E. A. Koetting and Baron DePrince - The Spider and The Green Butterfly

E.A. Koetting/Baron DePrince
The Spider and the Green Butterfly
This Veve, when Drawn with Three Hands, will
protect you from all harm, physical, legal, criminal, and
spiritual. It also possesses the power to reveal both the past
and the future of a person to the Houngan if it is placed
upon his or her body. As with most Veves, several other
spells can be fashioned using this same Veve, three of
which are given in this chapter. Unlike western sigils,
which are used for a single purpose alone, Vodoun Veves
connect the Bocor to a broad and powerful fountain of
energy from which he can draw for a variety of purposes.
This Veve and all of its powers are governed by
Legba, and it is therefore his name that is to be called when
opening its power.
When the moon is waxing, moving from the new
moon to the full moon, draw this Veve on the front of your
door. Using the process outlined above, open the Veve's
power and call upon Legba's name, state as you perform
the final tracing of the lines with your hand, "I am now
protected from all evil forces. They cannot enter here.
They cannot harm me. They cannot come near me. They
cannot see me." If there are specific people or entities that
you need to keep away from your home, state their names
in the above affirmation, saying, "I am now protected from
(enemy's name). (Enemy's name) cannot enter here.
(Enemy's name) cannot come near me. (Enemy's name)
cannot see me."
Binding -
In order to bind another person from either Working
against you, or from finding success in various forms, you
will need to obtain an object belonging to the person to be
bound, such as a piece of clothing, hair, handwriting, or any
other such rivet, as well as a photograph of them.
Light the candles on the altar, draw the same Veve
used in the previous ritual on a full sheet of paper, and open
the Veve's power.
Place the photograph and the rivet item on the open
Veve. If the item you've obtained from your victim is a
full piece of clothing, simply cut a small square out of the
material and lay that on the Veve. Place small, black,
tapered candles on the two points farthest to your right, and
place small, white, tapered candles on the remaining four
points of the Veve. Leave these six candles unlit for the
time being.
On a separate piece of paper, write the full name of
your victim, as well as the exact end result towards which
you are Working. Lay this on the open Veve as well,
leaving it there only long enough to be infected with the
baneful powers emanating from the doorway that the Veve
has become. Retrieve the paper bearing the name of the
victim, the rivet item, and the photograph, and wrapping or
tightly folding all of these together, take a long, red thread