Celtic Witchin': Binding

Binding

The Short Term Solution

This is a Paracelsusian Binding Box. As Bindings go, it is a mid-level binding. It neutralises what ever is put in it for a period of time.

It could be a crystal you used in a healing that has gone black (happened a few times to me when healing folks). Or it could be something very brightly "light" that you want to hide, or shield away from someone (or something).

However when we talk about binding what we usually mean is a person.

Lots of people prefer binding to hexing or cursing as it seems nicer.

Except it binds your power, energy and magick into the mix. (If your power, magick and energy isn't going into your magick... then it isn't magick).

I don't think binding (or "put a bubble of light around it/them") is nicer, smarter or better magickally than say a Banishing or a nice clear "Fuck Off, Fuck Off when you get there, then Fuck Off Again."

Granted this makes this person SEP (Someone Else's Problem) but essentially it works.

Binding weaves complicated magickal threads of your fate and the other persons together.

I just don't care enough about "the Great Unwashed" to mix my magick with their energy and their fate. If I do care I do a temporary one (you weave how long it will last into the spell in the first place).

Binding works well on people being "lead" astray. (In real world terms, many a guy is lead by his penis, has a break down, falls in with the wrong crowd, can't shake an ex no matter how destructive, is being a bit of a dick for some reason.)

It doesn't work well on people who are toxic, asshole, abusers, users, liars. The binding might rob them of their "fix". This can make them more dangerous.

When the binding erodes or breaks it will be all the worse for the binding. Some binding would take maintenance, and again you would be binding yourself to their actions, thoughts and feelings. Yuck!

The other thing is these threads can be traced back to the witch or magick worker. Right to you! It takes some serious skill (not to mention practice) to remove, disguise or erase these threads on all planes. You might manage one or two but rarely all of them.

So if this is still something you think is a great idea.

How to Bind.

You will need.

Poppet/Object of connection.

A vessel.

Thread/cordage/something to bind with.

You can use a poppet you make and stuff it with their hair, or just as easily some dirt from their foot print. You can even pin their shadow onto a paper (add the name though).

You then need a vessel. You can visualise (make a thought-form bubble), put the dirt in an halved onion, sew it into a lemon.

Then you need to find your poise. You need to find that thread, that essence in The Veil and wind it.The colour of the thread is not as important as you feeling you are binding around this person. Is it a spider web, a cotton wool wrap, a thread of nettles, or a bind of Morning Glory. As you you need to fix the length of time the binding will last.

How to Break a Binding.

Bindings are always still connected to the person who worked the magick. As she used to say "Be sure your sins will find you out". Fire, glass, witch blades and certain places within the Veil it's self remove all bindings. (If you work with the dead/spirit, all binding from life fall away in the White Fire.)

Careful removal of the bindings from someone's aura works well too.

Summary

Binding is not a "nicer" thing to do to someone. A binding requires a lot of work to maintain. It doesn't "fix" the problem. Holistically I am always a "deal with the cause, rather than treat the symptoms" kind of witch.

If a "Shut Up, Fuck Off" spell gets rid of the problem, do it. Maybe a Truth and Justice spell instead?

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing with Bindings, luckily I have been doing this a long time.