How To Dispose Of Spellwork Remnants

[SunKat]

What you do with the remains of your spell (wax, photos, ashes, etc.) is just as important as the spell itself. The spellwork does not end when the candles and the incense extinguish. The spellwork is not complete until you return the remnants back to the Earth. The Earth and the universal energy carry and propel your magick and your spellwork to its full completion. Make sure your disposal method does not contradict your desired outcome by completing your spellwork following the disposal methods outlined below:

[Method Of Disposal

/ When To Use/

Spell Type Examples]

– Burying in your Backyard –
To maintain a desired circumstance, finances, a person, or a possession in your life.

• Marriage
• Prosperity
• Protection
• Harmonious relationships

– Burying in your Front Yard –
To welcome something new into your life.

• Attract new love
• New career/life path spells
• Attract a new experience, such as travel
• Health
• Marriage proposal

– Burying in the Cemetery –
To curse or harm a person, or to end undesirable circumstance or habits in your life.
Leave a few coins, pieces of candy and/or an apple at the cemetery gate as you leave. Take a different route home. Do not look back as you leave.

• Curses
• Banishments

– Burying in a Target’s Yard –
To curse, bless, or to influence a specific person or family.

• Curse the target
• Love
• Protection
• Influence/manipulation spells

– Burying at a Business Property –
To curse, bless, or to influence a specific business or an employee of the business.

• Curse the business or employee of the business
• Protection
• Influence/manipulation spells
• Prosperity

– Releasing Into Running Bodies of Water –
To release negative circumstances or emotions. To deliver a curse or influence a person in a distant or unknown location.

• Curses
• Banishments
• Spells to release emotional pain 
• Love
• Influence/manipulation spells

– Leaving On Active Railroad Tracks –
To release negative circumstances. To deliver a curse or influence a person in the direction of the running train.
If cursing, take a different route home, do not look back. Avoid the train and railroad tracks for at least 3 nights.

• Curses
• Banishments
• Spells to release emotional pain
• Love
• Influence/manipulation spells

– Leaving On Abandoned Railroad Tracks –
To separate yourself or other people from each other or a situation.

• Banishments
• Break-up spells

– Leaving at an Intersection –
To release negative circumstances. To deliver a curse, or influence a person in an unknown location.

• Curses
• Banishments
• Release emotional pain
• Love
• Influence/manipulation spells

– Leaving on a Road in the Lane of the Direction of Your Target –
To deliver a curse or influence a person in the direction of  the traffic lane.

• Curses
• Influence/manipulation spells
• Love spells on a specific person

– Leaving at a Target’s Front Door/Driveway –
The most direct way to curse or to influence. Remnants must be inconspicuous and discreet, such as ashes mixed with dirt.
If cursing, take a different route home and do not look back.

• Curses
• Love
• Influence/manipulation spells
• Protection

– Blowing/Throwing Ashes –
(only when you only have ashes, without any wax)
General all-purpose release of spellwork energy into the universe.

• Blow in the direction of the target to curse or influence
• Love
• Prosperity
• Protection
• Healing

– Throwing Into A Fire –
To release negative circumstances. To deliver a curse or influence a person in an unknown location.  
If cursing, it is recommended the fire is not on your property grounds.

• Curses
• Banishments
• Spells to release emotional pain

- Notes:

• *Banishment spells refer to any spellwork where the desired goal is to remove or end undesirable conditions, circumstances, people, or habits. 
• *After performing a curse, it is best to completely disconnect from your magickal working. Not because of karma or anything external, but because you cannot thrive while being attached to the energy of destruction. You can do this by not looking back when you walk away. By walking away without looking back, you consciously (and physically) disconnect and move on with your life. 

*oldworldwitchcraft.

From an ecological standpoint, I do not like burying anything in the ground or tossing anything in water. Yes, it’s traditional. But is it good for the earth? Unless it’s natural and biodegradable, like food or paper or what-have-you, I personally no longer do this even though this is the way I was taught.