Ancient Etruscan Love Spell

The origins of this love spell are obscure, but there is a litany in archaic Italian of which I have provided an English translation. It is a ritual that requires a bit of effort and a lot of herbal materials as well as a profound belief in its success. Otherwise, its nothing more than empty words. The materials can be obtained readily in any food store, herb market or metaphysical supply store.

Herbal Mixture:

• 3 parts lavender
• 3 parts damiana
• 3 parts patchouly
• 1 part Dragon’s blood resin...

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Petition to Hekate

A petition for her patronage is recorded in the third century by Hippolytus in Philosphumena:

Come infernal, terrestrial, and heavenly Bombo (Hecate), goddess of the broad roadways, of the crossroad, thou who goest to and fro at night, torch in hand, enemy of the day. Friend and lover of darkness, thou who doest rejoice when the bitches are howling and warm blood is spilled, thou who art walking amid the phantom and the in place of the tombs, thou whose thirst is blood, thou who doest strike chill and fear in mortal hearts, Gorgo, Mormo, Moon of a thousand forms, cast a propitious eye on our sacrifice.

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Invoking Love with Angel Power and the 137th Psalm

Invocation for exciting love in the heart of the person who is the object of our desire with the help of the 137th Psalm.

Pour oil from a white lily into a crystal goblet, recite the 137th Psalm over the cup and conclude by pronouncing the name of the angel Anael (or Hamiel), the planetary spirit of Venus, and the name of the person you love....

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The Harpstring

A sexy and ancient Mesopotamian incantation for potency and good sex.

Wind blow, orchard shake,

Clouds gather, droplets fall!

Let my potency be steady as running river water...

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Spell Against Arousal

An ancient Mesopotamian incantation for when you need to keep your cool sexually. Especially useful if you are working on a period of celibacy or abstinence.

Arousal is coming upon me like a wild bull,

It keeps springing at me like a dog,

Like a lion it is fierce in the coming.

Like a wolf it is full of fury....

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May I Not Miss My Prey

A very explicit and powerful incantation for love from ancient Mesopotamia.

Wind come, mountain quake

Clouds gather, droplets fall!

Let the penis of the ass become stiff,

let him mount the jenny,

let him mount the she-goat ...

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Seated On Her Thighs

The purpose of this ancient Mesopotamion love charm is to enable a man to win a woman´s favor by a magical procedure. If you can decifer the directions (hidden in the incantation) - it might actually work.

Ea loves the love charm,

The love charm, son of Ishtar,

Seated on her thighs, in the sapflow of the incense-tree

... you two beautiful maidens

You are come into bloom, you went down to the garden,

To the garden you went down

You cut the sapflow of the incense-tree...

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Becoming More Explicit

This ancient Mesopotamian encantation is a spell on behalf of an Entu Priestess who is in love with a man called Erra-bani. The encantation appears to be form of call and response, and is for invoking a strong sexual attraction.

The woman says

Be restless at night, 

find no peace during the day,

The man responds

Do not sit peacefully at night

Darling! Darling!

The woman says...

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Get Up And Love Me

With this ancient incantation, the sorcerer takes control of the woman. Her clothes are to turn into an impromptu bower, her bed a covered spot for a tryst, and, if she is asleep when the spell is wrought, her own couch will unceremoniously awaken her to send her off to the embrace of her admirer.

I have seized you, I have seized you, I will not let you go!

As pitch holds fast to boat,

As Sin to Ur, as Shamash ...

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Always Obtain What is Right

A Particular Performance by Which it is Caused that a Person will Always Obtain Right Before a Court of Justice.

Take the herb called suntull (skunk cabbage) gathered during the month of August, while the sun stands in the sign of the lion, wrap a little thereof in a bay leaf, add a ...

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Averting the Evil Eye

The belief that some persons had the power of injuring others by their looks, was as prevalent among the Greeks and Romans as it is among the superstitious in modern times. The ὀφθαλμὸς βάσκανος, or evil eye, is frequently mentioned by ancient writers. It was supposed to injure children particularly, but sometimes cattle also.

"Nescio quis teneros oculos mihi fascinat agnum." 

~Virgil

Various amulets were used to avert the influence of the evil eye....

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Mother Goose Magick

Old Mother Goose, when
She wanted to wander,
Would ride through the air
On a very fine gander.

Today, Mother Goose is limited to the nursery, her rhymes intended to entertain only the youngest, least sophisticated children, yet Mother Goose's namesake bird links her to a host of powerful spirits: Aphrodite, too, rides through the air on a goose. The bird is sacred to Egyptian Hathor and Roman Juno, both valiant protectors and advocates for women....

... One thing is certain... if "she" were one individual, she was passing down oral history, lore and adages... from people of other eras. In the early days, before they were "collected" into the somewhat familiar form of today; these rhymes were actually methods of preserving history, customs, lore and fears for the common man....

Here is a short grimoire of Mother Goose spells, charms, chants, and divinations, taken from the 1916 edition of "The Real Mother Goose."

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A Dramatic Infertility Solution

Among the most famous miracle-working rabbis was Judah the Pious (1150-1217), author of the influential Book of Angels. Although many other rabbis are credited with miracle cures, usually their methods aren't revealed - just vague tales of prayer and ritual. A legend, however, explicitly explains how Judah the Pious effected a cure and why it worked. Adapt to your own situation.

In the story, a woman who had previously borne children, now older (old enough to perform the ritual for their mother), wished to have another child but found herself unable to do so. She petitioned Judah the Pious for help.

His prescription? He had her children dig a grave for her and place her within it and pretend to mourn for her. Unknown to the woman...

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Incantation to Protect Against Demons

From an ancient Chaldean Magical Tablet we have this incantation against the entrance of Demons (and other bad spirits) into the house.

Talisman, talisman, 

boundary that cannot be taken away, 

boundary that the Gods cannot pass, 

barrier immovable, ...

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Digging Up Buried Treasure

Account of an Experienced Fortune Hunter, How Treasures Beneath the Earth Rise and Fall.

If one is contemplating to dig up a treasure, he should above all other things know, whenever the treasure stands highest to rise with the sun and return again with the sinking of the same. If the treasure happens to be hidden in an open field...

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To Make Yourself Invisible

Pierce the right eye of a bat, 

and carry it with you, 

and you will be invisible.

Note: It is unclear if you are to carry the bat with it's eye put out, or the eye itself....

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Gypsy Fetish for Successful Sales

Teeth which have been buried for many years, serve to make a singular fetish. They are mingled with the bones of a tree-frog, and the whole then sewed up in a little bag. If a man has anything for sale, and will draw or rub this bag over it, he will have many offers or customers for the articles thus enchanted...

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Old Gypsy Cure For A Toothache

To cure toothache the Transylvanian gypsies wind a barley-straw round a stone, which is thrown into a running stream, while saying:

"Oh dukh ándre m're dándá,

Tu ná báres cingerá!

Ná ává kiyá mánge,

Mire muy ná hin kere!

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More Teeth Lore

Gypsy lore surrounding teeth is as follows:

• A child's first tooth must, when it falls out, should be thrown into a hollow tree.
• Those which come out in the seventh year are carefully kept, and whenever the child suffers from toothache, one is thrown into a stream...

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Folk Medicine Cures - Figs

Here we have an impressive collection of old folk remedies using figs - the fruit, juice, milk (sap), and/or leaves - to cure everything from diseases of the breast to open wounds. As with all old remedies and cures, some actually work really well, others are ineffective and harmless, while some are downright dangerous. So, use common sense before trying any of these.

In General: Fig milk (or sap) is so commonly prescribed for ringworm, skin irritations, warts, and insect bites, that I think it must have some healing effect although wikipedia warns that the sap of the fig's green parts is an irritant to human skin. Figs (made into syrups or decoctions) are universally popular when it comes to treating coughs, colds, and and upper respiratory problems. Figs also appear to have a soothing effect on the teeth and gums. Possibly it has a drawing effect, pulling out the infection thus reducing the inflammation.

Abscess: A poultice made of barley meal or flour boiled in vinegar and honey, and a few dry figs put in them, dissolved all hard imposthumes (a collection of pus or abscess). Onion and figs beaten together help to ripen and break... sores (abcesses).

Angina: Anthimus (5th century Greek physician) employed fig emulsion in cases of angina....

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