Spells and work for ridding bad habits?

[sisterhoodoo]

I know it is sneaky, but if it is a justified situation, I feel that doing work to help someone walk away from things that are bad for them is a good thing to do. I would like to help a friend find it in himself to step away from the things that drag him away from his true ambitions in life (drugs, negative friends, etc) and wondered if there were spells any of you folks have tried in this vein?

I am not even sure where to start because it is far from anything I have ever tried in the past. I am most effective in attraction spells and candle work and have never even tried to rid someone else of something negative, especially without their knowledge.

Sneaky? Valid? Advice?

[Teresa]

I have had a similar situation within the past year. Let me look thru my book and get back to this. I documented what I did for my friend. I will be glad to pass it along to you too.

[sisterhoodoo]

Thanks, my fellow hoo doo practitioner!

This is especially tricky because, although he has serious ambition and goals, he fights it unknowingly by giving in to any even small push from his friends to go slack off and do drugs. He is aware that it makes him less productive, but is unaware of the magnitude the negative force is in the long run. It truly prevents real progress for him.

This work would be against his knowledge, since he does not see it as a problem. That is what makes it tricky.

But I do know of coercive spells working in the past...

[Teresa]

Do you have access to his laundry by chance? Like could you sprinkle some cast off evil on this clothes?

[Teresa]

I used glass encased vigil candles that were white. You can use a Jumbo candle or a glass encased if you wish. Dress this candle with Hyssop leaf, Eucalyptus leaf and Angelica Root Powder to cast off the Evil influence. Dress the candle with Cast Off Evil Oil, Blessing Oil, Healing Oil. Keep a candle burning constantly. On one side of the candle place a small incense burner and on the other side a Bible open to 121 Psalm. In front of it place a framed picture of the person for whom you are doing this work. make a small flat packet with his name written 3 times on brown paper bag crossed with these words:
Sobriety + Health + Blessing
Cast + Off + Evil
Sobriety + Health + Blessing
Place Hyssop Leaf, Eucalyptus Leaf, Angelica Root Powder to cast off evil influences and fold the packet away from you. Dress packet with Cast off Evil Oil, Blessing Oil and Healing Oil. Place this packet behind the picture of the person in the frame. Dress the four corners of the picture frame with the same three oils. Pray before the burning candle everyday for this person to be safely guided to a better life. Start this spell while the moon is waning so as the moon decreases in size so does the person's dependency on harmful substances and his reliance on companions who are not good for him.

Since you are doing this without his knowledge and for his own good I would suggest you using A figurine candle and dress it with a Commanding Oil and Cast Off Evil Oil and Healing Oil and place it on top of some kind of taglock from him. Write his name 9 times and write over that 9 times GET CLEAN AND SOBER and place that under the candle too. If he drinks you can take a bottle he has drunk from and add items to it like a witches bottle type of spell that will make him sick every time he drinks or does drugs until he decides to quit. PM me for details if interested.

Take the three herbs above and make a powder with them to sprinkle in or on his clothes every time you get a chance to. You can make the Cast off Evil Oil using the same ingredients as well. Add to Olive Oil and place in the dark for a moon cycle before using it. You can use the same ingredients to make an incense to burn beside his picture daily as well. :thumbsup: If you need recipe specifics for the Cast Off Evil Oil or Powder or Incense or any oils mentioned send me a personal message.

[Xentor]

I don't think it's sneaky, because your intentions are good, but I wish to provide this warning:

Springing some spell on an unsuspecting person, even with the best of intentions, can lead to unexpected bad results. This is especially true when the target of your intentions is working some magic of their own... it is quite possible that your workings will interfere with theirs, making their situation worse...

...so tread carefully.

[sisterhoodoo]

Thanks so much for your help, both of you.

I am amassing all the ingredients to work this spell and can't wait to start. I appreciate the warning and will be cautious but I do think the spell is important to both his life and ambitions and my life with him.

His problem is not the worst I have seen, but it does interfere with his goals and dreams. I hope this can help.

I am ordering a dressed 7 day vigil candle for casting off evil that I will use while working this spell, but understand that it may take a very long time. How many 7 day candles do you think I will have to go through?

Also, I am ordering Hysopp and Angelica root, because I don't have those in my herb crate (darn it) so it will have to wait until those come in. If anyone has those two herbs/roots, I would gladly trade three fold from my collection.

[Teresa]

Thanks so much for your help, both of you.

I am amassing all the ingredients to work this spell and can't wait to start. I appreciate the warning and will be cautious but I do think the spell is important to both his life and ambitions and my life with him.

His problem is not the worst I have seen, but it does interfere with his goals and dreams. I hope this can help.

I am ordering a dressed 7 day vigil candle for casting off evil that I will use while working this spell, but understand that it may take a very long time. How many 7 day candles do you think I will have to go through?

Also, I am ordering Hysopp and Angelica root, because I don't have those in my herb crate (darn it) so it will have to wait until those come in. If anyone has those two herbs/roots, I would gladly trade three fold from my collection.

I keep all of the herbs on hand but I use them on a regular basis in many workings for clients so down to about a couple of ounces each right now myself. I would think you may need enough candles to go thru a complete moon cycle( IMO) possibly 2 full cycles of the moon and then maybe burn one day a week for 7 weeks there after.

In my case I was asked to help the person by the person. They went to NA meetings and started working the steps to recovery along with what I was doing to help. It will be hard for you since the person does not see this as a problem and therefore could take longer and need to become an ongoing spell.
If you have access to his clothing sprinkle those herbs in the wash and in pockets when you have opportunity. Take a mortar and pestle and grind them into a fine powder for this purpose.

[cheddarsox]

Thanks so much for your help, both of you.

I am amassing all the ingredients to work this spell and can't wait to start. I appreciate the warning and will be cautious but I do think the spell is important to both his life and ambitions and my life with him.

His problem is not the worst I have seen, but it does interfere with his goals and dreams. I hope this can help.

I am ordering a dressed 7 day vigil candle for casting off evil that I will use while working this spell, but understand that it may take a very long time. How many 7 day candles do you think I will have to go through?

Also, I am ordering Hysopp and Angelica root, because I don't have those in my herb crate (darn it) so it will have to wait until those come in. If anyone has those two herbs/roots, I would gladly trade three fold from my collection.

I won't address the magical side of this, but I will address the goals/dreams issue, because it's been coming up in my life a great deal lately and I think it's something you might want to consider before you move further.

Sometimes we don't really want our goals and dreams to come true. I know that sounds crazy, but please think carefully about this. Many people have lifelong 'dreams' that serve them in other ways than as something they actually choose to bring to fruition. We are complex beings.

You, from the outside, or even the semi-inside as a close friend see that this addiction is costing your friend their dream...but sometimes even close friends, sometimes even ourselves do not see that we don't really want the dream to come true...we just want to have the dream.

You might be moving a mountain that your friend constructed to keep their "dream" from happening, even though it may make no logical sense to you or them or any other thinking person.

Again, people are VERY complex. Our behaviors, actions and lack of actions are motivated by many things, some of them very subtle, some of them that we don't admit to, don't recognize, or refuse to acknowledge.

In spite of your friends words, their actions tell a different story. I tend to believe actions more than words, not just in others, but in my own life as well.
When I dissect my own behavior, and take a hard honest look...I create most of my own obstacles for my own reasons. I am the major reason I don't do what I claim to want to do...just as I am the reason I overcome things to accomplish what I truly want.

Addictions ( I speak from experience) are very complex situations. People have complicated relationships to their addictions far beyond the obvious. You may think that you are freeing your friend only to find the situation to be very different than how it appears.

What an outsider perceives to be for someone else's "good" might not actually serve the person as intended.

Did they ask for your help in this situation?

I personally don't think it is ever appropriate to assume we understand someone's situation and can "fix" them without their seeking our assistance. That is the result of hubris in thinking we understand their situation and know what's best for them more than they do for themselves, and that we have the right to impose our control on the personal decisions they've made for themselves.

[sisterhoodoo]

I read and then re-read your post because I wanted to give it the thought that it deserves.

This person lives with me and is my partner.

I see him struggle every day from wanting and attempting to take steps in the right direction. He definitely voices a depression when he gets too far away from his goal. He wants to be motivated, but struggles with feeling attached to his friends from a time gone by. He takes baby steps, but would make strides if he did not get stuck in ruts with his old friends.

He even voices how he is different than them and how they have not grown up at all. I know he would love LOVE to be achieving his goals but lacks motivation at times because he has always been around underachievers. He could really benefit from just a small push in his favor.

And we are not talking about some far away goal - it is within his grasp and would require nothing more than his time to get there. That time, unfortunately, gets wasted and then I see him depressed for putting of his goal.

I think, for some, what you say is true. But I definitely see that he would be happier if he did not waste his time and moved forward instead.

I am very confident in this.

[Godgifu]

Since he's a friend, I assume you know where he lives or works. Simply sprinkling some Cast Off Evil powder around his house while reciting your prayers and commands might even do the job.

EDIT: I missed your last post, and actually see he seems to live with you. Even better! Sprinkle it around the house, and in his pillowcase if you can. Might get you casting off some of your own bad habits as well :)