Hemp twine has a wide variety of uses, including gardening, making jewelry, and magick.
This web page discusses how hemp twine is made, how it is used, and its history.
A special emphasis is placed on magickal uses, including actual magick spells (see list below). The magick section below includes information on knot magick, magick wands, and real magick spells.
The history section below includes pictures of ancient Egyptian rope making, a copy of the information in Chpater 2 of Jack Herer’s “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”, and the complete pages from Worthington Hooker’s “The Child’s Book of Nature” on Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite experiment using hemp string.
basics
Hemp rope and hemp twine are spun from the fibers of the hemp or cannabis plant. Hemp fibers are spun into hemp yarns. Hemp yarns are twisted together to make hemp strands (the hemp strands are twisted in the opposite direction of the spin of the hemp yarn). Hemp strands are twisted together to create hemp twine and hemp rope (the hemp rope or twine is twisted in the opposite direction of the twist of the hemp strands) . Hemp twine typically has three plys of hemp strands twisted together.
Hemp twine comes in a variety of thicknesses and may be dyed various colors. Hemp twine may also be polished with paraffin wax.
Hemp twine is inexpensive, but strong and long-lasting. Hemp twine is biodegradable.
You can use thin hemp twine for making jewelry by threading beads and other items onto the twine. Polished hemp twine is generally considered better for making jewelry.
Thicker hemp twine can be used for macrame.
fiber comparison
Hemp is a very soft, long lasting, and strong natural fiber. Hemp is the strongest natural plant fiber. Hemp resists salt water and mildew. Hemp twine comes from the Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plants, or other cannabis species. Hemp has been used for twine and cloth in China for at least 6,000 years. Hemp can be used to make cloth softer and more luxurious than cotton or silk.
Manilla and sisal twine are good for outdoor use.
Sisal twine is also great for cat toys and scratching posts. Sisal can stretch, is durable, and can resist salt water. Sisal comes from the Agave sisalina plant, a relative of the blue agave (Agave tequilana) plant used to make tequila. Sisal has been grown commercially since the 1930s. Sisal can be used to make cloth softer and more luxurious than cotton.
Coir (coconut) twine is light weight and floats.
Flax twine is very soft. Cotton twine is soft.
Jute twine is common for outdoor garden use.
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magick
magick knots
There are many magick spells and magick rituals that involve tying magick knots.
Some of these magick spells involve speaking or blowing breath onto or over the knots.
Islam and the Koran refer to Witchcraft primarily with the phrase “blowing on knots”. Islam considers blowing on knots a death penalty offense.
- magick spells list (on this page)
- magick spells
- traditional nine knot spell
- New Year’s Day Magick
- string love spell
- finding a job
- bind from harm
- healing knots
- love binding spell
- releasing hate or anger
- protection
- rid of troubles
- safe travel
- letting go
- cutting pain
history of hemp twine, rope, and cordage
The first known rope and twine dates back 28,000 years Before Present in Europe. Although this early rope and twine no longer exists, it left impressions in fired clay.
Egyptian rope making
The ancient Egyptians were the first civilization to create rope making tools. Egyptians were making rope and twine by 4,000 B.C.E. from water reed fibers.
Tomb of Ti
Quibell 1896, Pl.32
Hemp was used for textiles in China by 4000 B.C.E.
By 3,500 B.C.E. the ancient Egyptians were making rope from a variety of natural fibers, including date palms, papyrus, wild reeds, rushes, grass (especially esparto and halfa grass). Flax was used less often. Animal fibers were rare. Camel hair rope dates from the Old Kingdom. Leather was rarely pleated into cordage. Hemp was used for rope and twine making by 2,800 B.C.E.
Exactly when and how hemp and cannabis were introduced into ancient Egypt is still subject to archaeological debate. Cannabis/hemp was commonly grown in ancient Egyptian temple gardens. The use of hemp for non-religious purposes may have been delayed as much as a thousand years from the time of widespread use of hemp for rope throughout the rest of Asia, Africa, and Europe. This may have been because the cannabis plant was reserved for religious and magickal uses, espeically as Ntr Sentra (literally, “the breath of Goddess”) incense. Khufu and Meritites (also spelled Meryetites, Meritates, Merityotes, or Meritates) conducted a ceremony that involved Meritites becoming Seshat incarnate. As Seshat, Goddess of measuring and hemp, Meritates inhaled cannabis smoke and kissed the cannabis breath into the mouth of Khufu, who became Heru (Horus) incarnate.Meritites, still as Seshat in human form, used knotted twine, probably hemp twine, to make the first measurements for the largest of the Great Pyramids, the only surviving of the Seven Wonders of the World.
At times a worker would tie the rope around his waist using the weight of his body to keep the rope taught, freeing his hands for manipulating it.
Source: Maude 1862, p.375
The ancient Egyptians were using pulleys in the 4th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom (between 2575 and 2467 B.C.E.).
Ancient Egyptian artwork depicting the manufactur of rope by mechanical means.
Hemp was used for rope and sails as well as fine linens in ancient Egypt. Hemp rope was found in the eighteenth-dynasty tomb of Akhenaten (Amenophis IV) at El Amarna, including a three ply hemp cord in the hole of a stone and a large mat bound with hemp cords.
From the book "The Wonder Book of Knowledge" by Henry Chase, pages 123-124, published in 1921 by The John C. Winston Company, no longer in copyright:
Scene in Egyptian Kitchen, Showing Use of a Large Rope to Support a Sort of Hanging Shelf.All the ancient civilized peoples used ropes and cordage, made from such flexible materials as their countries afforded. We have pictures of this from ancient Egypt, in which the process of twisting strips of leather into rope is shown on the walls of their tombs. One workman is seen cutting a long strand from a hide which he turns round as he cuts, while another man walks backward with this, twisting it as he goes. The Egyptians also made ropes from papyrus and palm fibers, of which specimens still exist. Only by the use of large and strong ropes could they have moved the massive stones seen in their pyramids and temples.
Reproduction of Sculpture from a Tomb in Thebes, Showing Prep ration of Leather Cords by Process Similar to Rope MakingWhen men began to move boats by sails, ropes of some kind must have been needed, and the early ships no doubt demanded long and strong cordage. We have pictures of these from several centuries before the Christian era, and we are told by Herodotus that Xerxes, when he built his famous bridge of boats across the Hellespont, 480 B. C., fastened them together by enormous cables which stretched from shore to shore, a distance of nearly a mile. Twelve of these ropes were used, about nine inches thick, some of them being made of flax and others of papyrus.
Celtic knots
Celtic knots appear in every society where the Celtic people at one time lived (from Ireland to the western desert border of China). The classic triquetra is shown to the right. The use of interlaced knots appears in Roman mosiacs of the Late Classical Period, which in turn influenced the use in Coptic, Islamic, Ethiopian, Medieval Russian, and European art and architecture.
The word triquerta comes from the Latin tri- (“three”) and quetrus (“cornered”), originally meaning triangle, but later specifically meaning three cornered knotted rope designs.
The triquerta appears in ancient Germanic runestones and coins, where it is associated with the Valknut, a symbol of Odin.
Runestone standing in the University Park of Uppsala in Sweden.
See also the section on the magickal uses of Celtic knots.
matchlocks
Matchlock guns of the 1400s through 1700s were fired using a slow match made from twisted hemp cordage. The Japanese instead used braided bark from the Japanese cypress tree. The hemp cord matchlock was used to fire muskets, cannons, and petards. Matchlock guns started disappearing from use around 1630 with the invention of the flintlock. By 1730 both the British and French armies has converted to flintlock weapons.The Japanese stopped using matchlock weapons in the early 1900s.
The hemp cord slow match was typically 7/16" to 1/2" (half inch) in diameter. While usually twisted hemp cord, the slow match was also made from braided hemp cordage. The slow match hemp cord was chemically treated, usually with potassium nitrate, but also other chemicals including sodium nitrate or lead acetate.
Nathaniel Nye wrote in Art of Gunnery in 1647 “Take cords of hemp that’s not very fine, or of toe, which is better, although it will sooner consume, and let every cord be as big as a mans little finger, this done, boil the cords in strong lye, ashes and a little salt peter till all the lye be wasted, then dry.”
hand spinning rope
Early Type of Machine for Spinning Rope Yarn.During the medieval and later centuries rope making was an active industry and America was not long settled before the rope maker became active. John Harrison, an English expert in this line, set up a ropewalk in Boston in 1641 or 1642, and for many years had a monopoly of the trade. But after his death the art became common and in 1794 there were fourteen large rope walks in that city. In 1810 there were 173 of these industries in the United States, and from that time on the business has grown and prospered.
Hand Spinning.
In the period referred to all the work was done by hand, machine spinning being of later date. American hemp was used, this softer fiber being spun by hand long after Manila hemp was spun by machines. The hand-making process, long used, is an interesting one. The first step was to “hackle“ the hemp. The hackle was a board with long, sharp steel teeth set in it. This combed out the matted tow of the hemp into clean, straight fiber. The instrument used in spinning was a large wheel turned by hand, and setting in motion a set of “whirls” or revolving spindles, which twisted the hemp by their motion. The spinner wrapped a quantity of the hackled hemp around his waist and attached some of the fibers to the whirls, which twisted the hemp as he walked backward down the ropewalk, pulling out new fiber from his waist by one hand and pressing it into form and size with the fingers of the other. In forming a small rope, two of the yarns thus formed were twisted together in a direction opposite to that of the first twist. Then a second twisting followed, the direction being again reversed. Thus rope making may be seen to consist in a series of twisting processes, each twist opposite to the former, the rope growing in size and strength at each operation. Horse power or water power was used when the ropes became too large to be made by hand.
Sixteen-Inch Towline with Eye Splice.
Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin used hemp twine for his famous kite electricity experiment.
From the book "The Child’s Book of Nature" by Worthington Hooker (1806-1867), pages 179-181, published in 1886 by American Book Co., New York, no longer in copyright:
Silk, I have told you, is one of the non-conductors. Dr. Franklin made use of silk in the experiment by which he discovered that lightning and electricity are the same thing. He managed in this way : He made his kite of a large silk handkerchief instead of paper. He had on it a pointed iron wire, and the string of the kite was fastened to this wire. This kite he sent up in a thunder-storm, when there was plenty of electricity in the clouds. The iron wire would, of course, receive some of the electricity, and it would not go from the wire to the kite, because that was made of silk, which, you know, is a non-conductor. It would go down the string, this being tied to the wire. Passing down the string, it would go to Dr. Franklin’s hand, and down his body into the earth. It would do this silently, because it would keep going a little at a time all the while. But he managed to prevent the electricity from coming to his hand. He stopped it on the way. He did this by tying a silk ribbon to the hemp string, and holding the kite by this ribbon, as you see in the picture. The electricity could not go through this silk, and so it stayed in the hemp string.
Dr. Franklin now fastened a key to the end of the hemp string. A great deal of the electricity now passed to the key, because the metal of which the key was made was so good a conductor. It was a real receiver of the electricity, like the brass receiver of the electrical machine. Accordingly, when Franklin put his knuckle near the key, he received a shock from it, just as one does from the knob of the brass receiver. After a little time it began to rain, and then the shocks were harder. The reason was, that the string, when wet, was a better conductor than when dry, and so the electricity came on it faster to the key.
In this way Dr. Franklin drew the lightning down from the clouds in so small a quantity that he could find out what it was.
He found that it was just the same as the electricity that we make by the electrical machine, and he could collect it in the same way that we do the electricity from the brass receiver. This he could do by holding the Leyden jar with its brass knob to the key. The electricity would pass to it just as it does from the receiver when we are working the machine.
Before Franklin tried this experiment with his kite it was supposed that the lightning was electricity, but it. was only supposition. No one knew that it was so. It was never proved till Franklin sent up his silk kite to find out about it. It was sup- posed that lightning was electricity simply because the effects of lightning were similar to the effects of the electricity of the machine, when a great deal of this electricity was made. Experiments were tried which showed that the machine electricity, when there was enough of it, tore things to pieces, and killed animals, just as lightning does; but the difficulty was that no one had ever seen what a little of the lightning would do. This Franklin found out by bringing some of it down out of the clouds by the string of his kite, for use in the Leyden jar.
It was these experiments of Dr. Franklin that suggested the use of lightning-rods.
reprinted with Permission from Chapter 2 of Jack Herer’s famous The Emperor Wears No Clothes
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garden
Hemp twine can be used to stake plants in your Witch garden.
Hemp twine can be used as a guide to create straight rows when planting your garden. Drive a stake into the ground at each end of the row and string the hemp twine from one stake to another. Use the hemp twine as a guideline to make a straight row while planting.
Hemp twine can be used to train vines and climbing plants, or to secure and train other plants, such as roses. Tie plants to trestles, stakes, bamboo supports, and other growing guides. Hemp is one of the softer natural fibers, although In the case of particularly delicate plants you may want to use softer hemp yarn instead.
Some gardeners use green hemp twine so that the twine blends in with the green of the plant, making the guide twine “invisible”. Natural green hemp gardening twine is unobtrusive, non-toxic, and biodegradable.
Hemp twine can be used to bunch fresh-cut flowers or herbs for drying.
Hemp twine can be used to bundle firewood.
macrame
butterfly feeder
Suspend a small ceramic or glass plate (or terra cotta plant dish) with either flower pot hangers or macrame holder made from twine (especially hemp twine). Optionally wrap plastic or silk flowers in the twine to make the feeder visually appealing to butterflies.
Hang the butterfly feeder from a shade tree. The height should be a little higher than flower level from the ground.
Put over ripe, mushy, and too soft fruit into the butterfly feeder. Butterflies prefer mushy, over ripe fruit.
Replace the fruit if it becomes dried or moldy.
Watch the butterflies.
jewelry
beading
“If you want to make hemp jewelry, then hemp twine is the twine for you. The strength of hemp along with its smooth texture makes beading a breeze. This twine looks and feels great against the skin, yet strong enough to last as long as your friendship.” according to HempStar.
wands
Many Witches craft a ceremonial wand by wrapping a piece of wood (such as a dowel from the local hardware store or piece of natural wood such as a tree limb) with cloth, leather, twine, and other materials. Magick runes or symbols can be burned or carved into the wood or drawn on cloth or leather strips and wrapped onto the wand. Seashells, feathers, crystals, and other items from nature can be tied or glued to the wand.
besom
You can make a simple besom (or Witch’s broom) by tying a pliable herb (especially broom) to a wooden stick or dowel with hemp twine.
Celtic knots
The original magickal uses of Celtic knots has been lost to history. Modern Celtic Druids and Wiccans use Celtic knots for a variety of magickal purposes.
Example of a sterling silver triquerta earring (one of a pair, 3/4" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see earrings page).
Example of a sterling silver triquerta ear stud (one of a pair, each 1/2" diameter) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see earrings page).
Example of a sterling silver interlaced triquerta ear stud (one of a pair, each 1/2" diameter) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see earrings page).
The classic Wiccan method for cleansing and magickally charging a piece of jewelry is to place it under the light of the Full Moon. This can be done through the glass of a window (to avoid leaving jewelry unaccompanied outdoors where it might be stolen).
Magick pendants can be worn around the neck on either metal chains or natural twine.
Sterling silver is a great choice for magick jewelry. Magick jewelry should only be hung on goldne chains if the magick jewelry is used alone or with a trusted group (such as a coven). Gold absorbs energy and can take on the negative energy of strangers if worn in public.
Hemp twine is an excellent choice for magick pendants and jewelry. Organic hemp twine is best. The color of the hemp twine should match the magick.
color correspondences:
- White: Purity, peace and spirituality
- Black: Banishing, protection from negativity
- Gray: Balance, walking between two worlds
- Brown: Stability, home and hearth
- Red: Passion, strength, courage
- Yellow: Study, intelligence, confidence
- Orange: Vitality, energy, sexuality
- Green: Wealth, prosperity, fertility
- Blue: Tranquility, intuition, healing
Example of a sterling silver triquerta kmot pendant (1-1/2" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver triquerta pendant (1-1/2" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver triquerta pendant (1" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver triquerta pendant (1-1/2" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver triquerta pendant (1" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver triquerta pendant (3/4" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver triquerta pendant (1" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver triquerta knot pendant (1" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver Celtic Knot pendant (3/4" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
Example of a sterling silver Celtic Knot Moon pendant (1" in length) that can be used for Celtic knot magick. Charge the magick through either Druidic (Celtic) or Wiccan (modern Witchcraft) methods. Image courtesy of Ritual Magick (see pendants and medallions page).
See also the section on the history of Celtic knots.
Magick Spells
- magick spells list (on this page)
- traditional nine knot spell
- New Year’s Day Magick
- string love spell
- finding a job
- bind from harm
- healing knots
- love binding spell
- releasing hate or anger
- protection
- rid of troubles
- safe travel
- letting go
- cutting pain
traditional nine knot spell
The traditional nine knot spell is performed by tying nine knots into a 13 inch length of twine, string, or rope.
The traditional order for tying the nine knots is (from left to right on finished legth of hemp twine):
---2---8---4---6---1---7---5---9---3---
An alternate simple order:
---8---6---4---2---1---3---5---7---9---
While tying each knot (from number one through number nine), recite each of the following magick chants:
By knot of one, the spell’s begun
By knot of two, I make it true [alt: my words are true; it cometh true]
By knot of three, so mote it be [alt: it comes to me; it must be]
By knot of four, the open door [alt: may the spell be stregthened more; this power I store; it’s empowered more]
By knot of five, the spell’s alive [alt: may the spell come alive; this spell contrive; the power thrives]
By knot of six, the spell is fixed [alt: this power I fix; this spell I fix]
By knot of seven, the earth and heaven [alt: may the power through me be given; events I’ll leaven; by earth and heaven]
By knot of eight, the stroke of fate [alt: may the power be great; it will be fate; the web of fate]
By knot of nine, the thing is mine [alt: may the thing I wish for be mine; what’s done is mine; my desire is mine][alternate ending:]
In the name of the Lord and lady
The spell is cast
So Mote It Be
Feel free to modify the words to match the intent of your magick spell.
New Year’s Day Magick:
New Year’s Day Magick: A spell requesting Seshat grant your wish for the new year. Tie four knots equal distance into a piece of red hemp twine less than one meter (or one yard) long. Red represents life force. The hemp twine represents time. Tie the knots from left to right and concentrate on your wish for the year being tied into the fabric of time. Open your front door. Tie the knotted hemp twine into a circle. On the first knot tell Seshat your hope. On the second knot tell Seshat your wish. On the third knot tell Seshat your belief. On the fourth knot receive Seshat’s blessings. Place the knotted red hemp twine on your altar to remind yourself of your request of Goddess. Note that this spell involves breathing on knots and therefore carries the death penalty in Islamic nations.
Note that in addition to having a knotted length of hemp twine that measures (Seshat), you also have a circle with five points which is the path that Venus / Minerva / Aphrodite / Athena / Ishtar / Neith / Isis / Aset travel through the skies (the origin of the pentacle).
Witch bottle
Make a Witch’s bottle of protection by filling a glass jar with such items as pins, needles, screws, hemp twine, broken or shattered glass, mirror shards, rose thorns, and rosemary. Seal the jar with the melted wax from a red candle. Bury the bottle of protection in your garden.
On a friday night of the waning moon, cut two red strings of equal 13 inch length. Before going to sleep, place these two strings on your altar to form a heart. Upon waking the next morning, take the two strings, line them up and tie nine knots in them, together, saying with each knot: “Love is bound to come to me.” Of course, don’t think of any specific person while doing this. Feel love flowing through you, namely your gut area. Keep this talisman with you until love has found its way to you, then place the bound strings in a safe place. You can embellish this spell further by soaking the strings in scared Salem Seawater, placing rose or carnations upon your altar, etc. Finding a Job To find a job in a tough market, light a green candle and wrap a green cord around the base of a candle holder-away from the flame. Send your energy into the candle, and let the cord absorb the energy. Tie seven knots into the green cord while reciting the following statements: By knot of one, my spell’s begun. By knot of two, my will is true. By knot of three, a job for me. By knot of four, an offer in store. By knot of five, my work thrives. By knot of six, my spell is fixed. By knot of seven, the power is given. By: Jenna Tigerheart
Love/Binding Spell Take 3 cords or string of the colour(s) which symbolize your need. Knot one end to represent your self. Braid the cord/string until you reach the other end. Knot that end to represent the one you love. Visualize the two of you coming together as one and knot the center of the braid. Keep the braid in a safe place if it is a binding spell. If you are using this to attract love, keep it on your person or wear it as a necklace, bracelet, or anklet until love is found. Releasing Hate/Anger Focus on all of your hate and anger and then tie a knot. Visualize your anger tied up in that knot, repeating this line: “Free my heart and soul now vexed by hate. Free my soul and heart now hot by anger.”
Then undo the knot, releasing your anger and then throw the cord into the fire. Written by Lady Madelenia and Enadus Protection Tie nine knots in a cord while visualizing a protective image such as a shield or a circle of white light around you or your home. Carry the cord with you for personal protection or hang inside your home. To Rid Of Troubles Concentrate on something that is troubling you. When you are full of emotion, firmly tie a knot in a blue cord and then leave the room and the cord behind for awhile. Later on, after you’re relaxed and focused, go back into the room and untie the knot, releasing what has been troubling you. Visualize it disappearing. There are three things that you may do with the cord after your need is met: 1. Burn it so that the knot may never come undone. 2. Keep it in a safe place where it won’t be disturbed. 3. Bury it in the earth. A Knot Spell for Traveling Safely Use a sky blue cord for a safe driving spell. With each phrase below, tie a knot in the cord:
Hang the cord from your rear-view mirror while driving. by Lady Jenna Tigerheart Letting Go Spell Often, the strings of energy that connect us to people from past lives need cutting so we can move forward. This spell encourages the release of old attachments, while preserving positive memories. To start, cast a circle and say a brief prayer to Persephone, goddess of the underworld. Then take a thirteen-inch string or cord, and tie a loose knot for each person you want to separate from. While tying the knot, focus on moving forward. As you complete the visualization, say: “I release this from myself, and welcome new and positive relationships into my life.” Once finished, reflect on your knots, and untie them, one by one, picturing the attachment as a flock of birds flying free from your body. When finished, bury the string and thank Persephone for her help in carrying old feelings away from you. by Lady Diana Rajchel Cutting Pain Spell No spell will ever take the place of professional medical treatment, especially for serious conditions, but a spell to reduce pain can speed up the healing process. Many years ago, axes or knives were placed beneath the bed of an ill person to “cut” the pain. This spell is based on that old-time remedy. Take three cords made of natural fiber (I suggest one red, one white and one blue). Knot the cords three times to capture your pain. With scissors, cut the cord into small pieces, saying:“No pain will bind me, I am free.” Cast away the pieces of yarn quickly. Throw them in the trash or in a running body of water, or bury them. Turn and walk away immediately by James Kambos
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