Here is my entry for the 
Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - Spell Swap Meet entry 
With the SCOTUS decision here in the United States to overturn Roe v. Wade and give the decision on uterine healthcare to the states, thus removing the protection for uterine freedom from those with a uterus, I have decided to share this spell from Michael Hughs’ book Magic for the Resistance.
Trigger Warning
This spell speaks of menstrual blood, blood, and the fight against anti-choice people, politicians, and establishments. I have included it under a “read more” for those that don’t wish to see it.
Hands Off, Laws Off: Hekate Invocation for Reproductive Rights
Hands Off, Laws Off: Hekate Invocation for Reproductive Rights
This is a spell for the protection of women’s reproductive rights. It can also be done for protection of women’s health clinics and their doctors and health care workers. Perform this ritual during your period (if you have one), in response to antichoice votes or initiatives, to protect clinics under siege, or during the full moon. Do this ritual at night, never in the daytime.
Components
- Red candle with the words “Hands off” inscribed on one side and “Laws off” inscribed on the reverse. Use a pin or a nail.
- Your menstrual blood (if during your cycle) or consecrated olive oil
- Incense charcoal
- Cauldron or ashtray
- Bay leaves and myrrh
- Photo or name paper of politician, representative, judge, preacher, or other figure opposing a woman’s right to choose; or the printed logo of an antichoice organization
- Piece of red cloth large enough to wrap around the candle
If it is during your period, you may want to anoint the candle with your menstrual blood. It is an extremely potent magical substance, so you only need a tiny bit spread across the surface.
At your altar dress the inscribed candle with your menstrual blood or olive oil. As you’re doing so, see and feel your fingers transferring your personal power into the wax while repeating in a whisper:
My blood, my life, my power.
Dab your blood onto the photo, name paper, or logo of your target. Feel the feminine energy overpowering your target. Set the candle on your altar, with the target paper in front of it. Perform the Centering Ritual and begin.
Light your charcoal. Light the prepared candle. Say the following prayer:
I call to thee, Hekate of the Crossroads
Queen of the starry cosmos
Lady of the dogs
Guardian of the realms of the dead
Come to me from the deserted places of the
night
I call you to my sacred chant
Please accept my gift of incense
And hear my prayer
Of ProtectionDrop bay leaves and myrrh onto charcoal.
Watch the smoke as it rises to please Hekate.
Pick up photo, name paper, or logo in your left hand and hold it in front of you, just below eye level. Say with passion, ferocity, and strength:Keep your hands off my body
Keep your laws off my body
Only life that is wanted
Shall we carry into this world
Only life that will be loved
Shall be brought forth from our bodies
Whenever the choice must be made
The choice shall be mine
My body
Is not your property
My body
Is not your domain
My body
Is not your god’s
My body
Is my own
Hands off
Laws off
Hands off
Laws off
Hands off
Laws offLight the target paper on fire from your candle and say:
Not your choice.
Say with all of your focus and will:
MINE!
Drop paper into cauldron and let it burn.
When the paper is burning, say the words of power (see note).AKROKODĂŠRE MOUISRĂ” CHARCHAR
ADÔNAI ZEUS DÊ DAMNAMENEUS
KYNOBIOU EZAGRAWhen the paper has burned completely to ash, say: The spell is cast. My body is protected.
Throw more bay leaf and myrrh onto the charcoal. As the smoke rises, say:
I give praise and thanks to Hekate of the crossroads.
May you go in peace, carrying my prayer. So mote it be.Extinguish the candle. Clap three times to end the ritual and ground. Wrap the candle tightly in the red cloth. Keep it stored in a safe, secret place, as a ward to protect your body and your choice, and ready to be used again if the need arises.
** Note: Pronounce the “barbarous” words of power, which are drawn from an ancient ritual of Hekate, phonetically to the best of your ability. If you’re feeling ambitious, look up ancient Greek pronunciation. We really don’t know exactly how the words were pronounced, so just say them with passion.
Here is my entry for 🌊 Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - Of the Element Water
I love water, water of all kinds. I’ve written before about how healing water is for me, how it is a liminal space, and how it is connected to a deity I work with. I wanted to share these images with you all from the night of the Summer Solstice. I had a pretty crappy day but for the final few hours I decided to go for a swim in my pool.
I’m the kind of person that enjoys being under the water. If I could be under the water for the entire swim, I would! But I mean, unfortunately I can’t breathe under the water 
I have a little pouch that I can put my phone in to take pictures underwater and that’s exactly what I did.
