Are you wondering how to do a binding spell, or looking for an easy binding spell for protection?
Reclaim 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’re 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 your own behalf, and/or on behalf of anyone else who is being threatened and unfairly treated.
As long as you’re using a binding spell exclusively for justice and protection – and as long as you hold the intention that your spell is for the ultimate good of all concerned – you will be safe from undesirable karmic backlash.
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. But sometimes, you can’t wait. So you can go ahead and follow your intuition and perform one of these spells when you feel the moment is right.
No matter who the bully is, remember that they are only a human, and humans can be magically bound.
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 any 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.
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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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Hi,
My boyfriend has ended our relationship almost 8 months ago. I’m new to all this. But my intuition tells me he wants to get back together. I called in the advice of some friends with abilities. They tell me that he loves me and regrets breaking up with me. However, his ex wife is controlling him. She has borderline personality and she has narcissistic tendencies. She ended their relationship but she wants him to still do everything she asks of him. And he does. I had to put up with that throughout our relationship. She even was very friendly to me, saying she was grateful that he had found me. At the same time she asked the cosmos to break us up. This was confirmed by two of my friends. One even said it looks like she used (black) magick on him. Is it appropriate to do a binding spell in this situation? I know it’s not okay to do a love spell on a specific person. I have alsovread your post about the karma friendly love spells. I really want to do that. But the thing is that he just “walks in” every time I do a meditation, visualization or other spiritual / energy work. So I’m a bit afraid that I might accidentally visualize him during the love spell. How can I prevent that? Or do you recommend something else?
Sasha, I am sensing there is a better partner for you out there. I suggest cutting the cords to this old relationship and cleansing the residual energy of it out of your life. This will help open you up to a new partner and healthier situation. When you feel ready, you can even do a spell to attract a new romance. All of this will help you feel more empowered and comfortable in your skin.
Thank you Tess. It’s really hard for me to read your comment. Because it’s the opposite of what I feel and sense myself. But I am open to cutting the cords to our old relationship. I even found a love spell I feel comfortable with. However, it didn’t feel okay to do it today, because I’m afraid I might accidentally cast the spell with him in mind. Is there a spell or ritual that can help me cut the cords? Because I’m sure that if we’re meant to be together or not, this will help either way. But it still feels a bit unnatural, so I need all the help I can get
Hi Sasha! Here are some posts that may help. https://tesswhitehurst.com/cord-cutting-meditation/ https://tesswhitehurst.com/3-spells-for-healing-after-a-breakup/
What would you suggest, maybe a ward? To prevent a male person in a home from showing interest in me? I cannot leave the home just yet. His live-in girlfriend is very angry with me, because he’s interested in me,
though I have done nothing at all to encourage this male person and have, in fact, stated to everyone in the home several times I have no interest in any kind of relationship with anyone. Anything safe, simple, that I could do, having never done any kind of spells?
Cat, I’m sensing that any kind of ritual or spell could make this situation less tolerable rather than more. What I suggest is empowering a black tourmaline necklace with the intention to neutralize and repel any sort of challenging energy or drama, and to make you somewhat more “invisible” to both the girlfriend and the male person. Do this by holding the pendant in sunlight and mentally envisioning this dynamic. If it feels right, you can also call on the Divine in a way that feels powerful to you to also help with this intention. Then wear the pendant, and (of course) make sure to get out of this situation as soon as humanly possible.
Thank you so much, Tess, I appreciate it. I’m looking for a piece of black tourmaline right now.
I’ve got a raw piece of tourmaline wrapped in string right now and held inside my shirt with a tank top to keep it secure, but have a pendant ordered to arrive that can be worn on a chain. That’s the best I can do for now and hope it works until I can leave. Thank you, Tess.
Hi Tess, I love this article, and your book! I want to perform Binding a Bully #1 on a homeless person terrorizing our neighborhood. I live in San Francisco where this is pretty common. She and her boyfriend have been breaking into cars, stealing, etc. for a while. The problem is that I have their picture, but not their names. Is it possible to do the Binding a Bully #1 with their picture? Thanks in advance!
Hi Winnie! Yes, that should work just fine. You may also want to consider doing doing protection spells for your car and your home if you haven’t already.
There is a guy I work with who is more than a bully, his behaviour is subnormal and frightening. He shouts at us, belittles us, kicks and breaks work that we have done, and damages work property. He is abusive and threatening. I have only been there 5 months and am looking for a new job as he is damaging my mental health, which isn’t the best in the world as it is! Our supervisors and managers know that he is trouble, even his union rep is getting annoyed with his behaviour but he doesn’t want him to leave as it will take ages to replace him. People who have spoken against him in the past have been threatened and he warned me that if people snitch on him they will be looking over their shoulders for the rest of their lives. Of course, he says this to me when others aren’t around, so it would be my word against his and to be honest I just really want to get out of this situation. There is no point going to HR, police etc as he denies things all the time. He is not someone to get on the wrong side of or mess with, so please don’t tell me to report him as I couldn’t cope with the worry that he may harm me.
What spell or binding would be best in this situation? and are there any spells etc that I could use in the meantime to protect me, get him to leave me alone, make me stronger etc?
Thanks
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Any of the spells in this post would be appropriate. Also: https://tesswhitehurst.com/new-job-spell/
hey tess. i am a younger witch in school and i am having a hard time with one kid and i want to bind/nutralise his power i did a name burning with a red candle and it did not work
Hi Andres! This may sound weird, but I’m getting the feeling that if you surround him with the energy of love, things will change for the better. For example, imagine if you adopted a cat or a dog who had been abused, and so the animal was always aggressive and violent. Of course you would have compassion and do your best to heal that animal’s aggression with love. If you can possibly imagine this kid in the same way, and send the feeling of love his way any time you think of him, you might shift the energy for the better. This doesn’t mean you have to say anything to him or act any way around him, it’s all about how you treat him in your mind and with your energy. Maybe give this a try for a week or two and let me know how it goes. (Of course, since it sounds like you are being threatened and/or bullied, I also recommend that you tell an adult in a position of authority if you haven’t already.)