The Magic of Witch Bottles: From Folklore To Fact

0:03 Welcome. Well, well do para Truth. Truth, what's going on? Paratruthers. Welcome to a brand new episode of Paratruth Reborn. My name is Justin and I'm Eric, and in today's episode, we will be discussing the ever mysterious witch bottle. We'll begin with a brief overview of the bottle's origin and the materials used in crafting which bottles. Then we'll share the backstory and historical significance of a bottle's use, dive into some case studies and antidotes, and finally round out the topic with precautions that you should take if crafting a witch bottle of your own.

1:09 Now, what is a witch bottle, because apparently I didn't know this, for I've never heard a current witch bottle. So wish falls have a richester historical significance in folk magic, primarily as protective charms. We've talked about this quite a bit over the past couple of weeks, and it originated, of course in Europe. That's kind of where a lot of stuff originates for our culture today, because that's where most of us came from, particularly in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. And these artifacts were crafted to ward off malevolent forces, curses, and negative energies. Here are some key points about their historical significance. Wish falls are believed to date back to the era out when believe in witchcraft and folk magic was more most prevalent, which in this case was the sixteenth and seventeenth century. During this time, which was known as the Witchcraze or the Great Hunt, because that's kind of when witch hunts started, a time of not only witchcraft, but fear of witchcraft was at its peak, and estimated forty to sixty thousand people were executed across Europe during this time as supposed witches now. The witch bottel itself served as a means for individuals to protect themselves from harm, often against perceived witches or ill wishers, and therefore were actually used by

2:43 nonpractitioners to ward off witches an even evil intent from said witches. Just coming off the top of my head, seems kind of ironic that you would be using a magic spell basically. Right, I mean, everyone should have been executed at that point. It's crazy. When I saw when I when I really when I when I saw that for the first time in the research. I was just like, wait a minute, non witches are protecting themselves from witches by using witch bottles, which is just a type of witchcraft. What that's happening.

3:25 Well, I mean, most most healers back in the day too were basically witches because they were not educated doctors, because back then it wasn't as prevalent as it was today, so they would have been considered witches as well. Right, And I think at the time, you know, really the biggest was separated, or at least what people back then thought separated them from quote unquote witches, was that the idea of the witch bottle was more of a superstition rather than a quote unquote craft. Now, mind you, there is no line here like the they in this case, it's one of the same thing. You're using various herbs and materials to create something as an intention, right as witchcraft typically is. Back then, of course, they thought a lot of the powers of witches came from the devil or dark entities, and so they kind of separated that way, saying, oh, which is are and witchcraft is of the devil, whereas these superstitions and the things that we make are not, which you know, today we see the irony obviously very different back then right now.

4:41 Traditionally, whitch fodels were created using glass containers, obviously filled with various materials believed to hold magical properties. Common ingreens included herbs, pins, nails, urine apparently, and other items symbolizing the intent of witch bottle. As such, the materials used in witch bottles weren't simply thrown together, but each item held a specific and mindful purpose. We all, uh, we will have a more detailed look at the materials used later in the episode. But again, as as much as we're saying, you know it, the intent was different. It's still like just reading those ingredients like urine, like.

5:31 Ah, and now I understand why scared of them if they found them later on it Like you know, like in this day and age out in the witch bottle, you think what is going on. Right before we go on real quick here and way off subject something, But it just happened to you like because you get really I heard a loud pop and then everything went really little on your end. Okay, is that better? That's much better? Okay. Many witch bottles were buried near the entrance of homes or in the ground to create a barrier against negative influences. Other places include the chimney, attic walls, and even in windowsills. This practice was thought to trap harmful entities and prevent them from entering a space.

6:26 And it's very similar to I mean, there's so many different superstitions that we use today for the same thing. Devil's shoe shooting often placed above windows or doors in order to keep the devil out, to trip him up basically as he tries to come into your house. Same with salt. We all know the properties of salt and they how it has been used, and I'm sure plenty of you currently use it around your home or in your own Witch bottles or various crafts to help protect your house and keep it safe, especially from dark entities, but just show them spirits and general in many cases. For sure. Now, one thing that is really interesting about which bottles is that it wasn't very uniform and was actually varied by region. So for instances instance, in some cultures they functioned as love spells, while in others they were strictly protective. Now, this ability or adaptability showcased the local beliefs and magical practices of different communities, and you would find that based on the region you are in. Another thing to add to this is that, in addition to the protection and love idea of these spells, which bottles also served purposes related to healing and well being. They were sometimes used in conjunction with full carevites, often playing a dual role both in magical and medicinal context. And the course, speaking

7:58 of context, as Theodore earlier, the historical backdrop of witch hunts and trials significantly impact the creation of witch bottles. Individuals sought ways to safeguard themselves during a period of mark by fear and suspicion regarding witchcraft. However, as the witch hunts began to die off in Western Europe during the eighteenth century due to increased skepticism, Enlightenment ideals, and the reformation of legal codes, so too did the use of witch bottles. But of course there's always a butt. In recent times there has been a resurgence of interest in which bottles, primarily within modern witchcraft and pagan practices.

8:45 And of course we see this any of us probably listening to this podcast, you know, Justin and I see it regularly on TikTok especially various ways of creating your own witch bottles or any sort of other magical items to use on your day to day practice. Now, which bottles in particular are not or are celebrated not only for their historical backgrounds, but also for their enduring relevance as symbols of personal empowerment and intuition. In fact, which bottles can be easily purchased from a local metaphysical shop or even made at home for a specific purpose. Now, often these bottles can be found hanging from rearview mirrors in cars or attached to an individual's keychain. Of course, those aren't the only places they could be kept, and you'll see a little later in this episode where we'll talk about a few other options of placing Which's bottles or where they've been found throughout history and archaeological dig sites. Now, justin gone over a little bit, we both learned over a little bit of the purpose and functions of these witch bottles, but I wanted to kind of elaborate just a little bit more nothing crazy here. First, of as already stated, their real primary purpose when they were first really used, especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, was for protection and warding off negative energies, especially those associated with witches or witchcraft. Though as I just said, it

10:17 isn't really much the case in modern days, and I think that's the thing that a lot of people really get confused, or at least they misunderstand. You know, you hear the word which's bottle, You think it's a bottle made by witches, which today, yes, by witches, pagans, by a number of different individuals. Even Christians out there make these as well nowadays, but in the sixth and seventeenth century it was primarily people who were scared of witches and witchcraft who created them for their own protect protection. Another thing that they're often used for is love and attraction spells. Now, love I think is more or less pretty descriptive in and of itself, but what are attraction spells? Well, this could be really to attract anything to you a job, money, love, friends, etc.

11:08 Which is Bottles were also used in healing and health benefits, and consider which doctor in this case. So really any person who wants to either trying to heal themselves or somebody else, or use it as some sort of health benefit like maybe getting better rest at night, for example, Finally, the which bottle is a strong representation of intentions in magical practices. And again, we've talked about intentions a lot on this show, especially over the last six months or so, and that's really what these bottles are designed for. They're designed to basically instill an intention within them and then hold that intention for you as a physical manifestation or place where you can see it and remember your intentions.

12:01 And that's the I mean, I think that is the idea behind any magical tool that people use today or even back in the day. It wasn't so much that you're putting in your intention into it, which you are, but it's to remind you of the intention so that you keep that intention fresh in your mind and keep it going throughout however long you want that spell to go or that protection to happen. Right, is the same thing when you when you do burning paper intensions, Well, you know, you write an intention on your sheet of paper, you burn it and you let it off into this into the area, let the wind take it. You know, it's it's your It's a physical representation of you letting go of that intention and putting it out there in the universe. One thing. I do want to stay here because this is something I've actually have thought about a lot and actually have struggled with.

12:57 So we're going to open up a little bit here. As somebody who has obsessive compulsive disorder often having negative thoughts. I've had this concern based on the idea of intention, that if I have a negative thought while doing something that promotes some sort of energy. Let's, for example, talk about string tying or rope tying, right, not tying, I guess would be the proper term. I have had negative thoughts while tying my shoes, and in particular, once I pull that knock tight, that negative thought pops in and I think, oh my God, did I just put an intention out there that I don't want out there? You know? And it's something I live with daily, of fear with. But through studies, something that you have to really understand is simply having a thought isn't an intention. You have to have.

13:48 The intention is basically something that you're committing your energy, your fullness of your mind. You are like so it's so like accepting of the intention that the intention itself is an extension of you. So you can't simply just have a thought and then boom, it's gonna happen as an intention, whether negative or positive. There's way more that goes into it, and there's much more concentration when it comes to actually putting intentions out into the universe. For your case though, and a lot of people with severe OCD, it can become an intention because you start obsessing on that thought.

14:31 Well, you know, well, thank you for helping me feel better. Geez, you know I'm not. No. The reason I bring it up is because you know, we've said it before. You know, just because you have that thought, it it doesn't become true, like you said, but with obsessive compulsive people it can. It's just you have to find a way to trigger your mind to think about something else so that you're not just obsessing that one thought concept, and which is where a lot of the behaviors come from, which you and I have talked about at numerous times, especially the ones that you have done in the past. You've gotten a lot better over time though with your behaviors as far as yeah, to get them to not come true. So it's a hard thing to realize. I mean, I'm one of those people to the even though I don't have severeo CD.

15:36 I worry that thinking about stuff constantly is going to make stuff happen, and it will if you don't stop that thought process. And so the the love and attraction spells, the healing and health benefits, and the intention in magical practices are those all from today or back? And which bottles were still or first being practiced both? Yeah, now back when you know, back in the sixth and seventeenth century. It really depend on region. So all of this did exist, the love and attraction, the healing, health benefits, et cetera. But the primary use throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth century was for protection due to the fear that was instilled in people during the quote unquote witch craze.

16:32 Still sounds like practicing witchcraft to fight which. Raft to me, fire with fire, I guess. But my point being, you know, I have nothing against Christianity, but to see that and then think of the hypocrisy that has happened in Christianity because of things like that specifically, Oh yeah, it just makes me laugh because it's like, oh, Christians are against this stuff, but then we were using it in an attempt to stop things. It's one of those things that I can go down and rabbit hole for hours on end about about it. But we'll keep going here. So which bottles were crafted using a variety of materials, each believe to hold specific magical properties. Here are some kind of ingredients typically used in their creation.

17:33 Glass bottle. Obviously it's a bottle in today's a and age, I mean, bottles are made of different materials, but it was always glass back in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, primary container usually made of glass, symbolizing transparency and the encapsulation of energies. Save that five times. So as. Urine often uses personal fluid believed to connect to the bottle to the person that's it's made for. It was thought to absorb negative energies directed at them. Nails and pins.

18:15 This is actually something you see throughout a lot of different magical practices, voodoo dolls, juju bags, witch bottles, other practices by pagans or witch wigans, stuff like that. A lot of times you're always using nails or pins. I mean, even as far as Christianity, when you consider the nails of Christ true. Right right, These sharp objects were included to symbolize protection and the thwarting of harmful intentions. They were often inserted point first to invoke a barrier against negativity. I will bring up that most nails and pins were made of iron, and you know steel is a type of iron, cold iron, and there is a lot of belief that iron stops negative spells or negative energies, or energies altogether, depending on.

19:14 Which you know. You would think that if that were true, though, then human like, no person whatsoever could ever be possessed since iron is rich typically within our blood, you would think. And there would be those that would say, and I'm not saying this is what I believe, but there are those that would say that possession isn't a real thing. So I guess it depends on your beliefs. I don't know, and I guess. Yeah. Usually when you're talking about iron, you're talking about an iron object, yeah, not your blood. So that is an interesting thought for sure.

19:57 Now. Some other ones are herbs. Various herbs, each with its own magical properties, can also be added. Common examples include rosemary for protection, cleaning cleansing, garlic to ward off evil spirits, and time for courage and strength. Salt is a very common ingredient, using which bottles as it acts as a purifying agent, believe to absorb negative energies and provide protection against harmful influences. So in this day and age, we should all be protected against anything because. Most and others tell you and family you had salt, garlic, time, and rosemary and most of our food growing up and even today, if you eat pizza, if you cook for yourself, those are common herbs that you use in cooking.

20:52 So just a random thought, I add. So there's some others here here in clippings, personal items like hair or nail clippings connected the bottle to the individual, enhancing its potency and protecting the person. Again, you see that in the use of voodoo dolls at times, at least in pop culture. I don't know if it's as much in the real voodoo practice. Cider, vinegar, or other liquids such as olive oil, moon water, salt water, etc. Are used for their cleansing properties. These liquids could symbolize the removal of negative or negativity or the enhancement of protective energies small charms or tokens. We've talked about this in the past couple of weeks. With the the doll, the haunted dolls some people three reason they would have been haunted was people were kind of making them more poppets than the dolls actually becoming haunted. But you do see that a negative entity can get attached to a poppet as well.

22:09 So items such as coins, stones, or other symbolic objects that carried personal or cultural significance or are often used to represent the intentions behind the witch bottle candles sometimes included to symbolized light and banishment of darkness, enhancing the overall protective energy of the bottle. But depending on the intention set on the witch bottle, candles are the or the wax thereof can also be used in accordance to color theory and the meaning behind various colored candles, for example, or a candle may be used to promote passion or love, while a green candle may be used to promote financial lucrativity.

22:56 And again you see this throughout any magical object. I think in the voodoo dolls that we bought in New Orleans, they were kind of the same thing as well, where the color kind of represented. That, right, Yeah, at least in our case, yes, right, So these. Materials were often chosen based on the specific intention behind the witch bottle, whether for protection, love, or healing, making each creation unique to the individual's needs and beliefs. And again you'll see that throughout any magical tool that you use.

23:38 Right, So, how do we really know whether these witch bottles were used and what they were used for? Well, that comes down to case studies and ancidotes, primarily objects in this case the bottles which are found in archaeological sites during excavations in particular, so which bottles have had a storied history of course, with several notable case studies illustrating their use in folk magic for protection and other purposes. And so right now, what I want to do is just give you, guys, I think five or six, I believe pretty prominent examples of how witch bottles were used.

24:22 So the first one is the witch bottle from Staffordshire in the eighteenth century. It was actually discovered in twenty and sixteen in a Staffordshire well. This bottle is believed to date back of the seventeenth or maybe eighteenth century, and it contained a mix of ingredients including nails, hair, and a possible representation of the witch's image. Archaeologists suggested it was intentionally placed for protection against witchcraft, reflecting the widespread fear of witchcraft during that period. Now, of course you can question why, if it was intentionally placed, why place it in a well in particular, And I should think there's a number of different possibilities. The first is maybe they thought at the time whiches were coming up from wells, maybe because they're come from Hell or something like that, or the demons or dark entities that supplied their powers, or even more likely is it was their way of trying to protect the water from becoming cursed by a rather upset witch who was trying to harm them.

25:30 Another part, too, is back then it was believed that witches used dowsing, and that's a way to find water, So maybe it was a way to protect the well from which is finding it. That's also possible. The witch bottle of sixteen sixty is the second one on the list here, and it was a witch bottle found in the twentieth century excavation in London, which contained iron nails and shreds of pottery that was associated with the witch hunts of the seventeenth century, and it was thought to have been used by someone seeking to protect themselves from a pursued, which is curse or harm. Again, this is something that's often used much like the evil eyes used today. Then we have, of course the colonial New England which bottles, which during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in New England, which bottles became very popular among the colonists. I mean, we all know who we're talking about when you say New England colonists. So for example, and for those of you who don't know, a very notable case involved a bottle found in the Salem, Massachusetts, where it reportedly contained human hair and pins, and of course based on according to the archaeologists, this reflects the socio political context of Salem, which other Salemis trials during that time size, and the use of witch bottles as

27:01 a form of community protection against accusations and curses. So these are of course people who are not only trying to protect themselves from the witches themselves and the witchcraft, but they're trying to protect themselves from being accused by their friends and family and neighbors. This one's a little little weird. That's the moles eye witch bottle. Now I say weird because we're talking about moles eye hair. But we need to consider the various aspects of protection that people used in the sixth and seventeenth and even eighteenth centuries, animals are actually very prominent. In fact, there was even a house I believe it was, oh, I want to say it was in London. There's been a couple of houses, but primarily in London. I remember one story in which a house that was being excavated they found a mummified cat and a mummified rat or mouse in the wall of a house. Now some might think, well, they both just died there and that was that. But during the time in which this house was built, one protective idea was to take a dead cat and a dead mouse put them in the walls as if the one is chasing the other, and it was to protect the house from rodents. It was supposed to war rodents off somehow, some way. And we see this time and time again

28:32 with not just casting rodents, but a number of different creatures that were used, especially in the sixteen and seventeenth centuries. Now, the mole's eye, which bottle was actually discovered during an excavation at a mid evil site in Yorkshire or England. This bottle contained a mixture of herbs and a mole's eye. It was believed to have been used to banish illness or bad luck, showcasing the diversity of purpose behind which bottles more beyond mirror protection. Then, of course we have the witch bottle of the nineteenth century America, and I say America specifically because there are different contexts in which which bottles were used. But in nineteenth century Appalachian communities, which bottles were sometimes buried or hidden in homes to protect against witchcraft. Documentation actually exists of families creating these bottles filled with personal items and protective herbs, underscoring their use in rural folk traditions and is still very well used today in the Appalachian communities. Then, of course, finally we have the English witch bottles, which is the local context in this case. Again, different regions in England had unique practices surrounding which bottles as well. In some areas they were buried backward at doorways, while in others they were hidden within home structures. Local reports from various centuries describe personal experiences where families use these bottles toward off

30:07 ill wishes or spiritual attacks. After reflecting the community shared beliefs and fear. So again, depending on where you were going in England, what region, what location, you would start to see how these witch bottles would kind of transform from one place to the next in terms of their use. I didn't realize there had been that many excavated. I'm sure there's probably been plenty more. Oh yeah, for sure. But so the interesting thing about all of this is that in today's day and age, a lot of practices that were kind of shunned or even banned in places back in not so late history is that we're using them today and has become much more or an accepted part of the culture and contemporary witch bottels are most commonly used as a protective charm as a means to ward off evil intent, curses, psychic tags, badluck, and just about any other negative energy. However, witch bottles can also be used as a means of intent to influence things like love, wealth, healing, et cetera. Like we mentioned earlier, it is all about the intent, so it's interesting that it's used for both either kind of like a magical spell or protection against something which in a sense can

31:39 be a magical spell. Now, social media is also a big influence on the modern craft of witch bottles. Not only do platforms like TikTok and Instagram increase both visibility and accessibility to witch bottles, but it has also influenced the modern use of witch bottles as a device to conjure positi activity rather than original use of defensive purposes. Social media has also restructured the idea of witchcraft and folk magic as a spiritual, positive and self affirming practice. The resurgence of folk magic is also growing as and has grown over the last several years, practiced primarily by millennials and gen z as a desire for control and connected connection in an uncertain world as we face today.

32:31 As such, modern practitioners often draw from witchcraft, paganism, and other forms of magic to find a personal empowerment, spiritual meaning, and as a way to connect to nature through an ever advancing technological world. Now you would think the easiest way to connect to nature is put well your damn, go out in it, deep it inside, and go outside. But I can see how in this technology, logical age, this is a way to take baby steps if you will. Well, yeah, But on top of that, you know, especially here in America, but around the world, we're seeing more and more harm being done to fellow humans. And you know, I think people want to get away from you know, not to say to get away from the human experience, but they want a better understanding of the human experience other than what they're just seeing on the social media, on their phones, on TV, etc. So taking the time to kind of delve into some of these things, go out in nature, be a part of it. Experience that learn the ways of old helps connect you to your ancestors as well, who maybe dat or did not experience similar things in their time. But it is a very growing, a very growing thing for a lot of millennials engines years to be doing right now. And again you see it.

34:00 I mean, TikTok is one place, sure, but YouTube, there's a ton of stuff on YouTube, especially those of you who probably know if you know, you know right, whitch tube is what it's known as. And so there are plenty of people who are either advanced which is, or aspiring which is who create daily YouTube videos to share their walk and explain some of the some of the things that they've done and have learned through it. And mind you like, some of this isn't even like just a straight up practice, like some of it is just exper experimentation for some people, probably for a lot of people. But yeah, it is continuously growing, and I think as the next ten to fifteen years come by, is going to continue to grow for sure. Now when it comes to not just witch bottles, but really any sort of of well actually anything that's like placing intentions out there, whether it be a crafting, so sort of a spell, perhaps even prayers, depending on all this, depending on certain situations, you have to really consider the ethical considerations behind it.

35:10 So when it comes to reasonable practices in magic, in this case, it's important to follow certain things. And this is something that should be on all of our minds in general, primarily when we even open our mouths to speak or before we decide to do anything in action. Right, the first and foremost is to prioritize consent and autonomy. You want to avoid performing spills on or for others without their explicit, informed consent and practitioners today, many pressure petitioners believe that attempting to maubate someone's free will, even with good intentions, is on ethical and can backfire. Now, we've met quite a few individuals throughout the years who are practitioners of witchcraft and various other crafts, and some of them will agree on this and others not at all, So you know, kind of le vet up to you to discern, I suppose. But yeah, that's.

36:09 Saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Right, right, that is something to considered, right, you know, you know, like for me, it's always like if you have an idea, if you have a thought, think twice about it. Doesn't mean it's wrong, right, doesn't necessarily mean it's the right idea either, Right, So you just got to be just tread carefully when it especially when it comes to this stuff, because you know, you'll hear a number of practitioners out there that say that once you put an intention out there like it's it's not easy to wrangle back it at all. So and that kind of brings us to actually two more points here in particular. But the first is do no harm the principle the principle and ye harm no one do or I'm sorry ye and ye harm none. Do what ye will is some of the older way of saying it. Basically, do you no harm, otherwise you're gonna find yourself in some trouble.

37:10 It's a core tenant basically for many, which is in particular especially those within the wicked tradition and the broader ethical stance is to act responsibly and avoid causing intentional harm to others or yourself. I kind of like that saying, over do unto others as you would want done unto you, because I mean, there will be those that will go and hurt people because they want to be hurt. Oh well, that's that's called trauma. They didn't see a therapist. And then this next one is actually very prominent I think for a lot of us, whether you're a practitioner or not, I thinks this is very common well round a belief among humanity, and it is simply practicingccountability. Now, it's important to take responsibility for your actions and their consequences.

38:06 I know a lot of you don't, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't one of them. Occasionally, but traditions incorporate the threefold of law in this case, which holds that the energy you put out, positive or negative will return to you threefold. For those of you maybe know of it by another word, it's called karma. And yeah, you know that's something you definitely want to you want to consider, especially when doing any sort of spells. Finally, and this is something that you guys have also heard on many shows, I'm sure throughout the years, and multiple times on ours. Respect closed practices. We've had these discussions with plenty of guests. But basically, many spiritual practices, such as voteron and certain Native American traditions are culturally specific and requires civic lineage or initiation. Basically, respecting these boundaries means admiring from a distance and not co opting them into your personal practice. And of course we've heard stories all kinds of different stories, especially regarding the Native American traditions.

39:17 We've even had individuals on our show who said we should not, no one should ever use white sage because of an American Native American tradition. But we've had other people come out and say otherwise, and it's there, there is a line, and in my you know, based on what I've learned and experienced, it is okay to use white stage, so long as you're doing it in a way that doesn't neglect or undermined be its original intended. Yes, through Native American traditions. Right, Yeah, I want to say I heard that, so long as you're not saying that it's smudging, because the smudging is actually the Native American practice of it, just using the sage and again intent and all that stuff.

40:13 It's it's a little bit different than Native American practices. So unless and I would love for other, you know, another Native American guests to come on and tell us otherwise, because again I'm not doing wanting to do something to disrespect a culture for sure. Now, there's potential consequences of misuse, as you would always think that should be considered. We just talked about. There's the idea of the threefold law, and so if you plan on using witch bottles as a means to harm, then there's a chance that it would return threefold upon the practitioner. Something else to consider is the impact at a witch bottle or spell can have on the individual for which it is used. And again I think that's where the consent part comes in.

41:11 Have them, you know, with you when you're having this witch bottle made for them, because they should know that you're trying to help them and obviously give consent for that. Even if the bottle is intended for positivity. The person for whom you were trying to help me find it as an intrusion of privacy right. Well, and not to mention like, there are plenty of individuals out there who, I mean, anything that even resembles any sort of witchcraft or what have you will immediately straight away from it, even if it's considered to be or meant to be of good reasoning behind it. You know, the is just not a whitch right right exactly. And there are some people who like, definitely respect any individual in the practice is, but they just don't want any part of it, and so that is something that we all have to consider. You know. I've had people, I've asked people if I can pray for them, and they've told me no, And you know, I've got to respect that because that is their that's their wish. They don't want that. So you know, you do have to tread things carefully here and be aware of the people that you're trying to help in any situation.

42:23 Interestingly enough, I had someone ask me that this year if they could pray for me. It was at a vendor show for Shelley, and I'm like, sure, absolutely, and he's like well, what do you want you know, what do you want me to pray for? I'm like more sales sit with that going well. Yeah, so there's nothing wrong with that, but you know, and like it even goes into you know, like just send us something like for example, CPR. Right, So, I had to take a CPR class for my personal training certificate, and one thing that they mentioned over and over and over again during the class and during the studies is that if the person is aware it anyway, like whatsoever, you cannot touch them without their explicit permission to touch them.

43:20 So if someone fall down their hurt and you know they need this isn't even this isn't just CPR, by the way, it's just an any case in what you're trying to help somebody, Before you touch them, before you move them, you need to have their explicit yes to do so. The only way you can counter or not counter go over that or step over that boundary is if the person is incapable of responding, meaning in this case, they are completely out no response whatsoever. You know, then in that case you take the best you know, your best decision, You make your best decision. Is it the right cause of the wrong call to forms of br to help this person move them, et cetera. You know, again, it all comes that's situational. But yeah, it's always important to have consent when it comes to these types of things. Yeah.

44:15 Now, it's also important to know what you're putting into these bottles and what those items are intended for. There are plenty of materials on the market for crafting which bottles, and many of those materials are mislabeled, and I mean, depending on where you're getting them from, it may be dangerous as well because of the mislabeling. Or just not ethical if you're against that, right. Right, So it's always important to do your research and know exactly what you're placing to the bottle and what it's used for. On top of that, if you're if calling upon or conjuring spirits to help in the manifestation of your particular spell, then it is important to be aware of what spirit you were calling upon and what harm that spirit can potentially do. I would also say make sure you're protecting yourself when you're doing that, because even if you call the right spirit or whatever, an attachment can happen, regardless if it's a positive or negative.

45:19 Spirit. Some spirits are misleading spirits, tricksters and downright dark, and so treading cautiously within the spirit world is highly advised. The list of potential misuse of witch bottles or witchcraft in general is ever growing, and is always best to do your research and know exactly what you're doing before you do it. And I do want to say that today, and maybe it was just confusion back then or just that people were scared of witchcraft, but today many witchcraft practicers will say they never do negative spells. It doesn't matter how much they're being paid, because again, intention and if you're intending to hurt somebody, you got that threefold law that it possibly make come back to bite you in the butt, right.

46:14 And of course that's not to say there are people out there willing to deduce some evil deeds. Back when I had forgotten to radio, I had somebody who was upset about what I was saying and said that he was used. He was, you know, a dark practitioner, and that he's going to cast a negative spell or curse upon me because of it, you know, And there are people out there who will do that. They don't care, they think they're protected and of course I wasn't afraid because my Bible says that anything that is intended for harmpred me will be reversed onto them and I'll be protected. So it wasn't a big deal. But nonetheless, you have to be aware of the people you're associating yourself with and who you're working along.

47:01 Now. It is like, thankfully, in today's age, most people are practicing positive intentions and spell works and prayers, but sadly there are individuals walking in dark circles who do quite the opposite. So if you're someone looking for a spell to help you or a prayer or whatever have it, just make sure you're looking to the right people and that you trust those individuals before giving them the okay, So. Kind of recapping, the key points here which follows are all about intention, what you're putting into them energy wise, I mean, what you're putting into them for the physical ingredients and then what they're used for. Four And making sure you have consent from a person that it's being made for, that they're okay with you doing this and it's okay that they're going to keep it with them and whatnot. Like you've said, Eric, I think that that goes without saying for anything in this day and age, make sure that you're asking for consent and have positive, positive intentions, just because there's way too much negativity in

48:32 this world, so let's not add to it. But we do invite you guys to share your experiences and feedback about our episodes no matter where you listen. We're on Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube one seven point seven FM New Orleans, one of five point three FM on the Gulf Coast, and you know public Creadio network. Pretty much wherever you can find great podcasts, you can find us, and you can find us on all the social media's. The show does go out live both on YouTube and on Facebook. We did have a pull on this. I think the only person that responded was your mom at the.

49:17 Question was literally not as you know, so I being a jerk, Yeah, it's fall. And the question was would you keep or destroy a witch bottle if you found one? Uh. The answers were keep it sealed, destroy it, open it, or call a paranormal team, And your mom responded, I'd call you two. So a paranormal team. Well apparent, so on paranormal team, you know, I think if I found an old witch bottle, like one that I had no clue where it came from or whatever that, or if it looked really, really old, I would probably cleanse it and keep it. And I'm sure I have the sinking subsision suspicion as the saying answer for you.

50:07 Yeah, yeah it is. I can't help it. I can't help it. I love how you say that, like it's it's a terrible I mean, well, here's the thing, Like, some things are just negative, right, and you shouldn't take me to your home. But I've said it multiple times. I found that African mask that I knew had a negative energy attached to it. You know, my ex girlfriend at the time didn't believe me until she held it, and then she agreed. And I still brought it home anyway, because no matter how much I wanted to put it down, you would say, now take me home. Yeah, I tell you that stuff always does that to me always. I'm a sucker.

50:50 Well, and I mean, yeah, we took those nails home from Popelic Trestle as well. Again, maybe probably not to save us for one you could have ended up with or both of us could have ended. Up with tetanus. So they are very rusty. Secondly, because of what is at the Popelic trustle it could have been cursed followed us home. Whatever. I personally didn't cleanse mine. Nothing bad has happened, thankfully. I know you cleansed yours. I did, eventually I didn't have first with then some things that I that something's happened that I was not too throughted about. It's like weird coincidence that this would happen right when I brought this thing into my house.

51:32 So yeah, and you know, on top of it, it probably wasn't good to take them because they may or may not have been covered with leeches, and I just brushed them off and took it home anyway. So well, thanks for keeping that from me. What you keep me mind? Oh man, okay, Oh. He's going to grow throw up now and throw out his uh fails. Oh they'll still sit there might not. So, like I mentioned, like share, subscribe no matter where you guys listen. It does help us, but it also helps you as well, so that when that new episode comes out, you're automatically notified.

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