A Spell For Digital Privacy
Enclosed in this article is a spell intended to prevent spying on your data. The mundane and magickal go together.
I once heard that phones are like spies in your pocket. Whether it’s Meta using your data or a period-tracking app, so much of our lives, decisions, and beliefs are wound up into our phone and the internet. It’s hard not to doomscroll these days. I feel like I need to constantly be aware of what is happening in the world. It reminds me of the beginning of Covid, just sitting and waiting for more news so I can be prepared. I know I will never be prepared, and yet I keep looking at my phone.
In this post, I propose a spell to block spying on your data from those that wish to use it. This is of course not the only thing you can do to protect your data, but it doesn’t hurt to enact ritual that makes you feel safer.
Witchcraft as a spirituality embodies a multitude of belief systems, but often comes down to the use of ritual as a means of regulating energy, which can be visualized in a variety of ways. For many, manifestation and spellwork hold a key focus, believing that people can create effects in their realities from harnessing their intent. While there are certainly things you can do to make yourself safer in this digital surveillance era, witchcraft comes into play when something is out of control to change your luck.
Jar Spell to Bind Data Scraping
Materials:
Old Phone/SD Card/External Hard drive: You will not be getting this back.
Black Yarn/String/Shoelace: Something to bind with.
Melted Animal Grease/Bacon Fat: Often reserved after making bacon in the morning.
Witch’s Black Salt: Many recipes exist online for this item, but it comes down to combining salt and ashes in a ritualistic manner, often with extra herbs for add protection.
Jar with lid: The container for this spell.
Black candle: A white candle can also work.
On Wednesday Jan 29th 2025, in the hour of Mercury (7:29pm to 8:37 pm), there will be a New Moon in Aquarius. If you come upon this spell at a later date and wish to use it, perform on any Wednesday and especially within Aquarius seasons or on the 25th Lunar Mansion.
Find a quiet place where you can perform this spell, free from distractions. Light a black candle once the hour of Mercury begins. Place your hands on a solid surface. Take a deep breathe in, hold it for a few seconds, and then slowly let it out. Invite your god(s) into the space to guide you.
Tie your old electronic with the black string. Keep tying it. Wrap this old data in as much string as you can, till the object underneath disappears within the threads. The old electronic is a symbol of your data, your history. By binding it in black yarn, we conceal it and constrict it.
“I tie and wrap and bind my data. I conceal.”
Place the wrapped electronic in the jar. Pour hot grease in the jar.
“I clog this data so none may reveal.”
Pour the witch’s black salt into the jar.
“This salt is my protection, perfectly real.”
Close the jar, imaging all of this binding energy in the jar. Draw the following sigil onto the jar lid.
“It is done, a magickal seal.”
Place the jar spell near your WiFi router.
Tips:
Consecrate your materials before you use them. Each material has a purpose. Tell the object what its for.
Tying an action to your intent adds an added layer of manifestation. Add Mundane Actions for your Magickal Practice.
Get a VPN.
Poison your data by using tools like Nightshade or AdNauseum.
Limit your privacy permissions on your phone.
If you go to a protest, turn your phone off, turn on airplane mode, or leave it at home.
Never post pictures of people’s faces at protest, as social media can be used to identify protesters.
Remember to be careful online. The USA is being really weird right now.
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