Natasha Helvin - Slavic Witchcraft: Old World Conjuring Spells and Folklore

This book is dedicated to my roots and my ancestors. Thank you Granny, thank you Mom, and thank you to my dear sister for your inspiration and help with this book. Thank you all for keeping the tradition alive for many generations in our family and for passing it down to me and my children.

In memory of my beloved mother.

SLAVIC WITCHCRAFT

Natasha Helvin has not shied away from including both blessings and curses in a comprehensive Slavic grimoire that addresses just about any life situation. Within these fascinating pages you will learn to craft love spells and breakup spells, spells for money and business success, spells to win in court, to surround yourself with protection while traveling, spells for peace in the home, for health and healing, and for prophetic dreams. The author concludes with traditional Slavic tips for how to live a good life. A very practical how-to guidebook for anyone interested in ancient forms of peasant wisdom and magic.

EELLEN EVERT HOPMAN, AUTHOR OF THE REAL WITCHES OF NEW ENGLAND AND THE SACRED HERBS OF SAMHAIN

Slavic Witchcraft is a deep dive into the spells and practices of traditional witches from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Natasha Helvin shares cultural and familial practicesreal old world witchcraftthat cant be found in any other modern book on the subject. This book reveals the ancient pagan practices that are still entwined with the current Orthodox religion that is very much in place.

PHOENIX LEFAE, AUTHOR OF CASH BOX CONJURE: HOODOO SPELLS FOR LUCK AND MONEY AND HOODOO SHRINES AND ALTARS

In Slavic Witchcraft, Natasha Helvin offers us a fine selection of Slavic charms arranged by typelove, money, protection, health, and more. Her book reflects ancestral beliefs that Christianity and the demonization of former deities were unable to eradicate. This book is definitely worth going out of your way to get.

CLAUDE LECOUTEUX, FORMER PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION AT THE SORBONNE AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF GRIMOIRES

A Cautionary Note to the Reader

Slavic witchcraft is cerebral and philosophical, a studied practice of intellectual arts and manifestation of the human Will. It is for those who are curious about the unknown, rather than those who fear mysteries and taboos. Witchcraft favors the bold, and it attracts the most driven and motivated of the intelligentsia.

This book is intended for readers who seek to make changes in their lives and embrace the mysterious and the forbidden. This resource is a little gem for people who want to learn about Russian folklore, magic, and beliefs with measurable resultsor who are just curious about East Slavic people.

Any reader who uses or tries to use any of the spells from this book does so entirely at their own risk. The author and the publisher accept no liability if the work does or does not have the desired effect or results. This book is for educational, spiritual, and inspirational use only.

INTRODUCTION

Sorcery as a Living Tradition

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

DOLLY PARTON

Russian sorcery is based on the interventions of gods, spirits, and forces of nature in the lives of common people, as well as the ability to control these forces. I can say with certainty that Russians have used sorcery to achieve their goals for many centuries.

Magic was an integral part of pagan traditions practiced by our ancestors, and that magic had as its aim help in life, healing, and freedom from negative energy. Our ancestors used magic of all kindsfrom spells and charms to incantations for luck in business and battles.

Russian sorcery is a synthesis of paganism and Christianity. There are still people who celebrate pagan festivals and conjure on Christian holy days. There are still witches who whisper upon tied knots to curse or heal.

Sorcerers are capable of some truly extraordinary things.

I was born in the Soviet state and lived there until I was eighteen years old. As a child, I saw my grandmother and mother use magic in their everyday lives to help neighbors, friends, and others seeking help. I am a fifth-generation hereditary witch, on both my maternal and paternal sides. In my family we never separated magic from everyday life. My mother, sister, and I held a sance to contact the deceased when I was seven years old. We read tarot cards to see if we would pass a school test or if a boy I liked would ask me on a date. Every Christian holiday was a great time for me and my sister, as we performed many divinations in a way that was fun, playful, and appropriate for our ages. We called on the spirits of the dead in so many different ways, and it was just a part of our fun time with family.

I learned from my family the ancient secrets of magic and healing and the boundless potential of the human spirit, and I inherited my passion for magic and fortune-telling from them. From this long line of metaphysicians and rich spiritual cultural heritage, the roots of occultism and conscious thinking rapidly developed in me at a very young age.

What we believe in is the ability to change the world by starting from within yourself. We believe that you can bring forth peace by first learning to love and appreciate yourself and your ancestors. We believe that rules are not arbitrary but instead made by you in accordance with your own beliefs. We believe in free will. And we believe in magic and the power that it holds! We adhere to the wisdom of our own voices, because we know the greatest gift in the universe is free willultimate and omnipotentbound only by love and ameliorated by the practice of magic.

Each one of us is an epicenter of self-empowerment because we make our own rules rather than wishing for a nonexistent guidebook to life. You dont need the permission of a self-help guru to go out and conquer the world. You have all the potential that you need within you to take charge of your life, to learn the fundamentals of true powers of conjuring, and to love without condition or expectation of reciprocity. We embrace free thought and celebrate the forbidden as part of our spiritual independence!

My childhood and teenage years were fulfilled by magic; magic was everywhere in the air, in everything we did, in the way my parents spoke and acted on a daily basis. For us it wasnt magic; for us it was the way we lived, and we didnt know anything else, so it was normal. From the time I left my birthplace until now, every single day I miss that kind of magic in the air. Living without magic is like returning from vacation to work you dislike, going back to the routine and (for most people) the normal way of life.

What made me write this book? If I can say it in one word: nostalgia. Nostalgia for real freedomthe one found in magic, not the artificially presented one. I wanted to share and show people that there is another life out there, in the rural areas of my countryand Im sure many other countries as wellwhere there are still believers in the old ways and people who live their life freely: free from the dogma, rules, and grime of the modern world.