Correspondences To Break A Bad Habit

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To Break Bad Habits

One issue, that I have not found in many books of spells or correspondences, is the intention of breaking a bad habit. Today I found some correspondences for just that, so I thought I would share them.

Colors: black, white, blue, green.

Plants: allspice, basil, benzoin, clove, copal, frankincense, ginger, horehound, lavender, myrrh, nutmeg, patchouli, rose, saffron, sage, vervain, willow.

Stones: agate, amethyst, aquamarine, blue lace agate, calcite, citrine, geode, hematite, jade, marcasite, ruby, selenite, topaz.

Astrological Sign: Aquarius

Planet: Uranus

Day of the Week: Wednesday

Element: Air

Direction: East

From Natural Magick: The Essential Witch’s Grimoire, 2002, by Sally Dubats. Available for loan on Internet Archive (archive.org).

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This is great. I’ve recently been learning about geis. A formal commitment to your god and the forces/elements. You set the geis for a set period, then if you fail to fulfil it you have to pay a Ve (Vira) to the god. The geis should match the root problem to the habit, ie I want to quit smoking. The core problem is not the physical addiction but the mental addiction. So the geis would be I promise to maintain a healthy lifestyle for a week, then review. This would help the habit break as the healthier you feel the less inclined you’d want to smoke, and the gods hold you to your geis.

With the help of your correspondences, this would make it easier to do it and break any bad habits.

I love this. I need to break my addiction to junk food :rofl: Thanks for posting this.

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I am glad I could be of help.
What is a Ve? What form could it take? Is it a strong deterrent?

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A Ve or Vira is the payment for breaking an oath/geis. A person makes the geis with the god, and the god accepts this forming a contract. If we fail to fulfil our side, we pay the Vira (ve,). So we compensate to the god because they have used their resources on our behalf and we have not fufilled our side. We would voluntarily offer service and/or an offering to the god in question, which the god will decide. It could come as helping for free in the community, giving extra financially to a cause the god is passionate about, abstaining from something we like ie chocolate, alcohol, etc, anything really. If we still fail in this, then we could loose our relationship with the god and they will no longer help us or respond to our offerings.

I feel for me, as a bit of a scatterbrain, it’s a good deterrent. But the geis/ oath should be realistic, and each geis should be a week at a time, or month, not years. Don’t promise what you can’t deliver, and make small deals. Overtime, each baby step you’ve taken, when you look back, you will have climbed a mountain.

You will know from the character of your god the kind of payment they’ll want. For Loki he would want something for the community or a charity, ontop of what I’d normally give, that would mean say, giving up my weekend to help in a charity shop, for something like a month. :grin:

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That would be a deterent for me, because I would feel guilty.

This would also be a good deterrent. I guess it all comes down to respect for the gods and yourself.

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Same.

Absolutely, I’d hate to loose my relationship with Loki, I’d be devastated :sob:. It works for me, your correspondences would help too :sparkling_heart:

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Love this list! I can see a blend of invigorating (ginger, frankincense, clove, etc) with soothing (lavender, rose, vervain, etc) - it makes me think that every person has their own needs. Some may need a strong push to overcome a bad habit, while others might require gentle and soothing guidance to find a new path. There’s something here for everyone.

Great to have these correspondences - thank you, @bj1! :pray:

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