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The Ashen Effigy
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An effigy of paper carries your anger and your wish for consequence into the fire, and what is left is ash. The oldest shape a reckoning can take: you name what was done, you let the figure burn, and you hand the rest back to the person who earned it.
What You Will Need
A paper effigy
A rough human shape cut from paper, with the person's name written on it. A printed photograph works if you have one, but a shape you cut yourself holds the working better, because the cutting is already part of it.
A black candle
A taper or a pillar. Black for the matter being closed rather than for malice.
A fireproof bowl or cauldron
Metal, stone or thick ceramic, wide enough that the paper can curl without reaching the rim. Set it on a surface that does not care.
Water within reach
Not part of the rite. Part of doing the rite twice.
Moon Phase & Timing
This is a working of release rather than of drawing, so the waning half of the month suits it best.
Waning Moon: The usual time. Your anger leaves as the light leaves, which is the shape the working is asking for.
New Moon: For a matter you want finished rather than merely set down. The dark takes the whole of it and gives nothing back.
Any night you need it: Anger does not keep to the calendar. A working done on the night it is needed beats one timed perfectly and never done.
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The Ritual
5 steps, with the words to speak at each one.
You have the materials and the timing. This one is held for the Inner Circle — every step, every incantation, and how to shape the working to your own intention.
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This spell is provided for spiritual and entertainment purposes. Midnight Spellcraft makes no guarantees of specific results. Trust your intuition and practice responsibly.