If you are troubled by nightmares, cut an onion on a flat counter and release it so that the two halves roll apart. Keep whichever side rolls with its cut surface more upright. Pull your bed away from the wall and walk sunwise around it, pressing the juice of the onion to its four corners. Stand behind the headboard. With the onion, inscribe upright on the air above your pillow a cross with a circle around it, and recite: Dragon north, dragon south, [vertical line of cross] Dragon east, dragon ...
To banish evil spirits from your presence, draw the Eolh rune (z) in red ink on each palm so that when you extend your hand with your palm out and your fingers up, the rune is upright. Whenever you sense an evil presence, clap your hands together three times so that your palms tingle, and hold out your hands in the direction of the malicious entity, saying: Eagle's claws are strong, Dragon's teeth are long; Arnhofdhi guards the way, Sigfadhir wins the day. Arnhofdhi means "eagle-headed," and ...
To upset the plans of a foe, buy a thick white candle and carve it into the rough shape of a human being. Write the name of your enemy on a strip of paper using red ink, and wrap the paper around the chest of the wax image. Hold it in place by thrusting a steel pin through the chest of the figure. Think hard of your enemy as you insert the pin. Tie a length of red thread around the feet of the image, and suspend it upside down, saying: "As this image of [enemy's name] is overturned, so are the ...
To make a spirit dagger, obtain a small steel knife that you can carry in your pocket. Light a red candle on the edge of your kitchen sink. Pass the blade of the knife under the stream of cool water running from the tap, then through the flame of the candle. Do this five times, saying the following verse each time: Water and fire, purge this steel, Make it a channel for my will. When you wish to compel a spirit to do as you demand, hold the knife in your right hand, point it at the spirit, ...