Power Manipulation Spells

Power Manipulation spells allow witches to manipulate the magic within a witch or object. They can transfer, cancel, add, subtract or most commonly, disrupt a source of magic, affecting its power. The effects of these spells are typically temporary with objects.

Halting Spell: The spell stops the flow of a witch's magic, canceling out any spell that is being performed or magic that is being channeled. The spell can either be performed on the witch casting the spell or the person that is being channeled.

Jonas' First Incantation: Relaxa rena!

Jonas' Second Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Exum Sue, Redem Su Pas Quo.

Silas' Incantation: Unknown

Luke's Incantation: Phasmatos Fumos Extas

Used by: In The Sacrifice, Jonas Martin performed this spell on his son, Luka, to break Bonnie's connection to him and prevent her from channeling him. In The Dinner Party, Jonas Martin used this spell as punishment to either strip or block Bonnie's access to her magic, leaving her powerless. His spell required physical contact to perform the spell. The latter is more likely as Bonnie was a, then, inexperienced witch and, to date, no other witch has demonstrated such a spell to forcefully take another witch's magic, only to willingly give it up. In The House Guest, he grabbed her and released the spell over her. In Death and the Maiden, Silas used this spell to stop Qetsiyah's anchor transference ritual. The conflict of opposing magics caused strong winds to blow throughout the house and caused a power outage. In Home, Luke used this spell to neutralize Liv's magic, which in turn stopped her spell to overwhelm the anchor. This later resulted in Damon being unable to pass through the Anchor. More powerful witches, such as the case with Luke and Liv, halting another witch's powers can result in the weaker witch being knocked unconscious. Qetsiyah, on the other hand, was at least equal in power to Silas and otherwise, physically unaffected.

Traveler Channeling Spell: One of the more powerful spells of Traveler Witches, the spell infuses the casting witch with a substantial amount of power with the use of doppelgänger blood, allowing the witch to channel the power of every single Traveler.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Traveler Magic, Doppelgänger Blood

Used by: In Promised Land, Markos performed this spell to bestow upon himself great power, enough to single-handedly fight off Damon with no effort. The spell effectively channels all the power of his people, additionally affording him great strength; Markos also stated that, under the spell, Damon could not kill him.

Magic-Relinquishment Spell: The spell allows a witch to freely give up their magic by placing the power into an object or person.

Josette's Incantation: Oribos turai manecsitus. Orbiem. Oribos turai manecsitus. Orbiem

Josie's Incantation: Oribos turai filio.

Requirements: Physical contact with the object or witch where the magic will be stored or sent, respectively.

Used by: Shortly before the original Merge between Josette Parker and Kai was to take place, she originally performed this spell so that Kai would not be able to complete the Merge. Once again in Let Her Go, many years after giving up her magic she would perform this spell on Kai, transferring her magic to him, as he was dying from the altered Merge ritual with Luke. Ultimately, this saved her and the rest of her Coven from 'oblivion' as Kai would state. In Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing, using a similar spell as her mother, Josie willingly gave up her power to siphon. She told Alaric that she'd give them up just for a while until she was ready to use it. She stored her power within a coin. In Hold on Tight, after Josie helped Lizzie save MG, she placed her siphon power back into her coin and asked Lizzie to hold on to it. She told Lizzie that she's still not ready to do magic again after being consumed with black magic and wanted to live a non-witch life, at least for a bit or however long it takes.

Bonnie's Magic-Relinquishment Spell: The spell allows a witch to freely give up their magic by placing it into an object and sending it through to another dimension.

Incantation: Sangina Mearma un magica

Requirements: Physical contact with the object

Used by: In Do You Remember the First Time?, Bonnie performed this spell while in the 1994 Prison World to prevent Kai from taking her magic and freeing himself. She sent her magically imbued teddy bear, Mr. Cuddles, back to the mortal plane where it was later found by Caroline.

Magic-Reclamation Spell: The spell will reunite a witch who has relinquished their magic with it by holding the object in which they placed their power, by calling upon the elements of air and fire.

Incantation: Lectos espiritox.

Requirements: The object imbued with the witch's magic

Used by: In Christmas Through Your Eyes, Josette performed this spell under Kai's command, as well as to protect Liv from Kai, to reunite with her magic. In Let Her Go, Bonnie, using Silas' Tombstone which contained Qetsiyah's calcified blood, reclaimed her magic, presumably by absorbing the magic of her ancestor. In Hold on Tight, Josie temporarily reclaimed her siphon power to help Lizzie save MG from Alyssa. At MG's reassurance, they gave Alyssa the chance to do the right thing and, together, they were able to stop the Necromancer and Malivore. In You Can't Run From Who You Are, Josie reclaimed her siphon power after coming to terms with her own identity and speaking with her subconscious.

Siphoning Spell: A unique spell that can only be used in conjunction with Siphoning, allowing a siphoner-witch to absorb the magic of a certain spell or source of magic, granting them power. The unraveling of large spells releases energy that can cause wind storms and dissolve metal. Alternatively, they can siphon sources of magic and redirect it without absorbing the magic themselves.

Kai's Incantation: Magia tollox de terras. Utera aso utox.

Lizzie and Josie's Incantation: Magia tollox de terras. Solvo.

Requirements: Physical contact with the earth holding the magic (Kai); Salt boundary spell and eight torches or ten candles (Lizzie and Josie)

Used by: In Christmas Through Your Eyes, Kai performed this spell to extract all of the Traveler magic from their purifying spell and absorb it, which gave him access to a great amount of power. In The Tale of Two Wolves Klaus approached Caroline for help with curing Hope of her magical affliction caused by the Hollow's dark magic; specifically the help of Lizzie and Josie, as they are siphon witches. That night under the full moon as Hope began her first transformation into a werewolf, Lizzie and Josie performed the spell, siphoning the dark magic that was the Hollow's spirit out from Hope. They drew the Hollow's essence into a salt boundary spell and proceeded to send her spirit into Klaus. In Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing, Lizzie performed this spell on Josie, who was consumed by dark magic. Per Alaric's agreement, Lizzie transferred the dark magic into the Necromancer in exchange for the complete resurrection of Rafael, Alyssa, and Chad as well as for the Necromancer to sever his ties with them. In Goodbyes Sure Do Suck, Hope and Lizzie wanted to modify and reforge Ryan's Trident as a means to save Rafael from dying. Lizzie could then use it in conjunction with her siphon power to transfer energy instead of consciousness. Specifically, she would transfer Landon's phoenix energy into Rafael, sparing him though turning Landon into a mortal human in the process. As Lizzie began the spell, she discovered that there was no magic within Landon to siphon, as the Golden Arrow already killed off the phoenix part of him.

Creating a Focus of Magic: A spell that allows a witch to channel a large amount of magic, creating a focal point of power. It can be used to attract untrained witches drawn to large sources of power such as newborn siphoners. It is implied that the spell can tax the user to the point of death when performed by one witch if magic is taken more that they can give.

Incantation: Phasmatos sequitos in lucema infantesi mortuous. Venis ad vitur. Venis ad essendier. Factuo partis viventia.

Used By: In This Woman's Work, the spell was initially performed by Valerie, Mary Louise, Nora and Beau, though Valerie remained to stay behind once the arrival of the Huntress caused Beau's wound to reopen. Later Bonnie assisted Valerie in the spell to continue to create a focus of magic strong enough to attract Alaric's unborn children, who were at the time siphoning Caroline's vampirism and making it impossible for the Doctors to perform a C-section.

Sacrificial Channeling Spell: A spell that allows a witch to kill and channel the power and strength of a supernatural creature. The spell requires the sacrifice(s) to be placed within a symbol drawn on the ground. The process is normally fatal although in the case of Original vampires, the spell desiccates them when enacted.

Incantation: Symbole du masque et de l'ombre, embrace-toi. Embrace-toi.

Requirements: Sacrificial Magic

Used by: In Dance Back from the Grave, Papa Tunde performed this spell on a large number of vampires, including the Original vampire, Rebekah Mikaelson to fuel his strength. While the spell killed all of the non-original vampires and only provided Tunde with a finite amount of power, it did, however, desiccate Rebekah, providing him with an infinite power source. Later, a similar, yet altered (using a different symbol) spell was used by Finn Mikaelson, possessing Vincent Griffith, on his parents for power in Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire. The difference in this spell is that Esther, who was a vampire, was not killed as a result of the spell like the victims of Tunde. Eva Sinclair intended to use a similar version on multiple New Orleans Witches to complete The Rite of Nines. She continued to gather her targets in They All Asked For You. As she linked each target she would carve a sacrificial symbol on their foreheads, whom she would sacrifice once she had all the necessary components in Exquisite Corpse.

Disruption Spell: The spell will neutralize all forms of magic in a certain place exactly for one minute. This includes all forms of spells and magical objects.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: A circle of salt, 4 candles

Used by: In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, Davina and Kol performed this spell to disrupt Finn's boundary spell for a minute.

Overpowering Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to channel a great amount of power from different sources and pass it onto an already strong power source to overload the witch channeling that power source. The targeted witch will then be forced to either break the link to their power source, which would leave them weakened, or die from the overwhelming power.

Incantation: Los triforce comète. Los triforce comète.

Requirements: Various sources of power to be channeled, such as the dark magic of Dark Objects or and Original through Sacrificial Magic

Used by: In The Devil is Damned, Kol and Rebekah Mikaelson performed this spell together to force Finn to break his link to his sacrificial offerings (Mikael and Esther). By overloading his power source with the channeled power of dozens of dark objects (including the white oak stake) as well as Klaus himself acting as a sacrificial offering and an endless supply of magic, Rebekah and Kol were able to overload Finn's magic. Had he not cut himself off from his sacrifices, he would have disintegrated from the inside out.

Safe-house Spell: A powerful spell that uses a traditional blessing in conjunction with a disruption spell to prevent the use of magic within the boundaries and form a barrier against anyone who wishes to do harm upon a witch. It was powerful enough to last even after the caster's death and warrant Dahlia's wary.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Line of salt to dictate the boundary

Used by: In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, the Witch Regent, Josephine LaRue performed this spell on St. James Infirmary at the request of Elijah to protect Hope from Dahlia. The spell turned the location into a safe house protecting those inside from magic that was meant to do harm.

Moroccan Disempowerment Spell: A spell that allows a witch to disable the magic of other witches other than the caster within an area marked by bone totems in addition to, trapping a target within a boundary. Once activated, the hung totems begin to rattle.

Incantation: Mithil rata dans hofos. Mithil rata dans hofos. Mithil rata dans hofos.

Requirements: Bone Totems, Target

Used By: In Beautiful Mistake, the Moroccan Witch prepared the spell on her room at the request of the Strix to trap Rebekah and ensure Freya could not do any magic to help.

Empowering Spell: A spell that allows one witch, as a spirit, to strengthen the magic of another witch.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Consent of the dead witch spirit

Used by: In Savior, Finn Mikaelson, as a spirit who was trapped inside of Freya's Talisman, performed this spell to empower Freya with his magic so she could save Rebekah. It's also worthy to note that Freya was attempting to channel him prior, though he fought her, denying her his power, as he thought that saving her or any of his vampire siblings wasn't worth the effort. Furthermore, even with Finn's magic and Elijah's blood, she nearly succumbed to the poison that was meant to kill her until Jackson arrived with the antidote. Even with the proper ingredients, the antidote to her poison, and Finn's magic, it wasn't enough to completely reverse the Insanity Curse.

Safe-House Disenchantment Spell: A powerful spell that wears away the protective magics of a spell that disables magic meant to do harm, thus allowing magic to flourish once again.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Six white candles, chalk hand prints

Used by: In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, Van Nguyen as the new Regent and channeling the Ancestors performs a spell on the safe house at St. James Infirmary to wear away the magic that prevented harm by magic so that Kol would be free to lose control and attack innocents. The spell acted as a countdown as the magic wore aware of the original spell, each candle lighting as the spell progressed. Should all six candles be lit, it would indicate the spell's completion.

Davina and Vincent's Disenchantment Spell: A powerful spell that disrupts and counters the effects of disruption magic.

Incantation: Anpae kata sispann dife

Requirements: Two or more witches

Used by: In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, Davina and Vincent performed the spell over the altar where Van performed his disruption spell to counter the effects of the Safe-House Disenchantment Spell.

Tapping into The Ancestral Well of Magic Spell: An extremely powerful spell that allows a non-ancestral witch to tap into and use the ancestral magic that is typically only granted by the ancestral spirits to the Regent. The spell is performed forcefully and requires a conduit between two planes of existence.

Incantation: An et ne van ça le eu. Che ke ça le aun

Requirements: Conduit between two planes (dead ancestral witch with a foothold)

Used by: In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Freya forcefully performed this spell through Davina's spirit, who had been manifested through a Hand of Glory. Even in spirit form, the amount of magic that was passing through Davina caused her to suffer as her eyes and nose started bleeding.

Sacrificial Empowering Spell: An extremely dark spell that calls for sacrificial magic to imbue the caster with incredible magic, though it requires the sacrifice of something that is "truly loved". The Sacrificial Magic Instruction manual details this specific spell and the sacrifices are not made to the Ancestors of New Orleans but something darker and far older. Presumably, a more potent form of this spell uses totems, personal artifacts, of it's victim that draws their life from them.

Incantation: Donnez moi fortitudo, Apporte moi potestatem!

Requirements: Totems for each target, Sacrificial Magic with a "true" sacrifice.

Used by: In Haunter of Ruins, it was revealed that Vincent, then eventually Eva, utilized this magic to gain power. It would eventually twist Eva into the person she was upon her death; seeking out children to sacrifice in the name of power. Vincent would later encounter the unnamed Zealot that kidnapped four children, including Adam Folsom, attempting to sacrifice their lives for a dark entity that has yet to be revealed.

Representational Totem Channeling Spell: A representational spell that uses a totem to represent a dark power. By channeling the totem, it allows one access to a witch spirit's magic, giving the caster knowledge otherwise not known. This spell also leaves the casting witch vulnerable to the spirit being called upon through the represented totem.

Incantation: Din merkke otimo sekre

Requirements: Representational Magic and Totem of the Witch Spirit

Used by: In I Hear You Knocking, Freya performed this spell to access the Hollow, it's magic and to perceive it's intentions for Klaus and Marcel. This left her open to its darkness though it remains to be seen if she was affected by the Hollow. While in a trance-like state while chanting, the Hollow manifested itself as a ball of light and Keelin intervened, saving her.

Disempowerment Boundary Spell: A spell that is able to neutralize a witch's magic while bound within a small radius of intertwined vines. Once a witch enters the circle, they cannot leave on their own volition.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Vines

Used by: In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Freya performed this spell to trap and interrogate Dominic for info to stop the Hollow.

Magic Bestowal Spell: A spell that bestows magic upon a Mother's unborn baby during her pregnancy.

Incantation: Neltoca teoyohtica... Neltoca teoyohtica

Requirements: Sage, bird feather

Used by: In Voodoo in My Blood, the tribe Elders of an unnamed Native American Indian tribe of witches bestowed magic upon the child that would become known as "The Hollow" over the course of her mother's pregnancy of nine month.