Gypsy Magick
Water Witching
If rain is your desire, whipping pond water with a hazel stick is believed to invoke a downpour. This is known as “water witching.”
From: The Good Spell Book
Your Heart’s Desire
You have met someone you desire. According to the Romanies this spell will ensure that he or she responds.
First, gather a fresh rose and two red candles, and find out the time of sunrise the next morning. Just before you go to sleep, place a red candle on each side of the rose.
The next morning at sunrise, take the rose outside or sit by an open window facing east, keeping the rose in front of you. Inhale the perfume and say aloud:
This red rose is for true love.
True love come to me.
Now go back indoors and put the rose in its original position. Light the candles, and imagine love burning in the heart of the one you long for. Keep the candles lit day and night until the rose fades. (If they are extinguished, the incantation will be broken.) When the rose is dead, pinch out the candles, and bury the rose.
Source: The Good Spell Book
Spell To Deter Unwanted Visitors
An old Gypsy – Romany spell to avoid being revisited by an unwanted caller. All you need is salt. Sea salt is best, but any form of salt will do.
Here’s how it works:
Immediately after they have made their departure, sprinkle salt, which is regarded as a purifier and a protection against evil forces, on the ground where they said goodbye.
From: The Good Spell Book
Unlucky Days For Love
There are certain days throughout the year that many Gypsies believe are unlucky days for love. On these dates no one should try to sway another, bring any two people together, or – least of all – get married. These days are as follows:
- January 1, 2, 6, 14, 27
- February 1, 17, 19
- March 11, 26
- April 10, 27, 28
- May 11, 12
- June 19
- July 18, 21
- August 2, 26, 27
- September 10, 18
- October 6
- November 6, 17
- December 5, 14, 23
~Raymond Buckland
`Gypsy Love Magick
Is It Raining?
Today (July 15) is St. Swithin’s day. If rain falls on St. Swithin’s day, the Romanies believe, forty days of rain will follow.
From: The Good Spell Book
Gypsy Spell For Good Fortune
To encourage Good fortune, on Midsummer Night’s Eve take an orange, to represent the sun, and a lemon, which symbolizes the moon. Press cloves (representing brown wooden nails) into the skin of the fruit. The cloves purge any misfortune that the first have of the year may have brought and ensure that the second half of the year will be trouble free.
From: The Good Spell Book
Gypsy Spell For Lover’s Return
To entice a lover to return, pick five roses on Midsummer Night’s Eve. Bury one under a yew tree at midnight. Place the second outside a church gate. Put the third at a crossroads with the head pointing in the direction of home. Place the fourth beside running water. The fifth rose should be put under your pillow for three nights, then buried.
From: The Good Spell Book
Avoiding Bad Luck
Bad luck at home can be avoided by never washing blankets during the waxing May moon. According to the saying:
If you wash blankets in May,
You will wash a loved one away.
From: The Good Spell Book