Autumn is a time of descent. The light dies earlier, the winds whisper longer, and the skin of the world thins to reveal darker strata beneath. For the practitioner of Shadow and Nocturnal Witchcraft, this season does not signal retreat but advance—into deeper workings, harder truths, and more volatile currents. It is here, in the undercurrent of falling leaves and dying heat, that baneful magic is not only possible—it is natural.
To work baneful sigils is not to "dabble" in harm. It is to engage with the sorcerer’s right of defence, retribution, secrecy, containment, and release. These sigils are not designed for drama or fantasy, but for practitioners who understand the weight of silence, the price of power, and the need for containment and consequence. When drawn, carved, or branded into ritual materia, these sigils do not beg—they command. They call spirits, choke energy, fracture connections, seal wounds or open them to decay. They are precise tools for precise work.
Ethical Warning: Not All Ink is Yours to Spill.
This chapter offers real operative glyphs for baneful and maledictive use. These are not symbolic doodles. Each sigil is built to transmit will, not merely represent it.
As such:
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Do not use these sigils on impulse. Reaction-based malice makes sloppy witches and dangerous energy flows. Once enacted, these marks will influence the currents around you—some may linger long after your intentions shift.
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Know your target, your timing, and your own soul. The current will always pass through you before it reaches its mark. If your foundations are cracked, the current may nest in the wrong vessel.
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Do not test these on the innocent or the ignorant. You may not care about harm—but the spirits you awaken do. They mark the reckless and will remember you.
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Record each use. These marks are magical contracts. You will be held to their results.
These warnings are not moral sermons—they are field notes from the sorcerous path. What you do with this knowledge is yours to own. If you proceed, proceed with intention. If you act, act without apology—but always with awareness.
1. Sigil of Withering Influence.
Structure:
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Begin with a circle with four inner rings, like tree rings—symbolizing decay from the core.
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Overlay a cross of rot: two crooked lines intersecting at the centre, each with notched ticks.
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Add drip-like strokes descending from the base—three lines suggesting leaking vitality.
Usage:
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Etch onto candles or vessels used in drying or souring jars, especially those filled with wilted botanicals or dead roots.
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Burn or ink this sigil onto fabric that is buried with the subject's hair, name, or soil from their home.
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Place beneath offerings to spirits who specialize in unravelling fortunes or beauty.
2. Sigil of Binding the Rabid Spirit.
Structure:
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A spiral cage—three spirals rotating inward, boxed by a square with closed corners.
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Each side of the square has a hooked claw curling inward.
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In the center: a single dot surrounded by a tight knot of three concentric circles.
Usage:
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Ideal for use in containment jars with iron filings, rusted nails, blackthorn, or burnt human bone (if available via ossuary rites).
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Draw on paper sealed in wax and bound with black thread.
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Can be burned into the underside of altars where the bound spirit is kept beneath watch.
3. Sigil of Malediction Through Shadow.
Structure:
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A black triangle pointing downward.
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Within, a mirror glyph: one half crescent, one half jagged mark, suggesting imbalance.
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At the point, draw three rising dots, spaced vertically.
Usage:
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Anoint with your own blood, or animal blood if preferred, then buried at the target’s threshold or sewn into a hidden tag near their tools.
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Burn into driftwood or bark used in shadow dolls or curse phantoms.
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Pair with materia like red gum sap, grave earth, spent match heads, and serpent skin if available.
4. Sigil of Spirit Hunger.
Structure:
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A circle with broken notches, like a feeding mouth.
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Inside, a pentacle with inverted arms, symbolizing inversion of order.
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Around the edges, three “hunger lines”—jagged and broken, suggesting movement.
Usage:
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Draw into bloodstone, bone, or obsidian talismans worn during hostile conjure rites.
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Used in compounds like red iron powder, burnt offerings, bone meal, and toxic seeds.
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This sigil can be dangerous—only use if you are prepared to anchor or redirect what responds.
Dangerous Geometry.
Baneful sigils are not simply dark—they are precise. Every shape speaks a sentence of intent. If the line is crooked, the spirit path is blurred. If the seal is incomplete, the energy leaks. Use black ink, blood, or ash when drawing. Inscribe with iron or bone. Burn onto native woods. Draw on human-made surfaces only when they are part of the ritual object itself.
These sigils do not forgive misuse. They amplify what you feed them, and if your work is weak or unfocused, the collapse may begin with you.
These marks are for witches who walk without apology, who understand that to sever, to bind, to poison, or to summon is not cruelty—but craft. Autumn offers you these tools. Use them well.
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