Invocations and Cleansing

Invocations allow witches to call on spiritual beings, namely witch spirits, to be granted vast amounts of power, should they be willing, and protection. They may come in the form of spells or rituals used to commune with the dead or, occasionally, to summon the living. For New Orleans specifically, acts of consecration "bless" deceased witches into a separate purgatorial domain, the Ancestral Plane, so that the witch's magic continues to fuel the community and their living descendants.

Spells related to Cleansing and Purification typically occur after an occurrence with said spiritual beings, especially if they are associated with darkness or dark magic that can infect or possess another being. They can also be used to purge spiritual 'infections' that corrupt individuals.

Spirit Harnessing Spell: A spell that can charge a witch with a large amount of power and focus it into said witch by invoking the Spirits. The spell is cast at a site where many witches have met violent deaths. Provided their willingness to grant such power, said witch has to focus on her intention and agree to their terms.

Incantation: Sa vas est cure est vos facultas...

Requirements: Site where a number of witches have met with violent deaths, Spirit Magic

Used by: In Know Thy Enemy, the witches spirits of the Witch Burial Ground performed this spell to grant Bonnie Bennett the use of their magic as she focused her magic. As they began to chant, she was overwhelmed with pain and cried out. Jeremy attempted to help and go to her, though they used telekinesis to prevent him from reaching her. Once the spell subsided, Bonnie's pain ceased and was empowered by the magic of the 100 dead witches.

Séance Spell: A spell used to contact the spirits from the Other Side. Powerful witches are able to seek out specific spirits and may in turn, be possessed by them. In that respect, a witch acts much like a medium and allows said spirit to interact with the physical plane.

Incantation: Phasmatos Manex, Un Domo Hax, Fero Adiuvex.

Requirements: Candles

Used by: In History Repeating, Bonnie Bennett first used it to contact her ancestor, Emily, to inquire about her Talisman. In As I Lay Dying, She used it once more to contact Emily, requested by Stefan, to inquire about whether there was a cure for a werewolf bite.

Expression-Cleansing Spell: A spell used by a coven of witches, minimum of 12, that invokes the spirits of nature to cleanse a witch of Expression. Said witch needs to be a willing party as part of the ritual involves her calling out to the spirits (with the incantation) as well. However, doing so causes a lot of pain as the practice of Expression rejects the spirits.

Incantation: Phasmatos tribum nos ex viris. Purgo animum suo pura obscurus. Phasmatos, repellus tantium malum, scanum animum an par vas.

Requirements: Coven (min. 12) of witches linked as one / Spirit Magic

Used by: In Because the Night, the spell was performed by Aja and her coven in an attempt to cleanse Bonnie Bennett of Expression Magic.

Channeling the Ancestors: Different rituals and invocations used to invoke the Ancestral spirits, commune with them and channel their collective power and will.

Davina, Monique, and Abigail's Spell: This spell is commonly used by the Harvest Girls to commune with the Ancestors. Each Harvest Witch will take a different position: one will do a handstand, one will be sprawled/contorted against the wall and the other would be laying on the ground.

Incantation: Vie dans des ancêtres, renforcer noblesse. Comme des ancêtres, de coeur noblesse. Décider on de ancêtres, garder noblesse.

Requirements: Ancestral Magic

Used By: In The Big Uneasy, Monique, Abigail, and Davina performed this spell, seeking guidance from the ancestors about resurrecting the final harvest girl.

Genevieve's Spell: This spell allows a witch to commune with the Ancestors and give them a foothold in the physical world, allowing them to successfully interact with it in various ways. It also gives them control over the witch in question.

Incantation: C'est cette nouveau vie, nouveau âme mélange avec nous.

Requirements: Ancestral Magic. The spell is performed by crunching a handful of herbs, laying out a witch's personal object and sprinkling salt on the altar. However, more witches can use this spell without any of the formerly mentioned necessities.

Used By: In A Closer Walk With Thee, Genevieve performed this spell to contact the Ancestors, specifically the Leader. She pleaded for another way to appease them and not to turn her into a monster; to sacrifice baby Hope. The Ancestors forced her compliance by throwing her across the cemetery and performed a pain infliction spell on her until she agreed to their terms. In From a Cradle to a Grave, Genevieve, Monique, and Abigail performed this spell as they were preparing to sacrifice Hope. Seemingly, it was to contact and bring them to the cemetery within the Ancestral Plane as after the arrival of the Originals, the Harvest Girls called upon their collective power to attack Klaus, Hayley and Elijah.

Sophie and Katie's Spell: This spell is used to charge a witch with a large amount of ancestral power and focus it into one or more ancestral witch by invoking the Ancestors.The spell is cast in the cemetery where the ancestors are buried, by sprinkling salt on an altar and focusing on her intention.

Requirement: Ancestral Magic. The witches place several trinkets on a small altar and sprinkle the salt upon it. They then proceed to focus on the ancestral power and absorb it as their Ancestors can be heard.

Used By: In Tangled Up In Blue, Sophie tricked Katie into diverting the attention of using magic from her to Katie by using her love for Thierry.

Contacting a Witch Ancestor: This spell allows a witch to communicate with a specific dead witch among the Ancestors and with their permission, channel their power.

Incantation: Ven el forte es cufe, Ven el forte es cufe, Ven el forte es cufe, Ven el forte es cufe.

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Tomb of target ancestor, Candles

Used By: In You Hung the Moon, Davina used this spell to contact Céleste Dubois to gain permission to channel her power to temporarily block The Crescent Curse.

Regent Ancestral Communion Spell: A powerful spell that allows the New Orleans Regent to go into a chanting trance-like state to directly commune with the Ancestors.

Incantation: L'objet perdu que petis est in civitate, in qua non dico l'objet que petis in civitate... l'objet que... que...

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Various stones and herbs, Burning sage, Candles

Used By: In An Old Friend Calls, Vincent used this spell to seek the Ancestors help to find the last remaining white oak bullet that Aurora hid.

To Channel A French Quarter Witch: A spell that allows a New Orleans witch access to the French Quarter Coven's Magic to perform spell unique to that coven.

Incantation: Ou fé konfyans cherche de l'aide.

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, The Remains of a French Quarter Witch

Used By: In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Vincent, using Davina's remains, channeled her to successfully call out to her spirit and to channel her magic to successfully complete a second Harvest.

Rite of Consecration: A ritual to prepare a deceased witch's body so that they may join their Ancestors within the Ancestral Plane. In doing so, their magic will flow back into the Earth, fueling the witch community. This particular funeral rite is practiced by the Nine Covens of New Orleans. Presumably, other cultures that practice Ancestral Magic perform similar rites.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, White robes or shrouds, rose petals, oil and blessed water, sage, torches or incense

Used by: In Always and Forever, Sophie performed her sister's consecration when she was murdered, for practicing magic, by Marcel. In Tangled Up In Blue, Sophie would also perform Katie's consecration after she was killed by Klaus. In Sinners and Saints, Sophie, with Rebekah and Hayley's help, collected the bodies of fellow witches from the bayou so that she could consecrate them. In Après Moi, Le Déluge, Sophie attempted to consecrate Céleste's bones, though there was no magic to flow back into the Earth, as she was possessing the witch Sabine. Needing a witch to consecrate in order for Sophie to become an Elder, the Mikaelsons agreed to allow Esther, their mother, to be consecrated. This was accomplished through an elaborate ritual via Hayley, and by extension Hope, of owning New Orleans property, thereby having the consecration on New Orleans soil. In Long Way Back From Hell, Monique consecrates her Aunt Sophie after killing her the night prior for her lack of faith in the Ancestors. Some time during or after I Love You, Goodbye, Rebekah, presumably with Davina's assistance consecrates Kaleb Westphall who housed Kol's spirit, both of which joined the Ancestors. In You Hung the Moon, the consecration of twelve Versailles witches from the Ninth Ward was overseen by their loved ones and Davina, current Regent. In Dead Angels, Davina consecrated Ariane's body, though not a native to New Orleans and was granted sanctuary in the Ancestral Plane. In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Vincent consecrated Davina's body in their attempt to resurrect her.

Calling Spell: The spell's true purpose is unknown though it can be assumed it was an invocation of the Ancestors, due to the whispering voices surrounding the witch casting the spell.

Incantation: Attendez notre appel.

Requirements: Ancestral Magic

Used by: In Le Grand Guignol, Monique used this spell while lying in the cemetery to commune with Ancestors.

The Magic Purification Spell: The most powerful Traveler spell which serves as the means to break their curse by destroying "impure" forms of magic (i.e. any form of magic other than Traditional Magic). Once the spell begins, it will spread and unbind the "impure" magic, layer by layer until no other magic remains. The only known loophole to stop the spell is by killing one of the last two doppelgängers.

Incantation: Zah Pet Par Veet Eezol Ehmit Pro Kleh Et Tee.

Requirements: The spell will start with dozens of bodies inhabited by the Travelers as they all, through ingestion of the combined doppelgänger blood, start chanting. As they chant, their human vessels slowly die from blood loss. As the spell begins to spread, all existing forms of spirit magic will be stripped away, layer by layer, together with all other forms of magic deemed unnatural by the Travelers. This process will continue until all forms of magic have been reversed completely.

Used By: In Promised Land Markos' Travelers began the spell to remove all forms of Magic and leave behind only pure magic; Traditional Magic. Given the function of the spell, various effects will occur. Given that they were created with dark magic, the spell will result in the extinction of vampires and hybrids. The spell will reverse the effects of vampirism, ultimately returning them human and to their last state of being, which was death. The spell will also reverse the effects of lycanthropy, i.e. removing their triggered-werewolf abilities and return them to their untriggered states. The spell, however, will not remove the werewolf curse in its entirety, meaning that the curse can be triggered again. As the spell spreads, it will "purify" and neutralize all "impure" forms of witchcraft, such as dark or Spirit Magic. This will, seemingly, disempower witches who solely practice non-traditional or non-pure forms of magic, though it would not prevent witches from utilizing Traditional Magic. It will also break the Travelers' Curse, a two-millennium old curse, restoring their access to Traditional Magic with the intention of Travelers becoming the powerful coven of witches they were 2,000 years ago. It should also be noted that with the Magic Purification Spell, previously resurrected individuals such as Alaric, while stripped of his vampirism, continued to live, meaning that the magic that resurrected him countless times before (Emily Bennett's spelled Gilbert Ring) remained unaffected. It could be perhaps that the magic used to create this enchantment was pure, as deemed by the Travelers, or that the magic of a resurrection spell does not persist once the individual has been fully revived.

Defense Spell: A powerful spell primarily that allows ancestral witches to call on the entire collective power of the Ancestors. However, if death occurs in one of the witches performing the spell, the collective power of the Ancestors will fade.

Incantation: La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur.

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Place of power / Within the City of the Dead

Used by: In From a Cradle to a Grave, Monique Deveraux and Abigail used this spell in their confrontation with the Originals and Hayley, which allowed them to easily subdue all of the Originals.

Ancestral Séance Spell: A ritual that allows ancestral witches to contact the spirits that are suspended between life and death.

Incantation: Elikopte fantômes solitaire mouri, vous reveler...

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Assorted herbs, Stones, Chalk inscriptions (a circle surmounted by a cross with arms of equal and glyphs), Possession of target, Blood from caster, Candles.

Used by: In A Closer Walk With Thee, Davina and Abigail attempted to contact Tim using his Violin after being killed by Klaus, though the spell was unsuccessful.

Bird Calling Spell: The spell allows a witch to call forth flocks of birds through a series of gestures. Tremors would occur before hundreds of birds come flying, directed by the witch.

Used by: In Every Mother's Son, Esther Mikaelson used this spell to control hundreds, if not thousands, of starlings to do her bidding.

Bracelet of Obedience Summoning Spell: The spell that will summon a certain person bound and/or controlled by the bracelet of obedience.

Incantation: Jwenn mwen vennez ça maintenant.

Requirements: The Bracelet of Obedience

Used by: In Alive and Kicking, Davina used this spell to summon Mikael to her rescue upon being attacked by a pack of werewolves.

Spiritual Communion Spell: The spell will allow a witch to commune with an object bound spirit, making them appear in spirit form only to the caster.

Incantation: Trette che che che nunc que fra huset quanti nede dom mina...

Requirements: Object or talisman that the spirit resides.

Used By: In The Other Girl in New Orleans, Freya used this spell to speak to her brother Finn, whom she trapped his soul into her talisman.

Revelation Spell: The spell can be used to reveal cloaked entities, shielded with dark magic.

Incantation: Revele votre vrai soi.

Used By: In No Quarter, Vincent attempted this spell to unveil a dark entity though his magic paled in comparison and the only thing that was revealed was a symbol.

Cleansing Spell: The spell can be used to cleanse a person of dark magic, possession or to break a link from a target to a totem.

Incantation: Nettoyer timoun sa yo.

Used By: In No Quarter, Vincent performed this spell as a ritualistic action, using sage and other items to purify himself after coming into contact with an unknown, dark entity. In Haunter of Ruins, Vincent performed this spell on Adam Folsom and three other witch children to break the unknown dark witch's spell that he set into motion on them. Vincent also recounts how he and two additional witches attempted the cleansing spell on Eva, though it failed and, presumably, in the process or through her use of sacrificial magic, she lost her unborn child. In Keepers of the House, Vincent performed this spell on Hope, after they returned to New Orleans. However, the spell seemed to make her worse though, seemingly this was the result of the spell that was placed on the four other children in an attempt to Anchor the Hollow to the sacrifices.

Purification Spell: The spell can be used to purify the mind infected with dark magic or that of possession. Should the "infection" be deeply rooted, the spell can fail. Various forms of this spell exist as it can be chanted freely as a spell, be enchanted upon beads or other objects, or be brewed into a potion.

Incantation: Reinigen monde tavo veneno.

Used By: In I Hear You Knocking, the Hollow caused Klaus to hallucinate Freya to perform this spell. The Hollow then claimed that the only way to break the link, once the spell failed, was to destroy the target of the spell, Marcel. Dominic used a similar spell to enchant prayer beads, some he had for himself, and another set he had to enchant for Marcel. Dominic claimed that enchanted beads, planted where the first manifestation occurred, would break the link. Freya concocted a purification potion that she originally planned to purify Klaus and Marcel though Klaus believed he could use the link to peer back at the Hollow. After the Hollow manifested itself as a shadow, she threw the potion at it and, seemingly, caused the spirit to retreat.

Summoning Spell: The spell that will telekinetically summon a certain person to the casting witch.

Incantation: Unknown.

Requirements: None

Used by: In This is the Part Where You Run, Josie performed this spell to free Landon from within the werewolf transformation cell and to bring him from the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted, through the woods to their party. It is implied that Josie created or just learned this spell as she was worried that she bruised Landon and that she was still working out the kinks.

Astral-Summoning Spell: A combination of a summoning spell and astral projection, tied to a personal object, such as a ring, as to summon a person to a location.

Incantation: Unknown.

Requirements: Personal object (ring)

Used by: In Malivore, Bonnie performed this spell for Dorain by combining a summoning spell with an astral projection spell on a ring so that the unnamed dryad could reunite with her former lover, Oliver. The spell summoned Oliver's astral body in a physical enough form so that he could hold the necklace bound ring in his hands.

Croatoan Summoning Spell: A spell used to create or summon a croatoan.

Incantation: Unknown.

Requirements: Personal object (from the casting witch)

Used by: In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Sebastian recalls how his lover, a witch named Cassandra, summoned something worse than Sebastian. Something that would ferret out the lies of the Puritan hypocrites were concealing from the rest of the village and to keep them from finding Sebastian. The spell worked too well and wiped everyone out, including Cassandra, who was keeping Sebastian's secret, before she could dispel it.

Croatoan Dispelling Spell: A spell used to dispel a croatoan.

Incantation: Finis habentis maleficia.

Requirements: Personal object (from the casting witch)

Used by: In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Hope used Cassandra's necklace that she gave Sebastian to dispel the croatoan. After the spell was cast, it was rendered into a puddle of blue-black goo.

Psychopomp Summoning Spell: A spell used to summon a psychopomp.

Incantation: Unknown.

Requirements: Dark Magic (Cleo, presumably); Photo of Landon, Hope's blood, Sigil, Candles (Hope)

Used by: In Long Time, No See, Cleo came up with an alternative method in the hopes of rescuing Landon from the prison world. Upon her studies, she thought that a psychopomp, a creature capable of traversing dimensional planes, would prove useful. Specifically, in Greek myth, Charon, the Ferryman would carry souls across the River Styx if his bounty was paid. Cleo believed if the right price was paid, Charon could bring him back, and not just his soul. While Kaleb was skeptical, Cleo was certain that there were spells capable of summoning what the school considers monsters. This led him to believe that such a spell would require dark magic, something that the school doesn't allow or practice. Cleo, however, doesn't believe that magic is good or bad, and that it's about intention. Despite their conversation, Cleo presumably uses dark magic and summons Charon within her consecrated space, though she notes that the spell was much more taxing than she initially believed and fell nearly unconscious with a nosebleed. In One Day You Will Understand, Cleo explained to Alaric that she did not summon the Ferryman, but in reality created a golem of the Ferryman using Malivore mud. It remains unknown if there is a spell to actually summon the Ferryman, or a psychopomp in general. In Just Don't Be a Stranger, Okay?, Hope performed this or a similar spell to summon Landon from Limbo, who had willingly taken the mantle of "ferryman" from Lynn.

Dispelling Spell: A spell to dispel other spells, it acts as a magical skeleton key. It's a particularly powerful dark spell given the requirements.

Incantation: Daemonium. Accipe sarificium tenebris!

Requirements: Dark Magic, a human sacrifice

Used by: In I Was Made To Love You, suffering from amnesia, the Necromancer assumed that with each dark act, he became more monstrous and was eventually able to read his grimoire, where before he couldn't. He found the spell and performed the spell to release Alaric from his office that was spelled shut by Cleo. After performing the spell, she stabbed the knife into his own chest as the sacrifice, a feat that he believed that made Alaric not look at him as a monster. Seemingly with his dying breath, he believed he accomplished his mission in his renewed life and wished that Alaric would accomplish his own.

Summoning Ritual: A spell using a human sacrifice to perform a summoning.

Incantation: Surge peregrinus, profundus lemures talis.

Requirements: Many witches with a lot of power, a human sacrifice and presumably dark magic

Used by: In This Feels A Little Cult-y, Andi brainwashes around two dozen witches under the guise of a Wellness Retreat for Witches and a psychotropic drug created by Triad Industries. Of the many witches, Lizzie is led to believe that she will be beside Andi during the sacred purification ritual. However, after Hope's arrival Lizzie comes back to her senses and is filled with negative emotions. As the witches gather, a blue crystal witch chants and begins the ritual. Andi continues to dose the various witches with more drugs but, eventually, the ritual is stopped. Andi explains that she doesn't remember who she cut the deal with or who the spell was supposed to summon but it was bound with an unbreakable covenant spell. With her fate seal, one way or another, Andi sacrificed her life to complete the spell. Hours later, Ryan Clarke is raised.

Dark Summoning Spell: An extremely advanced summoning spell that uses black magic to summon a person from across dimensions.

Incantation: Pervenio, supervenio, advehor.

Requirements: Black Magic, Salt Sigil, Personal object

Used by: In See You On The Other Side, Josie found the spell within the pages of the Necromancer's Grimoire. Encircled in a salt line, Josie performed this spell to summon Landon out of Malivore. While casting the spell, a tendril rose up from within Malivore's darkness and wrapped around Landon's wrist, but Cleo stopped the spell. The spell, however, overwhelmed Josei as she continued to cast and she was consumed by the dark magic and became "Dark" Josie once again. This was brief though as Finch was able to pull her out from the darkness with a kiss. Altering the salt sigil and siphoning from Jed and Wade and using various items representing Cleo and Landon, she performed the spell a second time and successfully summoned Cleo from out of Malivore, bringing her back to the Salvatore School.

Dark Summoning Reversal Spell: A spell that stops the summoning action of the original spell..

Incantation: Yô kúrò ìÿe.

Requirements:

Used by: In See You On The Other Side, a tendril rises out of the darkness within Malivore and wraps around Landon. To stop the tendril, Cleo performs this spell and explains that she believed someone was trying to summon Landon, seemingly unaware if it was Malivore or someone else.