Hex-breakers and justice-seekers: the UK general election takes place in a week’s time, on the night of the full moon (Thursday 12th December). After ten years of crushing austerity, we defy more Tory rule. We refuse to cede to their greed and their cruelty. We refuse them our labour, our land and our lives. And so we invite you to join us in a mass, remote spell to witch the vote, and bring about a Corbyn victory.
We will do this over seven consecutive days, starting tonight: Thursday 5th December. Don’t worry if you can’t commit to joining us on all seven nights; the key date is election night itself. Join us online using the tags #WitchTheVote2019 and #WitchesForCorbyn
Suggested ingredients and directions are as follows. Feel free to supplement or substitute according to your personal, respective practice and preferences. The important thing here is the intention (a Labour/Corbyn victory) and the time: start this spell promptly at 8:30pm, and aim to finish at 9:00 pm. Having a small clock or timer nearby will help.
• A red candle (red for Labour. Also: power; authority; victory; good fortune). White will also work in a pinch – even a tea light. Its intention that really matters here.
• A red thread, ribbon or cord, long enough to knot seven times. Again, white or twine, etc will work in a pinch.
• Herbs and/or oils you associate with wish fulfillment, positive outcomes and victory e.g High John the Conqueror; Cinnamon; Dandelion; Bay Leaf.
• Images and objects you associate with the Labour party, its ideals and its leader: a red rose; a rosette; flyers; party membership card; newspaper clipping of Corbyn, etc
• Images, icons and objects you associate with justice, liberation and change, to decorate your altar/space with. I’ll be using The Sun card, since it represents victory, rebirth, positive change and personal leadership, but Justice, Temperance and Death would also be fitting. Dr. Kate Tomas suggests invoking Aldebran, a fixed, celestial being who channels power and victory over evil. Aldebran is associated with Arch Angel Michael, the dragon-slayer.
• Incense. I’ll be burning orange (for joy), bay (for wishes and victory) and ginger (to ‘hot’ the spell up and overpower negative energy)
Follow or omit the following steps where applicable to your personal practice/path/tradition:
• Ground yourself
• Cast your circle
• Light your incense
• Call the quarters and/or invoke your chosen deity(ies)/spirits/guides/ Give/send up any offerings you may have for them and ask that they aid this magical working
• Carve the candle with the words (or initials for) ‘Prime Minister Corbyn’, and below this, an ‘X’ to symbolize the winning mark. Say: “With this X, we anoint our new Prime Minister: Jeremy Corbyn.”
• Anoint/surround/imbue the candle with your chosen oils and/or herbs and light the wick.
• Now for the crux of it: hold the ribbon in both hands while you gaze into the flame. As you gaze, visualize a Labour victory. Visualize voters queuing up in droves to vote for Labour. Visualize this happening every day for the next week. Visualize the ballot boxes filling to the brim with Labour votes. Visualize the results being announced once the tally is counted: Labour wins! Labour wins! Labour wins! Visualize Corbyn as our new Prime Minister, cheering and grinning, surrounded by supportive colleagues and campaigners. Visualize the celebrations, the joy and the relief of thousands. Visualise him walking into 10 Downing Street to take his seat of power, waving cheerfully as he goes. Visualize him being interviewed by the press about how he will use his power as Prime Minister. Visualize him speaking truth to power, manifesting justice and equality. Visualize him undoing the cruelty and crimes of the previous government, banishing the opposition, starving them of power. Visualize him righting wrongs, draining the poison, planting seeds in our long-barren, now replenished soil. Visualize his name writ large on the front page of every UK newspaper: Prime Minister Corbyn! Prime Minister Corbyn! Prime Minister Corbyn!
• Hold this vision of victory in your mind until it feels true and real and tangible. Let it bloom and expand, let it grow substantial and take root. Let it manifest. To bind the vision, make a knot at one end of the cord, saying as you tie it: “By the powers of justice and equality/a Corbyn win, so mote it be.”
• Thank your deities/spirits/guides; snuff out the candle and the incense; close the circle; ground yourself.
• Perform this spell every night for the next seven nights, using the flame and the cord to bind your/our intention. On the final night – election night – knot the ends of the cord together to create a circle and complete the spell. Carry the cord with you until the results are announced the following day. And DON’T FORGET TO VOTE! Poll stations close at 10:00pm. Take photo ID if you have it.
Please note: this isn’t a binding. The intention here is to focus on and help bring about a Labour win rather than a Tory lose. You’re more than welcome to perform a binding beforehand, if you wish. It all counts!
In love and solidarity, Charlotte, The Culture Witch
This was originally posted on The Culture Witch’s tumblr.