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My Amas Veritas Love Spell

There are roughly a zillion of these circulating on the internet. After it was used in Practical Magic, there isn’t a witch on the planet who didn’t jump at the chance to alter and use it. Including me. This is my interpretation of it.

Things You’ll Need:

• A list of traits. They can be physical things (hazel eyes), emotional things (slow to anger), mental things (loves to read). You can include skills (speaks another language) or hobbies (likes photography) or quirks (cuddles in their sleep). The point is that you have a picture in your mind of the person you’re looking for and can list them.
• Rose petals. One for each trait. The petals colours have their own special meanings and can be used to help enhance the spell further. One could also use Victorian flower meanings and use other flowers in the place of petals as well. For simplicity, red roses are wonderful for this. Orange blossoms are great if you’re hoping for something long term and possibly permanent.
• A piece of you. Blood is best. Hair will work in a pinch.
• A bowl of water, preferably from a natural source, or whatever water you personally find sacred. Size will depend on the number of traits.

Ground and focus.

Begin to add the petals to the water, one at a time, stating each trait clearly and letting it become part of the overall picture in your mind. Don’t rush this. If you’d like, spend a moment with each petal and imbue it with emotions or thoughts of what the trait you’re looking for means to you.

When all of the petals have been added, add the piece of yourself. You don’t need much.

Stir clockwise, gently to avoid spilling, and speak to the person you’re looking for. Tell them about how wonderful they are and how excited you are to meet them. Talk about the things you’ll do in the future. Whatever you want. This is your time with them.

When finished, take the water and pour it into a running bath. Soak, letting the spell, and them, become part of you.

If you’re anything like me, you’ll probably feel really sappy after this, so spend the rest of the night watching romantic movies or listening to love songs.

The important part here is to follow your heart. If you get the feeling you really need to go to that obscure Italian café, do it. If you get invited to a party and you get a nudge, go. You can’t find love if you don’t actually look for it. The spell will draw you together naturally. It won’t make you fall in love (and it won’t fix a broken relationship), so that’s still on you.

I won’t give you a full list of the stuff because some of them are rather personal, but these (along with those listed as examples above) are some of the traits I used that drew me to my husband:

• They’ll enjoy drinking tea and actually know how to make it
• They’ll write poetry, even if it’s not very good
• They’ll be fiercely protective of those they call family
• They’ll love learning about other people and places and want to travel
• They’ll have an accent that comes out when they get flustered, like mine, and hate it, like I do, which only makes it worse. That way, they can’t make fun of me.
• They’ll be supportive of my magic, even if they don’t understand it.