Old Slavic Love Magic: Wreaths, Apples and Red Thread
By Haggath ·
Ah, love. Nothing has brought more girls and boys to a witch's door, moja droga, not in my grandmother's day and not in mine. Our people have many old ways of calling and keeping love. Let me share a few.
Wreaths on the water
On midsummer night, girls wove wreaths of wildflowers and set them on the river with a candle inside. If a young man fished one out downstream, the two were meant for each other. Water carries wishes — that is why I still use it in love work.
The apple and the name
An apple cut crosswise shows a five-pointed star of seeds. Old women would whisper a beloved's name into the halves, press them back together and bind them. Sweetness, sealed and kept.
Red thread
Red thread is tied on a wrist, a cradle, a doorway. It guards, and it binds. In love spells I use it to tie two names together gently — never to force a heart, only to draw two people closer along a road they are already on.
Andrzejki, the night of St Andrew
On the last night of November, girls poured hot wax through a key's hole into cold water and read the shadow it cast to learn about their future love. It is a game now, at parties — but it began as real magic.
Would you like me to cast for you?
If your heart needs help, my love & relationships spells are cast in this same old current.
See love & relationships spellsResults vary. A spell is a spiritual practice, not a guarantee, and never a substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.
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