Where i live, lemons are ABSOLUTELY abundant. Like, everyone here knows at least 30 people who are trying to get rid of lemons bc there are *just so many*. I've used lemons in abundance magic more times than i can say becuase of this
My favorite and first exposure to sympathetic magick is "villain hitting", local Daoist/Buddhist folk magick in Hong Kong. The ladies will take papers with a picture of either a lady or guy "siu yan" (little/petty person), you write the name of the person you want out of your life, and the lady will put it on a brick then beat the shit out of it with a special slipper while singing/chanting a rhyme like "I hit your head, I hit your hand, I hit you that even if you catch your breath, you find no place to rest." They don't stop until the paper is turned into shreds 😅 Then they feed the shreds into the belly of a paper tiger, smearing its mouth with pig fat oils so it won't bite anyone else (offering to the tiger), then burn both the tiger and the siu yan paper. Most of us locals find it very funny, especially the chant in Cantonese, but as someone trying to decolonize myself and my practice, I'm definitely intrigued 👀 Great video Frankie!
~I literally just bought a brass key and put it in my money bowl because my goal is to save enough money to buy a home. To me the key represents road opening but also ownership and responsibility (like when you own a home and have to take care of it). This video was super helpful and now i have lots of ideas for working more manifestation! Thank you!
Instead of puppets I like to buy plants in accordance to my closest friends traits and values and then place little wishes and sachets close to them whenever they need a little support :)
I realized I was already doing this by working with the senses. Like things that smell, taste, etc. bad, or even things that make you sneeze or eyes water usually push people away, like spitting it out or avoiding a smelly area. So such things are good for protection and likes. Also using random weeds in money work. They’re abundant and persistent, even annoyingly so, and that’s how one might want their money to be
I’ve used this for a long time! My Italian grandmother taught me to put my hair in places I felt safe and at home. She told me whenever I touched my own hair I’d feel safe. I did this with my siblings and their hair mixed in olive oil as protection. Thanks for the info! ❤
I didn't realize I was already doing this! I have a couple crystals I bought not for me, but for my boyfriend, and I still set intentions with them "for" him. So those crystals are in a way symbolic of him and of what I want for him. Thank you so much for this video, I'll be using sympathetic magic more mindfully now.
there are lots of ways in appalachian folk magic to call for and keep away rain and storms as well! i love hearing how other cultures achieve the same thing in different methods. its very interesting!
in my ancestor's practice, we would do these things to make it rain and storm. We would literally throw waters all around in front of our main gate while holding a black umbrella/cloth. Then we would burn a chunk of coconut leaves and blow the fire main the gate without getting it exstinguished. We then let it burn in front of the house. After that, it rains heavily with thunders and strong winds. 😂
Right after you mentioned candles, I realized that I had a needle I could use as a stylus and a beeswax candle, plus some other bits and bobs. Threw something together and let it into the world just now - thank you for the inspiration!
Combining two of my favorite things in one video: witchcraft and anthropology of religion! A good chunk of my anthro of religion class in undergrad was spent discussing sympathetic magic in different cultural contexts and I loved it, definitely use it in my own practice as well.
(min 14:50) Hey Frankie! I'm italian, from Marche, and here if we want to make it rain we just throw outside some lentils and canola seeds, because they make the sound of the rain (btw, we use also canola oil as a remedy for drought and bad harvest because it represents prosperity and fertility) and if we want to check if tomorrow will be a sunny day, we just look at sunset because there's a saying that says "rosso di sera bel tempo si spera" (it means that if the sunset is red, tomorrow will be a sunny day). Currently, me and my family don't know how to make it not rain, except for yelling at the sky, praying, saying a rosario (I don't usually do that because for me, in my experience, it never worked) or using a specific ritual. I don't know if this will be interesting for you, but I hope it could somehow help you. (p.s. sorry for the spelling mistakes)
I grew up in a christian house n was scared to talk abt why I thought dripping water on the dry earth would make the monsoon want to be here sooner, or why laying small rocks out in a wall would "protect" my dog from the mountain lion or coyotes that I'd heard the night before. I also made lil leaf pockets sewn w agave spines so I could leave food out for the critters without leaving thread for them to eat. (Payback for my dog bringing me all the rats in the area, i did not need them lol) None of it I called magic, and I told no one bc it'd get smacked. But I like to think it was noticed, and now I know people do the same stuff ♡
Hey Frankie! Did you know that the Treasury shreds misprinted cash that you can buy for real cheap. They give you a good amount too!I feel like that could be useful in this type of magic.
Hi Frankie I love your videos so much I just wanted to mention bc I don't know if u were joking or not but people didn't actually live in the caves! Because they were nomadic! It's as you mentioned the caves were (likely) more of a spiritual site or landmark! We know this because of the depth of the caves where paintings were found, that single caves contain paintings from multiple generations of people, and because of the debris on the floor of the caves. Most of the debris is related to creating and viewing the art (pigments, light sources, etc) rather than regular life stuff (food waste, etc). Also it's believed that most prehistoric art in general was made by (possibly pregnant) women which I think also lends credence to the sympathetic magic idea. Like if you are in the group waiting behind with the people so pregnant they can barely walk and you are worried if the group who is getting meat will come back or not then it would make sense to try and like you said manifest through art. I also wonder if this is true of the really popular "Venus" figures if these could have been early poppets that possibly people carried to manifest a healthy pregnancy or just a way to generally represent the women of their group for the sake of blessings or protection or something?? Just wild theorizing but I love art history and that part really got me thinking!
Hey Frankie! I haven't commented on any videos till now, but this particular video truly made me think I have been doing sympathetic magic all my life and I never knew. I've been conflicted being a catholic (still am) and being lgbt + going on my withcraft path now at 29. But after watching this, I'm truly inspired by this vid and going on my witchy journey with reborn hope. So thank you so much!!! ❤
Lol I do this with a plant. I found it at an old job, the same job I met my best friend. Judging on how the plant is doing and the state of our friendship, I know how he is. Ive had my plant and my best friend for almost 8 years now ❤❤
One of my favorite uses of this is in ancient Egypt, they put a lot of weight on how you ask for things, and how your posture is when doing ritual work! For example if you are pleading to a god for something, they often do the prayer in a bowing or “head down” manner as to show what they really need/want. Sometimes if a magician needed something really bad they would threaten the gods to help them, maybe even saying they would burn down their temple or destroy their altar if they didn’t help. It shows you that magic can be physical and that the parts of witchcraft that are based in the physical realm shouldn’t be overlooked!!
I use sympathetic magic all the time! Typically I'll use tin foil instead of a mirror and one of the things I do is I'll give objects names. Like I'll make sure I name a poppet and say its name out loud as well as adding taglocks
I struggle a lot with gender dysphoria so once I took a flat rock and wrote on it "My chest is as flat as this rock" and then wrapped it in KT tape I use for chest binding so yeah creativity is your only limit
One of my favorite spells that i found was to "sweeten" someone. Basically someone bitchy who you couldn't or dont wanna bind or banish for some reason, you write their name and birthday on a peice of paper and stick them at the bottom of a sugar jar. To sweeten them
Thank you for sharing! I love the idea of using candles to represent a person, but I'm curious what the effects would be if you light the candle that you've protected. Would this harm the person? Do you see it as activating the spell?
personally i would rely on intentions here and say if your intent is to activate the spell then that’s what would happen, if your intent is to harm or cause destruction then that is what would happen
Love this. My question may be elementary or you may have touched on it before but what do you do with holy water? I'm new to folk magic and new to witchcraft but you helped in shifting my focus to my roots which is latina and Catholicism folk magic. thank you
Im wanting to get a gorgeously decorated key as an offering tool for Hermes and whenever i lose something ill carry the key with me until i find that thing. Because keys represent hidden things and secrets for me and i work with Hermes keeper of lost things.
Am I confused or did this video already get uploaded a while ago? Especially with the example at 3:30 with the frog. And the term "this is like that. Therefore this is that." It might just be something Frankie has mentioned before. I just felt like i already saw this video. 😂
Because lemon is usually protective, and cleansing, so it seems counterintuitive. Also they're pretty easy to undo, supposedly. BUT that info comes from people who weren't practicing folk magic, I think.
I am really not into animal sacrifice or abuse of any kind, so while I respect other traditions, I think it's highly disrespectful and cruel to take a life for magick. Especially when there are alternatives that can get you the same, or better results. Empathetic magick can be seen in Egyptian magic. Stepping into the role of a God, wearing their colors, etc, to command results. If I say anything orange is the eye of Horus that is what it becomes.
