WITCHES BOTTLES
Spell bottles, also known as "Witches Bottles", have been in use in England and the United States since at least the 1600's. Spell bottles were originally created to destroy the power of an evil magician or witch thought to have cast a spell against the bottle's creator. They were often ceramic vessels, filled with hair, nails, and even the victim's urine. They were also walled up into new homes as magical guardians. Spell bottles of this type continued to be used well into the 19th century.

Spell bottles are apparently of English origin. Still, one example made from a glass wine bottle dated at 1740-1750 was found in Pennsylvania in 1976. And so, such protective devices certainly found their way from England to the United States with the colonists. Spell bottles of the type described above are rarely if ever made today. However, other forms are still in use. These consist of a container, usually glass, filled with various objects of magical potency.

Spell bottles are made for a variety of purposes, and are used in numerous ways. Some are buried or otherwise hidden, while others are placed in windows of the home or in other prominent spots. All are concentrations of energy, created and empowered for specific magical purposes.

The Witches' Bottle is a very powerful means of protecting your space. It is buried on your property (if you are an apartment dweller, you might try burying it in a potted plant at your door) in order to attract all negative things to it where it traps them. If you move, by all means, then dig it up and either destroy it or bring it to your new home.

Witches Bottle for Protection

Gather rosemary, needles, pins and red wine. Fill a small jar with the first three, saying while you work:

Pins, needles, rosemary, wine;
In this witches bottle of mine.
Guard against harm and enmity;
This is my will, so mote it be!

Visualize these doing just that. When the jar is full, pour in the red wine. Then cap or cork the jar and drip wax from a red or black candle to seal. Bury it at the farthest corner of your property or put it in an inconspicuous spot in your house. Draw the banishing pentagram in the dirt above it. The witches bottle destroys negativity and evil ; the pins and needles impale evil, the wine drowns it, and the rosemary sends it away from your property.

Optional ingredients

Glass jar with metal lid
Sea Salt
3 bent rusty nails
pins
needles
razor blades
cactus spines
rose thorns
broken glass
1 egg
Frankincense
Sage
Basil
Mint
Mistletoe
Yarrow
Rowanwood berries
Rue
Sandalwood
Myrrh
Garlic
Rosemary
Sealing Wax
3 drops of your blood
Urine instead of wine

Bottle to protect your food from contamination

Put three needles, three pins and three nails into a jar and fill the jar with salt, seal it tightly and vigorously shake nine times and drip red candle wax over the seal. Then place it in the cupboard where it won't be seen.

Lovers Witches Bottle

a glass Bottle with cork, any size will do
a handful of crushed, dried rose petals , preferably from flowers given to you by your lover
dried/fresh Rosemary (for love and strength)
dried/fresh lavender
oil or rosewater
wax (pink or red is good for love)

Crush the rose petals and place in jar. Put in rosemary and/or lavender, then add the oil or rosewater almost to the top...leave some room for air. Cork the bottle and drip wax over the cork to seal the bottle. Place on a shelf, dresser or anywhere it will be undisturbed.

Money Spell Bottle

Items needed:

5 old pennies
5 dimes
5 quarters
5 kernels of dried corn
5 sesame seeds
5 cinnamon sticks
5 cloves
5 whole allspice
5 pecans

Place each item into a thin, tall bottle, such as a spice bottle. Cap it tightly. Shake the bottle with your projective hand for five minutes while chanting these or similar words:

Herbs and silver,
Copper and grain;
Work to increase My money gain.

Place the money spell bottle on a table somewhere in your house. Leave your purse, pocketbook, wallet and/or checkbook near the bottle when at home.

Allow money to come into your life.

It is done.

Psychic Herb Jar

A herb jar to enhance your powers physically and mentally.

Fill one jar with the following:

Cinnamon (for dream magick)
Nutmeg (for good luck)
Allspice (healing)
Ginger (lunar magick)
Basil (protection)
Fennel seeds (spiritual healing)
Garlic (spiritual purification)
Marjoram (protection)
Sage (spiritual purification)
Cloves (protection)
Mustard seed (protection)

Before you do any scrying-of any kind-inhale the scent deeply and shake the jar gently.

Pet Protection Spell Bottle

What you need:

1 cup of soil
1 cup of salt
1 white taper candle
1 bottle
1 stick pin
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon of dill seeds
1 tablespoon of fennel seeds
1 carnelian stone

Put half a cup of dirt into the bottom of the bottle. Add half a cup of salt on top of that (to make layers). Next add the bay leaf and the dill and fennel seeds. Put half a cup of salt on top of this and half a cup of dirt on top of the salt. Drop the carnelian stone on top of everything.

Use a stick pin to carve the word "Protect __pets name here__" in the taper candle stick. Fit candle into the top of the bottle. If the taper is too big wedge it in (by circling it) until it stays securely by itself.

Burn the candle when convenient. You don't have to burn it all down at once, but eventually the candle will burn itself out (you could maybe burn it once a week or so). When the candle will not stay lit any longer, put the spell bottle near the place your pet spends most of his or her time.

from SPELL CRAFTS by Scott Cunningham  ~ 1956- 1993