Oct. 19, 2025

The Magic of Witch Bottles: From Folklore To Fact

The Magic of Witch Bottles: From Folklore To Fact
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Centuries-old “witch bottles” have been discovered across Europe and America—filled with strange contents and buried to ward off evil. But what were they really for? In this episode of ParaTruth: Reborn, we explore the folklore, archaeology, and modern use of witch bottles.

🔮 Listen now and uncover the truth behind one of history’s most mysterious magical artifacts.


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Welcome. Well, well do para Truth.

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Truth, what's going on? Paratruthers. Welcome to a brand new

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episode of Paratruth Reborn.

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My name is Justin and I'm Eric, and in today's episode,

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we will be discussing the ever mysterious witch bottle. We'll

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begin with a brief overview of the bottle's origin and

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the materials used in crafting which bottles. Then we'll share

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the backstory and historical significance of a bottle's use, dive

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into some case studies and antidotes, and finally round out

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the topic with precautions that you should take if crafting

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a witch bottle of your own.

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Now, what is a witch bottle, because apparently I didn't

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know this, for I've never heard a current witch bottle.

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So wish falls have a richester historical significance in folk magic,

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primarily as protective charms. We've talked about this quite a

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bit over the past couple of weeks, and it originated,

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of course in Europe. That's kind of where a lot

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of stuff originates for our culture today, because that's where

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most of us came from, particularly in England during the

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sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. And these artifacts were crafted to

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ward off malevolent forces, curses, and negative energies. Here are

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some key points about their historical significance. Wish falls are

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believed to date back to the era out when believe

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in witchcraft and folk magic was more most prevalent, which

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in this case was the sixteenth and seventeenth century. During

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this time, which was known as the Witchcraze or the

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Great Hunt, because that's kind of when witch hunts started,

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a time of not only witchcraft, but fear of witchcraft

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was at its peak, and estimated forty to sixty thousand

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people were executed across Europe during this time as supposed

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witches now. The witch bottel itself served as a means

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for individuals to protect themselves from harm, often against perceived

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witches or ill wishers, and therefore were actually used by

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nonpractitioners to ward off witches an even evil intent from

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said witches. Just coming off the top of my head,

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seems kind of ironic that you would be using a

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magic spell basically.

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Right, I mean, everyone should have been executed at that point.

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It's crazy. When I saw when I when I really

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when I when I saw that for the first time

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in the research. I was just like, wait a minute,

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non witches are protecting themselves from witches by using witch bottles,

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which is just a type of witchcraft. What that's happening.

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Well, I mean, most most healers back in the day

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too were basically witches because they were not educated doctors,

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because back then it wasn't as prevalent as it was today,

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so they would have been considered witches as well.

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Right, And I think at the time, you know, really

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the biggest was separated, or at least what people back

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then thought separated them from quote unquote witches, was that

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the idea of the witch bottle was more of a

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superstition rather than a quote unquote craft. Now, mind you,

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there is no line here like the they in this case,

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it's one of the same thing. You're using various herbs

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and materials to create something as an intention, right as

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witchcraft typically is. Back then, of course, they thought a

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lot of the powers of witches came from the devil

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or dark entities, and so they kind of separated that way, saying, oh,

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which is are and witchcraft is of the devil, whereas

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these superstitions and the things that we make are not,

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which you know, today we see the irony obviously very

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different back then right now.

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Traditionally, whitch fodels were created using glass containers, obviously filled

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with various materials believed to hold magical properties. Common ingreens

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included herbs, pins, nails, urine apparently, and other items symbolizing

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the intent of witch bottle. As such, the materials used

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in witch bottles weren't simply thrown together, but each item

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held a specific and mindful purpose. We all, uh, we

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will have a more detailed look at the materials used

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later in the episode. But again, as as much as

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we're saying, you know it, the intent was different. It's

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still like just reading those ingredients like urine, like.

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Ah, and now I understand why scared of them if

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they found them later on it Like you know, like

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in this day and age out in the witch bottle,

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you think what is going on.

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Right before we go on real quick here and way

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off subject something, But it just happened to you like

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because you get really I heard a loud pop and

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then everything went really little on your end.

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Okay, is that better?

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That's much better?

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Okay. Many witch bottles were buried near the entrance of

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homes or in the ground to create a barrier against

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negative influences. Other places include the chimney, attic walls, and

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even in windowsills. This practice was thought to trap harmful

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entities and prevent them from entering a space.

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And it's very similar to I mean, there's so many

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different superstitions that we use today for the same thing.

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Devil's shoe shooting often placed above windows or doors in

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order to keep the devil out, to trip him up

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basically as he tries to come into your house. Same

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with salt. We all know the properties of salt and

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they how it has been used, and I'm sure plenty

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of you currently use it around your home or in

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your own Witch bottles or various crafts to help protect

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your house and keep it safe, especially from dark entities,

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but just show them spirits and general in many cases.

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For sure.

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Now, one thing that is really interesting about which bottles

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is that it wasn't very uniform and was actually varied

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by region. So for instances instance, in some cultures they

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functioned as love spells, while in others they were strictly protective. Now,

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this ability or adaptability showcased the local beliefs and magical

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practices of different communities, and you would find that based

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on the region you are in. Another thing to add

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to this is that, in addition to the protection and

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love idea of these spells, which bottles also served purposes

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related to healing and well being. They were sometimes used

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in conjunction with full carevites, often playing a dual role

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both in magical and medicinal context. And the course, speaking

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of context, as Theodore earlier, the historical backdrop of witch

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hunts and trials significantly impact the creation of witch bottles.

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Individuals sought ways to safeguard themselves during a period of

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mark by fear and suspicion regarding witchcraft. However, as the

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witch hunts began to die off in Western Europe during

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the eighteenth century due to increased skepticism, Enlightenment ideals, and

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the reformation of legal codes, so too did the use

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of witch bottles. But of course there's always a butt.

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In recent times there has been a resurgence of interest

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in which bottles, primarily within modern witchcraft and pagan practices.

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And of course we see this any of us probably

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listening to this podcast, you know, Justin and I see

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it regularly on TikTok especially various ways of creating your

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own witch bottles or any sort of other magical items

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to use on your day to day practice. Now, which

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bottles in particular are not or are celebrated not only

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for their historical backgrounds, but also for their enduring relevance

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as symbols of personal empowerment and intuition. In fact, which

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bottles can be easily purchased from a local metaphysical shop

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or even made at home for a specific purpose. Now,

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often these bottles can be found hanging from rearview mirrors

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in cars or attached to an individual's keychain. Of course,

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those aren't the only places they could be kept, and

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you'll see a little later in this episode where we'll

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talk about a few other options of placing Which's bottles

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or where they've been found throughout history and archaeological dig sites. Now,

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justin gone over a little bit, we both learned over

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a little bit of the purpose and functions of these

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witch bottles, but I wanted to kind of elaborate just

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a little bit more nothing crazy here. First, of as

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already stated, their real primary purpose when they were first

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really used, especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, was

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for protection and warding off negative energies, especially those associated

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with witches or witchcraft. Though as I just said, it

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isn't really much the case in modern days, and I

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think that's the thing that a lot of people really

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get confused, or at least they misunderstand. You know, you

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hear the word which's bottle, You think it's a bottle

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made by witches, which today, yes, by witches, pagans, by

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a number of different individuals. Even Christians out there make

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these as well nowadays, but in the sixth and seventeenth

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century it was primarily people who were scared of witches

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and witchcraft who created them for their own protect protection.

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Another thing that they're often used for is love and

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attraction spells. Now, love I think is more or less

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pretty descriptive in and of itself, but what are attraction spells? Well,

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this could be really to attract anything to you a job, money, love, friends, etc.

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Which is Bottles were also used in healing and health benefits,

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and consider which doctor in this case. So really any

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person who wants to either trying to heal themselves or

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somebody else, or use it as some sort of health

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benefit like maybe getting better rest at night, for example, Finally,

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the which bottle is a strong representation of intentions in

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magical practices. And again, we've talked about intentions a lot

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on this show, especially over the last six months or so,

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and that's really what these bottles are designed for. They're

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designed to basically instill an intention within them and then

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hold that intention for you as a physical manifestation or

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place where you can see it and remember your intentions.

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And that's the I mean, I think that is the

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idea behind any magical tool that people use today or

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even back in the day. It wasn't so much that

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you're putting in your intention into it, which you are,

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but it's to remind you of the intention so that

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you keep that intention fresh in your mind and keep

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it going throughout however long you want that spell to

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go or that protection to happen.

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Right, is the same thing when you when you do

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burning paper intensions, Well, you know, you write an intention

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on your sheet of paper, you burn it and you

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let it off into this into the area, let the

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wind take it. You know, it's it's your It's a

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physical representation of you letting go of that intention and

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putting it out there in the universe. One thing. I

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do want to stay here because this is something I've

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actually have thought about a lot and actually have struggled with.

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So we're going to open up a little bit here.

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As somebody who has obsessive compulsive disorder often having negative thoughts.

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I've had this concern based on the idea of intention,

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that if I have a negative thought while doing something

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that promotes some sort of energy. Let's, for example, talk

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about string tying or rope tying, right, not tying, I

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guess would be the proper term. I have had negative

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thoughts while tying my shoes, and in particular, once I

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pull that knock tight, that negative thought pops in and I think,

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oh my God, did I just put an intention out

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there that I don't want out there? You know? And

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it's something I live with daily, of fear with. But

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through studies, something that you have to really understand is

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simply having a thought isn't an intention. You have to have.

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The intention is basically something that you're committing your energy,

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your fullness of your mind. You are like so it's

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so like accepting of the intention that the intention itself

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is an extension of you. So you can't simply just

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have a thought and then boom, it's gonna happen as

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an intention, whether negative or positive. There's way more that

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goes into it, and there's much more concentration when it

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comes to actually putting intentions out into the universe.

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For your case though, and a lot of people with

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severe OCD, it can become an intention because you start

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obsessing on that thought.

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Well, you know, well, thank you for helping me feel better. Geez,

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you know I'm not.

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No. The reason I bring it up is because you know,

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we've said it before. You know, just because you have

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that thought, it it doesn't become true, like you said,

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but with obsessive compulsive people it can. It's just you

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have to find a way to trigger your mind to

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think about something else so that you're not just obsessing

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that one thought concept, and which is where a lot

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of the behaviors come from, which you and I have

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talked about at numerous times, especially the ones that you

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have done in the past. You've gotten a lot better

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over time though with your behaviors as far as yeah,

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to get them to not come true. So it's a

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hard thing to realize. I mean, I'm one of those

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people to the even though I don't have severeo CD.

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I worry that thinking about stuff constantly is going to

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make stuff happen, and it will if you don't stop

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that thought process. And so the the love and attraction spells,

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the healing and health benefits, and the intention in magical

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practices are those all from today or back? And which

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bottles were still or first being practiced both?

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and seventeenth century. It really depend on region. So all

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of this did exist, the love and attraction, the healing,

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health benefits, et cetera. But the primary use throughout the

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sixteenth and seventeenth century was for protection due to the

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fear that was instilled in people during the quote unquote

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witch craze.

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Still sounds like practicing witchcraft to fight which.

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Raft to me, fire with fire, I guess.

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But my point being, you know, I have nothing against Christianity,

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but to see that and then think of the hypocrisy

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that has happened in Christianity because of things like that specifically,

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Oh yeah, it just makes me laugh because it's like, oh,

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Christians are against this stuff, but then we were using

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it in an attempt to stop things. It's one of

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those things that I can go down and rabbit hole

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for hours on end about about it. But we'll keep

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going here. So which bottles were crafted using a variety

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of materials, each believe to hold specific magical properties. Here

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are some kind of ingredients typically used in their creation.

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Glass bottle. Obviously it's a bottle in today's a and age,

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I mean, bottles are made of different materials, but it

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was always glass back in the sixteenth and seventeenth century,

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primary container usually made of glass, symbolizing transparency and the

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encapsulation of energies. Save that five times.

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So as.

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Urine often uses personal fluid believed to connect to the

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bottle to the person that's it's made for. It was

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thought to absorb negative energies directed at them. Nails and pins.

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This is actually something you see throughout a lot of

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different magical practices, voodoo dolls, juju bags, witch bottles, other

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practices by pagans or witch wigans, stuff like that. A

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lot of times you're always using nails or pins.

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I mean, even as far as Christianity, when you consider

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the nails of Christ true.

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Right right, These sharp objects were included to symbolize protection

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and the thwarting of harmful intentions. They were often inserted

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point first to invoke a barrier against negativity. I will

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bring up that most nails and pins were made of iron,

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and you know steel is a type of iron, cold iron,

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and there is a lot of belief that iron stops

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negative spells or negative energies, or energies altogether, depending on.

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Which you know. You would think that if that were true, though,

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then human like, no person whatsoever could ever be possessed

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since iron is rich typically within our blood, you would think.

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And there would be those that would say, and I'm

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not saying this is what I believe, but there are

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those that would say that possession isn't a real thing.

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So I guess it depends on your beliefs. I don't know,

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and I guess.

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Usually when you're talking about iron, you're talking about an

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iron object, yeah, not your blood. So that is an

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interesting thought for sure.

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Some other ones are herbs. Various herbs, each with its

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own magical properties, can also be added. Common examples include

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rosemary for protection, cleaning cleansing, garlic to ward off evil spirits,

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and time for courage and strength. Salt is a very

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common ingredient, using which bottles as it acts as a

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purifying agent, believe to absorb negative energies and provide protection

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against harmful influences. So in this day and age, we

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should all be protected against anything because.

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Most and others tell you and family you had salt, garlic, time,

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and rosemary and most of our food growing up and

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even today, if you eat pizza, if you cook for yourself,

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those are common herbs that you use in cooking.

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So just a random thought, I add. So there's some

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others here here in clippings, personal items like hair or

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nail clippings connected the bottle to the individual, enhancing its

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potency and protecting the person. Again, you see that in

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the use of voodoo dolls at times, at least in

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pop culture. I don't know if it's as much in

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the real voodoo practice. Cider, vinegar, or other liquids such

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as olive oil, moon water, salt water, etc. Are used

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for their cleansing properties. These liquids could symbolize the removal

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of negative or negativity or the enhancement of protective energies

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small charms or tokens. We've talked about this in the

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past couple of weeks. With the the doll, the haunted

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dolls some people three reason they would have been haunted

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was people were kind of making them more poppets than

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the dolls actually becoming haunted. But you do see that

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a negative entity can get attached to a poppet as well.

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So items such as coins, stones, or other symbolic objects

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that carried personal or cultural significance or are often used

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to represent the intentions behind the witch bottle candles sometimes

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included to symbolized light and banishment of darkness, enhancing the

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overall protective energy of the bottle. But depending on the

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intention set on the witch bottle, candles are the or

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the wax thereof can also be used in accordance to

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color theory and the meaning behind various colored candles, for example,

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or a candle may be used to promote passion or love,

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while a green candle may be used to promote financial lucrativity.

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And again you see this throughout any magical object. I

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think in the voodoo dolls that we bought in New Orleans,

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they were kind of the same thing as well, where

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the color kind of represented.

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That, right, Yeah, at least in our case, yes, right,

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So these.

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Materials were often chosen based on the specific intention behind

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the witch bottle, whether for protection, love, or healing, making

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each creation unique to the individual's needs and beliefs. And

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again you'll see that throughout any magical tool that you use.

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Right, So, how do we really know whether these witch

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bottles were used and what they were used for? Well,

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that comes down to case studies and ancidotes, primarily objects

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in this case the bottles which are found in archaeological

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sites during excavations in particular, so which bottles have had

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a storied history of course, with several notable case studies

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illustrating their use in folk magic for protection and other purposes.

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And so right now, what I want to do is

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just give you, guys, I think five or six, I

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believe pretty prominent examples of how witch bottles were used.

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So the first one is the witch bottle from Staffordshire

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in the eighteenth century. It was actually discovered in twenty

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and sixteen in a Staffordshire well. This bottle is believed

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to date back of the seventeenth or maybe eighteenth century,

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and it contained a mix of ingredients including nails, hair,

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and a possible representation of the witch's image. Archaeologists suggested

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it was intentionally placed for protection against witchcraft, reflecting the

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widespread fear of witchcraft during that period. Now, of course

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you can question why, if it was intentionally placed, why

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place it in a well in particular, And I should

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think there's a number of different possibilities. The first is

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maybe they thought at the time whiches were coming up

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from wells, maybe because they're come from Hell or something

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like that, or the demons or dark entities that supplied

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their powers, or even more likely is it was their

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way of trying to protect the water from becoming cursed

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by a rather upset witch who was trying to harm them.

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Another part, too, is back then it was believed that

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witches used dowsing, and that's a way to find water,

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So maybe it was a way to protect the well

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from which is finding it.

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That's also possible. The witch bottle of sixteen sixty is

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the second one on the list here, and it was

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a witch bottle found in the twentieth century excavation in London,

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which contained iron nails and shreds of pottery that was

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associated with the witch hunts of the seventeenth century, and

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it was thought to have been used by someone seeking

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to protect themselves from a pursued, which is curse or harm. Again,

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this is something that's often used much like the evil

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eyes used today. Then we have, of course the colonial

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New England which bottles, which during the seventeenth and eighteenth

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centuries in New England, which bottles became very popular among

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the colonists. I mean, we all know who we're talking

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about when you say New England colonists. So for example,

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and for those of you who don't know, a very

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notable case involved a bottle found in the Salem, Massachusetts,

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where it reportedly contained human hair and pins, and of

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course based on according to the archaeologists, this reflects the

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socio political context of Salem, which other Salemis trials during

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that time size, and the use of witch bottles as

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a form of community protection against accusations and curses. So

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these are of course people who are not only trying

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to protect themselves from the witches themselves and the witchcraft,

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but they're trying to protect themselves from being accused by

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their friends and family and neighbors. This one's a little

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little weird. That's the moles eye witch bottle. Now I

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say weird because we're talking about moles eye hair. But

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we need to consider the various aspects of protection that

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people used in the sixth and seventeenth and even eighteenth centuries,

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animals are actually very prominent. In fact, there was even

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a house I believe it was, oh, I want to

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say it was in London. There's been a couple of houses,

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but primarily in London. I remember one story in which

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a house that was being excavated they found a mummified

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cat and a mummified rat or mouse in the wall

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of a house. Now some might think, well, they both

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just died there and that was that. But during the

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time in which this house was built, one protective idea

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was to take a dead cat and a dead mouse

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put them in the walls as if the one is

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chasing the other, and it was to protect the house

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from rodents. It was supposed to war rodents off somehow,

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some way. And we see this time and time again

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with not just casting rodents, but a number of different

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creatures that were used, especially in the sixteen and seventeenth centuries. Now,

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the mole's eye, which bottle was actually discovered during an

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excavation at a mid evil site in Yorkshire or England.

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This bottle contained a mixture of herbs and a mole's eye.

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It was believed to have been used to banish illness

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or bad luck, showcasing the diversity of purpose behind which

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bottles more beyond mirror protection. Then, of course we have

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the witch bottle of the nineteenth century America, and I

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say America specifically because there are different contexts in which

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which bottles were used. But in nineteenth century Appalachian communities,

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which bottles were sometimes buried or hidden in homes to

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protect against witchcraft. Documentation actually exists of families creating these

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bottles filled with personal items and protective herbs, underscoring their

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use in rural folk traditions and is still very well

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used today in the Appalachian communities. Then, of course, finally

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we have the English witch bottles, which is the local

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context in this case. Again, different regions in England had

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unique practices surrounding which bottles as well. In some areas

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they were buried backward at doorways, while in others they

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were hidden within home structures. Local reports from various centuries

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describe personal experiences where families use these bottles toward off

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ill wishes or spiritual attacks. After reflecting the community shared

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beliefs and fear. So again, depending on where you were

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going in England, what region, what location, you would start

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to see how these witch bottles would kind of transform

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from one place to the next in terms of their use.

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I didn't realize there had been that many excavated. I'm

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sure there's probably been plenty more.

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Oh yeah, for sure.

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But so the interesting thing about all of this is

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that in today's day and age, a lot of practices

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that were kind of shunned or even banned in places

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back in not so late history is that we're using

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them today and has become much more or an accepted

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part of the culture and contemporary witch bottels are most

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commonly used as a protective charm as a means to

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ward off evil intent, curses, psychic tags, badluck, and just

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about any other negative energy. However, witch bottles can also

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be used as a means of intent to influence things

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like love, wealth, healing, et cetera. Like we mentioned earlier,

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it is all about the intent, so it's interesting that

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it's used for both either kind of like a magical

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spell or protection against something which in a sense can

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be a magical spell. Now, social media is also a

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big influence on the modern craft of witch bottles. Not

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only do platforms like TikTok and Instagram increase both visibility

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and accessibility to witch bottles, but it has also influenced

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the modern use of witch bottles as a device to

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conjure positi activity rather than original use of defensive purposes.

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Social media has also restructured the idea of witchcraft and

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folk magic as a spiritual, positive and self affirming practice.

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The resurgence of folk magic is also growing as and

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has grown over the last several years, practiced primarily by

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millennials and gen z as a desire for control and

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connected connection in an uncertain world as we face today.

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As such, modern practitioners often draw from witchcraft, paganism, and

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other forms of magic to find a personal empowerment, spiritual meaning,

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and as a way to connect to nature through an

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ever advancing technological world. Now you would think the easiest

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way to connect to nature is put well your damn,

472
00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:56.480
go out in it, deep it inside, and go outside.

473
00:32:56.799 --> 00:33:00.839
But I can see how in this technology, logical age,

474
00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:03.839
this is a way to take baby steps if you will.

475
00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:06.799
Well, yeah, But on top of that, you know, especially

476
00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:11.039
here in America, but around the world, we're seeing more

477
00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:16.359
and more harm being done to fellow humans. And you know,

478
00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:21.400
I think people want to get away from you know,

479
00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.359
not to say to get away from the human experience,

480
00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:27.160
but they want a better understanding of the human experience

481
00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:29.440
other than what they're just seeing on the social media,

482
00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:33.559
on their phones, on TV, etc. So taking the time

483
00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:35.359
to kind of delve into some of these things, go

484
00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:37.720
out in nature, be a part of it. Experience that

485
00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:42.079
learn the ways of old helps connect you to your

486
00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:46.119
ancestors as well, who maybe dat or did not experience

487
00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:50.559
similar things in their time. But it is a very growing,

488
00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:56.799
a very growing thing for a lot of millennials engines

489
00:33:56.920 --> 00:34:00.079
years to be doing right now. And again you see it.

490
00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:03.279
I mean, TikTok is one place, sure, but YouTube, there's

491
00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:06.200
a ton of stuff on YouTube, especially those of you

492
00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:08.920
who probably know if you know, you know right, whitch

493
00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:11.000
tube is what it's known as. And so there are

494
00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:15.199
plenty of people who are either advanced which is, or

495
00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:18.559
aspiring which is who create daily YouTube videos to share

496
00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:20.519
their walk and explain some of the some of the

497
00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:23.840
things that they've done and have learned through it. And

498
00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:25.599
mind you like, some of this isn't even like just

499
00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:27.400
a straight up practice, like some of it is just

500
00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:31.480
exper experimentation for some people, probably for a lot of people.

501
00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:35.440
But yeah, it is continuously growing, and I think as

502
00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:39.000
the next ten to fifteen years come by, is going

503
00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:45.239
to continue to grow for sure. Now when it comes

504
00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:49.599
to not just witch bottles, but really any sort of

505
00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:54.840
of well actually anything that's like placing intentions out there,

506
00:34:55.119 --> 00:35:00.119
whether it be a crafting, so sort of a spell,

507
00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:05.840
perhaps even prayers, depending on all this, depending on certain situations,

508
00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:10.000
you have to really consider the ethical considerations behind it.

509
00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:14.440
So when it comes to reasonable practices in magic, in

510
00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:18.920
this case, it's important to follow certain things. And this

511
00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:20.440
is something that should be on all of our minds

512
00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:23.320
in general, primarily when we even open our mouths to

513
00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:26.039
speak or before we decide to do anything in action. Right,

514
00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:30.679
the first and foremost is to prioritize consent and autonomy.

515
00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:35.440
You want to avoid performing spills on or for others

516
00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:41.639
without their explicit, informed consent and practitioners today, many pressure

517
00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:45.800
petitioners believe that attempting to maubate someone's free will, even

518
00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:49.960
with good intentions, is on ethical and can backfire. Now,

519
00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:53.440
we've met quite a few individuals throughout the years who

520
00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:59.400
are practitioners of witchcraft and various other crafts, and some

521
00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:02.159
of them will agree on this and others not at all,

522
00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:05.159
So you know, kind of le vet up to you

523
00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:09.760
to discern, I suppose. But yeah, that's.

524
00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:14.039
Saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

525
00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:16.079
Right, right, that is something to considered, right, you know,

526
00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:19.320
you know, like for me, it's always like if you

527
00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:21.000
have an idea, if you have a thought, think twice

528
00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:24.679
about it. Doesn't mean it's wrong, right, doesn't necessarily mean

529
00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:26.559
it's the right idea either, Right, So you just got

530
00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:28.519
to be just tread carefully when it especially when it

531
00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:32.159
comes to this stuff, because you know, you'll hear a

532
00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:35.760
number of practitioners out there that say that once you

533
00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:39.039
put an intention out there like it's it's not easy

534
00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:42.760
to wrangle back it at all. So and that kind

535
00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:46.920
of brings us to actually two more points here in particular.

536
00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:50.199
But the first is do no harm the principle the

537
00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:55.159
principle and ye harm no one do or I'm sorry

538
00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:59.559
ye and ye harm none. Do what ye will is

539
00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:05.880
some of the older way of saying it. Basically, do

540
00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:10.079
you no harm, otherwise you're gonna find yourself in some trouble.

541
00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:13.559
It's a core tenant basically for many, which is in

542
00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:18.159
particular especially those within the wicked tradition and the broader

543
00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:22.440
ethical stance is to act responsibly and avoid causing intentional

544
00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:25.000
harm to others or yourself.

545
00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:29.400
I kind of like that saying, over do unto others

546
00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:32.800
as you would want done unto you, because I mean,

547
00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:35.960
there will be those that will go and hurt people

548
00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:38.400
because they want to be hurt.

549
00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:46.920
Oh well, that's that's called trauma. They didn't see a therapist.

550
00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:51.159
And then this next one is actually very prominent I

551
00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:53.320
think for a lot of us, whether you're a practitioner

552
00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:56.400
or not, I thinks this is very common well round

553
00:37:56.400 --> 00:38:02.119
a belief among humanity, and it is simply practicingccountability. Now,

554
00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:06.280
it's important to take responsibility for your actions and their consequences.

555
00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:09.000
I know a lot of you don't, and I would

556
00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:11.239
be lying if I said I wasn't one of them. Occasionally,

557
00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:15.719
but traditions incorporate the threefold of law in this case,

558
00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:18.599
which holds that the energy you put out, positive or

559
00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:23.039
negative will return to you threefold. For those of you

560
00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:26.079
maybe know of it by another word, it's called karma.

561
00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:30.039
And yeah, you know that's something you definitely want to

562
00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:37.000
you want to consider, especially when doing any sort of spells. Finally,

563
00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.519
and this is something that you guys have also heard

564
00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:42.920
on many shows, I'm sure throughout the years, and multiple

565
00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:48.119
times on ours. Respect closed practices. We've had these discussions

566
00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:52.480
with plenty of guests. But basically, many spiritual practices, such

567
00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:58.800
as voteron and certain Native American traditions are culturally specific

568
00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:05.760
and requires civic lineage or initiation. Basically, respecting these boundaries

569
00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:09.199
means admiring from a distance and not co opting them

570
00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:13.480
into your personal practice. And of course we've heard stories

571
00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:17.159
all kinds of different stories, especially regarding the Native American traditions.

572
00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:21.159
We've even had individuals on our show who said we

573
00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:26.920
should not, no one should ever use white sage because

574
00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:30.719
of an American Native American tradition. But we've had other

575
00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:33.679
people come out and say otherwise, and it's there, there

576
00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:37.559
is a line, and in my you know, based on

577
00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:40.039
what I've learned and experienced, it is okay to use

578
00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:44.719
white stage, so long as you're doing it in a

579
00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:51.039
way that doesn't neglect or undermined be its original intended. Yes,

580
00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:54.280
through Native American traditions.

581
00:39:53.840 --> 00:40:01.800
Right, Yeah, I want to say I heard that, so

582
00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:05.199
long as you're not saying that it's smudging, because the

583
00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:09.079
smudging is actually the Native American practice of it, just

584
00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:13.599
using the sage and again intent and all that stuff.

585
00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:17.480
It's it's a little bit different than Native American practices.

586
00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:21.000
So unless and I would love for other, you know,

587
00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:25.320
another Native American guests to come on and tell us otherwise,

588
00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:29.199
because again I'm not doing wanting to do something to

589
00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:37.119
disrespect a culture for sure. Now, there's potential consequences of misuse,

590
00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:43.800
as you would always think that should be considered. We

591
00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:47.159
just talked about. There's the idea of the threefold law,

592
00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:51.199
and so if you plan on using witch bottles as

593
00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:53.519
a means to harm, then there's a chance that it

594
00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:58.960
would return threefold upon the practitioner. Something else to consider

595
00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:03.960
is the impact at a witch bottle or spell can

596
00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.000
have on the individual for which it is used. And

597
00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:11.280
again I think that's where the consent part comes in.

598
00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:14.440
Have them, you know, with you when you're having this

599
00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:18.000
witch bottle made for them, because they should know that

600
00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:22.679
you're trying to help them and obviously give consent for that.

601
00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:26.360
Even if the bottle is intended for positivity. The person

602
00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:28.760
for whom you were trying to help me find it

603
00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:32.039
as an intrusion of privacy right.

604
00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:34.079
Well, and not to mention like, there are plenty of

605
00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:38.119
individuals out there who, I mean, anything that even resembles

606
00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:43.159
any sort of witchcraft or what have you will immediately

607
00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:45.920
straight away from it, even if it's considered to be

608
00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:49.000
or meant to be of good reasoning behind it. You know,

609
00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:55.400
the is just not a whitch right right exactly. And

610
00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:59.400
there are some people who like, definitely respect any individual

611
00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:01.159
in the practice is, but they just don't want any

612
00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:03.400
part of it, and so that is something that we

613
00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:06.119
all have to consider. You know. I've had people, I've

614
00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:07.679
asked people if I can pray for them, and they've

615
00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:10.159
told me no, And you know, I've got to respect

616
00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:12.960
that because that is their that's their wish. They don't

617
00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:15.519
want that. So you know, you do have to tread

618
00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:18.440
things carefully here and be aware of the people that

619
00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:20.679
you're trying to help in any situation.

620
00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:26.440
Interestingly enough, I had someone ask me that this year

621
00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:28.920
if they could pray for me. It was at a

622
00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:34.480
vendor show for Shelley, and I'm like, sure, absolutely, and

623
00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:36.559
he's like well, what do you want you know, what

624
00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:39.039
do you want me to pray for? I'm like more

625
00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:42.000
sales sit with that going well.

626
00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:45.000
Yeah, so there's nothing wrong with that, but you know,

627
00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:52.920
and like it even goes into you know, like just

628
00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:55.719
send us something like for example, CPR. Right, So, I

629
00:42:55.719 --> 00:43:01.920
had to take a CPR class for my personal training certificate,

630
00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:06.639
and one thing that they mentioned over and over and

631
00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:09.960
over again during the class and during the studies is

632
00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:14.880
that if the person is aware it anyway, like whatsoever,

633
00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:20.239
you cannot touch them without their explicit permission to touch them.

634
00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:22.760
So if someone fall down their hurt and you know

635
00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:26.920
they need this isn't even this isn't just CPR, by

636
00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:29.679
the way, it's just an any case in what you're

637
00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:32.920
trying to help somebody, Before you touch them, before you

638
00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:37.199
move them, you need to have their explicit yes to

639
00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:40.599
do so. The only way you can counter or not

640
00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:43.719
counter go over that or step over that boundary is

641
00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:46.719
if the person is incapable of responding, meaning in this case,

642
00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:52.000
they are completely out no response whatsoever. You know, then

643
00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:56.199
in that case you take the best you know, your

644
00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:58.559
best decision, You make your best decision. Is it the

645
00:43:58.639 --> 00:44:00.639
right cause of the wrong call to forms of br

646
00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:06.440
to help this person move them, et cetera. You know, again,

647
00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:11.000
it all comes that's situational. But yeah, it's always important

648
00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:14.400
to have consent when it comes to these types of things. Yeah.

649
00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:18.840
Now, it's also important to know what you're putting into

650
00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:23.039
these bottles and what those items are intended for. There

651
00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:26.880
are plenty of materials on the market for crafting which bottles,

652
00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:32.239
and many of those materials are mislabeled, and I mean,

653
00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:35.719
depending on where you're getting them from, it may be

654
00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:38.880
dangerous as well because of the mislabeling.

655
00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:41.559
Or just not ethical if you're against that, right.

656
00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:45.320
Right, So it's always important to do your research and

657
00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:49.239
know exactly what you're placing to the bottle and what

658
00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:52.079
it's used for. On top of that, if you're if

659
00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:55.239
calling upon or conjuring spirits to help in the manifestation

660
00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:58.400
of your particular spell, then it is important to be

661
00:44:58.440 --> 00:45:01.199
aware of what spirit you were calling upon and what

662
00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:06.079
harm that spirit can potentially do. I would also say

663
00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:11.440
make sure you're protecting yourself when you're doing that, because

664
00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:15.679
even if you call the right spirit or whatever, an

665
00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:19.000
attachment can happen, regardless if it's a positive or negative.

666
00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.400
Spirit.

667
00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:25.320
Some spirits are misleading spirits, tricksters and downright dark, and

668
00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:28.960
so treading cautiously within the spirit world is highly advised.

669
00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:32.440
The list of potential misuse of witch bottles or witchcraft

670
00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:35.760
in general is ever growing, and is always best to

671
00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:39.079
do your research and know exactly what you're doing before

672
00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:42.679
you do it. And I do want to say that today,

673
00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:46.960
and maybe it was just confusion back then or just

674
00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:52.599
that people were scared of witchcraft, but today many witchcraft

675
00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:58.480
practicers will say they never do negative spells. It doesn't

676
00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:04.039
matter how much they're being paid, because again, intention and

677
00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:08.039
if you're intending to hurt somebody, you got that threefold

678
00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:12.440
law that it possibly make come back to bite you

679
00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.480
in the butt, right.

680
00:46:14.239 --> 00:46:16.840
And of course that's not to say there are people

681
00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:20.199
out there willing to deduce some evil deeds. Back when

682
00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:24.679
I had forgotten to radio, I had somebody who was

683
00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:28.440
upset about what I was saying and said that he

684
00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:33.480
was used. He was, you know, a dark practitioner, and

685
00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:37.719
that he's going to cast a negative spell or curse

686
00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:40.920
upon me because of it, you know, And there are

687
00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:42.280
people out there who will do that. They don't care,

688
00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:44.960
they think they're protected and of course I wasn't afraid

689
00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:49.519
because my Bible says that anything that is intended for

690
00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:52.360
harmpred me will be reversed onto them and I'll be protected.

691
00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:55.719
So it wasn't a big deal. But nonetheless, you have

692
00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:58.159
to be aware of the people you're associating yourself with

693
00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:59.800
and who you're working along.

694
00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:01.800
Now.

695
00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:06.119
It is like, thankfully, in today's age, most people are

696
00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:12.360
practicing positive intentions and spell works and prayers, but sadly

697
00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:15.800
there are individuals walking in dark circles who do quite

698
00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:19.920
the opposite. So if you're someone looking for a spell

699
00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:24.519
to help you or a prayer or whatever have it,

700
00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:26.800
just make sure you're looking to the right people and

701
00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:38.039
that you trust those individuals before giving them the okay, So.

702
00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:48.320
Kind of recapping, the key points here which follows are

703
00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:53.960
all about intention, what you're putting into them energy wise,

704
00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:56.960
I mean, what you're putting into them for the physical

705
00:47:57.119 --> 00:48:01.800
ingredients and then what they're used for. Four And making

706
00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:04.440
sure you have consent from a person that it's being

707
00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:07.760
made for, that they're okay with you doing this and

708
00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:11.119
it's okay that they're going to keep it with them

709
00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:19.840
and whatnot. Like you've said, Eric, I think that that

710
00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:22.559
goes without saying for anything in this day and age,

711
00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:28.400
make sure that you're asking for consent and have positive,

712
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positive intentions, just because there's way too much negativity in

713
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this world, so let's not add to it. But we

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do invite you guys to share your experiences and feedback

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about our episodes no matter where you listen. We're on Spotify, iHeartRadio,

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know public Creadio network. Pretty much wherever you can find

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great podcasts, you can find us, and you can find

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us on all the social media's. The show does go

721
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out live both on YouTube and on Facebook. We did

722
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have a pull on this. I think the only person

723
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that responded was your mom at the.

724
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Question was literally not as you know, so I being

725
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a jerk, Yeah, it's fall.

726
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And the question was would you keep or destroy a

727
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witch bottle if you found one?

728
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Uh.

729
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The answers were keep it sealed, destroy it, open it,

730
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or call a paranormal team, And your mom responded, I'd

731
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call you two. So a paranormal team. Well apparent, so

732
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on paranormal team, you know, I think if I found

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an old witch bottle, like one that I had no

734
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clue where it came from or whatever that, or if

735
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it looked really, really old, I would probably cleanse it

736
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and keep it. And I'm sure I have the sinking

737
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subsision suspicion as the saying answer for you.

738
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Yeah, yeah it is. I can't help it. I can't

739
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help it. I love how you say that, like it's

740
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it's a terrible I mean, well, here's the thing, Like,

741
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some things are just negative, right, and you shouldn't take

742
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me to your home. But I've said it multiple times.

743
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I found that African mask that I knew had a

744
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negative energy attached to it. You know, my ex girlfriend

745
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at the time didn't believe me until she held it,

746
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and then she agreed. And I still brought it home anyway,

747
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because no matter how much I wanted to put it down,

748
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you would say, now take me home. Yeah, I tell

749
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you that stuff always does that to me always. I'm

750
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a sucker.

751
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Well, and I mean, yeah, we took those nails home

752
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from Popelic Trestle as well. Again, maybe probably not to

753
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save us for one you could have ended up with

754
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or both of us could have ended.

755
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Up with tetanus. So they are very rusty.

756
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Secondly, because of what is at the Popelic trustle it

757
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could have been cursed followed us home. Whatever. I personally

758
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didn't cleanse mine. Nothing bad has happened, thankfully. I know

759
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you cleansed yours.

760
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I did, eventually I didn't have first with then some

761
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things that I that something's happened that I was not

762
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too throughted about. It's like weird coincidence that this would

763
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happen right when I brought this thing into my house.

764
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So yeah, and you know, on top of it, it

765
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probably wasn't good to take them because they may or

766
00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:40.559
may not have been covered with leeches, and I just

767
00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:42.599
brushed them off and took it home anyway.

768
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So well, thanks for keeping that from me. What you

769
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keep me mind? Oh man, okay, Oh.

770
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He's going to grow throw up now and throw out

771
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his uh fails.

772
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Oh they'll still sit there might not. So, like I mentioned,

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like share, subscribe no matter where you guys listen. It

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you can get in on the conversation. I had put

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a post out about three i at lists. If you

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don't know what that is, uh, go ahead and google

780
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it and check it out. It's actually an object that

781
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has entered our whole wholar system. At this point, there's

782
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been huge speculation of what it is, but we set

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up different polls. We put in posts about the upcoming episodes,

784
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so make sure you're paying attention and we would love

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to hear from y'all until next week where you'll find

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us same time, same channel.

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