Devil's Shoestring

Devil’s Shoestring(Smilax bona-nox)Product descriptionDevil’s Shoestring is the binding root of protection and justice magic. Its wiry, fibrous root threads entangle malevolent forces and secure blessings—lay lengths of dried root across thresholds to bind away harm, steep them in a purifying ritual bath to seal energetic cracks, or weave them into cordage for talismanic charms that hold your intentions fast.Folklore StoryIn Southern folk magic, families hung Devil’s Shoestring under their porches to bind away gossip and ill will. One tale tells of a schoolteacher whose reputation was unjustly maligned; she braided the root into her hair each day, and by week’s end the rumors had unraveled, restoring her honor—earning the root its reputation as “Truth’s Lasso.”AttributesGender: MasculinePlanet: SaturnElement: EarthPowers: Binding, Protection, Justice, Banishing, TruthPairings & UsesCandles: Embed root strands with crushed black peppercorn and dried rue into black or deep brown wax