Tread Lightly When Casting a Binding Spell
Anyone who’s seen the 1996 movie, The Craft is sure to be a little familiar with the magical practice of “binding.” For those of you who are not familiar with the movie; the art of binding in magic is a metaphysical way to guarantee that something will or won’t happen. The idea behind it is that: When you tie something up, it will stay tied up until the bond or cord is cut or broken.
The Craft showcases one of the few good uses for a binding spell: To stop someone from harming themselves or others.
Much of the spellwork done in this iconic movie is very accurate thanks to a little-known woman named Pat Devin. Pat Devin is a high priestess and Public Information Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess, and an elder Priestess of the Dianic Feminist Separatist Tradition. Back when Hollywood actually cared about the integrity of movies, Pat was hired by the filmmakers to ensure the film’s accuracy when the characters performed Wicca-based witchcraft.
Luckily for everyone, Pat was forwarding-thinking enough to change minor details of the spells, in order to keep people from copying the movie and actually invoking unwanted spirits or doing harm to others, which would go against the Wiccan Rede.
Sadly, this was not enough to keep people, like myself, from misusing this powerful, ancient spell. But we’ll…
