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Blessings spells

34 traditional workings for blessings, from many traditions — each with what you need, how to do it, when, and where it comes from.

34 spells

Ancient MagicÆcerbot: The Anglo-Saxon Blessing of the LandAnglo-Saxon England, field remedy recorded c. 1000BlessingsProsperityAdvanced ChristianityAngel of God: The Guardian Angel Prayer and Its HistoryLatin Christian devotion; Angele Dei traced to the 11th–12th century; feast of the Guardian Angels from the 16th–17th century; Orthodox evening prayersProtectionBlessingsPeaceSimple High MagickAngel of the Day Talisman from the HeptameronHeptameron seu Elementa magica, attributed to Peter of Abano; printed 1559 with Agrippa's spurious Fourth Book; English translation by Robert Turner (1655)BlessingsProtectionWisdom & studyModerate ChristianityBrat Bríde: Leaving Out Brigid's Mantle for HealingIrish Catholic household custom of St Brigid's Eve, recorded 19th–20th centuriesHealingBlessingsProtectionSimple Black & White MagicBrazilian New Year Simpatias: White Clothes and Seven WavesBrazil, 20th century to the present, drawing on Umbanda, Catholic and immigrant customsLuckProsperityBlessingsSimple Witchcraft & WiccaCasting and Closing a Circle in Wiccan PracticeModern Wicca, England, 1940s–1950s, drawing on Renaissance ceremonial magicProtectionBlessingsModerate KabbalahChildbirth Amulet of Sanoi, Sansanoi and SemangelofJewish amulet tradition: Alphabet of Ben Sira (c. 8th–10th century); Sefer Raziel ha-Malakh (Amsterdam, 1701)ProtectionBlessingsSimple Indigenous & Ancient ReligionsDay of the Dead Ofrenda: Building a Home AltarMexico, colonial period to the present, joining Mesoamerican and Spanish Catholic customsBlessingsPeaceHome & hearthModerate HinduismDiya Lamp Offering and a Simple Hindu Home PujaHindu domestic worship (pūjā), classical period to the presentBlessingsHome & hearthPeaceSimple Vodou & HoodooFlorida Water Spiritual Cleansing of Body and RoomMurray & Lanman's cologne (New York, 1808), used in African American, Caribbean and Latin American spiritual practiceCleansingBlessingsPeaceSimple ChristianityFour Angels Round My Head: The Old English Bedtime PrayerEnglish popular devotion, recorded by Thomas Ady in 1656 and probably medieval in origin; related 'evening blessings' in German and other European languagesProtectionPeaceBlessingsSimple Witchcraft & WiccaFull Moon Esbat Rite and Making Moon WaterModern Wicca and contemporary witchcraft, mid-20th century to the presentBlessingsCleansingWisdom & studySimple ChristianityGaelic House Blessing from the Carmina GadelicaGaelic-speaking Scottish Highlands and Hebrides, collected 1860–1909BlessingsHome & hearthPeaceSimple ChristianityGaelic Milking Blessing and Croon for PlentyScottish Highlands and Hebrides, milking songs recorded in the Carmina Gadelica (1900)BlessingsProsperityHome & hearthSimple Vodou & HoodooHoodoo Floor Wash for Blessing a New HomeAfrican American hoodoo, southern United States, 19th–20th centuryCleansingHome & hearthBlessingsSimple BuddhismHow and When to Hang Tibetan Prayer FlagsTibetan Buddhist and Himalayan folk practice, medieval period to the presentBlessingsLuckPeaceSimple JudaismJewish Customs for Blessing a Business and LivelihoodRabbinic Judaism; mezuzah and tithing law from the Talmud and codes; Parashat ha-Man from 18th–19th-century Hasidic custom; business-blessing plaques in modern Israel and the diasporaSuccessProsperityBlessingsSimple ShintoKamidana Offering and Purification at a Home ShrineJapanese household Shinto; kamidana widespread from the Edo period (1603–1868) to the presentBlessingsHome & hearthCleansingSimple HinduismLakshmi Puja on Diwali Night: Lamps for the Goddess of FortuneHindu domestic and merchant worship of Lakshmi at Dīpāvalī, North and West India, medieval period to the presentProsperityBlessingsHome & hearthModerate ThelemaLiber Resh vel Helios: Crowley's Four Daily Adorations of the SunAleister Crowley, A∴A∴ instruction published in The Equinox, vol. I no. 6, London, 1911BlessingsPeaceSimple BuddhismMettā: The Buddhist Loving-Kindness Blessing for All BeingsTheravāda Buddhism; Pāli Canon (c. 1st century BCE in writing) and Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga (5th century CE)BlessingsPeaceLoveSimple Herbal MagickNine Herbs Charm: An Anglo-Saxon Herbal BlessingAnglo-Saxon England, the Lacnunga manuscript, c. 1000HealingProtectionBlessingsModerate ZoroastrianismNowruz Rites: Chaharshanbe Suri Fires and the Haft-Sin TableIranian New Year customs with Zoroastrian roots; Chaharshanbe Suri in its current form after the Islamic period, the haft-sin table largely modernLuckBlessingsCleansingModerate ChristianityOjo de Venado: The Deer's Eye Amulet Against Mal de OjoMexican and Central American folk Catholicism, 19th century to the presentProtectionBlessingsSimple ShintoOmamori Charms and Hatsumōde: Japan's New Year RenewalJapanese Shinto and Buddhist shrine-temple custom; omamori from the medieval period, mass hatsumōde from the Meiji eraProtectionLuckBlessingsSimple ChristianityPsalm 121 Blessing for Safe Travel and JourneysJewish and Christian travellers' devotions: Tefillat ha-Derekh (Talmud, Berakhot 29b–30a) and the Itinerarium of the Latin breviaryTravelProtectionBlessingsSimple BuddhismReciting Om Mani Padme Hum with a Mala of 108 BeadsMahāyāna Buddhism; first attested in the Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra (c. 4th–5th century CE), central to Tibetan devotionPeaceBlessingsProtectionSimple HinduismReciting the Gayatri Mantra at Dawn: A Respectful GuideVedic Hinduism; Rig Veda 3.62.10 (late 2nd millennium BCE), recited in the daily sandhyā riteWisdom & studyBlessingsModerate Ancient MagicRoman Lararium Offering to the Household LaresRoman domestic religion, Republic and Empire (c. 3rd century BCE–4th century CE); revived in modern Roman polytheismHome & hearthBlessingsProtectionSimple Indigenous & Ancient ReligionsSecond Merseburg Charm: Bone to Bone, a Healing BlessingOld High German charm, Germany, manuscript of the 10th centuryHealingBlessingsSimple ChristianityThe Caim: A Gaelic Encircling Blessing for a JourneyGaelic Scotland and Ireland, recorded in the Carmina Gadelica (1900)TravelProtectionBlessingsSimple Indigenous & Ancient Religions · historyThe Copal Incense Offering in Aztec and Maya TraditionMesoamerica: Aztec (Mexica) and Maya religion, Postclassic period (c. 900–1521) as described in colonial sources; continuing in living Indigenous practiceBlessingsCleansingAdvanced ChristianityThe Himmelsbrief: Writing a Protective Letter from HeavenGerman and Pennsylvania German folk Christianity, printed letters of the 18th–20th centuriesProtectionBlessingsModerate ChristianityWeaving a St Brigid's Cross to Protect the HomeIrish Catholic household custom, attested from the 17th–19th centuries to todayProtectionHome & hearthBlessingsModerate