Romany Spells

By Sarah Rooke

Here is a little collection of my favourite spells taken from ‘The Romany Good Spell
Book’ by Gillian Kemp; sadly the book is out of print now

Love

On a Friday evening, light a white nightlight and place it in a holder or lantern.

Imagine that the flame is a bright flame of love burning with your intended’s heart
and that the lantern/holder is their body.

As you stare at the flame, your own passions will make the flame rise if you will it.
When it does, pour your emotions into the flame. Think positively to draw your lover
to the candle flame, say:

'May this flame of passion burn within your heart, from me, you will not part’

Leave the candle to burn itself out (or as long as you can let it burn). Repeat the spell
on consecutive nights until you receive the desired effect.

Protecting the Home

Just as the Romanies bless and protect their vardos or caravans, so you can bless and
protect your home

Sprinkle salt around the perimeter, or pray for a circle of gold light of protection and a
circle of blue light for healing to be placed around it

Noisy neighbours can be dealt with by placing small mirrors on windowsills facing
their home, these reflect what they are sending back, i.e. your are returning the
energies back to them (I use a feng shui pakua mirror),

If no anger is attached to your actions your neighbours will respond without realising
why they are suddenly being nice to you

To deter an Unwanted Visitor

Yes, this is one to use on those pesky sales people/cold callers

To avoid being revisited by an unwanted caller, you need salt. Soon as your visitor
has departed, sprinkle salt on the ground where they said goodbye. Salt is regarded as
a purifier and protection against evil

Water Divination

This is something Romany children tend to do, holding a stone, sit in front of a bowl
of water and ask a question, which can be answered in either a yes or a no
Drop the stone into the water and count the ripples created, an even number denotes
yes, an odd number no.

I have used this in the sink and needless to say it didn’t work! Still, maybe it might
work in a living body of water such as a stream or river or lake

Rosemary Divination

This is similar to the above, the herb rosemary can be used in like manner. Pick a
spring of rosemary; ask a question seven times that has only a yes or no answer. Then
pluck a leaf, saying yes, then another saying no. Continue alternating until the spring
is bare. The last leaf you pick reveals the answer

This is like a form of divination most of us learnt as a child, by plucking at the petals
of a daisy or dandelion. I think the principle is the same, so if you can’t get a sprig of
rosemary, try one of these two flowers instead!

Lover's tiff

This is appropriate for if you have had a lovers tiff and you want your partner to make
the first move towards making peace

It is best to do this when the moon is waxing, but if you cant wait that long, begin
your spell anyway

Take a photo of your lover and one of yourself, paperclip them together face to face
so that both faces are literally on top of one another

The idea being that the person you want to contact, cannot see beyond your face.
Place the photos in your underwear draw and leave them there

The person should respond quite quickly

To entice love

This can be used to draw a lover closer to you or to attract love into your life. It
should be worked on the night of a new moon

Take salt and pepper pots or a pair of ornaments. Using a piece of pink ribbon, tie the
one representing the female to one end and the one representing the male to the other
end. Leave about 30 cm between them.

Every morning, untie the knot at either end and move the objects alittle closer before
knotting again

Eventually the two objects should meet - leave them bound together for seven days
before you untie them. By this time, love should have entered your life or your
existing partner should have drawn closer

Love divinations
This is a traditional method of divining a partner’s initial. Take an apple and peel it
without allowing the peel to break. Holding the peel in your right hand say:

'Saint Simon and Saint Jude, on you I intrude, with this paring, to discover, the first
letter of my own true lover'

Turn around anti clockwise three times before throwing the peel over your left
shoulder. Whatever letter it closely resembles will be the initial of your intended

Lover Return

Your lover's attention has been waning, wait until a Friday as it is governed by Venus

With your pen and fresh white paper write your first name and your lover’s surname.
Draw a square around them

With closed eyes say 'Our fate is sealed, we are one'

Cut out the square and place it inside your pillowcase or amongst your underwear.
Your lover should return

To get a loving response

Your partner’s attention has been wandering. They don’t phone or don’t make much
effort to please you

Take a photo of your partner and a quartz or magnifying glass. Place the crystal or
glass over their face so it enlarges their features. Tell the person what it is you want
them to do

According to the Romanies, he or she will get the message and respond

To mend a broken heart

Take some bay leaves, a bottle and a cup of water to a stream, river or spring

Sit down and cry, let it all out, imagine your pain ebbing away

When you feel you can, fill your cup with water and a bay leaf or two. Loosen what
you are wearing and sprinkle some of the potion onto your heart. Then say

'This water of life will chase the sorrow from my heart

This herb will soothe my pain
I am happy again'

Throw the bay leaves into the living body of water. Fill the bottle with water and take
it home. Place fresh bay leaves and water in a cup next to your bed for three nights

Romany romance oil

2 drops of ylang ylang
2 drops of sandalwood
2 drops of clary sage

Anoint a pink candle with this oil to attract love. Snuff the candle out after burning
rather than blowing out. Ideally the candle should be burned for 3 hours a day until
love comes into your life

Romany lovers oil

5 drops of rosewood
5 drops of rosemary
3 drops of tangerine
3 drops of lemon

Anoint a white or pink candle to promote harmonious vibrations for at least half an
hour before your lover arrives

Predicting the sex of a baby

A time honoured tradition is holding a pendulum or ring suspended from a chain over
the mothers womb. If it swings clockwise it is a boy, if it swings anti clockwise it is a
girl

To alleviate illness

Using a pin and blue candle, inscribe from the base to the wick the name of the person
who is ill. Pierce the candle with a pin and leave it there

Let the candle burn down, the pin should be kept for future spells

To increase health and vitality

If you have a piece of quartz or a crystal ball, wash it in warm soapy water and rinse
with running water

Hold the crystal in both hands, close your eyes and visualise being surrounded in
white light. Visualise the area of your illness and point the crystal there, visualise then
a stream of light flowing from the crystal to that spot

Headaches

One method is to visualise a thread going from one side of your head to another
visualising it is taking the pain with it, whilst saying:

'You have hurt my head, now go away, go back to the devil your father'

Another is to get a piece of quartz crystal, lie down on a bed and place the crystal next
to your head
Cuts and gashes

A Romany method to heal a cut is to place jam mould on it, the penicillin contained
within is said is to help it get better

Sneezing

The Romanies have this to say

Sneeze on a Monday, you'll escape danger

Sneeze on a Tuesday, a kiss from a stranger
Sneeze on a Wednesday, a good news letter
Sneeze on a Thursday, a gift which is better
Sneeze on a Friday, news will cause sorrow
Sneeze on a Saturday, you'll travel tomorrow
Sneeze on a Sunday, ask God to bless you
All the week, your health will keep

To recuperate from illness

Hold a glass of spring water in moonlight. Drink and ask the moon to take the illness
away to the next cloud it disappears behind, and also with its wane

To heal cats

Light a blue candle, with your cat on your lap soothe it with loving strokes, until it
purrs and is relaxed enough for it to be still for alittle while. Close your eyes and pray
for a spirit vet to work through you. Direct your hands to where they are drawn to go

Visualise the colours of the rainbow streaming into the cat, finish by thanking the
spirit vet, then say 'Kitten scrap scrabble scrap' and also kiss your cat

To heal dogs

Let your dog lie down in a comfortable position, sit beside it and pray for a circle of
gold light of protection, and also a blue light to be placed round your pet for healing.

Recite the Lords Prayer, and then place your palms over them. Visualise rainbow
coloured lights streaming from you into your dog. Ask for a cloak of spiritual
protection to be placed around your pet

Money spell

Taking five small green candles and ten 50p coins, rinse them in warm salt water.
Place five saucers or small bowls in a circle and place one coin in each

Using alittle melted wax, securely fix a lighted green candle on top of each coin.
Distribute the remaining coins inside the circle so they form an uprighted pentagram
Say: 'I need (x) amount of money'

Visualise green and purple starlight glowing from the candle flames, visualise coins
cascading down from these flames for a few seconds

Let the candles burn out - providing your need is genuine, some money should be on
its way. Remember to thank the spirit world when it arrives

Word of advice: Never ask for any more money than you need, as that old adage of
not using magic for personal gain comes into play

Money attraction

Light a green candle, let it burn for about five minute. Blow it out, and rub your hands
in the smoke and visualise money coming to you

Another way of inducing money is to say 'Trinka five'

Job Interviews

Light a green candle and show both sides of a banknote to the flame. Fasten the note
to the back of a photo of yourself with a paperclip. Blow out the candle

Carry your note and photo to your interview in your handbag or wallet

Justice

Take the Justice card from the Tarot. Light a blue candle and place the card to the
right hand side. Write your name and address on a piece of unused paper (must be
green or white) and place to the left hand side of the candle

Light 13 night lights, representing the 13 lunar cycles, and place them in a circle
around the card and candle

Say a prayer asking for protection to be placed around your family and yourself

If you have a legal matter, write it on a piece of paper, sprinkle it with rose oil and
burn it in the flame. Place it on a saucer whilst it turns to ash

Leave the candle to burn for awhile

Hope you like these!