Poppet and Magic- get crafty.

The goddess poppet shown here I made using an Inked Goddess kit. The string poppet photographed has been seen every where this one is also from Inked Goddess. However, I have one I found in a ghost tour shop in Gettysburg, PA (it was a gypsy); one I found in the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN (a flying witch!). I've also seen them in stores like Hot Topic, and A.C. Moore.  

So, every now and then in my studies I come across Poppets, Voodoo Dolls, and the like.

There's a great article about Poppet Magic at Earth Witchery- Poppets

Now, what I know about poppets:

They come in various forms and have been used for ages. They are not just for Voodoo and not all Voodoo Dolls and Poppets are evil.

Some forms you may have seen other than the two pictured here are corn husk dolls, wax and herb, sticks or old fashion cloths pins wrapped in twine, yarn poppets, burlap.

Poppets are anything you can imagine, created to resemble a person or god/dess.

They are created for but not limited to - creativity, prosperity, love, banishing, protection, healing, connecting your energy to the deity represented in the poppet shape (like the goddess above), and of course what they are mostly known for thanks to Media- revenge and what ever happens to the poppet happens to the person its connected to.

Poppets are connected to a person by a personal item embedded into it when its made or attached to it- a business card, photo, hair, nail clippings, paper with their hand writing. I've even made one with a favorite piece of broken jewelry. 


Now, depending on your purpose you can use different colors of cloth and string.- (I have a blog somewhere around here on colors for reference).
 If you aren't really crafty with shaping a person you can always use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to help you 😉
You can draw symbols on your doll, or stitch them if you're really crafty.
You also want a filling for your doll, some herbs that are connected to your purpose, a gemstone, regular old stuffing.


and remember everything  you put out comes back to you times 3.
As you will it, so mote it be!