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! Thank you so much for this post. I was wondering if a binding would suit my needs. My mother in law was awful to me when I started dating his son (we were 15 years old), she did so much harm to me, she insulted me, did everything in her control to avoid her son could interact with me like don’t allowing him to go out with me, talking with our principal at high school and making them to prohibit me to talk to him at school. I end up having severe depression as a result, luckily my boyfriend and I are still together (we´re 24 years old now!), She did stop to be that awful by in these past few years she still has been trying to break us apart. 2 years ago she made a big drama so he had to take a break from college and when he tried to get back he couldn´t and was forced to start again but now in the same city as his mom lives (he was studying in another state), now that he lives with him I have a long distance relationship. This year she has been acting like a new person bc she has a way younger boyfriend (which in a pretty bizarre way looks a lot like my boyfriend), she’s all happy and positive, she posts on her FB how happy she is with this man and even though it seems she hasn’t been awful to me she is still pretty awful with my boyfriend (she has always been pretty abusive towards him), so I will be honest, it makes me so mad how an awful person who has tried to destroy my relationship can have a “perfect” relationship, I feel all this is starting to affect me again and I don’t like all this negativity in my life, if it wasn’t bc of how much I love her son I’d wish to give her back all the pain she has caused me but I do not wish to compromise my own relationship or harm in any way, my boyfriend. I just wanna have a happy relationship and want for my boyfriend to be safe and able to feel loved at his home. What should I do? A binding? A karma spell? Just wait for karma to act one day? or just try to cleanse all this negative energy from myself? Thank you so much for reading this, I truly needed to express how I’m feeling right now
Helena, did you say your boyfriend is living with his mom? I am wondering if you can talk to your boyfriend about moving out and having less contact with his mother. I always like to start with common sense and being honest with everyone involved. If you’ve spoken with him and he doesn’t want to, that may be an issue in your relationship to deal with and consider first, before you work any magic.
Hey i have certain questions. Does white magic harm the practitioner or on whom it is being practiced. Does it backfire. Or does it have any negative impact???
Hi Avhi! What you send out returns to you. So if you bind a bully (for example) with the best of intentions and without malice, you are safe.
Would recommend a spell on my friend she doing separation spell to get ex she fears..
for some reason.. The problem she has wiccan abilities I feel she has no business doing such
a thing do her mental state going through divorce I’m being psychically attacked
by her not knowing what she is doing she’s on several medications..
You have be grounded and focused to do something like we are soulmates both psychic as well I love her
this really is bothering me what she is doing.. I feel need to bind her
so this stops I hate to .. but my sake and hers your opinion..
Logan, I recommend keeping yourself protected with a daily magical hygiene practice and having a talk with her about all your feelings if you haven’t already. For example, you could do this meditation daily: https://tesswhitehurst.com/quick-thorough-aura-cleansing-meditation/
Hi,
My husband and I have been together since we are in high school. I am already in my late 30’s and have 3 wonderful kids. My dilemma is that my husband treats me badly, and doesn’t respect me anymore. He only does that when he is mad at me, mad about something and he always puts the blame on me when things go wrong. what binding spell can I cast so that he will still be nice to me even when he is mad? Thank you very much in advance.
Gertrude, in this case, I highly suggest working on the emotional level instead of the magical level. In other words, have a talk with your husband or go to therapy, or – if necessary – end the relationship. It’s important for you to set boundaries about what you will and won’t accept. If you’ve done that sufficiently and you are still being bothered by your husband (i.e. if he harasses you even though you’re divorced), then you can revisit the idea of performing a binding. If you need additional guidance on how to do set boundaries, consider reading the book Assertiveness for Earth Angels by Doreen Virtue.
Thank you.
Hello! I have a situation with a family member (MIL) who tries to negatively influence my children. For example, when she is around my children she says things like “your mother will be mad at you if x,y,z” and who know how else she tries to manipulate them because they are 2 & 4 and cant verbalize everything. I have a gut instinct that there is more. Also, whenever we go on trips and don’t include her, my children become very ill. Every time. Also, whenever my mother comes to visit and spend time with me and my children, my children become ill and don’t get to spend quality time with my mother. I have to keep trips with my mother secret so that nothing happens, everyone is healthy, and we can enjoy time together. I’m tired of living this way and need something to change. I want to protect my children from her manipulations and negative influence, I should probably also protect my mom because things have happened to her too. Would this spell be appropriate for this situation? I really want my children protected and I don’t want to have to worry about this anymore. This is someone in my life that I have to deal with. I wear black tourmaline, I surround my children in white light, butbts not enough. Thank you for your input.
Hi Paige – are you sure you need to deal with her as much as you do? If she is being extremely manipulative, you may want to limit your kids’ contact with her. Also, rather than binding her, I’d do spell #3 from this post: https://tesswhitehurst.com/5-karma-friendly-alternatives-to-curses-and-hexes/