Petition papers are slips of paper that you write a person’s name or a symbol or sigil corresponding with the intent of your spell work. They create an energetic tag lock between you and your target, creating an energetic connection. In the Hoodoo tradition, one is typically advised to write one’s petition on brown paper torn from a grocery type sack on all four sides by hand.
To create an easy way to write a petition for spell work, choose quality paper and special colored ink or pencils that convey the energy of what you want. For example, black ink communicates domination, while green ink, markers, or colored pencils can be great for generating a money wish. Petitions to remove things about yourself can be inscribed in scraps of wood and burned in a Sabbat bonfire.
To make someone back off and take a chill pill, write their name on paper or write them a letter. Discover Pinterest’s best ideas and inspiration for how to write a petition for spells. Make your petition feel magical and symbolically matched by choosing quality paper and special colored ink or pencils that convey the energy of what you want.
When doing the spell, say a prayer or make a statement telling the deities what you are asking, and light the paper on the candle. Hold it for as long as possible without getting too close to the paper.
In conclusion, petition papers are a powerful tool for spell work, creating an energetic connection between you and your target. By using these papers, you can make your life more magical and make your life more magical.
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Hey Coven Mates! A lot of you have been asking how to dispose of the petition once finished – and the answer is, it depends on the working. You can bury it, or release the spell verbally “I release all energy and intent attached to this work – thank you. You are released” and simply toss it, or the most common way is to burn the paper and add it to ashes, a potted plant, or into some black salt. Keep in mind, if this is a banishing or a baneful act of magic, you’ll want to dispose of it pretty far from you. Burn it, and maybe go on a hike or toss it in the trash can far from your home. Hope this helps!
Guys .. spells don’t make everything magically happen .. spells create opportunities .. so please don’t be afraid to make some moves and don’t be afraid of changes .. it’s okay if stuff goes downhill in your life .. it’s bcz you’re making space for your desires .. just keep a positive mindset and detach from what you want .. love y’all 💞💞
PETITION: 👁 Petition #1 📝 – get paper – rip off edges (tear towards you if you are attracting something, turn clockwise; tear towards you) WRITING: * use regular pens of color magick* write full name on paper, then write your birthday, do this 3 times (x3), then turn paper clockwise, across your writing write your command, turn paper SLIGHTLY clockwise, then sigh your signature over it. Then fold paper towards you, turn to the right, fold towards you and so on… NEXT: anoint, burn, put candle over it, put tag lock, attach photo, IF YOU BANISH SOMETHING; then rip AWAY. And turn to the left, NOT clockwise/ to right. If you want someone out of your life: write their name on the paper OR toilet paper and his birthday three times, write command over that. Turn counter clockwise and write signature. Fold away, counter clockwise, away, and so on… when done you can flush the toilet paper down toilet or however you choose to get rid of it; like burying FAR away from you BYE! You can add the petitions to any spell that you like, for example… – charm bags – boppets/ magick dolls – spell jars – manifesting bowls ( like money bowls) – shaker jars – alter work – loaded candles * you can make the petitions as long as you like just make the commands CLEAR. You can write deadline like” I payed $435 on the 13 of January for my rent” Remember to write in PAST TENSE as if it had ALREADY happened. 📝 ANOTHER TYPE OF PETITION: Write what you want and write peoples name on it who you think would support you having that.
This 100% worked for me, I manifested something that seemed almost impossible – it was a banishing & I used three candles on top of the petition, I placed this into a glass bowl and let the candles burn down until they covered the petition, I then burned the petition and ashes were flushed down the toilet, the glass bowel cracked as well and I threw that out. I conducted this on a FULL MOON. My petition manifested a week later in the most incredible way with nobody harmed of course – it was incredible. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much for this, as a baby witch I’d love love loooooove more of these articles. I adore specific spells but these are so helpful BECAUSE they’re so versatile and can be used so many different ways. It’s more like learning a skill than learning a spell. Thank you again! All the love and light 🙂
Hi Olivia, fellow Sister Witch here. Although I am much older than you, you always make me smile and proud to know you are teaching other’s the “correct” way to be living in Light as we do our work in the darkness, silently and powerfully. Many get tripped up on the details, your teaching is simplicity and precision really. Thank You for being Authentic! Blessed Be )O(
I did a banish petition, flushed it right down the toilet. A former acquaintance of mine has a YouTube Chanel and when I went to her house we filmed a article together. I hated the way I looked in the article and didn’t want her to upload it lol so I wrote along the lines of “she will forget about the article we filmed and post something else, the article will get lost, she’ll have no desire to post it etc and guess what it’s been over a month maybe 2, even after my sister asked her when she would post it …no article upload! In fact she actually hasn’t uploaded ANY article since. Love this ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Talk about manifesting, i had a thought on my mind about taking my “spells” to paper yesterday. I then find this. Anyone reading, you WILL manifest your hearts desires. I usually am more of a “TechnoMancer” but i may see about taking this concept to the computer but the paper makes sense given the direction and all that it points at. Beautiful article and THANK YOU! I subbed. Beautiful heart as well to even consider reusing paper bags and stuff.
I just wanted to say that I have just gone through an entire night of emotional turmoil worrying about someone (that is gravely ill), and I had to pause to just take in this amazing feeling of serenity that has washed over me. I only made it 1:44 into the article so far, but then.. 44 is definitely a number that pops up for him often. Thank you so much for what you do Olivia. It brings such warmth to this closet witch’s often broken heart. This world needs more beautiful people such as yourself, bringing clarity, and light and love to your fellow sisters tired souls. 💙
@WitchofWonderlust I am totally going to tey this tonight after work! I’m excited to see what happens! I guess you can say I’m a baby witch lol I was born a witch just never had the full proper guidance. My mentor died when I was young and still new to life. So this youtube website and you are so helpful! Thank you so much! Blessed Be and have a magical week!
I will save petitions for those times I need help with something I truly cannot control outside of myself (although control is only an illusion at best in any situation….but I digress). I will do as you’ve done with the person’s name and once I’m finished, I’ll use a dressed candle and burn the petition and bury the remnants in a particular part of my back yard woods I’ve saved for this purpose. I love candle practice but I also save it for either banishing or purifying generally. Your articles are great, I’m happy there’s such a resurgence of covens that are not religious practicing but intent focused. As a practitioner for too long to mention here, I find your energy hopeful and want to encourage everyone to watch you. I’ve recently supported you on Patreon and look forward to viewing your future content I see you are inactive right now but I am encouraging you to do this if you are led to do it. Blessed be. X
I just want to say thank you so much i added this into a spell i was hoping for some small fortune to happen to me and IT DID! By using what you did in this article and adding my own type of magic that suits me it actually worked. Just to clarify my spell.. i wrote on the petition that it was going to happen before tomorrow and 10 mins before midnight my product sold that i was hoping to sell… It feels great and powerful and it is my first spell that worked a charm. Keep trying everyone even if you felt like it failed before with some strong belief and the right tools it can happen. This is amazing. <3
So I created a petition using your method. I had a thing with a close friend and I felt that he needed to acknowledge what he did and apologise, as soon as possible. The thing happened yesterday. I used a piece of paper of a book he offered me. It’s now the next day and almost 14h hours since I petition and guess who apologised. 😉 still there’s other things that I wrote. so I hope everything goes as smoothly as possible. I used oils created by me and a white candle. Black ink. Now i keep the petition inside the book because I feel that’s where the connection is most powerful.
I know this is an old article but I just wanted to say thank you! You popped up on my watch list and I clicked here after perusal a few other articles. I was immediately drawn to this practice I’ve been out of work since CV19 restrictions hit my industry in March but used this technique and two days later now have a brand new job !!!!
Hi congrats about the 100k subscribers! Just wanted to drop a note that I used this paper manifestation to attract prosperity and so far have had two windfalls unexpectedly. One my sister treated me to a crystal shopping spree ( normally our dynamic is, I give her money for bills, and I do so grateful that I can). And two she called and said we got a refund check from one of my dads utility bills after he passed more than 8 months ago. 300$ each! Both of these are so far out of normal it has to be magic. Thank you for your instruction and inspiration!
Olivia, with this article you’ve just made my witchy life so much easier, enriched it and made it so much more fun! Please keep making these informative articles about small, underrated techniques and spells, they both boost our practice and inspire us to be creative in our own way. Greetings from Switzerland and blessed be 💚🌛🌕🌜
I just want to say how much I appreciate you, your website, your vibe and content. I’ve been practicing (energy work, healing, manifestation, intention work, etc) for a long while with my first real manifestation when I was 4 and 3/4 years old (28 now). I really only ever used pure intention (mostly prayer) to bring things into reality or alter the scales of the universe to tip things in my favor but I’ve been perusal your website just for a short while and I’ve learned so much to add to my spiritual “tool belt” already – I totally wish I found you sooner. Keep up what you’re doing, you’re helping so many people. Thanks again 🙏 ~ Love & light
EDIT: it worked! Even if the paper wasn’t all burnt, it worked! . Hi! I’m a new witch, and I still have a bunch of questions, but this is the first one: what if the paper I wrote on, and folded, doesn’t burn? I mean, I ignite the fire, it starts, it grows, and it shrinks before getting to the very core of the paper. Most of it’s burnt, but there’s still that damn core… Thank you Olivia!
I usually try to avoid using negations like never in spell work especially when your trying to manifest, that’s one of the basic components to the law of attraction. I’m sure your intention is strong enough for a word jumble not to mess anything up too much but since the petition IS using words to help manifest and that’s the whole point of it that’d be counter productive. You could try saying repel for a similar situation to this. Like if you are trying to quit smoking you can simply say I repel cigarettes, just be careful not to repel your friends. Anyway just trying to help. May we all be grateful on our journey and willing to learn and may love and light be with you.
Interesting rituals demonstrated in your vid, in his book, The Casting of Spells, author Christopher Penczak states that the petition spell has six parts, are you familiar with his work? Would you recommend saying your petition out loud before closing the ritual and folding the paper? Would you also recommend an Evocation to evoke the powers that you are petitioning to bring forth your desire, your patron Deity perhaps as opposed to just writing your request and than closing?
I’m really curious about the differences of spell casting among witches. You say to “bring” things to ourselves we need to make clockwise movements and fold the paper in our direction. Some other witches/sources say it should be the other way around. Also, most witches I’ve seen say that the full moon spells are great to manifest something, to bring something into our lives and that the new moon is good for cutting off, but yesterday I saw a wiccan witch that said exactly opposite. I just don’t understand, I don’t want to make mistakes when it comes to casting a spell that is pretty important to me
For how long should I let my candle burn with my petition under it? (for attraction spell) and do I dispose of my petition once I’m done with the ritual or only after the petition has manifested? (and if so, where could I keep my petition paper other than under my candle? because I would like to use it for other stuff too) Thank you for your time xx
I did a manifestation petition following your article and a few ideas of my own! I’m still learning and researching, but I did my absolute best with this attempt! I focused my intent and spoke my manifestation aloud three times with a candle in my hands, and then lit it. I wrote the petition and folded it up as tightly as I could, and then poured the wax of the candle I was using onto the paper until it was drenched. I squeezed it in my fingers, closed my eyes, and focused hard on the spell working as I waited for the wax to dry and seal it shut. Then, I sat it next to my bed and placed a Green Aventurine on top of it. Maybe it was a little overkill… XD
Thank you for all the informative articles, I enjoy all of them, you have a calming voice and great personality! Also this is unrelated to this article but I was wondering if you could make a article about teas.. like the difference between bagged or loose leaf, the best brands and flavors you have tried ( like a handful of flavors) and how to brew them. Please and thank you! If you get the chance 💕
Oh hey Olivia !!!!!! My name is Miranda Elise 🙂 I just love your articles !!!!! I think I ve almost watched all of them haha I m glad that witchcraft is actually all about energy and the power of intention?! 🙂 I’ve always been drawn to these kind of things. And well i just broke up with my bf ( 4 years together) and my dad just had a 2 nd heart attack so i actually feel this is a new life for me and not for nothing that I found your youtube chanel and just love it and I m starting to feel that maybe I am and will in the futur be a succesful witch but all in the law of attraction kind of energy and intentions 😉 Do you have any suggestions of Books for beginners you suggest ? thanks so much I love your style and positive vibes!!!!! Miranda Elise
Hello! I really enjoy your articles! 😊QUESTION: Any recommendations on where to find information about Petitions, and all things Wicca related? This is all new to me in practice and I don’t know what I’m doing. Just curious where you get your information from so I can study up a bit more before officially practicing 😊
Hello beautiful Wonderlust Coven members. I feel like a Discord server would be such a great communication tool for the community. I know Olivia is very understandably busy, creating content for us and working multiple jobs. I created a Discord server for the coven (Yesterday, so it’s still pretty empty). I know how much time and effort it takes to create websites and roles, and I love to make servers for gamers, so I put some time into it, and hope to continue to do so. If you would like to join, the link is discord.gg/eq2JhVU If/When Olivia Joins the server I will transfer ownership to her. I would love for the community to have a direct text and vocal line of communication. If anyone has any questions please let me know. If this is not allowed, please delete.
From the bottom of my heat i can listen to you whole day and night . I have seen lots of articles on YouTube about witch craft but nothing satisfies me like your article does and not to lie i cannot stay a single day without perusal your article and literally i watch it over and over again. You are amazing❤️ bless it be ✨
Hello Olivia! I am a new subscriber to your website. I really enjoy your contents! It is also very relaxing to watch your articles. I have a question about the petitions- Suppose you are doing a petition whether it is attract or banishment for helping another person but you do not know the person’s birth date? Is the birth date important or is there some other way to designate the person? Also suppose the person has a common name like Bill Smith. Does the spell know WHICH Bill Smith you are talking about? I presume that your mind’s eye shows the spell who exactly who you are talking about? Just would not want to banish two or three other people with the same name. Keep up the great work you are doing! Blessings to you!
I was thinking of burying an abundance petition with a new plant so as it grows, so does my abundance… But I’m wondering… what if the plant died? I mean what if I had the plant for years and like, a move or something killed it… would my abundance die too? would I have to do a ritual to counter that?
Hi Olivia, love your articles! I have 2 questions about this one: Can Petitions work alone or do we have to use a spell, and do we need to use a candle and for how long, because in my current living conditions, I can’t really keep a candle lit for more than a few minutes (electric smoke detectors everywhere and they will go crazy soon after I lit a candle). Thanks for the reply!
Wow! This seems like really cool, promising and useful spell work, because it’s so easy to do 👍🏻 I might try this out in the next few days 😉 Also, pretty bracelets you got there. The first one consisted of rose quartz, right? 😁 I’ve got 3 of such bracelets too, but to be honest, I haven’t charged them in the moonlight for quite some time. I should do that soon 😂📿
Hey, can I ask you if there’s any particular time I should do this? A better time? I mean, waning moon or waxing moon for example. Also, a particular day of the week? I know that your mate Dylan covered that sort of thing in the candle magic article. Perhaps it’s worth checking his website.. Thanks in advance..
I love this! I always wonder if this or freezer spells are kind of overstepping on people’s free will? I am also wondering about spells that protect children from bad people… would the banishing spell work well for that, or maybe a protection spell would be better? This is not an underhanded correction – this is an honest question – I have no idea. Thank you all for your advice!
Hello everyone I am a beginner and have almost none experience at all and I have a question, after I write the petition let’s say for attraction I put a candle over it and that’s all for I have to do something else? How much time should I leave it there? And the last question, after the petition happens in my life what do I do with the paper? I know it’s a lot of questions but I know that this coven can help me. Thank you all
Hello Wonderlust Coven! I’m not too comfortable with lighting actual candles in my house. So, I have a question for you all: Instead of putting the petition underneath a candle, can I put it underneath a crystal/stone instead? If so, which ones do you generally reccomend based on the petition’s purpose?
Thank you so much for this! And I love your articles. 💖 I get that experimenting is probably the way to go but I still want to ask if this makes sense in general: What if I want to banish a phenomenon or behavior rather than the person. So for example, loud music coming from one specific neighboring space. In that case, I was thinking I would write a description of the phenomenon instead of a name and just leave off any date since there’s no birth of a person involved. That’s my plan but I want to make sure it doesn’t seem like I’m getting into “vague” territory. Also, is it better to make up a date or leave it off altogether if you don’t know someone’s birthdate?
Thank you very much for your helpful article! I have a question if that’s alright: How long do you leave the candle burning when you use it to place a petition underneath it, and what do you do with the petition after you are finished using the candle with it? I’d like to try a petition to attract something and I won’t be able to burn the petition itself due to smoke detectors. Thank you for your time! <3
i actually have heard about this kind of spell work, but i never know it is so simple and easy… long long ago, i wanted to try petition but had no idea how to do it. so i decided to make my own style petition. still paper and pen, yet different style of paper treatment.. sometime it worked, and sometime i really didn’t know worked or not haha.. perusal this, i feel like im gonna try this at home.. oh ya, for petition of manifesting (#1), when we write our name, should it be birth-name? or we can use craft-name or our secret name (given by the deity)???
I’ve been thinking of including a petition within a spell i’ve come across, the spell is designed to create a protection bubble for place, person or object as well as banishing negative influences energies etc, as this feels like both bringing something in and sending something away, is there an effective way to create a petition to do both, use two at the same time or something else entirely? Blessed Be
Hey ! So, I really don’t know if you will answer(hoping you will lol), I am a baby witch and I just wanted to know is it possible to use this like for someone like, I would like to protect my boyfriend from anything that could happen cause his health is fragile and situation is complicated at the moment with this virus. If it’s possible how can I do this ? And if not is there a way I could like “protect” him with a spell or something even tho he is not with me in this moment ? Thanks I love your articles keep on ❤❤
I create a sigil for what I want on one side of the paper… Then i write the petition on the other side… Annoint it with oil or moonwater… Add any herbs i feel are appropriate for my purpose… Fold the paper… Burn it using my altar candle which i have blessed specifically to make my intentions manifest… Focus on the flame as it burns in my couldron with my intentions in mind… Then scatter the ashes to the wind or if it’s a banishing spell, I add the ashes to black salt which i make specifically for that purpose…
Could you please dedicate a article to specifically what kind of witch you are and what your practices are? Herbal, crystal magic, candle magic, etc. I am very curious as are a lot of us as to what your practice includes. You mention in in a lot of articles but I don’t ever really know what you practice. Cheers from Atlanta <3
Me: Hmmmm… I don’t have enough money to pay my rent… snaps fingers I know!!! I will use the power of magickal intention to deal with this most vexing of problems!!! Me: writing “Kill landlord’s closest loved one to temporarily distract him from my overdue rent.” Me: lights candles and whatnot Okay, cool. Now, all I have to do is dispose of this… Well, it came from nature, so I’ll send it back to whence it came. unceremoniously throws paper outside knock on door Me: opens door Hello? Police Officer: Mr. Jennings? Do you mind explaining this? shows paper Me: Awww crap…
Hello! I’m new to witchcraft, I am currently finishing up this petition tutorial, I have the paper under a candle right now. What should I do with it now- I wished for a specific amount of money and gave reasons why I needed that money, do I blow the candle out and leave the paper?? Do I take the paper and put it under my pillow???
Hey I don’t have a paper bag other than that which I was given when I bought something in IKEA…. can I tear that bag and use it ? Else I have some parchment paper for baking should I use that (but that one will be difficult to write on as it’ll be slippery for the ink pens or even ball pens for that matter). Kindly advise please.
Hi!! I was wondering, maybe they are two different things and cannot be compared however in the Secret/law of attraction they say let go of when and how exactly something will happen, trust that it’s already yours and it will come into your life. So do you think I should be more specific with these things by saying I want ‘this and this’ by for example ‘the end of this month’?
Sort of off topic, I haven’t watched the article yet, but going by some of the comments about banishing I thought I would add something interesting. Years ago when I was younger I was a fan of the cartoon Jackie Chan Adventures and the Uncle character who was a wizard. I was completely fascinated by the concept of potions, but I didn’t have a very in-depth knowledge of magick or any kind really. So I got some food coloring and some old spice bottles my mom gave me. I would make different colored “potions” and enchant them. One particular potion I made was either purple or blue, I think purple, which I took outside and held the open bottle up to the sky asking for the spirit/s of air to infuse it…I didn’t really have a knowledge of the four elements or anything yet, but I was going with my intuition and what drew me to whatever I felt I should. Well, I was very interested in demons, demonology, and exorcism so this potion was an exorcism potion. One of my step-dad’s friends who wasn’t exactly a great person wanted some of the potion to sprinkle around his house or apartments, not sure which. So I, absent mindedly gave him one of the bottles which upset my mom, but the potion apparently worked because he cleared out of the house very soon after.
Will it work on my book of shadows? So I put a petition inside saying that it would be protected from anyone looking in it, and put it inside, will this work? Is there any other spells I should try to prevent people from looking in it? Sorry I’m just curious and want to keep it safe after my mum walked in on my writing in it. Don’t think she saw, as I shut it in time tho.
I’ve had a look at other ‘presenters’ covering the same subjects, I’m an absolute beginner and you are by far the most succinct, direct and ‘down to Earth’, for want of a better phrase, from the little I’ve learnt I think your approach is vital. Especially important considering past misunderstandings and lies. Also ‘the Meadows of Elfhame’ needs to be available. Congratulations and again many thanks, Alistair a.k.a. Andrea’s husband.
Hi Lee, I appreciate the article but I have a question. I’m working with the Goetia as a ceremonial magician but I’m not sure how to properly petition them from that perspective. I want to be respectful but I’m not exactly asking please either. I’m totally willing to give offerings but should they be like a carrot on a stick or more like; I’ve given you a treat now do this for me. Specifically I’m working with Bune and I’m trying to make sales on my products online. I did a ritual about 7 months ago with a few “results” but I believe the lack thereof was because of an ungrounded perspective and unclear petition. Any advise you could give would be very appreciated. Thank you!
Amazing! I’ve fallen away from my Magickal patch a few years back, I had just started working on Hermetic studies when life did what it does best and threw me off. I’ve recovered my Magick books from the dusty basement and have begun to relearn from square one. By far your articles are the most informative and engaging I’ve found. You teach these principals simply and comfortably as if we’re old buddies. It’s hard to find a teacher of metaphysics that doesn’t talk down to the students, or use overly complicated explanations. Thank you for helping me back on this journey! Such a powerful yet humble energy. Stay awesome 💪🏻
Why clockwise and counterclockwise writing and turning of the paper. Thats not the original practice by African Americans with petition papers in Hoodoo. This rotation stuff is what Europeans introduced. African Americans of the past just wrote their intention on paper to their Ancestors since Hoodoo is a Ancestral Based practice within the lineage of African Americans.