should any walnut shell sink, that girl will not

marry.

Walnut shells are quite often used in spells and

divinations. It’s surprising that no candle makers sell walnut

shell candles for these purposes.

Walnut Tree

For a young man wishing to discover who his true love will

be he must walk around a walnut tree three times while saying:

“Let she that is my love to be

Pick the walnuts from this tree.”


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Looking up into the tree, the young man will see the image

of his true love.

Hazel Nuts

To know if you and your lover are destined to be happy in

marriage, name two hazel nuts and then set them side by side in

a fire. If the nuts burst apart, it is a bad omen. However, if

the hazel nuts burn side by side quietly, the marriage will be

a good one.

Wax Divination (Voskolitie)

This was practiced in Russia by maidens who wished to

discover something about their future, especially about the

husband they would marry. A candle would be lit and allowed to

burn for some time before it was midnight. At the stroke of

midnight the melted candle wax would be poured into a bowl of

spring water. From this they would divine their future.

Some shapes and their meanings are:

Bird - You will marry into wealth.

Cat - You will be a spinster.

Coffin - Death or widowhood.

Cross - A hard life awaits you.

Crown - Marriage.


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Flower - A friend will soon marry.

Heart - True love will strike you fast.

Ship with Sails - You will marry far away from home.

Wolf - Danger lurks nearby.

Three Bowls

This is a Halloween game played by girls to discover what

sort of man they will marry.

Three bowls are set on a table: one filled with water, one

with mud, and the other is empty. The girl whose turn it is is

blindfolded and led to the table to choose a bowl. The bowl

filled with water means a good and honest husband, the one

filled with mud means a husband who will come to no good, and

the empty bowl means there will be no husband.

This divination game can easily be elaborated upon by

adding a bowl of sugar for a sweet husband, a bowl of salt for

a soul mate, etc.

Cat Whiskers

On Halloween night, go to a spot where your cat sleeps and

search the area for discarded whiskers. If you find one

whisker, you will not be married within the next three years.

If you find two whiskers, you will marry your soul mate. You


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will marry but soon divorce should you find only three

whiskers. Find four whiskers and you will marry and bear a

child within a year’s time.

W i s h b o n e

On New Year’s Eve take a clean, unbroken wishbone and

drill a small hole through the flat part at the top. Place the

wishbone on your nose like a pair of glasses and pass a thread

through the drilled hole. The amount of times you fail to pass

the thread through the hole is the number of years until you

marry.

Trail of Ashes

A young man desiring to know his future wife should lay a

trail of wood ash to his home on the night of Halloween. The

woman who follows this trail will one day be his bride.


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Spells, Charms, and Rituals

Full Moon Ashes

Take the ashes from a fire that burned on the night of a

full moon and sprinkle them in a clockwise circle around a red

rose bush while saying:

“Circle round

The merry-wise.

Love is crowned,

Not otherwise.”

Pluck two petals from one of the rose blooms and put one

petal in each shoe to draw love to you.

Hooked Heart

To hook a lover, form a heart out of softened beeswax.

Scratch the initials of the one you love onto the heart. Very

carefully, push a fish hook through the heart. Put the hooked

heart into a small bottle and bury it in a safe and secluded

place away from your home.

This spell first came to me by word of mouth. The teller

assured me of its use in early America. Originally, the hooked

heart was suspended from a tree. Knowing full well of the


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dangers of carelessly discarded fish hooks, I altered the spell

to place the hooked heart safely inside a bottle.

Matchbox Love Spell

This is one of the more involved love spells in this

section. It also has a very high success rate if performed

without interruptions and with strong focus of will.

Gather together:

small red votive candle

one match

one small, empty matchbox

pin

white slip of paper

red ink pen or marker

penny

white string

Begin:

With the pin in your writing hand and the candle in your

other hand, say:

“I prick [his/her name] heart with these words.”

Using the pin, write on the candle:

[His/Her name] loves [your name].


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Set the pin and candle down. Pick up the match and empty

matchbox. Strike the match and say:

“[His/Her name] feels his/her desire burning for me.”

Light the candle.

While the candle is burning, write your name and his/her

name on the slip of white paper, using red ink. Draw a heart

around both of your names together. Fold the paper in half and

then in half again and place this inside the matchbox.

Place the penny inside the matchbox and say:

“Venus, witness my act and make [his/her name] want me.”

Allow the votive candle to continue burning. When there is

enough spilled wax or soft wax from the candle, take a small

amount of it and form it into a heart. Place this into the

matchbox.

Take the white string and begin tying it around the

matchbox just as you would a package. While doing this, say:

“I bind [his/her name] love to me. I am now in [his/her

name] thoughts. [His/Her name] desires me.”

Allow the candle to burn itself out, if it has not done so

already.


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Place the matchbox in a safe place.

Spell is done.

Two Red Hearts

A friend of mine was interested in a certain man and

wanted to perform a simple love spell that would bring them

together. But, she warned me, the spell would have to be easily

undone in case something went “wrong.” The following spell is

what I had her perform.

Cut two red hearts out of construction paper. Write your

name on one heart and his name on the other. Bind these two

hearts together, names facing in towards each other, with a

safety pin. Place these inside an envelope and seal. Keep in a

safe place.

Should the need arise to undo the spell, rip open the

envelope and remove the hearts. Open the safety pin, separate

the hearts, and say:

“First bound,

Now undone.

To separate paths,

We have come.”


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Burn each heart, separately, to ashes and then release the

ashes to the wind.

Braided Anklet

To bind his love to you, you will need a yard each of dark

red, off-white, and black embroidery string.

Knot the three strings together while visualizing the

person you desire and chanting:

“The love I make.

The time has come.”

Continue visualizing and chanting until the entire length

is braided. Knot the end.

Wear this braid wrapped around your left ankle.

Circle of Stones

To bring yourself and another together in love you will

first need to gather a pile of small stones. You will also need

a piece of charcoal for writing and a small, private clearing

in the woods, in a field, or in your garden where it will not

be noticed or disturbed.


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From your pile of stones, select a stone to represent

yourself and write your initials onto it with the charcoal.

Select another stone to represent the person you desire and

write his or her initials onto it with the charcoal.

Place these two stones beside each other in the center of

the small clearing. Next, create a stone circle around the two

stones and while doing so, say:

“Circle stones all around,

Where two lovers have been found.

In perfect peace of nature’s sound,

Here the lovers have been bound.”

Leave the stones as they are and return to your daily

life.

Candle Lighting Love Spell

This spell takes time to perform. Begin by gathering

together the following:

5 small votive candles, 4 red and 1 white

small photo of the person you desire

matches

compass


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envelope

small bowl of sand

The photo used in this spell will get covered in wax. To

avoid ruining the photo you can make a photocopy of it. Use the

photocopied picture in place of the original.

Begin:

Using the compass, set each red candle at the four points:

North, East, South, West.

Place the white candle in the center of the four red

candles.

You should be standing at the South candle, facing North.

Place the photo in the center, below the white candle

(South).

Keep a small bowl of sand beside you to put out the

matches.

Light the North candle and say:

“I call to [his/her name]. You are beginning to think

about me.”


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Put out the match in the bowl of sand. Wait a few moments

while the candle burns. When some of the wax has melted, lift

it up and pour some of the wax onto the photo.

Light the candle in the East and say:

“[His/Her name], you are now becoming curious about me and

you want to become acquainted with me.”


and then pour the wax onto the photo.

Light the candle in the South and say:

“[His/Her name], you feel the heat and desire burning

inside of you.”



Light the candle in the West and say:

“[His/Her name], you now realize that you are in love with

me.”



Light the candle in the center and say:

“[His/Her name], I am now at the center of your


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attention.”



Allow the candles to burn themselves out.

Once all the candles are out, take the photo and place it

inside the envelope.

Seal the envelope and say:

“[His/Her name] is now mine.”

Place the envelope in a safe place and do not open it

unless you want the spell to be broken.

Two Sticks

Among many people in ancient times a popular love binding

was performed using two sticks and some string. Each stick was

named for a person. For example, one stick would be given your

name and you would announce, “This is [your name].” The other

stick would be given the name of the person you want bound to

you, “This is [his/her name].” The two sticks were then bound

tightly together and placed safely inside the house or

sometimes in a hidden place in the woods.


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The sticks that were used came from trees that symbolized

love or masculine/feminine energies. For love, use sticks from

an apple tree. For feminine energy, use a willow stick. For

masculine energy, a stick from an oak tree should be used.

Holly (feminine) and oak (masculine) can also be combined.

Popsicle Sticks

This is a modern version of the Two Sticks love spell. You

will need two wood popsicle sticks, a red marker, glue, and a

red scarf or piece of fabric.

On one popsicle stick write your name and on the other

write the name of the person you love. Glue the sticks on top

of each other, names facing inward. Say:

“Together two turns to one.

I the moon and you the sun,

Eclipsed within eternity’s run.”

When the glue is completely dry, wrap the popsicle sticks

in a red scarf or piece of fabric and keep in a safe, hidden

place.


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The Faithful Wink

To ensure your lover’s faithfulness and love, wink at the

largest star in the night’s sky before you go to bed.

Lemon Balm Pillow

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) was used in the Middle

Ages as a love charm. The herb is also dedicated to the goddess

Diana, Queen of Witches.

To attract the love of a man, sew dried lemon balm into a

small pillow using red, pink, or white fabric. Be creative by

sewing a heart pillow to attract sexual love, a circle pillow

to attract well-rounded love, or a square pillow to attract a

love that is down to earth.

Say over it:

“Draw his heart

Into mine

To dwell

And entwine.”

Keep your lemon balm pillow with you wherever you go until

the man that you are seeking comes to you.


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Stone with Two Names

Take a red permanent marker with you to a pond. Walk one

time around the pond widdershins and find a stone with a smooth

side that is large enough to write two names or sets of

initials upon it. Once you have completed your widdershins

walk, turn around and, still holding onto the stone, walk

around the pond clockwise one time. When finished, write your

name or initials and those of the one you desire onto the stone

with the marker. Throw the stone into the center of the pond

and then leave the area.

Locked in Love

Long ago, small locks were used in many successful love

spells. They have since been deemed as dangerous and are

ignored in most modern books of witchcraft.

For this spell, gather together:

small lock, the kind with a key and NOT a combination

small red candle

Begin:

Before you are to see the person you desire, open the

lock. Place the open lock in your pocket and the key in another

pocket.


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When you see the person you desire from a short distance,

place your hand inside your pocket and while you are looking at

him/her, snap the lock shut.

Upon returning to your home, remove both the key and the

lock from your pockets.

Light the small red candle and say:

“Now I have locked [his/her name] heart. This candle burns

with his/her desire for me.”

Allow the candle to burn for a short while and then tip

the red hot wax into the keyhole and say:

“[His/Her name] love is sealed.”

Pick up the key for the lock and say:

“I hold the key to [his/her name] love. And he/she is mine

for as long as the lock is sealed.”

Place the lock in a safe place.

Keep the key worn either around your neck or on your

keychain.


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V a l e r i a n

The woman who discretely tucks a sprig of valerian into

her bra will attract the attention of men.

Armpit Orange

There are a great number of love spells and charms

throughout history that make use of an orange, but the most

amusing spell comes from Norfolk.

A young man desiring the love of a certain girl would

prick the pits on the skin of an orange and afterwards sleep

with it under his armpit. The next day he would give the orange

to the girl. If she ate the orange, she would fall madly in

love with the young man.

Simple Heart Spell

The heart is a symbol of sexual love. Like the circle, it

is also a binding symbol and it is most often used to hold the

names of two lovers. In other words, it binds two people

together in sexual love.

Many young people practice this form of magic without

realizing that they are performing a binding spell. This lack

of awareness is why their doodles don’t take on greater meaning


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and don’t work in the realm of magic.

To bring the heart symbol into action, you will need:

white slip of paper

red ink pen or marker

In red ink, write your name on the slip of paper. Below

your name, write the person’s name whom you are attracted to.

Draw a heart surrounding both of your names while saying:

“Together you and I are bound

As this pen/marker travels round.”

Hold this slip of paper in your hands and visualize

yourself and the other person together in a loving embrace.

Fold the paper in half and then in half again. Keep it in a

safe place.

Five Pennies in a Well

If you live near an old well then this love attraction

spell may be perfect for you.

Take five copper pennies to the wishing well. Drop the

first penny in and say:

“One for Venus.”


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Drop the second penny in the well and say:

“One for Spirit.”

Drop the third penny in and say:

“One for life.”

Drop the fourth penny in and say:

“One for joy.”

Drop the fifth and final penny into the well and say:

“And one for love to come to me.”

When finished, search around the well for a white pebble.

When you find it, keep the pebble on your person until love

finds you.

Bent Pennies

Wise women used to sell a popular love charm containing a

bent penny and a chunk of red wax tied into a cloth.

These days one might alter this charm using a penny with

one’s birth year on it and a bit of red wax shaped into a

heart. These two items can then be tied into a white cloth with

red string and carried in pocket or purse to attract love.


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Luck Changer

To change your luck in love, wear your socks inside out

and put a leaf from the lovage plant (Levisticum officinale)

inside each shoe.

Herb Bundle

To draw love into your life, gather one sprig of each:

rosemary, lavender, thyme, and whole bay leaf. Bundle these

four herbs together with natural twine.

Next, toss this herb bundle into the fireplace at night

and, as it burns, say:

“Smoke rises into the night,

Beckoning a mate for me;

Seek far and near, on steady path,

And draw her/him gently to me.”

Take a moment to close your eyes and visualize tendrils of

smoke travelling through the air to find a love for you.


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To Attract a Soul Mate

For this spell you will need:

sticks from an apple tree

string, red and white

glue

outdoor evergreen tree

To begin you will need to make a small ladder from the

apple tree sticks you have gathered. Two sticks should both be

about six inches in length. These will be the sides of the

ladder. For the rungs, you will need four thin sticks that are

about two inches in length. Glue the rungs onto the side sticks

and allow to dry completely before proceeding.

When dry, take a short length of red string. Knot it three

times around the bottom rung of the ladder while saying:

“To find, to secure, and to love.”

Take a short length of white string and knot it three

times around the top rung of the ladder while saying:

“To unite, to seek higher, and to gain wholeness.”

Take this miniature ladder to an evergreen tree and set it

on the ground and against the trunk of the tree with the white

knotted rung upwards.


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The Daisy Sending

To send out a calling for love you will need one white

daisy and a nearby stream.

Standing by the side of the stream, pluck a petal from the

daisy and drop it into the running water. Say:

“Love come simply.”

Pluck a second petal, drop it into the water, and say:

“Ever gently.”

Pluck a third petal, drop it into the water, and say:

“Ever closer.”

Pluck a fourth petal, drop it into the water, and say:

“Endearingly.”

Pluck a fifth petal, drop it into the water, and say:

“Entering my life.”

Set down what remains of the daisy beside the stream, and

say:

“Spell is done.

True love will come.”


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Moth Sending

Luna is the Queen of the Night and the winged night

creatures are her messengers. To find love, go outdoors upon

the full moon and gently catch a moth. While it is within your

cupped hands, say softly to it:

“On whispered wings

And dancing flight,

Seek my true love

Upon this night.”

Release the moth and return indoors.

Clam Shell and Candle

The purpose of this spell is to attract the affections of

the person you love by calling upon the aid of Eros/Cupid.

You will need a medium to large clam shell (an oyster

shell will do), sand, and a small red votive candle.

Fill the clam shell with some sand. On the red votive

candle inscribe the following using a pin:

“[Her/His name] awaken to me

As love is sent to thee.”


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Set the candle in the clam shell, making sure that it is

pressed down into the sand. Light the candle with a match, and

say:

“Eros, son of the Goddess of Love,

Hear my plea from the clouds above

And send [her/his name] a swift and accurate dart

So that love may pierce her/his longed-for heart.”

Allow the candle to burn itself out and on the following

day, bury the shell and candle remains outside your home or in

some private place where it will not be disturbed.

Attract a Lover Parchment Amulet

Parchment is stronger than paper and has been used for

centuries to create personal talismans and amulets. Many craft

and office stores carry it as well as a number of occult

stores.

For this amulet you will need a piece of parchment that is

2 inches by 2 inches, black ink for attraction (black absorbs

heat and is the combination of all colors), and red thread for

sexual energy.

If you are seeking a heterosexual affair then draw an ankh

in the center of the parchment. The ankh represents the

masculine and feminine sexual energies as joined together.


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For a woman seeking a female lover, draw an almond shape

in the center. The almond is an ancient yoni symbol and also

forms part of the body of the fish which was a symbol of the

Goddess long before it was adopted by Christianity to symbolize

Christ.

For a man seeking a male lover, draw a triangle pointed

upwards. The upright triangle has long been used as a symbol of

the masculine energies and erect phallus.

On the upper right and lower left corners, draw a heart.

On the upper left corner write the number 5. On the lower right

corner write the number 3.

Tightly roll up the parchment and wrap the red thread

around it 9 times and then knot it twice (square knot).

Keep this rolled parchment on your person whenever you

desire to attract a lover.

Knotted Hair

Hair has long been believed to hold a person’s power. This

is why there are numerous superstitions involving the cutting

and disposal of hair. No one wanted an enemy to get a hold of a

lock of their hair because of the harm that could be done to


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them.

For this spell both you and the one you desire must have

some length of hair. You will need one hair from your head and

a hair from the other’s head. Hold the two strands of hair

together and knot them nine times, saying:

“This is for the love I bear,

Knotted in two strands of hair.

Twisted, tangled, woven through,

Turning into one from two.”

Place the knotted hair strands in an envelope, seal shut,

and keep in a safe place.

Bottled Love

As mentioned previously, hair is considered to hold a

person’s power and, according to some superstitions, the

essence or spirit of the person it comes from.

This old love binding spell requires hair from the person

you desire and can be gathered from her or his hairbrush.

First you will need to cut two hearts from red felt. Sew

the hearts together with white thread. Leave an opening and

stuff the heart with the person’s hair. Sew the heart closed.


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Next, stuff the heart into a glass bottle. Close the

bottle with a cap or cork and then seal it further with wax

from a white candle.

You will need to keep this bottle safe and hidden. Should

the bottle ever break or if it ever be seen by another person

then the binding will come undone.

Rose Quartz Amulet

Rose quartz is commonly worn to attract love. For this

charm you will need a necklace with a rose quartz bead(s). Some

craft stores carry crystal beads. Those that do oftentimes have

heart-shaped rose quartz beads that can be used to make your

own necklace.

Charge your necklace on the night of the new moon by

rubbing some of your spittle onto the rose quartz and saying:

“Now the moon begins to grow

From nothingness to full round face.

My siren’s song begins to flow

And draws true love to here, my place.”

Leave the necklace on your bedroom windowsill for the

night and begin wearing it the next day.


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Finding a New Partner for You and Your Children

This simple bit of food magic can be performed by either a

spouseless mother or father whose children also desire a new

member of the family.

Begin by hard boiling any number of eggs. Light a cinnamon

candle to represent love, home, and comfort, and then prepare

to paint the eggs as though it were Easter.

Get the children involved and ask them to help paint the

eggs, showing what they would like in a new father or mother.

Some ideas are pink hearts for love, yellow suns for happiness,

blue eggs for peace and healing, and purple flowers for magic

to bloom. When finished, chill the eggs for eating.

Walnut Shell Boat

This is a simple spell for those that live near a stream

or lake and wish to find their soul mate.

First you will need half of a walnut shell. In a bowl of

water, make sure that the walnut shell floats and has no holes

or cracks in it. If it floats properly, remove it from the

water and dry it off.


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Clean out the inside of the shell as best as you are able

and paint a red heart in it. Paint three white circles around

the red heart. Allow this to dry.

On a bright and sunny day, take the walnut boat that

you’ve made and go to a stream or river. Wade into the water,

if possible, and set the walnut shell afloat. As it floats

away, say the following either out loud or quietly to yourself:

“Carry my hope to yonder,

To tell to those that hear.

A soul mate, a soul mate;

Bring him/her to me here.

Tree-Bound Love

In Germany a young man would choose a healthy tree to

represent himself, marking it with his spittle, blood, or

semen. He would then place three hairs of his love into a crack

in the tree so that they would remain in love for as long as

the tree lived.

Names in the Sand

A very ancient, but still widely practiced, love spell

requires the use of the middle finger on your left hand and an

empty beach at low tide.


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Go to the waterline and write your name and the name of

your love in the sand using the middle finger of your left

hand. As the waves come in they will carry your desire with

them and stir it into action.

Long ago, the middle finger was believed to be the finger of

love and married women would wear a ring on their middle finger

to show that their love was bound to that of their husbands’.

Red Wine

It was a British superstition that claimed that if a woman

consumed a drink that contained a drop of blood from a man’s

left hand pinky, she would fall madly in love with him. In

today’s world, we know that blood can carry diseases, some of

which are deadly. There are plenty of safe substitutes for

blood, such as salt water or red fruit juice. In the spell

below, used by at least one man I know, red wine is used to

attract the affections of another person. The following is what

he does.

Invite the person you are interested in over for dinner

and purchase a bottle of red wine for the occasion. Shortly

before s/he is due to arrive, tap the top of the wine bottle

with your left hand pinky nine times. Raise the bottle with

your right hand and repeat the tapping on the bottom of the


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bottle. Set the bottle down and turn it three times to the left

and finally six times to the right.

After my friend does this little routine he usually goes

through and gives a last tidying to the place until his guest

arrives.

Chicory Root

If you feel that you are unlucky in love, keep a dried

chicory root in your pocket the next time you ask someone out

or go on a date. Chicory root is a luck bringer and removes

obstacles. Tie a length of red thread on it to keep as a love-

drawing amulet.

Binding the Knave of Hearts

This spell uses a nursery rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, to

bind a wayward lover.

You will need three cards from a regular deck of playing

cards: Queen of Hearts, King of Hearts, and the Jack (Knave) of

Hearts.

You will also need a paper clip or, if you are married to

an unfaithful Knave, a needle and thread.


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Lay down the Queen of Hearts face up, and say:

“The Queen of Hearts

She made some tarts,

All on a summer’s day.”

Lay the Jack (Knave) of Hearts face down on the Queen, and

say:

“The Knave of Hearts

He stole those tarts,

And took them clean away.”

Lay the King of Hearts face down on top of the Jack card,

and say:

“The King of Hearts

Called for the tarts,

And beat the Knave full sore.”

Place your right hand on top of the cards. Say:

“The Knave of Hearts

Brought back the tarts,

And vowed he’d steal no more.”

If you are not married to the unfaithful Knave or if you


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are just newly wed, paper clip the three cards together and

place them under his side of the mattress.

If you have been married to the Knave for some time, sew

the three card together with needle and thread and then place

them under his side of the mattress.

Fern Leaf

If you feel that your lover is losing interest in you,

pick some fern and place it between the pages of one of her or

his books. This will fan the flame of love once more.

Ivy Leaf

Perform this very popular love spell by plucking an ivy

leaf and saying:

“Ivy, ivy, I love you.

In my bosom I place you.

The first young man that speaks to me,

My future husband he shall be.”

If you approve of the first man who speaks to you, plant

the ivy leaf in a pot and nurture it in your home.


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F o o t p r i n t s

Another popular love spell requires you to gather the dirt

from the footprints of the person you love. Place the dirt in a

pot and sow calendula seeds in it. As the seeds grow so will

his love and faithfulness for you grow.

To Force a Confrontation

When a confrontation is needed with someone who is nowhere

to be found, boil a strand of his hair in water to bring him to

you.

Twelve Pins

Another way to call back a faithless lover is to throw

twelve pins into a fire and say:

“It’s not these pins I wish to burn,

But [name]’s heart I wish to turn.

He will neither sleep nor rest

Until he has granted my one request.”

Love Stinks

Have an unwanted suitor? Write his or her name on a slip

of paper and place it in a dirty, smelly sock. He or she won’t


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be able to get away from you fast enough!

Undoing Love Spells

Most of the love spells provided in this section can be

undone simply by destroying the items that you had placed in

safety. If you feel that this is not enough, perform one of the

following spells.

Water Dump

On a night of the waning moon, take a bowl of water

outside, if possible, and begin stirring it widdershins with

your pointer finger. Say:

“The love that was made

Must now come undone.

We part on our ways

Upon the rising of the sun.”

Toss the water onto the ground and return indoors or pour

the water down a drain.

Two Separate Candles

For this undoing spell you will need two separate white

votive candles. On one candle, write your name and on the other


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candle write the name of the person you wish to part from. Set

these candles up on opposite ends of a table.

Light your candle and say:

“Here I stand alone, ready to move on.”

Light the other candle and say:

“Here you stand alone, ready to move on.”

Allow both candles to burn down and out. Dispose of the

wax in separate bags.


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Appendix

Gods and Goddesses of Love

Absusu: Sumerian goddess of promiscuity.

Angus: Gaelic god of love.

Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love and beauty.

Astarte: Phoenician goddess of sexual love and fertility.

Cupid: Roman god of love.

Eros: Greek god of love.

Frey: Teutonic god of love, peace, and prosperity.

Freya: Norse goddess of beauty and love.

Frigga: Norse goddess presiding over marriage.

Hathor: Egyptian goddess of love and bodily pleasures.

Hebe: Greek goddess capable of restoring youth and beauty.

Hymen: Greek god of marriage.

Ishtar: Babylonian goddess of sexuality and desire.

Kama: Hindu god of love and pleasure.

Kotus: Thracian goddess of sexuality.

Lilith: Goddess of sexual freedom.

Venus: Roman goddess of beauty and love.

Voluptas: Roman goddess of desire.


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Superstitions

* A man who wipes his hands on a maiden’s apron will soon marry

her.

* Sneezing two times in a row foretells a kiss.

* If your finger joint cracks when it is pulled, someone loves

you.

* To accidently put on a piece of clothing inside out means

that you will have luck in matters of love on that day.

* A flea bite on the hand foretells a kiss.

* It is unlucky to gift your lover with a pair of shoes.

* Finding a cobweb on the door to your house means that your

lover is seeing another person.

* Sharing a towel with your lover will bring the affair to an

end.

* Put three sunflower seeds down the back of your shirt and you

will marry the next person you meet.

* If a hairpin falls from your hair, you will lose your lover.

* You are jealous if your left knee itches.

* Emeralds bring the wearer success in matters of love.

* Offer a man a sprig of basil and, if he takes it from your

hand, he will be faithful to you.

* When your shoelaces come undone, it is a sure sign that

someone loves you is thinking of you.

* An overly hairy woman is not only a witch, she is also an

unfaithful wife.

* A ringing in one ear means someone is talking about you:


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“Left your lover,

Right your mother.”

* Itching lips will soon be kissed.

* To stumble while going up the stairs foretells a wedding.

* Should a woman’s left eye twitch it is a sign of good

fortune. If her right eye twitch, bad luck. For a man the

opposite holds true.

* Should three white lights appear before a maiden it means

that she will soon be married.

* When sewing yourself a dress, pricking your finger or

breaking the needle foretells a kiss when you finally wear the

dress that you are making.

* Get the last piece of cake at tea time and you will be the

first in the group to marry.

* If you feel that you have to sneeze but cannot come to it, it

is a sign that you have a secret admirer.

* Find a double fruit and share it with someone you love. This

will bind the two of you together in love and faithfulness.

* Should three drops of blood fall from the nose of your lover,

the end of the affair is nigh.

* If you wear the shoes of the man you love for eight days, he

will fall in love with you after you have returned his shoes

and he has worn them.


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Dream Dictionary

Acorns: To shake acorns from a tree in a dream affirms that you

will attain your desires in matters of love.

Anchor: If a woman dreams of an anchor she will soon marry a

sailor.

Asp: A man who dreams of an asp will marry a rich woman.

Bananas: Bananas in a dream tell of a boring lover.

Birdcage: A woman who dreams of letting a bird out of its cage

will marry the first man who asks her to wed.

Boat: A woman who dreams of falling out of a boat and being

rescued will one day marry her rescuer.

Briar: Being pricked by a briar in a dream means that you are

in love.

Candle: To dream of a brightly burning candle means that you

will soon receive a love letter.

Candy: Eating sweet candy foretells of a pleasurable love

affair.

Cat: If a woman dreams of being scratched by a cat it means she

has a rival.

Climbing: If you dream of climbing and reaching the top of a

mountain you will have success in love.

Cradle: Dream of a cradle and you’ll soon be married.

Cupid: To dream of Cupid breaking his arrow means that your

current love affair will cease.

Dew: A maiden who dreams of dew on the grass will one day marry

a wealthy man.


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Eye: Seeing a disembodied eye in your dream means that you’ve a

rival for the affections of your lover.

Faithfulness: Dreaming that your lover is unfaithful means the

opposite in the waking world.

Flying: Dreams where you are flying signify that you are both

romantic and ambitious.

Gloves: Finding a new pair of gloves in your dream foretells

either a new love affair or marriage.

Green Field: To dream of a green field tells that you will

marry a loving and faithful person.

Hat: To dream of losing your hat means that you will soon

marry.

Hedges: Evergreen hedges in a dream tell of a coming quarrel

with your lover.

Hen: A hen in the dream of a woman signifies that she will

marry a widowed man with children.

Ice: To see ice in a dream means that your lover is faithful.

Ink: Spilled ink in a dream means forthcoming slander from a

rival.

Jewelry: To dream of receiving jewelry foretells of coming

pleasures.

Key: Unlock a door with a key and you will soon have a new

lover in the waking world.

Lace: Dream of wearing lace and your lover will bow to your

every whim.

Mirror: If you see your image in a mirror while dreaming, it

foretells unfaithfulness on the part of your lover.


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Nun: You will find disappointment in love if you dream of

becoming a nun.

Nuts: Gathering nuts in a dream tells of good fortune in

matters of love.

Oysters: To dream of eating raw oysters foretells a period of

sexual pleasures.

Pit: To dream of falling into a pit tells you that your lover

has been untrue.

Ploughing: Ploughing a field signifies that you will have a

good marriage.

Quarrel: A quarrel in your dream means a break-up with your

spouse.

Rainbow: A rainbow means that you will experience much

happiness with your lover.

Salad: Dream of making a salad and it is time to seek a new

lover.

Sea: To dream of the sea tells of a coming period of sensual

and erotic pleasures.

Tent: A time of celibacy is at hand if you dream that you are

living in a tent.

Torch: Carrying a lit torch signifies that you are a good

lover.

Vase: To dream of drinking from a vase foretells that you will

soon seduce another person’s lover.


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