Find What’s Missing with One of These Effective Rituals for Locating Lost Items
Whether you’re looking for your car keys, your wedding ring, or your Kindle, taking a quick moment to work a little magic can’t hurt. In fact, in my experience, a spell or ritual to find a lost object can definitely help.
If you’re not sure where you left something and you’re starting to suspect it may be in another zip code, try the first spell. If you’ve temporarily misplaced something in your bedroom, home, car, or workplace (or wherever your immediate vicinity happens to be), the second spell will be just the thing. (If you’re not sure, start with spell #2 and then move on to spell #1 if it doesn’t work.)
Lost Object Spell #1 – Spell to Find a Lost Item
Before I let you in on my own personal favorite finding-lost-objects ritual, I want to share this awesome Spell to Find a Lost Item by my good friend, Ellen Dugan (with whom I co-wrote Every Witch Way: Spells and Advice from Two Very Different Witches). Years ago, when she and I were staying together in a hotel for an author event, I realized I had left my Kindle on the plane. After she counseled me to perform this ritual, the airline not only found it (which was awesome enough in its own right), they also mailed it back to me free of charge, even though it was their policy to charge for shipping in such instances. Needless to say, I was sold. This Spell to Find a Lost Item is especially ideal for when you’ve left something somewhere and you suspect it’s unlikely that you will get it back.
Lost Object Spell #2 – Little Man Ritual
On the other hand, The Little Man ritual is the magical practice I use most often to find missing objects, specifically in cases when I know the object in question is around somewhere (usually somewhere in my home, but I’m just not sure exactly where. It’s more of a visualization to find lost objects than a spell. (This ritual for finding lost objects happens to be an excerpt from my book Holistic Energy Magic.)
In the “Little Man” exercise, you’ll be calling upon the part of your mind that knows all and sees all (including where your missing object happens to be), and you will be assigning an inner vision and personality to this part of your mind. For me it is actually a little man, although I have heard of people for whom it is a computer, a tree, a filing clerk, or a fairy princess. Please do not feel limited by the name.
To illustrate how it works, I’ll describe my personal “little man” exercise. When I’m trying to find a temporarily missing object, such as my keys, I stop my frantic rushing around, close my eyes, and take some deep breaths. Then I visualize myself in an elevator, going up, up, up, and up. I watch an old-fashioned little arrow showing me that I’m going to the very top floor, and then I hear a “ding” indicating I’ve arrived. When the doors slide open, I see that I’m in a Plexiglass room at the top of an extremely tall skyscraper in New York City. I push open the swinging door and feel the air whip around me as I walk to the edge of the roof. There, hovering over the city between two skyscrapers, is a meditating little man who is dressed like a genie. I say to him, “Little man, where are my keys (or whatever is lost)?”
He doesn’t say anything, but I know that he’s heard and that he will bring what I need to know into my consciousness. Then I thank him (sometimes mentally burning him incense or offering him flowers, both of which hover in front of him in honor of his help) and turn back toward the elevator. I open my eyes and continue to go about my day without stressing out too much about the lost object, although I may still look for it, just with confident nonchalance rather than panic. Almost invariably I find it within minutes.
To find your little man (or whatever he/she/it is for you), simply close your eyes and relax, setting the intention to see a visual representation of the part of your mind that knows, sees, and remembers everything. Notice the process of approaching this being, and then ask your question. Notice how your version of the little man responds (or doesn’t). Know in your heart that your little man has heard and is now diligently processing your request. Thank your little man, perhaps giving him an offering of gratitude, and then go on your way.
After opening your eyes, see if you can do something other than actively look for the lost object, or at least do so without panic. If the lost object is indeed still in your vicinity, you will almost certainly find it within a few minutes to an hour.
Did you find your lost object with one of these spells? Where was it? In your bedroom? Your car? Somewhere else in the house? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!
I lost my necklace 3 days back and have been frantically looking for it. I tried both the spells a day back but in Vain. please help
Anne, try to relax and trust as best you can. If you can think about something other than the necklace, it will be best. That way, if it is meant to return to you, it will.
hey, its been a week and still haven’t found it. I’ve been trying the spells everyday. Really hoping that it works out and I find them
Not all items are destined to be found. It may still turn up, but spells only help your chances, they aren’t a guarantee.
Getting ready to depart from my holiday stay at my parents to go back to my college town, I realized I had not seen the keys to my own apartment in a very long time. I looked everywhere in the surrounding areas where I usually kept it/where I thought it could be. Usually I plead St Anthony to help me find my lost items, and although the saint often has my back, this time I didn’t receive my usual immediate results so I figured it would be a bit more difficult of an item to find. Looking for extra help, I googled for spells that might be appropriate and stumbled upon your page! I visited my personal wise person who resided in a beautiful gigantic tree, visualized my keys and asked for help. Funnily enough, my offering to them were flowers and fresh pancakes. As I continued on with my packing as well as looking for my keys, I began to accept the possibility that I’d run out of time to find them. Yet I would catch myself in these thoughts and remind myself to have patience and faith. Amazingly, I did find my keys. They were in the pocket of a jacket I rarely ever wear. I instinctively checked it’s pocket in the closet. Thank you
Ahh, I love hearing about the unique experiences of this visualization! Thank you for sharing and I’m so glad you found your keys.
Thank you SO much for these! I had been looking for my favorite necklace for a couple of weeks. Honestly I tried both of these last night cuz, y’know, impatient. I found it today in a spot I had checked several times already over the passed few weeks. Thanks again 🙂
Great! So glad you found it.
Wow this was amazing. I tore my entire house apart looking for my new tablet, and had already checked all the likely places including my work bag.
Something said try under the bed (not there but I did find my missing make up) and then the work bag again which is where it happened to be even though I swear I emptied it.
Cool – I’m so glad it worked for you!
Thanks you for this handy little spell! I lost my car key, and my husband and I tore our house apart looking for it. I took a minute to close my eyes and talk to my ‘little man’ (a kind but no-nonsense librarian). 5 minutes later, I found the key cleverly placed in a glass in a cupboard that we had both he led multiple times 🙂 went back to thank my guide, and she said ‘not a problem! That’s my job!’ And said she didn’t need an offering, just acknowledgement 🙂 I’m so happy to have met her and I’m sure I’ll call in her again!
Woohoo! Wonderful.