First off, there are two general types of poppets. the first is made of cloth, the second of wax. Both work but one works better for some types of magick while the other is better for different conjuring.
A cloth poppet is generally easy to construct but the more essence it holds of the person it represents the better. And one of the best uses, and probably the one you should first try, is the creation of a witch’s jar for your own protection.
To make a poppet of yourself you need to take an old garment that only you have worn, that has been worn against your bare skin, and has not been washed since you wore it last. To produce the ‘skin’ of your poppet, double the material and cut out a doll. Don’t worry if it looks like a gingerbread person, it doesn’t have to be all that accurate on the outside – after all your size and shape will probably change with time.
Make sure, when you sew the two sides together that the inside of the garment is on the outside of the poppet then, once you are finished sewing the two pieces together, with the exception of a place left unattached at the top of the head, turn your poppet inside out.
Next you have to stuff it and while stuffing it, identify it with you. Your stuffing be shredded undergarments which have been dabbed with a drop of two of your blood. If you’re female, you might want to add some menstrual blood as well as a drop or two from your fingertip. A nail clipping should also be added.
Now sew your poppet completely closed and then continuing with your identification. Draw a face on your poppet and make it as close a copy of your face as you can. Don’t think you can do a very good job? Then glue on a cut out photo of your face. Next glue a few of your head hairs to the top of its head, public hairs in their proper place, etc.
Next comes a very important step – naming your poppet. You have to tell the poppet that you are naming it and then give it the exact name you were given at birth. If you know the exact hour and minute of your birth you can name your poppet at that time. After you name it do not use its birth name again unless you use that same name in your day-to-day life. Many of us use nicknames or shortened forms of our birth names, use that same name whenever you refer to your poppet.
Now you have a poppet of yourself you can use AND you know how to make a poppet of anyone. You don’t have to have all of the ingredients listed, some can be hard to get but try to be as accurate as you can.
To make a jar for your own protection you need to find a glass jar with a glass lid, something like an old canning jar. You might find one at a flea market or farmer’s market. A metal screw collar to hold the top in place is fine but the jar and lid themselves must be glass.
Take some old rusty IRON nails, bits of barbed wire, or other sharp, iron items and put them in the bottom of your jar. Next, carefully place your poppet in the jar and then, just as carefully, add more IRON items around the poppet so that it does not touch the glass. The more iron you add, the better. The sharper and rustier the iron, the better.
Now for an important step that some of you will not want to follow. You don’t have to, your poppet just won’t be as powerful. The step I want you to take is to urinate in the jar. You don’t have to fill it, just add as much of your urine as you can. Once you have taken that step seal the jar and wrap it in black cloth.
Keep the jar wrapped until the next new moon when you will take it out of your home and bury it, preferably at midnight. MAKE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT NO ONE SEES YOU OR KNOWS WHERE YOUR POPPET IS BURIED! If someone else finds it they can use it agains you in hundreds of ways. If you are going to move, dig up your jar at midnight, wrap it in black cloth, take it with you and rebury it later near your new home.
HOW IT WORKS: That poppet is you and because it is outside of your home it is an easier target than you usually are. Anything aimed at you will automatically target the poppet instead. But once finding the poppet and attempting to target it, the negative magick with hit the iron and bounce, and bounce again and again. Finally it will be repelled and will return to its sender with just a touch of attitude because of all that bouncing against all that cold, rusty iron.
KARMIC DEBT: Absolutely none. You haven’t done a thing. Someone attacked you and failed and their magick came back and bit them in a sensitive area. they took all of the actions while you were completely passive.
If you absolutely can’t find a glass jar you can use a porcelain or pottery vessel instead.
