Here is Article 9 for Lucy’s Inferno*:
Breaking the Cord: A Banishing Tea for Toxic Lovers
By Lucille Alabaster
Sometimes the spell that binds you isn’t a curse—it’s a connection.
A cord wrapped around your ribcage.
A name that echoes in your head long after it should be forgotten.
Toxic lovers don’t always leave scars.
Sometimes, they leave phantoms.
And when candle magic isn’t enough and therapy isn’t immediate, you brew.
You boil.
You banish.
This is a tea spell to cut the cord with someone you once loved—but who now feeds on your energy like a ghost at your table.
When to Use This Spell
- After a breakup that lingers emotionally or psychically
- When you can’t stop thinking about them, even though you want to
- When dreams, cravings, or sexual pull won’t release
- When your body says no, but your spirit feels stuck
Ingredients for the Cord-Cutting Tea
- 1 tsp bay leaf (for severing ties)
- 1 tsp rosemary (for cleansing and memory)
- 1 tsp lemon balm (to soothe the nervous system)
- Optional: a few drops of your tears or written name burned into ash and added to the brew
Ritual Instructions
- Boil your water with focus. As it heats, visualize the lover’s name unraveling from your heart like thread.
- Steep the herbs together for at least 7 minutes. Whisper over the cup:
“As I drink, I cut the thread.
Your ghost is gone. Our tie is dead.” - Sip slowly, eyes closed. Visualize the cord between you burning, severing, dissolving.
- After the tea, pour a few drops into the Earth and say:
“Returned to soil, this bond is done.
I walk alone, beneath no one.”
Post-Spell Advice
- Delete their contact. Block if needed.
- Burn photos. Clean your space. Wash your sheets.
- Sleep with black tourmaline or obsidian under your pillow.
This isn’t about bitterness.
It’s about boundaries.
Because your soul is not a leash.
And you are not a home for hauntings.
“I didn’t lose you. I released you.”
—Lucille Alabaster
