Gather a quart (1 litre) of water from a spring or stream. Pour this into a large bowl, or cauldron. Set it within a darkened chamber; by candlelight, then, take a silver knife and write with its point upon the water’s surface the name of that which afflicts you. Next soak a small lock of lamb’s wool first in a sweet-scented oil and second in some red wine. Carry it to the bowl of water and drop it into the water saying these words:
The dark be lightened
The harsh be softened
The rank be sweetened
By the power of the knife
And by the power of the water.
Leave the wool to soak all night, until sunrise. Remove, wring out and set to dry upon a small circle of white velvet. Empty contents of bowl into a hole in the earth. Fill the hole. When the wool is dry, sew up the velvet and wool to form a pouch, pin this beneath clothing for a month. Thereafter keep it safe in a drawer or other safe place, that its powers may not be diminished through neglect.
