Are you wondering how to do a binding spell, or looking for an easy binding spell for protection? Take back your power and neutralize a bully’s ability to cause harm with one of these simple binding spells.
What is a binding spell? And how do you cast one?
According to author Judika Illes, the definition of a binding spell is magic performed for the purpose of “binding someone’s power, usually to prevent them from causing harm.” (Remember the chanted line in The Craft: “I bind you, Nancy, from doing harm: harm against other people and harm against yourself.”)
Merriam-Webster’s primary definition of bully is: a blustering, browbeating person; especially : one who is habitually cruel, insulting, or threatening to others who are weaker, smaller, or in some way vulnerable.
While we good witches generally do not prefer to bind other people’s power and therefore do not seek out situations that call for binding spells, there are times when it is obviously appropriate to perform one: in essence when you need to protect yourself from a bully. In other words, when you need protection from someone is “habitually cruel, insulting, or threatening to others who are weaker, smaller, or in some way vulnerable.”
If you are concerned about the threefold law (that which you send out energetically comes back to you multiplied), you needn’t be, provided you keep some things in mind. First, you must actually be binding a bully: if you’re binding someone who doesn’t deserve to be bound, you may indeed bring negative karma upon yourself. On the other hand, if someone is indeed being a bully, you have the opportunity to perform your binding as an act of sending out pure positivity. In other words, you’ll be sending out the bright, positive light of justice and protection on behalf of all those who are being threatened and unfairly treated.
As long as you’re using a binding spell exclusively for justice and protection, you will be safe from undesirable karmic backlash while performing a binding spell.
An excellent time to perform a binding spell is when the waning moon is in the fourth quarter. So that’s the last week of a moon cycle, or the week before the new moon.
No matter who the bully is, remember that they are only a human, and humans can be magically bound.
You may also like to check out my book, Little Guide to Protection Magic: Everything You Need to Know, Including Protection Spells.
Here are 3 simple, easy, powerful spells for binding a bully. Choose the one that feels intuitively right to you. Please be sure to cast a circle before doing any of these, and to open it when you are through.
Binding #1: Easy Salt and String Spell
For this binding spell, write the bully’s name on a slip of paper and place it on a table. Light a black candle. In a clockwise direction, surround the name with a circle of sea salt. With a short length of black embroidery floss, tie a knot tightly around the slip of paper, allowing it to crumple. As you tie the knot, say, “I bind you [name of bully]. You are powerless to harm other people or the planet. Your insults are powerless. Your hostility is powerless. You shall cause no harm from this day forth.” Repeat 7 more times, with 7 more lengths of black thread. Extinguish the candle. Leave the paper and string in the ring of salt overnight. In the morning, flush the salt down the toilet and throw the bound name on a fire.
Binding #2: Simple Tarot Spell
You’ll be working closely with the archetype of justice for this binding spell.
Place the Justice card from a Tarot deck on your altar. Light a white pillar candle as you say, “[Name of bully], on behalf of all those you would harm, insult, or overpower, I call on the archetypal energy of Justice. With this ancient, swift, and thorough power, I now bind all your power to harm.” Safely use the light of the candle to burn the bully’s full name and/or image on a piece of paper, perhaps in a cauldron or pot. As it burns, say, “Just as this paper is now reduced to ashes, your power to harm is now fully revoked and reduced to nothing.” When the ashes are cool, mix them with sea salt and flush them down the toilet. Extinguish the candle after you’ve opened the circle.
Bully #3: Freezer Binding Spell
Freeze out a bully and put his or her power on ice with this freezer binding spell. Obtain a picture of the bully, or just write the bully’s name on a piece of paper. Place it in a small mason jar. Pour water over it as you say, “[Name of bully], if your power to harm is like fire, I now extinguish that power completely. It burns no more.” Seal the jar with the lid. Wrap and tie it tightly with black ribbon as you say, “[Name of bully], if your power to harm is like wings, I now bind and immobilize that power completely. It flies no more.” Rotate the jar in a counterclockwise direction three times as you say, “[Name of bully], your power is now unwound. It has no momentum. It has no force. It now returns to the native nothingness from which it came.” Now place the jar in your freezer.
Remember: no one has any power over you. You have all the power over your own life. Do any of these binding spells (and indeed all your magical work) from this strong inner knowing, and you will certainly prevail.
For lasting protection against bullies and other negative people, check out my book, Little Guide to Protection Magic: Everything You Need to Know, Including Protection Spells.
Did you try one of these binding spells? Or do you have any questions about the spells in this post? Please share in the comments below.
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For the third Binding option: How long must the mason jar remain in the freezer?
Hi Julie! For long as you still feel it’s necessary, or up to a year.
So I’ve followed everything you suggested to me in the past and things are getting better. But I have an issue with my mom and others I don’t know helping her create problems in my life. Some of it is intentional, some of it, I don’t think is intentional.
I’m not interested in hurting anyone, or sending back “just deserts” to mom and those I don’t have names of. I just want to be left alone. And not have the crap kicked out of me so to speak.
Which binding spell do you suggest for that?
Hi Raven! I suggest trying the neutralization spell from this post: https://tesswhitehurst.com/5-karma-friendly-alternatives-to-curses-and-hexes/
I let the candle burn out over night to extinguish it in the morning but I accidentally overslept before I could open the circle. It extinguished while the circle was closed. Is this going to cause a problem or be ineffective?
Hi Jo! Well, I usually would open the circle and extinguish all candles before going to sleep, but I wouldn’t worry that the candle going out will ruin whatever magic you were working.
Hi, my 10yr old daughter is being excluded by several girls in her year at lunch/break times and is suffering greatly from this. They are part of a ‘group’ and won’t let her join, but everyone else is allowed to. Is there a protection spell you would recommend to help end this negativity? She still wants to be friends with them, she just wants the exclusion/meaness to stop.
Many thanks
Hi Sur! I wouldn’t do a binding on them. Instead, I’d do the first spell from this post, but do it on your daughter’s behalf. Instead of anointing yourself, anoint a picture of your daughter: https://tesswhitehurst.com/5-spells-to-protect-yourself-from-challenging-people/
My supervisor finds ways to throw me under the bus and when I report her to management she denies it and retaliates. I’ve done the mason jar with the Himalayan Salem. It worked for a while but it’s no longer effective. I’m wondering if the freezer binding spell is a good alternative? I’m tired of being bullied/intimidated by her at work.
Since you’re working so closely with her, I’d personally do the Himalayan salt one again. You can do the freezer one if you’d like, but there might be some shakeups.