Aunt Rhenda's Seven Layer Dip Spell

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 The Seven Layer Dip Spell (For Removing Toxic People Without Breaking a Sweat)

Let me tell you a little something about self-care, sugar. It’s not just face masks and herbal tea—it’s boundary work, spirit work, and occasionally, if you're my late Aunt Rhenda, a jar spell that could set a Baptist revival back on its heels.

I want to talk today about the power of removal. Not the gentle, “we just grew apart” kind. I mean full-scale energetic eviction of toxic people from your life. The ones who chip away at your peace, question your worth, or play sweet just long enough to plant seeds of doubt. You know the ones.

These people drain your joy, block your growth, and leave you feeling like you’ve been emotionally mugged. And if you’re still making space for them? You’re not making enough space for yourself.

Enter: Aunt Rhenda’s Seven Layer Dip Spell.

Now when I first saw this recipe in her old book of workings, I thought, “Ooh! Party food!” But one glance at the ingredients and I knew: this was no appetizer.

📖 The Goose Incident

Let’s rewind to one of Rhenda’s more memorable moments. There was a preacher’s wife—she called her The Goose—who fluttered into town all sweet tea and scripture, but beneath that buttercream frosting was a razorblade. Goose whispered gossip in Bible study circles and passed judgment in the name of “concern.”

“She was whispering about that girl who missed service,” Rhenda wrote. “Saying she was off ‘taking care of a little nuisance’... meaning an abortion, the way she told it.”

Goose stirred poison like it was sweetener in her coffee—and it spread. The congregation fractured. People stopped showing up. Even her poor husband’s reputation suffered.

That’s when Aunt Rhenda decided it was time for the Seven Layer Dip.

🧵 Spellcraft in a Jar

Under a dark moon and in Saturn’s hour, Rhenda stitched up a poppet in Goose’s likeness. Every needle prick carried a prayer—no, a reckoning. She named the harm, the manipulation, the deceit. She spoke the truth into every thread.

Then she layered the jar:

  1. Black Sand – for grounding and severing

  2. Black Salt – protection and banishment

  3. Graveyard Dirt – the wisdom and silence of the dead

  4. Manure – ‘cause some folks need to sit in the stink they make

  5. Rue – for sorrow and purification

  6. Devil’s Shoestring – to trip up malicious intent

  7. Willow Fronds – to bend, not break

Then she added the bite:

  • Asafoetida (or Sulfur)

  • Red Chilis or Scotch Bonnets

  • Vinegar

  • Ashes from a fire

And topped it all off with:

  • Goofer Dust

  • Pins and Needles

  • Poppy Seeds (for confusion)

  • Coffin Nails

  • Broken Glass

  • Snake Shed

Each layer sealed with truth. No chant. Just Rhenda’s voice, low and firm:

“You’re not welcome. You hurt too many. You’ve got to change, or stay buried.”

She buried that jar in what she called her “burying place.” And then she waited.

🌒 Results, As Reported

Two months later? Goose was “called to serve” on a mission trip to the backwoods of South America.

When she returned a year later, she stood in front of the congregation, tears in her eyes, and apologized. Fully. Honestly. Named her wrongs and asked for forgiveness.

Three weeks later, the bishop reassigned her and her husband to a tiny church in nowhere, Montana.

Aunt Rhenda never gloated. Just folded her hands, nodded, and said, “That’s the work.”



🔥 The Moral of the Spell

Removing toxic people isn't always pretty. It doesn’t come with confetti and closure. But sometimes, if you want to reclaim your peace, you need to set a strong boundary—with a little smoke and salt if necessary.

This spell isn’t about vengeance—it’s about alignment. It’s about making space in your life for truth, for love, for people who don’t smile while slicing you up with their words.

So the next time someone’s pulling a Goose in your life, remember: you don’t have to fight them.

You just have to seal the jar and bury it deep.

And maybe, just maybe… call on Aunt Rhenda.

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