qedavathegrey:

Better safe than sorry. This simple ritual can be utilized to guard against ill-craft aimed at you by another witch or witches. Let us not pretend that witches do not have a penchant for stirring drama nearly as much as they stir their potions.

To prevent any lashings at the hands of your peers and reverse whatever they should send your way, I recommend this working:

Things you will need

• A Mirror (hand, wall, any will do – but one expressly for this purpose)
• Angelica (dried)
• Salt (pink, white or black)
• Vinegar
• Black Cloth (used to cover the mirror, so it should be sized accordingly)
• (2) clean White Rags
• Wax Block (plain wax – can be found near canning supplies usually)
• (Optional: A cigarette or incense matching the work)

Before working, “wipe” the mirror – lay it down, mirrored side up, dust with salt and cover, making sure never to catch yourself in it while doing so. Just before the ritual, shake off the salt (away from you, again, making sure not to catch your reflecting in it) and re-cover.

Begin by brewing up a “tea” of the dried angelica, salt and vinegar. Boil and then let steep for 5 minutes. Pour into a vessel of your choosing and prop up the covered mirror in your working space – against a wall or piece of furniture and situate yourself before it.

If you so choose, light your cigarette or incense. With your items ready, uncovered the mirror.

Tend to it by dipping with one white rag into the tea and washing its face with it. Continue dipping and wetting until its surface is damp, then buff with the dry white rag.

With the wax block, draw this symbol on its cleaned face while reciting the following incantation and beholding yourself therein:

Cast an eye on – 
Wrath and pain, 
Of vile witches’ curse – restrain, 
And turn thy gaze: 
Beholden thou who plagues, 
My sapphire night, 
And golden day, 

 Mirror, mirror; 
Guard my being – 
And like the second hand: 
Unwind – 
Midnight in, 
To evening time; 

Silver sentry, 
My crystalline Knight, 
Like the moon – 
Turn their tides, 
(No matter their size) 
Into tidal towers – 
Crashing hind-wards 
Upon the Circe, 
Siren, or – 
Sage, 
Who dare dispatch, 
Ill-will unto me; 

Show them thus: 
Should they tread on me, 
A hateful rage, 
Upon which the likes, 
They have never seen.

When you are done, thank for ensuring your protection

and cover the mirror with the black cloth. Store it away in a dark closet (if possible, facing toward the outside of the house); Repeat annually or biannually.