The Powwow Guy

Pow-wow is great for minor aches and pains or the type of injuries and mishaps that might occur throughout the normal course of your day; such as scrapes, cuts, bruises, minor burns, headaches, and so forth.

Here are some quick Pow-wow techniques that you can use either on yourself or on someone else to take care of those daily accidents and get you through to bedtime in one piece.

Some quick tips to remember:

-Your faith in God is what powers the work you do.

-Stay calm and relaxed in a minor emergency situation.

-Repeat the spoken parts of the charms for a total of three times unless otherwise noted.

-At the end of each charm, seal the healing with the words "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen" and make the sign of the cross over the affected area with the thumb of your right hand.

Headaches

-Nothing can ruin a perfectly good day faster than a headache.  Try this Pow-wow charm for relieving headache pain.

Place hands on forehead and say

"Tame thou flesh and bone, like Christ in Paradise, and who will assist thee, this I tell thee (name) for your repentance sake."

Minor Burns

-blow gently on the affected area with three quick, light breaths, then say:

"Burn I blow on thee"

To Stop Bleeding

-Hold hands over affected area and say:

"This is the day on which the injury happened.  Blood, thou must stop, until the Virgin Mary brings forth another son."

For general pain, mostly that of arthritis or sore joints

-massage affected area while saying:

"Pain, I order thee out of the bones and into the flesh; out of the flesh and upon the skin; out of the skin and into the wilds of the forest"

For snake bite (hey, you never know!)

"God has created all things and they were good,

Thou only, serpent, art damned.

Cursed be thou and thy sting!"

For Sprains

Massage the affected area gently while saying:

"Christ hung on the cross in pain,

and thy leg (or whatever) has got the sprain,

As His hanging hurt him not,

So thy sprain will not hurt thee."

(I realize that last line seems like it should rhyme, but it doesn't, so there you go)

For Bruises and Pain

Hold hands over or on affected area:

"Bruise, thou shalt not heat;

Bruise, thou shalt not sweat;

Bruise, thou shalt not run,

No more than the Virgin Mary shall bring forth another son."

For more techniques, see the Healing Charms page!