Gypsy Magick Love Spells & Charms for Women & Men By Sara Barton

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By Sara Barton

Magick, Superstitions, and Folklore

Gypsy Love Magick places a great importance on knots, hair, and bodily
fluids.

Gypsy Magick Love Spells & Charms for Women

To win the affections of a man, a Gypsy woman may mix a lock of her own hair with the dirt from the man's
footstep. This mixture must be burned until powder. This powder must be
eaten by the man to bewitch him to fall in love.

Anyone who finds anything red on the ground, like a red ribbon or red wool, should
pick it up while making a wish to find love. The wish may or may not be
about a certain person. This red item should be carried as an amulet to
bring good luck in love. Finding a key is also believed to bring good
luck in love. Thus, the popular term, "key to my heart".

A Gypsy woman may, by the light of a full moon, bind her own hair to the hair of
her lover three times. This Gypsy love spell will bind their love
forever.

A alleged Gypsy love potion was prepared on the day of Saint John. A green frog must be caught and put in a closed box made of
earthen materials. The box must have small holes. The box is placed on
an ant hill, so the frog will be consumed, leaving only the bones. The
frog bones should be powdered, mixed with bat blood and dried. Then the
mixture should be formed into small balls and secretly hidden in the
food of the person to be bewitched.

A Gypsy woman wishing to cast a love spell may also burn a piece of her own clothing that is covered
in perspiration. The burnt ashes should be added to the food or drink of
the person to be charmed.

Gypsy women of Transylvania believed divination spells to learn of a future husband must be carried out on
holidays and at times of celebration.

One Gypsy New Year's Eve tradition calls for a woman to
throw her shoe or boot toward a willow tree. If the shoe catches on a
branch of the tree, she will be married within one year's time. Only
nine throws are allowed. If after nine throws, her shoe does not catch
on a tree branch, she will have to wait at least one more year before
being married.

On the Eve of St George (similar to today's Easter), a Gypsy girl may go to a cross-road and prick the pinkie finger
of her left hand. She must let three drops of blood fall to the ground
while saying, "I give my blood to my loved one, whom I shall see
shall be mine own!" It is said an image of her future husband will
rise from the blood and disappear. The so-called "mud-blood" must be
picked up and thrown into a river. If the blood is not picked up, it is
believed she will still meet the one she loves, but may die on her
wedding day.

Gypsy Magick Love Spells & Charms for Men

If you find the shoe of a woman you would like to marry, hang it above
your bed.

English Gypsy Magick often uses twigs of a willow tree. The twigs should be knotted 3 times for magickal use. A man may
cast a love spell with this willow-knot. He should place the knot into
his mouth and say, "I eat thy luck. I drink thy luck. Give me that
luck of thine. Then thou shalt be mine." The knot should then be
hidden in the bed of the woman he wishes to marry. A similar spell
involves a blade of grass the woman must eat to fall in love with the
man.

Sources:
'Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling' by Charles Godfrey Leland, text archived by