Neutralising black magic and protection

When someone in the past would become a victim of black magic or would have accidental encounter with a demon (ograma), then one of these recipes of Bosnian magic would be used in order to rid that person of the disease and negative effect.



When a person has often headaches and her legs and arms are weak and feeble then a new moon is awaited. In the first Saturday after the new moon appears, one gathers a glass of water from three streams which are located on the eastern side of the place in which a diseased lives and water under three bridges over which often a horse cart traverses. All the gathered water is placed in a vessel and three seeds of incense are placed along with three grains of oats, three grains of salt and a piece of graft which was unusable during the process of grafting a fruit tree. Tomorrow morning, on Sunday, before sunrise, one places nine different keys and three spoons into the water. Then the vessel with all the items is brought to low roof which can be reached with hands and a griddle is placed on top of it and into the griddle a sieve. Then the water from the vessel is poured into the sieve in order for it to pour down the roof, into another vessel which is held by the person performing the ritual. The water is poured three times and collected in the second vessel. In the end the diseased is brought to the place where wood is cut in the yard and he strips down and the person which is performing the ritual pours water on him three times uttering the following words: "As the water is standing on the griddle so too will magic stay on you!" Then the diseased person will put on new clothes and the three incense seeds are taken out of the water and oats and are sown into a cloth bag along with the plant graft, which the diseased will carry with him at all times as an amulet to protect himself from black magic and demons. This ritual must be performed before sunrise, since later it will not have the desired effect.

If you find a talisman inside your house, or bones of a deceased person or knots then you must know that someone is using black magic on you: all the things which you find you need to throw into the fire while uttering: "As these things are burning let the sihir (magic) burn as well, the magic created against my soul, body, children and assets!" Then spit in the hand that was holding the items and wipe it against a wall or earth.

If black magic is on you, collect 101 used nail, wash them in clean water, then bathe in that water. Any spell which is on you will disappear.


Black magic cannot hurt the person which regularly wears his underwear upside-down.

If you are a victim of black magic, gather water from three streams which are located in the east, then bathe with the water in a large dish; when you are clad, pour the water in an earthen bowl, and throw it together with the bowl onto a willow tree. In such a manner you will neutralise all the power of black magic.

When one finds a placed egg (spell) in his yard or house one should break it on a metal shovel and empty the content into a glass bottle. Then, the bottle is closed, turned upside down and buried in the ground. As long as the bottle with the egg is buried, the witch will be ill the entire time and won't have the power to create black magic.