Content Warning: Mentions of body fluids, deceased animals, blood.
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Definition of Inopia
You do not have to use Latin or learn it. If you wish to use it, it’s important to understand the meanings of the words you’re choosing. I by no means speak fluent Latin, and do not feel qualified to teacher anyone the language. Please enjoy this except from a dictionary instead, to explain the word and its usage.
Inopia (Noun)
From inops (“helpless, destitute, poor”) + -ia.
Inopia (genitive inopiae); first declension
1. want, lack, scarcity, need
Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, necessitās, indigentia, ūsus, opus, angustia
2. helplessness
With this in mind I will say if you don’t wish to use the Latin! Replace any Latin parts with the synonyms in the language you prefer to do your spell work in.
Now all this said-what does this do? This baneful magic is aimed at taking something away, making a person helpless. I use this spell when I feel a person has stepped over lines and boundaries and need a reality check of what they have to lose when they are not respectful human beings to those around them. I save it for people who gaslight, manipulate, the pathological liars, etc. It is designed to make a person lose something they’ve impacted heavily with their behavior and open their eyes to what awaits them if there is no change. Example being, a pathological liar will be caught in their lies but will see they are not the spider that wove that web-simply another fly caught, and helpless.
You do not want to use this if you don’t intend to follow up with action as well. This isn’t something to do to a friend you’re mad at, this is something to do to someone who has forgotten the treatment you deserve. If you keep them around after, do not be surprised if the issues don’t actually solve. Most people like this take jabs when their life is out of control, you’ll just put yourself in a constant loop. You have to be ready to distance yourself after this.
I do want to take a moment to say while I am very curse positive
Ingredients
Ingredients
Jar, appropriate in size for what all you’re using.
Thorns
Rusty nail
Black candle
Torn Paper
Wasp nest
Pepper Oil
Red Candle
Cloves
Mustard seed
Foxglove
Salt water
Broken glass
Blood* **
Garlic cloves
Urine*
Deceased Animal parts*
*Be mindful in how you collect these. Keep yourself clean and safe, use gloves and sealed containers. Don’t contaminate other items. Maintain a clean environment.
**For this one, I will be using blood salts. This is a mixture I use specifically for cases where I cannot collect blood for whatever reason. Considering other ingredients in this, I would not collect blood before handling the other items, and opt for blood salts. Keep this in mind if you intend to use fresh collected blood, and take extra precautions.
Personal add-ins:
Wax from a Demons* altar candle
Items that symbolize the person
Phrase to represent the persons results
A location symbolic to that person
*If you don’t work with demons, use your deity candle if appropriate. If you don’t follow any religious belief feel free to skip this part entirely.
Preparations
When we look at some of the ingredients we’re using, there is a level of caution to use. The deceased animal and urine are not necessarily things you want to come in direct contact with. Now obviously most people know they shouldn’t just handle this stuff all crazy, bare handed, etc. I don’t think I need to explain to you all why you should handle urine and dead animals with gloves. I usually follow a double bagging procedure with this stuff. I’ll explain the process in detail later.
With the urine if you want to use your own, I recommend follow doctor recommendation. when giving a urine sample. Typically, this means cleaning the area, using a clean receptacle, etc., you get the idea! If you plan to use a different form of urine, just make sure to maintain a safe and clean environment. Sometimes you can buy bottles of animal pheromone/urine, which are typically used in hunting lures. Regardless stay safe and clean. Don’t give yourself with an infection trying to curse others.
Gloves and cleaning supplies will be your best friends here. Before I start, I disinfect my working area. After that I cover my working area with aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and paper towels.
Then I take some extra time before officially starting to get my herbs and stuff ready. Usually this means I prepare it in single use items, like a plastic dip bowl. To me this is worth it because all my herbs are in reusable jars, and I’d rather avoid the contamination. To cut down on waste I do my best to group items in the disposable containers and do recommend that if you plan to do the same.
Then after all my non-biohazard ingredients are prepped and ready to go, I make my “biohazard” double bag. I’ve talked about blood spill procedures in my blood magic post before and follow a very similar set up here. I get two bags, one larger than the other (sometimes I buy biohazard bags for this if I know I’ll need them, or I keep red sandwich bags on hand and draw a biohazard sign on it.) The larger bag is our double bag, this will be used as an extra layer of protection to seal the items off for disposal. The smaller bag should still be big enough to fit all the contaminated items in it, just smaller than the other bag so it can fit inside.
This is mainly so that the contents aren’t just out in the open when disposed of, and have more layers keeping them sealed, protecting both you and whoever comes in contact with it. Keep in mind you should not be disposing the animal parts, unless otherwise allowed by your area’s waste management company. You will just be throwing away the things that come in contact with them, or become contaminated. The gloves, the prep set up (foil, plastic wrap, paper towels), and such. This is why I use single use items, because whatever I touch with the gloves on will need to be disposed of. It is wasteful and I don’t really enjoy that, but I do not have the ability to properly sterilize multi-use items and much prefer my personal safety and the safety of those who can access my working space. If you do have the equipment and ability to sterilize (not just sanitize) you will have other options.
Now, once all of this is prepared, it’s gloves only. As I mentioned earlier, I’m using blood salts, so no collection is needed. If you were to decide to collect fresh blood, I’d recommend doing your collection before you put on your gloves. You should still be caution of the fresh wound but as long as you bandage it properly and wear gloves you should be fine.
By the time I’m done my set up will have everything I need in one place. I won’t have to go rooting around for anything and will be able to finish the spell easily, and efficiently. The preparation takes far longer than the assembly. Now we have that paper-what do you do with it? For me, on one side I write “Inopia” and in the other I write the name of the person, other identifying information, and a phrase “You will be hopeless, falling to your own hand.” This will then be folded and placed inside the jar. Again, feel free to use whatever language you prefer.
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Assembly
Start with yourself and your area. Cleanse, ground, and cast your protections. Focus on your intention and balance yourself before starting. Once you’ve gotten into the head space you need, ready the jar. This will be the vessel for our curse to live. You’ll want to keep this in mind as you pick your jar! With the stuff we’re putting in and the smell-you’ll want a sturdy jar with a seal. Mason jars are where I would lean for this one.
After you and the jar are ready, I would recommend putting in all solid ingredients before liquid. As for how, I like to use the jar as a representation of the situation. If it’s messy, be messy (minus a few ingredients here for safety), and so on. I recommend solids first to prevent accidentally overfilling the jar. Most aren’t things you’ll actively want on your skin to begin with. Best to just avoid the possibilities.
Once you get all your herbs and solids in, add in your biohazards (blood, deceased animal, urine) carefully. Now you can add the rest of your liquid ingredients. Be careful not to fill the jar up to the rim. You don’t want to risk spilling it when you close it.
Once everything is in the jar, close the lid properly and begin your clean up. Everything you’ve previously set up will be put into the smaller bag. Now all of this should go into the larger bag, ready to be disposed of. Look into your local rules and laws to see how, where, and when you can dispose of biohazards.
Where can you put this jar now? Great question, as it can’t be in your home. It’d be best if you owned some property, preferably with a sewer drain or other form of outlet. You have a decaying animal, urine, blood (which will also decay/deteriorate) in a closed container. Multiple things can cause the jar to break at some point, even in a good jar. Also-it’s a biohazard in itself so you shouldn’t want it in your home regardless of anything else. Regardless, you need to get it out of your home. Somewhere not only fitting for the curse but fitting for its contents. This will take you to properly look into, so have fun picking the resting place of this jar!
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