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 Tess,
I have no one to talk to about my craft (I’m a physician, a Christian, married to an agnostic). Therefore, I have found your posts to be so helpful, especially because anyone I talk to about what I do would think I’m either 1-crazy or 2-wicked. I very much appreciate your post as I don’t have a community to share things like this. Your spells are so comforting and positive, I really appreciate them.
I do have a question though: I did one of the binding spells. I was clear when I cast it that I didn’t want the person harmed in any way, I just wanted them to stop bullying/harassing, and to stop them from stealing my work without credit. I call on divine light in my work when I cast a circle, I call the quarters, but also call on Christ’s will etc when I cast spells, for me it’s almost like praying but with ritual and intention. However, the person I “bound” from harming me sent out an email today saying the following: (abbreviated) “Due to multiple challenges, I have to decrease the time I spend with you all…Of course, sometimes, you may feel this is out of your comfort zone and are overwhelmed by deadlines and rules. Unfortunately, things have not been easy for me recently, so I have to make some schedule adjustments.”
It could be coincidence. I did cast this spell recently however, so the timeline is…interesting. The intent was to bind him from harming myself and others, and to neutralize his power over me. But I feel enormous guilt now. I didn’t want any harm to befall him. I sincerely hope he is okay and healthy. Is this something I should reverse? Or do you think this all just coincided with a culmination stress that maybe he was taking out on us?
Lightseeker, I absolutely would not feel guilty about this. It’s clear your intentions were highly positive for everyone concerned, and I feel strongly that any challenges he may be facing are not a result of your spell, but of his own actions and choices (although quite possibly your spell was a catalyst for forward movement). I also get the sense that he now has the opportunity to make some changes that (if he chooses to make them) will be best for him and everyone in the long run. Actually, it sounds to me like the spell worked perfectly.
Thanks Tess! <3 you’re phenomenal
I’m so pleased for you the spell worked well. Please could you explain how you did the spell and what binding spell you used. I’m in a similar situation being bullied. Thank you
Hi there,
I performed the salt and string spell nearly word for word, but I did employ black ribbon in place of black string, as that’s what I had at the time.
Hi. Wondering if I can use this for my situation.. My husband has been on his job for over 17 years and is well equipped to step into a lead role within the company. There’s a VP that has strife against my husband and has promoted everyone else around him, most of them under qualified a have to come to him for help. I don’t want any harm to come to us or the VP,but we’re both frustrated. Would I use this on my husband’s behalf?
Hi Rayna! Unfortunately, I believe a binding in this particular case might cause more problems than it would fix. Instead, I would do magical and manifestation work to bring about the best and most ideal opportunity for your husband (with his permission, of course), being open to the opportunity being in his current company or another one. I would reframe the relationship with the VP so that you both start to see that the VP ultimately has no power over your husband in this situation or any other. Of course, on the surface of things, the VP appears to have power over others in the company (being in a position of authority), but on the spiritual/metaphysical level, your husband’s success is not dependent on any person, place, or thing. This is the perspective that will be most helpful and most empowering.
Hi. Can I use a plastic container for the freezer binding? Just worried that a glass jar in the freezer will explode. Thanks.
Hi Jen! Yes you can.
Hi there! Thank you for this post. I’ve been thinking of doing a binding spell but hesitate because I know there is never black or white in any situation and the bully is always lashing out from a place of hurt, fear, jealousy, etc… I would not ever want to bind someone’s power, even negative power, especially someone who is already hurting, and this post confirmed that fear of binding someone. My brother’s husband is being so vindictive, manipulative, and hurtful. I want to protect us from his spite but I know he is acting from his own hurts. The salt and string spell seems most in line with my desires to protect us from him, but I just feqr I’m only seeing things from my point of view and will be binding a bully who is just a scared little boy on the inside. Does that make sense? What are your thoughts on this.
Rebecca, I can see why you would be hesitant, particularly with someone who is a part of your family. I suggest the neutralization spell from this post instead: https://tesswhitehurst.com/5-karma-friendly-alternatives-to-curses-and-hexes/
Hi,
My husband and I are in a custody cluster over my 2 step daughters. (I’ve been their only mother figure for 11 yrs but their mother gets visits sometimes) Their mother is awful to them and we are trying to get her reduced to supervised or sign her rights. I want to make sure everything goes right and my kids aren’t being harmed by her anymore. Any suggestions?
Hi Libby! Yes, check out the Swift Justice spell in this post. You may find some other spells that are appropriate in this post too. https://tesswhitehurst.com/5-karma-friendly-alternatives-to-curses-and-hexes/