Things from our everyday life. Part II

We are surrounded by all kinds of things that we now take completely for granted and without which we would probably find it very difficult to live, and some of us would not be able to live at all. 

From electrical household appliances to computers. But these things have no magic, not even magical powers. But very simple objects, such as a wooden spoon and copper kettle, iron nails or hemp ropes, ceramic bowls or front door keys, crystal glasses, mirrors, etc., do indeed have something very magical about them. And even heirlooms such as teacups, kettles etc.. Because they are animated, they contain the life and magic of the ancestors and with their help you could, for example, tell fortunes or read from the tea leaves if you have mastered this gift. We can turn all of these objects into magic tools through our actions. Be it the cooking pot, in which we cook something magical (no, not a witch's brew, or not only, but also quite normal food, which with a little magic and special spices can perhaps become a favourite dish).  

Or the rope we use for knot magic. Or the old mirror into which we look or reflect negative magic.

Lets have a look at Chalk

Almost everyone has one of these around the house (especially if you have children, or you are a witch;-)). 

In the Middle Ages, chalk was often used to draw signs on doors and stables to keep witches and fiends away. In the house, so-called druid feet (normal pentagrams) were drawn on cradles and bedposts to keep the druids (usually female night demons who sat on the chest of the sleeping person and thus created the nightmare) away from the sleeping person. At the end of the Rauhnächte, the initial letters of the 3 Bethen or 3 Norns were also drawn with chalk over the front door, as this was supposed to protect the house and its inhabitants from illness and misfortune (see blog entry; Magic use of the Twelve Nights or the Rauhnächte). Of course, chalk can also be used to draw sigils and other magical signs, which are drawn under the doormat at the front door, for example, to ward off negativity or to put it on someone else's neck (how mean). 

And chalk can be used as part of magical spells, such as in small hex bags or in a mixture such as Hot Footpowder (known from the hoodoo), which is also used to banish negativity or drive certain people away.