A poppet is a small doll or figurine made from wood, paper, material or clay. It is shaped roughly in human form and is used primarily for magic spells. Originating from West African belief systems, poppets can be used to represent and help either you or someone else.
Only make a poppet of someone else if they have given permission, such as when you wish to help or heal someone. To make one without permission, or for inappropriate reasons, creates the wrong energy vibration and introduces a negativity into your magical workings.
Making a Poppet
When you are making a poppet, it is good to have either taken a ritual bath or to have meditated – both on whether the use of a poppet is appropriate at this time and how best to make use of the poppet.
This is to ensure that insofar as is possible, you have removed any subjective feelings and emotions about the subject, and are acting only as the creator of the object. You know then that you are acting only as the channel for the energy that is being used.
YOU WILL NEED
Paper or card (to act as a template) Soft material such as felt or cotton Needle and thread
Straw, paper or cotton wool
Herbs, appropriate to the spell you are performing, may be used
METHOD
- Draw the outline of a simple human figure on the card or paper, then cut it out. It should ideally be at least 10 cm ( 3 in) high.
- Fold the material in two and place the template on it.
- Cut around the template.
- Sew the figures together, leaving a small area
open.
- Turn the figure inside out so the stitches are
on the inside.
- Stuff the figure with the straw, paper, cotton
wool or herbs. You can personalize the
poppet by adding a lock of hair to the filling.
- You can also use buttons for eyes, or draw on
facial features if you wish.
- Finish sewing the material together.
Your poppet is now ready for use. Do not destroy it when you have finished with it – either give it to the person whom it represents or bury it safely in the earth.
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