Mystical Armor: Personal Protection
Yesterday, we talked about protecting your home with wards and alarms. Today, we will look at personal protection with talismans and other things.
My favorite method of protection is to keep my local spirits, ancestors, and spirit guardians happy. A simple offering practice is often more than enough to keep these spirits happy and fed, and I've discussed this before a number of times. But there are other ways to protect yourself, my next favorite of which is protection talismans. The most common form is the religious symbol, such as the crucifix, pentagram, triquetra, etc. Symbols of faith act as natural protection symbols even without consecration simply due to the faith they represent and receive. But beyond this, there are a number of common talismans you can make or find easily. Some of these are:
Hamsa hand: typically taking the form of a hand with an eye in the center, this charm and it's cousin, the evil eye (often a blue and white eye) are often worn or hung in the home to repel the evil eye and evil spirits
Silver dimes: being made of silver, these old dimes are often used in conjure as a simple protection charm
Garlic cloves: carried to repel evil spirits, particularly vampires (ala dracula)
Hag stones: rocks with natural holes in them, hag stones are carried as powerful protection charms
Spell Bags: spell bags such as mojo hands and gris gris bags are commonly made for protection. One simple version of this would be to add to a black pouch a piece of black tourmaline, an acorn, some dragons blood, some sage, cedar, and lavender, and then sealing it closed
Aside from talismans, there are a number of oils worn for protection. Anointing yourself with these oils confers their protection onto you. Some of the best known oils are:
Fiery wall of protection
Ogun protection oil
Saint Michael oil
Seven African powers oil
All of these can easily be found online, as can their recipes.
Certain crystals are also useful for protection. There are many of these, with some of the most common (and some of my personal favorites) being:
Obsidian
Black tourmaline
Hematite
Amethyst
Tiger's eye
Citrine
Finally, there are a number of protection incantations you can use when you feel you need protection, when you leave the house, or when you feel you are being attacked. You can create your own, or find one that suits you better than these, but some simple incantations that you can chant are:
Archangel Michael Invocation
"Michael to the right of me
Michael to the left of me
Michael above me
Michael below me
Michael within me
Michael all around me
Michael, with your flaming sword of cobalt blue please protect me today."
Egyptian Deities Invocation
"My mother is Isis
Nephthys is my nurse
Neith is behind me
Selket is before me"
Elemental Incantation
"Wall of stone, turn away all evil
Wall of water, cleanse all negativity
Wall of air, purify all darkness
Wall of fire, burn away all negativity"
A Winter Protection
"May the water rise around me and become a wall of ice
May the ice stop all weapons turned against me
May the icicles harm all who try to harm me
May the blizzard blind my enemies
And may the snow hide my tracks from those who would follow me"
There are nearly infinite options for protecting yourself with Magick, and these only scratch the surface. But I hope they give you a good starting point!
