Ancient Spells And Incantations – Enid Baxter Ryce

Nor sun shall burn me, Nor fire shall burn me, Nor beam shall burn me, Nor moon shall burn me. Nor river shall drown me, Nor brine shall drown me, Nor flood shall drown me, Nor water shall down me. Nightmare shall not lie on me, Black-sleep shall not lie on me, Spell-sleep shall not lie on me, Luaths-luis shall not lie on me.

I am under the keeping Of my Saint Mary; My companion beloved Is Brigid. —Scottish Highlands, traditional Angels in the Book of Saint Cyprian To Remove Enchantments If there is sorcery or magical binding or wickedness by iron, by gold, by silver, by bronze, by lead, by tin, let it be unmade and be no more, as if it existed in a thread, from silk, from cotton, from flax, threads of silk, in the remains of wool, let it be unmade; If it is made with human bones, with animal bones, of bird bones, of fish, let the enchantment be undone.

If the enchantment was made with wood or any plant, let it be undone. If it exists in a book, in a beam, in a stone, in a tomb in ruins, inside the corpse of a murdered man, in a coffin, in the bone of a dead man, in the water, in a flood in a spring, in a fountain, in a river, in the sea, in a brook, let it be removed .

. . If the enchantment exists in a high or in a low room, in a purse, in a field, in an orchard, in a tree, in a rosebush, in a narrow place, or in a vast cavern, let it be undone and frustrated. If it is made under a star, at a crossroads, among ruins or apparitions of martyrs, in beeswax, in a fava bean, or anything of the kind, let it all be undone.

[Insert Weiser Books logo] This edition first published in 2026 by Weiser Books, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser, llc With offices at: 65 Parker Street, Suite 7 Newburyport, MA 01950 www.redwheelweiser.com Copyright © 2026 by Enid Baxter Ryce All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, nor used in any manner for purposes of training artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text or imagery, including technologies that are capable of generating works in the same style or genre, without permission in writing from Red Wheel/Weiser, llc.

Reviewers may quote brief passages. ISBN: 978-1-57863-902-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request. Cover art © Enid Baxter Ryce Interior artwork © Enid Baxter Ryce The author’s original ink wash illustrations were created specifically for this publication and are faithful renderings inspired by historical objects, traditions, or artifacts.

These creative interpretations are meant to complement the mood and mystery of the ancient spells and sacred themes within the pages of this book. All rights reserved. Typeset in Adobe Jenson Pro Printed in the United States of America IBI 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 I want what ancients had: to be able to talk to God. Not in a personal sense, to a distant figure who is unfathomably wise, but to have a direct encounter with the flow of things, a communication without words.

—Katherine May, Enchantment Words thrice she spake, which caus’d, at will, sweet sleep Appeas’d the troubled waves, and roaring deep. Indeed, the virtue of man’s words [is] so great that, when pronounced with a fervent constancy of the mind, they are able to subvert Nature to cause earthquakes, storms, and tempests. —The Magus, Francis Barrett, 1801 Contents Introduction: Fragments of Cursive, 1 Chapter 1: Manifesting and Prophecy, 13 Chapter 2: Love and Lust, 45 Chapter 3: Protection Incantations, 79 Chapter 4: Healing, 119 Chapter 5: Curses, Binding, and Vengeance, 157 Conclusion, 177 Epilogue: Beginning a Magical Practice, 181 Methodology: Research, Translation, and Adaptation, 189 Bibliography, 193 1 Introduction Fragments of Cursive Most magic spells didn’t survive intact.

They were chanted, whispered, and memorized until the words faded, and people were forced into forgetting. They weren’t usually written down. If they were, they often burned with the witch who dared to record them. But some spells are still with us.

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