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!
Hey 👋 everyone! I misplaced my debit card after taking it out of my handbag in my kitchen. I knew it was in the kitchen as I’d literally pulled it out of my bag five minutes beforehand! But couldn’t find it anywhere. I even looked in my bin going through all the rubbish 🙈 So, I typed into Google which god/goddess/fairy/little man etc, asking whom Wiccans ask mmmm call upon to help them find their misplaced items. I am an empath and after suppressing my gifts for the longest time, I did lots of research and Wicca seemed to call out to me. Anyway, your website came up as a suggestion so I had a little nosy 🧐 lol. Well, I’m really glad I did now! I did the visualisation as best I could (it was a little tricky to try and forget about finding my card) In the end I did though after relentlessly scouring everywhere I could think of. Then as if by magic, around 20 minutes later I was putting some things away and lifted a lid from a plastic tub when my card pleated underneath it 😱 So some may call it coincidence, but I know better! Thank you so much for this amazing piece and I look forward to having a read through your webpage properly! You’ve made my day 😊 and provided me with lots of handy hints to explore now 💖💖💖
Great, Dee! This is how this spell has worked for me time and again.
I have an odd one… i got a new bracelet a few weeks ago and it came with gem stone hearts hanging from it (it’s one of those bar bracelets, the ones that have a bar and hoop clasp). It came undone twice so I added my own heart charm on it to stop it from happening, so it was attached in a specific spot… Friday 15th april, i was at home all day. This was the last day I saw it. The following day i didn’t wear it at all as I was trying out for a job (didn’t work out btw). It wasn’t until I was dusting my room that sunday, that I noticed it was missing. Over the rest of the day i kept looking, literally everywhere i had been the last time I wore it, when i couldn’t find it I tried your spell… the next day i kept looking… i was on the verge of giving up when I had to move a bin, which I had already moved that day… I had found it. But… i put it on and found that the stone I put on had been moved… thing is no one saw the bracelet since i last wore it… i could understand the dog moving it (if it actually made sense) but the stone being moved and the bracelet still done up makes no sense… but I think i found it because of this spell…
Xena, what a mystery !!! I’m so glad you found it, and I wonder what the heck happened. Thanks for sharing. I hope you find the other charm too.
I lost my engagement ring on Friday (it is now Monday). I tried this spell on Friday but couldn’t focus all the way through. We went away for the weekend and I told myself I would find it. I rummaged everything and decided to start the morning meditating and doing this spell. To preface, I am a very science oriented person and not one who typically does spells but I was separate.I did the meditation/spell and my “little man” kept changing shapes but I went with it. My gut kept saying maybe it’ the trash or vacuum as I had been cleaning last time I took it off to lotion. after searching I finally went back and to my avail had to go through trash but my gut said to check it one time. We would have taken it out tonight so I put on gloves, broke out the cleaning wipes, and went to town. lol and behold, it was in the wrapper of this dress I had bought and almost thrown out. As a skeptic/scientist, I am sold. This was so teandotmaribe and I am so grateful. I kept saying “there’s no way I accidentally had it in the trash” but there it was. This was a great lesson to slow down and not do so many things at once. It’s funny I also found three other pieces of helpers I had lost and given up on and this was the push to get rid of the odds and ends I have from previous pieces of jeleery.
Oh Ava this is great! Thanks so much for sharing this. And I’m glad you found your ring!
I was turning in for the night and spotted one of my rings was missing. Huge sentimental value and I went into a blind panic searching. When I couldn’t find it I sat on the internet and your page found me.
That night I dreamt I had found it and I was wearing it. When I woke up I was surprised to realise it was still missing. But with 20 minutes of waking up today I found it in the fridge with the salad goods.
I’m elated and relieved.
Thank you for sharing.
Blessed be.
Ahh, of course, the salad goods! Haha. I’m so glad you found it. Thanks for letting me know. 🙂
Hi … my husband lost his wedding ring (somewhere in the house) we have hunted high and low for it for months. Stumbled across this post and decided to try spell 2 ..i went straight to sleep afterwards. Got up this morning and found the ring … not only did i find the ring but other things i missed placed keep popping up also haha… thank you so much this worked for me .
Karen this is GREAT! Thank you for sharing this here.