A collection of European magic spells and folk healing, the Pow-wows or The Long Lost Friend was first published in German language in 1820. The book contains healing spells, binding spells, protective spells, talismans, and benedictions.
The original title of the book was Der Lange Verborgene Freund, or The Long-Hidden Friend. John George Hohman, a German-American writer and publisher who immigrated to United States in 1802, wrote the book and later made a crude translation in English in 1846. The looming spiritualism in the United States in the nineteenth century began the incorporation of the word Pow -wow in the title of the subsequent reprints.
Pow-wow is a combination of Christian and shamanistic belief system associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch, who came from Germanic tribes and immigrated to Pennsylvania. Many of these immigrants are believed to have come from radical Christians.
They say there are five vital sources of spells in pow-wow. The Bible is the most common source of incantation. Another is the abovementioned book containing a collection of recipes and procedures. One more is The Long Lost Friend’s main source, the Egyptian Secrets of Albertus Magnus, who is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Other significant sources are the Sixth and Seventh books of Moses, who many say gained power through magical procedures. Lastly, the Secrets of Sympathy by William Wilson Beissel was republished in 1998 as a section of the book Pow-wow Power by Beissel’s great nephew.
In teaching the Pow-wow belief system, certain procedures are being followed. For instance, a student and teacher should come from different sexual orientations. Meaning, a male can only teach a female and vice versa. Breaking this rule will lessen the healing powers of both the student and the teacher. Pow-wow’s rituals and traditions mix prayers, incantations and ceremonies for home remedy purposes.
The book Long Lost Friend wrote the following instructions as a remedy to a sick person: without talking to anyone, the sick person will put water in a bottle before sunrise then close it up tight and place the bottle immediately in a box. Only the sick person should carry the key to the box for three days.
In eliminating pain or healing a wound, the pow-wow suggests rubbing the end of each three small twigs in the wound. Each twig should be cut in one smooth method. After rubbing it, wrap the twigs separately in a piece of white paper and put them in warm and dry place.
If a person has a whooping cough, a pow-wow practitioner would usually do a procedure different from the regular. First, they cut three small bunches of hair from the crown head of a child who has never seen his father. Then the hairs are sewn in an unbleached rag. This will be then hanged around the neck of the person having a cough. The thread used in sewing is unbleached too.
There is another procedure in curing cough. It is to thrust the sick person three times through a blackberry bush without saying anything. After which, the bush must grow fast at two ends and then thrusting is done on the second time.
There is a wide range of reasons why a person cast spell on a fellow human being. Reasons may include love, money, success, or revenge to name a few. One reason branches out to varying methods depending on the nature of what the wisher wants to happen.
Take for example love reasons. A method done in love spells varies according to what the wisher wants. Retrieve a love spell, gay love spell, unconditional love spell, and break-up or breaking spell are just a few examples of spells on love.
For people who lost their loved ones, retrieve love spells help them get back their lovers. Unconditional love spells are used especially when one is doubtful of his lover’s loyalty and wants to secure the presence of love in their relationship. Meanwhile, gay love spells are effective in attracting someone of the same sex and break-up love spells for reviving your lover’s interest in you.
Let us give you an example of a simple love spell. This is best done on Friday and when the moon is in its fullest.
The things you will need are sheet of lined paper, red pen or marker, letter envelope, your favorite perfume, your favorite shade of lipstick or a red one, and few pink or red flower petals.
The first step is to write the good qualities you want your lover to have. Write these things on the sheet of paper using the red pen or marker. The next step is to spray the paper with your favorite perfume. This is followed by imagining a good scenario. Envision yourself happy and in-love while holding the flower petals in your right hand; keep thinking about this scene. The fourth step is to drop the petals into the envelope. Lastly, seal the envelope with paste and kiss it. Before kissing the envelope, make sure you have applied the red lipstick first. With this spell, it is important to remember that this envelope should never be opened nor read by anyone else. Otherwise, the spell will be broken.
A spell to retrieve a lost love can be done through love bath. This is more complicated because you will need a potion such as patchouli, lemon verbena, cinnamon, vetiver, or rose. Once the potion has been added to the bath water, add three drops of Musk oil, three drops of Frangipani oil, and drops of vanilla. Put together your lover’s and your hairs, nail clippings, menstrual fluid and some of your semen in one container. Then, wrap the container in bright red paper. Using a gold-inked pain, write the Chinese characters for love, good fortune, and happiness on one side while your full real names on the other side. This ritual is done at sunrise after the Chinese New Year. Do these things while facing the northern direction.
While many love spells require several stuffs accompanied with ritual, the simple love spell is done simply by walking to a spot beneath your lover’s bedroom window and then whispering his or her name three times to the night wind. Simple love spell helps gain the love of someone; it is most effective during the night when its full moon.
It is important to note that the will of the wisher defines the power of the spell.
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