Can you give me a heads up on a basic binding spell?

Yes, of course. Binding is quite a simple effect to achieve and requires very little planning or tools. When I bind someone I generally start by making a likeness of the person, usually a simple plasticine representation or if I'm feeling a bit more adventurous I might sew a poppet. The important thing for me is that the figure be closely associated with the person for whom you are working the spell so if you do have hair, nails, blood etc. so much the better. If you don't you could perhaps drip some wax onto them and carve their name into it. Or you could write their name on a piece of cotton or cloth and wrap them in it. It doesn't really matter how you do it as long as the link is your mind is established.

Now there are two different kinds of binding, one is to limit a person's affect on you and the other is to limit them as an individual. The first is seen as defensive magic and generally more acceptable. It also depends on why you want to bind someone. If they are an all round bitch it might be more appropriate to target their actions in general. If however the problem is just between you and them, you may want to tackle the binding with regard to your relationship.

When I bind to limit a person in general the first thing I do is to place my representation inside a small circle of salt. Try to get the circle as unbroken as possible and visualise the circle creating a barrier that their negativity and spite cannot break through. I always articulate my intentions very clearly out loud, stipulating exactly what I am trying to achieve. With the person still in the small circle I have created I then physically bind my representation with thread (sometimes colour dependent but more often not) and then I seal them inside a bag and hang them on my spell tree. 

If I'm doing the other kind of binding I put a piece of my own hair inside the circle and visualise the protective barrier protecting me from the offending individual. I then physically bind and wrap them outside the circle and again, hang them on my tree. (If it's a particularly malicious spell I might give them a squeeze or a pinch every now and then to reinvigorate the spell.)

Image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/905239 (LilGoldWmn)

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