Banishing Negative Thought Patterns & Ol ...

Banishing Negative Thought Patterns & Old Programming

Mar 05, 2025

This working is designed to help you release old thought patterns and negative programming, creating space for new, empowering beliefs and energy.

Items Needed:

  • Black Candle

  • Black Obsidian Arrowhead

  • Cauldron or Fire-Safe Dish

  • Pen

  • Paper

  • Banishing Oil*

  • Banishing Powder*


Steps:

  1. Prepare Your Paper: Write down the negative thought patterns or outdated programming you wish to release and banish. Set the paper aside for now.

  2. Craft Your Sigil: Create a personal banishing sigil that is specific to this work. Inscribe it onto your black candle. On the opposite side, draw the banishing pentagram.

  3. Dress the Candle: Anoint your candle with Banishing Oil, making sure to cover the wick lightly but evenly. Don’t overdo it—just a subtle amount will do.

  4. Dust with Powder: Lightly sprinkle Banishing Powder over your candle, infusing it with the energy of release.

  5. Raise Your Energy: Focus your power and channel your need (the intent or desire) on the candle, charging it with the specific energy of banishment. Use your practice's method of programming and charging the object. Channel that energy deeply into the candle.

  6. Light the Candle: Now that your candle is prepared and charged, light it and let the work begin.


Customize Your Work:

  • You can place the candle on top of your paper, allowing the candle's flame to consume the written words, symbolizing the release of the old patterns. As the candle nears the end of its burn, safely burn the paper in your cauldron, allowing it to reduce to ash.

  • Alternatively, you may burn your petition paper immediately after lighting the candle and place the remnants into your cauldron for safe disposal.


The Black Obsidian Arrowhead Ritual:

  1. Take your Black Obsidian Arrowhead and hold it against your temple. Call upon the negative thought patterns or old programming you wish to banish. Feel the arrowhead pulling them out of your space.

  2. Once you’ve drawn the energy into the arrowhead, place it at the center of the candle. Push the energy into the candle, allowing the flame to consume and release it.


Closing:

  • Once the spell is complete, take the ash from the paper and mix it with a blend of patchouli and orange. Disperse it at a crossroads to fully release the energy.


Best Time: Waning Moon


Additional Ideas:

  • Target Specific Areas: To focus the energy of banishment on specific areas of your life, you can rub the candle over your head, heart, or any part of your body that you feel holds the negative programming. If your thought patterns are blocking communication, place the candle over your throat chakra to release those blocks.

  • Enhance the Work with Crystals: Place Black Obsidian Arrowheads and Rose Quartz Points on your altar to charge the energy. Point the Black Obsidian outward to repel, and the Rose Quartz inward to encourage healing. This creates a more gentle release of old programming.


Banishing Oil Formula

This versatile banishing oil is perfect for a wide range of banishing rituals. Use with caution—do not ingest.

Ingredients:

  • Black Pepper Essential Oil

  • Cassia Essential Oil

  • Cayenne Pepper

  • Sea Salt

  • Activated Charcoal

  • Ash from Palo Santo

  • Garlic Powder or Fresh Garlic (your choice)


Instructions:

  • Combine these ingredients into a glass vial, letting your spirit guide you. Allow the formula to steep under the Waning Moon, drawing down lunar energy each night to enhance its potency.

  • You can use black candles to charge the formula with extra power.


Banishing Powder Formula

This formula is powerful for expelling negativity and offering protection all at once.

Ingredients:

  • Clove

  • Rue

  • Cedarwood

  • Garlic

  • Cypress

  • Rosemary

  • Arrowroot Powder

  • Activated Charcoal


Instructions:

  • Focus on the need of banishing and releasing as you mix your ingredients. Visualize the negative energy being expelled and the work taking form as you activate each item.

  • Grind the ingredients into a powder, then mix with Arrowroot Powder and Activated Charcoal to enhance the work’s potency.


Best Time: Waning Moon or The Dark of the Moon

This is the perfect phase for banishing and purging, as it aligns with the energy of release and renewal.

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