An amulet of protection creation guide.
To start off we must answer the question "what is an amulet of protection" Well interestingly enough it need not be an amulet nor does it have to be limited to protection from spirits or entities as is often thought. Thoereticaly it can be made from anything and can protect from many things such as negative energy or positives such as helping in the healing process.
Its important to remember that even with the stoutest protection things can and will get through, its protection not immunity.
One of the first things you can do is decide what you want to amulet to help protect from. Will it aid you or a friend in repelling negative energy? or are you and a friend experiencing some weird stuff that may be an onset of a haunting? Are you or a friend prone to getting sick and want something that might help avoid the next bug?
Using the questions above can guide you in your choice. Protection amulets are not necessary limited to the above options though. you could even try protecting amulets that protect from 2 or more things though they might not be as effective.
Once you have the focus of your protection amulet decided its time to move to the actual physical construction phase. Finding something to make a amulet out of can be the hardest part. Ideally it is something that the person who is receiving the amulet all ready has a strong attachment to. any worn necklace or ring could be used (I wouldn't recommend just plain clothing) or even something like a lucky penny that person always carries. If there is nothing like that then you should pick something that already carries the symbology of protection that the person who is receiving may be able to attach to. Stones such as amethyst can be something you could use for example.
Ill talk about an item I recently made for a friend to explain further. My friend was having some weird dreams at night and was unable to sleep. When she woke up she would also feel like there was something in the room with her. This was a persistent happenstance so I acted. I decided to make an amulet that would feed on negative energy around the room (mostly her own) to repel negative entities. She didn't really wear any necklaces at that point though she did love the color green. I decided on using raw emerald which I had tumbled I had laying around as the foundation of the amulet. I did this both for the stone calming properties as well as my friends love of green.
The next big step is figuring out if the item will be worn or simply carried and if worn how? The easiest is definitely carried but that's not always the most effective. I would recommend a silver chain or a chain that appears silver as this has some protection qualities of its own simply in the symbology of the color. There are many kits out there that can be used to form your own jewelry and they come at many different price points. Your chain doesn't have to even be made of metal it could be rope or leather for instance. you could make it a ring, earring, hairpin, anything really. Once you figure out what you want you can put it all together.
In my previous example I used a light steel chain for its silverish appearance. I attached the stone to a steel loop which was attached to the chain.
Now that the physical construction is out of the way its time to make it an amulet of protection. This can be done by your self or with a group of people and works best with a group of the receivers friends. Its important to keep in mind the reason for this items creation. Now hold it in your hand or if with a group of friends place it in the middle of the group. Use energy manipulation to pull energy through the object focusing on what you want it to do. Use techniques like visualization to help with this. Marking it with symbols or sigils of protection can aid in the process. Its important to visualize the energy being able to leave the stone to aid the receiver in question while doing this. If you follow a deity or more importantly if your friend does you may ask that deity to aid the object in protecting the receiver.
Following my example above Me and the receiver went to enchant the stone. Being duel purpose made this more difficult though. What I decided to do was pour energy into it over several days before the receivers' friend arrived. Now on the day of enchanting we both sat around it and focused of the ability to absorb negative energy and for this to act like a battery. We both carved our personal symbols of protection into it lightly with our athames. These symbols were to light to see on the stone but just the act of drawing them helped in the objects creation. I then spent a few more days pouring energy into the object when the receivers' friend arrived again. at this point we did the same as above but focused on the ability to repel negative entities. and tied this into the negative energy drain. The purpose was to eat the receivers' fear while removing the source.
There you go you now have a basic protection amulet. If you have any questions at all or want to add anything please feel free to ask or write. Its important to remember that there are often multiple ways of doing something in magic so someone else's method may work better for you if this one fails. Good luck and be well
Protect Thy Self (CG)
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