In Episode 6: Travel and Vacation Magick, I discussed keeping a spiritual mindset while traveling as well as some magick we can work in advance of or during a vacation to ensure safety, adventure or any other focus we want to give an energetic boost.

However, instead of giving you more examples of what I would do or dictating a list of items that really only means anything to me, I decided to find a couple examples - one online and in a book - that I could share with you.

The first one is to attract new adventures and help you more easily step out of your comfort zone from MoodyMoons.com, dated January of 2018.

How to Make a Spell Bag for Travel

Items included in this particular bag are as follows:

Penny: Include a coin as an offering for safe passage in your travels. When you arrive at your destination, find an appropriate place to leave it behind (a fountain, a donation box, in a child’s piggybank, ect).

Personal Item: Traditional spell bags include a personal item to tie you to the bag. Hair, a photograph, or a well-worn piece of jewelry work.

Malachite: This stone is said to ease jet lag, “smooth out” business travel, and protect drivers on crowded interstates.

Tiger’s Eye: Known for promoting confidence and fiercely protective, this stone encourages bold strides outside your comfort zone on your adventure.

A Sage Leaf: When you travel, you typically need to make many more judgement calls about the people and situations you encounter than when you are on autopilot your homespun environment where most of the characters/circumstances are familiar to you. Carry sage leaf in your spell bag to encourage wise decision making.

Rosemary: This classic protection herb packs your spell bag with extra punch, enhancing and supporting the protective energies of tiger’s eye and malachite. A little pinch will do! As an added bonus, it makes the car smell amazing!

You can use dried herbs or find fresh sage and rosemary herbs in the produce section, if you aren’t growing your own, which is convenient if you’re planning a yummy herbaceous meal soon!

The next comes from Jason Miller’s book, Protection and reversal Magick: A Witch’s Defense Manual, he includes a Travel Protection Bag

Travel Protection Bag from Jason Miller

This comes directly from the text:

Travel Protection
Mugwort, comfrey leaves, and fennel will keep you safe during travel, warding off not only harmful energies, spirits and spells, but the law as well.

He then goes on to explain different ways that you can charge the bag and enliven it with spirit for protection, including psalms, which some traditional American root workers might use, simply talking to the bag as if it were alive and giving it instructions, composing your own words to charge the bag with or reciting a chant, prayer or phrase that is meaningful to you.

A spell bag of this nature is also another great place to include a sigil that you’ve created on a piece or paper, a slice of wood or the like.

However you decide to create a charm for either adventure, protection or something else, it should be something that feels unique to you – and therefore will be all the more effective for your purposes. For this reason, I recommend simply going outside and feeling around for what is growing or present in your immediate vicinity, especially since taking a little piece of home is one magickal way to ensure a safe return.

Nevertheless I did compile a short list of correspondences for travel magick to help you attune to these energies. Here is the list of travel correspondences that I listed towards the end of the episode:

Plant Allies:

Comfrey is highly adaptive plant that can grow in a variety of conditions, requiring very little maintenance. Mature plants grow an extensive root system, including a deep taproot - of up to 2 meters - that utilize nutrients deep in the subsoil that would otherwise wash away with the underground soil water or remain inaccessible to other plants. This allows them to efficiently obtain nutrients and moisture from the soil in places where many other plants would struggle. Because of the deep roots that allow the plant to grow and remain healthy in many different conditions – the spirit of comfrey will make an excellent addition to travel magick

Mugwort is most often thought of when the travel we spoke of is of the astral sort… But in Herbology, it is also an incredibly calming herb and can be used for a number of digestive complaints, including travel sickness. In Ancient Rome, Mugwort was planted along roads and byways to make it accessible to travelers on long journeys because placing Mugwort in your shoes is said to give strength and prevent sore feet when walking long distances. Later, in the Middle Ages, it was worn to protect against evil spirits.. The protective nature of Mugwort has been said to guard against everything from poison to wild beasts, and even sunstroke - all reasons that make it EXCELLENT for travel.

Some Protective Plant Allies:

Rosemary, Rue and AGRIMONY, of course

Agrimony is also great for health and healing… and to add some extra protection from sickness I like to add in:

Garlic – great for warding off both evil and illness

St. John’s Wort - to influence sunshiny weather

Sunflower - to activate joy

Oak or Acorn - for protection from storms

Travel protection Crystals/Minerals:

Malachite – holds the energy to protect you from danger and accidents, can absorb negative energies and pollutants from your aura and the surrounding environment and acts as a guardian to keep you safe. It also assists with change and will help you remain calm and centered when you’re moving or embarking on an adventure.

Moonstone – can enhance your inner strength, balance your emotions, and soothe stress and anxiety, helping you feel calm and confident about an upcoming trip or move. It gives extra protection when traveling at night or across waters.

Smoky Quartz - another excellent crystal for absorbing negative energy and providing energetic protection while traveling. Smoky quartz is a grounding stone that can bring you a calming and centered sense of awareness when you are in new surroundings. It’s ability to increase awareness also helps you feel more present and notice the world around you.

More crystals that are great as travel aids include:

Yellow Jasper

Amethyst

Aquamarine

Shungite

Labradorite

Black Tourmaline

Hematite

Animals:

Turtle - a constant traveler who is safe and home no matter where he is, in his protective shell

Goose - will travel far away from home for the winter, but always return with the spring

Deities, Spirits and Saints:

Hermes: a Greek God that is commonly associated with travel and a messenger god who transmits messages between Olympus and the human world. The Ancient Greeks would leave offerings of strawberries and wine under a tree in their village for Hermes. If you wish to ask him for a travel blessing, you could consider also leaving him an offering of strawberries and poured libation of wine under a tree for him. Some coins could also work, as he is also a God of commerce.

St. Christopher - the patron saint of travelers that is commonly petitioned prior to setting off on a journey - despite the fact that the Catholic church removed 93 saints from the universal calendar and revoked their feast days during the calendar reform of 1969 – including this popular saint, because so little was known about him – including whether he actually ever existed. Regardless, he is still frequently called upon for travel protection by some folk, hoodoo and conjure practitioners and seven day pillar candles with his image can be located at Catholic supply stores or online.

Hekate - the goddess of witches and also of the crossroads – among many other things. She helped Demeter locate her kidnapped daughter, Persephone, by lighting her way through the night – and the underworld - with her twin torches. The ancient Greeks often honored this deity by leaving offerings of food at crossroads or setting out a new moon feast for her and the restless dead, known as a Deipnon. This is a way that you too can honor her and petition her for protection and guidance. Eggs, garlic, pomegranates, apples, honey, incense and libations are all appropriate.

Hekate is associated very closely with dogs and the Greeks would also place their leftovers after dinner outside for her hounds. Chances are, however, you don’t want to accidentally attract unwelcome visitors to your home, so a great way to honor Hekate and her hounds is to simply make a donation to a local animal shelter.

Odin - the great wanderer of the Norse pantheon, the All-Father, and a god of many aspects - including travel. In Norse mythology, he is known to travel between the worlds in disguise and, therefore, one should always be kind to strangers! Appropriate offerings to Odin include libations, especially mead, red wine, and hard liquor. Something you’ve created, if you are an artist, writer or poet – as he was also known to be a lover of the arts - is also ideal. You may also choose to leave an offering out for the local crows, as a show of respect for Odin’s messenger crows, who would travel the world and bring information to him. You could possibly leave a bird-friendly food for them and ask them to send your petition of protection to Odin.

Have an amazing and memorable journey and, above all else, safe travels!

Travel Spell Bags & Correspondences