A CHARM TO WIN LOVE
O Christ, by your five wounds, by the nine orders of angels, if this woman is ordained for me, let me hold her hand now, and breathe her breath.
O my love (name), I set a charm to the top of your head, to the sole of your foot, to each side of your breast, that you may not leave me or forsake me. As a foal after the mare, as a child after the mother, may you follow, and stay with me till death comes to part us asunder.
Amen.
A CHARM TO WIN LOVE
A charm of most desperate love, to be written with a raven,s quill in the blood of the ring finger of the left hand.
"By the power that Christ brought from heaven, mayest thou love me, woman 1 As the sun follows its course, mayest thou follow me. As light to the eye, as bread to the hungry, as joy to the heart, may thy presence be with me, O woman that I love, till death comes to part us asunder."
Amen.
A CHARM FOR LOVE
This is a charm I set for love; a woman,s charm of love and desire; a charm of God that none can break:
"You for me, and I for thee, and for none else; your face to mine, and your head turned away from all others."
This is to be repeated three times secretly, over a drink given to the one beloved.
A CHARM TO CAUSE LOVE
Golden butter on a new-made dish, such as Mary set before Christ. This to be given in the presence of a mill, of a stream, and the presence of a tree; the lover saying softly:
"O woman, loved by me, mayest thou give me thy heart, thy soul and body. Amen."
A CHARM AGAINST SORROW
A charm set by Mary for her Son, before the fair man and the turbulent woman laid Him in the grave.
The charm of Michael with the shield; Of the palm-branch of Christ; Of Bridget with her veil. The charm which God set for Himself when the divinity within Him was darkened.
A charm to be said by the cross when the night is black, and the soul is heavy with sorrow.
A charm to be said at sunrise, with the hands on the breast, when the eyes are red with weeping, and the madness of grief is strong.
A charm that has no words, only the silent prayer.
A CHARM TO CAUSE HATRED BETWEEN LOVERS
Take a handful of clay from a new-made grave, and shake it between them, saying:
"Hate ye one another ! May ye be as hateful to each other as sin to Christ, as bread eaten without blessing is to God."
