Poppet Magick

Poppets are dolls of people that you can make out of wax, cloth, clay, etc. Poppet magick in Wicca ISN'T VOODOO! Poppets are used for healing, romance, protection, and other good things. Poppet magick is to be performed on another person ONLY if you have their consent first, otherwise you are messing with their free will which is dark magick. You can also make one for yourself, I did that to help bring myself good dreams so I could get a feel for dream walking. I suppose that doing a healing spell on somebody without their consent isn't dark magick, but it is still important to have a person's permission before you perform a spell on or for them. If you use the dolls for harmful purposes or without asking them then it is essentially the same thing as voodoo and is considered dark magick. Whatever you do shall come back to you threefold, meaning that if you harm somebody then you will only get the worse end of it.

Making poppets are quite simple actually. All you need are supplies to make the doll, such as clay, wax, cloth, etc. Since the only kind of poppet I have ever made was made out of cloth that is what I will teach you how to make today.

First, what you will need is some fabric of some kind, a needle and thread, stuffing, scissors, and a few other optional supplies that I will specify later. First, put the two pieces of cloth back to back and draw a basic human shape, it can look like a gingerbread man. Then, cut out the design, making sure that the fabric is back to back so that the two pieces you cut are identical. Then, sew up the fabric along the edge but leave a small opening in it somewhere to stuff it with.

Depending on your purpose, you can add extra supplies to help such as herbs, crystals, runes, etc. For my poppet I added herbs that matched my purpose and stitched runes onto the fabric. You will also want something of the person you are making the doll for. This can be a hair from them, a fingernail clipping, a personal belonging, even a photo. If you don't have any of these things then you can just write their name on a piece of paper and stuff it inside or stitch their name onto the outside of the doll.

Once you have added everything you need to the doll, sew it up. If you are planning on stitching something on the outside then this would be a good time to do that. You might want to make the doll resemble the person if you don't have anything from them, but this is also optional. You might just want to decorate it with hair, eyes, whatever. Once your doll is finished then consecrate it by passing it through all four elements(earth, air, fire, and water) and then stating what your purpose of using it shall be. Now, your poppet is ready to be used.

Once you have used your poppet keep it until your goal has been reached, and once it has then dismantle the poppet and burn all remains, making sure to thank the Goddess.