Re: Protect from blood magic? By: Spirit76 / Novice
Post # 2 Jun 14, 2019
The methods used in protection against negativity in general can be used to also protect from specific forms of workings. Energy is energy regardless of how the practitioner is moving it.
Actively work to build an internal mindset and external environment of positive energy and emotions, and affirm yourself of your innate personal authority and governance.
If you are referring to blood magic as magic performed through blood sacrifice or through the invoker using their blood in a ritual setting, these methods are just like any other magic.
If you mean that the invoker has something of yours that is personal and significant... Like your hair or blood or a personal item important to you... Some might find that more challenging to defend against as there is the idea of the attacking energy having a direct personal connection/guidance. Or a 'way in' past one's defensive efforts. A formal or ritualised Severing of personal and emotional connection to those things before renewing personal protections would help make things easier.
Some specific ideas include;
-laying amethyst clusters, citrine, onyx, or obsidian at doorways/windows, or in a prominent place in the rooms you most frequently occupy.
-drawing a line of salt at the windows/doors.
-hanging a witch-ball or dreamcatcher with active intent of engaging the item's functions of protection.
- placing a small mirror at windows. (you can use mirrored coasters to put your crystals on for a complimentary effect)
-laying iron nails in the ground around your home at the cardinal firections, points facing away from the home.
-plant/bury grounding stones and protective crystals in the cardinals, eight places, or twelve places around the home.
-If you work with runes (like Ogham or notse runes) build yourself sigils combining your favorite ones that represent strength, protection, and/or guardianship and drawing them above doorways.
-Making, buying, or printing off the internet favorite affirmations, prayers, protective statements, or just plain positive or funny sayings and putting them in places you will see regularly.
-Getting a nice smelling live plant or two and bringing them into your home. They act as something to care for and to feed positive energy into. They clear the air, and relieve stress.
-get a salt lamp and let it run. The warmed up salt ionises the air and also clears negativity.
-wear a calming or grounding stone like obsidian or onyx, or empowering stones like blue or black kyanite (personal favorites of mine).
-practice being aware of yourself, your actions and choices, and how you are managing the stresses of daily life. Be consciously active in what you do, when, and why. And use that to empower yourself so outside negativity loses the ability to affect you. If you can be in tune with yourself enough to recognise when outside influences are present, it becomes much easier to separate yourself from them and actively deny them any power.
