Actor Charlie Sheen has angered a coven of warlocks from Salem, Massachusetts for what they call his excessive use of the term “warlock” which they say is “a blatant offense against our ways.”
TMZ is reporting that the feud began over a comment Sheen made during a radio interview last week when he called himself a “Vatican assassin warlock.”
Christian Day of Salem’s Coven of the Raven Moon said he was fuming over the statement because it shows disrespect for the male witch community. However, Day has no intention of taking legal action against Sheen; he plans to take magical action instead.
“I am going to magically bind Mr. Sheen, not to harm him, but to simply prevent him from using this word in such a negative manner in the future,” Day said. “If Mr. Sheen is open to it, our coven would be willing to perform a cleansing on both him, his home, and his career.”
On his website, Day describes himself as a psychic and an elder of the Coven who has been reading Tarot cards for 20 years and has been trained in the Silva Method. He is also the founder of Salem’s annual Festival of the Dead which was created to explore “the spectre of death in all his many disguises.” Day claims the spiritual side of death guides him through each day, and that the dead “surround us always and whisper their secrets to those who can listen.”
As for the binding spells that he plans to work on Sheen, these are typically employed by sorcerers to bind or to hold things, such as to bind a person or spirit to prevent it from doing damage to oneself or to someone else. It is like a contract between two or more parties that is “magically enforced” – meaning it employs occult powers for enforcement.
An example of this can be found in the Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, when Potter entered a name into the Goblet of fire.
“Once a champion has been selected by the Goblet of Fire, he or she is obliged to see the tournament through to the end. The placing of your name in the goblet constitutes a binding, magical contract. There can be no change of heart once you have become a champion,” says Albus Dumbledore in the book.
Binding spells are usually accompanied by some kind of ritual, such as one spell that requires the holding of a person’s picture at eye level and imagining a black X over their face. Black ribbon is then wrapped around the picture while saying, ”I bind you (persons name) from doing harm. Harm against other people, and harm against yourself.” This is repeated until the entire ribbon is wrapped around the picture. Black candle wax is then affixed to the ribbon end and an equal-armed cross is drawn over the whole thing. The binder then says, “It is done,” and takes the picture outside and buries it.
There are many, many of these spells used for a variety of reasons, from acquiring a demon’s favor to blessing a house or banishing an enemy. All are accompanied by elaborate rituals that must be followed exactly in order for them to work.
