Two Ways of Protection

Many use some form of spell or spells to protect themselves and of others. One that has caught my eye is the witches bottle/jar. It has been described as an item to protect the home from evil spirits, magical attacks and even from magical counteracts from others.

It is not hard to create such a thing as a witches’ bottle as many items can be used, so there are many choices for things to be used. A glass bottle or jar is obviously needed and then it is a matter of what is to be put into that bottle/jar. What can be put in there is needles, pins or nails either bent or unbent. Hair, nail clippings can be used from your own body, urine and menstrual blood has been used. Things from animals and plant matter have been used such as whiskers, feathers, wood, bone and thorns, but coins and glass also have been used, too.  All these items have their uses, so make sure to choice wisely when doing it yourself.

These day’s people tend to fill the bottle/jar with one or more kinds of herbs after putting all the other items in to which it is proceeded to be either buried in the front of backyard or put in an extremely good hiding place where it won’t be found. A witches’ bottle/jar is buried or hidden well for the sole reason of protecting it from others, as if the bottle/jar is broken so is the spell for protection. Not something you really want to happen when you are seeking protection.

I also keep something above my bed for protection. I call it a ‘protection doll’, and it is simply what it name suggests. I not only made it and but also filled it with cloth then added bits and pieces to it. I added buttons for eyes, a mouth of wool and some feathers on its head. It has the same concept as the witches’ bottle/jar that its protection can be stopped as it has been started, but instead of breaking glass it is destroying the doll itself. But, this doll could easily be taken as something innocent or decorative and not sinister to which a witches’ bottle/jar could more easily be taken as.  

With a protection doll, you would add something to it as you would add an item for a witches’ bottle/jar making it again a similar concept. The protection doll is for warding off evil spirits within a room meaning it wouldn’t make it as effective as a witches’ bottle/jar which is created to protect the whole house but it does give an extra ‘oomph’ in a room if it is needed.