Amulets for Health
To relieve pain, touch the affected area with an amulet created from a poultice of red coral and ash leaves. Bury the amulet under an oak tree. Similar methods were used to rid the body of warts. A potato was applied to the wart, then buried. For any health-related magic, coral, ash leaves, oak leaves or a piece of potato makes an excellent focuses or components.Arthritis
One teaspoon of chopped garlic twice daily with water is reputed to ease arthritis symptoms. This folk remedy may have come from the belief that garlic aids the blood circulation. Other options include wearing charmed belts or blessed cords of wool near the afflicted area.
Athlete's Foot
Saltwater soaks and cornstarch powder dusted on the feet daily work against the fungus that causes athlete's foot. In ancient Greece, you may have been given powdered orris root. This not only helps keep your feet dry, but also relieves odors.
Bee Stings
Plant leaves are the common denominator in methods of relieving the pain and itch of bee stings. Turks apply wet tobacco leaves directly to the sting. In other cultures, various types of plant leaves or petals are used, including burdock, dandelion and marigold.
Burns
The three most universal aids to spread over a burn are damp baking soda, honey or aloe. Any of these might also be metaphorically applied in a spell to ease fiery anger. Rub the substance over a picture of the individual who is irate.
Colds
A tea made of lemon juice and honey in warm water is soothing, and hot tar smoke is thought to relive and prevent coughs. If you put seven beans in your pocket and throw one away each day, but the end of the week your cold should be gone. This can be further assisted by eating horseradish.
Constipation
A daily cup of licorice and senna tea works to relieve constipation. These herbs are also excellent magical ingredients for spells to overcome an artistic block or any other barrier.
Cramps
Ginger and pepper combine for a good hot drink to ease stomach cramps. For muscle cramps, wear a garter of corks near the afflicted muscle or place it between the springs of your bed and the mattress. This last idea may have developed because, when a cork is taken from a bottle, it releases pressure with a pop. Consider employing this symbolism any time you feel constrained or limited.
Diarrhea
Peppermint tea is one of the best-known remedies for this uncomfortable condition. An alternative drink is ginger tea with two teaspoons of vinegar and a dash of salt.
Dog Bite
The bid of a mad dog was once thought to be cured by eating some of the creature's hair boiled or fried with rosemary. This was how the saying "hair of the dog that bit you" came into being and is an excellent early example of sympathetic magic. Thus, when people drink alcohol for a hangover, they are using the "biting" item to effect their cure.
Eyewash
Ringing the eye with the water used for steeping a lapis stone is said to relieve itching eyes. One work of caution: be sure the lapis and water are both clean and free from impurities. Lapis water blessed beneath a full moon can also enhance psychic vision.
Fever
Goldenseal tea and a teaspoon of lemon juice taken every four hours reduces fever. Another recommendation is to take clippings of your fingernails and mix them with warm wax which is then bound to a tree or rock so that the fever is attached to something other than you. Similar symbolism can be used when you are feeling angry and out of balance. In a symbolic sense, you are literally disengaging the negativity from yourself.
Gemstones
The use of gem stones in remedial work was closely tied to their color, planet of influence, and other commonly associated superstitions. Red stones, for example, were frequently considered helpful for blood conditions, green stones for all type of healing, and blue for improving emotional disposition.
Gems were used in a wide variety of ways not only as curatives, but also to ward off sickness. In many instances, the individual was instructed to wear or carry the stone in a specific manner, frequently near the center of the prevailing problem. This was done so that the stone could collect any illness.
An alternative to amuletic work was the gem elixir. These may or may not have actually been made from gemstones, considering the expense involved and the cleverness of many healers. Instead, solutions likely had the appearance of a particular stone in coloration. The other option was to place a particular stone in any liquid for a duration of time to allow absorption of its positive remedial qualities. Some of these costly cures include diamonds and emeralds for an antidote for poison, jade for kidney disease, jasper for stomach ailments, ruby for flatulence, topaz for the plague, and bloodstone to stop hemorrhaging. Crystalline elixirs are used by many people in the New Age community today to internalize specific aspects of a stone. Usually the gem (or crystal) is steeped in spring water by the light of the sun or moon, depending on its intended use. The stone is removed afterwards and the liquid drunk.
Headaches
An amethyst, warmed by the rays of the sun, wrapped in silk, and then bound lightly to the temples, eases the pain of a headache. Wearing rings of lead or quicksilver also prevents and soothes this difficulty. These suggestions are likewise applicable for psychically caused pain as experienced from overexertion in a reading, or returning to normal awareness too quickly after meditation.
King's Evil
This is a disease of the lymph glands thought in the Middle Ages to be cured only by the touch of a reigning monarch. The first instance we see of King's Evil is during the time of Edward the Confessor (A.D. 1024-1066). Most likely, this superstition was invented by the court to improve the king's esteem in the eyes of the populace. Since kings are not readily available these days, a supplication directly to the king and queen of the heavens can be made to reduce the swelling of the lymph glands. Or wear a piece of blue flannel tied nine times around your neck. The warmth of the flannel, combines with its peaceful color was considered a powerful combination.
Laryngitis
When your voice leaves you, try gargling three times with a combination of vinegar, rainwater and honey. Salt and garlic water are also effective. In England, country physicians recommend the juice of a boiled cabbage with honey. By adding a little incantation, such as "through the guns and past the lips, my speech is strengthened with each sip" you can also use these concoctions before a speaking engagement to empower your presentation. While the incantation may seem a little silly, it is easily committed to memory and has a meter which allows for rhythmic repetition.
Laying On Of Hands
Great power and reverence has always been given to the hands of the healer. They are the conduit not only of divine energy, but also, more immediately significant, of relief from pain. Many religions and even modern science speak of the amazing power of touch to calm, reassure, and grant emotional relief on a temporary basis. Many healing methods have developed from the simple laying on of hands, for example, acupressure, shiatsu, and reiki. In these methods, pressure points, massage and touch are incorporated to improve circulation, ease pain, perform auric cleansings and even cure hiccups.
Melancholy
To cure a case of melancholy in India, healers suggest wearing lapis lazuli around the neck and keeping busy so there wasn't time to think about troubles.
Pain
Jade or lapis worn on any afflicted area is thought to relieve pain. Once the pain is gone, the stone should either be thoroughly cleansed in saltwater or buried so the pain isn't returned the next time the gem is handled. For emotional pain, place the stone over your heart.
Prescriptions
Medicinal prescriptions have been found in cultures dating from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. These first prescriptions included clearly written instructions and pictures. These images were not only for the illiterate, but also were believed to help improve the effectiveness of the folk cure. (Considering the handwriting of many contemporary physicians, they might want to consider doing likewise.) More seriously, we can continue this tradition by adding appropriate runes or other personal symbols to any written spell.
Sand Paintings
One of the more interesting healing traditions is that of sacred sand painting practiced by the Hopi culture in the southwestern United States. Here, it is regarded as a kind of magic, where the ancestors and the Gods are called in to aid the patient. When the shaman finishes the painting (usually a two-day process), the patient sits on one portion while the shaman chants and blesses him or her. Eventually, some indication is given to the healer that the work is complete and the sand painting is destroyed with the remains being given to the winds. In our own healing rituals, sand could be used in a similar manner. Personally significant symbols can be sketched with various colors of sand, then given to the afflicted person to hold. He or she should then direct all aches and pains to the grains of sand while releasing them to the winds. This will carry the sickness away.
Scapegoat
The term scapegoat dates back to the time when animals were used for disease transference. Here, one particular animal would be chosen to bear the sickness of the entire community, and would then be ritually killed, burned, or buried to cure the people. Most magical people today disdain such activities as disrespectful to the animals involved, so a kinder alternative should be considered. Inanimate objects such as the sand illustrated above can be substitute for a creature with equal effectiveness, since symbolism is the most important factor in sympathetic magic.
Skin Disease
Tenth-century Anglo-Saxons used a basic preparation of goose fat mixed with elecampane, bishop's wort, cleavers, and a spoonful of old soap, lathered it onto the skin at night to relieve skin problems. Additionally, a little blood taken from a scratch on the neck was released into a flowing stream to magically carry the sickness. While it moved away, the afflicted person would say, "take this disease and depart with it" three times, then return home by an open road, going both ways in silence.
Sneezing
The sneeze was considered a message direct from God or a bit of the soul being released. In Scotland, parents waited impatiently for their child's first sneeze to prove there was no fairy hold over him or her and that the child was thus of sound mind. There is also a form of divination by sneezing: if you sneeze after dinner it means good health; three sneezes in a row portend gifts or a letter; two, a wish; five, silver; six, gold. Perhaps it seems a little silly to try, but if you are performing prosperity magic, you might keep a little pepper handy to see if the sneeze helps empower your spell!
Sympathetic Magic
Sympathetic, or symbolic magic, whether called by that name or not, is common throughout various cultures. For example, the patient would have a string attached to the affected area and the healer would place the other end in his mouth to suck out the sickness; to break curses or mark transitions from the sickness to health, the patient would be moved through a fire or wreath. Similar versions of sympathetic magic can be seen in prescriptions calling for a wool string to be worn around the neck to cure a cold, red glass beads worn as a necklace to prevent nosebleeds, placing medicine on an object of help cure a wound it inflicted, and making headaches disappear by sleeping with scissors under your pillow. The marvelous part about sympathetic magick is the wide variety of creative approaches it offers. Consider what it is you are trying to accomplish, an appropriate symbol of that goal, and finally what magickal procedures you want to follow, and you have just originated a personalized spell or ritual.
Toothaches
A nearly universal treatment for toothaches is clove oil. In Kenya, wax or chewing gum is used for temporary fillings. Another interesting superstition is that a wedding ring touched to an aching tooth will relieve the pain because of the power of love.
Toxins
In Scotland, a poultice of onions is applied to the stomach and armpits in order to help the body sweat out any toxic materials. This might be a good folk remedy to try when you are going through a personal purification or attempting to rid yourself of a physically addictive habit such as smoking.
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