Defensive Magick: Emergency Protection

My previous posts on defensive magick allow you time to think about them for a while.  They give you insights for you to play around with.  Daily defensive magick generally is something that you can tweak each day until you feel like you've got it just right, and protection for your spellwork is something that definitely depends on the type of ritual you're doing and your preferences.  These are all things that you can research and tweak as you go. Emergency defensive magick is definitely not something you want to plan to tweak on the fly.  It's something that you want to research as much as possible and prepare in advance in case you need it.

My typical emergency deals with spirits or entities of some sort, and I'm really having a lot of trouble coming up with anything else, so I'll focus on the entity issues and some basic ways to get rid of whatever is troubling you.

The first thing that you must do is to try to figure out anything you can about the entity.

• How has the temperature changed?  If it's warmer, the entity is probably more of fire based entity while if it's gotten colder, it's probably more air or water.  
• Is there a certain smell?  The entity is probably in some part related to that smell or at least what that smell means to you.  
• How do you feel?  Is it dread that you're feeling because of what's happening or is it something entirely based on your feeling about the entity.  
• Do you have a strange yearning for something?  Most of us were either born with or have trained our intuition to some degree.  It's important to listen to what it's telling us, and most of the time this is our best guess at what we should do.  At one time, we had something coming into our home through our closet.  For some reason my wife had an almost compulsive desire for the smell of lilac.  We looked everywhere and when we finally found some lilac water the next day it became our best tool in dealing with the entity which had plagued us for several days.
• Most importantly, why is the spirit there?  Did you call a spirit without proper protective measures in place?  Did you piss something off?  Do you already know what or who the spirit is?

All of these should play a part in how you deal with it.  There are of course things you should do in nearly every situation though.

1. First and foremost, stop being scared.  It's not time to be scared.  You're in the magickal world, and this is what you've opened yourself up to.  Step up and remember that they're in YOUR house and you control who comes and goes through it.
2. Eliminate openings to your home.  That means, close windows, doors, and fireplace flues.  Turn off your computer (electrical wires are a very common pathway for spirits to travel through), turn off your A/C (your A/C or heater is pulling air from outside the house), turn off cell phones, and if possible hit the breakers.
3. Break out the candles.  Candlelight is the best way to actually see the spirits that you're dealing with.  Oftentimes, things that you won't see will be visible under candle light, and if this isn't true in your instance, it will at least bring you closer to the magickal being that you are which should in turn bring you more usable power.  Make sure to keep that lighter on you though in case the candles go out (lights go out as well so it's not making things worse for you).
4. Light some incense.  I would suggest some foul smelling stuff with Frankincense in it if possible.  I've included a recipe for a good one that's worked many times for me.  You're doing this for two reasons, smoke also helps bring the creepy crawlies out into the open and many scents are crippling for them.  I say to forget the sage completely.  It may work on some things, but people use it too much for it to be much use against anything that's been around for long.  The same goes with salt.  That trick got played out a long time ago.  They're good for cleansing, but not much use for entities.
5. Optional: Grab a bit of liquor from the cabinet.  It may sound stupid, but sometimes that little bit of liquid courage really helps to remind yourself that you're in control.  It works for me, but not my wife so use it if you feel like it'd help.
6. Now, it's time to make a decision.  Are you ready to deal with the entity once and for all?  If yes, then you need to get ready to pit your will and magickal ability against the entity.  If not, then your goal is to kick it out of your house.  

Procedure for Removing an Entity

1. Make a circle.  This time it's to protect yourself rather than the spell.  Whatever you're dealing with is probably going to get very pissed off very quickly and you'll want some protection.  The same ideas are used but the purpose is a little different.  After you do this, you should start to feel a lot safer.  The most important part of winning any kind of battle with an entity is regaining confidence.  If you're scared, you're going to lose.
2. Now, call on any kind of spirits that you think will help you.
3. Force the spirit out.  Use visualizations, but speak your will out loud.  Tell the spirit or entity to leave now and to never come back.  Feel your power seeping into every inch of the house and burning everything that is not yours.  This won't always work forever, but it will more than likely make the spirit leave for a while.
4. If this doesn't work, feel your circle expanding and continue to speak your will.  Your circle should continue to expand until it covers the entire area.  Light some more incense and continue speaking.  Feel your power flow from your voice into the area.  Your voice is what will make the entity leave.
5. After the entity is gone, make sure to thank all of your helping spirits (you'll need them again later) and close the circle just like always.
6. Now it's time to think about how to get rid of the entity once and for all if it comes back.

How to Bind a Spirit

There are two ways to keep an entity from every coming back is to either destroy it (very very difficult) or to bind it to something and then make sure that no one touches that item (not so difficult).  So this will be a guide to binding the spirit properly so that you don't have to deal with it again.

1. Make two circle--one around you and one around the entire area.  The tricky part here is that you have to make the one around the area a backwards circle that keeps things from leaving.  I would position crystals or something similar around the area as "foundation points" to hold the circle strongly.  The first circle (the one around you) needs to be a normal one to protect yourself.
2. You will need a container and something that will absorb energy to put inside of it.  A good example would be an iron or steel "tin" box with salt and silver coins inside of it.  The iron keeps things from leaving and the silver and salt will hold the energy inside of it.
3. Now, you will want to light incense to weaken the entity.  If you know of any other weaknesses it has from your research this would be the time to utilize them.  Call for help from any spirits or entities that you believe would help you.  The purpose is to weaken the entity as much as possible without overextending yourself.  This is the part where you break down its shields so that you can control it.
4. You need to verbally speak down to the entity.  You need to turn the tables on it so that you scare it.  You want it to be trying to run with no where to go.  Tell it things like "This is the last time you'll torment me again."  You have to show your power because entities work just like people.  When they start to get scared, you start to gain power over them.
5. Be ready for it to start acting like it's cornered.  Wild animals will strike viciously when cornered and entities will do the same.  That means, things like candles going out suddenly.  Items flying in the room.  Loud noises and physical pains.  The main thing to remember is that you cannot get scared and you cannot lose focus.
6. Push the container out of your inner circle and visualize the entity being pulled into the vortex inside of the container.  If you have a wand or athame or any other focusing item, this would be the part where you utilize it.  Again, force the entity into the container with your voice.  Remember that sound is a very powerful tool, and it's one that most entities cannot utilize.
7. You have to get the entity into the container.  As soon as you feel like you've successfully done this, hurry and close the lid.  You must NOT open the container again.
8. Now, you must dispose of the container in a way that it won't be touched again for a very long time.  That could mean putting it into a lake, burying it in some random pasture, or actually visiting a dump and putting it there.  Don't throw it away because the trash truck compacts the trash and will more than likely open it in the process, effectively letting the entity out to torment you again.

As I promised, here is the rather simple incense that I use regularly.  I got the recipe from The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews by Scott Cunningham.  It has tons of other incense recipes as well which you could try out.

Clearing Incense
3 parts Frankincense
3 parts Copal
2 parts Myrrh
1 part Sandalwood

Remember, this isn't a good one for making your house smell good by any means, but it's definitely harsh on the entity's senses.  And a little bit goes a long way.  You don't want to be coughing up a lung while you're trying to get rid of a nasty spirit.

Hopefully this was a good primer on emergency defensive magick and that it helped you gain a better understanding of what to do in the case of an entity arriving inside your door without your permission.  If you've got other ideas or questions, feel free to post a comment.  And remember to subscribe to get updates whenever I post another blog!