Spell to Nehellania

Perform this during the Dark Moon if possible, and when casting Circle move
counterclockwise from the East.

Items needed: sword.

Stand before the altar with arms raised and say:

"Dark Mother, let your power flow through the body of your daughter/son and out again to repel and destroy all negative thoughts and deeds that are directed against me."

Stand in silence as you draw down the power, then face East, raise your sword in
greeting and say:

"Hail Chichiri, great One of the East,
Whose airy eyes see all in the Element of Air!
I do summon you here to protect and defend me."

Move to the North and say:

"Hail Tamahome, great One of the North,
Whose green eyes see all in the Element of Earth!
I do summon you here to protect and defend me."

Go to the West and say:

"Hail Hotohori, great One of the West,
Whose liquid eyes see all in the Element of Water!
I do summon you here to protect and defend me."

Finally at the South say:

"Hail Tasuki, great One of the South
Whose bright eyes see all in the Element of Fire!
I do summon you here to protect and defend me."

Place your hands on the sword and say:

"Great Dark Mother, I call on You to build up this protection,
To send back all the wrong that has been done to me."

Raise your sword high and say:

"Dark Mother, Queen of the Night, there is one who stands against me. Let his/her efforts fail. Let him/her go down in the darkness. May You judge his/her wrongfulness and lies as he/she stands before You in the courts of Hel. May his/her efforts be lost in the darkness with no light to guide him/her. I am Your child, protect me, Dark Mother!"

Rest the sword with the point on the ground between your feet. Say:

"Dark Mother, help me to reach my goals, to live my life to the fullest, to walk a path of balance. Sweep away all barriers built by those who want me to fail. Crush the evil sent against me! Sweep it's remains back into the body and brain to the one who sent it! The evil is dead! My attacker tastes his/her just rewards! His/her mouth is full of ashes, his/her thoughts of nightmares, his/her life of unfulfillment. Only once he/she ends his/her attacks and hatred shall he/she know peace again! I stand under the sword and the hand of the Goddess! So mote it be!"

Draw a pentagram on the floor between your feet with the sword and say:

"It is done!"

Replace sword on the altar (or if too large like mine, simply lean it against the altar)
and say:

"Your hands protect me from Dark Moon to Dark Moon.
Your sword covers me from Dark Moon to Dark Moon.
Your care shelters me from Dark Moon to Dark Moon.
All love and honor to the Dark Mother Nehellania!"

This is the time for any further spell working or to finish other ritual matters.

When finished take your sword to the east and raise it in greeting, and say:

"Farewell Chichiri!
My thanks for your protection and defense.
Depart in peace, blessed be!"

At the North say:

"Farewell Tamahome!
My thanks for your protection and defense.
Depart in peace, blessed be!"

At the West say:

"Farewell Hotohori!
My thanks for your protection and defense.
Depart in peace, blessed be!"

At the South say:

"Farewell Tasuki!
My thanks for your protection and defense.
Depart in peace, blessed be!"

Stand before altar with arms raised and say:

"My thanks to the Dark Goddess Nehellania and to all who have helped here this night. Depart in peace, blessed be!"

Bless and eat the Simple Feast, and finish closing the Circle.

Phaedra's Notes:

Nehellania is another name for the Norse Hel. Her name means Nether Moon, a direct linking with her underworld kingdom Niflheim, Nef-hel, or Nifl. She is the Queen of the Dead and rules over dark magic and revenge, as this spell patently shows! It is a slightly changed version of DJ Conways Courts of Hel published in her book Moon Magick.

Maia, Luame, and I performed this spell on Dark Moon 5/99 as a way for each of us to rid ourselves each of a particular man who was actively and viscously working against us. We had tried mundane ways to get these men to stop harassing, spreading harmful rumors, and in Luame's case stalking. We did this as a last resort, anything they did against us would backfire and return to them until they stopped. Within two weeks we no longer had any problems and these men went back to their "normal" lives. Luame's stalker left town, mine returned all of my things and began to try and repair the problems between us, and Maia's decided to leave her life for good. Each of us called one of the Elemental Kings, then each of us did the ritual through to "Dark Mother, help me reach my goals..." from then on we said everything together. It created wonderful resonances! It was so powerful we repeated "Your hands protect me..." and "My thanks to the Dark Goddess..." three times each. Not only because three is a power number but also because there were three of us.

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Performed this a second time and I'm still in awe of how powerful it is. This time it was for the women in Afghanistan, I had received an email from one of my lists that was Yasmine Galenorn asking that as many witches as possible call upon the Dark Mothers to help the women that are being abused in Afghanistan. The government there has declared that women may not work, cannot be outside without being escorted by a man, they can't show any part of their body, they are basically being locked up. And if they disobey, they can be beaten and stoned to death.

I changed the "me" parts to the women in Afghanistan, and instead of choosing a gender for the oppressor I simply they/them or those who suppress women. I could feel the power right away and as I started invoking the Quarters my ritual candle began sputtering and popping. Once I reached Tasuki the flame went out completely and would not relight until the next day. But I could feel the power pouring out of me, it was incredible!