Home Protection Magick

Home is where the heart is. 

It is also where energy both positive and negative easily takes up residence. Either our own energy or energy directed at us by others can affect our lives in our homes. There are centuries of magickal charms, incantations, and spells to protect our homes. Everything from the now normal horseshoe being hung above the main door to hiding shoes in the walls and chimneys of new home builds. There are also new ways that I and other witches have crafted for protection.

an example of a modern take on the witches' bottle

One of the most common forms of home protection that many witches do now is actually a form of magick employed by common folk as protection against witches and that is the Witches' Bottle.  A witches' bottle simply put is a container (now most commonly a mason jar, but any seal-able jar can be used.) The bottle is then filled with different herbs, DNA of the inhabitants, and curios and placed either in a wall, chimney, or buried under the front porch steps. It acts as a protective shield from magickal attacks and the evil eye.
Should someone send a magickal attack your way the bottle will act as a beacon for that energy. The spell meant for you will go to the bottle, be trapped, and then shredded and destroyed by the ingredients within the bottle.
Another technique involved in home protection can take the form of House Dolls. It is very similar to any other poppet it is created and intended to protect the home and the people within the house. These are similar to soul dolls, but nor quite as intense of a connection as what is created within the soul of the soul doll. These can be created from many different materials. I have made them from cloth, pieces of wood, and even antique dolls. There ingredients are very similar to that of the witches' bottle. You will fill the doll with specific herbs, a form of your DNA, and other curios. The difference with the dolls and the bottles is that you have to awaken and en-soul the dolls. This is done by breathing life into the doll, and then baptizing the doll either with spring water or whisky, naming it, and giving it its mission to watch over the house and those that live within its walls. You then need to feed it at least once a week, and keep it in a place of honor of the house.

Recipe for Witches' Bottle and House Dolls:

Bottle

Doll Materials

Thorns

Rusted Nails

Bent Needles

Broken Glass or Mirror

Vines

Devil's Shoestring

DNA :

(For bottles-Spit, and Urine) 

(For Dolls- hair, blood, teeth, fingernails)

For the Bottle

Combine the ingredients, urinate into the bottle or add spit or blood

seal the bottle and charge it with its mission

Bury the bottle next to the front door, or under the front steps

If that is not possible, hide it in a dark unused corner of a closet or cabinet

For the Doll

- Create the doll, and fill it with the ingredients. 

Instead of urine for the DNA you will want to add another form Hair, teeth, blood, fingernails, etc

Sew or seal the doll up, and then breath life into the body of the doll

Drop three drops of whisky or spring water on the doll's head

Say "I awaken thee, and baptize thee. Your name is _____."

Then tell the doll what its job is 

"Your job is to protect this house and those within from all 

positive or negative energies that may come to do us harm."

Place the doll in a spot of honor in the house (perhaps on the hearth)

and feed the doll once a week.

A new technique I have found that works wonders is similar to a papyri spell or a petition being written on a tablet. I was introduced to this method by Laurie Cabot during my second degree training with her. It is a spell written on parchment and then activated and charged for its purpose. It doesn't so much stop magick from being sent into your home as much as it places a curse or hex on someone entering your home with ill intent. 

It is written in Theban, and it states "Anyone who enters this space with ill intent places a curse upon their head."

Should you entertain someone in your home, and their life starts to fall apart it is most likely because they entered with some other reason than being your friend. It also makes it so that should someone break into your home, steal from you, etc their life will be marked, and they will pay for crossing the threshold. 

This is just a very small sampling of home protection charms and spells. There are hundreds of different ways to protect your home. Some witches will use wind chimes, or enchant keys and hang them off their door knobs.  Don't allow history to be an obstacle in your magick. As witches we adapt and innovate. Happy creating your charms!