Bottle Spells and Spell Bottles

A spell bottle is a bottle into which a magical spell has been cast in the form of physical items used to ensure that the spell results in the desired outcome. A bottle spell is a magical spell that is contained within a bottle, and which, when finished, is expected to work for the ends one desires. There are many types of bottle spells used in folk magic traditions from around the world. Almost every culture that uses bottles (or gourds, or animal horns) as containers also has developed ways to use those containers to hold works of magical spell craft. The painted bottle spells shown here were made in America from small medical bottles. They come in both hoodoo and Catholic styles, as described below. Among the earliest spell bottles known are those called "Witch Bottles." In more recent times, the witch bottles of England and Anglo-America have been made from cobalt blue glass and they are often kept on a window sill "for pretty" as well as to keep away witches and the evil eye.

Hoodoo in Theory and Practice by catherine yronwode: Table of Contents The Key of Solomon Index Sacred Texts Grimoires Title PagePrefaceList of PlatesPreliminary DiscourseIntroduction (from Add. MSS. 10862)Introduction from Landsdowne MSS. 1203 Book I Chapter I. Concerning the Divine Love Which Ought To Precede the Acquisition of This KnowledgeChapter II. Plates The Order of the PentaclesPlate IIPlate IIIPlate IVPlate V.Plate VIPlate VIIPlate VIIIPlate IXPlate XPlate XIPlate XII Book II Prefatory NoteChapter I. Appendices Ancient Fragment of the Key of SolomonThe Qabalistical Invocation of SolomonPlate XV. Free Magic Library Sacred Texts Timeline Sacred-textsSacred Time Origins of World Religions This is a timeline which gives the history of sacred texts, as well as a few other relevant events. Of course, not all of the dates in this timeline are accurate; some are entirely conjectural. I have included a few dates, events and documents which are or may be entirely fictional. For space reasons, I have used the abbreviations listed at the end of this file. Key to Abbreviations auth. = author. b. = born ca. = circa Can. = Canonicalization Cent.= century. Cod. = Codification comp. = composition. d. = died hist.= accepted historical date o.c= date of original (typically, although not necessarily oral) composition. Orig. = original O.T. = Old Testament. p.v. = printed version Rev. = Revised. trad. = traditional date trans. = translation w.v. = written version [bhi] Baha'i [bud] Buddhism [tib] Tibetan Buddhism [chr] Christianity [cfu] Confucianism [hin] Hinduism [isl] Islam [jai] Jainism [jud] Judaism [shi] Shinto [skh] Sikhism [tao] Taoism [wic] Wicca [egy] Egypt

Salamander and Sons - Esoteric, occult and arcane book publishers Bespelled In The Archives I grimaced, examining the neat box of pale blue cardboard in front of me. Manuscript number 4171? This wasn’t the one I’d ordered, and I was conscious of my rapidly passing research week. With only a couple hours left until the library closed, I wouldn’t be able to order the correct manuscript before the next day. I shrugged, deciding that it was a sign—take a quick look, leave early. The manuscript seemed unusual, even as I opened the small box to unwrap the book’s protective layer of thick, creamy archival paper. Le manuscript a été acheté par moi à une sorcière du village de Conques à une lieue et demie de Carcassonne. The manuscript was bought by me from a witch in the village of Conques a league and a half from Carcasonne. “The manuscript was bought by me from a witch in the village of Conques.” A witch. Flicking through the pages, I spotted recipes and charms to find lost objects, cure nosebleeds, prevent animals from eating, hold snakes, and—of course—make someone love you.

The Key of Hell: An Enlightenment Sorcery Manual Cyprianus was, by all accounts, a shady character. In her book Remedies and Rituals: Folk Medicine in Norway and the New Land, Kathleen Stokker writes that medieval Scandinavians spun tales of a Dane named Cyprianus who was so evil that Satan cast him out of hell: "This act so enraged Cyprianus that he dedicated himself to writing the nine Books of the Black Arts that underlie all subsequent Scandinavian black books.” Bizarrely, another tradition maintained that the true Cyprianus was “a ravishingly beautiful, irrestistibly seductive, prodigiously knowledgeable, pious Mexican nun.” And yet another tradition traces the name back to St. Cyprian of Antioch, a powerful Greek wizard who was famed as a demon-summoner before converting to Christianity. What we know for sure is that "Cyprian" became a common pseudonym for people at the edges of society who were trying to do real black magic. "Maymon - a black bird - as King of the South." Cyprianus, Clavis Inferni, late 18th century.

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