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The Spellbook

Home & hearth spells

36 traditional workings for home & hearth, from many traditions — each with what you need, how to do it, when, and where it comes from.

36 spells

Taoism & Chinese ReligionActivating the Feng Shui Wealth Corner of a HomeChinese feng shui; the 'wealth corner' map is a modern form, popularised from the 1980sProsperityHome & hearthSimple Ancient Magic · historyBes and Taweret: Ancient Egyptian Household ProtectionAncient Egypt, Middle Kingdom to Roman period (c. 2000 BCE–3rd century CE)ProtectionHome & hearthAdvanced Black & White MagicBlowing Cinnamon Through the Door on the First of the MonthContemporary popular magic spread through social media, 2020s, drawing on older money and luck customsProsperityLuckHome & hearthSimple Vodou & HoodooChalk Cross and Psalm 23 for a Protected ThresholdAfrican American hoodoo and Protestant folk piety, southern United States, 19th–20th centuryProtectionHome & hearthPeaceSimple Taoism & Chinese ReligionChinese New Year Rites for Luck and a Blessed HomeChinese popular religion, Han dynasty to the presentLuckHome & hearthProsperitySimple Chaos MagickCreating a Benign Servitor in Chaos Magick PracticeBritish and American chaos magic, 1980s–1990s; earlier Theosophical and occult ideas of thought-formsSuccessWisdom & studyHome & hearthModerate Witchcraft & WiccaDaisy Wheel: Drawing a Hexafoil Ritual Protection MarkEnglish and wider European ritual protection marks, medieval to 18th centuryProtectionHome & hearthSimple 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 Witchcraft & WiccaEnglish Witch Bottle for Protecting a HomeEnglish cunning-folk and household counter-magic, c. 1600–1900ProtectionHome & hearthSimple SuperstitionsFirst-Footing at Hogmanay: Bringing Luck into the New YearScottish and northern English New Year custom, recorded from the late 18th century; related customs in the Isle of Man, Wales and northern EuropeLuckHome & hearthProsperitySimple 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 JudaismHanging a Hamsa to Protect the Home from the Evil EyeJewish communities of North Africa and the Middle East; Mediterranean folk custom, medieval to modernProtectionHome & hearthLuckSimple Ancient MagicHekate's Deipnon: The Household Supper at the New MoonClassical Athens, 5th–4th century BCE; revived in modern Hellenic polytheismCleansingHome & hearthProtectionSimple Vodou & HoodooHoney Jar Sweetening for Harmony at Home or WorkAfrican American hoodoo, southern United States, 19th–20th centuryPeaceHome & hearthModerate Vodou & HoodooHoodoo Floor Wash for Blessing a New HomeAfrican American hoodoo, southern United States, 19th–20th centuryCleansingHome & hearthBlessingsSimple Witchcraft & WiccaHorseshoe and Threshold Protection for a HomeBritish and wider European folk practice, attested from the 17th centuryProtectionLuckHome & hearthSimple 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 ShintoMorishio: Japanese Salt Mounds for Purifying an EntranceJapanese folk and Shinto purification custom; widespread from the Edo period to the presentCleansingProtectionHome & hearthSimple Black & White MagicPow-wow Blessing to Guard a House Against ThievesPennsylvania German Braucherei, after John George Hohman's Long Lost Friend (1820)ProtectionHome & hearthSimple Black & White MagicPow-wow Fire Blessing from Hohman's Long Lost FriendPennsylvania German Braucherei (pow-wow), John George Hohman, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1820ProtectionHome & hearthSimple Witchcraft & WiccaProtection Spell Jar for the Home with Salt and HerbsContemporary witchcraft, late 20th–21st century, modelled on the English witch bottleProtectionHome & hearthSimple 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 Witchcraft & WiccaRowan and Red Thread: A Scottish Protective CharmScottish, northern English and Irish folk practice, recorded 17th–20th centuriesProtectionHome & hearthSimple Herbal MagickRue (Ruda) for Protection: A Sprig by the DoorMediterranean, Spanish, Italian and Latin American folk practice, antiquity to the presentProtectionHome & hearthSimple Witchcraft & WiccaSalt and Rosemary Protection Line at the ThresholdEuropean household folk magic, revived in modern witchcraftProtectionHome & hearthSimple ChristianitySmooring the Hearth: A Gaelic Night Blessing of the FireScottish Highlands and Hebrides, recorded in the Carmina Gadelica (1900)Home & hearthPeaceProtectionSimple Witchcraft & WiccaSweeping Out Bad Luck with a Besom BroomEuropean and African American broom lore; modern witchcraftCleansingBanishingHome & hearthSimple Taoism & Chinese ReligionTaoist Fu Talisman for Protecting the HouseholdChinese Daoist and popular religion, Han dynasty to the presentProtectionHome & hearthSimple Taoism & Chinese ReligionThe Bagua Mirror: A Feng Shui Cure for the Front DoorChinese feng shui and popular religion, late imperial period to the presentProtectionHome & hearthSimple IslamThe Hand of Fatima: Khamsa Protection in Muslim CustomPopular Muslim custom of the Maghreb and the Middle East, medieval to modern; Shi'i devotion to the Five of the Prophet's householdProtectionHome & hearthLuckSimple Ancient MagicThe SATOR Square: A Word-Square Charm for the HomeRoman Empire (Pompeii, before AD 79); medieval and early modern Christian folk magicProtectionHome & hearthSimple HermeticismVenus Talisman for Harmony and Friendship, after AgrippaRenaissance astral magic; Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, De occulta philosophia (1533)PeaceLoveHome & hearthModerate ChristianityWeaving a St Brigid's Cross to Protect the HomeIrish Catholic household custom, attested from the 17th–19th centuries to todayProtectionHome & hearthBlessingsModerate