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Spell Jar Basics: Creating and Tailor-Making Your Own Spell Bottles & Jars

(Hello again, everyone! I’m back after a long hiatus - it feels good to be witching again!)

Spell jars are a great and easily modifiable way to do “slow-cooker” magic-stuff that doesn’t require a lot of active participation time, but the combined result is just as - if not more-potent.

THE COMPONENTS: THE JAR

You’ll need a jar, first of all - the size and shape of which should correspond to your intent, ideally. For smaller,”single-burner” spells, you might want a small, corked bottle you can balance a spell candle on. If you were to make a witches’ bottle for protection, you’d want something a little bigger, to hold all the ingredients, and probably something in an amber or other more opaque tone, so you can’t see inside.

Ideally, your jar or bottle would have a lid, for various spell-mechanics purposes-using the jar as a sealant, keeping the contents together while you shake it, and so on.

FILLING THE JAR

Next, you’ll need the components for the “spell” part. Assemble harmonious ingredients that are correspondent to your intent - for instance, if I were to assemble a spell bottle for balance, I’d try to grab some herbs and reagents correspondent to my intent (coriander, sea salt, and so forth), that are mostly yellow (the color I correspond with balance), and, perhaps, keep it down to 5 ingredients, which is the number I correspond with balance. 

Fill the jar or bottle with these ingredients-this is you doing the prep work for your spell! If you intend to shake the contents to reactivate them every so often, for instance, you’d want to leave a bit of room at the top.

You might want to add some extra oomph to your jar for more heavy-duty spells, like tying correspondent ribbon around the jar, or inscribing a sigil or planetary symbol on it.

CASTING THE SPELL

Now that your spell preparations are complete, you’ll need to pick a good time to perform your spell, and choose a way to “activate” it - that is, a spell mechanic to set your intent in motion and do the actual “casting”.

For timing, you’ll want to pick something that,again, corresponds with your intent: You can use the waxing and waning tides of the moon to draw or remove something from your life, use sunsets and sunrises for manifestation and banishment, cast at high noon for an elemental fire influence, or on a clear, dark night for an honorary jar for Nyx - do a little research and listen to your gut!

As for the casting, you have a number of ways to go about it. Here are a couple of popular methods you can pick, mix, and match (but remember, you can always invent a more appropriate method for your own spell!):

Sealing with a Candle: An effective way to complete and cast your spell, with the added bonus of sealing in the contents of your jar for permanent magick. Choose the color of your candle according to your intent, inscribe it with a rune or sigil, anoint it with oil, or/and customize it in any way you see fit to correspond it with your intent and with the contents of the jar. Burn the whole candle at once to cast a spell in one go, or light the candle a little bit every night during the waxing or waning moon to draw or rid, respectively.

Burying the Jar: For spells involving the earth, staking a claim on your own property, magic you don’t want to reverse, or jars honoring cthonic spirits, bury your jar in the dirt, whether it’s in your yard or in a container.

Reversible Spells: Leave the jar’s lid or cork unsealed by wax, but firmly pressed on, perhaps with a string or ribbon to seal the magic in instead. If you ever have need to reverse the spell, you can open up the jar, safely unenchant and dispose of its contents, and clean out the jar with salt and water for later.

Recastable Spells: Leave a generous portion of room in your jar or bottle before sealing, and give it a vigorous shake when you want to re-cast.

Now go forth, and cast!

If you do make any spell jars, I totally want to see them! :>

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Walt Disney Animation Studios Films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Pinocchio (1940) Fantasia (1940) Dumbo (1941) Bambi (1942) ➥ Bambi II (2006) Saludos Amigos (1943) The Three Caballeros (1945) Make Mine Music (1946) Fun and Fancy Free (1947) Melody Time (1948) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr.Toad (1949) Cinderella (1950) ➥ Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) ➥ Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) Alice in Wonderland (1951) Peter Pan (1953)  ➥Return to Never Land (2002) Lady and the Tramp (1955) ➥ Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure (2001) Sleeping Beauty (1959) One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) ➥ 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure (2003) The Sword in the Stone (1963) The Jungle Book (1967) ➥ The Jungle Book 2 (2003) The Aristocats (1970) Robin Hood (1973) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) ➥ Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) ➥ The Tigger Movie (2000) ➥ Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) ➥ Piglet’s Big Movie (2003) ➥ Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) The Rescuers (1977) The Fox and the Hound (1981) ➥ The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006) The Black Cauldron (1985) The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Oliver & Company (1988) The Little Mermaid (1989) ➥ The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) ➥ The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning (2008) The Rescuers Down Under (1990) Beauty and the Beast (1991) ➥ Beauty and the Beast:The Enchanted Christmas (1997) ➥ Beauty and the Beast: Belle’s Magical World (1998) Aladdin (1992) ➥ The Return of Jafar (1994) ➥ Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) The Lion King (1994) ➥ The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride (1998) ➥ The Lion King 1½ (2004) Pocahontas (1995) ➥ Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) ➥ The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) Hercules (1997) Mulan (1998) ➥ Mulan II (2005) Tarzan (1999) ➥ Tarzan II (2005) Fantasia 2000 (1999) Dinosaur (2000) The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) ➥ Kronk’s New Groove (2005) Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) ➥ Atlantis: Milo’s Return (2003) Lilo & Stitch (2002) ➥ Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) Treasure Planet (2002) Brother Bear (2003) ➥ Brother Bear 2 (2006) Home on the Range (2004) Chicken Little (2005) Meet the Robinsons (2007) Bolt (2008) The Princess and the Frog (2009) Tangled (2010) ➥ Tangled Ever After (2012) (Short) Winnie the Pooh (2011) Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Frozen (2013) ➥ Frozen Fever (2015) (Short) Big Hero 6 (2014)

Pixar Films: Toy Story (1995) A Bug’s Life (1998)  Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Finding Nemo (2003)  The Inredibles (2004) Cars (2006) Ratatouille (2007) WALL-E (2008) Up (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Brave (2012) Monsters University (2013) Inside Out (2015)

Other Animated Films Distributed by Disney: The Brave Little Toaster (1987) DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) A Goofy Movie (1995) ➥ An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Doug’s 1st Movie (1999) Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999) Recess: School’s Out (2001) Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) Teacher’s Pet (2004) Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005) Valiant (2005) The Wild (2006) Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007) Tinker Bell (2008) ➥ Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009) ➥ Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010) ➥ Secret of the Wings (2012) ➥ The Pirate Fairy (2014) ➥ Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2015) Ponyo (2008) A Christmas Carol (2009) Mars Needs Moms (2011) Frankenweenie (2012) Planes (2013) ➥ Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)

Live-Action Films with Animation: The Reluctant Dragon (1941) So Dear to My Heart (1949) Mary Poppins (1964) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Pete’s Dragon (1977) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Enchanted (2007)

Live-Action Disney Films: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) ➥ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) ➥ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) ➥ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) ➥ The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) ➥ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) High School Musical (2006) ➥ High School Musical 2 (2007) ➥ High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) Bridge to Terabithia (2007) Race to Witch Mountain (2009) Alice in Wonderland (2010) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010) Tron: Legacy (2010) Prom (2011) The Muppets (2011) ➥ Muppets Most Wanted (2014) John Carter (2012) The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) The Lone Ranger (2013) Saving Mr. Banks (2013) Maleficent (2014) Into the Woods (2014) Cinderella (2015) Tomorrowland (2015)

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