Return to Sender Santa Muerte Magick

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Primary Use:

To return curses, hexes, and other negative energy back to those who target you with the same.

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You Will Need:

Herbs:

• ​Agrimony - a powerful breaking and reflection herb used here to shield against and return negative energy, curses, and hexes.
• Bay Leaf - a messenger herb, used here to deliver curses and hexes back to their source.
• Wormwood - a powerful herb for sending away, to send away negative energy from curses and hexes which might be sent in your direction. CAUTION - known to be poisonous, avoid skin contact and store in a secure place.

Other Ingredients:

• ​​Negativity Activators - two or three things associated with negativity or known for being yucky, like cigarette butts, broken glass, piss, rusty nails, graveyard dirt, etc. These amplify the negative aspects of all other ingredients and help further pile on the discomfort and discord in the life of your target. When you add these negativity activators to your magick, it's the spiritual equivalent of flicking cigarette butts in someone's face or peeing on their property - it's a sign of great disrespect to ensure there is no misunderstanding about the intent you're putting into the magickal work. LESS IS MORE, just a few drops or pinches will do.
• Self Portrait Mirror - any mirror about as tall as your offering candle will work. Make sure you can stand it up.
• ​1 Standard Letter Envelope - to represent your desire to "return to sender", just like you do with a mailed letter you don't want.
• 1 Standard Postage Stamp - to further represent your desire to "return to sender" the negative energy that's been sent toward you.
• ​1 Black Ink Pen - for writing on the envelope.
• 1 Empty Jar - this will hold the envelope, what you put in the envelope, and your negativity activators.
• ​​1 Black Candle - to appeal to the energy of the Black Cloaked Santa Muerte of Curses, Hexes, and Black Magick.

Preparations

​At your Santa Muerte altar, write your name and date of birth on the center of the envelope (in the "To" section of the envelope). In the upper left corner of the envelope (in the "FROM" section of the envelope) write the following:

"Curse Caster
Hex Crafter
Ill Wisher"

You don't need to be specific because you may not know who is actually sending negative energy your way. Someone may not like you, but that doesn't mean they're actually sending a curse or hex toward you. With a general statement of intent, you ensure the negative energy that's bombarding you is returned to the person or people who sent it. Now apply the postage stamp in the upper right corner of the envelope, and use your black ink pen to write in big bold letters "RETURN TO SENDER", just as you would if you were returning a letter by mail.

Crafting Your Petition

Next, place the envelope beneath the black candle, then light the black candle. To help solidify the connection between the envelope and those who are wishing you ill, and to further show your intent of wanting the negativity to weigh down on those wishing you ill, leave the candle over the envelope to burn for about 30 minutes.

​At the end of about 30 minutes, retrieve the envelope from beneath the black candle and sprinkle approximately equal parts of each herbal ingredient - the agrimony, bay leaf, and wormwood - into the envelope. As you sprinkle each herb into the envelope, recite the Return to Sender Santa Muerte magick prayer, found below.

Close or seal the envelope shut, place the envelope into the empty jar, and again recite the Return to Sender Santa Muerte magick prayer, found below. Once again, sprinkle approximately equal parts of the three herbal ingredients - the agrimony, bay leaf, and wormwood - into the jar. As you sprinkle each herb into the jar, over and around the envelope, again recite the below included Return to Sender magick prayer.

Finally, drop your negativity activators over the envelope in the jar. You can continue to recite the below Return to Sender magick prayer as you drop each negativity activator into the jar. Remember that when it comes to the negativity activators, less is more - only a few pinches or drops will make this petition effective.

Reflect the Negative Energy

​When all the ingredients are in the jar, leave the jar on the altar in the light of the black candle's flame, and place your mirror in a position so that both the candle and the jar can be seen in the reflection of the mirror. 

Make sure you aim the mirror in a direction away from your living area - it would be best to aim the mirror towards a door, window, or empty wall that leads to the outside. This symbolizes the reflection of the negative energy away from you and out of your home.

Let the black candle burn all the way to completion. When it has burned to completion, the petition is complete.

Disposing of Your Materials.

You may dispose of what remains from this petition using the instructions outlined in my post How to Dispose of Magick Trash.

Return to Sender Santa Muerte Magick Prayer

Santa Muerte, cloak of black,
take this garbage, send it back.
To anyone wishing ill,
send a dose of their own pill.

Evil forces in my life,
curses and hexes and strife,
go now back from where you came,
to those who attack my name.

Holy Death, amen.