Spells and Rituals

One of the defining characteristics of a witch is their ability to cast spells; a "spell" being the word used to signify the means employed to carry out a magical action. A spell could consist of ritual action, a set of words, a verse, or any combination of these, many of which are archived in books known as Grimoires. Spells are bound by Nature and can range from simple to complex, depending on the need of the casting witch. Nature demands balance and as such, every spell has a loophole, no matter what magic is used to cast the spell.

For reasons unknown, the majority of spells used by practitioners of Traditional Magic and Spirit Magic are spoken in an ancient language very similar to Latin. However, witches who practice other forms of magic have been known to use spells in different languages; for example, the Nine Covens of New Orleans, which practices Ancestral Magic, performs their spells in French or French Creole, while the Travelers, practicing Traveler Magic, typically perform their spells in a language similar to Czech. Dahlia and Freya Mikaelson have shown to perform spells using a yet to be identified ancient magic in Old Norse, similar to modern-day Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Danish and Swedish.

Biological Spells
Biological spells allow witches to affect the organic tissue of a living being by changing the state of a body and its natural processes. Although it is most commonly used for healing, other spells can be used to paralyze the body or preserve the recently deceased. Under extremely rare circumstances, it can be utilized to rapidly advance the age or completely alter the state of life.


 * Pain Reduction Spell: A spell that can be used to reduce the physical pain of another person. While the pain diminishes, the spell, however, does not have any real healing properties.
 * Incantation: Asinta Mulaf Hinto, Sho Bala.
 * Used by: In Masquerade, Bonnie Bennett performed this spell on Elena, to reduce the pain of the injuries the latter suffered because of the spell that linked her to her doppelgänger, Katherine.


 * Healing Spell: A spell that can instantaneously heal the injuries of a person through the use of magic much like vampire blood. It is capable of healing someone from a severe car crash. Such spells can be performed at different levels of speed and effectiveness. Given the tedious nature of this type of spell, most occurrences have been performed non-verbally or off-screen.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Used by: Emily Bennett practiced healing spells although Damon states in The Return it took her years to learn to use them. Over a century later, Bonnie Bennett, her descendant also showed a high proficiency of performing healing spells during her time of practicing Expression. In Pictures of You and Graduation, she rapidly recovered from a vampire's bite and skin burns, respectively, nearly healing instantaneously. Freya Mikaelson has shown to be highly proficient in healing spells using it three times; in Sanctuary, she healed Rebekah's broken hand and twice, to heal the deceased bodies of Vincent Griffith (I Love You, Goodbye), whose body had been badly charred in an explosion, and Eva Sinclair (Ashes to Ashes), whose throat had been slashed. In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Dahlia performed a similar spell on the former Regent, Josephine LaRue, breaking the curse that laid upon and crippled her hands. In Haunter of Ruins, Hope healed the broken wing of a butterfly (once she removed the bracelet to suppress her magic). Hayley also mentions that she knew of Hope's tendencies to heal injured fireflies.


 * Paralysis Spell: A spell used to paralyze a target's body, including even those of vampires, which has the effect of preventing them from moving at all.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Used by: In Disturbing Behavior, Gloria performed this spell on Stefan Salvatore to prevent him from moving so that she could extract information from him about Elena, whom she saw in a vision with Esther's Talisman.


 * Preservation Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to preserve their own or the body of another being. Such a spell protects the deceased's body from any form of decay indefinitely.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In Dangerous Liaisons, Esther tells Elena that the witch Ayana performed this spell on her at the point of the latter's death so that she may one day return to her body and undo the vampire plague she created. In Live Through This, it was revealed that a similar spell was used on Julian's body. Presumably cast by the Heretics, they hoped to one day reunite his trapped spirit, within the phoenix stone, with his body.


 * Sleeping Beauty Spell: A spell that allows a witch to induce a mystical coma onto a target whose waking time is tied to another's death. The target's body is kept at perfect health and preserved until they wake up. The spell ensured that with the caster's death, became irreversible and that should the spell be tampered with, as to exploit a loophole, both linked targets shall die.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target, Blood of linked individual
 * Used by: In I'm Thinking Of You All The While, Kai performed this spell, which was suggested by Lily Salvatore; sending Elena into a preserved sleep, linking both her life and that of Bonnie's. So long a Bonnie was alive, Elena would stay asleep. Kai wanted, in part, to make Damon suffer by making him choose between his best friend and his girlfriend.


 * Blood Gathering Spell: A simple spell that enables a witch to telekinetically gather and collect the blood of a specific target to one point, whether it is the witch's blood or that of another.
 * Davina's Incantation: Venez sanguis. Venez sanguis, Venez sanguis la force de la bête à moi.
 * Finn's Incantation: Unknown
 * Vincent's Incantation: Venez sanguinem au moi
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic (Davina/Vincent), Target's blood
 * Used by: In From a Cradle to a Grave, Davina used this spell to gather what was left of Klaus's blood that splattered on a car not too far from the Abattoir. She did this in an attempt to save as many vampires as she can from the poison of the werewolf bite, but what she collected was only enough for a single vampire, who was given to Josh. In Heart Shaped Box, Finn, to save his sister's life, used his magic, while trapped within her pendant, to draw the blood from her wound upwards through the coffin and the ground so that she could be detected by Klaus. In No More Heartbreaks, Vincent performs a similar spell to collect what remains of Lucien's blood in an attempt to heal the poisoned Cami.


 * Fertility Spell: An unknown ritual related to fertility.
 * Incantation: In Unum Edito, Dominus Sae Domina. Cuplas Sino Liberos.
 * Requirements: A witch's talisman
 * Used by: In Wheel Inside the Wheel, Dahlia performed this unknown spell over a fire in her cottage while she was holding her necklace.


 * Metamorphosis Spell: An extremely rare and unique spell that can only be accomplished with comparable magical strength. At the most complex form of this spell, complete transmogrification can be performed. This is considered the most advanced form of all biologically-related spells.
 * Incantation: Non-verbal
 * Requirements: Extremely powerful and advanced magic
 * Used by: To date, this spell has only been accomplished twice, in two variations, with the latter at the most complex stage. The witch that performed the magic to accomplish such feats was Freya while she was linked to Dahlia through her unique form of connective magic and while her magic was augmented through Dahlia's immortality slumber spell. In The Devil is Damned, Freya accelerated the growth of a caterpillar causing it to undergo complete metamorphosis into a butterfly in mere seconds. In Exquisite Corpse, at the most complex level seen, Freya transmogrified or completely altered, the form of the former witch Lenore, who was possessed by Esther, into a flock of starlings. Once altered the birds continued to live on and fly away for a few seconds, then each began to die one by one. Whether the death of the starlings was caused by Freya or through the transmogrification process, it remains to be seen. With the body destroyed in the process, Lenore was unable to be consecrated while Esther's spirit returned to the Ancestral plane. To date, no other witch has been able to perform such spells including Freya, as Dahlia's connective magic and magical augmentations have been removed.


 * Corruption Detection Spell: A spell that allows a witch to test for magic infused in a target's body.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Blood of the Target
 * Used by: In Behind the Black Horizon, Davina, fearing for Kol, performed this spell on his blood and found that the Ancestors corrupted her resurrection spell and infused him with their magic.


 * Substance Concentration Spell: A spell that allows the casting witch to concentrate a substance, in this case, the Beast Serum, to a localized point within a biological system, specifically, Aurora's heart.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Vincent performed this spell on Aurora to concentrate the Beast serum into her heart. Once localized, he'd be able to extract the serum from her. He also claimed that for the spell to work it would take a "little while", at least less than a day, to concentrate the serum. Eventually, he was successful in removing the serum from Aurora, only in turn to give it to Marcel, who became the Beast of prophecy.


 * Sleeping Beauty Reversal Spell: A direct reversal spell to break the mystically induced coma and life-link between two individuals without triggering the curse's secondary effect; to immediately cause death to the linked individuals.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Linked Target(s), Various Herbs, Candles, Grimoires
 * Used by: In I Was Feeling Epic, Bonnie broke Kai's sleeping spell by reverse engineering his original spell and woke Elena from her mystical slumber. Bonnie admits it took some time to break the spell, though the exact explanation as to how she circumvented the original spell's "loophole-free" nature and not to cause instant death to her or Elena, is unknown.


 * Confirmation Spell: A spell that utilizes blood of a target to confirm whether or not if other individuals are linked to them.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Blood of the Target
 * Used by: In Gather Up the Killers, Marcel asked Vincent to confirm whether or not Elijah had died since his sireline had not been killed off. Upon doing so, he confirmed that Elijah and his siblings were anchored to Klaus' life.


 * Beast Anti-Venom Spell: A direct cure to the lethal strain of engineered werewolf venom that was included in the magical concoction to create the Beast's enhanced bite.
 * Incantation: La candidat au somme la toxique cantus
 * Requirements: The Seven individual strains of Werewolf venom, five dark objects, chalk seven-pointed star, seven candles, linked target's blood
 * Instructions: A seven-pointed star is drawn on the ground and seven candles are placed just within each point of the star. Each of the seven strains of werewolf venom is placed at each point outside of the star. The witch infuses the linked target's blood with their magic, of which she amplifies by using unknown dark objects.
 * Used by: In Gather Up the Killers, Freya reversed engineered a cure by combining the seven strains of werewolf toxin and Klaus' blood into a mystical anti-venom to rub over the bites of Elijah and Kol. With all of the ingredients, she had enough for a small bowl of anti-venom; a single dose, each, and no more.


 * Liquid Gathering Spell: A spell that allows the casting witch to gather and concentrate a liquid, such as tears, into a small vial.
 * Incantation: Les lames colligo. Ad me gluttuli.
 * Requirements: Target liquid
 * Used by: In Til the Day I Die, Davina performed this spell to collect Hope's tears as an ingredient to another spell.


 * Lineage Spell: A spell that tests the blood to determine whether magic is present in any form. Variations in this spell reveal ancestors.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target's blood
 * Used by: In Malivore, Emma left this spell with Hope so that she could perform the spell on Landon to determine if he was supernatural in some way. After performing the spell, she concludes that Landon has zero magic in his bloodline. Emma points out that most humans have at least some trace of magical blood in their veins from a far-flung ancestor, but by all accounts of Alaric's tests, Landon does not. In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent, Landon reveals that he had Josie perform a lineage spell on Rafael while he was trapped in wolf-form. He wanted to see if he had any ancestors who might know how to turn him back into his human form.


 * Ailment Resistance Spell: A spell that directly affects the constitution of the casting witch, enabling them to resist certain physical ailments.
 * Incantation: Resistus maledi.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In There's a Mummy on Main Street, Josie, Lizzie, and Hope confronted a mummy. The mummy attacked first with a plague of hornets but the witches cast a bubble boundary spell to protect themselves. The mummy retaliated with another attack to cause Hope and Lizzie to vomit up beetles, effectively incapacitating the two and preventing them from casting more spells. Josie, however, was quick on her feet and performed this spell to resist the mummy's 'curse' and remained unaffected, allowing her to defeat the mummy with a fire spell.


 * Heartbeat Control Spell: A spell that allows the casting witch to control the rate of another person's heartbeat, as to keep them calm. Another similar spell helps one to regular their breath.
 * First Incantation: Tardus pulsatio.
 * Second Incantation: Corum spiritus
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do, Emma performed this first spell on Rafael, who was experiencing "lunar psychosis", to keep him calm. She indicated that Rafael's mind was in flux, between his wolf and human state, which made it difficult to access his memories due to a premature revision back into his human form. What Rafael needed most was for his mind to be surrounded by things that are familiar to him and connect him to his humanity and not his lycanthropy. Emma performed this second spell while placing her hand over his heart which caused him to take a deep, calming breath.


 * Strength Augmentation Spell: A spell that allows the casting witch to alter the strength of another person.
 * Incantation: Viribus.
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know, Josie siphoned magic from Landon and performed this spell on him to help him with his self-confidence before they stated their annual charity football game. Questioning what she had done, Josie hands him a football and has him see for himself. He throws the ball clear across the field and strikes the Mystic Fall High School bus, cracking the glass panels of the door.


 * Pigmentation Spell: A spell that changes the pigmentation of one's skin.
 * Incantation: Pellis tinctura.
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, a young Alyssa Chang turned Lizzie and Josie's skin pastel purple when they wouldn't give her a flower that Caroline gave them.


 * Moratorium Spell: A spell that alters the perception of time while delaying one's activities, so that the targets will move in slow motion.
 * Incantation: Morator
 * Requirements: Target(s)
 * Used by: In What Cupid Problem?, Alyssa performed this spell on MG and Kaleb, seemingly and effectively slowing them down in time to make them move in slow motion. This spell was enough to defy physics as when MG jumped the banister railings, he did so in slow motion. The spell was stopped when Kym knocked Alyssa unconscious.


 * Humanity Spell: A spell that restores a vampire's humanity, should they have switched it off.
 * Incantation: Non-verbal
 * Requirements: Vampire
 * Used by: In You Can't Save Them All, Josie, corrupted by dark magic, forcefully restores Jade's humanity.

Boundary and Sealing Spells
Boundary spells allow witches to erect invisible barriers surrounding a set space for a set amount of time, preventing beings from entering or leaving the said location. However, they do not affect inanimate objects. Several Boundary Spells are tied to astrological events such as lunar or solar phases.

Sealing spells are a more potent form of boundary spells, especially when coupled with the casting witch's blood. When this is done, the spells are nearly impossible to break unless they are from the same bloodline.


 * Tomb Sealing Spell: A powerful spell used to entrap vampires within a certain area. Furthermore, the spell would seal the door to prevent anyone from opening the door to the tomb.
 * Requirements: Emily's Talisman, a Comet (original); two descendant witches, Pentagram, 5 Torches
 * Used by: On September 25, 1864, Emily Bennett performed this spell upon Fell's church to save the tomb vampires from burning. In History Repeating, Damon revealed this information to Stefan, telling him that Katherine and the other vampires had been spared. In Fool Me Once, Sheila and Bonnie Bennett performed this spell to both lower and raise the seal that bound vampires to the tomb. Given the powerful nature of the spell, it proved to be exhausting to perform and Sheila claimed there was no guarantee that they could get the spell back up again after they lowered it. While the vampires did escape the tomb, it was later proven in Masquerade that they were, in fact, able to raise the seal that was capable of binding vampires within the tomb. However, it should be noted that the spell was considerably weakened as it would allow vampires to enter. Unlike Emily's original spell, this spell was also performed without the aid of a comet.


 * Tomb Sealing Counter Spell: A spell that can reverse the effects of the Tomb Spell. When performing the spell, the boundary can be lowered. In doing so, it can allow vampires to enter, but not leave. With enough magic, the seal can be lifted, breaking the boundary completely allowing vampires to enter and leave freely.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Salves Nas Ex Malon, Terra Mora Vantis Quo Incandis, Et Vasa Quo Ero Signos.
 * Requirements: Pentagram drawn on the ground, Four torches representing Earth, Air, Fire, Water, A bottle of water; A full moon,
 * Used by: In Fool Me Once, Sheila and Bonnie Bennett performed this spell to "open" the tomb since the Bennett Talisman, the tomb's "key", was destroyed. The original spell was impossible to break unless one knew exactly how it was created 145 years prior by Emily Bennett. This proved true as Sheila stated that opening the door didn't remove the seal that bound vampires within the tomb. However, as descendants of Emily, she and Bonnie were able to use this spell to lower and temporarily remove the seal though it proved to be an exhausting and powerful spell to put the seal back up. In Rose, Bonnie confirmed that it took both Sheila and herself to undo Emily's spell. Despite this, and the weakened spell freeing the tomb vampires, over time the spell remained intact after Sheila and Bonnie resealed the tomb. This proved to be true in Masquerade when Stefan and Damon used the tomb to imprison Katherine. After Jeremy was taken hostage by Katherine in the tomb after a failed attempt to retrieve the moonstone, Bonnie attempted to perform this spell again in The Sacrifice. To have enough power to perform the spell, she channeled Luka Martin. However, after Luka started to suffer from Bonnie's spell, Jonas broke her connection to his son, preventing Bonnie from lowering the seal. In By the Light of the Moon, Elijah and Elena reached a peaceful agreement to which she requested Stefan's release from the tomb. Elijah tasked Jonas with lifting the spell. At the time, as a more skilled witch than Bonnie, he and Luka both channeled the full moon and they were able to lift the seal, a full day after Bonnie's attempt. However, it should be noted that the original spell had been greatly weakened as this was the third attempt at lowering the spell. Furthermore, it currently remains unknown whether or not the original spell remains in effect as direct descendants of Emily could not completely remove the spell, even though the Martin witches were able to lift the spell to release Stefan.


 * Bennett Sealing Spell: A unique spell of the Bennett witch bloodline that utilizes their magic (or blood) to make a potent sealing spell near impossible to break without the specific ingredients.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos veras nos ex malom. Terra mora vantis quo incandis per vasa quo errum signos
 * Requirements: A Bennett Witch
 * Used by: In Masquerade, Bonnie Bennett cast this spell on a room in the Lockwood Mansion that would trap Katherine, Stefan, and Damon so that none of the guests are aware of the fight to kill her. She later adapted the spell again to prevent humans, Elena and Alaric, from leaving the location in By the Light of the Moon and The Sun Also Rises, respectively. In Bringing Out The Dead, it is revealed that Abby Bennett Wilson performed this, or a similar spell on Mikael's tomb after desiccating him. It is unknown how the spell was lifted for Katherine to locate and free Mikael. In Graduation, Bonnie sealed the boiler room under the High School to prevent Kol, recently released Ghost from the Other Side while the veil was down, from stopping her from putting the veil back up. In I'm Thinking Of You All The While Bonnie performed this spell on the Salvatore crypt, which housed Elena's coffin so that her body would be protected from vampires seeking the cure. This spell was destroyed when the Heretics siphoned away the spell. In Somebody That I Used to Know, it is revealed that Virginia had Lucy Bennett perform the same spell on the The Armory's Vault, sealing it shut so that no other witch except a Bennett could unseal. In Kill 'Em All, Bonnie, after unsealing the vault, performed this spell on the Armory itself, sealing the entire building, so that whatever was released from the vault could not escape. The spell was later siphoned away by Lizzie and Josie. Note: In all known uses, the incantation was only ever performed on screen once, performed by Bonnie in Kill 'Em All.


 * Bennett Unsealing Spell: A direct counterspell to undo the Bennett Sealing spell, of which only a Bennett witch is capable of performing.
 * Incantation: Terra Mora Vantis Quo Incandis, per Vasa Quo Errum Signos. Phasmatos selvus Terra Mora Vantis Quo Incandis, per Vasa Errum Quo Signos. Phasmatos selvus nos ex malom terra mora Vantis Quo Incandis per Vasa Quo Errum Signos. Terra Mora Vantis Quo Incandis.
 * Requirements: Bennett Witch
 * Used by: In Masquerade, Lucy Bennett cast this or a variant counterspell to remove Bonnie's boundary spell in the Lockwood Mansion. In Kill 'Em All, Bonnie performed this spell on the Armory's Vault, opening it for Alex.


 * Unsealing Spell: A spell that enables an enchanted door, or something that has been magically sealed, to open.
 * Bonnie's First Incantation: Phasmatos Siprum, Emnis Abortum, Fasila Quisa Exilum San.
 * Bonnie's Second Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Melan Veras, Et Vasa Quisa, Exu Quisa.
 * Used by: In Our Town and The Ties That Bind, respectively, Bonnie Bennett performed these spells upon Esther's magically sealed coffin to try and unseal them, though the spells failed. In Bag of Cobras, Freya used a non-verbal form of this spell to unseal a storage unit that contained stuff from Hayley's childhood and parents.


 * Doorway Sealing Spell: A spell used to lock and seal the doors of a room.
 * Bonnie's Incantation: Vis porta.
 * Hope's Incantation: Claudo te.
 * Hope's Second Incantation: Vis sera portus
 * Emma's Incantation: Vis sera portus
 * Alyssa's Incantation: Unknown
 * Used by: In Live Through This, Bonnie Bennett used this spell to seal a doorway when she and Enzo were running from Oscar. It is also possible that she used the same spell to seal the Salvatore Crypt in which Elena's body was placed. Both spells were eventually siphoned away. In Death Keeps Knocking On My Door, Hope, upset with Alaric, performed this spell to lock him inside his office so that she could confront the Necromancer. In We're Gonna Need A Spotlight, Hope performed her second incantation on the Salvatore school's auditorium doors when the mind-controlling slugs infected the majority of the students and began to chase after her and Landon. She stated that the spell would hold the 'pod people' for now and when the temporary effects of the spell began to wear off, Emma reinforced the spell with the added chains that Dorian applied to hold back the infected students. In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, Alyssa spelled the doorknob to "do not disturb" so she could make out with Jed.


 * Room Isolation Spell: A minor boundary spell to seal a room. The spell erects an invisible barrier to prevent specified targets from leaving or to enable certain ones to enter.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Freya's Incantation: Apné sà mene
 * Used by: Liv Parker would perform a similar spell, in While You Were Sleeping and The Day I Tried To Live, so that Elena could not feed on innocents and again so that Damon and Elena could not stop her from taking revenge on Kai, respectively. Nora performed a similar spell within the Salvatore house to prevent Caroline from leaving the room they tortured her in. She would later give the spell 'slack' telling Caroline that she could use some space to stretch her legs, in Never Let Me Go. While the previous spells have been used to entrap vampires specifically, it is not exclusive. In I Was Feeling Epic, Katherine reveals that Kai Parker was kind enough to set that trap, crafting the spell to prevent Elena, a human, from leaving the boiler room. The spell, however, was bound specifically to Elena as Stefan, the recently cured vampire, could come and go as he pleased. Katherine also mentions that Kai could not reverse the spell as he was permanently indisposed (trapped in his new prison world). It is likely, however, that Bonnie broke his spell and freed Elena. In Voodoo Child Freya, using sage, performed her spell on a room in the Abattoir so that Keelin would be safe from the Hollow. Freya claimed that the spell would only allow her entry into the room. In The Feast of All Sinners, Dominic performed this spell within St. Anne's Church, restricting Marcel and Sofya's advances towards him and his master, the Hollow. After they spoke, coming to a truce, he released the spell and allowed them to come forth so that he could bow to the Hollow, who was still possessing Hope.


 * Fire Boundary Spell: The spell allows the witch to trap individuals within a circle of fire. They would be unable to escape, and any attempt to do so would cause a surge in the fire's intensity.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Subjects, Fire
 * Used by: In The Last Day, Greta Martin used this spell during the Sacrifice Ritual to keep the intended sacrifices (Jenna Sommers, Elena Gilbert, and Jules) trapped during the blood sacrifice.


 * Fire Boundary Counter Spell: The spell allows the witch to undo a fire boundary spell, extinguishing the trap.
 * Incantation: Namia Exum Solvos
 * Requirements: Subjects, Fire
 * Used by: In The Sun Also Rises, Greta Martin performed this spell to extinguish one of the fire circles.


 * Sealed Boundary Spell: The spell prevents entry of vampires into a specific location, though other supernatural species (i.e. ghosts, werewolves, and witches) or humans can pass through.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In Ghost World, it was revealed that a boundary spell had been placed at the entryway of the cave deep under Mystic Falls. Given that Klaus was able to inscribe the events of his Mother's murder upon its walls, an unknown witch cast the spell over the cave sometime after the death of 'The Original Witch', Esther. Later, based on Esther's knowledge of the spell, it can be assumed it was cast by her mentor, Ayana, as she was the only other known witch of her village. Furthermore, Esther's possession spell, a witch possessing her daughter's vampiric body, was able to circumvent the bounds, allowing Esther to pass through, as shown in Heart of Darkness.


 * Threshold Spell: An ancient spell that dates back to the creation of vampires. The spell bars entry to vampires into the boundaries of a property or home that is owned by a living person (including witches, werewolves, Doppelgängers, etc.)
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: Though not much is known about the creation of this spell, it was presumably created by the Spirits of Nature that turned against Esther when she created the first vampires. In Ordinary People, Rebekah recounts the consequences of becoming vampires in which she states Neighbors who had opened their homes to us could now keep us out. In Never Let Me Go, Bonnie states to Matt that the reason vampires are unable to cross the threshold of owned property (by the living) was due to magic. It is also worthy to note that there is no known magical loophole to this spell. As the only way to remove the spell is for the owner of the property to die, which has been shown on numerous occasions. Bonnie goes on to state that to reenact the spell and to reseal the house, they'll have to sign over the deed to someone else. Should a vampire be within the bounds of the property of which the deed is signed over to another, the vampires within will be magically and forcibly pulled/pushed from the house, as seen with Stefan and Caroline.


 * Blood-Knot Sealing Spell: A spell unique to the Bennett bloodline that utilizes the power from two generations of witches to seal an object.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Blood from a specific bloodline
 * Used by: In Dangerous Liaisons, Esther reveals that when she died, her friend and mentor, the Witch Ayana, performed this spell upon Esther's coffin after she preserved her body. It is unknown if two generations of witches are required to seal the object, though the spell lasted for nearly 1000 years before two Bennett witches could open the coffin.


 * Blood-Knot Unsealing Spell: An unsealing spell that requires the power of two generations of witches to open a certain object. The two generations of witches have to be directly related descendants, such as a mother and daughter, of the original caster.
 * Incantation: Sigalis Intransium, Exalis Exalis, Omnas Quisa Operum, Sigalis Intransium, Exalis Exalis. Omnaben Libras, Sigalis Intransium, Exalis Exalis. Omnas Quisa Operum, Exalis Exalis.
 * Requirements: 2 generations of witches from the same bloodline (Mother and daughter of the Bennett Bloodline)
 * Used by: In Bringing Out The Dead, Abby and Bonnie Bennett performed this spell upon Esther's coffin, freeing her, by breaking Ayana's original spell.


 * Salt Boundary Spell: This spell creates a barrier that can selectively trap certain species, typically Vampires, within a boundary drawn with salt. The spells used range in power and size, some small enough to trap singular targets whereas others are powerful enough to surround locations as large as an entire school or sections of a large cemetery.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: A line or circle of salt, which acts as the binding agent, is drawn surrounding the area or target
 * Used by: In Do Not Go Gentle, The Original Witch, Esther Mikaelson, used this spell outside of Mystic Falls High School, preventing any vampires from following her and Elena. Humans, however, were able to walk right past it. In Every Mother's Son, Esther, now in Lenore's body, used salt or another unknown powder to facilitate a barrier against Klaus to protect herself. In Ashes to Ashes, Dahlia created a small, localized boundary around herself and Freya so she could kill her and the Original without any interference from either. However, the recently resurrected Esther was able to cross the boundary with ease, suggesting that the boundary was to keep out vampires. In For the Next Millennium, Davina used her magic to draw Hayley to Lafayette Cemetery and used a salt boundary spell to contain her until she could shift back into her human form. In A Ghost Along the Mississippi, Freya cast a salt boundary spell around Aurora, who was heavily drugged and confined within the spell. However, she escaped via Lucien either aided by another witch of his or by one of the numerous dark objects he stole. In Dead Angels, Vincent, as Regent, placed a boundary spell within a portion of Lafayette Cemetery to protect Cami from Klaus. While the spell prevented Klaus (vampires) from entering, the Sister Witches had no issues and were able to cross the salt line. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Freya placed a boundary spell over the tomb that Klaus was in the process of sealing Aurora inside to prevent anyone from releasing her. In No More Heartbreaks, Davina performed a salt boundary spell within Rousseau's when she confronted Lucien. He, however, was easily able to pass over the salt barrier with the assistance of the Ancestors, who rendered the spell useless. In Gather Up the Killers, Vincent, at Marcel's request, crafted a new boundary spell that would allow vampires to enter but unable to leave and strong enough to contain an original, so that Klaus could fight Alistair but not flee the compound. In Haunter of Ruins, Freya contained Keelin in a salt circle bound by numerous candles to keep her safe and to prevent her from fleeing again (or to be set free by Hayley). In I Hear You Knocking, Freya bound Marcel in the same prison that held Klaus and cloaked him to prevent those from his sireline from seeing him. In Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Klaus forces Colette, a witch he kidnapped, to perform a boundary spell around him, herself, Josh, and David as he kidnapped one member of each faction so that they all would be pushed to find Hayley. In There in the Disappearing Light, an unnamed witch working for Emmett cast a boundary spell, bound in salt, around Marcel so that Emmett could exact his venom. Despite the spell being bound in salt, upon the witch's death at the hands of Josh, the spell broke.


 * Boundary Counterspell: A counterspell used to reverse a boundary spell, specifically bound in salt.
 * Incantation: Merabas Hic Libatal, Confremun Signas. Omus Quisa Tentum Exalis, Merabas Hic Libatal. Confremun Signas. Omus Quisa Tentum Exalis.
 * Requirements: 6 candles
 * Used by: In Do Not Go Gentle, Bonnie Bennett has used this spell under Klaus' command in an attempt to reverse the boundary spell performed by Esther around Mystic Falls High School. In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Hope used her magic to release Marcel from Freya's Salt boundary. In Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Colette broke her Salt Boundary spell and freed herself, David, and Josh; she did so without casting a spell. However, once they were freed Klaus killed David and Colette but Josh was saved due to Vincent's intervention.


 * Traveler Sealing Spell: The spell allows the Travelers to seal off a certain location, entrapping anyone within with an invisible barrier.
 * İncantation: Otum adnarvet esnavit atim.
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic
 * Used by: In No Exit, the Travelers, on Wes' request, to seal Enzo and Damon inside a house. They seemed to have control over who could and couldn't leave, however, as they let Enzo out.


 * Sacred Ground Sealing Spell: The spell functions by closing off a certain location to all vampires. The only way they could enter was through an invitation by the witch who cast the spell. The spell remained in effect even after Jane-Anne's death, however, after Sophie's death, the spell was lifted, implying that it was bound to Sophie's life.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic
 * Used by: In Sinners and Saints, it's revealed that Sophie Deveraux cast this spell, shortly following the failed attempt at the Harvest, to seal off Lafayette Cemetery from vampires without an invitation. The spell was seemingly lifted with her death.


 * Confinement Spell: The spell is generally used by witches, specializing in Sacrificial Magic, to protect their sources of power (i.e. sacrifices). A binding circle is drawn using a concoction of various ingredients that form a white powder. When it is drawn on the ground, the spell confines a person or object within the marked space, preventing anyone else from entering. It is a convoluted spell that can be broken by powerful binding agents such as rock salt, volcanic ash, eye of newt, or the blood of a more potent witch.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Sacrificial Magic
 * Used by: In Dance Back from the Grave, Papa Tunde performed this spell on a few unnamed vampires before setting his sights on the Original vampire, Rebekah Mikaelson. When complete, Rebekah was completely immobile (desiccated), and the spell prevented entry so that no one could move her while he was channeling her strength and healing abilities. It was later used by Finn (in possession of Vincent) to protect his father and later his mother whom he was channeling in Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire.


 * Mary-Alice's Boundary Spell: The spell will be bound to an object that is supposed to be pinned down on a gate surrounding the location.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Object as a binding agent
 * Used by: In The Map of Moments, Mary-Alice used this spell to prevent anyone from entering the dowager's house by sticking a doll's head onto the gate.


 * Ancestral Sealing Spell: This spell sealed a set location, barring entry to all, other than that of a witch from the ancestral line of the original witch who cast the spell.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Blood of a Claire (Specific Bloodline) Witch
 * Used by: In Chasing the Devil's Tail, Kol reveals to Davina that Mary-Alice Claire used this spell to prevent anyone, especially Kol, from entering their crypt, known as his 'playhouse', where they created dark objects and schemed against Klaus. Mary-Alice confirmed this to Astrid moments before their realization of being sealed in the Dowager's House.


 * Boundary Manipulation Spell: The spell allows a witch to manipulate the effects of a boundary spell placed by another witch. It can allow the witch to turn around the boundary's effects, for example, a spell that is supposed to keep people out will keep people trapped inside of a certain location.
 * Incantation: Aven safa sa belise, de la mer...
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Binding agent of the original spell
 * Used by: In The Map of Moments, one of Klaus' witch allies used this spell to turn Mary-Alice's spell against her and Astrid by trapping them within the dowager's mansion, as well as to curse the entire place by ensuring that once a person is inside, they can no longer leave.


 * Reinforced Boundary Destruction Spell: A spell that utilized raw magical power to break through (reverse) a complex imprisoning spell placed on a building.
 * First Incantation: Destruccive glas stav enfala. Destruccive glas stav enfala.
 * Second Incantation: Apné en vrata!
 * Third Incantation: Repo oma dal most
 * Requirements: Physical contact with the binding agent
 * Used by: In Sanctuary, Freya used the first spell to free herself, and Rebekah, of the Asylum's manipulated boundary spell, that prevented anyone from leaving, with raw magical power. Though not reinforced, it remained a complex spell that persisted over time, to which Rebekah indicated that it would take a powerful source of magic for her and Cassie to channel to break. In No Quarter, Freya, again used raw magical power by channeling Hayley, used the second spell to weaken Vincent's reinforced boundary spell that had been in place for five years. However, even channeling Hayley and then using her power, she was unable to break the spell, only weakening it enough to free Klaus. In I Hear You Knocking, Freya performed yet another variation of this spell to break through the Hollow's spell that barred entry to the abandoned house where it first appeared. The spell was too strong to break on her own accord and, with Elijah's arrival, she was able to channel him and successfully broke through the spell. In Keepers of the House, Freya attempted the second incantation over a safe in Marcel's penthouse, though the spell failed. Without drawing unwanted attention, by forcing her way into the safe, Keelin said she would use her werewolf instincts and enhanced abilities (from the moonlight ring) to break into the safe.


 * Sacrificial Boundary Spell: A powerful spell that can trap dozens of people inside of a building. If touched, the boundary will severely burn the person trying to pass through. The spell has to be bound to an incredibly powerful sacrifice, something long-lived and indestructible, such as an original vampire.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Powerful sacrifice, used in Sacrificial Magic, as a binding agent
 * Used by: In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, Finn used this powerful spell to trap the werewolves and the vampires inside of the Abattoir by binding the spell to Mikael, an original vampire.


 * Ancestral Boundary Reversal Spell: The spell allows a witch to undo a boundary spell, however, if the boundary spell is bound to a powerful object, reversing it would be impossible without the binding agent. It was later confirmed as the same spell used to disrupt any form of magic.
 * Incantation: Singuinata Venet a Superem
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Two or more witches
 * Used by: In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, Davina and Kol attempted this spell to reverse Finn's boundary spell, however, they were unsuccessful. The most that could be done was to disrupt the spell for a single minute.


 * Finn's Boundary Spell: Through a hand gesture towards the target, the witch can trap a certain person inside of an undetermined space.
 * Incantation: Kembe Po transi
 * Requirements: Sacrificial Magic
 * Used by: In The Devil is Damned, Finn used this spell to prevent Elijah from coming anywhere near him when he came for Hope.


 * Lunar Boundary Spell: The spell will be bound to the moon and will last until the next moonrise.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Moon as a binding agent.
 * Used by: In Le Grand Guignol, Céleste used this spell to only trap the Originals inside of the City of the Dead. Vampires such as Marcel could leave the confinements of the boundary. In Moon Over Bourbon Street, Genevieve later used a similar spell to trap Kieran inside of the attic of St. Anne's so that he would not hurt Cami before his death.


 * Lunar Boundary Counter Spell: The direct counterspell to Céleste's lunar boundary spell.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic while Channeling Céleste's magic
 * Used by: In Farewell to Storyville, Genevieve channeled Céleste's magic, after she had been consecrated, to break her spell to release the Originals from the cemetery.


 * Expression Lunar Boundary Spell: A witch can close off an open space by erecting an invisible barrier simply through focusing, trapping the target inside of the enclosed location. The spell is bound to both the new moon and the casting witch, therefore, it will wear off in three to four days or sooner should something happen to the witch.
 * Requirements: Expression, New Moon
 * Used by: In A View to a Kill, Bonnie used expression to trap Klaus inside the Gilbert's living room after Elena and Jeremy killed his brother, Kol. Bonnie drew on the new moon to bind the spell, thus the spell was temporary and would only last three to four days. In Down the Rabbit Hole, it was proven that when Bonnie almost died, the spell was broken and he was freed.


 * Solar Boundary Spell: The spell is bound to the sun, therefore, the targets will be trapped inside of a certain location until sundown the same day.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Sun as a binding agent
 * Used by: In Handle with Care, Silas used this spell, whom he learned from Qetsiyah, to trap her and Stefan inside of her cabin so that he could find the Anchor's location before she could.


 * Qetsiyah's Imprisonment Spell: The enchanted vines will keep the target in place. The vines can't be broken by anyone until the witch who cast the spell reverses it.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Vines
 * Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah used this spell to subdue Stefan so that she could link him and his doppelgänger, Silas.


 * Expression Tomb Raising Spell: The spell unsealing a powerful tomb spell surrounding an Island simply through focusing.
 * Requirements: Bennett Witch, Expression, Complete Hunter's Mark, Perfectly symmetrical circle
 * Used by: In Down the Rabbit Hole, Bonnie Bennett performed this spell, while using Expression and the completed Hunter's Mark from Jeremy, to open, unseal and reveal the tomb to the world's first immortal, Silas. Specifically, it requires a powerful Bennett witch to perform the spell, a descendant to the witch that originally spelled the tomb.


 * Qetsiyah's Tomb Sealing Spell: The powerful sealing spell that was cast around The Island to prevent Silas from escaping his eternity of desiccation.
 * Requirements: Bennett Witch, Expression (presumably), Perfectly symmetrical circle
 * Used by: Qetsiyah performed this spell, with unknown magic, to seal away the world's first immortal, Silas. This spell was carefully crafted with such unique ingredients, that it was one of the most difficult sealing spells to break, lasting since the first century. In We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes, Shane reveals the origins of Silas's fate and of the spell that entombed him.


 * Sire-Line Boundary Spell: An augmented "invitation" spell that prevents entry of vampires into a certain location, other than vampires of the sire-line whom the spell was cast upon. This particular spell gave sanctuary to a vampire from other vampires like that of Humans owning property.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In You Hung the Moon, Lucien's witch, Alexis, presumably cast this spell on his penthouse suite to prevent the entry of all vampires, other than those from the same sire-line.


 * Rebekah's Boundary Spell: A spell that creates a boundary bound by a circle of salt around a target that the witch wishes to protect, keeping anyone outside from entering the circle.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Circle of Salt, Ring of Candles
 * Used by: In Beautiful Mistake, Rebekah, in Eva Sinclair's body, performed this spell around her original, vampiric body to keep anyone from coming near it.


 * Semipermeable Boundary Spell: A spell that creates a boundary that allows a witch to trap a specific target while allowing anyone else to cross between it. While the bound person cannot leave of their own free will, they can be pulled from the boundary by another.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Circle of Salt, Runes
 * Used by: In The Other Girl in New Orleans, Freya Mikaelson performed this spell on the restrained Tristan de Martel to torture and question him of the whereabouts of their sister, Rebekah. In A Ghost Along the Mississippi, Freya later adapted this spell, in the form of a semicircle from wall to wall, to prevent a transitioning Cami from leaving the compound, at Klaus' request. She later broke the spell so Cami could make her own choice.


 * Barrier Spell: The spell allows a witch to erect a boundary spell quickly in a small vicinity around them. One variant lack preparation or binding agents and maintained by the will of the caster through hand gestures while other forms of this spell can be utilized with a time limit.
 * Freya's Incantation: Non-verbal
 * Penelope's Incantation: Unknown
 * Hope's Incantation: Unknown
 * Josie's Incantation: Inteo
 * Hope's Second Incantation: Clostrum
 * Emma's Incantation: Unknown
 * Hope's Third Incantation: Expello
 * Requirements: Focus
 * Used by: In Behind the Black Horizon, Freya Mikaelson performed this spell to protect her brothers Finn and Elijah from Lucien. This spell was cast with great focus and a hand pose. In Mombie Dearest, Penelope cast the barrier spell on the gymnasium in the Salvatore Boarding School to prevent Rafael, and by extension Hope, from meeting Lizzie during her sweet sixteen birthday party. Penelope states that the spell will last for one hour and then they will be free. Despite Hope's abilities, she was unable to undo the spell claiming that only Penelope could, or either Lizzie or Josie could have siphoned the spell away. In There's a World Where Your Dreams Came True, Hope prepared a barrier spell to trap the next Malivore creature when it would inevitably come to steal the urn. In We're Gonna Need A Spotlight, it's revealed that she tied the spell to a makeshift fence made from sticks and tree limbs. Once the unicorn, carrying the mind-controlling slug past the barrier, it was trapped and, by Hope's account, harmless. Despite that a barrier was in place, the slug-like creature that the unicorn carried had no issue with passing the boundary spell. After Josie was infected, the slug controlled her to remove Hope's spell, by siphoning, so she and Penelope could retrieve the urn. In Since When Do You Speak Japanese?, Josie performed this spell to prevent anyone from entering, or leaving Alaric's office at Mystic Falls High School, except for herself, to protect Landon and Kurutta from the oni. She later reversed the spell to allow Hope to enter. In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent, Hope freed Ryan, whose consciousness was contained in Simulandon, to help her figure out what new Malivore monster was released. However, Ryan claimed that he found another loophole out of his situation and betrayed her. Hope performed this spell to seal him inside one of the rooms at the Salvatore school to find out what he wished for from the Krampus. In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, after the qareen knocks Josie out, Landon states that Emma put up a barrier spell so that the qareen can't escape from the school. In What Cupid Problem?, Hope performed a barrier spell within the school's gymnasium to prevent Pothos from escaping. However, the spell only functioned to prevent him from crossing a wall-to-wall boundary and not encompass the room. This allowed Pothos to fly up and break through the roof. In You Can't Save Them All, Hope performed her third spell to protect herself from Kai, as her previous attack failed and he rushed her with his vampiric speed. Alyssa also performed a similar spell to protect her while she attempted to sever Kai's connection to the 2018 Prison World. After Wendy and Jade were freed from the Prison World, they and Alyssa were moved from the boarding school to the Old Mill and placed behind a barrier spell by Josie.


 * Reinforced Boundary Spell: A powerful and complex spell to imprison a target within a set location, either with salt or within a building.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Salt and candles; House
 * Used by: In Gather Up the Killers, it's revealed that Vincent had placed Klaus behind a powerful boundary spell, to prevent him from leaving or from others from entering, and reinforced it over the five years he was held captive. Its precise function is unclear, as he also mentioned he spelled the chains that restrained him. In I Hear You Knocking, the Hollow cast a similar spell on the abandoned house and blocked Freya's advances. This was done so that Marcel and Klaus would fight to the death and prevent Freya's, or another's interruption. On both occasions, these spells were powerful enough to prevent Freya's entry and she needed time and something to channel to break and/or weaken. In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, the Hollow cast the boundary spell over a room within the LaForge house, where she held Hayley captive and bound it to her protection totem. The spell was impossible for Freya to break and was only released when the protection totem was destroyed by Klaus.


 * Blood Seal Unsealing Spell: A spell that utilizes a witch's blood to directly unseal a sealed object or location.
 * Incantation: Déblotché par mon sang.
 * Requirements: The caster's blood
 * Used by: In No Quarter, Vincent performed this spell on his hidden and magically locked safe to retrieve his journal that contained information on powerful dark magic.


 * Life-Force Linked Boundary Spell: A boundary spell that utilizes a witch's heartbeat to sustain the spell. Should the witch's heart stop, the spell will be broken.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Casting Witch, Sage, Map, Iron/Sand
 * Used by: In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Freya bound this spell to her heartbeat to protect her brother from Hollow's followers. Dominic later learned of the spell's weakness, commenting that it was "old magic", and temporarily killed Freya. Even though Keelin resuscitated her, the spell was already broken.


 * Dominic's Boundary Counterspell: A counterspell to reverse the effects of a boundary spell. However, this spell also was able to release the effects of a glamour spell.
 * Incantation: Libérer à vérité à.
 * Requirements: Trapped Target
 * Used by: In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Dominic performed this spell to free "Marcel", who was Josh who was glamoured, from a boundary spell. The spell's side effect also disrupted the effects of the glamour spell and showed Josh's true form.


 * Bone Boundary Spell: An old spell that utilizes bones to enact a powerful barrier keeping all unwanted targets away from the intended sacrifice.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Sacrificial Magic, Bones; Two candles and an animal skull in the middle, set in each cardinal direction outside a salt circle.
 * Used by: In Queen Death, the Hollow placed Elijah behind this boundary to prevent his family from reaching him before her resurrection was completed. In Phantomesque, the Hollow placed the recently resurrected, Davina within this boundary spell to prevent Kol from reaching her and to use her as leverage to get to him.


 * Bone-Bound Boundary Counterspell: A counterspell to reverse the effects of the Bone-Bound Boundary spell.
 * Incantation: Aubsbeaute an pjons pìns
 * Requirements: Trapped Target
 * Used by: In Queen Death, Freya attempted to break the Hollow's boundary spell though it was too strong for her and she lacked enough time to appropriately dismantle the spell.


 * Rock Boundary Spell: A spell that is bound to a specific structure of four rocks placed atop one another. Should the placement be disrupted, the spell will be undone.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Four Rocks in a vertical structure
 * Used by: In What, Will, I, Have, Left, the Witch working for Greta performed this spell to prevent others from entering and rescuing Hayley from the house known as Shiloh Place.


 * Doorway Unsealing Spell: A spell used to unlock an opening of a passage, whether bound with locks or chains.
 * Incantation: Dissera portus.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In This is the Part Where You Run, Hope used this spell to force open a church where a priest was attempting to exorcise Rafael Waithe, as he thought he was possessed by a demon. In This Year Will Be Different, Hope used this spell again to magically open up a janitor's closet as she hunted from what she believed was a troll.


 * Shield Spell: A spell used to shield the casting witch from an oncoming attack, such as from fire or electricity.
 * Incantation: Scutum.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn, Hope performed this spell to hold back the fire from the unnamed dragon girl while Rafael disengaged her from continuing her fire breath attack. In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Hope performed this spell again to shield herself from Josie's attack. The spell worked, initially, however, Josie's magic quickly overwhelmed Hope.


 * Containment Spell: A spell used to contain a person or entity within a limited boundary.
 * Incantation: Imperium monstrum.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In We're Being Punked, Pedro, after being attacked and chased by a Gargoyle, Lizzie siphoned some magic from the young witch, Pedro and cast this spell to prevent the creature from escaping from the Salvatore Boarding School and out into the world.


 * Containment Reversal Spell: A spell used to reverse the Containment Spell.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In We're Being Punked, Pedro, Josie and Hope returned to the boarding school with news on how to defeat the Gargoyle but learned that a Containment Spell had been cast. To breach the premises, Josie was forced to remove the spell.


 * Basic Boundary Spell: A basic level boundary spell used to contain a person in a small room.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In Mombie Dearest, Emma performed this spell twice to contain the recently resurrected Josette Laughlin. Alaric and Dorian wanted to question Josette, as they believed it was a new creature disguised as Alaric's dead fiancée to steal the supernatural knife. In The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do, Emma mentions that she would seal Rafael in his room to protect the wing of vampires should he shift back into his werewolf form after suffering from lunar psychosis. The spell was siphoned off but either Lizzie or Josie when Hope wanted to free him to look for Landon out in the woods.


 * Bubble Boundary Spell: A bubble-like boundary spell used in a localized area to protect the casting witch(es) and those around them.
 * Incantation: Bulla
 * Requirements: none
 * Used by: In There's a Mummy on Main Street, Josie, Lizzie, and Hope confronted the mummy in Maple Hollows. blocking its path on the main street, the mummy attacked first by creating a plague of hornets. The witches countered the mummy's 'curse' with the bubble boundary spell to protect themselves. The mummy retaliated with another attack to cause Hope and Lizzie to vomit up beetles, effectively incapacitating the two and preventing them from casting more spells. Josie, however, was quick on her feet and performed this spell to resist the mummy's 'curse' and remained unaffected, allowing her to defeat the mummy with a fire spell. Knowing the mummy would reform and resurrect due to the cursed bound by the scarab that empowered the monster, Alaric devised a plan to steal the urn from Triad Industries. With the mummy on another rampage, Alaric instructed Kaleb to confront the mummy directly, to vamp speed up to it, and steal the scarab. He tossed the pendent to Josie and Lizzie where they began to siphon the curse. The mummy stalked forward and confronted Hope and the others, creating another plague of hornets. Hope performed this spell for a second time to buy more time for Josie and Lizzie to finish siphoning the curse from the scarab; however, the hornets dissipated before reaching Hope. The curse had been lifted and the mummy was dead.


 * Unlocking Spell: A spell to undo a physical lock.
 * Incantation: Dissero
 * Requirements: Lock
 * Used by: In There's A Place Where The Lost Things Go, Emma performed this spell on a locked locker. Removing the lock and opening the locker, she found Rupert Vardemus, who's mind had been stored within his device, trapped by Ryan Clarke.


 * Subconscious Containment Spell: A spell used to bind a person’s consciousness within their mind.
 * Incantation: Finitus.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing, 'dark' Josie used this spell on her "weaker" self to prevent her from leaving and taking back control of her consciousness. Josie, however, changed her own story and the spell failed.

Cloaking and Illusion Spells
Cloaking spells allow witches to either render a being, location or object physically undetectable to the senses or magically undetectable by locator spells, making it so that magic cannot track them.

Illusion spells are an advanced form of Cloaking spells that allow witches to project into the mind of a target and affect the senses to perceive a false reality of a being, location or object which they can then manipulate.


 * Illusionary Cloaking Spell: More commonly known as an invisibility spell, this spell allows a witch to cloak themselves and their targets — be it a person, object or certain locations completely based on one's perception. However, magic can be disrupted by magical objects. The distance in which a witch can cloak their target is directly proportionate to their level of skill.
 * Gemini Incantation: Invisique
 * Liv's Incantation: Phasmatos radium calaraa, Phasmato... (Alternative)
 * Emma's Incantation: Nullum visa laris
 * Used by: When Bonnie could not cloak the four coffins, the Spirits of the Witch Burial Ground cloaked the Mikaelson family coffins whenever they sensed allies of Niklaus, in The New Deal and in Our Town. In The Ties That Bind, the Spirits later reversed the spell when Klaus threatened their living descendants, including Bonnie and Abby. In Fade Into You, Joshua Parker used this spell to cloak his house and later to render himself invisible. In I Alone, Kai interrupts Elena and Damon's attempt to rescue Bonnie from the prison world. After siphoning some of Liv's magic, he performs this spell to disappear. However, Damon was still able to get the upper-hand against him when he manages to knock him into the anti-magic border with a tree branch. In Woke Up With a Monster, Kai, having siphoned the entirety of the anti-magic spell that covered Mystic Falls, kidnapped Elena to practice and get his magic under control. Before Elena, he practiced on the manager at Mystic Grill, where he was finally able to perform a cloaking spell on him. Once he figured it out, he explains, it's easy to do and to undo. Which he promptly undoes the spell to show Elena the managed body of the manager. Wanting to rescue Elena, Damon wanted to have Liv cloak him so he could sneak into Mystic Falls High School, without Kai noticing. Liv agrees to do the spell, but she's not going into the school. If Kai sees her, she's dead. Instead, she tells him that she's strong enough to do the spell from outside while he goes in. Despite their plan, as Liv begins the spell, she disappears. Instead, Luke appears before Damon, having been cloaked himself, and tells him that Liv doesn't have the time for this. Luke then promptly disappears with the Invisique spell. Luke's magic was stronger than her own and she couldn't fight it. With his plan disrupted, Damon opts for plan B. Josette will perform the cloaking spell to help Damon rescue Elena, however, given that she's out of practice with her magic, she'll have to remain by his side for the spell to work, meaning she'll have to go inside the school, potentially facing Kai. With plan B working, Jo and Damon can rescue Elena, though now cloaking three people, including herself, the spell is becoming too taxing for her and she eventually reaches her limit and collapses and, with her, the spell too revealing them. Kai finds them and cloaks himself and Elena. When "Kai" reappears, Damon attempts to impale him with a mop handle, but Kai appears next to the 'fake' Kai, revealing that he also glamored Elena with an illusion spell to make her look like him. In Age of Innocence, Valerie recounts to Caroline when she first met Stefan, in 1863 at the Mystic Falls County Fair. Julian however is there too and attempts to find her, but she siphons a bit of magic from her amulet to hide herself and Stefan, revealing that she's a witch. Present-day, however, Valerie finds and sits next to Stefan at Mystic Falls Hospital. She reveals that she was with child before Julian beat her within inches of her life, though the baby doesn't make it. Despite recounting the story to Stefan, she was cloaked the entire time and Stefan remained unaware of her presence. In Live Through This, Valerie seeks out to destroy Julian's body to prevent Lily and the others to resurrect him from the Phoenix Stone. After Valerie finds him, she attempts to destroy his body with a fire spell, though the flames immediately go out. Valerie's confused, but Nora and Mary Louise appear, having been cloaked, and stopped her attempts. In Mommie Dearest, Valerie casts the Invisique spell over herself and Caroline to protect themselves from Beau, still loyal to Lily and Julian. Having done so, she made the realization that the Progeny Locator spell worked when it pointed to Caroline, despite the media tests failing. Josette's babies were also cloaked when they were transferred to Caroline via the Gemini's Surrogacy Spell. In Postcards from the Edge, Valerie helped Stefan rescue Damon from his and Julian's boxing match. Valeria cloaked Stefan and performed a non-verbal pain infliction spell on Julian. Overwhelmed with pain, Stefan appears and punches Julian and helps Damon out of the boxing ring. Later that night, Valerie and Stefan return to find Julian. Valerie has cloaked herself, Stefan and Julian, so none of his friends can see his death. Valerie incapacitates him with another pain infliction spell and Stefan stakes him dead. In Days of Future Past, Nora cloaked herself and attempted to attack Enzo. She pulls him from the police car, but he recovers enough to punch her to the ground. Distracted, she loses the spell and she appears and attempts to throw him back with a Motus spell and a pain infliction spell, but Enzo eventually gains the upper hand over her. In I Went to the Woods, Valerie cloaked herself after fighting with Damon and, per his suggestion, when to find Rayna. In The Lies Will Catch Up To You, Kai works with Damon in exchange for a permanent way out from Hell. Damon wants him to undo the sleeping curse on Elena, however, Kai betrays Damon. He siphons from him and leaving him dead, and he and the coffin that holds Elena vanishes with his Invisique spell. In We're Being Punked, Pedro, to protect the lower class grade students from the gargoyle, Emma cast this spell in the grand hall and made it seem as if the room was empty. In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Hope performed this spell on herself to hide from the Shadow creatures that roamed Malivore. Ryan, however, could still see her, while the creatures couldn't, despite having no physical interaction with her when the spell was cast. In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Lizzie used the Invisique spell on her and Landon. Landon hoped that if they were invisible then they could pit the reanimated zombie jogger against the croatoan. This doesn't work so they lure it into a cell and lock it in. Despite being cloaked, the croatoan could still hear Lizzie and Landon speak, wherein other instances, users of this spell were completely cloaked in all forms. In It Will All Be Painfully Clear Soon Enough, Hope, Lizzie, and Josie performed this cloaking spell on themselves and the magically restrained sphinx to conceal their activities from the general public.


 * Illusion Spell: The spell allows a witch to alter the perception of the immediate vicinity creating illusions of objects and other people. Such spells range from creating manifestations that appear real to altering the physical form of another or themselves. At more advanced levels they can become physical manifestations.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Professor Vardemus' Incantation: Phantamogriphia Decorum
 * Used by: In Wheel Inside the Wheel, as Klaus was attempting to desecrate Esther's corpse by setting it on fire, the latter used an illusion of Elijah to intervene. Through the illusion, Esther sought to persuade Klaus to talk to Esther and to hear her out about her "deal" (to take the body of a mortal). However, Klaus deduced that this Elijah was an illusion and Esther came forth. In Woke Up With a Monster, Kai performed an illusion spell over Elena, which made Damon perceive that Elena was himself. Damon attacked the illusion of Kai, nearly staking Elena in the heart. Kai, who was cloaked, revealed himself moments later after Damon rushed to Elena's side. In Dead Angels, Madison utilized an illusion spell to taunt Klaus, while she was safely behind Vincent's boundary spell to keep out vampires. Once the illusion was broken, she attacked Klaus by combining telekinesis and pain infliction before she snapped his neck. In I Hear You Knocking, the Hollow created illusions, via a dark magic "infection" upon Klaus and Marcel, appearing to them as people that they feared or hated to torment them to eventually get them to fight each other to the death. In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, the Hollow used the illusions of Jackson and Keelin to appear to Hayley and Freya, respectively, as they attempted to kill her. Having the spell bound to her Protection totem, that also augmented her power, Jackson became a physical manifestation, able to physically harm Hayley. The illusion was broken when the protection totem, which bound the spell, was destroyed by Klaus. In This Year Will Be Different, Professor Vardemus performed this spell, which seemed to have initiated from his ornate ring, on the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted headmaster's office to change the appearance from that of the former headmaster, Alaric. Though the spell was "simple", he believed that appearances can be important. In What Cupid Problem?, Hope reveals that Alyssa performed an illusion spell on the ascendant to prevent anyone from bringing Alaric, Josie, and Lizzie back from the 2018 prison world. In Kai Parker Screwed Us, Josie performed an illusion spell on a small bottle of Vodka, making it appear to be a vial of Bennett blood, ultimately to trick Kai when he double-crossed her.


 * Disillusionment Spell: The spell allows a witch to counter illusion or cloaking spells, revealing magically hidden objects or people.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Oculacs
 * Used by: In Woke Up With a Monster, Malachai Parker used this spell to reveal a bloody corpse to Elena, whom he had taken hostage. In What Cupid Problem?, Alyssa performed this spell to reveal the cloaked ascendant. Before giving it to MG, she dropped it on the floor, causing it to break into numerous pieces.


 * Gemini Cloaking Spell: A spell used to shield oneself from a locator spell and disrupts visions trying to pinpoint their location. It can also be used on a group of people so long as they stay in a reasonably close approximation to the witch casting it.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: A ring of candles, Salt and Iron powder
 * Direction: An intricate pattern is drawn within the ring using the salt and iron powder. After this, the witch steps into the center of the circle and enters a trance state.
 * Used by: In Rescue Me, Hazel had been performing this spell for 4 months to hide Stefan's last Doppelgänger, Tom Avery, from the Travelers. Luke Parker later used the same spell to hide Elena and Stefan from Markos and the Travelers in What Lies Beneath.


 * Silencing Spell: The spell works by throwing a handful of salt into a lighted candle. As long as the candle is lit, no one, including vampires and hybrids will be able to hear anything. Instead, all they will hear is sizzling sound.
 * Incantation: None
 * Requirements: A lit candle, Salt
 * Used by: In Rescue Me, Liv Parker used this spell to keep Tyler from listening in on her and Jeremy's conversation.


 * Privacy Spell: As long as the sage burns, no one will be able to overhear anything from the room in which it burns.
 * Requirements: Burning sage
 * Used by: Esther used this spell in Dangerous Liaisons, to keep her children from overhearing her and Elena's conversation. Bonnie later tried the same spell but was unable to perform it in All My Children. In Dead Angels, the Strix witch, Madison, used this spell to keep Vincent and Camille from hearing Klaus. She coupled the spell, by waving over the sage, to disrupt Klaus' cell reception. It was also used by Freya so that she and Hayley could torture Aurora without disruption in Out of the Easy.


 * Cloaking Spell: A spell developed and used to hide specifically from locator spells. Various witches employ different means and magics that range in power to stay effectively hidden from other witches.
 * Requirements: Sandalwood
 * Used by: Esther has used this spell on at least two occasions. Once in Do Not Go Gentle to successfully hide from Bonnie's locator spell and then again in Wheel Inside the Wheel, while possessing the witch Lenore, to keep Elijah hidden from Klaus and his allies. In From a Cradle to a Grave, Klaus instructs Rebekah to find a trustworthy witch to cast a cloaking spell on Hope. Later, Rebekah finds and has an unnamed witch to cast the spell. It is mentioned later, in The Devil is Damned, that it was so powerful, that it would take a hundred witches to break. This was notable as Esther searched for Rebekah since her possession of Cassie and later as Lenore though could not find her directly and utilized her Starlings to find Rebekah. Finn, possessing Vincent, used numerous and varying types of locator spells, to no avail, to find Hope and ultimately took Freya's knowledge and power to find her. Davina, since Rebirth, established a rather powerful cloaking spell, while utilizing Esther's grimoires, to effectively hide from Esther in both of her vessels. In Brotherhood of the Damned, Finn (possessing Vincent) effectively blocked Davina's locator spell, presumably with an equally powerful cloaking spell. However, in The Devil is Damned, Freya hints that even as powerful as he was, she was still able to find him. In Exquisite Corpse, it's revealed that Eva would cast cloaking spells on her victims that she would kidnap and that it was powerful enough to keep witches from the nine covens from finding the witch prodigies. In Heart Shaped Box, it is revealed that, before her death, Madison cast a powerful cloaking spell, fueled by dark magic, on Aurora so that neither Freya nor the Sisters could locate her. In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Freya mentions that she cloaked her siblings to keep them hidden from Lucien, though she comments that with the Ancestors, it would only be a matter of time before the spell would be undone. In Haunter of Ruins, Klaus mentions that Hayley's safe house they were staying at was cloaked. As far as who cloaked the house remains elusive, meaning Hayley could have had a witch to cloak it to protect Hope or that Freya could have cloaked it upon her awakening. In I Hear You Knocking, after Freya bound Marcel to the same prison that held Klaus, she cloaked him to hide his presence. Additionally, in Bag of Cobras, Klaus mentions that Freya's spell also renders Marcel invisible to anyone outside of their bloodline. In Queen Death, the Hollow cloaked Elijah while she prepared his death, as a sacrifice for her resurrection spell. In Where You Left Your Heart and One Wrong Turn On Bourbon, Hope performed a cloaking spell, that she combined with a sleeping spell, on Hayley to keep her safe so that she could bring Klaus back to New Orleans. In Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Hope attempts to undo her cloaking spell on Hayley though Freya reveals that to do so, you have to be in the same room as her and that lifting a cloaking spell remotely has never been done in the history of witchcraft. In What, Will, I, Have, Left, Hope cloaked herself and Roman to hide from her aunt Freya, or anyone else, while she attempted to have the Hybrid Curse placed upon herself. She also states that the cloaking spell she placed on Hayley was specific to her as a hybrid. In There's Always a Loophole, when Triad Industries used a dark object created by the Travelers to block out magic at the Salvatore boarding school, the cloaking spell that Alaric had placed on his bookshelf was neutralized. Hope, Lizzie, and Josie found in its place a locked box which they'd later open to reveal the 2018 ascendant to Kai's prison world. It remains unknown who performed the cloaking spell, whether it was Bonnie, Emma, or another witch, and for how long the cloaking spell had been in place in Alaric's office.


 * Traveler Cloaking Spell: A powerful cloaking spell developed to hide a target even from the all-seeing Spirits of the Other Side.
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic
 * Used by: Markos, or presumably his travelers, cast this spell to hide Markos so that his plans to undo the curse could be kept a secret from the Witches on the Other Side. Sheila mentions in Resident Evil that whoever came through the Anchor was hiding and that whatever was happening to the Other Side had the Witches scared.


 * Essence Reveal Spell: The spell allows a witch to unveil and detect concealed mystical essences within talismans or relics.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target Object
 * Used by: In Never Let Me Go, Bonnie performed this spell on the Phoenix Stone when she could not sense any magic emanating from it.


 * Ancestral Illusory Spell: The spell allows ancestral witches to project an illusion over an entire location, transforming it such that unwanted intruders perceive it to be an infinite maze and will walk in circles. However, it is seemingly not powerful enough to deceive the sire-bond as such, sired hybrids are still able to sense the location of their sires.
 * Requirements: Place of power (e.g. Lafayette Cemetery), The Ancestors
 * Used by: In From a Cradle to a Grave, Monique, Abigail, and Genevieve in collaboration with the Ancestors performed a massive illusory spell to hide from Klaus and Elijah while they attempted to sacrifice Hope. The spell created a never-ending maze of Lafayette Cemetery that would confuse and disorient those trapped within.


 * Ancestral Cloaking Spell: The spell will cloak several people so that the location seems empty to anyone outside as long as the witches continue chanting.
 * Incantations:
 * Davina's Incantation: ...keschede sede ni canun keschede senu ni...
 * Kaleb's Incantation: ...excede canun infenun da ba nunc ca nun,senon canu ni...
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Two or more witches are required, lit candles.
 * Used by: In Live and Let Die, Davina and Kol (possessing the witch Kaleb) used this spell to cloak themselves and Mikael from Klaus, though when Davina was knocked out, the spell ended.


 * Decoy Spell: A spell that uses the practice of representational magic to allow a witch to craft the illusion of the target's presence onto a clay doll, replicating its power source. However, the illusion only lasts for as long as the witch focuses on the spell.
 * Incantation: Sin eh-tey ex avan-ha vin tan-took koh.
 * Requirements: Golem, Beating heart, Blood of target, Crushed herbs, A lit candle
 * Used by: In Fire with Fire, Rebekah Mikaelson performed this spell to aid her sister, Freya, and brother, Elijah, in their plan to defeat Dahlia, by luring her to the Compound through the use of a Golem which represented Hope.


 * Moroccan Cloaking Spell: A powerful spell that completely cloaks a target and prevents locator spells from finding them. The spell is strong enough to obscure locations from cities to even that of continents.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In Beautiful Mistake, the Moroccan Witch performed this spell upon Rebekah's Original body for the Strix to use her as leverage on Klaus and Elijah, though Aurora dispatched the Strix that was transporting her body and dumped it into the ocean.


 * Glamour Spell: A powerful spell that can grant a person the appearance of another. The spell is performed by obtaining the hair of the target and using it as a conduit on a poppet which serves as the anchor of the spell. The spell is activated once the poppet is dipped into blood (presumably of the person whose appearance the target is taking). Should the witch wish to remove the glamour, the poppet needs to be burned.
 * Incantation: Kache l'nan san. Jen chèch je yo.
 * Requirements: Dozens of Candles, Bowl of Blood, Target's Hair, Voodoo Poppet, Animal Bones
 * Used by: In A Ghost Along the Mississippi, Freya Mikaelson and Vincent Griffith performed this spell by channeling one another to grant Camille the appearance of Aurora, Tristan's sister, so she could lead Tristan into a trap, the activated Serratura.


 * Regent Cloaking Spell: A powerful spell that Regent witches of New Orleans can use to completely hide the whereabouts of individual people.
 * Incantation: Cœur là vous votre tai ma say tou...
 * Requirements: Dozens of Candles, Animal Bones, Stones, Power of Regent
 * Used by: In You Hung the Moon, Davina first performed this spell as Regent to conceal Hayley's presence. In Dead Angels, Vincent Griffith later performed this spell by channeling the power as Regent to conceal Camille's location even from an equally powerful witch (Freya).


 * Diversion Spell: A spell to prevent witches from finding the true location of a target by deviating their presence to a set location. Therefore any witch performing a locator spell will be drawn to said false location.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target's Blood, Burning sage, Oleander, Spotted Owl Feather, Candles
 * Used by: In An Old Friend Calls, Kol designed the spell for Freya to perform to divert Klaus' true location, and make it appear that she was in New Orleans.


 * Bennett Illusionary Manifestation Spell: A powerful spell to conjure an illusionary wall that prevents its target(s) from discerning what is real and what is fake.
 * Incantation: Averte oculos tuos a quo exitus. Hunc exitus ab auribos.
 * Requirements: Bennett Witch
 * Used by: In What Are You?, Beatrice Bennett performed this spell to entrap the Siren sisters within the Armory's vault preventing them from escaping. The spell acts upon one's sight and hearing to alter the perception of the target's senses (of touch) into believing the manifestation is real. The loophole to this ingenious spell is that should one be without their vision or hearing, they would be able to walk right through the spell. The spell held the siren(s) for two centuries. In It's Been a Hell of a Ride, the spell that had lasted 228 years was siphoned away by Kai.


 * Freya's Glamour Spell: A spell that can grant a person (i.e. vampire) the appearance of another.
 * Incantation: Mutare seu rosto
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Freya performed this spell upon Josh, to glamour his appearance into Marcel, to lure Dominic into a trap.


 * Translucence Spell: A spell that causes objects or walls to become see-through as if looking through glass.
 * Incantation: Preitori Speculo
 * Requirements: Ceiling
 * Used by: In This is the Part Where You Run, Hope performed this spell to let Landon see the night sky while he stayed in the werewolf transition space.


 * Hope's Glamour Spell: A spell that can alter the appearance of another.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Illusion Ring
 * Used by: In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent, Hope performed this spell, seemingly with Ryan's illusion ring, to alter the appearance of Simulandon while it housed Ryan's consciousness. Hope told him that she turned him into the vilest thing she could imagine, but that was just Ryan's true appearance.

Curses and Hexes
Curses and Hexes are powerful spells that allow witches to cause either harm or damage and even death to fall upon a victim that commonly comes with long-lasting, slowed, or delayed effects. Several are ritualistic and may require physical contact with the target, an object owned by the target, or is a part of their body such as nails, hairs, or blood. Hexes, in particular, are much more potent and have a short time before removal is impossible. Hexes start with magic, but as time progresses and they take root, they alter the very chemistry of the brain.


 * The Travelers' Curse: An extremely powerful curse that turns nature against a tribe of people, such as the Travelers. The curse worked by ensuring that should the Travelers ever settle down somewhere, natural disasters would ensue.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Used by: A coven of powerful and ancient witches performed this spell 2000 years ago upon the once-powerful witches that would later become known as the Travelers. The spell massively restricted their power and kept them from ever settling down as a tribe. Markos reveals the Traveler's plight to Damon in Man on Fire.


 * The Werewolf Curse: A powerful curse that bound members of a Native American tribe of Witches to the full moon which turned them into the world's first werewolves. This enslaved them to the moon and, as such, the curse caused them to transform into the beasts that hunted the witch that cast the spell. With the curse, created the seven original packs of wolves.
 * Incantation: Hashi nvgidgia nvasdi
 * Used by: In Voodoo in My Blood, with her final act utilizing her death to empower he spell, the Hollow, cast the curse on her mother and fellow tribesmen begetting the world's seven, original packs of werewolves.


 * The Hybrid Curse: A powerful spell, initially performed 1000 years ago, that suppresses a hybrid's werewolf nature. It works by channeling the power of the full moon into a moonstone while using the blood of a doppelgänger as a binding agent.
 * Incantation: Anima marcam. Iskoristi vuka.
 * Requirements: Full moon, Moonstone, Doppelgänger's blood as a binding agent, Salt, Fire (Esther); Moonstone soaked in Hope's blood, burning wood log pentagram; Chalk pentagram and a bowl of fire (Witch)
 * Instructions: To perform this spell, the drenched stone is heated and used to brand the 'afflicted' on the palms of both hands, the soles of both feet, and the site of the third-eye chakra, the forehead. Freya also indicates that during the spell, Hope cannot pass out or stop breathing.
 * Used by: Esther, the Original Witch, performed this spell upon her son, at her husband Mikael's command, to suppress Klaus' werewolf side. Elijah reveals to Elena that Nature would not stand for such an imbalance of power, that a hybrid would be deadlier than any werewolf or vampire. Therefore the witches, the servants of nature, saw to it that the first hybrid's werewolf side would become dormant. A flashback in Always and Forever reveals Elijah and Mikael binding Klaus for Esther to cast the spell after his first transformation. In Don't It Just Break Your Heart, Freya attempted to cast this spell on Hope, who was willing to be cursed to get her mother back. As Freya was about to start the branding, Klaus appeared and stopped the ritual. In What, Will, I, Have, Left, an unnamed Witch working for Roman and Greta successfully performed this curse on Hayley, suppressing her werewolf nature and leaving her as nothing more than a non-original vampire.


 * The Hybrid Release Ritual: The spell undoes the Hybrid Curse placed on the Original Hybrid Niklaus, thereby allowing him to embrace the powers of a vampire and a werewolf after the requisite sacrifices have been completed. At the start of the ritual, the suppressed hybrid must first extract the heart of a werewolf, kill a vampire, and drain the blood of a human Petrova Doppelgänger.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Salve Sorce Das. Phasmatos Eliximo Nominum, Etrinox Sorce Sotero Callux Oxtara.
 * Requirements: Petrova Doppelgänger (human), Vampire, Werewolf, Moonstone, Full Moon
 * Used by: In The Sun Also Rises, Greta Martin performed this ritual on Klaus using Jules (werewolf), Jenna (vampire), and Elena (doppelgänger) as the necessary components to break the original spell.


 * Death Induction Spell: This spell is performed by drawing power from the candles and using it to boil the belonging of the spell's target into liquid. The spell takes effect immediately, causing the victim to throw up blood, have painful aneurysms. One of the signs that the victim is under this curse is their blood-shot eyes.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos incendere ad pulvox.
 * Requirements: Target's personal belonging, Several candles
 * Used by: In Fade Into You, Joshua Parker performed this spell on his daughter Josette, deciding to sacrifice her for the well-being of his coven. The spell's effects, however, were undone by Elena's blood.


 * Insanity Hex: A curse invoked by tracing a symbol on the victim's hand while using the power of a cursed rosary, used to induce madness. The spell will drive the victim insane to a point where they become violent and kill. If a Hex like this is allowed to set in for too long, it can no longer be reversed. It is explained that hexes like this begin with magic, but after a while they alter the very chemistry of the brain, making them irreversible.
 * Agnes' Incantation: Deja fou.
 * Bastiana's Incantation: Torsion fou mort de l'espirit.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Physical contact, Dark Object (The Rosary of Madness)
 * Used by: This spell was performed by two elders, Agnes (Sinners and Saints) and Bastianna (Crescent City) on two priests, Sean O'Connell (Kieran's nephew), and Kieran O'Connell, respectively, to drive them into madness, to kill and eventually commit suicide.


 * Poppet Death Curse: The spell is performed by stabbing a poppet with a needle while chanting. The victim will experience shortness of breath, cold chills, weakness, vomiting blood, and then unconsciousness. The victim will eventually die in two days.
 * Incantation: Purger l'interieur, éteindre la lumiere dans cette font.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Voodoo poppet, Needle
 * Used by: In A Closer Walk With Thee, Monique used this spell to curse a poppet, who she linked to Hayley in an attempt to kill her baby at the request of the Ancestors.


 * Death Curse: This curse allows a witch to punish someone by condemning them to a slow, supposedly irreversible death. In the case of possession, it also allows the witch to trap the possessing spirit inside the body of their vessel so that they can't escape the curse.
 * Incantation: O se kwe pe se.
 * Requirements: Physical contact with the victim, presumably Dark or Sacrificial Magic
 * Used by: In Sanctuary, Finn used this spell to punish Kol for his betrayal, binding his soul to his body to die a slow, painful death.


 * Ancestral Death Curse: This curse allows ancestral witches, either living or dead, to condemn a target to die by magic, causing them to bleed from the eyes and mouth. This spell can be set on a countdown such as at the stroke of midnight the target. This spell is most similar to how ancestral spirits punish living witches.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target, Place of power (e.g. Lafayette Cemetery), presumably Dark or Sacrificial Magic
 * Used by: Esther, Finn or the Ancestral Spirits set this curse upon Oliver for betraying the witches under Esther's rule, in Wheel Inside the Wheel.


 * The Crescent Curse: A powerful curse that could force werewolves to stay in their wolf form except on full moons.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic (Céleste), Full Moon
 * Used by: It is revealed in Long Way Back From Hell, Céleste Dubois (while in the possession of Brynne Deveraux) performed this spell at Marcel's request on the werewolf pack of New Orleans, which kept them cursed for more than 2 decades. Dahlia later performed an adapted curse on the Crescent Wolf Pack at Klaus' request in Fire with Fire, the new spell thus incorporated Hayley's hybrid form as well causing her to lose the ability to control her shifting.


 * Maiming Curse: The spell allows a witch to cripple the hands of their target in addition to producing a ring of fire around them.
 * Incantation: Per se qui e fracta toi, per se qui e total toi.
 * Used by: In For the Next Millennium, the Witch Elder Kara Nguyen used this spell against Davina at a meeting of the nine covens. This is presumably the same spell that Josephine LaRue's mother cast upon her hands when she was younger.


 * Stake Curse: A powerful curse bound to the dark object, 'The Cursed Stake', that causes its target to go insane, and become a relentless, unstoppable ripper. It activates upon the removal of its target with a physical representation of a skull mark on the victim and seemly hard to remove.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Wooden Stakes, Skull Markings
 * Used By: The Moroccan Witch, presumably created at least three Cursed States (one for each original) and gave them to Aya to stab and subdue Rebekah in Beautiful Mistake. A temporary cure was found by Freya although it persisted after being initially removed.


 * Corruption Hex: A hex that may be used by the Ancestors on resurrected bodies of spirits who exit the Ancestral Plane. When enacted, it actively enhances the target's rage and blood lust to the point where they will lose control. It is powerful enough to affect an original vampire.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: The Ancestors used this spell to infuse and corrupt Kol with their magic when Davina resurrected him from the Ancestral Plane in A Streetcar Named Desire, though Davina does not find this out until Behind the Black Horizon. Since the spell was tied with the magic of the Ancestors, if he left New Orleans soil he would begin to desiccate.


 * Death Spell: A spell that uses black magic to induce death upon a target of the witch's choosing.
 * Incantation: Tenebris anima vestra contundito mortem et conteret spiritum. Frange vitam nolite corde ut sub terra esse, ad tenebras usque in sempiternum.
 * Requirements: Black Magic
 * Used by: In Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn, Hope brought this spell with her as she, Alaric, and Rafael went searching for Landon. Hope had the intention of using the spell on Landon; however, upon confronting what was initially believed as a pyromancer, a fire-breathing witch, which turned out to be a Dragon, she used the spell on the dragon's shapeshifted form. Despite the spell's use to induce death, it did not kill the unnamed dragon girl. Instead, it wounded her, causing her to shift back into her humanoid form as well as Hope briefly collapsing to the ground.

Disenchantment and Destruction Spells
Disenchantment and Destruction spells typically unravel or destroy enchantments bound to inanimate objects. A bound object can be dispelled by either destroying the spell upon the object, thereby leaving said object intact or the object itself. Variations of such spells include temporarily blocking or neutralizing the spell bound to the object without compromising the integrity of the original spell or object, leaving it intact and the spell to resume once the intent is accomplished.


 * Talisman Destruction Spell: A variety of spells used to break the link between a Talisman and a spell, which may destroy the object in question.
 * Emily's Spell: A spell used to destroy a witch's own Talisman.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Talisman, Pentagram, Ring of fire, Comet
 * Used by: In History Repeating, Emily possessing Bonnie, while channeling a comet was able to destroy her talisman so Damon could not release the Tomb Vampires, which was used to bind the original spell.
 * Bonnie and Luka's Spell: A spell was used to destroy the bond between a talisman, the moonstone, and the spell bound to said talisman.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Maquis Dumisa Rotenem.
 * Requirements: Moonstone, 2 witches, Full Moon, Circle of candles
 * Used by: In By the Light of the Moon, Bonnie and Luka perform this spell on the night of a full moon, to destroy the spell that bound the moonstone. However, it's revealed that Luka tricked Bonnie into thinking they successfully destroyed the moonstone, when in fact he stole it from her to give to his father, Jonas, for Elijah.
 * Bonnie and Sheila's Spell: A spell was used to destroy a witch's talisman.
 * Incantation: Universa Ruina In Tenebras Ra Damis Infinitum. De Lon Dem Ex Nahal da Six.
 * Requirements: Talisman, Candles, 2 witches
 * Used by: In Ghost World, Bonnie performs this spell in an attempt to destroy the Original Witch's talisman. The talisman serves as Esther's connection to the physical plane, allowing her to cast a spell to allow ghosts from the Other Side to gain a foothold on the mortal plane. Shortly thereafter, Shelia joins Bonnie in casting the spell, which ultimately destroys it, sending the ghosts with unfinished business back to the Other Side.
 * Bonnie's Spell: A spell is used to destroy an Ascendant thus, rendering people unable to enter its corresponding prison world.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos De Strutos Avox Addellum.
 * Requirements: Ring of 12 Candles, Circle of Salt, the Ascendant
 * Used by: In Because, Bonnie Bennett has used this spell to destroy the 1903 Prison World Ascendant, however, before she could complete the spell, she was interrupted by Damon; She later destroyed the ascendant given Damon's reluctance to see Elena choose the Cure over him.


 * Dispelling a Daylight Amulet: A spell used to neutralize the protective magic of the Daylight Amulets worn by vampires, effectively allowing them to burn in the sun.
 * Emily's Incantation: Unknown
 * Traveler's Incantation: Sul opraem chele kouzlo.
 * Requirements: Spirit or Traveler Magic
 * Used by: In Know Thy Enemy, Damon claims that Emily, the witch that created his daylight ring, temporarily neutralized its magic because he entered the abandoned cottage. Bonnie believed that the Spirits didn't want him there and he was forced to flee the house after Bonnie set him free of Emily's Restraintment Spell. In Handle with Care, two unnamed Travelers used a Traveler spell to overwhelm day-walking vampires, such as Damon, causing his Daylight ring to malfunction so he could be harmed by the sun. In 500 Years of Solitude, combined with an Entrapment Spell, the Travelers temporarily neutralized the magic of Elena and Stefan's rings to collect the blood of the last remaining doppelgängers.


 * Traveler Knife Destruction Spell: A spell used to destroy a Traveler Knife by melting it, rendering it useless.
 * Incantation: Evit ni et tempozo
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic, Fire
 * Used by: In Resident Evil, Markos performed this spell to destroy the last remaining Passenger-Killing knife by putting it in a fireplace and chanting the spell.


 * Phoenix Stone Destruction Spell: This spell is used to destroy the Phoenix Stone that can be used in conjunction with siphoning. It is unique such that the spell uses the object's power against it to simultaneously unravel it.
 * Incantation: Calibus vis anulix peros corpeo meum
 * Requirements: Phoenix Stone
 * Used by: In Days of Future Past, Mary Louise, later joined by Nora, used this spell to prevent Rayna from trapping Nora within the stone when she found out that Nora had been cut by the Phoenix Sword. It resulted in an explosion from the enormous release of magic as the Phoenix Stone cracked. Unintentionally, with the protective magics that housed the trapped vampire souls gone, the spirits were released, scattered to the nearest corpse or vampiric body they could inhabit.


 * Dispelling the Bracelet of Obedience: The bracelet cursed by the witches to force obedience will have it's mystical abilities "bleed" out, which will also deactivate all its magical properties.
 * Incantation: Dinti tu e sedo per un dayen un trahen ble doce mozore un frantue e sedo per un trahen, un trahen ble do sedo per.
 * Requirements: Physical contact with the Bracelet of Obedience, Kemiya (possibly)
 * Used by: In Live and Let Die, Kol (in possession of Kaleb) used his knowledge of dark objects to disempower the bracelet of obedience. By doing so, he reversed the binding spell over Mikael, cast by Davina, and he was freed from her control.


 * Dark Object Release Spell: A spell that can overpower dark objects, neutralizing its effects.
 * Incantation: De tu me ne s'en fin
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Dead Angels, Madison was forced to use this spell when Cami fought back against the Sisters with her dark objects.


 * Neutralizing the White Oak Stake: The Original-killing power of the stake will be neutralized for a small amount of time.
 * Incantation: Mwen La bois. Donne mu la bois la bois...
 * Requirements: Two or more witches channeling each other's power for support
 * Used by: In Red Door, Davina and Kol (in possession of Kaleb) performed this spell together to temporarily neutralize the effects of the White Oak Stake.


 * Destroying the Indestructible White Oak Stake: A spell that utilizes devastating, raw magical power to destroy the white oak stake, bound with a powerful protective enchantment.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Massive magical power
 * Used by: In Ashes to Ashes, Dahlia destroyed the white oak stake, completely obliterating it into small particles, so that she could use the fragments to kill Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. Previously, it was only believed that temporarily disabling the white oak was possible, as it was too powerful for Davina and Kol (in Kaleb's body) to completely drain of magic.


 * Blocking The Crescent Curse: A powerful spell that allows a witch to temporarily block the Crescent curse, a spell used to condemn werewolves to their wolf form for the entire month except for the full moon.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic of the Curse's Creator, Blood, and Hair of the cursed target, Candle.
 * Used by: In You Hung the Moon, Davina Claire used this spell on Hayley to temporarily block the curse on her and the Crescent pack.


 * Insanity Curse Removal Spell: A spell that allows a witch to reverse the specific curse bound to the curse stake that induces insanity. This is done by enchanting a silver blade with which to cut off the mark representing the curse on the target's body.
 * Incantation: Niax en at tem alach ti. Niax en at tem alach ti.
 * Requirements: Candles, Silver Knife, White Muskroot
 * Used by: In Savior, Freya Mikaelson used this spell to reverse the curse placed on her sister when she was daggered by the Cursed Stake. However, the spell proved temporary as the curse returned soon thereafter. It remains unknown how the spell was removed, though Hayley mentions in Gather Up the Killers that she found a witch to siphon the hex from Rebekah.


 * Totem Destruction Spell: A spell that allows a witch within a Chambre de chasse to destroy the totems representing the targets.
 * Incantation: Un look au net fer mal au temium
 * Requirements: Totem
 * Used by: In A Streetcar Named Desire, Freya Mikaelson used this spell within the Chambre de Chasse, to free the trapped Klaus and Elijah.


 * Maiming Counter Curse: A spell that allows a more powerful witch to counter the effects of a curse before it takes root within the target.
 * Incantation: Detere se deforum, detere se deforum
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, More power than the casting Witch (i.e. that of a Regent
 * Used by: In For the Next Millennium, Davina, as Regent, was able to counter the effects of the Maiming Curse that Kara performed on her.

Divination Spells
Divination spells allow witches to seek knowledge past, present, and future events or information about the unknown through supernatural means. Spells that are related to Prophecies, and the creation thereof, also deal with events of the future. They typically predict future catastrophic events, which can further shape the outcome whether through direct or indirect means. Witches can employ a variety of tools to aid them in divination that range from bones and blood to even spiritual communication.


 * Doppelgänger Prophecy Spell: An ancient Traveler spell that created the "doppelgänger prophecy", which caused a mystical attraction between the Petrova and the Salvatore doppelgängers in the proceeding centuries. The spell's true purpose was to help the Travelers easily locate doppelgängers, by making each of the doppelgängers in history drawn to each other.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic
 * Used by: In Resident Evil, Markos, the recently resurrected leader of the Travelers reveals that he performed this spell over 1,500 years ago (5th century) on Amara and Silas' doppelgängers. The spell ensured they would continuously meet in each incarnation and make it easier for the Travelers to find the Doppelgängers for them to be used in their spells. After his resurrection, Elena and Stefan began to have visions of one another about a normal life they never shared, an illusion of true love for the two doppelgängers.


 * Prophecy Reliving Spell: The spell allows a witch to receive and review already seen prophetic visions in addition to determining its authenticity.
 * Incantation: No mentre la prophecie que la veo le otra ve...
 * Requirements: Candles, Blood of prophet, Names of People Involved
 * Used by: In You Hung the Moon, Freya Mikaelson used this spell to determine whether the prophecy of her family's downfall was true. Once the spell was cast she received pieces of the vision from the witch that originally foretold the prophecy (i.e. Alexis). In Give 'Em Hell Kid, Freya's magic was briefly augmented, from tapping into the ancestral well of magic, and used Alexis' remains to channel and re-forecast the prophecy. Freya also remarked that she barely understood the former's power and that, even with augmented magic, she was overwhelmed because there were too many pieces of the vision and they would fade whenever she got close to something. With Elijah's help, she was able to channel the full prophecy as well as share the vision with him.


 * Agenda Divination Spell: A powerful ritual that allows a witch, with the help of her coven to discover a person's truest intentions through a manner of divination. A sacrifice, such as a beating heart is required for the spell.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: A Heart, Candles, Tarot Cards
 * Used By: In Wild at Heart, Ariane and her fellow sister witches used this spell to help Aya find out the intentions of her fellow Strix vampires, following their leader Tristan's unfortunate end.


 * Early Warning Spell: A powerful ritual that will warn the caster if any of the intended targets she prepares within the spell are being affected by magic.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Candles, Hair of the target's for protection
 * Used By: In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Freya performed this spell on her siblings so that she could protect them against The Ancestors' magic.


 * Spell of Revelations: A powerful spell used for Divination; it is commonly used by The Sisters, to search through and reveal the unknown. It can also reveal the secret desires of individuals.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Water, One candle per witch, Pool of water; Bowl of Bones (Dahlia)
 * Used By: In Wild at Heart, Ariane and her fellow sister witches are seen frequently using this spell to help Aya find information to provide leverage and protection for the Strix. Ariane reveals Davina's desire to resurrect Kol, giving Aya leverage to bring Davina into the Strix's Coven. In Save My Soul, Dahlia divined that Esther had turned her children into barren monsters, thus the task of baring the next generation of first-born witches for Dahlia to channel would become Freya's burden.


 * Vision Spell: A ritual performed over an object that will give the caster visions of doom.
 * Incantation: Invidium cala mactus.
 * Requirements: Salt Circle, Candles, Grimoire, Mora Miserium, herbs/flower petals
 * Used By: In I Couldn't Have Done This Without You, Josie performed this spell over the mora miserium, in which Ryan Clarke tricked her into filling with dark magic. When the spell was cast, she obtained a vision of someone breaking the mora miserium, the Salvatore school up in flames, and her visage steeped in darkness, succumbing to the dark magic.

Elemental Spells
Elemental spells allow witches to affect their surroundings by manipulation of the natural elements. The four elements fire, water, earth, and air are the most basic and can be called forth for their specific properties. Higher controls of the environment such as the weather or plant-life may require channeling Nature's energy or massive amounts of power.


 * Fire Spell: A spell that can create fires or ignite flammable objects such as alcohol. It is similar to the passive, non-verbal pyrokinetic power used by most witches.
 * Incantation: Incendia / Phasmatos Incendia (Alternative)
 * Vincent's First Incantation: Irascitur detruire
 * Vincent's Second Incantation: Crée le feu
 * Josie's Incantation: Ignis absumet
 * Warlock's Incantation: Ignarious. Ignarious!
 * Josie's Second Incantation: Ignarious
 * Josie's Third Incantation: Ignalusa
 * Used by: The spell was first used by Emily Bennett, while possessing Bonnie, in History Repeating, to destroy her talisman. She began her ritual by igniting a pentagram that she drew in the ground on fire and tossed the talisman into the air and caused it to explode. More recently, Bonnie used the variant spell against Kai by igniting a pool of alcohol surrounding him in Welcome to Paradise. Bonnie has since used the original (Let Her Go, and Because) and the variant (Yellow Ledbetter and I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime) spells on numerous occasions and for various reasons. After Kai freed himself from the 1994 prison world, he used the variant spell to destroy the Ascendant in I Alone and attempted to burn Liv alive in Christmas Through Your Eyes. Valerie performed this spell to cause chaos in Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take and then again in an attempt to destroy Julian's preserved body, in Live Through This. In Coming Home Was a Mistake, Seline, a siren, had Lizzie and Josie siphon magic from her and taught them the Incendia spell. They performed it on a pile of wood and, unknowingly, to burn Georgie's corpse as a tribute to Arcadius. In Detoured On Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell, Seline had the twins siphon her and use the Incendia spell again as part of her ritual to summon Arcadius. In The Lies Will Catch Up To You, Josie attempted, though without siphoning magic, the incantation against her sister Lizzie though both Caroline and Alaric grabbed the children before the spell was finished. In Haunter of Ruins, Vincent used his spell in an attempt to destroy a book related to sacrificial magic, though it was protected against destruction. In One Wrong Turn On Bourbon, Vincent performed his second spell while Ivy performed a Tarot Card reading, to reveal the cards that would show them what the future would hold. Initially, it was the Sun, Temperance, and Chariot cards, all signs of good things to come; however, those cards soon ignited as well, revealing more sinister cards, the Hangman, Devil, and Tower cards. In This is the Part Where You Run, Josie, overcome with rage and revenge due to Penelope Parks breaking her heart, attacked and set her right arm on fire. Other students near her helped to smother the flame before they could spread. In We're Being Punked, Pedro, in 14th century, France, the Brave and Nervous Warlocks came across the supernatural knife. Upon seeing the Gargoyle, known as the guardian, the nervous warlock attempted to flee but was attacked and killed by the knife's protector. Witnessing his friend's death, the Brave Warlock attempted to incinerate the creature with fire, but it had no effect on him and the warlock perished. In Hope is Not the Goal, Josie used this spell, after siphoning from Rafael, to attack the Arachne and set it on fire. The spell, however, did little to harm it and only angered it. In There's a Mummy on Main Street, with Hope and Lizzie incapacitated by the effects of the mummy, Josie protected herself from his 'curse' and cast another fire spell. The spell formed a fireball in the palms of her hands and 'blew' the fire, creating a flamethrower-like effect, towards the monster. The spell was strong enough to incinerate the mummy to complete ash but left the Egyptian scarab and the anubian urn undamaged. In There's Always a Loophole, Hope used the Incendia spell against the Headless Horseman, though the spell did not affect him. Hope would use the Incendia spell once again in This Year Will Be Different while fighting against a "troll". Hope directed the spell against the troll and it ignited the creature's hair, which revealed that the creature was not a troll, but a cyclops. In You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know, Hope used the Incendia spell again while fighting the shunka, a creature that hunts werewolves. Unlike other instances of when the spell has been performed, Hope channeled the spell with her hand and expanded it towards the shunka in an outward radius. The spell engulfed the shunka, evening pushing the creature back several feet, though it remained unharmed by the fire. In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Lizzie, siphoning from Kaleb, uses the Incendia spell on the reanimated jogger in an attempt to destroy the next Malivore monster. MG tells her that they need to trap it so that Malivore can't send another monster and that incinerating it defeats the purpose. Lizzie then uses another spell to put the flames out. In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, Alyssa used the Incendia spell directly attacking Hope and Josie as the qareen caused discord among the witches during Coven Day. Hope stopped the spell and Lizzie siphoned from Hope to retaliate. In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Josie used this spell to create a fireball to launch at Hope. Hope dodged the spell, and the fireball engulfed a wooden pillar, splintering it into a large wooden stake.


 * Fire Manipulation Spell: A spell that can decrease and/or increase the intensity of localized small to medium-sized fires. At a more advanced scale for powerful witches, it can be used to control explosions and that of large spanning fires.
 * First Incantation: Ex Spiritum In Tacullum, En Terrum Incendium, Phasmatos Salves A Distum.
 * Second Incantation: Phasmatos motus incendiamos!
 * Used By: In Founder's Day, Bonnie Bennett used this spell to diminish the flames in the basement of the Old Gilbert Building so that Stefan could save Damon. Once sensing that they got out, she brought the flames back up so that all the other vampires within could perish. In We're Planning a June Wedding, Bonnie used the second incantation by adapting her ancestor's Hellfire Manipulation Spell. She taught the spell to Lizzie and Josie and, together, they performed this spell to protect themselves from a huge, fiery explosion. The spell worked to prevent fire, smoke, and heat from coming near them as if they were within a magical bubble. Bonnie then directed the entire explosion and residual flames up and out of the building through the fireplace chimney.


 * Fire Extinguishing Spell: A minor spell used to extinguish small fires in a localized area.
 * Bonnie's Incantation: Suctus Incendia
 * Hope's Incantation: Adiuuatur
 * Used By: Bonnie used this spell to quench the fires set by the Darkness that engulfed her grimoires on her and Jeremy's laps in Disturbing Behavior. In Into the Wild, the witch Massak performed a similar spell to neutralize Bonnie's expression locator spell that utilized a path of fire to her located target. It is presumed that Nora and Mary Louise performed a similar spell, in Live Through This, as Valerie's fire spell was extinguished before Julian's body could be destroyed. In Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn, Hope performed this spell to prevent the spread of fire from what was initially believed to be from a fire-breathing witch, a pyromancer; however, it was revealed to be a dragon. Hope mentions that the spell was a "quick fix" and would not last long. In The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do, Hope attempted her spell for a second time when they found Landon's corpse which began to smoke and catch on fire. The spell had no effect and Landon's body burned to ash, though his body was restored similar to that of Rayna Cruz; Alaric likened it to the legend of the phoenix.


 * Ember Spell: A minor spell used to teach new witches to ignite objects on fire, like a line of salt.
 * Incantation: Phasmatus Ignitium Dos Ex Salvo, Phasmatis Ignitium Dos On Salvo, Phasmatis Ignitium Dos On Salvo
 * Requirements: Line of Salt
 * Used By: In While You Were Sleeping, Bonnie 'taught' this simple fire spell to Liv while she was under the ruse of being a newbie witch, in which she purposely failed.


 * Nature Spell: A spell that channels Nature to enhance and accelerate the growth of flowers, plants or entire gardens.
 * Bonnie's Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Melan Veras. Phasmatos Tribum, Melan Veras
 * Hope's Incantation: Crescere arbor.
 * Used by: In Break On Through, Bonnie Bennett performs this spell to accelerate the growth of a plant, explaining to Caroline that witches have a connection to the Earth, that they can literally feel nature and by extension life, after Abby's transition into a vampire. In Original Sin, Qetsiyah mentions that 2,000 years ago she created an entire garden (wedding flowers, the garden trellis, their harvest) for her wedding, though it started to die when she realized that Silas had betrayed her. In When the Levee Breaks and again in Ashes to Ashes, Dahlia used a similar spell to create and rapidly accelerate the growth of many dahlia vines at St. James Infirmary and at the Abattoir, respectively. Furthermore, in the former, she accelerated the growth of Aiden's rose bouquet to the point where they withered and died. In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Hope used this spell to entrap the Croatoan in vines that rapidly grew from the earth. The vines ensnared him momentarily until it freed itself.


 * Plant Revival Spell: A spell used to channel Nature to revive dead vegetation.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Plantus Vivifey, Plantus Herbus.
 * Used by: In Prayer For the Dying, Josette Parker unsuccessfully attempted to revive a dead plant at the hospital.


 * Flower Revival Spell: A spell that channels Nature and the Ancestors to revive dead flowers.
 * Incantation: Belle la vie a cette fleur, maintentant.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic
 * Used by: In Moon Over Bourbon Street, Monique, Abigail, and Davina used this spell to revive roses at the Lycée. Initially, Davina was unable to perform the spell, though after gaining her confidence back, was able to outperform the other two Harvest girls. In Give 'Em Hell Kid, Kol mentions that when he first saw Davina, she was leaving St. Anne's Church and brushed up against some dead flowers. At that moment, she looked around and brought those flowers back to life with her magic.


 * Plant Decomposition Spell: A spell used to contaminate plant life along with any mystical properties it may possess thus, rendering it useless as a magical ingredient.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Used by: In Red Door, Kol used this spell to contaminate the root to prevent Davina from completing her Sire-line Unlinking Spell. As the spell progressed, the root decayed and blackened.


 * Tempest Spell: A powerful spell performed using potent sage to summon a storm from afar. The witch then proceeds to blow into the bowl, intensifying the storm. The spell can also quell the storm, should the witch so desire.
 * Requirements: Bowl of serpent's blood, Sage, Stones, Candles
 * Used by: In City Beneath The Sea, Dahlia performed this spell to invoke a storm over the Bayou, as a means of keeping Hayley, Jackson and their pack from fleeing New Orleans. In Fire with Fire, Dahlia dismissed her spell, causing the storm to pass.


 * Water Flow Spell: A minor spell used to find and control nearby sources of water.
 * Incantation: Confuso fatina, ignos et ignos mortifina.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take, Valerie, Mary Louise, and Nora used this spell to set off the sprinkler system in Mystic Falls Time Square during the induction of the new police academy recruits. The focus of the spell was ultimately used as a distraction and then as an accelerant for Valerie's fire spell that followed causing mass panic and chaos.


 * Hellfire Manipulation Spell: A powerful spell that utilized a large coven of Bennett witches to contain, control and prevent the unleashing of hellfire.
 * First Incantation: Phasmatos motus incendiarios!
 * Second Incantation: Phasmatos incendia movet, phasmatos incendia moventur, ego ex vos, vos ex unos, phasmatos incendia entrare! Phasmatos incendia movet, phasmatos incendia moveo!
 * Requirements: Bennett Coven of 100 witches
 * Used By: Beatrice Bennett, along with her coven, chanted as one to pull their magic to prevent the destruction of Mystic Falls when Ethan Maxwell rang the corrupted Founders Bell twelve times. Though Beatrice and the community were spared, the rest of her coven wasn't as fortunate as the fires consumed them. In I Was Feeling Epic, Bonnie, alongside the spirits of Sheila, Beatrice, Lucy, Ayana, the Witch of the Five, and other Bennett witches used the second variant spell to save Mystic Falls from destruction as well as to redirect the hellfire back to hell, destroying the dimension in the process.


 * Combustion Spell: A violent fire spell that ignites an object and rapidly spread in it's immediate, localized vicinity, causing it to explode.
 * Incantation: Bruciare supe terram, faciendo ignis ga praemium.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In God's Gonna Trouble the Water, Hope performed this spell twice to attack a group of vampires that crashed Hayley Marshall's Funeral. The first use of the spell was successful, as she caused a van to instantaneously combust. When she attempted the spell for a second time, however, she was interrupted by Josh who saved her from being attacked by gunfire.


 * Flower Petal Shower Spell: A simple, yet showy, spell that causes flower petals to erupt from a flower and to fly into the air.
 * Incantation: Tomar lento. Na paz, amor.
 * Requirements: Flowers
 * Used By: In Til the Day I Die, Hope performed this spell after Keelin and Freya were married and asked to kiss the bride. The spell was used for nothing more than show as the wedding ceremony came to a close.


 * Water Freeze Spell: A minor spell used to rapidly freeze flowing water on a solid surface.
 * Incantation: Glace, solidatur. Glace, solidatur...
 * Requirements: Flowing water
 * Used By: In The Tale of Two Wolves, Hope performed this spell on Connor's car while he was at Mystic Falls High School's car wash. Once the water has completely frozen over the front, driver, and passenger's side windows, Hope telekinetically causes the glass to shatter outward.


 * Spark Spell: A spell used to generate a spark of electricity. Variations of this spell can create stronger effects.
 * Emma's Incantation: Lecutio.
 * Josie's Incantation: Lecutio maxima.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In We're Gonna Need A Spotlight, Emma performed and augmented the spell with Aximander Dust. She explained that the dust conducts electricity through anything it touches and, with its spread across the auditorium by Landon, a small spark would ripple through the students like chain lightning. With the spark traveling from student to student, the mind-controlling slugs from Malivore were forced from their victims' prefrontal cortex allowing the students to squish them. In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Josie performed a stronger version of this spell while fighting Hope since Lizzie skipped out on her premature Merge Ritual. Hope, however, blocked the majority of the spell with her shield spell but was eventually overpowered by Josie's dark magic.


 * Luminescence Spell: A spell that conjures a ball of light in the casting witch's hand.
 * Incantation: Post tenebras spero lucem.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Hope performed this spell while trapped in Malivore — complete darkness. The spell was lost when a vortex appeared before her, breaking her concentration, and nearly swallowed her whole, though Ryan saved her. In Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing, Hope, while in Josie's subconsciousness, performed this spell while looking for Josie; however she met "Pig".


 * Freeze Spell: A spell used to rapidly cool down a burning body or object.
 * Incantation: Glacies corporis
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used By: In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Lizzie siphoned Kaleb to use the Incendia spell to destroy the reanimated jogger. MG reasons with her that they need to trap it so that Malivore cannot send another monster through the portal and that incinerating it defeats the purpose. Lizzie then casts this spell to put the flames out which causes the "zombie" jogger to fall to the floor. In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, Lizzie attempted to freeze the mora miserium to keep it from breaking, but the spell unfortunately failed. Alaric however, believed that the spell seemed to speed up the process and that despite trying twelve different spells, this is a problem that magic can't fix.


 * Wind Torrent Spell: A spell used to create a torrent of wind.
 * Incantation: Ventus
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Hope used this spell to attack the Croatoan after it escaped from the vines that temporarily ensnared it.

Enchantments
Enchantments allow witches to bind spells to inanimate objects. Thereby endowing said object with supernatural properties or changing its state. Various materials or minerals may be chosen for their existing supernatural properties to accompany different enchantments. They have proven to last until said spell or object is destroyed with Disenchantment or Destruction spells. Talismans are one such example as they are typically ordinary objects, normally jewelry, which are created to focus a witches' magic.


 * Talisman Creation Spell: The witch crafts together stones and herbs into a pendant while imbuing their magic into the talisman to focus and enhance their spells.
 * Requirements: Stone or Jewel
 * Used By: Qetsiyah, Esther (or Ayana), Dahlia (for Freya), Valerie (presumably), Beatrice (presumably), and Emily have all crafted their own magical Talismans. Talismans can possess specific properties such as the following: Esther's was to amplify her magic and spelled with vervain to prevent compulsion for humans wearers; Dahlia's could trap the souls of blood relatives; Valerie's was imbued with and stored magic in which she could siphon from to cast spells; Beatrice's was spelled to connect living blood relatives to deceased ancestors through a "psychic" link for communication which caused those to "relive" the past for whom it was spelled.


 * Incapacitation Enchantment: An enchantment placed upon an object that will render the said target unable to breath eventually leaving them unconscious upon contact.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Moonstone (Object)
 * Used by: In Masquerade, Lucy Bennett used this spell to take out Katherine to help her cousin and free herself from Katherine's debt.


 * Incapacitation Ash Spell: An enchantment that charges the personal item of the target with magic so that when burnt until it's ash, it will render said target unstable and unconscious upon contact.
 * Incantation: Terra Mora Vantis, Quo Incandis.
 * Requirements: Personal item of the target, Water
 * Used by: In The Sacrifice, Bonnie Bennett used this spell to help the Salvatore brothers successfully subdue Katherine, though Jeremy stole a portion of the ash and used it first.


 * Gilbert Enchantments: A spell, or multiple spells, used to enchant certain objects with mystical properties. Whether the spell used to create such enchantments are different from one another or similar remains to be seen. However, the spell can have a wide range of effects. When enchanted, the Gilbert Device, can cause a high-screeching sound capable of incapacitating vampires and werewolves when activated, though it only works once, for approximately five minutes. The Gilbert Compass allows one to detect vampires within a set location so that the needle will constantly move towards a vampire. Finally, the Gilbert Ring, is the most powerful protective enchantment that prevents the permanent death of a non-supernatural human killed by a supernatural creature.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Gilbert device, compass, ring
 * Used by: In Isobel, a page from Emily Bennett's grimoire revealed that she created these enchantments, unbeknownst to Jonathon Gilbert. The first time the Gilbert ring was used was when Damon stabbed Alaric with a stake in A Few Good Men, he died and sometime later, came back to life.


 * Daylight Amulet Creation Spell: An enchantment placed on a piece of jewelry with a Lapis Lazuli gemstone that allows a vampire to be unharmed by the sun. The witch who casts this spell has the power to reverse the spell if he/she chooses.
 * Directions: The spell must be cast in the daytime where sunlight can bathe upon the Lapis Lazuli.
 * Requirements: Lapis Lazuli, Sunlight
 * Used by: While the spell was first seen cast by Bonnie Bennett for Caroline in Bad Moon Rising, Esther Mikaelson utilized this spell over a thousand years prior on her children, mentioned by Rebekah in Ordinary People. Notable witches who've cast this spell: Esther Mikaelson (for her husband and children), Emily Bennett (for Katherine Pierce, Damon Salvatore, Stefan Salvatore, Pearl, Anna, Harper, and Bethanne), Bonnie Bennett (for Caroline Forbes, Abby Bennett-Wilson, and Elena Gilbert), Davina Claire (for Joshua Rosza and Kol), Luke Parker (for Alaric Saltzman and Ivy), Lenore (for Gia), Josette Laughlin (for Elena Gilbert) and Freya Mikaelson (for Camille O'Connell). Many other unknown witches enchanted jewelry and rings for many other vampires. A testament to her power, Qetsiyah enchanted a cabin to protect Stefan from sunlight, an augmented version of this spell in Original Sin. Whether or ner was the creator of the spell remains unknown. However, it is assuot Qetsiyah or Esthmed that Katherine stole the spell from Klaus and would eventually give it to Emily. In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent, Lizzie used this spell to enchant a ring for Sebastian.


 * White Oak Ash Dagger Creation Spell: An enchantment placed upon silver daggers that allows them to subdue an Original vampire when mixed with the ash of the White Oak Tree. The enchantment was cast with a side effect that will kill a vampire who tries to use the dagger.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Silver Daggers, White Oak Ash
 * Used by: In The Dinner Party, it is revealed in the Gilbert Journals that the daggers were forged by witches, presumably the The Witch of The Five and given to the Brotherhood; this is also indirectly mentioned by Alexander in The Five.


 * Restoration Spell: A powerful, protective enchantment that completely restores an object which was previously destroyed. Alternatively, the spell can be cast directly upon the destroyed object, while the witch is holding it, and it will return to its original state.
 * Esther's Incantation: Unknown
 * Kol's Incantation: Sanguinatum planicium. Sanguinatum planicium.
 * Freya's Incantation: Leigheas brotin, leigheas brotin...
 * Requirements: Physical contact with the object
 * Used by: In Ghost World it was revealed that Esther's Talisman restored itself, presumably enchanted by Esther herself, or her mentor Ayana, upon its creation. In The Devil is Damned, Kol (in possession of Kaleb) performed this spell on a destroyed runic tile, the byproduct of Freya's locator spell, to determine what she and Finn were looking for. In both cases, the objects were destroyed by fire. In Phantomesque, Freya restored the shattered crystal within her talisman. However, in A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, it was revealed that while the spell healed Elijah's mind, the integrity of the crystal had been compromised and began to crack once more and that, to save Elijah, he had to be resurrected, immediately within 24 hours.


 * Weapon-Binding Spell: An indestructible object can be created through this spell by binding it to a source of strong and protective magic that is long-lasting.
 * Incantation: Vescaram Anta Intacurum, Vescalis Dissendis Divinitum. Ex Tutum Tatum, Dimentum Talos. Dox Toxem, Dox Malum. Dox Divinitum.
 * Requirements: Target object, Source of powerful protective magic
 * Used by: In Do Not Go Gentle, Esther used this spell to transfer and bind the protective magic of the Gilbert ring to the last white oak stake, thus making it indestructible.


 * Electromagnetic Disruption Spell: The spell prevents the use of modern-day electronics, such as phones, by interrupting its electrical current or cellular signal.
 * Dahlia's Incantation: Vidau.
 * Hope's Incantation: Concido.
 * Used by: In We'll Always Have Bourbon Street, Bonnie performed a non-verbal variant form of this spell, utilizing Expression to disrupt the electricity of the Salvatore Boarding house. In Every Mother's Son, Esther performed a non-verbal variant of this spell to disrupt Hayley's cell service. In When the Levee Breaks, Dahlia performed this spell a few times to cripple the communication between Hayley and her pack, preventing her from seeking help outside St. James Infirmary. In Dead Angels, Madison coupled this non-verbal spell with her privacy spell in Lafayette Cemetery, against Klaus. Together, she was able to silence his bellowing screams to Cami while disrupting his cell service, to prevent him from calling anyone for assistance. In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent Hope performed this spell to cause a record player and stringed Christmas lights to explode in an electrical burst.


 * Moonlight Amulet Creation Spell: An enchantment placed on a piece of jewelry with a Black Kyanite gemstone that allows a werewolf to control their transformation during a full moon as well as access their full strength.
 * Incantation: Matere et lunare tua virtus.
 * Directions: The spell must be cast when the full moon is at its apex upon the Black Kyanite.
 * Requirements: Black Kyanite, Full Moon, Blood of a werewolf that controls his transformation (Genevieve's altered spells)
 * Used by: Esther Mikaelson created and used the spell a thousand years ago for Ansel, her werewolf lover and Klaus' biological father, this was revealed by Klaus to Jackson in Moon Over Bourbon Street. A thousand years later, in The Battle of New Orleans, the witch Genevieve combined the spell with additional spells (for enhancing speed, strength, agility, and fangs) from Esther's grimoires and used it on Kyanite rings for twelve werewolves. Unlike Esther's spell, Genevieve's spell worked by the rings drawing strength from the Original Hybrid, Klaus, so that whenever one of the werewolves used the ring, it would weaken him. In Alive and Kicking, Esther, while possessing Cassie, would later use her original spell to create, and to teach the spell to other witches, the rings to control the werewolves of the Bayou. In Keepers of the House, Freya, like her mother before her, used this spell and crafted a moonlight ring for Keelin so that she could even the odds in a fight against a vampire.


 * Dreamcatcher Sight: Twin mystical dream catcher charms adorned with animal bones and chicken feet can be enchanted to spy on a subject.
 * Requirements: Pair of willow hoops
 * Used by: In Moon Over Bourbon Street, Genevieve used enchanted dreamcatchers to spy on Marcel and Cami. Looking in her dreamcatcher allowed her to see through the other in a different location. The enchantment was later used again by Vincent and Van Nguyen to expose Davina Claire's treachery of killing fellow witches in Out of the Easy.


 * Fixation Enchantment: A minor spell that magically binds two objects, such as a bracelet (jewelry) to the person wearing it whether they are the caster of the spell or not to prevent the object's removal.
 * Requirements: Enchanted object
 * Used by: In Live and Let Die, Davina used this spell to prevent the forced or accidental removal of the Bracelet of Obedience by Mikael as a few days prior it came off and he nearly killed her for controlling him. In Keepers of the House, it was revealed that Freya enchanted a moonlight ring that she later gave to Keelin, to not come off as if to “leash” her so that she would not leave.


 * Object-Mending Spell: The object in question will slowly mend itself as the witch chants the spell. If a witch's concentration is broken, the spell will be undone.
 * Incantation: Venez très connu cendre.
 * Requirements: The broken object
 * Used by: In Chasing the Devil's Tail, Davina used this spell as practice on a broken mirror to prepare herself to restore the Kandhar Root.


 * Chain Reinforcement Spell: The spell uses a poppet to enchant the properties of a chain, binding their target. The chains are strengthened such that it remains unbreakable even to an Original vampire.
 * Requirements: Voodoo Poppet, Chains
 * Used by: In Red Door, Esther (in possession of Lenore) restricts Elijah's movements with an enchanted poppet so that she can trap him long enough to restore his memories of Tatia's murder.


 * Dark Object Creation Spell: Several spells fall under this category, enacted through a type of Arabian magic known as Kemiya. Such spells allow witches to imbue objects with magical abilities using a precise chemistry of science and spirit.
 * Incantation: Lim Ala dar ala dilj.
 * Requirements: Kemiya (or other magic), Two witches, a perfect Paragon diamond, and the object in question
 * Used by: Various witches of the French Quarter performed these spells throughout the last two centuries, either to avoid persecution or for help. They include: Mary-Alice Claire, Astrid Malchance, Davina Claire, and Kaleb Westphall, while possessed by Kol. In The Originals: The Awakening, Mary-Alice and Astrid performed this spell over numerous objects creating an arsenal of dark objects. Some of the objects created were a rosary that drives men to madness, a bracelet that forces obedience, shackles that halt a witch's power and a blade that can make a thousand cuts with one throw. While the creation of dark objects of New Orleans was orchestrated by Kol using witches learned in Kemiya, other sects of witches have created dark objects using various other spells and types of magic. One such notable example was the creation of the Blood Fountain by the Travelers, presumably using Traveler magic.


 * Transmutation Spell: Two witches using Kemiya, an Arabian form of witchcraft that intersects science and magic, will transmute the object that the witches are holding. The object will slowly be set on fire and as the flame consumes the object, it will then be made into pure gold.
 * Incantation: E Loke Gae La lidi.
 * Requirements: Kemiya, Physical contact with the object, Two or more witches, a close bond between the witches
 * Used by: In I Love You, Goodbye, Davina Claire and Kol (in possession of Kaleb) performed this spell on a piece of rope which was transformed into gold with the completion of the spell. Kol and Davina later performed this spell using a Silver Dagger; by turning it into a Gold dagger, it would effectively 'put down' Klaus like the Silver Daggers would affect the other Originals.


 * Melting Spell: A spell used to rapidly heat and melt and object.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Representational Magic
 * Used by: In Ashes to Ashes, Dahlia performed this spell on the Golden White Oak Ash Dagger, tied with representational magic to also break the connective magic link with an immortal being she previously cast on Klaus.


 * Solidifying Spell: A spell used to reverse the process of melting or at the very least, slow it down.
 * Incantation: Convultaras distiere. Convultaras distiere.
 * Requirements: Salt
 * Used by: In Ashes to Ashes, Freya Mikaelson in an attempt to counter Dahlia from melting the Golden White Oak Ash Dagger in Klaus to awaken herself.


 * Truth Spell: A simple spell that can utilize a human-like doll, known as a Figure Veritas, to force the truth. When used as such and the doll is stabbed through the "heart", the target will be compelled to tell their darkest truths.
 * Van's Incantation: Chế cao su đã. Chế cao su đã. Chế cao su đã
 * Hope's Incantation: Veritas tempus.
 * Requirements: Figure Veritas, Knife
 * Used By: In The Axeman's Letter, Van Nguyen and two other male witches performed this spell on a doll of Davina's likeness. The spell was not completed due to Jackson's intervention. In No More Heartbreaks, Davina attempted to use a Figure Veritas on Lucien though he happily complied, to tell the truth without her need of magic. In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Hope performed this spell on Ryan. She believed he was keeping secrets from her and wanted to know why. With the spell in place, she discovered that her theory was correct. She didn't destroy Malivore because she's not a full tribrid as her vampire side has not been activated and Malivore was attempting to expel her. Malivore however wanted to torture Ryan more so than release Hope, who is "toxic" to him. In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent, Ryan mentions the truth spell that Hope previously performed on him while they were both trapped within Malivore. Ryan tells Hope that she was wrong and that he didn't hate her, but to cover his emotions, he told her that the truth spell was still working. In What Cupid Problem?, Hope mentions that she performed a truth spell on Alyssa, hoping it would reveal where she magically hid the ascendant. Alyssa however told her that she drank an anti-charm potion, which blocked the effects of Hope's truth spell.


 * Serratura Activation Spell: The witch is required to paint several symbols on their body as they cast the spell surrounded by dozens of lit candles. The object is then activated by allowing blood to fall on it.
 * Incantation: Reveye ak. Reveye moman ak trape dife. Moman ou sè prè. Tann prizonye ou.
 * Requirements: Dozens of Candles, Bowl of Blood, the Serratura, Painted Symbols
 * Used By: In A Ghost Along the Mississippi, Vincent performed this spell on Tristan's orders as the latter threatened to allow Finn's spirit to inhabit Vincent's body if he did not do as Tristan asked.


 * Phoenix Sword Creation Spell: An enchantment placed on a short sword that empowers the stone it hosts at its hilt, by linking it to the Huntress. It works as a whole with the sword acting as a conduit that gives the stone the ability to trap the souls of vampires within it when stabbed.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Sword, Phoenix Stone, Huntress
 * Used By: Presumably in This Woman's Work, The Eight Everlastings crafted the spell upon the sword, woven together with the Huntress creation spell and tied Rayna's life to this supernatural prison.


 * Mystic Falls Founders Bell Enchantment: A powerful spell placed on the Founders Bell to drive out monsters from the surrounding land. The spell imbued the bell with powerful magic that made it indestructible and only operable by a Maxwell.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: The Founders Bell, the Bennett Coven
 * Used By: Beatrice, her Mother and her coven performed this spell on the Maxwell bell to drive out the Sirens, as stated in the flashback in What Are You?. However, the Bell's magic was corrupted when Ethan Maxwell was sirened to add the Staff of Arcadius, by Seline, to the bell to unleash hellfire upon the future Mystic Falls in 1790.


 * Protection Charm: A spell that enchants an object with a powerful spell of protection against dark magic and/or evil.
 * Requirements: Charm
 * Used by: In No Quarter, it's revealed that Maxine spelled a charm with a protection enchantment with the hopes that it would protect her son. She would later give it to Vincent to which it protected him from an unknown dark entity.


 * Fixation Enchantment Removal Spell: A direct counter-spell to remove a Fixation Enchantment on a piece of jewelry.
 * Incantation: Denne legatura
 * Requirements: Spelled Jewelry
 * Used by: In Keepers of the House, Freya used this spell to alter the moonlight ring she spelled to “leash” Keelin to her.


 * Beast Weapon-Binding Enchantment: A spell that utilizes the magic and derivatives of the Beast to create a weapon that can be used to kill the Beast.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Freya's blood (Esther's Magic), Marcel's Venom, Lucien Castle's ashes
 * Used By: In I Hear You Knocking, Freya reverse engineered and created a spell that combined the derivatives that created the beasts (components both living and dead; the latter being Lucien's ashes) to enchant a weapon capable of killing the "unkillable".


 * Mystical Binding Enchantment: An enchantment that reinforces rope, leather, or chain bindings with magic, preventing the target from escaping them.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Binding
 * Used By: In Voodoo in My Blood, Davina recounts to Hayley of the Hollow's capture at the hands of her tribesmen using powerful, mystical binding. Despite this, they concluded that death was their only option. In There in the Disappearing Light, an unnamed witch working for the 'purist' vampire Emmett enchanted chains and leather straps to subdue Marcel for Emmett to exact and use his venom to take down the Mikaelsons. After the witch was killed by Josh, the enchantment broke upon the straps, freeing Marcel.


 * Magic-Bound Enchantment: A spell that imbues the magic of multiple witches into an object, rendering it capable of killing other powerful beings.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Four of the strongest Witch Elders, Weapon (Axe)
 * Used By: In Voodoo in My Blood, the Elders of a Native American Tribe of witches imbued an ax with a portion of their great magic to destroy a fellow tribesman, the Hollow.


 * Shock Enchantment: An enchantment that zaps the wearer whenever they say anything mean. The spell also increases in voltage with each mean statement resulting in greater pain with each shock.
 * Incantation: Impulsa Animositas
 * Requirements: Bracelet
 * Used By: In We're Gonna Need A Spotlight, Lizzie spelled her bracelet to shock her in her attempt to turn over a new leaf and be nicer to people. As the day moved on, she continued to feel the effects of the spell, so much so that she used the bracelet to shock the slug-like creature from Josie. Despite the spelled bracelet, she concluded that people already viewed her as a mean person and she should permanently unleash her personality and not try to change. The enchantment is engraved upon the bracelet.


 * Reverse Kyanite Ring Creation Spell: An enchantment placed on a piece of jewelry with a Black Kyanite gemstone that allows a werewolf to transform into their wolf form without the need of a full moon. Once the ring is worn, however, the werewolf will not be able to turn back.
 * Incantation: Unknown.
 * Requirements: Black Kyanite
 * Used by: The ring was created and gifted to Hope from an unidentified family friend. Hope gifted the ring to Rafael in I'll Tell You a Story, and used in There's Always a Loophole, as he was suffering from lunar psychosis. She told him that, in his wolf mind, things are less complicated, which she hoped would allow him to heal. In You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know, Hope either removed the ring or reversed the effects of the ring, restoring Rafael to his human form.


 * Katana Sword Enchantment: An enchantment placed on a katana sword, spelled with black magic, capable of killing oni. There is a secondary enchantment on the blade, where symbols will glow in the presence of supernaturals.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Katana Sword; Black Magic
 * Used By: In Since When Do You Speak Japanese?, Josie, translating for Kurutta, recounts that his sword is spelled with a special kind of magic that can kill an oni. The sword also glows around any supernatural being, in which Kurutta used to track the oni. The spell was cast a number of years before 1308, by an unknown witch using black magic presumably in Mutsu Province Japan, as Kurutta spent that time housing the demon as it could not fully control his broken mind. In 1308, Kurutta encountered Malivore and was consumed. The spell on the sword was siphoned by Josie in 2028 and she used the black magic to undo the oni's possession of Lizzie.


 * Labyrinthine Enchantment: A powerful enchantment placed a piece of jewelry to act as a sort of prison.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Bracelet
 * Used By: In Screw Endgame, the Keeper recounts how the woman before her told her how centuries ago, the labyrinth was created to by a sorcerer to punish a beautiful maiden who refused his affections, just because she didn't exist just for him and she was punished "forever." The labyrinth was specifically designed to kill beautiful maidens, though they'll not permanently die. Maidens that are trapped within the labyrinth will play the "game" until the Keeper's "pet", a minotaur, finds and feeds on them, at which point they're dead for real. The only other way for Keepers to escape is to trade places with another maiden that they trap. When a new maiden accepts the deal, the bracelet that traps the maidens and binds the Keeper to the labyrinth will also protect them from the minotaur. Should the bracelet be destroyed, the labyrinth will persist and the minotaur will then go after the Keeper to kill her. Despite being spelled, the bracelet was extremely fragile and was destroyed by Lizzie by smashing it with an 80s-style phone. Hope and Lizzie, however, found another way out when they killed the minotaur, which also freed the Keeper.


 * Emotion Channelling Spell: A spell that channels one's strong emotions and dark energy into a mystical object. The resulting spell turns it into a dark object of indeterminate power.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos tribum nos ex viris. Quo animo transibit
 * Requirements: The Trident
 * Used by: In It Will All Be Painfully Clear Soon Enough, Ryan Clarke, under the guise of Professor Vardemus, guided Josie into performing this spell to channel her rage, sadness, and all of her other strong emotions and dark energy into the trident. As Josie completed the spell, her eyes turned solid black and she collapsed to the floor, unconscious. The newly created dark object holds the power to transfer the consciousness of one person into another vessel — to become them and their species. Ryan wanted to transfer his consciousness into Hope to become a tribrid to destroy his father. To activate the dark object's effect, Ryan cut his hand and the next person he cut with it, his consciousness would be transferred to them.


 * Electromagnetic Charge Spell: The spell that charges modern-day electronics, such as lights, by providing an electrical current.
 * Incantation: Illustrant.
 * Used by: In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent, Josie used this spell to turn on the Christmas lights and music when she and the other students, Alaric and Dorian sprung their trap on the Krampus.


 * Earpiece Enchantment: An enchantment that is performed on the casting witch and target's ears, allowing them to speak to and hear one another from a distance.
 * Incantation: Unknown.
 * Used by: In What Cupid Problem?, Hope performed this enchantment on MG's ear to help him get information about where Alyssa hid the ascendant. MG also comments that the enchantment itself is itchy and when messed with causes feedback. Continuing to mess with one's ear will cause the enchantment to break.


 * Breaking Enchantment: An enchantment that is placed on an object that causes the object to break when put back together.
 * Incantation: Unknown.
 * Used by: In You Can't Save Them All, Hope mentions that Alyssa placed this spell on the ascendant, so that every time she repaired it, it would just break again. She also tells Landon that she can't just unspell it.

Immortality and Creation Spells
Immortality spells allow witches to alter the age of living beings usually to the point of an indefinite lifespan. As such, they are a direct violation of Nature's rule that all living things must die. Therefore, Immortal beings suffer consequences as an act of balance, such as the binding ingredients for the vampire's creation becoming their greatest weaknesses. Witches, servants of Nature, cannot become immortal and retain their ability to practice magic and may opt to use age-halting spells instead. Siphoners, aberrations of Nature, are the only known species that can violate this rule. As immortal Heretics, they retain the ability to siphon magic, thus being able to cast spells thereafter. In most instances of bestowing immortality, new species can be created in the process, either directly or indirectly. However, nothing is ever truly immortal as Nature creates a balance and there is always a loophole to undo such magic.


 * The Immortality Spell: One of the most powerful spells in history as well as one of the greatest achievements in the history of witchcraft. The spell allowed one to transcend death in the form of an elixir. When drunk, the recipient of the spell becomes a true immortal with peak physical conditioning and enhanced psychic abilities. Being a violation of nature's laws, mortal doppelgängers would be created as a consequence to be a version that can die.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah reveals the truth surrounding the myth of the Immortality spell. She performed the spell over 2000 years ago which was intended for her then fiancé, Silas, and herself to drink at their wedding. However, he stole the elixir and He and Amara drank the potion in an act of betrayal. They would become the world's first true Immortals, with Silas also losing access to this magic.


 * The Cure for Immortality: A powerful spell that crafted the only known elixir to cure true immortality, as well as various other forms such as vampirism, and render an immortal being vulnerable to death.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah recounts how in 1st century B.C. she created the Cure as a means to undo her Immortality spell after she found out that Silas betrayed her. While she had two elixirs for immortality, she only created one cure, as she desiccated Amara and used her to bind the Other Side.


 * Original Vampire Creation Spell: A modified version of Qetsiyah's immortality spell which, unlike it's older counterpart, worked ritualistically to create the first vampires — the Original vampires. The spell made its targets completely immortal, except to the object that was called upon for their immortality, the White Oak. The spell also made them physically superior to werewolves in every aspect; such as enhanced speed, strength, agility, and fangs. However, Nature provided every weakness to their strengths, affecting more so their vampire descendants to the point of fatality. The spell was also interwoven with a linking spell so that if the Original sire was destroyed, so would their sireline.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Spirit or Dark Magic, The Sun / Celestial Event (Full Moon; possibly), White Oak Tree (or Human life-link), Doppelgänger blood, Death of targets, Blood (to complete transition),
 * Used by: Esther created and used this complex, multifaceted spell on her children to protect them from their village's werewolves, spawning the first ever vampires in history. Esther drew from the sun for life, the White Oak Tree, one of nature's eternal objects, for immortality, and blood from Amara's doppelgänger, Tatia. Rebekah recounts the spell that created them in Ordinary People to Elena. Interestingly, when Esther first created the spell and utilized the sun for life, seemingly, the sun was not necessarily a requirement to reverse her spell, as she had planned to channel the power of a full moon. Esther performed this spell for a second time upon Alaric in Do Not Go Gentle, turning him into an Enhanced Original Vampire, though she learned from her previous mistake and bound Alaric's life to that of Elena's. In The Battle of New Orleans, while Genevieve crafted Klaus' the Moonlight rings, Klaus confirms that Esther had crafted several spells in preparation to turn her children immortal; among them being spells for enhanced speed, strength, agility, and fangs. Additionally, in Red Door, Davina studied Esther's Grimoires, combining her knotting spell with her sire-bond spell as she attempted to reverse engineer the sire link. In Heart Shaped Box, Kol confirms that the sire link is a facet of her most powerful spell used to protect those she loved most, so that should her children be threatened, their sirelings would aid and protect them, at least to ensure their own survival. Ayana's warning, that performing the spell was the making of a plague, is likely what prompted Esther to incorporate this into her spell. In total, Esther combined and incorporated at least six different, individual spells to create vampires, not to mention the objects she called upon for additional power. To date, this is the most complex spell ever performed. This is again demonstrated in Behind the Black Horizon, as it took an entire coven of an indeterminate size, "ages" to reverse-engineer for Lucien to modify. Davina, even with Esther's Grimoires at her side along with Kol, took several years just to reverse-engineer one aspect of the spell, the sire link.


 * Enhanced Original Vampire Creation Spell: Esther modified her original spell to create an “Enhanced” Original vampire to eradicate the Original vampires. Esther, however, added a new facet to the spell, a human life-link so that once the task was complete, the final vampire would be able to perish.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Dark Magic, The Sun, Elena’s Blood (as a Human life-link) / Doppelgänger blood, Death of target, Blood (to complete transition),
 * Used by: Esther performed this spell for a second time upon Alaric in Do Not Go Gentle, turning him into an Enhanced Original Vampire, though she learned from her previous mistake and bound Alaric's newly immortal life to that of Elena's human life. Should she die, so would he.


 * Hunter Creation Spell: The complex spell turned its targets into immortal-opposing supernatural hunters, bestowing upon them several unique abilities and attributes. On the original members, the Hunter's Mark was a map to the Cure in the form of a body tattoo. They were supernaturally endowed peak physical conditioning, an invulnerable mind to psychic abilities to combat Silas, and a blood lust to kill immortal beings, such as vampires. Upon being slain by those which they hunt, the Hunter's Curse would activate and psychologically torment their murderers until their own demise. This status could also be passed on to other humans known as "Potentials". How potentials were chosen remains unknown, though they would also inherit the mark upon their predecessor's death. Unlike the original members, the mark would only grow with each kill of an immortal being, i.e. vampires and Originals.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Sintu Corpora, E It A Rero, Quest Ero Immortalis. Phasmatos, Victoris, E Insipio Exu Ne Moris. Sintasia Sintu Corpora, Quest Ero Immortalis.
 * Requirements: Targets, Storm (lightning), Fire, Ceremonial Jug
 * Used by: In The Five, Alexander recounts the Five's creation of how the were bound by fire in the last breath of a dying Bennett witch in the 12th Century. The witch performed this spell to create the Brotherhood of the Five for a single purpose: to oppose Silas and destroy vampires. It is presumed that Qetsiyah communicated with her from the Other Side, as it has been shown that most Bennett Witches have communed with the Spirits, guiding her to their creation. This is based on the claim that she made to Stefan in Original Sin, stating that [her] hunters have failed in their task to kill Silas.


 * Huntress Creation Spell: The spell turned its target into a self-resurrecting huntress linked to the vampire trapping, phoenix stone. Due to the link, Rayna has a metaphysical connection to all of her targets that lets her see what they are seeing. The Huntress was bestowed 8 lives intertwined with great longevity, extraordinary physical strength, increasing with each new life, a blood lust to kill vampires and an immunity to magic. A failsafe was instilled such that any immortal with the mark of the phoenix sword will die when Rayna's last life is over.
 * The Shaman's Plea: Hear me, great spirit, hear me. We call upon you in this moment of need. We bring you an offering. A woman who desires justice for herself, for our tribe. Drink. She drinks the tea of protection so that she may be strong and so that no magic may touch her. She accepts our singular lives, so that she may have many. She wields a weapon of judgment, one that thirsts for the blood of those that prey upon us. Link her spirit with this sword. This blade draws blood from a vampire. It will connect you. It will guide you. It will aid you in their destruction.
 * Requirements: Tea of protection, Eight Shamans, Shaman Dagger, Fire, Phoenix Stone
 * Used by: In This Woman's Work, in 1857 a group of shamans, The Eight Everlastings, bestowed this power upon Rayna to oppose vampires.


 * Longevity Spell: A spell used by witches of old in conjunction with various unknown herbs to delay their aging process, extending their life greatly. However, age will eventually catch up with them.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown Herbs
 * Used by: In The End of the Affair, Gloria a powerful 'old-school voodoo' witch was able to use herbs along with this spell to slow down the aging process. She slowed her aging down such that she was over 100 years old despite being no more that 40 years old biologically. In We'll Always Have Bourbon Street, another witch whom was from New Orleans, Nandi LaMarche was capable of slowing her own aging such that she was meant to be more than 80 years old yet did not look more than 50 years old. In One Wrong Turn On Bourbon, when Klaus mentions that the years have been kind to Freya. In turn, she responds that sunblock, love, and literal witchcraft were the reason.


 * Immortality Slumber Spell: A powerful ritual that allows witches to reach a form of pseudo-immortality, without being left powerless as a balance. The spell functions by placing the witch into a deep slumber that would last a century, arresting all biological functions besides the growth of the witch's magic. The witch would then awake, but is allotted only but a single year to walk the Earth before the cycle repeats itself. It is worth nothing that during their century slumber, the witch cannot be killed or harmed and during their year of life, the witch would remain immortal in all ways.
 * Incantation: Magi somn et immortalis. Binde oss.
 * Requirements: Runic Symbols, Circle of Salt
 * Used by: In Save My Soul, Dahlia placed this spell on herself and her niece Freya, in hopes that they would become the world's most powerful witches, as well as to achieve the closest thing to immortality without losing her magic.


 * Immortality Slumber Reversal Spell: A powerful binding spell that can be used to undo a spell which grants witches longevity, invulnerability and heightened magic at the price of being alive for one year per century using their three sources of power, to create a weakness. The spell can be bound to different forms such to a weapon or to a certain location, creating a killing ground where said witch would be rendered mortal.
 * Incantation: Drende moral associeres. Drende moral associeres.
 * Requirements: Soil from witch's homeland, Blood of the witch they loved most, Ash of witch's oppressors, Ring of salt (Weapon), Sage (Killing Ground)
 * Used by: In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Davina used this spell to bind Dahlia's weaknesses (that which linked her to the mortal coil, the source of her hatred and that which broke her heart) to a small dagger. In City Beneath The Sea, Freya used the spell to bind Dahlia's weaknesses to the Compound, creating a killing ground, where Dahlia could then be rendered mortal. In Fire with Fire, Freya bound the ingredients to kill Dahlia to their father's knife.


 * Upgraded Original Vampire Creation Spell: A modified version of Esther's Original vampire creation spell that created a superior, rather an Upgraded Original vampire. The spell was reverse-engineered by a coven of witches that would create an elixir that would turn its target into an immortal hybrid-like Original vampire with fangs laced with a new strain of werewolf venom that would even kill an Original vampire.
 * Incantation: Filia maximo. Filia maximo. morsus, morsus, morsus, morsus, morsus, morsus. advenio donec duo est revertus mors...
 * Requirements: Blood of Mikaelson Witch, Seven types of Werewolf Venom, White Oak, Massive Source of Power, Death of Target, Dark / Ancestral Magic
 * Used by: In Behind the Black Horizon, Vincent as Regent to the Nine Covens of New Orleans was forced by the Ancestors to turn Lucien into the 'Beast' of prophecy whom he made the deal in exchange to destroy the Mikaelson Family. Interestingly, in Where Nothing Stays Buried, Vincent comments that the spell was performed with "some ugly magic that only the spirits have access to."


 * Upgraded Original Vampire Creation Reversal Spell: A powerful spell that is able to undo the effects of the Upgraded Original vampire creation spell; the spell will turn an Upgraded Original vampire back into a regular vampire.
 * Incantation: Anular forte é les forte a las.
 * Requirements: Mikaelson Witch, Magic that Powered the Original Spell (i.e. Ancestral Magic), The Beast
 * Used by: In No More Heartbreaks, Freya, begins to use Lucien's blood as a means to figure out how to undo the spell that created him. In Where Nothing Stays Buried, using Esther's Grimoires, Freya was able to create the reversal spell needed to undo Lucien’s transformation into an Upgraded Original vampire. Esther's grimoire states that a witch who creates a new supernatural species (i.e. Esther and the creation of vampires) is the only witch who can reverse the spell. Even though Vincent originally cast the spell, the magic he used was given to him by the Ancestral spirits, meaning that their power, not the casting witch, was needed to cast the reversal spell. In Where Nothing Stays Buried Freya was successful in casting the reversal spell when she forcibly took ancestral magic from the Ancestors through Davina.


 * Golem Creation Spell: A powerful spell using black magic to create an immortal golem from mud, capable of consuming any supernatural or human being into an endless space inside itself. Furthermore, the creation spell was interwoven with a spell to cause insatiable hunger and another to wipe the memories of the aforementioned beings it's consumed from the collective consciousness.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Black Magic, Mud
 * Used by: In I'll Tell You a Story, Ryan Clarke recounts the creation of the golem called Malivore. Around a millennia ago, dragons, terrifying monsters that ravaged the region, remained unmatched by any of the other factions on their own. However, an unholy alliance was formed between a witch, a werewolf, and a vampire; the triad. Together they combined their blood and the witch using black magic, created an 'immortal' golem capable of consuming the dragons. Since they were responsible for the creation of the golem, the spell made it unable to harm other witches, werewolves, or vampires. Spelling the golem to have an insatiable hunger, it continued to consume every monster it could, swallowing them into an endless space inside itself. Ryan also states that since they were the ones who created him, only they could destroy him. All they needed to do was wipe away the symbol on his forehead. However, before this could happen, Malivore betrayed his creators by making a deal with all the humans he'd saved. Over time, he realized he was alone and fashioned beings like him, his "children", though they were imperfect, flawed, and none of them had his powers, though all of them had weaknesses. The golems were also sterile and unable to reproduce to continue his legacy. He was created to be the only one of his kind and never intended to be a species with his own "bloodline". In You Can't Save Them All, having discovered that memories of someone, i.e. Kai was missing, Josie mentions that she's felt the spell affecting her mind before. To restore the missing memories, she purged her, Jade's and Alaric's minds of the undue supernatural influence.


 * Golem Dissolution Spell: A powerful spell that is able to alter the effects of the Golem Creation Spell; the spell uses black magic to trap and dissolve the golem back into its natural state, a black pit. The spell however, only binds the immortal golem and does not destroy it.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Knife, Urn, and Chalice; Eleven witches and black magic
 * Used by: In I'll Tell You a Story, Ryan Clarke recounts the binding of the golem called Malivore. After Malivore created Ryan, he grew to despise his creation; Ryan was clay pretending to be something he wasn't and as a result Malivore threw him away like all his other failures who came before. Ryan betrayed Malivore and told the humans of the descendant of his original worshipers how he was violating Nature, trying to birth a new species. The humans paid witches who used black magic to trap and dissolve him, to return him to his natural state. The witches used three artifacts, a knife, an urn, and a chalice, to bind the immortal golem to his dissolved form, unable to be unlocked except by Malivore's blood.


 * Consciousness Golem Creation Spell: A spell using black magic to give a person's consciousness solid form.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Black Magic, Prism, Target, Trident
 * Used by: In It Will All Be Painfully Clear Soon Enough, Josie devises a plan to close the portal to Malivore in Mystic Falls and consult with Professor Vardemus, unbeknownst to her he was actually Ryan Clarke in a magical disguise. With Ryan's tutelage she and Landon created "Simulandon". Using the prism and a trident given to her by Ryan, Landon manifested his subconscious and then Josie gave it form — she turned him into a golem. The newly formed golem had the prism embedded within his chest that glowed bright white. The trident was used to bind the mind, body and spirit of Simulandon in conjunction with a spell using black magic. Josie, however, bound him to the lunar cycle so when the moon reaches its apex the following night, he'll disintegrate. Josie and Landon planned to use Simulandon as a decoy, by pumping Simulandon with Hope's blood and sending him through the portal to close it. Malivore won't be able to send him back, as he'll disintegrate, and the portal will remain closed.

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, protection or to be worshipped. 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.


 * 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 forth 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.

Linking Spells
Linking spells allow witches to establish a magical bond between two or more people, connecting mind, body, soul or even life force. Blood is often used to perform linking spells as it aids in strengthening the connection between the people that are being bonded together. Unlinking spells servers that bond, voiding the connection.


 * Linking Spell: The spell is used to link two or more beings together, such that any harm comes to one, it is also inflicted upon the other(s). The spell can be used to link similar species, i.e. witch to another witch, or to different species, i.e. human to vampire.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Spirit Magic (varies per spell)
 * Used by: In Masquerade, Lucy Bennett used this spell to link Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce together to ensure that Katherine wouldn't be killed because whatever harm came to her, Elena would be harmed as well. In Because the Night, Aja called out to her coven for help to cleanse Bonnie of Expression magic. They channeled each other one by one using spirit magic until they linked to their leader. They accomplished this without the use of a verbal incantation. With the process complete, Aja, was one witch with the power of a full coven. However, since the witches were linked as one, when Aja was killed, her coven died in the process as well. In Best Served Cold, and proved in Mommie Dearest, the Heretics bound Julian's life to Lillian Salvatore. Lily stated that if he dies, so would she. She also states that this spell took the cooperation of the entire family implying that it took a lot of magic for the Heretics to enact. In Phantomesque, the Hollow cast a linking spell on the recently resurrected Davina to ensure her survival, and to gain Kol's obedience with her, so that if she died, so would Davina.


 * Life Force Binding Spell: A spell that binds the life energy of one person to that of another person. This allows a person to be revived from death without upsetting Nature's cycle of life and death.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum Melan Veras Raddiam Onu Pavadus Ponemus.
 * Used by: In The Sun Also Rises, it is revealed that Emily Bennett used this spell to bind a woman's life force to her child's. The child died, but the mother's life force flowed through which restored her life, but caused the mother to die. Emily's descendant, Bonnie, also performed this spell to bind John Gilbert's life force to Elena Gilbert's so that Elena would come back to life after being sacrificed.


 * Original Linking Ritual: A spell used to link the Original vampires together so that if one of them were to be killed, the others would die as well in the process.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Inta Grum Vin Callus Amalon Callagius Accodum. Cosom Naben Dox Callagius Amalon Gaeda Callagius. Ceremum Descendium Vinum. Phasmatos Inta Grum Callus. Cosom Naben Dox.
 * Directions: The spell called for a drop of doppelgänger's blood and allowing the Originals consumed it at the same time, they would then be bound together as one.
 * Used by: In Dangerous Liaisons, Esther Mikaelson performed this ritual to link all of her children together in an effort to kill them, including Klaus. She laced champagne with Elena Gilbert's blood to create the link between Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Kol, and Rebekah Mikaelson.


 * Expression Linking Spell: A non-verbal spell that allows the witch to link two people, including themselves in a matter of seconds simply by focusing. The witch will then be able to restrain the target's movements and distance which they can go to however far she pleases, acting as a leash. However, like any linking spell, whatever happens to one is also inflicted on the other.
 * Requirements: Expression
 * Used by: In The Walking Dead, Bonnie Bennett has used this spell to link herself to Katherine, to keep her away from Silas.


 * Expression Triangle Linking Spell: A non-verbal spell that uses Expression to charge and link three sacrificial hotspots. With all three hotspots linked, a spell can be used to drop the Veil as the caster sees fit, such as inside the Expression Triangle.
 * Requirements: Expression
 * Used by: In The Walking Dead, Bonnie Bennett has used this spell to charge and link each hotspot of the Expression Triangle to drop the Veil. Seemingly, since this link was established with Expression, upon Bonnie's death, she could no longer channel the Expression Triangle to restore the Veil and, in Graduation, had to subsequently use the Full Moon to gather enough power to perform the spell.


 * Qetsiyah's Mind-Linking Spell: A powerful linking spell that connects the mind of a doppelgänger to that of their immortal, using the doppelgänger's energy to fry the doppelgänger's conscience mind to damage an Immortal's brain and render their mental abilities useless. As the doppelgänger's damaged brain will not heal from the spell, the linked Immortal's brain will not heal. If the spell is not lifted, the only loophole for the Immortal is to temporarily kill their doppelgänger to regain their psychic powers until the doppelgänger revives.
 * Incantation: Adatu Khan Leala Ghan Breatvis Shemil.
 * Requirements: Circle of herbs, Immortal's doppelgänger
 * Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah performed this spell by channeling the power of the herbs she surrounded herself with to connect Stefan to Silas and neutralize his mental abilities.


 * Traveler Mind-Linking Spell: A spell that is able to connect mind of two people (presumably, two doppelgängers) allowing the receiver of the spell to have visions of the target's life.
 * Incantation: Odka na vonas czech nat, Misteni
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic / Coven of Travelers, Doppelgänger blood, Barrels of fire, The target's doppelgänger
 * Used by: In While You Were Sleeping, the Travelers used this spell on Stefan to find the location of the most recent Salvatore Doppelgänger, Tom Avery. This spell appears to be a more crude and weaker variation of Qetsiyah's, as it required doppelgänger blood and an entire coven of witches


 * The Merge Ritual: The Merge is a powerful ritual and a practiced tradition of the Gemini Coven. It works by merging the strength of twin witches. The twin who is naturally stronger absorbs the other twin's magic and the weaker twin dies. The spirits of both witches merge in the process to create a new being with traits from both witches in the body of the survivor. The witch who survives typically has their personality more dominant, but with changes from the deceased witch's personality. Successfully completing the Merge also bestows Leadership upon the Coven as well as reestablishes the linking spell that binds the coven as one.
 * Incantation: Sanguinem desimilus... Sanguinem generis fiantus.
 * Requirements: Celestial event, Blood drawn from both witches
 * Used by: In Fade Into You, Jo and Kai performed the Merge, though Jo had already relinquished her magic and Kai was banished to a prison world. When Kai escaped, Joshua Parker attempted to force Luke and Liv to Merge In Prayer For the Dying, though Tyler intervened. Jo accepted her duty, and attempted to Merge with Kai, though again Luke intervened. Between Luke and Kai, Kai resulted in the successful witch, gaining Luke's magic. In Let Her Go, Kai confirms that his new status as the Gemini Coven Leader, his life is linked to both his coven and to their Prison Worlds and that should he die, they too will die and the dimensions would be destroyed. In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Josie's dark magic alter-ego decided to perform the Merge five years ahead of their 22nd birthday, citing that their coven's tradition was only a guideline. Lizzie eventually concedes to Josie's demands and participates in the ritual. Fortunately for Lizzie, who lost the battle of wills, Hope's Plan B of being temporarily linked to Landon caused her to resurrect upon Landon's death with her mind protected from the Merge.


 * Confirmation-Representational Linking Ritual: A complex ritual used to confirm whether if another person is pregnant while using representational magic, which uses the concept of "like attracts like" to link the pregnant person to another.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Ancestral / Representational Magic, Target's hair, Goblet, Candles, Salt Symbols, Wooden surface, Herbs, Target's hair, Full Moon (Possibly)
 * Used By: In The Originals, Jane-Anne Deveraux performed this complex representational ritual upon Hayley and her surrounding environment to ascertain that she was in fact pregnant with Klaus' child. The intricate ritual ties the targets hair to the spell while each item represents a certain environmental or physiological change such as the following: lighting a candle wick to simulate flames on a map, a bubbling goblet to simulate a salted vehicle, a humming witch to cause litany interference on a mobile phone and finally a blown out candle to cause the target to fall unconscious. Presumably, the unknown salt symbols linked Hayley to Sophie, as Jane-Anne knew of the consequences of practicing witchcraft in the Quarter under Marcel's rule. With Hayley linked to Sophie, the fate of Klaus' child was now controlled by the witches in the hope to overthrow Marcel and reclaim their magic and city.


 * Genevieve's Mind-linking Spell: The spell allows a witch to connect two minds together. A potion concocted using herbs, the witch's blood and host's blood, which will then be drunk by the target. Doing so allows the drinkers to see into the host's mind and access their memories which the witch can then guide through.
 * Incantation: -TBA-
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Blood of target to be drunk, Herbs
 * Used by: In Long Way Back From Hell, Genevieve performed this spell on Klaus and Rebekah Mikaelson to show him her betrayal, getting her revenge on Rebekah for killing her in her previous life.


 * Connective Magic: A powerful spell that bonds a supernatural creature to a witch, allowing her to draw on their strengths to gain more power without harming the target.
 * With a Witch: The spell connects the power of two witches allowing one witch to draw power from the other, while augmenting the latter's power. It is unique such that the former was able to fully channel power even when the latter is miles away.
 * Incantation: Med dette seglet, cum soluta nobis sammen. Med dette seglet, cum soluta nobis sammen. Med dette seglet, cum soluta nobis sammen. Med dette seglet, cum soluta nobis sammen.
 * Requirements: Five Torches, Circle of salt, Runic Symbols, Waning crescent moon at its apex (possibly)
 * With an Immortal Being: The spell connects the power of a witch to an immortal allowing the former to draw on the latter's strength to achieve true immortality in conjunction with the immortality slumber spell. However, neutralizing or killing said immortal being would similarly affect the witch.
 * Incantation: Med arveno som et svar. Med arveno som et svar.
 * Requirements: Salt drawn in an infinity symbol, Candles, Blood of targets, Chalices
 * Used by: In Save My Soul, Dahlia performed this spell with Freya's aid to connect their magic and draw from Freya's power while augmenting the latter's magic. In Ashes to Ashes, she performed it once more with Klaus to free herself from the immortality slumber restriction of being limited to only a single year awake, per century. Unlike with Freya, by binding herself to Klaus, whose strength as an immortal allowed her to break this restriction, his weaknesses were also shared with her; i.e. being daggered with the Golden White Oak Ash Daggers. She would later break the connective magic bound to both Klaus and Freya via the Melting Spell through representational magic and while utilizing a waning crescent moon at its apex, respectively.


 * The Rite of Nines: A ritual that augments an ancestral witch's power through the linking and subsequent sacrifice of one witch from each of the nine covens of New Orleans — preferably young and prodigious. The immense amount of magical power gained by the witch performing the ritual is believed to elevate them to a level of strength unlike any other witch in any of the New Orleans covens.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: 9 children from each of the nine covens
 * Used by: In They All Asked For You, it is revealed that Eva Sinclair attempted to complete the Rite of Nines, but was stopped before she could complete it.


 * Link Exploitation Spell: A spell that exploits the shared 'link' between witches under a unified coven through the magic they practice collectively, from leader to members and vice versa. Through their magic, witches can spy upon other members of their coven, hearing them as if they were present in the same room and, additionally, by forcing enough magic through the 'link', can cause all witches to fall unconscious.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Collectively practiced magic (Dark Magic); Source of Power (Hand of Glory), optional.
 * Used By: In Heart Shaped Box, one of the witches of the Sisters' coven was able to tap into this shared "link" to listen in on Davina and Kol's conversation about the Sireline Unlinking spell she was developing. The witch listening in went into a trance-like state to focus while scribbling down the conversation. Aya claimed that since Kol was linked to the Hand of Glory, whatever he and Davina said, the Sisters would be able to hear it. This was possible because the same magic that the Sisters and Davina practiced, was the same magic that called forth Kol's spirit from the Ancestral Plane via the Hand of Glory. Later, Kol and Davina, channeling the magic in the Hand of Glory, exploited the same "link" and was able to knock out Davina and subsequently the remaining Sister witches before they were able to kill Hayley. Furthermore, it is unknown how this "link" was established as there was no initiation ceremony or ritual and seemingly was established when Davina took command of the coven. Also, while the magic that was practiced among them was "linked", they were not linked together through a traditional linking spell, i.e. when one witch died the others continued to live. Furthermore, it does not seem to be a leader dependent spell to establish this "link" as both Ariane and Madison were killed while leading the coven, though the members did not die along with them, which would hint towards some kind of empathetic link via their collective or shared magic.


 * Sacrificial Anchorage Spell: A spell that uses sacrifices to anchor a spirit to the living world. Targets are placed atop a large ornate altar affixed with bones and skulls on which is inscribed with the marking of the "Ouroboros". Once the spell is enacted, it creates a fire boundary spell around the targets to prevent the sacrifices from being removed. The spell then brings its targets into the veil as the spirit latches on to them.
 * Incantation: Vinculum mond sa.
 * Requirements: Sacrificial Anchor(s)
 * Used by: In Keepers of the House, Will, as a conduit of the Hollow activated this ritual to draw out Klaus and Marcel by using four children as anchors, though they were the intended targets.


 * Chain Spell: A linking spell that is about the fluid movement of energy from witch to witch.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Two or more witches
 * Used by: In We're Being Punked, Pedro, Dorian was teaching a class on how to perform a chain spell; Hope, Lizzie, and Josie were present, among other students, while Penelope was missing due to personal reasons. While preparing the spell, Hope, Lizzie, and Josie were called to Alaric's office for performing dark magic and starting a fight at the game, respectively.


 * Mimic Spell: A simple spell that causes the target to mimic the actions of the casting witch.
 * Incantation: Imitantor Pupulus
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In There's Always a Loophole, Hope performed this spell on Ryan Clarke after she learned that he wanted to test her theory about being the loophole to end Malivore. If she was right, she'd sacrifice herself and Ryan would be from his father. After casting the spell, she and Ryan, who was forced to do the same action, jumped into Malivore. In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Hope performed this spell again on Ryan to make him stop talking and to walk in the opposite direction of her to be alone while trapped in Malivore.


 * Mimic Reversal Spell: A spell that reverses the effects of a mimic spell.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Hope performed this spell to remove the effects of the mimic spell she previously cast on Ryan. When Malivore attempted to expel her, Ryan convinced Hope to break the spell so he could "save" her, though in truth he wanted to be expelled along with her. However, as much as Malivore wanted to expel Hope, he wanted to torture Ryan more and would stop his attempts whenever Ryan grabbed hold of Hope.


 * Object Linking Spell: A spell that links two or more objects, spells or people together.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target(s) and Object(s)
 * Used by: In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, it's revealed that Alyssa Chang performed this spell several years prior on Lizzie's notebook and Lizzie. In the Library, Alyssa set the notebook on fire causing Lizzie to suffer severe burns, sending her to the hospital. Again she performed a similar spell on the 2018 ascendant and the newly created one. When Lizzie and Josie sent the Sandclock to the prison world, they were also sending themselves and Alraic along with it. However, they didn't send it to the 2028 prison world, instead it was sent to Kai's 2018 prison world. Alyssa also added a time delay spell so that no one would realize what happened until it was too late.


 * Unbreakable Covenant Spell: A spell that forms an unbreakable agreement between two parties, so that should one break the agreement, the exchange becomes null and both lose what was intended to them — no exceptions.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target(s)
 * Used by: In Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing, the Necromancer proposed this spell to Alaric since the latter couldn't trust him. The Necromancer explained that if both of them don't hold up their end of the bargain, neither of them will gain what they want. The Necromancer wanted the dark magic within Josie and Alaric wanted Josie returned safely. Alaric also bargained for Rafael, Alyssa and Landon’s resurrection with the ties between them and the Necromancer, as 'puppets', to be severed. Alaric eventually agreed to the bargain and Lizzie siphoned the dark magic out of Josie and transferred it into the Necromancer. Upholding his end of the bargain, the Necromancer resurrected Rafael and Alyssa, though Landon has yet to wake from being stabbed with the golden arrow.

Locator Spells
Locator spells allow witches to discern the location of an object or person anywhere in the world. Locator spells are ineffective if the person or object is being hidden with a cloaking spell.


 * Locator Spell:​ A simple spell in which the casting witch will receive a vision of the object or person's location or, using blood and a map, can be used to ascertain a more precise location. In some instances, it's not possible to get an exact address or even a location if the target is cloaked or deceased.
 * Bonnie's Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Sequitas Sanguinem.
 * Witch's Incantation: Faire à voir là ré.
 * Lizzie's Incantation: Ahsorum, dolusantum, infidictus.
 * Wendy's Incantation: Mur vara en gartus sanguineus.
 * Requirements: Map, Object or blood belonging to target
 * Used by: The first known user of this spell was Sheila Bennett in Fool Me Once, when Bonnie was kidnapped by Anna and her minion, Ben. She states that the spell was 'simple', though that can be attributed to her knowledge and experience of the craft. Some time later, Bonnie would use this spell on numerous occasions, with her first use of the spell in Rose, though the spell was muttered and non-audible. Unlike her Grams, who likely taught her the spell, she was affected briefly by using the spell, getting a small nosebleed due to using too much magic in a short amount of time. Liv Parker states she learned this spell in the first grade, though 'played-dumb' and let Bonnie teach it to her. She has used it twice, once to locate Wes Maxfield, in Total Eclipse of the Heart, and again to locate Elena Gilbert, in Gone Girl. Bonnie used it again find both the 1994 Ascendant in Black Hole Sun and 1903 Ascendant in A Bird in a Gilded Cage. Beau used a similar spell in Live Through This to locate Julian's body using his ring at Lily's request. After Julian was resurrected, Damon asked Bonnie to locate him in Cold as Ice, tracking him to a town called Sunbury. Damon asked if she could provide something more concrete, such as an address, but she told him that the spell doesn't work that way. In Nostalgia's a Bitch, the subconscious manifestation (in Damon's mind) of Grams performed a locator spell to find Damon, using the letter he wrote to Bonnie when he planned to desiccate himself until Elena awoke from her slumber. Grams also has Bonnie to concentrate with her as she (or they) performed the spell. In Where You Left Your Heart, an unknown witch at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted performed this spell with an unknown purpose. In One Wrong Turn On Bourbon, Freya mentions that she used every Locator spell she knew in every language, yet she could not locate Hayley from Hope's cloaking spell. In Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Hope studied several grimoires that contained locator spells in twelve ancient languages. Vincent also mentioned that when Hayley first went missing, there were a dozen witches out on the streets of New Orleans performing locator spells, trying to find her. In What, Will, I, Have, Left, Caroline mentions that she had her entire Honors Tracking class on attempting to locate Hope and Roman. They, however, could not pinpoint their location, and although they were cloaked, could only track them in a specific direction which was heading somewhere just outside of New Orleans. Ultimately, they failed in their endeavor to locate them. In Maybe I Should Start From The End, after Landon was taken hostage by Seylah Chelon and the magical compass was ditched in an unsuspecting couple's mailbox, Hope used the compass to perform a locator spell to track Landon and Seylah to a motel room. In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Josie used a similar spell to help Landon track Rafael who, still in wolf-form, went missing. In This Year Will Be Different, Lizzie performed this spell in her attempt to locate Sebastian. To cast the spell, she had to picture his face and touch the map. Should they be found within its boundaries, then the spell will cause the map to glow. With the spell having failed, she decided to move on to the next one. Despite showing up just moments later, Sebastian was not located with her spell and he got past the school's magical defenses twice. In You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know Hope attempted to cast a locator spell to find Rafael, who was still confined to his wolf form, though she was interrupted and caught by Landon. After deciding to let him come with her, she performed the spell and tracked Rafael to a small location in the woods near the Salvatore Boarding School. However, they found the shunka first. In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent, Landon reveals that he had Josie perform a lineage spell on Rafael and a locator spell to find his true parents. The spell tracked Landon's father to North Carolina. In What Cupid Problem?, Landon asked Druscilla to perform a locator spell, using Pothos' severed wings, to find Pothos. Her spell was successful and she tracked him to Mystic Tap. In Kai Parker Screwed Us, Wendy performed this locator spell, at Jade's request, so she'd be able to find out where Alaric had run off to. Despite it not being very sporting, Jade believed that the punishment fit the crime.


 * Grimoire Locator Spell: A simple spell used to locate a specific Grimoire, from a large collection of others or from an unknown location, that the witch desires.
 * Bonnie's Incantation: Phasmatos tribum nos ex malom...
 * Vincent's Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Know Thy Enemy, Bonnie performed this spell to find the specific grimoire that contained the spirit harnessing spell, out of Jonas' vast collection. In Voodoo Child, Vincent performed a similar spell, using a page from the Sacrificial Magic Instruction Manual, and tracked the book, in the Acolyte's possession, to where the Hollow was resurrected.


 * Tracking Spell: The spell causes blood to move across a map to point at the target's location while chanting.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum Nas Ex Veras, Sequita Saguines, Ementas Asten Mihan Ega Petous
 * Requirements: Map, Blood of target / Blood of relative
 * Used by: In Do Not Go Gentle, Bonnie Bennett specifically performs this spell to locate Esther after her resurrection, though the spell failed because Esther was channeling more power than that of Bonnie's.


 * Shadow Locator Spell: The spell allows one to pinpoint the location of the target through physical contact with an object of their possession. At the moment of the spell's succession, the person will receive a vision of the target's location and an apparition will flash before the target.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum Nas Ex Veras...
 * Requirements: Possession of target (Photo, necklace), Strands of target's hair, Blood of person attempting to locate the target
 * Used by: In The Sacrifice, Jonas Martin used this spell to allow Elijah to locate and project his form to wherever Elena was. In The House Guest, Jonas performed this spell for a second time, after his son, Luka, was killed, to locate Elena; he found her at Mystic Grill.


 * Object Locator Spell: A powerful spell used to find missing objects by receiving a vision of the target. It acts like a reverse locator spell as the witch use's the connection from the previous owner of the object to find it. When enacted, the object in question gets charged with magic and may have a number of effects when touched (Burning the current holder / Producing sparks etc.).
 * Incantation: Anta Cotis Syrum, Anta Cotis Syrum.
 * Requirements: Previous possessor of the object.
 * Used by: In Disturbing Behavior, Gloria performs this spell for Klaus to help him find the location of a Necklace using Rebekah as a connection since she had worn it for centuries prior.


 * Qetsiyah's Locator Spell: A powerful locator spell which allows the caster to receive visions of the object's/person's location anywhere even if it is constantly moving.
 * Incantation: Vitto Brosche Tarem Car Manifesto Fen.
 * Requirements: Qetsiyah's Talisman
 * Used by: In Monster's Ball, Qetsiyah, enhanced by the power of her Talisman while using Traditional Magic, performed this spell to find the exact location of her mystical Anchor, that was in the possession of the Travelers.


 * Traveler Locator Spell: A spell used by the Travelers to find their targets, allowing them to receive visions of their location from an open fire.
 * Incantation: Ole Heldhat Eina Odvozniti.
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic, Fire
 * Used by: In What Lies Beneath, Markos and the Travelers used this spell to locate Stefan and Elena, during which they chanted over open flames which revealed to Markos their location.


 * Luke's Locator Spell: The spell allows the caster to see visions of the target's location in his mind.
 * Incantation: Permisso Laca Tha Tar.
 * Requirements: Object belonging to the target, Map
 * Used by: In What Lies Beneath, Luke Parker used this spell to find Enzo on Damon's orders. According to Luke, the spell was powerful enough to find anyone in the world, but since Enzo was dead, the spell was unsuccessful. Another alternative was that Enzo had hired a more powerful witch to perform a cloaking spell upon himself.


 * Vision Exchange Spell: The spell works by connecting the sight of two witches, giving one witch the ability to see through the other one's eyes.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Physium Calva.
 * Requirements: Candle.
 * Used by: In The Day I Tried To Live, Liv used this spell to connect to Kai (who merged with Luke) and see through his eyes, to locate him.


 * Gemini Progeny Locator Spell: A spell that allows a witch to locate the position of an unborn child transported by the Gemini Surrogate Spell, the blood travels along the map and ignites upon reaching proximity to the babies.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos quare infantatum, Phasmatos quare filios, Ado finet terraeum, Nunc temos rogamus, Combutis et sanguinem.
 * Requirements: Map, Candles, Blood of parent
 * Used by: In Best Served Cold, Valerie Tulle used this spell when she tried to locate Alaric's unborn children. The spell led to the revelation that they were magically transferred to Caroline's womb upon Jo's death.


 * Huntress Locator Spell: This spell is specifically used to locate the Huntress, Rayna Cruz; the spell utilized the completed Phoenix sword to track her.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos invenira venatrixos isto gladio ulla onyx
 * Requirements: Map, Candles, Black Sand, Phoenix Sword and Stone
 * Used by: In Postcards from the Edge Bonnie and Nora Hildegard used this spell to find Rayna's whereabouts. Using the Phoenix sword that was crafted specifically for her, they were able to find her location in Cincinnati, Ohio.


 * Valerie's Vision Locator Spell: The spell allows a witch to enter the mind of a person magically connected to the target and amplify said connection, allowing the witch to discern the location of their target.
 * Incantation: None
 * Requirements: Connection to the Target, Circle of Salt, Candles, Picture of Target
 * Used by: In I Went to the Woods, Valerie Tulle performed this spell and by amplifying Rayna's visions, she was able to locate Stefan, currently trapped in the body of a mortal.


 * Ancestral Locator Spell: Various spells used by witches of the French Quarter to locate people through the use of ancestral magic with the typical use of sand and a map, though personal artifacts of the target can also be used.
 * Sophie's Spell: The energy will move sand across a map to form a linear path towards the target's location.
 * Incantation: ...Salacku, tusdeh do...
 * Used By: In Tangled Up In Blue, Sophie performed this spell, while Katie's Ancestral Mass Pain Infliction Spell hid the use of her magic from Davina. In Crescent City, Sophie performed this spell in an attempt to find Céleste, though she was too weak and it failed.
 * Davina and Kol's Spell: The energy will be drawn from the belongings of the target and the sand will come together, making a single pile on the map, which will show the target's location.
 * Incantation: Ce che vous, pro la busque. Ce che vous, pro la busque. Ce che vous, pro la busque.
 * Used By: In Sanctuary, Davina, channeling Kol, performed this spell for Aiden to find Josh who had been taken by Finn (possessing Vincent). In Ashes to Ashes, Davina, as Regent performed a locator spell for Marcel to find Dahlia.
 * Vincent's Spell: The first spell utilizes the blood of a secondary target, that has been exposed to the primary target, to track them. The second spell utilized bones and a map in an attempt to locate missing children.
 * Incantation: Aducté do mi volum ix ti de...
 * Second Incantation: --TBA--
 * Requirements: Map, Object that belongs to the target (occasionally), Sand, Candles, Blood
 * Used By: In Alone with Everybody Vincent used Josh's blood to track Sofya, whom he had gotten his blood on. In Haunter of Ruins, Vincent attempted the second spell to locate Adam, a young witch that went missing.
 * Van's Spell: This spell utilizes the power of the Regent to locate any target on Earth, even those whole were supposedly buried at sea.
 * Incantation: À cusco lè corpus, À cusco lè corpus, À cusco lè corpus.
 * Requirements: Map, Object that belongs to the target (occasionally), One candle at each corner of the map, Power of Regent
 * Used By: In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Van, working with Lucien as the New Regent performs his spell to find Rebekah's daggered and hidden body.
 * Maxine's Spell: This spell used personal items to attempt to locate the missing target.
 * Incantation: Je veux mon homme fonte.
 * Used By: In No Quarter, Maxine and two other New Orleans witches performed this spell using some of Adam's personal items to attempt to locate him, though they claimed it was as if he was everywhere.
 * New Orleans Witches: This spell is used to locate a specific missing person.
 * Incantation: Nou charge le loup alpha.
 * Used By: In What, Will, I, Have, Left, four New Orleans witches performed this spell using several maps and black sand or iron powder in their attempt to locate Hayley. The spll however was only successful when Hayley was bound with the Hybrid Curse, as Hope claimed that her cloaking spell was specific to Hayley as a hybrid, and not a vampire.


 * To Find a Person's Remains: The spell summons a path of wind that will lead to the target's location. A small vortex will than swirl at the location, pinpointing it.
 * Incantation: Soeurs et freres, mwen rele sou nou. Mennen me sa me chache.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic / Invoke the Ancestors
 * Used by: In The Casket Girls, Sophie Deveraux used this spell to find the hidden remains of the witch Céleste Dubois.


 * Esther's Locator Spell: A simple locator spell used to locate an intended person.
 * Incantation: Où tu fuis, A pouvoir la trouver. Yonn souri nan zeb.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Live and Let Die, Esther Mikaelson used this spell in an attempt to locate Davina Claire.


 * Water Divination Spell: A spell used to divine the location of a specific person, via the use of water.
 * Incantation: Ma te ak san sou ki à lumière la fille
 * Requirements: Bowl of water, Three rose petals, Drop of caster's blood
 * Used by: In Live and Let Die, Esther used this second spell in an attempt to find Davina Claire. In a glass bowl of water she placed three rose petals and a drop of her own blood. Kol focused and conjured her in his mind as his mother chanted. (It is likely she used one of Davina's revived roses so it may be possible that the rose is in fact one of the objects enchanted by the targeted witch).


 * White Oak Stake Locator Spell: A locator spell specifically used to find the White Oak Stake.
 * Incantation: L'arme filium. Pa kenbe ex oculus. Indi...
 * Requirements: Salt with a drawn runic symbol, Candles, assorted stones and powder.
 * Used by: In Rebirth, Esther Mikaelson (while possessing Cassie) cast this spell for Francesca Correa to find the location of the White Oak Stake. She drew a triangular symbol in some salt and also utilized a number of stones in this spell. The spell would seemingly work psychically as there was no map involved, and since Cassie had her eyes closed.


 * Davina's Locator Charm: A simple enchantment spelled on a bracelet to know the location of a specific person.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic
 * Used by: In Red Door, Davina Claire mentioned to Kaleb that when she resurrected the Original vampire, she made sure that she would always know his location. She performed the spell months prior to Kol destroying the magic that bound the bracelet of obedience. It is unknown whether or not she bound her locator charm to the bracelet since it was previously spelled as a dark object.


 * Vision Locator Spell: The witch performing the spell will receive visions of the target's location as well as their current actions.
 * Incantation: We du le mon ennemi on ton. We du le mon ennemi on ton.
 * Requirements: A circle of salt with 8 symbols, a candle
 * Used by: In Brotherhood of the Damned, Davina Claire performed this spell at Klaus' request to find Finn and determine the source of his power.


 * Poppet Locator Spell: The spell is performed by flicking a poppet of the target above the map, in a circle of many candles, unknown herbs and a jar full of caterpillars.
 * Incantation: De vuales numerus puerum. De vuales numerus puerum
 * Requirements: Dozens of candles, unknown herbs, voodoo poppet, map, jar full of caterpillars, Sacrificial Magic
 * Used by: In The Devil is Damned, Finn performed this spell to break the cloaking spell on Hope and locate her, but he was unsuccessful.


 * Runic Locator Spell: This spell allows a witch to locate their target by waving a burning sage above the runic tile on a small stone basin in front of the map. Thus, marking the target's whereabouts on the map. The spell is considered ancient magic and the rune tile is carved with the symbol of the target. It is powerful enough to break through Hope's cloaking spell.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Candles, Assorted herbs (Wormwood, Ripple Weed, Burning Sage etc.), Runic Tiles, Map, Stone Basin
 * Used by: In The Devil is Damned, Freya performed this spell to break through the cloaking spell on Hope and locate her. It worked successfully, unlike any of Finn's spells. She performed it once again to locate Hayley, who at the time was trying to flee New Orleans with Hope in City Beneath The Sea.


 * Tracing Spell: A spell that allows a witch to locate another witch or their magic, by using an object/person that was under the effects of the targeted witch's magic. Thus, by tracing the witch's magic, the spell leads to the witch themselves.
 * Requirements: Object Affected by the Target's Magic, Smudge stick made of sage leaves, Astrological sign of Taurus (Freya's First); Ashes of the deceased/affected witch (Vincent), Map, black sand/iron, herbs and vines, candles (Freya's second); Map, eight candles surrounding the map, with eight black stones at the centers and corners of the map, various herbs and powders (Freya)
 * Freya's Incantation: Inveniere potencia reparon malifica. Inveniere potencia reparon malifica.
 * Vincent's Incantation: Chèche le virtute
 * Freya's Second Incantation: Dauha near do smrti
 * Vincent's Second Incantation: Referte mini quid sé te we
 * Used by: In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Freya and Rebekah attempted this spell to locate Dahlia, by using Jackson who was previously a victim of Dahlia's magic. However, upon finding out of Dahlia's bond to Freya and her power, Rebekah stopped the spell. In Keepers of the House, Vincent used the ashes of the Zealot to trace the distinctive magic of the Hollow. Upon using the spell, he receives visions of the Hollow's new followers. In Queen Death, Freya was unable to locate Elijah due to the cloaking spell upon him. Freya reasoned that since the rosebush that bore the enchanted thorns was created via Marcel's blood, it also had the same magical signature and, still in possession of his venom, was able to trace the magic that was killing him. In Phantomesque Freya, presumably using Marcel's venom, tracked the locations of the eight remaining enchanted thorn-wrapped-stakes as well as the main rosebush to Klaus, Rebekah and Kol to find and destroy. In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, Freya performed this spell to trace the Hollow's magic to locate her. Using the map, while performing the spell would mark her location with her sigil. The spell also marked the map of the totem she was using to augment her power and, should it move, the sigil would move as well. In Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Vincent performed this spell where Hayley was once held by her captors; Vincent could not sense who had taken her, but her fear was 'dripping' off the walls. In When The Saints Go Marching In, Freya performed a similar spell to locate Klaus, who was infected with the Hollow's dark magic and went missing during Mardi Gras.


 * Compass Spell: A spell that directs a witch to a target object in a subtle manner by using the mechanics of a water compass.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Pointer (toothpick, needle etc.), Glass of liquid, Target object.
 * Used by: In Ashes to Ashes, Freya Mikaelson used this spell to locate the Indestructible White Oak Stake.


 * Freya's Locator Spell: A spell that allows a witch to pinpoint one's location with a circle of black sand made in the center of a map, the sand circles around the map and finally stops in a ring, indicating the target's location. The caster or target's blood can also be utilized.
 * Incantation: Vinde val tratunderes. Vinde val tratunderes.
 * Second Incantation: Jalgida minu bloò mitt
 * Requirements: Black Sand, Map, Candles, Connection to the Target
 * Used by: In You Hung The Moon Freya Mikaelson used this spell when she was searching for Hayley Kenner, however she was unable to find her due to Davina's cloaking spell. In A Walk on the Wild Side, she used it once again at the request of Klaus and Lucian to find Alexis, this time successfully. In No Quarter, Freya performed this or a similar spell to hone in and locate Klaus' precise location. In Queen Death, Freya attempted this spell to find Elijah though he was cloaked by the Hollow's magic.


 * Worldwide Locator Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch with enough power to locate a target on a global scale.
 * Incantation: Le six ce strul no cruv. Le six ce strul no cruv. Le six ce strul no cruv.
 * Requirements: Bowl of relative's blood, World Map, Candles
 * Used by: In Out of the Easy, Freya Mikaelson used this spell when she was trying to find where the Strix hid Rebekah however, she was not able to bypass the spell cloaking her.


 * Mortality Locator Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch with enough power to locate a target, living or dead, on a map with an infinity symbol in the center.
 * ​Incantation: Chasé la verde la perdo. Chasé la verde la perdo.
 * Requirements: A Map, Black Sand, Candles, Connection to the Target.
 * Used by: In An Old Friend Calls, Davina Claire used this spell for Josh, on Marcel's behalf, to search for the missing members of The Strix while also discerning that they were all dead.


 * Plummet Locator Spell: The spell allows a witch to break through cloaking spells and locate their target, unless the cloaking spell in question was cast by a greater source of power than used to empower the locator spell and the spindle that is used as a conduit.
 * Incantation: Cerco il se ra ci. Cerco il se ra ci. Cerco il se ra ci.
 * Requirements: Hanging Plummet, Candles, Map
 * Used by: In Heart Shaped Box, Freya Mikaelson performed this spell several times, though with no results. The spell eventually broke through the Cloaking spell performed on Aurora, though by pinning the spindle to a postcard of the church instead of finding her location on the map, when she herself arrived at the church where Freya was performing the spell. It remains unknown whether Freya's spell broke through the cloaking spell or if Aurora's cloaking spell was undone by the time she arrived.


 * Expression Locator Spell: The witch is able to find anyone anywhere simply by focusing. Two versions are known to exist. The first is done by dropping a possession of the target's into a fire which will then produce a path of flame and wind leading towards them. The second, more advanced version, is done without even having any of the target's possession.
 * Requirements: Expression, Possession of the target's (sometimes)
 * Used by: In We'll Always Have Bourbon Street, Bonnie who was taught expression, performed a locator spell in an attempt to find a kidnapped Caroline, though it failed. She presumably used Expression to perform the spell. In Into the Wild, Bonnie Bennett, first used this expression spell to find Shane on the island using a piece of Jeremy's clothing. She performed it for a second time to find Silas at the caves in Pictures of You.


 * Adversary Locator Spell: A spell that allows a witch to discern the locations of a person's enemies, specifically those that pose large threats.
 * Incantation: Calaste piso tal tras es tros. Calaste piso tal tras es tros.
 * Requirements: Ashes of the Enemies' Belonging, Target's Blood, Map, Candles
 * Used by: In An Old Friend Calls, Kol designed the spell and gave it to Freya who then located Klaus' biggest enemies with it. Freya would later perform the spell again, in


 * Soul-Blood Connection Spell: A less-effective form of a locator spell that utilizes the soul echo of a possession to track the body that the spirit once possessed.
 * Incantation: None
 * Requirements: Blood from the possessed and possessor's bodies, Map, Metal Spindle, Tibetan singing bowl (For amplification)
 * Used by: In Behind the Black Horizon, Davina, with Kol's assistance performed this spell (on Vincent's request) to track him down to save himself and Freya from Lucien.


 * Marking Spell: A spell used to mark a target that lets the casting witch to track the target.
 * Incantation: Marquer nom sa à.
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In Keepers of the House, Vincent used this spell to magically mark Will to him to take them straight to the missing children. This spell acts as an indirect locator spell.


 * Spirit Locator Spell: A spell used to locate the soul of another being trapped within in object, such as a talisman.
 * Incantation: Leigheas brotin
 * Requirements: Target, Blood
 * Used by: In Queen Death, Freya performed this spell to locate Elijah, who's mind had been fractured when her talisman was shattered.


 * Deconstruction Spell: A spell that allows a witch to retrace their steps.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Cup of blood in two bowls from the casting witch
 * Used by: In Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Freya suggested this spell to Hope since she refused to stop trying new spells to locate Hayley. Freya questions that if there wasn't a loophole in Hope's cloaking spell and that if she was followed, then this spell, magnified by her blood, would confirm what happened. Since Hope healed faster than she bled out, she concluded that she couldn't do the spell, which Freya knew would happen. Freya did not want to do the spell because she reasoned that if it were to have worked, one of the hundred powerful New Orleans witches would have thought and performed it first.


 * Transcription Spell: A spell that allows a witch to trace the magical signature of another witch in the hope to find an antidote within another witch's grimoires.
 * Incantation: Mennen nou au sort. L'edat remedium.
 * Requirements: Tears from target witch (Hope, containing the spirit of the Hollow), Esther's Grimoires
 * Used by: In Til the Day I Die, Davina collected Hope's tears in the effort to find a cure to the Hollow's dark magic that was consuming her. She hoped that by tracing the magical signature of her tears, the cure would be found in Esther's grimoires. However as she performed the spell, the grimoires burst into flames, revealing there was no cure.


 * Dark Magic Locator Spell: A spell that utilizes the sacrifice of a small rodent or just black magic to locate a target, one that can be considered an enemy.
 * Incantation: Inveniet hostium et tenebrae.
 * Requirements: Dark Magic, Rodent's blood (Sacrifice), Unknown herbs, Two witches
 * Used by: In This is the Part Where You Run, Hope enlisted Josie's help, as a kindred spirit in revenge, to locate Landon Kirby after he faked being compelled and left the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted having stolen a dagger from a display case. In Since When Do You Speak Japanese?, Hope and Josie once again used this spell to track Landon's location after becoming possessed by oni, though in this instance, the witches did not need to sacrifice a mouse.


 * Beacon Spell: A spell that alerts the casting witch if black magic has been performed within a certain location.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn, Emma Tig revealed that the Salvatore Boarding School employs the use of this spell to keep track of and monitor students so they are discouraged from using dark magic. Hope knew this and knew she would be caught but used dark magic to find Landon's whereabouts. Despite the spell alerting Emma that dark magic is being performed and that it was Hope that performed the spell, she did not know that Josie had assisted her.


 * Interactive Locator Spell: An interactive spell that locates new, young, supernatural beings the very instant that they awaken their power. The spell is performed on a globe and a small glow appears over their location; the bigger the glow, the more powerful the being.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Globe
 * Used by: In There's a World Where Your Dreams Came True, Lizzie mentions that a know-it-all witch, Hope, that she knew in another life created this spell. When Ablah granted her wish that Hope never came to the Salvatore Boarding School, she copied the spell to solve Alaric's recruiting problems. However, prior to Lizzie's wish, it remains unknown when Hope created this spell as the boarding school was recruiting supernaturals well before Hope first attended.

Lycanthropy Spells
Lycanthropy spells are specifically made to target the werewolf species, allowing witches to directly manipulate their unique physiology.


 * Transformation Pacing Spell: A spell that is able to accelerate or decelerate a werewolf's transformation.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In The Sun Also Rises, Greta Martin used this spell to slow down the transformation of the werewolf Jules, making the pain even more unbearable. Davina Claire (The Casket Girls) used this spell to force Klaus to transform.


 * Werewolf Weakening Spell: An enchantment meant to suppress the strength and aggression of a werewolf.
 * Incantation: Onon de es Sinj un Ctas,on Gu ol De.
 * Requirements: Token, Sap, Powder, Ring of stones
 * Used by: In Every Mother's Son, a flashback reveals that Esther performed this spell on a Starling Necklace and gave it to a young Klaus. As he continued to wear it, it would suppress his werewolf nature.


 * Crescent Moon Curse Reversal: A counterspell to the Werewolf Moon Curse that allows the cursed werewolves to return to their human form.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Directions: Grind herbs into a liquid paste and targets must consume it the following full moon.
 * Used by: In Le Grand Guignol, Céleste Dubois (while possessing the witch Sabine Laurent) used this spell to reverse her curse placed on the Crescent wolves.


 * Revoking the Crescent Curse: A powerful spell that allows a witch to revoke the Crescent Curse, a spell used to condemn werewolves to their wolf form for the entire month except the full moon, by tapping into the ancestor's magic that cast the original spell.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Power granted by The Ancestors.
 * Used by: In You Hung the Moon, Davina Claire used this spell on Hayley to revoke the curse on her and the Crescent pack by channeling Céleste Dubois' magic.

Mental Spells
Mental spells allow witches to affect the mind of a target, manipulating both the conscious and subconscious, in numerous ways. It is most commonly used on memories.


 * Compulsion Spell: The spell allows the witch to remotely control the mind and actions of a target, manipulating them like a puppet. The target is controlled such that they to copy the actions of the witch, saying what they say in return.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In The Last Day, Maddox used this spell on Carol Lockwood, to obtain Tyler by getting Carol to lure him back to Mystic Falls. She seemed to be aware of what her actions were, however, she did not understand why she was doing them. After her "accident" and stay in the hospital, she did not recall this interaction with Maddox.


 * Bonnie's Information Gathering Spell: The spell induces a suggestive trance-state onto a target by applying wet fingers to the temples of the target, allowing them to comply with any question asked. The spell is similar to hypnosis.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Candles placed evenly around the room, Water, Physical contact with target
 * Used by: In Crying Wolf, Bonnie Bennett performed this on a drugged Luka Martin to gain information about the moonstone, Klaus and his sister, Greta.


 * Gloria's Information Gathering Ritual: The spell allows the witch to establish a connection between them and the target's essence through their blood. A concoction of various herbs is then spread onto the witch's palms and upon physical contact, the witch will receive the information they seek from their victim's memories through visions.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Ring of candles, Assorted herbs (Witch hazel, Diviner's sage, Vervain etc.), Physical contact with target, Target constantly bleeding
 * Used by: In Disturbing Behavior, Gloria used this spell on Stefan in conjunction with a Paralysis spell to gather more information on Elena.


 * Darkness Reversal Spell: The spell allows one to reverse the damage of a broken psyche which brings out a dark alter-ego. It is common amongst witches who get obsessed with dark magic, thereby acting out their darkest impulses from the lack of self-control. The spell requires the target to consume a herbal remedy twice on a daily basis to be successful.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Possession of target from before they turned dark, Assorted herbs
 * Used by: In Break On Through, Bonnie Bennett in an attempt to cure Alaric of his dark alter-ego from the effects of being resurrected too many times by the Gilbert Ring. Herbs were used as a binding agent.


 * Dream Manipulation Spell: The target of the witch's spell will receive dreams, created specifically by the witch and may show visions of actual happenings.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah cast the spell on Elena and Katherine to lead them and Damon to her cabin where she held Stefan. Esther also performed a similar version of this spell on Elijah, in Red Door, to make him believe that Hayley had come to rescue him. Her fabricated dream was an attempt to get him to see the better version of himself so that he would accept her"deal" to take the body of a mortal. In Sanctuary, Freya manipulated Rebekah's dreams (while possessing the witch Eva) so that she would see Freya's memory of being taken by Dahlia, though upon waking she didn't recall any specifics, just a familiarity with the recently awoken Freya.


 * Qetsiyah's Memory Restoration Spell: The target of the spell, previously a victim of memory loss will receive all of their lost memories in a violent process, as well as all of the emotions lost with the memories, which can lead to emotional problems.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Used by: In Handle with Care, Qetsiyah performed this spell on Stefan, forcing him to relive and remember his memories. The spell also caused intense mental pain.


 * Vision Removal Spell: A spell used by Travelers to reverse a spell that caused a repeating circle of connected visions in the last remaining doppelgängers, Stefan and Elena. The original curse was intended to ensure that the two doppelgängers would always find each other, but Markos eventually performed the removal spell, with the help of his fellow Travelers, to prove to Damon that they weren't enemies.
 * Incantation: Uvon Nispoceh Vi Cristine Kuzlo Chelos Bih(te)
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic
 * Used by: In Resident Evil, the Traveler's leader Markos, and a few unnamed travelers (passenger-ed into new bodies) performed this spell on Elena and Stefan to remove their visions of one another.


 * Mind Mending Spell: The spell allows a witch to heal and stabilize the mental state of a target by first putting them into an enchanted sleep.
 * Incantation: Mal il de lui, ai malheur nuit cette san
 * Requirements: Merlock orchid, Symbols on target's neck
 * Used by: Esther would perform this spell upon Mikael's return from his battles. to mend his mind, she would create two claw-like symbols on his neck and use the rare Merlock orchid to put him to sleep. It was revealed in Chasing the Devil's Tail that Ansel would seek out the merlock orchid for Esther. Later on, through the use of the same herbs, she would awaken him and his mind would be soothed. She performed the same spell on Elijah a 1000 years later in Red Door.


 * Forgetting Spell: The spell allows a witch to alter the memories of another person and even that of an Original vampire. This allows the target to forget any memories the caster chooses such as a large period of their lives or as specific as a certain location or traumatic event.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Used by: It was revealed in Red Door, that Esther had performed this spell on Elijah to let him forget killing Tatia, his love. The spell proved to have lasted more than 1000 years. In House of the Rising Son, Davina performed a similar spell on Rebekah so that she would not remember her location.


 * Esther's Memory Alteration Spell: The spell allows one to regain previously sealed memories in a gradual manner. When cast upon, the target will bounce between reality and a dream state while remembering. Another variation of this spell is to alter memories entirely, so that targets can lose large spans of time.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: A candle
 * Used by: In Red Door, Esther (in possession of Lenore) on Elijah to let him remember the actual events of Tatia's death. In The Brothers That Care Forgot, Kol reveals that Esther used this spell on Cami to make her forget that she prepared her body as her next vessel to possess.


 * Compulsion Removal Spell: A spell that is able to remove and undo every compulsion made on the target by a vampire. The process causes extreme pain onto the target and the more compulsion is needed to be erased, and the longer it takes to remove.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Compelled target
 * Used by: Davina performed this spell twice to removed Klaus' compulsion on Josh (Bloodletting) and Camille (Started in Reigning Pain in New Orleans and finished in The Casket Girls).


 * Memory Transference Spell: A spell that allows a witch to share selected memories of herself onto others. Some spells allows one to experience the memory as though they were there, while others just show what one saw.
 * Freya's Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Hope's Incantation: In Sertia
 * Used by: In They All Asked For You, Freya shared a small portion of her memory to Klaus and Elijah of when she was taken by Dahlia though Klaus quickly dismissed it as her ability to conjure illusions. Later, in Save My Soul, Freya shared more of her memories with her brothers, as well as Rebekah. She showed them of her abduction, connection to and early life with Dahlia as well and the immortality slumber spell Dahlia forced upon her. She would eventually show them Mathias' death and recount her own as she tried to end her own life though Dahlia's spell protected her, but not that of her child, which greatly angered Dahlia. In Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn, Hope performed this spell on Rafael Waithe, allowing him to see the visions she saw of when she performed a spell to track Landon and the supernatural knife he stole from the Salvatore Memorial Library as well as the corpses she saw upon arriving at the crime scene.


 * Mind Breaching Spell: A powerful ritual that allows a witch drawing on a source of massive, but anchored power to breach someone's conscious mind. Such a spell can lead to the victim's death under the right circumstances, by destroying the soul while leaving their body, for all intensive purposes, alive, to which would allow for spirit possession. The casting witch will also gain access to their anchored targets mind while performing the spell.
 * First Incantation: Pontem Praesidio. Anchora Immortalibus. Per menta mi heava cor anmina. Pontem Praesidio. Anchora Immortalibus.
 * Second Incantation: Tillate ulaz, tillate ulaz, tillate ulaz...
 * First Incantation Requirements: Victim, Triangle of Salt, Source of massive (anchored) power.
 * Second Incantation Requirements: Target, Circle of Salt enclosed in candles and additional symbols within, Source of power to anchor the spell.
 * Used by: In Exquisite Corpse, Freya Mikaelson, by channeling her brother Elijah and Klaus for power, performed this ritual to free Rebekah, who was trapped in Eva's mindscape. The spell worked by projecting the consciousness of Vincent and Marcel into Eva's mind. The spell eventually led to Eva's death (Vincent's distraction led to Rebekah killing Eva's consciousness), while allowing Rebekah to remain in her body. This spell was devised by Esther. In Phantomesque, Freya crafted a secondary version of her Mother's spell to enter her shattered talisman to heal Elijah's broken mind. As she traversed his mind, Elijah kept disappearing, though eventually lost hold of the spell. She would then send Hayley, at her request, by channeling Hope for additional power to anchor the spell. After Hayley found Elijah, he began to attack her and her body, under Freya's spell convulsed and Hope lost focus of the spell. Freya then decided to send in Hope to retrieve Hayley with the same spell.


 * Memory Recollection Spell: A spell that utilizes blood to connect the caster to another person, drawing their mind within the caster's to relive selected memories and to see events unfold as if they were present.
 * Requirements: Bowl of serpent's blood, Stones, Runic Symbols and Candles
 * Used by: In City Beneath The Sea, Dahlia performed this spell to bring Klaus into her mind and show him her memories of how she and Esther were stolen away when Vikings attacked their childhood village as well as various other memories to convince Klaus to become her ally. When she ended the spell in her memory, via the use of an unknown powder, Klaus was freed from his desiccation and the effects of the golden dagger.


 * Freya's Mind Weakening Spell: A spell that targets and incapacitates the mind. Given continued exposure can result in death. The great mental fortitude of old vampires can resist against this spell.
 * First Incantation: Nemi blir kraften tegnet kurse mente fra
 * Second Incantation: Somo ve de ver se, nat--
 * Requirements: Weakened Victim
 * Used by: In The Other Girl in New Orleans, Freya Mikaelson performed this spell on the restrained Tristan de Martel to weaken his mind to Elijah to psychically access the information regarding to Rebekah's watery grave. Given Tristan's weakened state, Freya claimed that if she were to push further, the spell might kill him, even for an aged vampire. Additionally, with the injection of hibiscus and mugwort to counteract vervain as well as werewolf venom, he still possessed excellent mental fortitude that was barely chipped away. Later that evening, Freya, seemingly, attempted another spell to weaken Tristan's mental faculties, though the Strix and Aya intervened and saved him, nearly killing Freya in the process.


 * Memory Acquisition Spell: A spell to absorb all manner of information that pinpoints patterns from chaos, as it allows the witch to view the history (memory of the subject) as a whole.
 * Incantation: Non-Verbal
 * Requirements: Water as a conductor, Subject's mind to be entered.
 * Used by: In Wild at Heart Ariane performed this spell, on Aya's behalf, on Elijah to see, know and understand everything that Elijah has learned in a thousand years to divine the weapon that could be used against the Originals. Though untrained, Ariane's spell vaguely revealed the weapon through the use of a non-specific riddle. Madison would employ this spell in Dead Angels to forcefully obtain Ariane's memories from Davina about the last remaining white oak.


 * Deceased Memory Acquisition Spell: A dangerous spell meant to channel a recently dead target to search and absorb specific memories.
 * Incantation: Acti vase da cona
 * Requirements: Deceased Target
 * Used by: In Dead Angels, Davina and The Sisters performed this spell on the body of Ariane to see the memories she obtained from Elijah to discern the weapon that could kill an original. After initially failing as a coven, Davina would uncover Ariane's secrets after she was consecrated as a New Orleans witch.


 * Mind Shield Spell: A spell to protect a non-supernatural human's mind against vampire telepathy.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In Keepers of the House, followers of the Hollow cast the spell over Will so that he could do it's bidding without interference from vampires.


 * Mind Shield Removal Spell: A spell to break through the mental shield to protect one's mind from vampiric control.
 * Incantation: Briser le bouclier.
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In Keepers of the House, Vincent used this spell in an attempt to remove the spell placed on Will Kinney's mind to protect him against vampires.


 * Death-Memory Conjuration Spell: A spell uses the energy marked from a violent death to unlock memories to "conjure" what happened during the events of the memory.
 * Incantation: Ostende det siste.
 * Requirements: Target, Place marked with violet death, candles
 * Used by: In Bag of Cobras, Freya performed this spell on Hayley, where her parents died, to recall her memories and to conjure the scenes of what happened in her mind. In One Wrong Turn On Bourbon, Freya performed this spell to see if any magic was involved in Hayley's disappearance. Freya could not feel any magic, only Hayley's fear, meaning that though kidnapped, once again, she was alive.


 * Mind Reading Spell: A spell that forcefully taps into the mind of another to read their thoughts.
 * Incantation: Dic mihi, hva du vet.
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Freya performed this spell upon Dominic to to learn of the location of the bones that can be used to resurrect the Hollow, however all she learned was the name "Apisi".


 * Consciousness Transportation Spell: A spell that allows the consciousness of blood-related family members to interact with one another, even if one is possessed.
 * Incantation: Té ni rien à boka
 * Requirements: Target(s)
 * Used by: In Voodoo Child, Vincent performed this spell to connect Klaus with Hope, who was possessed and retreated into the dark recesses of her mind.


 * Mind Admittance Spell: A unique spell that allows the witch to open the mind of an Original vampire so that they can be compelled by another Original vampire, such as an Upgraded Original.
 * Incantation: Louvri, louvri animo. Pémét pou accessum.
 * Requirements: Target(s), sage, skull and bone circle
 * Used by: In The Feast of All Sinners, Vincent performed this spell on Elijah so that Marcel would be able to compel away the "Always and Forever" bond and free Elijah of his devotion to Klaus, to protect Hope. In God's Gonna Trouble the Water, Vincent performed this spell for a second time so that Marcel could compel Elijah to remember his vow of "Always and Forever".


 * Love Charm: A spell that, as the name implies, charms an individual into loving another person or the casting witch.
 * Incantation: Phesmatos is lucas adoray.
 * Requirements: Target(s)
 * Used by: In This is the Part Where You Run, Dorian, subbing for the Chemistry of Magic teacher, was teaching a lesson on the language of Witchcraft and how mispronouncing a syllable could have adverse effects such as a Love Charm becoming a Stink Spell.


 * Comfort Spell: A spell that provides peace of mind.
 * Incantation: Papilio lux.
 * Requirements: Target(s)
 * Used by: In I'll Never Give Up Hope, Hope performed this spell on Ryan when he expressed his most vulnerable thoughts to her. He professed that he wasn't a villain and had been trying to do anything to get away from his father. He spent his entire life attempting to do so, and failing miserably. The spell manifested as a bright light in the form of a butterfly.


 * Japanese Purge Spell: A spell that can purge the mind of supernatural influence or solidify the erasure.
 * Incantation: Harae-tamai Kioku. Yomigaerashi-tamae.
 * Requirements: Target(s); Black Magic
 * Used by: In Since When Do You Speak Japanese?, Josie inadvertently used this spell, after she siphoned the black magic from Kurutta's sword, when she attempted to draw the oni out of Lizzie. In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Josie goes to New Orleans to meet with Freya Mikaelson and get her help with reverse engineering the ancient Japanese black magic purge spell. Freya tells her that those types of spells aren't something school kids should be messing with and advises that she goes home. Josie tells her about the lost memories and that the spell is the only way she'll remember for herself. Freya agrees and they sit down together and work on the spell. While Josie flips through the grimoire she brought with her, Freya finishes the spell. In this spell, conviction matters. She needs to be clear of mind and purpose. She warns Josie that if she's not, then purging the supernatural influence in the mind, she'll end up solidifying it, making it permanent, that she'd be erasing the very memories she'd be attempting to bring back. Freya wonders how she even found the spell. Josie tells her that she siphoned it from an ancient sword to save her sister's life and that Lizzie had wrote how the spell returned her memories. After Freya confronts Josie about how she was going to use the spell. Freya demands to know who the girl is, but Josie siphons from the grimoire and casts the spell on Freya, knocking her into a bar stool and to the ground, unconscious. Josie makes her way back to the Salvatore school and performs the spell en masse. The spell radiated outwards from the school to at least throughout Mystic Falls, restoring the memories of Hope Mikaelson to those that forgot her. In You Can't Save Them All, Josie and Alaric, with Jade's help, find out that something, or someone, is missing from their memories. Josie's felt this spell before and knows how to overcome it. Once again, she casts his spell to restore her's and the other's memories of Kai.


 * Collective Consciousness Spell: A spell that summons a sphere that represents the collective thoughts and emotions to those around them.
 * Incantation: Cessabit orbis.
 * Requirements: Target(s)
 * Used by: In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, Emma summoned a green sphere of energy. She told them that they represented their collective thoughts and emotions and their goal is to keep it a calm green, representing serenity and peace of mind. However with the qareen sowing discord, the negative thoughts polluted the sphere, changing its color. Eventually Emma resends the spell, causing it to explode in a display of butterflies.


 * Memory Wipe Spell: A spell that erases memories.
 * Incantation: Dedisco.
 * Requirements: Target(s)
 * Used by: In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, Alyssa performed this spell on Emma after explaining what she did to send Lizzie, Josie and Alaric to the 2018 Prison World, to teach Alaric a lesson about sending problem supernatural children away.


 * Suggestion Spell: A spell that makes a course of action sound reasonable.
 * Incantation: Unknown.
 * Requirements: Black Magic, Target(s)
 * Used by: In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Josie performed this spell over six other students of the Salvatore School to form her own squad.

Message Spells
Message spells enable witches to communicate over vast distances by supernaturally sending messages across space. Usually, the message requires a personal belonging of the target's to contact them.


 * Message Spell: A spell that is able to send messages across space by destroying a message with fire only to be transported and appear to the intended recipient.
 * Bonnie's Incantation: Unknown
 * Genevieve's Incantation: Prend ce message ce au le centre se levant.
 * Cassie and Rebekah's Incantation: Vain se message sa a le main sur la vain.
 * Freya's Incantation: Touve mon se kavo. Touve mon se kavo.
 * Requirements: Traditional (Bonnie) / Ancestral (Genevieve/Cassie) Magic, Possession of the target (i.e. strands of hair, personal belongings etc.)
 * Used by: Bonnie Bennett first performed this spell to sent a kidnapped Elena a message by igniting the paper in Rose. Genevieve used a similar spell to bring Mikael to New Orleans by sending him a photo of Klaus and Marcel in Long Way Back From Hell. Rebekah and Cassie later tried the same spell, so that Rebekah could send her brothers a message using scrabble tiles, however, before it could take effect, they were stopped in Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire. Later the same night,Freya manipulated the tiles to communicate with her sister, prior to waking from her century slumber. Freya, using her and Rebekah's (while possessing Eva) connection to magic, sent a message on a crumpled paper to Rebekah's location. She has used the spell twice, once successfully (For the Next Millennium), and once unsuccessfully after Rebekah's witch body was killed (Beautiful Mistake). In Haunter of Ruins, Vincent performed this or a similar spell to send Hayley a note concerning Hope's magical affliction and that they must return to New Orleans to cleanse her. In The Feast of All Sinners Freya performed this spell several times to send messages to Kol to bring him back to New Orleans to help save Hope from the Hollow. In Don't It Just Break Your Heart, Hope performed this spell to send Roman a secret message to meet her before she underwent the Hybrid Curse, as she feared she would die and wanted to cross a few things off her bucket list. In God's Gonna Trouble the Water, Caroline had a witch at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted send a message she wrote to Klaus in New Orleans. In We're Being Punked, Pedro, an unknown witch sent Dorian a note with Lizzie, Josie, and Hope's named listed; there were to report to headmaster Alaric as they were in trouble for starting a brawl and using black magic, respectively.


 * Warning Spell: A spell that allows a witch to send a message or a warning to their target.
 * Directions: The spell must be performed by drawing power from the candle's flames. to send a message to the target, a witch must write the symbols with salt. The same symbols will then be carved as a wound into the target's wrist. The spell is bound by a candle's flame, therefore, when that flame is extinguished, the target's wound will disappear.
 * Used by: In Chasing the Devil's Tail, Esther Mikaelson used this spell to send a warning to her son, Kol. Later on, she extinguished the candle she used in her spell and Kol's injury healed.


 * Devinette: A mystical riddle that Witches use to teach their children, it manifests as tattoo-like writing on the subject's skin. Once the subject solves the riddle the writing disappears.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic
 * Used by: In Long Way Back From Hell, Monique Deveraux cast this spell, per Céleste's request, on Elijah to lead him to where she was holding Klaus and Rebekah.


 * Pen Spying Spell: A powerful spell imbued in pens to effectively spy on others as it records whatever content is written with the spelled pen inside a journal
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Large amounts of magic
 * Used by: In Let's Just Finish the Dance, Josie learns that the Christmas prior, Penelope spelled an unknown number of pens with enough magic to "levitate an elephant" as to spy on anyone who used the pens to write. The spell copied whatever content was written in Penelope's personal journal. Penelope gave the journal to Josie, in which she kept it during the months following Penelope's departure form the boarding school.

Offensive Spells
Offensive spells, like Curses and Hexes, allow witches to attack or cause harm to somebody commonly in a more direct and immediate way. They are widely used during combat situations and usually only lasts for as long as the spell is cast.


 * Nature-Empowered Pain infliction Spell: Otherwise known as "Incantation of the Storm", is an extremely powerful spell that channels nature and the power of 100 witches, capable of killing an Original vampire. When enacted, the spell summons a storm and inferno in addition to inflicting pain onto the target. Due to the spell's requirement of a massive amount of power, a witch could risk killing themselves in the process if they aren't too careful.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Infero Eseri Gratas, Disasustos Vom, Mas Pro Je Ta Sue Te. Victamas Veras. Phasmatos Tribum, Niha Sue Exilum, Disasustos Vom, Mas Pro Je Ta Sue Te. Levam, Mina Sue Te, Disasustos Vom, Mas Pro Je Ta Sue Te. Phasmatos Veras. Fes Matos Tribum, Mas Pro Tes Unum. Victas Ex Melam, Phasmatos Vanem. Mas Pro Je Ta Sue Te.
 * Requirements: Power of 100 dead witches via Spirit Magic
 * Used by: In The Sun Also Rises, Bonnie Bennett, charged with the power of 100 dead witches, used this spell in an attempt to kill Klaus while he was weakened from breaking the Hybrid Curse.


 * Pain Infliction Spell: A spell to induce pain or bodily harm. It is similar to the passive, non-verbal pain infliction power used by most witches albeit, a stronger, more forceful variation and done possibly when one requires it quickly but does not have the time for mental concentration to passively cast it.
 * Qetsiyah's Incantation: Ah Sha Lana
 * Olivia's Incantation: Phasmatos Pyrox Morsinus Illum...
 * Kai's Incantation: Phasmatos superous em animi...
 * Bonnie's Incantation: Phasmatos Morsinus Pyrox Allum
 * The Hollow's Follower's Incantation: Arràcher soit je
 * Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah used this spell under her breath as Damon was strangling her, as she was caught by surprise and was unable to focus. In Man on Fire, Liv used this spell on Stefan and Elena, under Enzo's orders since he had Luke hostage. In Christmas Through Your Eyes, Kai performed this spell on Liv, after draining some of her magic. In Age of Innocence, Bonnie performs a similar spell of Liv's to incapacitate Oscar. In Voodoo Child, a follower of the Hollow cast a spell on Marcel, making him bleed from his eyes, crippling him in pain.


 * Traveler Pain Infliction Spell: A spell used by Travelers to inflict pain and, if persisted, to eventually knock out the target(s).
 * Incantation: Evas Elabuk Estupey.
 * Requirements: Collective Traveler Magic / A group of Traveler witches
 * Used by: In Total Eclipse of the Heart, Sloan and the other Travelers used this spell several times, once to subdue Damon and Enzo and then again on Elena and Stefan. Markos and his followers later performed the same spell on Elena and in What Lies Beneath.


 * Telekinesis Spell: A spell to induce telekinesis. It is similar to the passive, non-verbal telekinetic power used by most witches albeit, a stronger, more forceful variation.
 * Incantation: Motus / Phasmatos Motus Robix (Alternate)
 * Kai's Incantation: Vodux
 * Nora's Incantation: Phasmatos Motus
 * Mary Louise's Incantation: Vido
 * Oscar's First Incantation: Espirimus paratis!
 * Oscar's Second Incantation: Aerodux Motus
 * Vincent's First Incantation: Unknown
 * Vincent's Second Incantation: Louvir
 * Hope's Incantation: Dimiterre
 * Hope's Second Incantation: Corporis impetu
 * Lizzie's Incantation: Stella bun day
 * Josie's Incantation: Passim
 * Hope's Third Incantation: Patere
 * Hope's Fourth Incantation: Ictus
 * Hope's Fifth Incantation: Icaeus
 * Lizzie's Second Incantation: Descanto
 * Hope's Sixth Incantation: Scalare
 * Lizzie's Third Incantation: Fugere
 * Lizzie's Fourth Incantation: Patentibus
 * Hope's Seventh Incantation: Mittent
 * Hope's Eighth Incantation: Exsurgo
 * Josie's Second Incantation: Autem
 * Josie's Third Incantation: Ascendo
 * Hope's Ninth Incantation: Saithus
 * Used by: This spell was first performed by Bonnie Bennett when she was stuck at the prison dimension. In The World Has Turned and Left Me Here, she used the spell to throw a pickaxe into Kai's heart and then again to pull Damon off of Kai to transport him back to the mortal plane. To date, Bonnie has used this spell more frequently (occurring in I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime, Postcards from the Edge, and in Somebody That I Used to Know) than all the other known users. In Kill 'Em All, Bonnie uniquely used the Motus spell to extinguish a small fire, using her magic more as a reflex. Olivia Parker first used this spell when Tyler chased after her in Rescue Me, claiming it was rude to leave Jeremy like she did, as well as calling her a "newbie" witch. She then turned around and with a flick of her wrist, pushed Tyler backwards, through the air and onto the ground. The spell also caused all of the tables and chairs to move away from the spot on which Tyler was about land. She subsequently used this spell again to throw a fork into Kai's chest in The Day I Tried To Live. It should also be noted that she, before she was interrupted the first time began the spell with Phasmatos, making her the first to perform this variation and Nora the second. Kai has also performed this spell on various occasions, in Christmas Through Your Eyes and twice in I'm Thinking Of You All The While. Upon his return from hell, he's used it two more times. Three days prior to the events of The Lies Will Catch Up To You, Kai used the Motus spell to pull a Mystic Grill waiter towards him, stabbing him in the neck. He would attempt to cast the spell again against Alaric though he could not concentration enough to siphon magic and cast the spell, as he only had a spiritual foothold on the mortal plane and was still trapped in hell. The Motus spell was also attempted by Lucas Parker (in Rescue Me) when confronting Jeremy and Tyler before being interrupted. Luke performed the alternate spell in Prayer For the Dying upon Kai, when Jo was unable to do the Merge, and wanted to leave. Three of the Heretics, have also performed one or another of the variations in Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take (Nora then Mary Louise), Age of Innocence (Both of Oscar's spells), and Days of Future Past (Nora). In What Are You?, Beatrice Bennett used the Motus incantation to protect herself from Ethan Maxwell who was sirened to attack her; the spell seemingly locked him within the secret room. In Bag of Cobras, Vincent used a verbal spell to throw back two followers of Sofya to gain the upper hand. In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Vincent used the second incantation to break open Davina's tomb to use her remains. In This is the Part Where You Run, Hope performed this spell on Alaric after he pins her arm behind her back. The Spell flung him over her, flipping him onto his back, allowing her to get the upper hand of her training. In Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn, Hope used the second spell to telekinetically attack Landon and demanded him to reveal what he did with the stolen knife. He claimed, however, that there was a fire-breathing girl chasing him in the woods and he must have dropped it. Lizzie and Josie used two similar spells to influence their flag football game. Lizzie cast the spell to cause her opponent, Dana, to fumble the football, whereas, to please her father, Josie caused Kaleb to fumble the "winning" pass resulting in their traditional loss against the Mystic Falls Timberwolves. In Maybe I Should Start From The End, Hope performed the third incantation to blow a door off its hinges when she believed that Landon was contained inside a house and was screaming. Upon entering the home, it was revealed that an older couple was simply watching television. She quickly discovered that the magical compass that she previously gave him had been ditched in the couple's home mailbox on their door. Later, she used the fourth incantation against, what Alaric described as, a 'Mer-Man' when it found Landon in their motel room. Upon using the spell, she threw the creature back inside the bathroom and slammed the door shut behind it. In We're Gonna Need A Spotlight, Hope performed a fifth incantation against a mind control Penelope who, along with Josie, was attempting to steal the Anubian urn. In I'll Tell You a Story, Lizzie and Josie had a falling out from one another. Josie finally realized how selfish Lizzie was and refused Lizzie's attempts at reconciliation. The argument continued until Lizzie blamed Josie for being just as codependent on her as she was with Josie, that despite being awful and needy, Josie was happy to hide and be the one that everyone hated because she was too scared to be herself. Josie brushed off Lizzie's comment and told her that she'd come back for the part where she'd beg for her forgiveness. Upset, Lizzie siphoned magic from one of Esther's Grimoires to attack, while Josie siphoned from the wall of the Salvatore school to defend. Lizzie attacked Josie with a second telekinesis spell, though Josie blocked her spell and rebounded it against her, sending her flying back onto the bed. Despite what happened, Josie apologized and left. In There's Always a Loophole, Hope used her fourth incantation against the Headless Horseman, one of the five spells that actually affected him, though it was short-lived as he recovered quickly. In This Year Will Be Different, Hope used the Icaeus spell against the Cyclops, initially believed to be a Troll, and sent the creature flying through the air in the opposite direction from Landon, obviously unaware with his earbuds in his ears. She attempted to use the spell a second time, though the creature grabbed her by the throat and raised her off the ground, preventing her from speaking. In Since When Do You Speak Japanese?, Hope used the sixth incantation to telekinetically pull a security gate close between a possessed Rafael and Landon. Later, when Rafael woke from the sleep spell that Hope cast on him, Kurutta attacked Rafael with his spelled katana sword but Hope magically took it from him before he could use it to kill Rafael using the Motus spell. Lizzie also used her third incantation to take Kurutta's sword from a possessed Landon which she in turn killed him with, though the oni had already transferred itself to her from Landon. In Screw Endgame, Josie used the "Motus" spell to close and lock a door so that she and Josie could be intimate. In It Will All Be Painfully Clear Soon Enough, Lizzie performed her fourth spell to telekinetically open the cell that held the sphinx, though unlike the other Malivore monsters, it was not interested in Landon, rather Simulandon, as he found a new path. In This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent, Hope performed her seventh variant spell to telekinetically throw the Krampus. The Krampus was unfazed from the attack, and escaped before Hope could attack again. In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies Hope used her seventh incantation once again to pin Alyssa up onto a wall after Josie and Lizzie disappeared and having found the ascendant in her possession. In What Cupid Problem?, Hope seemingly tracked Landon, Pedro, Wade and Kaleb to Mystic Tap to find Pothos, who had escaped from the boarding school. Once confronted, he is led to believe it was Cupid, and used yet another telekinetic spell to throw 10 of "Cupid's" arrows at Pothos, believing that it would kill him. In You Can't Save Them All, Hope used the Icaeus spell while she fought against Kai. Telekinetically grabbing a crate, she attempted to throw it at Kai, but he blocked it and destroyed it with his own magic. In There's A Place Where The Lost Things Go, Josie, having succumbed to the effects of dark magic, performed this spell within the werewolf transition space in the Salvatore School. The spell was devastatingly powerful as it rocked the building and foundation as Josie telekinetically lifted the cell floor up off the ground and up into the interior of the school, causing a fiery explosion in the process as she escaped, unharmed. In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Josie used her third spell against Hope, lifting her off of the ground and to hold her alof over a large wooden stake in her bid to kill her. After Josie let go of the spell, Hope was caught mid-air by Lizzie, siphoning from MG, saving her life. In Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing, Hope, while in Josie's subconsciousness, performed this spell with a rock so that she could trick the Big Bad Wolf, Josie's darkness, into leaving her and Pig alone since it could smell magic being used. After Hope found Josie, her dark alter ego confronted them both. Hope attempted to stop her with the Icaeus spell, but 'dark' Josie siphoned the spell as it came towards her.


 * Explosion Spell: The spell violently explodes all of the objects surrounding the target while telekinetically moving them towards the target at the same time.
 * Incantation: Vados
 * Used by: Bonnie Bennett has used this spell during one of her confrontations with Kai in Do You Remember the First Time?, though the spell only slowed him down for a little while. This spell technically does not cause an explosion; objects are forcefully ripped from the walls and other surrounding areas, to which electronic devices seem to "explode" as they accumulate towards the target.


 * Chain-Breaking Spell: The spell will break the chains holding the witch.
 * Incantation: Fractos
 * Used by: In Christmas Through Your Eyes, Josette Laughlin used this spell to unchain herself.


 * Sleeping Spell: This spell renders the target instantly unconscious when cast. While more forms are non-verbal, variations and advanced forms can render targets in a comatose state for an undetermined amount of time. The spell can also be utilized in the form of a white powder.
 * Olivia's Incantation: Phasmatos Somnus
 * Hope's Incantation: Ad somnum
 * Used by: In The House Guest, Jonas Martin used a non-verbal variant upon Bonnie by placing his hand on her forehead. After she was rendered unconscious, Matt was able to wake and help her out the door of Mystic Grill. The Sun Also Rises, Bonnie performed this spell, a non-verbal variant, upon Jeremy to protect him while she, Elijah, and Damon dealt with Klaus. In The Day I Tried To Live, Olivia Parker performed the only known verbal incantation on Tyler when she didn't want him interfering with her revenge plan to kill her brother Kai. Mary Louise also used this (or a similar spell) on Caroline to prevent her from escaping from them in Never Let Me Go. In The Battle of New Orleans, Genevieve performed a non-verbal variant of this spell to stop Hayley from attacking Francesca Guerrera, after she revealed she had a side deal with the witch to betray Klaus. In They All Asked For You, Freya performed a non-verbal spell on Vincent after she forcefully removed his soul from his body and trapped him within her pendant. In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, Freya cast an advanced version of this spell on Aurora (to date, the spell has effectively kept her slumbering for over twelve years) though it is unknown whether an incantation was involved. In No More Heartbreaks, Davina used a similar spell to cause all the patrons in a bar, except for Lucien, to fall unconscious. Lucien coined her spell as a "Sleeping Spell". In Voodoo Child, Freya used a powder form of this spell to knock out Keelin, to protect her from the Hollow, as well as using a concentrated dose on Hope, whom the Hollow was possessing. The Hollow circumvented the effects of the spell by regaining her spirit form. In One Wrong Turn On Bourbon, Hope mentions that she wrote her own Sleeping spell and performed it on Hayley, in Where You Left Your Heart, which she combined with a Cloaking spell to keep her safe. In We Have Not Long To Love Hope used the powder form of this spell on Klaus when he attempted to intervene in her attempt to clean up her mess by taking back the dark magic of the Hollow. Additionally, she used a non-verbal form of this spell on Declan when she fought with Elijah, not wanting to involve him in the supernatural. However in both instances, the spell's effects were short-lived. In When The Saints Go Marching In, Hope used this spell to knock out Klaus, having learned that he planned to sacrifice himself to destroy the Hollow. In This is the Part Where You Run, Hope used the second known incantation to render Landon' s parents and a priest unconscious as they believed they were attempting to exorcise a demon, while Rafael Waithe was undergoing his first transformation into a werewolf. In Hope is Not the Goal, Hope used this spell again on Dana, who they had believed was in transition to become a vampire, to keep her from wanting to go to the cops about what attacked her. In Since When Do You Speak Japanese?, Hope used her spell again, but on Rafael who was possessed by a oni to keep him subdued. In It Will All Be Painfully Clear Soon Enough, Hope used this sleeping spell on "Simulandon" before he could profess his love for her to the surrounding students in a common area of the Salvatore School. In You Can't Save Them All, Josie corrupted with dark magic, renders Jade unconscious after she restores her humanity. In There's A Place Where The Lost Things Go, Josie, after succumbing to dark magic, performed a non-verbal form of this spell on Hope, instantly causing her to fall unconscious.


 * Suffocation Spell: The spell which allows the caster to rapidly restrict the target's airways, stopping air from flowing and causing them to asphyxiate.
 * Incantation: Lihednat Dolchitni.
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic
 * Used by: In What Lies Beneath, Maria and two other Travelers performed this spell on Jeremy.


 * Traveler Acidic Blood Spell: A spell used by Travelers to raise the acidity level in the target's blood. Making it undrinkable even for vampires.
 * Incantation: Osoarmavas ocre item otum et sine.
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic
 * Used by: In No Exit, the Travelers, on Wes Maxfield's request, cast this spell on Enzo when Damon was feeding on him to raise the acidity level in his blood to that of hydrochloric acid.


 * Acidic Blood Spell: The spell will turn the blood of a person into acid.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos navaro pulsus sanguinox.
 * Used by: In Woke Up With a Monster, Kai used this spell on Elena, during his practice of magic. However, the first time he knocked her out while the second time, he melted her daylight ring. In Phantomesque, the Hollow used a non-verbal form of this spell to turn the blood that Marcel drank from her into acid within his mouth; this was performed while the Hollow was being attacked and showed no signs of loss-of-concentration.


 * Bone Breaking Spell: The spell allows witches to violently crack the bones of a target.
 * Incantation: Ossox / Phasmatos Ossox / Errox femus
 * Alternate Incantation: Casser les os
 * Used by: Bonnie used this spell twice on Kai, during her final confrontation with him in I'm Thinking Of You All The While, to make him reverse the sleeping spell he put on Elena Gilbert. She has since used both of the alternate spells, the former used on Julian's vampires friends in Things We Lost in the Fire and the latter was attempted on Enzo in Moonlight on the Bayou, though he had suppressed her magic. Nora also attempted to use the original spell on Enzo in Days of Future Past though Enzo force fed her a magic suppression pill made from Rayna's blood. In Haunter of Ruins, Vincent attempted this spell on an unknown dark witch though he overpowered him.


 * Qetsiyah's Desiccation Spell: An extremely powerful spell that stops the heart of an immortal from working through magic alone. Blood will stop flowing and the body of the target will desiccate.
 * Incantation: A vita ex alii, is ea po traho, adima disero.
 * Requirements: Physical contact with the target's heart.
 * Used by: In Monster's Ball, Qetsiyah performed this incantation to desiccate the Immortal, Silas. The spell paralyzed him in place, which allowed Qetsiyah to push her hand into his chest and squeeze his heart to enact the spell. In Handle with Care, it was revealed that Qetsiyah, some 2,000 years prior, desiccated Amara after she became immortal and made her the Anchor of the Other Side.


 * Petrification Spell: An extremely powerful non-verbal spell enacted through sheer will and focus alone. It petrifies the target rapidly by clotting their blood and turning every bone, muscle and joint into stone. However, the spell as such is bound to the life of the caster.
 * Requirements: Expression, Indomitable Will
 * Used by: In The Walking Dead, Bonnie Bennett used this spell to quickly petrify the Immortal, Silas and neutralize his mental abilities while using expression magic. In Graduation, it was revealed that the spell was broken with her death. Silas explained that spells are bound by Nature and it demands a balance. So every spell has a loophole and, with Bonnie's spell while using expression, this was undone since it was bound to a living witch that died.


 * Repulsion Spell: An offensive spell that allows a witch to endow someone's skin with vervain-like effects, ensuring that any vampire who would come into physical contact with the victim would be burned.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos extandas lomiano.
 * Used by: In Never Let Me Go, Valerie used this spell on Caroline to ensure that she could no longer be tortured by Mary Louise, however it was later revealed that she did this so that Stefan could not save her.


 * Oscar's Subduing Spell: A powerful spell that can subdue several people by causing the ground to tremble, suffocate its targets and snapping their necks all at once on human, witch and vampire alike.
 * Incantation: Espirimus Paratis
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In Age of Innocence, Oscar used this spell when he attacked Bonnie, Damon and Alaric. He used it to knock Bonnie and Alaric out and to snap Damon's neck.


 * Ancestral Pain Infliction Spell: A spell that is similar to the power of pain infliction, though it works on a somewhat larger scale, giving the casters the ability to subdue more vampires at a time and even those of older ages, who are commonly more resistant to aneurysms.
 * Genevieve's Incantation: Radiamis.
 * Bastiana's Incantation: Votre âme, l'ame boa.
 * Genevieve's Second Incantation: Vamisa la visia.
 * Vincent's Incantation: --TBA--
 * Vincent's Second Incantation: Passus doulé trèt...
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic
 * Used by: In a flashback in Long Way Back From Hell, Genevieve performs her first pain infliction spell on Rebekah. Later in Le Grand Guignol Bastianna and Genevieve performed various pain-infliction spells on Thierry Vanchure and Marcel and Rebekah, respectively. In The Big Uneasy, Genevieve uses the second spell once again upon Klaus. In Alone with Everybody, Vincent, as Regent, was able to use a similar spell to subdue and knock out two vampires who had grabbed him. His spell, though, worked specifically on the vampires that had physical contact with him as Sofya was left unaffected. In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, Vincent's second spell against Van Nguyen was unsuccessful as the Ancestors were protecting the new Regent from magic and officially shunned Vincent of their power.


 * Ancestral Mass Pain Infliction Spell: The spell commonly allows a witch to inflict pain on dozens of people at the same time, though it requires a massive amount of power, such as the unified ancestral power, charged in one witch.
 * Incantation: Donn moi se la vroh kondu feh aila ra donn toi moi. Donn moi. Salacku tusdeh do. Vala.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Channeling the Ancestors
 * Used by: In Tangled Up In Blue, Katie performed this spell by absorbing a large amount of ancestral power with Sophie's help. It allowed her to subdue at least a dozen vampires in an attempt to save Thierry.


 * Inferno Spell: The spell will invoke violent flames over a certain location and trap the residents inside. The witches light candles and chant over them until torches ignite and the flames are replicated over a home.
 * Incantation: Fumée chaleur vicieux enfermé les vitres la bas.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, 3 French Quarter Elders, 4 Large cauldron like pillars to hold fire
 * Used by: In Crescent City, Céleste, Bastianna and Genevieve performed this spell to burn down the Mikaelson plantation with Hayley and Jackson inside.


 * Sedation Spell: The spell will successful subdue the targets and knock them unconscious unless the target is too powerful.
 * Incantation: Gadyen nan balans, gadyen nan la foi. Se pou nou fe sa yo dwe fe.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic
 * Used by: In The Casket Girls, Céleste and three other witches performed this spell on Davina and Camille, though only Camille was subdued as Davina was too powerful, therefore she managed to overpower the witches.


 * Poison Kiss: A simple enchantment enacted by a kiss. It was capable of temporarily incapacitating an Original vampire.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Physical contact / Kiss the target
 * Used by: In Crescent City, Céleste used this spell to temporarily subdue Elijah.


 * Blood Poisoning Spell: The spell is performed by channeling the power of dark objects. It allows the witch to poison their own blood, which then successfully incapacitates a vampire as soon as they drink the said witch's blood
 * Incantation: Averte insiguinae, a tor a ver.
 * Directions: The spell is performed by crushing a handful of dried herbs and placing them in a bowl filled with white fluid. The witch then starts to chant, causing the bowl to spin rapidly. When the spell ends, the bowl's contents will be thoroughly mixed into a black, sludgy potion.
 * Requirements: Different liquids, Assorted Herbs, Bowl of milky fluid, Dark Objects
 * Used by: In The Brothers That Care Forgot, Davina Claire performed this spell when she was preparing for a confrontation with Klaus.


 * Blood Poisoning Revival Spell: A reversal spell to cure the blood of a victim of dark magic blood poisoning. This spell is powerful enough to effectively revive an Original vampire, ending the original spell's hour of incapacitation early.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: The witch who originally cast the blood-poisoning spell.
 * Used by: In The Brothers That Care Forgot, Davina Claire performed this spell to reverse and revive Klaus to stop Esther.


 * Heart Crushing Spell: The victim's heart will be crushed or eventually ripped out from their chest. The process however can be stopped by disturbing the witch who is performing the spell.
 * Incantation: Le specto tre colo ves bestia.
 * Used by: In Chasing the Devil's Tail, Finn Mikaelson (in possession of Vincent) used this spell on Hayley. Had it not been for Jackson, Finn would have managed to kill her.


 * Sacrificial Telekinesis Spell: The spell allows a witch to telekinetically lift and throw a person or object with great force such as an Original vampire.
 * Incantation: Lec tare sel vipre.
 * Requirements: Sacrificial Magic (powerful sacrifices) to empower the witch
 * Used by: In The Devil is Damned, Finn Mikaelson used this spell on Elijah when he came for Hope, throwing him around until he ended up in her room.


 * Desiccation Spell: An extremely powerful non-verbal spell that desiccates vampires with shear magical force.
 * Incantation: Non-verbal
 * Used by: In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Dahlia desiccated Mikael on a mere whim after she telekinetically flung him across St. Anne's Church. In Queen Death, the Hollow desiccated Marcel after he had expelled her spirit from Sofya's body. In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Sebastian recalls how the witch Cassandra desiccated him before she was killed by the Croatoan that she summoned.


 * Aphasia Spell: A spell that renders the target unable to speak, leaving them gasping for air as they struggle against the spell's effects. The spell will be released with a wave of the caster's hand. Alternate versions of this spell simulates the complete removal, or the sealing, of one's mouth.
 * Alexis' Incantation: Unknown
 * Hope's Incantation: Silencio
 * Used By: In A Walk on the Wild Side, Alexis used this spell, in correspondence with her clairvoyance, to preemptively counter and effectively disable Freya, eliminating her speech. In This is the Part Where You Run, Hope performed a similar spell that magically sealed and/or removed a Priest's mouth to 'silence' him. In That's Nothing I Had to Remember, Hope used this spell on Lizzie to prevent her from telling Landon their shared secret — the lost memories of Hope after she jumped into Malivore.


 * Blinding Spell: An initially mild spell that begins as pin prick just behind the eyes that spreads in such intensity where the target would rather tear out their own eyes than endure further pain.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used By: In A Walk on the Wild Side, Freya suggested this spell to force Alexis to come with her. This would suggest that the progression of the spell is quite fast but not immediate like with pain infliction.


 * Neck-Snapping Spell: A powerful chant that allows a strong witch to simultaneously break the necks of multiple targets.
 * Incantation: Me ne de qual suurentaa!
 * Second Incantation: A cierta--
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In Beautiful Mistake, Freya performed this spell on several old vampires of the Strix organization to give her sister Rebekah some time when she was attacked. Freya attempted, presumably, a similar spell against Arora when she was kidnapped, in Heart Shaped Box. The spell failed because Arora dosed Freya with the same drug that Tristen would give her to Freya to be unfocused and unable to cast magic.


 * Restraintment Spell: A spell that can allow a witch to inflict a magical hold on her target, restricting them to a certain location or a kneeling position. It is capable of subduing strong beings, such as Original vampires.
 * Emily's Incantation: Unknown
 * Moroccan Witch's Incantation: Lem duree mohana
 * Hope's First Incantation: Corporis impetus
 * Hope's Second Incantation: Prohibere
 * Kai's Incantation: Immobilus
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In Know Thy Enemy, Emily cast this spell over Damon, after he entered the Abandoned Cottage and dispelled his Daylight ring, so he would begin to burn in the sun. In Beautiful Mistake, the Moroccan witch, who was working for the Strix, used this spell on a weakened Rebekah, leaving her at the mercy of Aya. In You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know, Hope performed this spell on Landon who found Hope attempting to cast a locator spell. Having lost his memories of her due to Malivore and finding her in his dorm room, he attempted to flee from her, but she was quicker and effectively "froze" him where he stood. She explained to him that she's working with Alaric to find and turn back Rafael into his human form. Landon wanted to help Hope, but she initially refused. Landon questioned if the spell would last forever, and given Hope's hesitation, she relented and allowed him to come with her. In It Will All Be Painfully Clear Soon Enough, Hope performed a second spell on the newest Malivore monster, a sphinx, after it revealed itself to her, Lizzie and Josie. After restraining the new monster, she and the twins performed a cloaking spell to take the sphinx to the Salvatore School. In Kai Parker Screwed Us, Kai used this spell on Josie to immobilize her after she learned that he was tricking her and working with Jade. Once frozen in place, he took what he perceived as the vial of Bennett blood. He then left her with Jade, who took her back to Alaric to be punished.


 * Freya's Subduing Counter Spell: A spell with unknown effects; presumably it was either meant to release the magical hold over Rebekah or to subdue or even kill the desired target.
 * Incantation: Gratuit fra lokk
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In Beautiful Mistake, Freya used this spell in an attempt to attack Aya and the Moroccan Witch that had trapped them. Its effects were never shown as Freya was disempowered.


 * Crashing Spell: The spell allows a witch to telekinetically overturn objects as large as a heavy vehicle.
 * Incantation: Sispann la agresè.
 * Used by: In A Ghost Along the Mississippi, Vincent used this spell against the Strix's car completely crashing it.


 * Freya's Heart Extraction Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to telekinetically rip a victim's heart out from their chest.
 * Incantation: Delfan eoten cor
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, Freya used this spell in an attempt to attack Lucien Castle. However the spell failed as the Ancestors protected Lucien with their magic.


 * Sigil Restraintment Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to weaponize a drawn sigil to bind and weaken a target, restricting them to a kneeling position. It can be made further lethal with a blood boiling spell.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Sigil carefully crafted from potent elements
 * Used By: In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, Freya used this spell in an attempt to keep Lucien Castle in one spot for the strix to attack him. However, the spell was ultimately broken by the Ancestors.


 * Sigil Counter Spell: A spell used by the Ancestors to counter and unbind one from a sigil restraintment spell.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Ancestral magic and the Sigil
 * Used by: In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, The Ancestors fought against Freya's magic that subdued Lucien by erasing the sigil on the ground, unbinding and setting him free.


 * Stink Spell: A spell that, as the name implies, creates an obnoxious odor in a small space.
 * Incantation: Phesmatos is lucas odoray.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In This is the Part Where You Run, Dorian, subbing for the Chemistry of Magic teacher, was teaching a lesson on the language of Witchcraft and how mispronouncing a syllable could have adverse effects such as a Love Charm. He then instructed Penelope Park to demonstrate this to the class, producing a Stink Spell. In There's Always a Loophole, a witch student used this spell to attack and disorient Burr after the students got their magic back after the school was infiltrated by Triad Industries.


 * Shock Wave Spell: A spell that can temporarily disable a target by inducing shock waves.
 * Hope and Josie's Incantation: Fluctus inpulsa.
 * Hope, Josie, and Lizzie's Incantation: Imperium fluctus malleus.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In We're Being Punked, Pedro, initially Hope performed this spell on the Gargoyle as he was about to attack Josie. The force of the spell caused him to stagger backwards and drop his sword. Hope then looked to Josie for help and, as they performed the spell together, caused the gargoyle to explode, crumbling into a pile of stone and dust. In Hope is Not the Goal, Hope, Josie, and Lizzie performed this spell on the unnamed Arachne, causing it to explode. In It Will All Be Painfully Clear Soon Enough, Hope attempted to use this spell against Ryan though he had stolen the Cursed Shackles, found them in the school armory, and used them on her. The spell was useless as the shackles neutralized her power.


 * Sleeping Reversal Spell: A spell that reverses the effects of a sleeping spell that instantly wakes the target.
 * Incantation: Surgere
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Hope is Not the Goal, Hope used this spell to wake Dana so they could explain what was happening to her. They initially believed she was transitioning into a vampire, however, she began to throw-up until she died. In Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing, Hope, while in Josie's subconsciousness, performed this spell in an attempt to wake “Josie” from her apparent self-induced sleeping spell, though the spell does nothing to wake her.


 * Disintegration Spell: A spell that disintegrates soft, but sticky bindings, such as an Arachne's webbing.
 * Incantation: Una scar
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Hope is Not the Goal, Josie, siphoning from Rafael, performed this spell to release them both from the Arachne's webbing.


 * Levitation Spell: A spell that suspends an object aloft for an undetermined length of time.
 * Incantation: Casso tor
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Malivore, Emma performed this spell to raise and hold aloft a weighing scale so that the honor's council could decide Landon's fate. After performing the spell, Emma excused herself to go help see if she could find Jed.


 * Bursting Spell: A spell that causes an object to burst from within itself.
 * Incantation: Dissulta!
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Malivore, Lizzie, siphoning from the floor of the Salvatore Boarding School performed this spell after Penelope confronted her about Josie. She claims that Josie spends all of her energy taking care of Lizzie with no room for herself and would never do anything to upset Lizzie. Penelope aims to burn Lizzie's world down around her for Josie.


 * Rebound Spell: A spell that with enough magic can cause another spell to be rebounded against another witch.
 * Incantation: Reboundus!
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In I'll Tell You a Story, Lizzie and Josie had an argument where Josie finally learned just how selfish Lizzie was, culminating in Lizzie's knowledge of Penelope's departure from the Salvatore School. Josie refused Lizzie's attempts at reconciliation and even took shots at her for not even knowing her own favorite foods. The argument continued until Lizzie blamed Josie for being just as codependent on her as she was with Josie, that despite being awful and needy, Josie was happy to hide and let her be the one that everyone hated because she was too scared to be herself. Josie brushed off Lizzie's comment and told her that she'd come back for the part where she'd beg for her forgiveness. Upset, Lizzie siphoned magic from one of Esther's Grimoires to attack, while Josie siphoned from the wall of the Salvatore school to defend. Lizzie attacked Josie with a second telekinesis spell, though Josie blocked her spell and rebounded it against her, sending her flying back onto the bed. Despite what happened, Josie apologized and left.


 * Artificial Sunlight Spell: A spell that, as it suggests, creates artificial sunlight when used with a bright blue elixir.
 * Incantation: Sol
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In This Year Will Be Different, Hope used this spell against the cyclops, figuring to use its nocturnal nature against itself.


 * Harming Spell: A spell that causes immediate harm to its victim.
 * First Incantation: Invidia
 * Second Incantation: Tenebris lapsus
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In This Year Will Be Different, Josie performed this spell by first siphoning from her desk and casting it on another student who was flirting with Landon. Professor Vardemus, however, quickly knew that Josie had cast the spell and confronted her. In spite of his role as "headmaster" he offered Josie advice, that next time, she should use the incantation prefix "Chronolos", as it puts a delayed reaction to any spell. In doing so, it's harder for one to get caught as by the time it happens, she'd be long gone. In You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know, Josie obtained this spell and used it at Professor Vardemus' behest. Siphoning from Wade, Josie cast the spell on Ethan, though to her dismay, the spell caused a bone in his right arm to protrude and budge outward, seemingly breaking it in the process.


 * Restraintment Counter Spell: A spell that removed the immobilization of a Restraintment spell.
 * Incantation: Regelo
 * Requirements: None
 * Used By: In You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know, after Hope explained to Landon that she's working with Alaric to find and turn back Rafael into his human form, she released the Restraintment spell she previous cast on him.

Possession Spells
Possession spells allow witches to manipulate the spirit of living or deceased beings by forcibly inserting or exorcising the spirit from the target body. It is shown that should the body die, the host will die too while the spirit of the possessor can jump into another body. However, some skilled witches can leave their host's bodies physically unharmed, though, at least with other witches, can leave them mentally unstable. Certain spells require the host's spirit to be suppressed, as an unwilling, powerful host can wake up and take back control of their body, imprisoning the possessing spirit within the host's mind.


 * Spirit Possession Spell: A spell that allows a witch spirit to possess the living descendant of their bloodline when contact is attempted via a Séance.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Body for possession, Séance performed by living descendant (Bonnie)
 * Used by: In History Repeating, Emily Bennett performed this spell, as a witch spirit on the Other Side, to possess her descendant, Bonnie. Bonnie had performed the Séance because Emily was attempting to reach out to her because of the approaching comet that she used to seal the tomb under Fell's Church.


 * Body Possession Spell: A spell that is able to possess a person with the soul of someone else. The body which is to be possessed has to be unconscious and pumped with external blood from the possessing target.
 * Incantation: Somno Ritum Per Dax Ritum.
 * Requirements: Body for possession, Vials of blood
 * Used by: In Know Thy Enemy, the witch Maddox performed this ritual over Alaric Saltzman's mind so that Klaus could possess his body. The spell also allowed the possessing spirit, Klaus, retention of his vampire abilities, such as compulsion.


 * Dispossession Spell: A spell that would reverse the effects of the Possession Spell.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Uenes Phasmatos Et Sonos. Ex Tutam Exum Lamia Matus.
 * Requirements: 2 witches to perform the spell, Semi-circle of lit candles, Body of possessed, Body of subject, Dark Magic
 * Used by: In Klaus, Maddox and Greta Martin performed this spell to allow Klaus to return to his vampiric body after he was done possessing Alaric's.


 * Esther's Possession Spell: A possession spell that allows the witch to possess another body, either from the living or from the dead. The spell is stronger than most possession spells, seeing as it allows the possessor witch to leave their host and enter another body, without the need to kill their previous host first.
 * Used by: Esther used this spell several times, whom Elijah revealed she was quite skilled at. She used it for the first time to possess her daughter, Rebekah, Heart of Darkness. She would later return to her own body. Upon her death in Do Not Go Gentle, as she attempted to remake Alaric into the ultimate vampire hunter (by turning him into an enhanced original vampire), she possessed Bonnie to finish her work. That night she visited Bonnie in her dreams telling her that her sisters needed her to finish what she started. Upon the resurrection of the fourth Harvest girl, Cassie, it was revealed (in Rebirth) that Esther instead possessed her body, in From a Cradle to a Grave. She eventually left Cassie's body, possessing yet another witch, Lenore, in Every Mother's Son.


 * Spirit Transference Spell: A powerful spell that allows the witch to place the spirit of a person into the body of another and vice versa.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Raverus En Phasmatos Ex Sonos. Resistamus Et Veram Vatus. Raverus Phasmatos Ex Sonos.
 * Requirements: Dark Magic
 * Used by: In The Departed, Bonnie Bennett used this spell upon Klaus Mikaelson by placing him into Tyler's body, to keep his sireline alive. His survival and subsequent return to his own body was revealed in Growing Pains. In Rebirth it was revealed that Esther possessed the harvest witch, Cassie, as well as transferred the spirits of her sons, Finn and Kol, into the bodies of the witches Vincent Griffith and Kaleb Westphall, respectively. In Ashes to Ashes, Freya would perform a similar spell to return Rebekah's spirit back into Eva's (now healed) body.


 * Céleste's Possession Spell: A spell that allows the spirit of a deceased witch to jump from body to body.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Death of the witch's current host
 * Used by: Céleste has used this spell for over 200 years to possess several female New Orleans witches. Every time she would grow bored and seek a new body, she would drown her current host in the Mississippi or by other means of suicide. She attempted to perform the spell in Le Grand Guignol, though her spirit was diverted back to her original, reconstituted body instead of the next host.


 * Spirit Reuniting Spell: The spell allows a witch to return a spirit jumping witch back to her original body, entrapping her within it. It was powerful enough to reconstitute an entire body from just its bones.
 * Incantation: À ses restes, retourne au sol.
 * Requirements: Bones of target, Anointing of skull with ash
 * Used by: In Le Grand Guignol, Monique Deveraux used this spell from a page of Esther's Grimoire on Céleste when she tried to jump into another body. Instead, the spell deviated her back to her original body, trapping her.


 * Esther's Spirit Transference Spell: The spell will be locked in the moment the hourglass is turned over. When the sand finally falls down, the target's soul will be "ripped" out of their body and placed into the body prepared through a vessel preparing spell.
 * Directions: An egg-like shape is placed in the center of an altar and the hourglass is placed next to it. Turning over the hourglass will bind the spell and make it irreversible, though it can be counteracted, i.e. divert the spirit to another vessel.
 * Used By: In The Map of Moments, Esther used this spell to place Rebekah's soul into Camille's body. However, Davina counteracted her spell, therefore Rebekah's soul was instead sent to the body of an imprisoned witch, whose body was prepared by Kol.


 * Possession Counteracting Spell: A spell that has to be performed at the exact moment as the possession spell that it's counteracting. The spell works by linking two hourglasses, one of the possession spell and the other of it's counter spell, therefore turned in reverse. Both the body of the vessel and the possessor will tremble violently, which will repel the spirit of the possessor from the vessel's body, sending it to another prepared vessel.
 * Incantation: Scen ta Lum ves Victa per Vatis Imparret.
 * Used By: In The Map of Moments, Davina performed this spell to counteract Esther's magic to protect Camile as well as to keep Esther from body jumping.


 * Protection Against Possession: A spell that is able to prevent someone from being possessed by another spirit. It is performed by dipping the doll representing the target into an unknown mixture and flipping in around.
 * Incantation: Se Protéger sa scandalum subsisto. Se pa toi inquia subsisto l'écoulement. Subsisto venenatis impedit l'écoulement.
 * Requirements: Doll, Cauldron of unknown mixture, Circle of salt, Assorted herbs
 * Used By: In The Map of Moments, Davina and Kol performed this spell to protect Camile against Esther's magic.


 * Vessel Preparation Spell: An ancient spell that is used to prepare another body to act as a host for a certain spirit. The byproduct of the spell is a vertical line of large pin-like pricks on the back.
 * Incantation: Carama sae au...
 * Requirements: A handful of herbs, The host
 * Used by: In Chasing the Devil's Tail, Esther performed this spell to prepare the next body she planned to possess; Camille. Subsequently, she also used the same spell to prepare new bodies for all of her children, having presumably prepared Vincent and Kaleb's bodies after her (Cassie's) resurrection in From a Cradle to a Grave. Prior to the events of The Map of Moments, Kol prepared Eva's body to divert Rebekah's spirit into when Esther cast her spirit transference spell.


 * Soul Branding Ritual: A ritual used to reveal if a person is being possessed by said branded spirit. to brand a certain person's soul, the spell requires an item blessed by the witch in question, such as a talisman and the sacrifice of a python. After the spell is completed, a distinct mark will appear on the back of the hand of whoever is inhabited by the marked spirit. The spell is rooted in dark sacrificial magic.
 * Incantation: Aux sa ah ça le vous de le vous l'inspir non do set
 * Requirements: Item enchanted by target witch, Sacrificial/Dark Magic (sacrifice of a python)
 * Used by: In Every Mother's Son, Lenore performed this spell on the spirit of Esther Mikaelson, to reveal who she would possess next.


 * Soul Relinquishment Spell: A powerful and ancient spell that allows a witch to resurrect someone from the dead by binding their soul to a talisman for protection. At the point of death, the soul deviates into the talisman where a witch is able to return it to the body, once healed.
 * Incantation: Helbred brannsår, belaste hjerte, begin på nytt
 * Requirements: Corpse, Salt, Freya's Talisman
 * Used by: In I Love You, Goodbye, Freya performed this spell on the vessel of her brother Finn, enabling his soul to return to his former vessel. She performed the spell by using her pendant as protection for Finn, and by extension Vincent, and by sprinkling salt upon the corpse, healed his chard body from an explosion. Given enough time she was able to completely heal his vessel's burnt body, restart his heart and resurrect both him and Vincent. The latter was proven when she removed Finn from Vincent's body in They All Asked For You.


 * Soul Binding Spell: A spell that allows a witch to extract a target's soul and bind it to an object, usually a talisman, thus storing said target's soul in the talisman.
 * Incantation: Yovara vimuna virael
 * Second Incantation: Spasiti animam suam
 * Requirements: Target, Talisman
 * Used by: In They All Asked For You, Freya performed this spell on her brother Finn by exorcising him from his vessel named Vincent and trapping him inside her pendant. In Queen Death, Freya attempted to place Elijah's soul into her pendant because he was dying from the Enchanted Thorns. As she was casting the spell, the Hollow's magic was greater and blocked her spell out as she was performing her resurrection spell. With the force of the conflicting magics intensified, Freya's talisman shattered into several large pieces. Eventually, Freya was able to locate Elijah in her broken Talisman, though his mind has also been fractured.


 * Essence Suppression Spell: A spell that is capable of suppressing the essence of a soul so that an invading or possessing spirit can inhabit the host unabated.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Host body to be put into a deep sleep
 * Used By: In Save My Soul, Freya suggested that she could perform this spell for Rebekah on her host's body, as it was regaining consciousness and causing Rebekah to black out. Even in this initial stage, Freya believed she could successfully cast the spell, despite that the spirit of Eva Sinclair was powerful. She suggested that she would place the body into a deep sleep and once the spell was cast, she'd be fine. Klaus, however, did not trust Freya and wanted an impartial third party to verify Freya's spell; specifically Davina. Freya doubted that she'd be able to understand her magic, nor have the power to execute it. Additionally, should the host regain control of their body, as did with Eva, the possessing spirit would be lost within the host's subconscious mind, as evident with Rebekah.


 * Kenning Spell: A spell that allows a witch to enter the minds of others and use them as proxies, seeing through their eyes, talking through their mouths, controlling their actions and, if need be, grant them a fraction of their power. A powerful witch is capable of using it remotely on masses.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Used by: In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Dahlia initially performed this spell upon Jackson. She would later perform this spell on a waitress and upon a huge crowd of people, turning them into her minions to attack and spy on the Mikaelsons. According to Niklaus, beings such as Originals and Hybrids have far stronger minds to be invaded by any Kenning Spell. In When the Levee Breaks, Dahlia healed and used this spell upon Josephine, reanimating her body to send a message to Klaus and his siblings. In Fire with Fire, Dahlia used this spell to lure a half a dozen victims to her so that she could have Klaus feed on them, regaining his strength from being daggered.


 * Passenger Spell: Common spell used by the Travelers to possess another to become a Passenger in someone else's body.
 * Incantation: Jaryakat a zem. Daryeet acza. / Jaryakat is vido, ses malit vas. (Alternative)
 * Activation Word: Vyjdi.
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic, Physical contact with target
 * Used by: In I Know What You Did Last Summer, the spell was first seen used by the Traveler, Gregor, to jump into Matt's body, becoming a passenger. In Resident Evil, several Travelers, using this or the alternate spell, passenger themselves into the citizens of Mystic Falls. In 500 Years of Solitude, Katherine, performs the original spell on Elena, to become a Passenger.


 * Permanent Passenger Control Spell: A spell that grants a Passenger complete control over their host's body. It is performed by burning the Passenger's original body while chanting.
 * Incantation: Dumi Porvo Vesthat Domo Etha Ani Oio Thomo.
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic, The original body of the passenger
 * Used by: In The Devil Inside, Mia performs the spell to give Katherine complete control over Elena's body. In What Lies Beneath, Maria also used the same spell with various other Travelers to grant her husband Julian complete control over his host's body.


 * Spirit Sealing Spell: A spell that when cast on one or another's body, the host's spirit will be permanently sealed within the body, preventing the removal of or insertion of another spirit until the host's death. The chest of the host body's will be marked with an ornate key-shaped scar that will symbolize the manifestation of this spell.
 * Incantation: Lié cle vie la lumiere le sien lache.
 * Requirements: The host body
 * Used by: In Alone with Everybody, to give Kol a sense of vengeance for his slow death, Davina snuck into the Abattoir and stole the spell from one of Esther's grimoires. She then gave Finn a taste of his own medicine and locked him within his vampire body, preventing him from seeking out and possessing another witch body.


 * Soul Swap Spell: A spell that will transfer two spirits between bodies.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos spiritus revertum corpus soelteros mentum mente
 * Requirements: The host body and the body to swap souls between; two witches
 * Used by: In One Way or Another, Valerie performed this spell on Stefan's original body, and the body his soul inhabited when he was freed from the Phoenix Stone. Valerie also states that as a Gemini Spell, it requires two witches, however it is proven that more powerful witches such as Valerie can perform the spell alone.


 * Dark Spirit Possession Spell: A spell that allows the spirit of a dark witch to possess another being, whether vampire or witch, and allows said spirit to retain the use of their magic and capable of using the host's abilities as well.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, the Hollow, possesses the vampire Sofya to hide from the Ancestors. In Queen Death, she was expelled from Sofya's body though her magic had infected her and would have destroyed her if not cured.


 * Spirit Confinement Spell: A powerful spell that summons forth the possessing spirit from its host, splitting it into four pieces and confining it into four, immortal vessels, disempowering the spirit for as long as the four immortals remain separated.
 * Incantation: Diviser ak konkeri. Chire apa ak po. Ak konkeri. Ak po...
 * Requirements: Four Immortal Vampires, related by blood to the possessed target, and their blood; An intricate symbol of an unknown black powder formed a rhombus inscribed within a square and four runes drawn within the corners: Hagalaz (ᚺ), Thurisaz (ᚦ), Dagaz (ᛞ) and Othal (ᛟ). Each Mikaelsons positioned at the center of the side, between corresponding runes, i.e. Elijah, Kol, Rebekah, and Klaus, clockwise with respect to Hagalaz, Thurisaz, Dagaz and Othal. A single candle placed at each corner's edge, with each side lined with four dark objects. Within the rhombus, Hayley holds Hope, the possessed target. Each point of the rhombus just crosses the square's face, directing the portion of the spirit to its vessel.
 * Used by: In The Feast of All Sinners, Vincent prepared this ritual to split apart the Hollow's spirit to confine it within the Mikaelsons. Vincent and Freya were successful and removed the Hollow's spirit from Hope, dividing and confining her spirit within Klaus, Elijah, Kol, and Rebekah. However, to the Hollow's spirit not to regain her full control, they would have to remain separated for all time, from each other as well as Hope. While in New Orleans, the Hollow was able to "whisper" to the Originals, tempting them to draw them back together, though Vincent claimed the further they were apart, the less it would be apparent.


 * Bloodline Possession Spell: A spell that will transfer the spirit of a blood relative to another, so that when one dies, they will be able to possess a new host. Once the possession takes effect, a sigil will appear on the host's arm and, once complete, will indicate that the possession has become permanent.
 * Incantation: Cencahua ezhuia, Cuauhtzicoa calpanpilli
 * Requirements: Blood of the intended host, white, milky liquid
 * Used by: In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, the Hollow prepared this spell after her protection totem was destroyed and to possess her descendant, Hope, who has great magical potential. Once the Hollow died, her spirit managed to over take Hope and an ouroboros sigil appeared on the host's arm.


 * Spirit Confinement Reversal Spell: A direct reversal spell to the Spirit Confinement spell. The spell summons forth pieces of a previously split spirit and confines the recently reunited, whole spirit to the casting witch's body, acting as the new vessel.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Vessels holding the Hollow's spirit (Four Immortal Vampires, related by blood to the possessed target) within a salt square, absent of bisecting designs. Their bodies are placed within the square, heads positioned at the corners. At the center of each side, four runes are drawn within the square: Hagalaz (ᚺ), Thurisaz (ᚦ), Dagaz (ᛞ) and Othal (ᛟ) and each Mikaelson positioned between corresponding runes, i.e. Kol, Rebekah, Klaus, and Elijah counter-clockwise with respect to Othal, Hagalaz, Thurisaz, and Dagaz. Three candles are placed at each corner's edge, with each side, at its center, with a bowl of blood between two candles. Within the center of the square, seven candles are placed.
 * Used by: In The Kindness of Strangers, Freya helped Hope prepare this spell to remove the dark magic of the Hollow from members of her family. Ultimately, Hope was successful at removing and reuniting the four pieces of the Hollow's spirit back into her body, acting as the new vessel. However, the resulting consequences were that Hope would hear the constant whispers of the Hollow as well as become afflicted with her dark magic, only able to quell the darkness by purging the magic through violence.

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.


 * 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.


 * 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 (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 and Alyssa.


 * 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.

Projection Spells
Spells of Projection allows witches to manifest their consciousness outside of their bodies giving them varied forms and abilities, this is commonly referred to as Spirit or Astral Projection. It should also be noted that spirit or Astral forms of witches and non-witches alike can be willingly or forced out of one's own body into localized astral worlds, also known as a Chambre de Chasse. Advanced forms of projection can (i.e. Teleportation, Bilocation and Dimensional Transcending spells) allow witches to travel between different planes of existence in addition to the manipulation of space around themselves or objects, i.e. localized teleportation. Known objects that have been teleported have typically been used to send a message; see Message Spells.


 * Spirit Projection Spell: A spell that is able to transport the spiritual body of a person to another area within the world. However, whatever happens to the spiritual body of the witch will be inflicted on their physical form.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Es Tas Sue Sasta Nanse, Transum Viso. Mas Tenas Quisa, Nas Metam.
 * Requires: Another witch to anchor their body
 * Used by: In The House Guest Jonas Martin, performed this spell with his son, Luka, sending his spiritual form to find and undagger Elijah. Unlike the basic form of Spirit Projection, Jonas augmented the spell to give Luka tangibility (to grab the dagger), yet was still invisible and went unnoticed by enhanced vampiric senses.


 * The Other Side Transcending Spell: The spell stops the heart of the witch who is performing the spell to induce death, while tethering them to their body. This allows the witch to successfully enter the Other Side and even bring someone back with them if they are powerful enough.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribam, Mihan Veras Ractas, Mas Anima Mal Vita Caturam Hors. Suus Phasmatos Oproctum, E Tiamis Mihan Ractas, Somus Suster Gana. Phasmatos Tribam, Mihan Veras Ractas, Mas Anima Mal Vita, Caturam Hors. Somos Suster Gana, Phasmatos Tribam, Mihan Veras Ractas. Mas Anima Mal Vita, Caturam Hors. Revertas Phasmatis Ut Victas, Revertas Phasmatis Ut Victas, Phasmatos Tribum, Mihan Veras Ractas. Mas Anima Mal Vita, Caturam Hors.
 * Requirements: Dark magic
 * Used by: In Growing Pains Bonnie Bennett performed this spell to pull Elena's spirit from the Other Side and stop her transition into a vampire. However, before she was able to finish the spell, she was stopped by her Grams and forced to return to the mortal plan before she could save Elena.


 * Prison World Banishment Spell: A powerful, interwoven spell that calls on the power of a celestial event, focused into an Ascendant, to create and banish a person (or more) to a prison dimension while binding the prison world to the current leader of the Gemini Coven. When cast, the spell creates an exact replica of the world, except for the people within it, that perceptually repeats the same day as when banished. The spell also acts as a protection spell for the banished target, preventing their death in all manners, as its purpose is to act as a prison.
 * Incantation: Sanguinem filio, sanguinem effurgarex perpetuum. Sanguinem filio, sanguinem effurgarex perpetuum. Phasmatos filio, Phasmatos effurgarex perpetuum.
 * Requirements: Celestial event, Ascendant, Blood of a Bennett witch
 * Used by: In Fade Into You Joshua Parker, and his coven, performed this spell upon his son, Kai, after he slaughtered his siblings while he was under the ruse that the coven was gathering to channel eclipse for the Merge ceremony. In Let Her Go, it was revealed that the Gemini Coven previously banished the Heretics to the first prison world in 1903. Kai assumed that the Coven attempted the spell a second time in I'm Thinking Of You All The While though it was later revealed that the spell has another purpose than to trap a target within a prison world. In It's Been a Hell of a Ride, Bonnie taught Josie and Lizzie the spell, with her own added twist, and banished Kai back to the newly created February 17, 2018 prison world with no eclipse or Bennett blood to free himself. In Kai Parker Screwed Us, it's revealed that, previously, Bonnie and the Saltzmans either used a full moon, a meteor shower, or both to banish Kai to his newly created Prison World. Since then, Emma Tig, at Alaric's request and Caroline's sympathy, banished Jade, Wendy and Diego to Kai's prison world when they killed various students in 2018 and then Sebastian in 2028.


 * Prison World Liberation Spell: A dimension-transcending spell that allows a (Bennett) witch to open a portal between the different prison worlds and the mortal plane by harnessing the power of its corresponding celestial event, freeing themselves. Whoever stands in the light will then be transported to the mortal plane.
 * Incantation:
 * 1903's Prison World: Sangima Maerma, Bernos Asescenda.
 * 1994's Prison World: Sangina Mearma, Ascendarum Cavea.
 * Requirements: Blood of a Bennett witch, Corresponding Ascendant, Corresponding celestial event (Eclipse, Aurora etc.)
 * Used by: Bonnie Bennett performed this spell to successfully teleport Damon to the mortal plane in The World Has Turned and Left Me Here. She later performed the same spell to send her magic-infused teddy bear to the mortal plane in Do You Remember the First Time?. Off screen, Kai would perform this spell, using Bonnie's blood to free himself. In Let Her Go, she performed the 1994 spell for a final time to free herself. In A Bird in a Gilded Cage She would later perform the 1903 spell to free herself, Damon, Elena and Lily from the Prison World, while leaving Kai behind. In I'd Leave My Happy Home For You, Kai performed the 1903 liberation spell to free himself and Lily's Heretics.


 * Prison World Transportation Spell: The spell allows a witch to transport a set amount of people (or objects) to one of the Prison Worlds. According to Kai, there is a limit to the amount of people one witch can transport, implying two at most, while more witches can transport more people.
 * Requirements: Ascendant, Blood of a Bennett witch, Celestial event or the Gemini Coven's Leader
 * 1994's Prison World: Sanguinem illum acento...
 * 1903, 2018 and 2028's Prison World: Sangiema Meam Et Nos Mundo Carcerema.
 * Used by: In Home, Sheila assured Bonnie that when the Other Side collapsed, she would be okay. In her last moments Bonnie and Damon, who she had physical contact with by holding his hand, were transported to the 1994 prison world to escape the Other Side's destruction. In I Alone Liv performed the 1994 Transportation spell to send Elena and Damon to the prison, using Lucy Bennett's blood, to go in and free Bonnie. In A Bird in a Gilded Cage, Bonnie Bennett and Kai Parker performed this spell to transport themselves, Elena and Damon to the 1903 Prison World. In This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies, the various covens and witches of the Salvatore School used this spell to send the mora miserium to the newly created 2028 prison world. However, unknown to Lizzie and Josie, Alyssa linked the newly created ascendant to the 2018 ascendant and sent it to the wrong prison world. Additionally, Alyssa placed a time delay spell on the linking spell so that Lizzie, Josie, and Alaric would also be transported to the 2018 prison world.


 * Prison World Projection Spell: A spell used to send one or more people to the prison world albeit partially where people existing in the prison world are unable to see, hear or touch them. However, with enough power, the witch is able to give the targets a tangible presence, allow them to physically interact with the world.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Tribum, Invocia Cavea, Misero Mundi.
 * Requirements: Candles, Intended vessels passing through, Incomplete Ascendant
 * Used by: In The Day I Tried To Live, Kai Parker used this spell on Elena, Damon and Jeremy, allowing their spirits to access the prison world to send a message to Bonnie. The spell was evidently powerful enough to allow physical interaction (an astral form) with the Prison World when performed with a single person, as seen when Jeremy held the map. Though Kai's power was fleeting and susceptible to the overuse of his magic. In You Can't Save Them All, Hope performs this or a similar spell to astral project to the 2018 Prison World. In doing so, only Josie could see her. They warn Hope about Kai escaping through Malivore, but Hope believes he's already at the school. After Josie frees them from the Prison World, Lizzie, with Josie's help, astral projects to the collapsing dimension. She tells Sebastian about the Malivore pit in Fort Valley, Georgia. It's a door to another dimension and she wants him to dive into it, and maybe he can escape. After telling him, she vanishes.


 * Chambre de Chasse Spell: An elaborate spell that creates a localized astral plane commonly used as a prison where witches bring their targets for mental target practice. The spell is based on the practice of representational magic and, as such, can unravel if the targets are not represented accurately or their totems destroyed.
 * Incantation: Locus sua mortenduis la chambre, Locus sua mortenduis la chambre
 * Requirements: Bowl of blood, Totems representing target / Target's hair
 * Used by: In Brotherhood of the Damned, Finn used this spell to trap his brothers in the astral plane that he could control, to figure out their secrets. In A Streetcar Named Desire, a Strix witch named Cynthia performed the same spell on Tristan, then pulled in Aurora so that they could reunite. The witch would later pull in Klaus and Elijah so that Aurora and Tristan could torment the two while the other Strix witches could unlink their sirelines. In God's Gonna Trouble the Water, an unknown witch performed this spell and transported both Elijah and Klaus' mind into the Chambre de Chasse. In The Kindness of Strangers, it was revealed that Freya constructed an elaborate replica of the Abattoir from her first visit with her family in 1914 for Hope. While Freya kept her siblings busy, Hope gathered Rebekah and Kol to draw back in the darkness of the Hollow, end the curses, and keep the firstborns safe. It was initially believed that Hope constructed the Chambre de Chasse, however, it contained the music room that Kol showed to Freya which was later wiped out by a storm; a room that Hope would have no knowledge of. Freya constructed the Chambre so that a key was hidden in meaningful locations throughout the Abattoir that were connected to Klaus, Rebekah, Elijah, and Kol. To continue her ruse, she too had a lock and key, though after she was exposed by Kol, she left the Chambre of her own accord. Once all four keys were found, they could leave through the door that led into a portion of Elijah's "mental maze". There, they could leave through their own separate doors that would return them to their bodies. While they hunted for their keys, Hope also sent Marcel into the Chambre to stop him from continuing her spell.


 * Chambre de Chasse Projection Spell: An extremely powerful spell that can create a backdoor into the representational magic that creates the Chambre de Chasse. The witch can then destroy the representational totems from the inside, freeing the victims.
 * Incantation: Onlúcan et permettre mon ostium.Onlúcan et permettre mon ostium.Onlúcan et permettre mon ostium.Ditio dia la vida!
 * Requirements: A powerful witch channeling the power from an equally powerful object or an old vampire equal in age to an original.
 * Used by: In A Streetcar Named Desire, Freya, while channeling Lucien, used this spell to break into the mental prison that is the Chambre de chasse that the Strix witch imprisoned Klaus, Elijah, Aurora and Tristan.


 * Esther's Bilocation Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to be at two places at once and visit another location. If the witch is powerful enough, they can be conscious at both locations, in both body and soul.
 * Incantation: Apparaitre apparebis.
 * Requirements: Object — binding agent/power source, Sage
 * Used by: In The Map of Moments Esther used this spell to find and speak to Mikael in the woods, while her vessel's body was at the cemetery.


 * Mindscape Transcending Spell: The spell allows a person about to transcend into another form of reality (such as a subconscious mind) to take a physical object with them, by somehow penetrating their skin with said object.
 * Requirements: Person stabbed by the object
 * Incantation: Lamina ferri in Mentem
 * Used by: In Exquisite Corpse, Freya Mikaelson performed this spell on a small dagger, to allow Vincent to take it with him into Eva's subconscious mind.


 * Localized Teleportation Spell: The spell allows a witch to teleport from one place to another.
 * Incantation: Non-verbal
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Dahlia first used this spell to teleport during the fight with Klaus and Mikael.


 * Astral Projection Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to project their visible, astral form of their consciousness across vast distances such as to other continents. The spell also allows a witch to practice witchcraft in their astral body and even carry the form of another person with them if they are strong enough through physical contact. This particular spell also granted intangibility of the astral form.
 * Freya's Incantation: Sang bis najit trouver. Sang bis najit trouver. Sang bis najit trouver.
 * Hope's Incantation: Demitte moi, demitte moi.
 * Ivy's Incantation: Voye à sa fille.
 * Requirements: Candles, Sage, Map, Hanging Spindle, Crystals (Freya); Six Candles, Salt / chalk Circle, Herbs (specifically Violets for protection, Myrrh for meditation, and Acacia for focus), Water (Hope)
 * Instructions: A chalk circle is drawn around the place of meditation to contain the witch's magic and energy. A plummet is used to dangle above a map to pinpoint the witch's desired location for the projection to be successful.
 * Used by: In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, as the century long slumber was beginning to end, Freya's magic awoke and, until awake, frequently appeared to Rebekah in her astral body. In For the Next Millennium, Freya teleports her astral body from the bar she is partying over to the Bayou at Elijah's request. While he handled the issues concerning the wolves and searching for Hayley, she was able to watch over Hope. Though intoxicated she was able to perform the spell with relative ease. In You Hung the Moon, she returned to her body relinquishing Hope back into Elijah's care, suggesting that the spell can be held for short periods of time, i.e. a couple of hours. In Beautiful Mistake, Freya used this spell several times to transport her mind to Rebekah's location on another continent. She also successfully transported both her and Elijah's astral forms to Morocco, to speak to Rebekah. In Where You Left Your Heart, Freya performed this spell so that she could visit with and talk to Keelin, who had left New Orleans for Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. The spell, however, was sensitive and Freya's projection disappeared; adjusting her crystal she was able to re-materialize her projection. In One Wrong Turn On Bourbon, Hope, who was nine years old, performed this spell to astrally project to her father at an unknown destination. In God's Gonna Trouble the Water, Ivy performed this spell as a favor for Klaus since he could not be physically present with Hope during Hayley's funeral. Though weary of her intentions, he accepts her offer and Ivy performs the spell. His astral form is sent back after Emmett and his vampires interrupt the funeral. After explaining the prophecy and the consequences of the dark magic, she performed the spell again so that he could be with Hope. The second attempt however, resulted in Hope sending his astral body away when she got upset with him. In We Have Not Long To Love, Emmett had his unnamed witch ally perform an astral projection spell to project his and his vampires' physical form to the Quarter to find out which side Vincent would chose; the vampire or the werewolves. When Vincent attacked his followers, he discovered it was a projection while Emmett got his answer, that he sided with the werewolves. In We're Being Punked, Pedro, Hope mentioned that she learned this spell from her aunt, Freya, and that it's like a "full-immersion video chat". Using the letter that Landon gave to her after leaving with Rafael from their dragon encounter, Hope, with Josie's assistance, was able to astral project to Landon. The spell, however, was cut short because Josie was suffering from "twin pain" due to Lizzie's run in with the gargoyle.


 * Ancestral Plane Transcending Spell: A powerful yet simple suspension spell performed in a circle of salt, that allows a witch to gain access to the Ancestral Plane by stopping their heart with poison, or by other means, while the spell keeps them from permanent death as long as they maintain physical contact with a living person, serving as their life link. to return to the mortal plane, the witch is required to be at the place of the spell. There are two known loopholes to this spell. First, should an original vampire's spirit die within a witch and consecrated to the ancestral plane, with this spell they will be able to temporarily return. The second, non-witches (i.e. vampires) can be given access through living, blood relatives that are New Orleans witches.
 * Davina's Incantation: Unknown
 * Vincent's Incantation: Préserver a la vie nu.
 * Harvest Girls' Incantation: Unknown
 * Vincent's Second Incantation: Prezéve lyen lavi nou
 * Requirements: Candles, Circle of Salt/black sand, Life-Link, Poison, Dark Magic; Salt circle with four candles on the exterior and four black rocks/gems situated on the interior, being that is neither living nor dead (Ivy in transition), witch (Vincent)
 * Used by: In Wild at Heart, Davina used this spell to gain access to the Ancestral Plane to speak with Kol about her plans for bringing him back. The Sister witch, Ariane, would also utilize a similar spell with Dark magic to enter the sacred afterlife dimension. It is interesting to note that she did not require a life-link, suggesting her magic alone sustained and/or brought her back. She would pass on the knowledge of this magic to Davina after her link to Josh was severed, unbeknownst to her, by Ariane herself. In Give 'Em Hell Kid, Vincent, while channeling Josh and bringing along Kol used this spell to access the Ancestral plane to untether it from the human plane. In Voodoo in My Blood, the four new 2019 Harvest Girls, Amy, Jessica, Steph, and an unnamed witch, exploited a loophole of this spell by using Hayley and Klaus' blood, which is tied to a New Orleans Witch (i.e. Hope), to give them an audience with the Ancestors, allowing them to transverse the Ancestral plane. Furthermore, by binding the spell to a salt circle, Davina was able to exploit the spell to physically appear before those who sought to free Klaus. This also functioned as the spell's weakness so that if the circle was broken Davina would be sent back to the Ancestral Plane whereas Klaus would be returned to the mortal plane. In There in the Disappearing Light, Vincent performed his second incantation with Ivy, who in this rare instance, was neither of the world of the living or the dead, allowing her to traverse between the two. Exploiting this loophole, Vincent was able to come with her so he could show her first hand of the 'peace' she claimed to have foresaw within the Ancestral Well. Once within the Ancestral Plane, it was dark and cold and the witch spirits languished in horror.


 * Davina's Spirit Projection Spell: A spell that is able to transport the spiritual body of a person to another area within the world allowing that form to be unnoticeable to any other being.
 * Incantation: Mai tu mai lai, mai tu mai lai.
 * Requirements: Unknown herbs, Iron powder, Candle
 * Used by: In Dead Angels, Davina used this spell to spy upon Klaus and Hayley to gain knowledge of the weapon that could destroy the originals and its whereabouts. Though incorporeal and unseen, Davina's spell hinted that Klaus the Original Hybrid may have sensed her presence, though he disregarded it.


 * Life-Force Linked Chambre de Chasse: A intricately woven spell that anchors a Chambre de Chasse to the life force of an immortal being. Those that are linked to the immortal cannot die, and should the immortal be neutralized, so will the linked persons. An additional feature is that this spell inhibits the continuation of various poisons that are strong enough to kill powerful witches and original vampires and insanity curses.
 * Incantation: Vintomas Inta Grum, Vin novus novasomin. Vintomas Inta Grum Vin Callus novasomin
 * Requirements: Unknown herbs, Salt, Candles, Runic spellings of the linked targets in Elder Futhark, Blood of each linked target.
 * Used By: In The Bloody Crown, Freya performed this spell, building upon the immortal life link spell from Dahlia and Esther's linking ritual while incorporating a Chambre de Chasse anchored through Klaus' Life. Once he was neutralized, so became the other targets, effectively stopping their respective poisons and curses.


 * Spirit Transcending Spell: A spell that uses a powerful grimoire and the magic it represents to enter a trance-like state to enter a spiritual realm of any location, specifically to someone connected to the magic that is being represented.
 * Vincent's Incantation: Près settât, Près settât, Près settât...
 * Requirements: Candles, Several dozens of bones in a six point star, The Sacrificial Magic Instruction Manual, Circle of bones with a lantern at each cardinal direction, Circle of Salt, Target to channel, Neurotoxin
 * Used by: In Voodoo Child, Vincent, using the Hollow's Sacrificial Magic Instruction Manual, spent several days entering trances to commune with the Spirit of the Hollow's Mother so that he could obtain the spell she used to put down her daughter. When the Hollow's Acolytes confronted and stole the book back, Vincent attempted the spell again, channeling Marcel, though even with him, was not strong enough to speak to her spirit, as the living aren't meant to be there. That left Vincent with one option, to die. He took a neurotoxin and died, long enough to get the spell from the Hollow's mother. Vincent also used an hourglass to countdown the time Marcel had to revive him with an antidote, which was administered directly to Vincent's heart via a syringe.


 * Spirit Banishment Spell: A powerful spell that dates back 1,500 years and adapted to entrap a spirit within a totem or book, making it impossible for them to escape. The original spell was used to kill the body and banish the spirit from the mortal plane.
 * Vincent's Incantation: Arrêter majik sa à
 * Requirements: Salt Circle to bind a spirit
 * Used by: In Voodoo Child, Vincent who communed with the Ancestors and the Hollow's mother, performed this spell on the Hollow's spiritual form, attempting to lock her inside her own grimoire for sacrificial magic. Before the spell could be completed, the Hollow's broke Vincent's circle and knocked him unconscious. Returning to possess Hope, she destroyed the book so that it could not be used against her again.


 * Object Teleportation Spell: A spell that is able to transport an object to another location.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos lacus.
 * Requirements: Adept Witch
 * Used by: In Death Keeps Knocking On My Door, the Necromancer resurrected a Bennett witch, one of many buried in the local cemetery that excelled in the art of mystical transportation, to transport the supernatural knife to Malivore. Once the spell was cast and the supernatural knife returned, he released her from his control and he too found peace.


 * Malivore Portal Creation Spell: A spell that uses one of Malivore's children to recreate a portal to his dimension.
 * Incantation: Transmata evo notus victus.
 * Requirements: One of Malivore's Creations, Candles
 * Used by: In I Couldn't Have Done This Without You, the Necromancer, using Ryan Clark's body, performed this spell to recreate the portal to Malivore.


 * Prison World Portal Creation Spell: A unique spell that creates "doors" within a Prison World by siphoning the magic that maintains the dimension.
 * Incantation: Unknown.
 * Requirements: Siphoner, Spires
 * Used by: In You Can't Save Them All, Josie explains that the Prison World is made of magic and magic can be siphoned. She can create holes, or doors, from the Prison World to the mortal plane. However, the magic that she siphons in the Prison World can't travel to the real world. The energy, however, needs to go somewhere, which means that someone will have to remain behind and be the anchor. When it came time to perform the spell, Josie instructed Lizze, Jade, Diego, and Wendy to place the spires in a circle to create a boundary spell. When she begins to siphon, doors will open beneath them and each door can only transport one person. Once she begins the spell, she cannot stop until it is done. With the spires in place, Josie cut her hand, dropping blood on the grimoire that demonstrates the spell and she began to siphon from the Prison World. Portals opened beneath her and the four spires. With Alaric taking Diego's place, Sebastian pushes him through a portal and agrees to become the anchor. All he has to do is place his hand on Josie and the spell is complete. The spell, however, that Josie performed to let them escape made the Prison World unstable and it eventually collapsed in on itself.


 * Shared Narrative Chambre de Chasse: A variation of the Chambre de Chasse spell placed on a device, created by Rupert Vardemus. The enchanted device then transfers the psychological concerns of those using it inside the device to form a shared narrative, designed specifically for therapeutic use. Those using the device will be rendered unconscious and have no awareness of the simulation until they reach the end of their narrative and be given an escape word. The order of symbols on the device can be used to increase the box's difficulty to its utmost level.
 * Incantation: Unknown.
 * Requirements: Device
 * Used by: In There's A Place Where The Lost Things Go, to help address recent and suppressed traumas, Emma, instructed by Alaric, decides to hold a special group lesson. Using a device created by Professor Rupert Vardemus, who is famous in mystical therapeutic circles, it forms a shared narrative, a Chambre de Chasse, between those using it, specifically, Lizzie, Josie, MG, Rafael, Jade, and Hope. Emma, although conscious and self-aware, also uses it to oversee their session. Unbeknownst to Emma or the others, Ryan Clarke previously trapped the real Rupert Vardemus' consciousness within the device and used his identity to infiltrate the school. As the session progressed, Josie, being taken over by her dark magic-filled alter ego alters the device's “rules,” expelling the users one by one, starting with Emma until she was alone with Lizzie. Josie hoped to "kill" Lizzie so that her mind would be trapped within the device so that her body would wait for her to complete the Merge outside the Chambre de Chasse. In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Alaric contacted Professor Vardemus for his help with strengthening the device so that he could use the Chambre de Chasse against Josie, keeping her safe until he and Caroline could help her permanently. Wanting to treat this like a "monster" problem, Kaleb and Hope used the box against Alaric. When tensions escalate further with the death of Alyssa, Hope uses the box against Kaleb to keep him from harming Josie.

Protection Spells
Protection spells allow witches to provide protection to a target as a sort of insurance. Protection can vary based on the user's requirements however, most protection spells seen thus far have been used against immediate death. They can come in the form of enchantments such as a daylight ring's protection against sunlight. Protection spells do come with restrictions such as one use per spell or protection from a specific form of death (burning from sunlight, supernatural death etc.) most likely due to nature's rule that all living beings must die. Thus, it is highly likely that protection spells do not cover natural death (old age). It is highly possible that protection spells protect the soul and prevents one from truly dying as they are done beforehand in anticipation of danger/immediate death and dying before casting said spell would require a resurrection spell.


 * Injury Protection Spell: The spell protects a target, such as a a human, from injuries, even going as far as to allow the body to quickly recover from damaging magical attacks by a witch.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Used by: In The Last Dance, Maddox performed this spell on Klaus, who was possessing Alaric, to safeguard his essence in resisting and enduring damage taken from Bonnie's magic, who had harnessed the power of the 100 dead witches. As such, he was able to fix the broken limbs inflicted upon him by Bonnie during their battle relatively quickly.


 * Protection Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to prevent themselves from permanently dying and/or from the soul from moving on after "death". Casting said spell allows them to resurrect should they meet certain doom. However, it appears to be a one time deal and have to be cast again should they wish to continue avoiding death.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Spirit Magic / Power from 100 witches (Bonnie), Ancestral Magic (Céleste)
 * Used by: In The Last Dance, Bonnie Bennett, who had harnessed the power of 100 witches, used this spell before her fight with Klaus when he was possessing Alaric. She ultimately died from overexerting her magic only to revive a short while afterwards in a circle of candles in the Witch Burial Ground with Jeremy. In The Casket Girls, Céleste Dubois (while possessing the witch Sabine Laurent) cast this spell before confronting Davina and Camille at the church. Davina, channeling the power from the other harvest witches proceeded to kill her and the three other witches by magically raising them off the floor and snapping their necks. She revived shortly after without any visible side effects. She was forced to cast it once again by Marcel on Davina to protect her from poisoning. Her speech with Marcel that "they all should have done the same", in addition to the speed at which she cast it on Davina, implies that while requiring to be cast again prior to every death, is a fairly common or easy to prepare spell. In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Dominic reveals that the night prior he cast a protection spell upon himself, that should he die, the Hollow's followers would be able to resurrect him using their Master's power.


 * Expression Protection Spell: The witch can protect anyone from permanent death simply by focusing. It was cast non-verbally by setting beakers of rock salt on fire. With a possession of the target's, the witch connects to them and allows them to resurrect should they meet certain doom . However, it appears to be a one time deal and have to be cast again should she wish to continue avoiding death.
 * Requirements: Expression, Rock Salt, Possession of target
 * Used by: In After School Special, Bonnie Bennett, having recently graduated from learning expression, cast this spell onto Shane when he was confronted by Kol. While using the Necklace that he just gave her and several beakers of salt for fire, she performed the spell. Though the spell was successful in protecting him from drowning and being impaled in the stomach, due to Bonnie's inexperience with handling expression, it accidentally linked him with April such that whatever happened to him was also inflicted on her.


 * Qetsiyah's Daylight Protection Spell: A powerful enchantment placed upon an area that prevents vampires within to be unharmed by the sun.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Set building
 * Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah used this spell on her cabin to Stefan to survive without his daylight ring. This is perhaps an expanded version of the spell that created daylight rings for vampires.


 * Valerie's Protection Spell: A seemingly powerful spell placed upon individuals to keep them safe and unharmed. Surrounding individuals can also be protected.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In We're Planning a June Wedding, Caroline mentions that Stafn called in a favor from Valerie. She placed this protection spell over Lizzie and Josie so they'd be safe, no matter what happened at Stefan and Caroline's wedding, which they planned as a trap for Katherine. When Kelly staged an explosion, Lizzie, Josie, and Bonnie, who was chaperoning them to the restroom, were spared from the fiery blast. Bonnie then taught Lizzie and Josie the fire manipulation spell so that they could save themselves from the surrounding flames.


 * Protection Counterspell: A counterspell to reverse the effects of a protection spell.
 * Incantation: Ut non zna samo bol
 * Requirements: Target
 * Used by: In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Freya performed this spell to break through Dominic's protection spells to make him vulnerable to death.


 * Compound Protection Spell: A representational spell used to protect a location from harm or malicious intent.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Circle of salt, Representation magic (castle figurine to represent the Compound)
 * Used by: In Queen Death, Freya performed this spell to protect the compound, whereas in the previous events she tied a boundary spell to her heart beat. This ensures that if she died a second time, the spell would not falter.


 * Protection Totem Creation Spell: A blue, glowing, crystalline-like orb that is spelled to augment a witch's magic while it protects them from permanent death, should the witch be killed. As an empowered magical totem, it can also be used to bind certain spells, though when destroyed, the bound spells will be undone.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Crystalline Orb
 * Used by: In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, the Hollow created this orb as a means to ensure that she would survive any confrontation with the Mikaelsons and to augment her magic. She gave the orb to Kol to hold on to and to protect, though Klaus later destroyed it, making her vulnerable. Freya has some knowledge regarding such totems as she stated that Dahlia used them as well when she was up to something particularly awful.


 * Projectile Deflection Spell: A seemingly simple spell that can deflect projectiles of indeterminate size, velocity and trajectory.
 * Incantation: Projectium deflecto.
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In Screw Endgame, Hope attempted to cast his spell on herself and Lizzie, while in the Keeper's labyrinth. She seemed confident enough that the spell would protect them from an oncoming, speeding car; however, the spell had no effect as the labyrinth negated magic, including Lizzie's ability to siphon.


 * Object Protection Spell: A protection spell that casts a protective barrier over an object to prevent it from breaking.
 * Incantation: Non-verbal
 * Requirements: None
 * Used by: In I Couldn't Have Done This Without You, Hope insists on helping Josie with protecting the mora miserium and preventing it from breaking. Together, with Josie siphoning from Hope, casts this spell to envelop the mora miserium in a white light. Despite the spell, the glass began to crack.


 * Salvatore School Protection Spell: A protection spell that casts a protective barrier over the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown
 * Used by: In What Cupid Problem?, Wade mentions that someone breached the protection spell that surrounds the school. It remains unknown who or how often this spell is cast, though Landon mentions that Emma cast a barrier spell around the school to prevent the qareen from escaping in This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies. Similarly, Lizzie performed the Containment Spell in We're Being Punked, Pedro. Since then, Lizzie also mentions, in This Year Will Be Different, that the school has "magical defenses". Whether or not these spells are related or the same remains unknown.


 * Psyche Protection Potion: A protection potion that incorporates a linking spell. The potion's primary purpose is to create a fortified locality with the person's psyche, to keep two consciousnesses separate. The secondary purpose is to link one's life to that of another.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Strand of Landon's hair
 * Used by: In Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself, Hope created this potion for Lizzie so that when she won the Merge, she would have a fortified locality in her own psyche to hold Josie's consciousness separate from her own. After they detox Josie's body of the dark magic, they planned to transfer Josie's consciousness back to her own body. However, unbeknownst to Lizzie, Hope built in a Plan B into the potion. Using Landon's hair, she linked Lizzie's life to Landon's temporarily. Since Lizzie lost the Merge and died, Landon died too. However, given his ability to resurrect, Lizzie was also resurrected and her consciousness preserved in the process.

Resurrection Spells
Resurrection spells allow witches to restore a dead being to life, returning the spirit back to its body. They are a violation of the Natural Order of life and death and may come with consequences. Even then, they usually require a massive amount of power and are considered among the hardest feats of magic, performable only by the strongest of witches.


 * Bonnie's Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to raise a person from the dead. However, the person who is brought back from death will be cursed with the ability to see ghosts on the Other Side as a consequence.
 * Incantation: Victus Phasmatis Ex Eleto. Revertas Phasmatis Ut Victus. Victus Phasmatis Ex Eleto. Revertas Phasmatis Ut Victus.
 * Requirements: Spirit Magic / Power of 100 dead witches
 * Used by: Jonas Martin first performed this spell on Lukas when he burned to death in The House Guest. The spell was unsuccessful due to having insufficient power. Bonnie Bennett later performed this spell to resurrect Jeremy Gilbert after he had been shot by Liz Forbes in As I Lay Dying. Initially the Witch Spirits denied Bonnie the power for spell, however, her ancestor, Emily Bennett, heard Bonnie's pleas of love and Jeremy was revived. In Growing Pains Bonnie attempted the spell once again to resurrect Elena's spirit to prevent her from transitioning into a vampire, though the spirits denied her access to their power, thus she turned to a darker magic.


 * Bonnie's Resuscitation Spell: A spell used to revive a person immediately after death such as from cardiac arrest.
 * Incantation: En Dugas, Tuas, Animos
 * Used by: In Before Sunset, Bonnie Bennett on Jeremy Gilbert immediately after she magically stopped his heart. Though, whether it was the spell or his ring that brought him back remains uncertain.


 * Expression Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell that utilizes the extremely dark and potent magic of Expression to resurrect the body of the deceased. As such, this magic uses the indomitable will of the witch to make the manifestations of their will a reality.
 * Requirements: Expression, Target, Indomitable will
 * Used by: In Into the Wild, Shane recounts that when he and Caitlin lost their son Sam, she tried to bring him back using Expression. In her attempt to resurrect him, she lost control of the magic and it overwhelmed and killed her. Ultimately, the spell failed.


 * Magic Combination Resurrection Spell: An extremely powerful spell that defies the will of Nature by combining powerful magic from the Spirits, the Darkness and Expression to resurrect a person.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos revenios un Animum. Phasmatos revenios un Animum. Phasmatos revenios un Animum.
 * Requirements: Spirit, Dark and Expression Magic, Indomitable will
 * Used by: In The Walking Dead, Bonnie performed this spell in an attempt to resurrect Jeremy Gilbert. However, as a result of the opposing forces of magic she channeled, Bonnie was overwhelmed and died in the process. Later, in Graduation, when she put the veil back up, it was revealed that the spell proved to be a success and that essentially the spell provided a life for a life, i.e. Bonnie's life in exchange for Jeremy's.


 * Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to raise oneself or another person from the dead. Particularly if the Veil to the Other Side has been lowered, a witch can cast the spell to make them a living, breathing mortal, seemingly without consequence.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Lowered Veil
 * Used by: In Bringing Out The Dead, Esther is resurrected as she is freed from her coffin, empowered by channeling the Bennett Witch bloodline. Whether it was the Spirits or her that performed the spell remains to be seen. In Original Sin Qetsiyah mentioned to Stefan that months prior, when Bonnie lowered the veil, she took the opportunity to resurrect herself as her hunters failed in their task to cure and kill Silas. She figured that it was time to handle things in person and she ultimately succeeded, albeit with a few issues along the way. In Wheel Inside the Wheel, Esther pulled Ansel from the Other Side before it collapsed, resurrecting him to the mortal plane. Even though the meaning as to how she performed the spell remains to be known, seemingly, the weakened Veil could have made it easier to perform such a spell.


 * The Choosing, Harvest and Reaping Rituals: A three part, in-depth ceremony where four French Quarter Witches are chosen and sacrificed, the Choosing and Harvest, respectively. The final part of the colloquially called Harvest Ritual ends with the previously four sacrificed witches being resurrected by the Ancestors at the request of the Elders performing the ritual.
 * The Harvest Invocation: Our magic fades as our ties to our ancestors weaken over time. We beseech them, accept this offering as a sign of our faith. To be born, you must sacrifice. Do you have faith?
 * The Reaping Invocation: After the Harvest comes the Reaping. Their sacrifices were made and accepted. We call upon our Elders to resurrect their chosen ones.
 * Vincent's Incantation: Resisite chonje vos elus.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, specifically a French Quarter Elder Witch
 * Used by: In Après Moi, Le Déluge, after sacrificing Davina Claire and finishing the Harvest ceremony, Sophie Devereaux called out to the Ancestors to bring back the four harvest girls sacrificed. The invocation to the Ancestors was accepted, though not as initially expected, due to Céleste Dubois (while possessing the witch Sabine Laurent) stealing the power of the Harvest and redirecting its power to resurrect three different witches instead. As each witch died again, a Harvest Girl was resurrected in their place. In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Vincent was forced to complete the Reaping when Elijah sacrificed four French Quarter witches to reestablish the link between the Ancestral and mortal planes. When the Ancestors denied Vincent's offerings, he turned to and invoked Davina's assistance; she accepted and the four new Harvest Girls were resurrected. Vincent also made Davina the gatekeeper for all of the ancestral magic contained in New Orleans. It is also worthy to note that the Elder witch performing the Reaping ritual does not resurrect the harvest witches but in fact the Ancestors. Therefore, no resurrection "spell" is required, though the Elder has to invoke the Ancestors to the offerings to be accepted, or in reference to the 2019 harvest, denied.


 * Harvest Hijacking Spell: A powerful spell that deviates the immense power of the Harvest ritual to the caster, to be used however she pleases. The power is then able to do one of two things: To resurrect a total of three other witches from the Ancestral Plane and/or to be bestowed onto the caster, empowering her further.
 * Incantation: Sacré sang du père. Sacré coeur de la mer. Donnez-moi, donnez-moi.
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Voodoo Poppet filled with blood
 * Used by: In Après Moi, Le Déluge, Céleste (while possessing the witch Sabine Laurent) cast this spell right after Davina completed the Reaping to hijack its power to resurrect Bastianna, Genevieve and Papa Tunde and bestow her the power of a harvest girl.


 * To Pass Through the Anchor: A spell that allows passage from the Other Side (via the Anchor to the Other Side) to the physical plane.
 * Incantation: Ohto Eestanay As Vazat Esvet Ohnaz Eespalit.
 * Directions: Because of the massive power needed to perform the spell, the Travelers channeled the magical power of blood of the last two surviving doppelgängers.
 * Requirements: Death of a Number of Travelers, Physical Contact with Anchor, Spell
 * Used by: In Rescue Me, the Travelers used this spell to resurrect their leader, Markos. They performed a mass sacrifice with dozens of members offering their lives so that Bonnie (as the Anchor to the Other Side) would be overwhelmed and Markos could push his way through into the world of living. It should be noted that the spell the Travelers cast, incorporated Markos's name into the spell, implying a single spirit, Markos, could pass through. In Home, Liv Parker would perform the same spell although she did not use doppelgänger blood for strength. Liv utilized the deaths of many Travelers to empower the spell and weaken the Anchor. While doing so she was greatly weakened while performing the spell. Unlike the Travelers, when Liv performed the spell, anyone who had a spiritual contact with the Anchor would pass over to the living world, while the spell was being cast.


 * Genevieve's Resuscitation Spell: The spell allows an Ancestral witch to revive a target that has recently stopped breathing. It is powerful enough to combat the Poppet Death Curse.
 * Incantation: Coeur blessé, battre avec mwen.
 * Requirements: Ancestral magic, Poultice made from Chamomile, Gris-gris pouch, Salt, Herbs
 * Used by: In A Closer Walk With Thee, Genevieve in the attempt to revive Hayley Marshall. She used a poultice made from chamomile and applied to Hayley's forehead as she chanted the words However, upon knowing how serious Hayley's affliction is, she resorted to using the contents of her gris-gris pouch. She poured out some salt near Hayley and drew symbols on it. She then sprinkled crushed herbs over Hayley's body until she eventually came to, being brought back from the brink of death.


 * Esther's Resurrection Spell: An extremely powerful spell, created by Esther a 1000 years ago, used to bring a person back from the dead. The spell gains its power by a witch channeling the energy of a Nexus Vorti, an event so infrequent that it is almost miraculous.
 * Incantation: La cendre à l'os, de la chair à la vie. De la cendre à l'os, de la chair à la vie. From ash to bone, from bone to flesh, from flesh to life.
 * Requirements: Circle of chalk or salt, Target's ashes, Nexus Vorti
 * Used by: In From a Cradle to a Grave, it was revealed to have been created by Esther and Davina used this spell to resurrect the Original vampire, Mikael. Davina also added her own component to the spell (using a dark object) that would give her complete control over Mikael and bind him to her will, forcing him to obey her every command. She also drew power from three other dark objects for support.


 * Davina's Resurrection Spell: A convoluted spell that is implied to be capable of resurrecting a spirit from the Ancestral Plane. It utilizes the magical practice of representational magic, fueled by dark and sacrificial magic, to raise the dead.
 * Incantation: An Toi Lem, Briggitte Bratti...
 * Requirements: Ancestral Magic, 6 Black candles, 3 red candles, 2 sacrificed birds in a salt circle, Runic symbols (+4) around the salt circle, Practice of Representational Magic utilizing Dark and Sacrificial Magic, Paragon Diamond
 * Used by: In City Beneath The Sea, Rebekah stumbles across this dark spell that Davina is concocting to resurrect Kol. Sometime later while she is silently chanting a spell over the birds, Vincent, known for his use of 'wild' magic when younger, comments that he has not seen a spell like this in a long time and that Davina is pretty brave to attempt it so young even for a Harvest Girl. He tells her that she should not being doing this spell alone and offers her the chance for Regency and all the magic that comes with it (Voodoo, Hoodoo, Sacrificial magic, Representational magic and even Necromancy) because she lacks power with just a paragon diamond, implying the spell is beyond the power and knowledge she currently possess to it to be successful.


 * Ancestral Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell used to resurrect a spirit from the Ancestral Plane using the collective power of the Ancestors. If the body has been destroyed, reconstituting the body of the target by means of turning ash and soil to flesh and bone will be required. Subsequently, the target rises from the hardened soil.
 * Davina's Incantation: Fian en che en kanu! Fian en che en kanu! Fian en che en kanu! Fian en che en kanu!
 * Van's Incantation: Respire là vie corpore! Respire là vie corpore! Respire là vie corpore!
 * Requirements: Circle of salt, Target's ashes, Soil, Water, Sum total power of the Ancestors
 * Used by: In Ashes to Ashes, Davina performed this spell in an attempt to resurrect Kol Mikaelson using her power as Regent and recreate his original body from his ashes with the knowledge of earth magic. However, her spell was hijacked by Elijah, resulting in the resurrection of Esther instead. In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Van performed this spell as the new Regent for the Mikaelsons, though he was unable to bring Davina back.


 * Life-Force Control Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to either induce death in the target or to resuscitate someone who has died within six minutes.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos sanguine infudare corra.
 * Requirements: Physical Contact with the Target
 * Used by: In Never Let Me Go, Bonnie Bennett used this spell on Matt Donovan, firstly to stop his heart and render him dead. After having stopped his heart to nullify his ownership of the Salvatore Boarding House, she resuscitates him using the same spell.


 * Traditional Resurrection Spell: A spell used to resurrect dead bodies, presumably requiring the presence of the Other Side.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos exaud mi, conjug spiritis et corpe.
 * Used by: In I Carry Your Heart With Me, Bonnie Bennett, in her attempt to raise the dead, used this spell, though she claimed it was not strong enough to strengthen the connection between a deceased's body and soul.


 * Shamanistic Resurrection Ritual: A powerful spell that can allow a witch to resurrect a target whose spirit was previously trapped and bound to the Phoenix Stone by locating the spirit in the stone and connecting them with their body. Not specifying the target's name can result in resurrecting an unknown spirit in the targeted body.
 * Incantation: Ababbas dagoineh mateesah elunatan. Oshawas (or name of the target) melunaweh washaset zagoedan.
 * Requirements: The Phoenix Stone, The Deceased's Corpse, Invoking the Target's Spirit
 * Used by: In I Carry Your Heart With Me, Bonnie Bennett used this spell to resurrect both Oscar and Josette Laughlin, however, as she did not specify the names, she instead resurrected the spirits of two old vampires, previously trapped in the phoenix stone, inside their corpses. In Live Through This, Nora, Mary Louise and Beau performed the same spell on Julian and successfully brought him back by calling on him and locating his spirit. Bonnie would perform the same spell on Stefan with Nora's help and later on Damon by herself once she located his spirit in the stone, in Hell Is Other People.


 * Moroccan Resurrection Spell: A powerful, and dangerous resurrection spell of great complexity crafted by the Moroccan Witch.
 * Incantation: Le sang des deux frères, les cendres de leurs morts. Le sang des deux frères, les cendres de leurs morts
 * Requirements: Target's ashes, Blood of two siblings, Circle of salt, Runes, Nexus Vorti
 * Used By: In Beautiful Mistake, Rebekah searched the world to find a powerful enough spell to resurrect her brother, Kol, which led her to Morocco. Prior to meeting the witch that would give her the spell, her witch body was attacked and killed by the Strix. Back in her original body, she intended to get the spell so that Freya would be able to resurrect Kol. Though it was a trap and the witch was working with the Strix; she destroyed the spell and subdued Rebekah. Later, Aya states that this spell could only be performed by The Sisters coven, as they were the only coven in the world to perform this particular spell, though Kol warns of how dangerous this spell could be for Davina. Davina was able to channel the Nexus Vorti, the result of Klaus' sireline unlinking spell, to bring back Kol in A Streetcar Named Desire. In Alone with Everybody, Kol reveals that Finn was also resurrected due to Davina's spell, either because the spell was tied to the blood of the Mikaelson family or he found a way to hijack it as a spirit.


 * Ritualistic Resurrection Spell: A ritual that utilizes a minimum of six witches to heal the deceased body of a fellow witch, of all harmed that previously came to it, and resurrect them using their blood and bone totems.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target's body, Blood from the casting witches
 * Used By: In Bag of Cobras, a gathering of six followers of the Hollow obtained Dominic's burned body and healed it completely, even restoring the damage caused by Elijah when he extracted his heart. Once the body was healed, Dominic was brought back to life. Dominic reveals in High Water and a Devil's Daughter this was made possible due to his protection spell.


 * Sacrificial Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell that uses the sacrifice of a powerful being, such as an Original vampire and their sireline or a witch, to resurrect a deceased witch, or other being, who is in spirit form, by reconstituting the body from the target's remains.
 * The Hollow's Incantation: Yoli conepiya miquilizti
 * Freya's Incantation: Verha hel igjen
 * Requirements: Target's remains, Sacrificial Magic; Blood from the casting witches and the target's blood; Sage, Talisman (housing the spirit)
 * Used By: In Queen Death, the Hollow accelerated the poison from the Enchanted Thorns to kill Elijah. Upon his and his sireline's death, the Hollow channeled the massive amount of power to complete her resurrection. In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, Freya utilized the Hollow's death to reconstitute and heal Elijah's desiccated body to place his soul back into his original body.


 * The Hollow's Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell used to resurrect a spirit, even from the Ancestral Plane.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Powerful Magic
 * Used By: In Phantomesque, the Hollow resurrected Davina from the Ancestral Plane. Upon its completion, she linked Davina to herself, to gain Kol's obedience and to ensure her survival so that if she died, so would Davina. In The Feast of All Sinners, the Hollow, who was possessing Hope, restored his body and resurrected Dominic, her faithful high priest, for the third time. It is unknown where his spirit resided upon his death, whether it was the Ancestral Plane or another spiritual dimension.


 * Necromantic Reanimation Spell: A powerful spell used to reanimate a corpse or resurrect a spirit, even from Peace, and have complete control over the resulting target.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Powerful Magic
 * Used By: In Death Keeps Knocking On My Door, the Necromancer resurrected Josette, Cassie and an unnamed Bennett witch in his ploy to retrieve the supernatural dagger and return it to Malivore. The Necromancer has since resurrected Rafael (events prior to) and Alyssa after their immediate deaths in Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself.

Spells of The Other Side and Ancestral Plane
These spells are connected to the purgatorial dimensions known as The Other Side, that traps the souls of all dead supernatural beings, and the Ancestral Plane, that specifically houses the consecrated spirits of New Orleans witch ancestors. These spiritual planes reside separately from one another. Both are inclusive of the Veil that separates the living from the dead and either an Anchor that ensures its continual existence (The Other Side) or a Tether that connects it to the mortal plane (Ancestral Plane).


 * Creation of The Other Side: An ancient and powerful spell used to create an entire, worldwide, purgatorial dimension, commonly known as the Other Side. Such a spell required it to be bound by something eternal to its continual existence and as such, the Immortal Amara became its Anchor. The Other Side was meant to serve as a prison for Silas after his death, however the spell pulled every supernatural creature into its dimension. While on the Other Side, Witches had free reign, able to come and go and interact as they pleased while other species were isolated from one another.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: An eternal object (An Immortal)
 * Used by: In Original Sin, Qetsiyah, revealed to Stefan that she performed this spell some 2,000 years ago to create and bind the newly-made supernatural purgatory to Amara, an immortal. In Death and the Maiden, fearing the death of the newly human Anchor, Qetsiyah transferred the status and bound the anchor to Bonnie, an eternal spirit. It should also be noted that, for the spell to be properly bound, it requires something powerful, like an immortal being powerful, of which Qetsiyah considered a ghost as a viable candidate.


 * Creation of The Ancestral Plane: An old spell used to create a sub-limbo, purgatorial-like dimension, separate from The Other side. Similar to the spell that crafted The Other Side, it needed to be bound, yet the eternal object used was actually the Earth itself, specifically Lafayette Cemetery and surrounding New Orleans soil, allowing for its continual existence. Therefore, New Orleans' witches, though not limited to, have to be consecrated back to the Earth to enter the Ancestral Plane after death, or otherwise remain on The Other Side. Unlike the Other Side's creation, the binding of the Ancestral Plane weakens with time and another ritual has to be performed to reestablish the connection.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: An eternal object (The Earth)
 * Used by: In The Rise, Ysabelle Dalliencourt obtained spells from Esther's grimoire that enabled her to communicate with spirits, like Hugo Rey from the Other Side. Many years later, in The Loss it is revealed that, continuing to use Esther's grimoire, Ysabelle was able to exploit hole-like elements of the Veil. The spell made the veil permeable and she was able to locate their Ancestors on the Other Side, bringing them into the newly established Ancestral Plane. In Give 'Em Hell Kid, Vincent describes that the New Orleans cemeteries were designed specifically to house the spirits of their Ancestors and though does not directly bind the Ancestral Plane, like the Anchor to The Other Side, they are what enables the Ancestors to access and use magic on the mortal plane, an intersection between the physical world and the spirit world.


 * Veil Manipulation Spell: The spell manipulates the veil between the living world and the supernatural purgatory, such as lowering it, allowing all of the dead to interact with the living or to raise it, to banish the ghosts of deceased supernatural back to the Other Side. The spell can only be performed by the descendants of the witch Qetsiyah (the creator of the Other Side) — the Bennett witches.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Expression, Expression Triangle, a Bennett witch, Massive power, (Qetsiyah's calcified blood in Silas' tombstone/Full Moon)
 * Directions: A Bennett witch must reach a great focus of magic and draw strength from a large power source, such as a completed expression triangle. Then, she must draw on the power of a full moon or an equivalent of one such as Silas' tombstone — as it is filled with Qetsiyah's calcified blood. Such a combination of power will allow the witch to lower the veil. The witch can also decide if they are going to lower the veil in the entire world or only in a specific location.
 * Used by: In The Walking Dead, Bonnie Bennett successfully performed this spell to lower the veil within the expression triangle, to contact her ancient ancestor Qetsiyah. In Graduation, Bonnie put the veil back up within the Expression Triangle, using the full Moon, sending all the ghosts back to the Other Sides.


 * Veil Exploitation Spell: On a small scale ritual, the spell is able to exploit a medium's abilities to see and interact with ghosts and to exploit that link to them a stronger foothold on the mortal plane. In doing so, it gives them the ability to physically interact with the world, to come and go as they please. This spell can also be used in conjunction with a banishing spell to fully exploit hole-like elements of the Veil to give any ghost, with unfinished business, free reign on the mortal plane.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Medium and their blood, the deceased's photo, dozen candles (Ritual); In conjunction with a banishing spell; Esther's Talisman as a binding agent.
 * Used by: In Smells Like Teen Spirit, Esther, a ghost utilized Matt's mediumship and his link to Vicki to give her a stronger foothold on the mortal plane, allowing her to be able to physically interact with the world. After Bonnie performed the banishing spell to reopen the Veil to resend Vicki's spirit, Esther, using her connection to her Talisman, exploited Bonnie's spell, wedging the door wide open and gave a free pass to any ghost with unfinished business.


 * Banishing Spell: A spell used to send an unwanted spirit back to the Other Side. Blocking any magic used to allow said spirit to gain a foothold on the mortal plane.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Redux Redismo Sus Terra.
 * Requirements: Letting go of spirit and accepting their death
 * Used by: In Smells Like Teen Spirit, Bonnie Bennett performed this spell to resend Vicki Donovan's foothold on the mortal plane and to send her back to The Other Side.


 * Manifestation Spell: A spell that is able to reveal the presence of ghosts to the living also known as veiled matter, giving them a corporeal form.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Obscuram, Ex Luces Estnes Qua Umbres. Natus Ignavum Evitem. Phasmatos Obscuram, Ex Luces Estnes Qua Umbres.
 * Requirements: Door to the Other Side, Candles
 * Used by: In Ghost World, Bonnie Bennett performed this spell to reveal why the Banishing spell appeared to not have worked.


 * Dark Magic Manifestation Spell: A spell that is used by an Ancestral Spirit, while on the Ancestral Plane, to reveal themselves to the living, giving them a corporeal form.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Dark Magic (presumably), Performed as a Spirit
 * Used by: In Dead Angels, Ariane, now consecrated to the Ancestors, seemingly performed a similar and altogether unique spell to that of the Ancestral Manifestation Spell. In doing so, the spell acted as a direct opposite as she was able to appear before Davina, a spirit to a living witch, whereas with the latter, a living witch summons a spirit. Thus far, no other witch spirit has been able to physically appear before a living witch while the veil to the Other Side was up or while separated (from the living) within the Ancestral Plane or other afterlife dimension. It is highly likely that Ariane utilized the dark magic that she practiced while living to perform this spell to appear to Davina, though, ultimately it remains to be seen.


 * Ancestral Manifestation Spell: A spell that utilizes a Hand of Glory to reveal the presence of an Ancestral Spirit on the Ancestral Plane to the living, giving said spirit a temporary corporeal form for as long as the candle burns. The spirit of the witch is bound in a salt circle, separating them from the Ancestral Plane. Should the circle be broken, the spirit will be forced to return.
 * Davina's Incantation: La ma me dicie, dic ka lore.
 * Freya's Incantation: Se que atrae us van el brun'en
 * Requirements: A Hand of Glory, Candles, Various herbs, Circle of salt.
 * Used by: In Heart Shaped Box, Davina was forced to use this spell, instead of being able to resurrect Kol, to gain information about the final components of her Sireline Unlinking Spell. In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Freya, while channeling Elijah, performed this spell to bring Davina's spirit forth from the Ancestral plane to prevent the Ancestors from destroying her spirit. Freya later sacrificed Davina to tap into the Ancestral well of magic which caused the circle to break, sending her back to the Ancestral plane.


 * Soul-Shredding Spell: A spell that is able to "shred" an ancestral spirit into pieces. This spell is performed on the Ancestral Plane and the witch casting the spell utilizes a life-blood stone.
 * Incantation: Vist aboli anima por eternum
 * Requirements: Life Blood Stone, Witch Spirits on the Ancestral Plane
 * Used by: In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Kara Nguyen, and various other Ancestors, performed this spell upon Davina for siding with the Vampires over her own kind. According to Kol this is the worst punishment that can be given by the Ancestors and a fate worse than death. The Ancestors tried to use it on him, but his vampire soul was too stained for their magic to work. Kol mentions if that was to happen, there would be no rescuing her. This is perhaps due to a body (as for resurrection) not being able to function properly without the soul as a whole versus a/several piece(s), as seen when vampire souls inhabit human bodies. In Phantomesque, it was shown that, seemingly, Davina suffered no consequences from her soul being shredded upon her resurrection.


 * Soul-Conjuring Spell: A unique spell that is able to "conjure" the soul, or pieces of a shredded soul, of an ancestral spirit back to form while bringing them back into the Ancestral Plane.
 * Incantation: Localiser nan motus qui souffre de patitur.
 * Requirements: Performed on the Ancestral plane in front of the deceased's tomb, Candles, and Object related to the target (i.e. Davina's favorite record).
 * Used By: In Give 'Em Hell Kid, Vincent successfully used this spell to bring Davina, whose spirit was sent to a fate worse than death (shredded), back to the Ancestral plane. It is unknown whether or not this restored her soul as since Davina sent Vincent back to the mortal plane, she still persisted thereafter and retained the ability to use magic. in Voodoo in My Blood, it's revealed that Davina's soul persisted even when the link that bound the Ancestral plane to the mortal world was severed.


 * Ancestral Plane Untethering Spell: A spell that is able to sever the connection of the Ancestors with the mortal plane, cutting them off from magic. This spell must be performed on the Ancestral Plane and the witch casting the spell utilizes a mystical battery cell to destroy the link.
 * Incantation: Rompriez le lien vivant.
 * Requirements: Mystical battery cell (un dépôt d'argent), Witch Spirit on the Ancestral plane, 'Cornerstone' of the tether (specific tomb).
 * Used by: In Give 'Em Hell Kid, Davina Claire with help from Vincent Griffith was able to cut off the Ancestor's magic. While this spell cuts off the Ancestors' magic, it does not destroy the Ancestral Plane, like that of the destruction of the Anchor and the Other Side. This implies that, given enough magic and/or time, the Ancestral plane could be re-tethered (anchored) back to New Orleans cemeteries. This was proven true in High Water and a Devil's Daughter when Vincent initiated the Reaping from the new Harvest Ritual, enacted by Elijah by sacrificing four French Quarter witches, and accepted by Davina once her spirit was called upon.


 * Releasing the Ancestral Well: A powerful spell that utilizes the collective magic of the New Orleans' witch covens to release the ancestral spirits from within the Ancestral Plane, allowing all deceased witches, previously consecrated and held within the dimension, to find peace.
 * Vincent's Incantation: Ansanm non enim liberari pour les morts.
 * Witches' Incantation: Libérez-nous. Libérez-nous...
 * Requirements: Cornerstone of the dimension (Lafayette Cemetery), Salt glyph, Numerous witches
 * Directions: A square, salt glyph is inscribed upon the ground. A smaller salt circle is drawn within with pointed arrows bisecting the corners at 90o angles. Outside the middle circle, four smaller circles bisect the base of the arrow tail, with the addition of an 'X', forming a 6-pointed star within the smaller circles. Within the square, at each side's face, four small candles are used.
 * Used by: In There in the Disappearing Light, Vincent explains to Ivy that when New Orleans witches are consecrated, all of their power gets trapped in the Ancestral Well; however, as the living witches grow stronger, the dead languish. This was Ivy's fate. Seeking to allow their Ancestors to find peace, the Covens of New Orleans, under the direction of Vincent, perform this spell to release their Ancestors from the Ancestral Well. The intergrey of the dimension, however, is unknown.

Transference Spells
Transference spells allow witches to dispatch the spell bound from one medium onto another, granting the latter its magical properties. The nature of said spells can vary although most are made up of curses.


 * Anchor Transference Ritual: The ceremony will successfully replace the current anchor of the supernatural purgatory with another person or supernatural entity . If the next anchor is a spirit of a deceased, they will be given a foothold in the living plane, though they will remain dead, thus giving the deceased spirit the power to interact with both planes of existence.
 * Incantation: Im A Pran Khos Suptia Jhem Ai Pada Khe Rassatam. Im A Pran Khos Suptia Jhem Ai Pada Khe Rassatam. Im A Pran Khos Suptia Jhem Ai Pada Khe Rassatam. Ai Pada Se Rassatam. Ai Pada Se Rassatam. Ai Pada Se Rassatam. Ai Pada Se Rassatam.
 * Requirements: Massive source of power (celestial events/doppelgänger), Personal belonging of the next anchor, Talisman (Qetsiyah), Traveler Magic (presumably)
 * Used by: In Death and the Maiden, Qetsiyah performed this ritual to replace Amara, a former immortal and the original Anchor to the Other Side, with Bonnie, a ghost trapped on the other side. Being a spirit, Qetsiyah considered her a viable candidate to replace Amara, of which confirmed that Spirits are powerful and on par with immortal beings.


 * Gemini Surrogate Spell: A spell used by the Gemini Coven to transfer a baby from a dying mother into a suitable surrogate. This spell additionally cloaks the twins such that no form of modern science can visualize the babies.
 * Incantation: Sanguinem Filio Sanguinem Effugarex perpetuum, Phasmatos Filio Phasmatos Effugarex Perpetuum
 * Requirements: Target mother, Target holder, A whole coven of witches
 * Used By: While the main purpose of this spell is to banish a target to a prison world (Prison World Banishment Spell), it has a secondary function. In I'm Thinking Of You All The While, it was performed by The Gemini Coven, initially thought to banish Kai once again to a prison world. However, Valerie reveals in Best Served Cold that it was performed upon Jo as a final act to save her twin babies' lives. When they did this spell they transferred Josie and Lizzie Saltzman safely into Caroline's womb before they're mother died. In Mommie Dearest, many decades prior to current events, Valerie attempted the same spell to save her own child's life after she was brutally assaulted by Julian. Due to the lack of a coven's support, she was unable to successfully perform the spell and ultimately lost the baby.


 * Phoenix Scar Transference Spell: This spell can be used to transfer the curse mark of the Phoenix sword to a living blood relative.
 * Incantation: Sanguinem cicatrix ex cor pario. sanguinem cicatrix cambitas
 * Requirements: Blood Relative
 * Used by: In Days of Future Past, Valarie attempted to perform this spell to transfer Stefan's scar to Damon. Rayna, however, stabbed Stefan with the Phoenix sword before the spell was complete which caused the spell to unravel with Valarie stating there was no curse mark to transfer.


 * Hex Transference Spell: This spell used the practice of representational magic to transfer an unwanted spell inflicted upon the target onto a clay doll. It, however, was unable to reverse the effects of a powerful death curse.
 * Incantation: Voltre mezino cadau. Voltre mezino cadau.
 * Requirements: Golem
 * Used by: In I Love You, Goodbye Kol and Rebekah attempted this spell to reverse Finn's curse on Kol, however they were unsuccessful.


 * Dark Object Transference Spell: This spell was used to take the enchantment infused in a dark object to be placed onto another object, granting them its specific magical properties.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Target object
 * Used by: In When the Levee Breaks, Davina used this spell on one of the Cursed Shackles to transfer its magic suppressing properties onto a bracelet that could be easily worn by Hope.


 * Huntress Life-Force Transference Spell: This spell will transfer the remaining life from the huntress to a desired target. The spell will also grant the new huntress all the qualities of the previous hunter, such as super strength and the drive to hunt and kill vampires.
 * The Shaman's Plea: Hear me, Great Spirit. Hear me. We call upon you in this moment of need. One has come before you. For many lifetimes as your servant, your vengeance. Let her journey end. Let another take her remaining years. Let another take up her burden.
 * Requirements: Target's (The New Huntress) Blood, Rayna (Current Huntress), Shaman Descendant who cast the original spell.
 * Used by: In Kill 'Em All, the last living descendant of the shaman that cast the original spell transferred Rayna's last remaining life to Bonnie; unbeknownst to Damon, Rayna also had the Shaman transfer the status, as well as most of her abilities as the Huntress to her as well.


 * Sacrificial Anchor Transfer Spell: A spell to transfer the anchored life-force of a sacrificial spell to that of another being, such as a vampire.
 * Incantation: Mare leurs esprit.
 * Requirements: Sacrificial Anchor; Target intended to be transferred to
 * Used by: In Keepers of the House, Vincent used this spell as a means of a loophole to undermine the Hollow's follower's spell. Since the spell could only be broken with the Anchor's death, i.e. the four children used in the original spell, Vincent transferred the anchor to Elijah so that he could be staked and “die” to break the spell; they were successful.


 * Cycling Spell: A temporary spell used to transfer or offload the effects of darkness from one's mind to that of another, effectively clearing their mind.
 * Incantation: Unknown.
 * Requirements: Afflicted person, several large candles, five small candles, various colored liquids, unknown herbs, sage smudge stick, white powder, and white crystal
 * Used by: In When The Saints Go Marching In, Freya mentions that Ivy had once told her of this spell while looking for a way to end the Hollow. Having found the blue binder in which Ivy kept the spell, Freya performed the spell on Klaus and Elijah to 'channel' the dark magic of the Hollow into Elijah so that Klaus could say his goodbyes with a clear mind.

Unlinking Spells
Unlinking spells allow witches to sever magical bonds between two or more people caused by Linking spells.


 * Unlinking Spell: A spell that is used to break the link between two or more beings.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Unknown; Expression
 * Used by: In Masquerade, Lucy Bennett used this spell to undo her linking spell she cast on Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce. In The Walking Dead, Bonnie, using expression, broke her linking spell and released Katherine as Elena was trying to Kill Katherine and, unknown to Elena, Bonnie was being harmed as well. In Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Julian had the Heretics remove the linking spell from him and Lily to protect Lily should he die. Lily, unknown that the link had been broken, attempted to exploit the spell and kill him by staking herself; as a result Julian was spared as Lily died.


 * Original Unlinking Spell: The spell will destroy the link between the Original vampires, therefore, the death of one original vampire will not affect the others.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos Ex Solves, Exis Paunos Animotos. Phasmatos De Conjunctos, Sua Facto Dux Male. Phasmatos Ex Solves, Exis Paunos Animotos, De Conjunctos Sua Facto. Phasmatos Devos Male.
 * Requirements: Candles, Blood of the Originals
 * Used by: In The Murder of One Bonnie Bennett performed this spell under Klaus' command to reverse the link between him and his siblings that his mother had created.


 * Spell of Unknotting: Created by Esther to enact an unlinking spell. The spell involves a sanguinum knot, used as a physical representation of the linking spell in question. Once successfully completed, the knot levitates and unties itself signifying that the linking spell has been broken.
 * Incantation: Phasmatos omnio ligor coldate sangorium... Phasmatos omnio ligata soluto... Phasmatos omnio ligata soluto vingulia cordit.
 * Requirements: Sanguinum knot, Representational Magic
 * Used By: The spell originates from Esther, of which Elijah states as one of my mother's later spells, eluding to the complexity and power required to perform the spell. In Fruit of the Poisoned Tree, Elijah gives Davina the spell from their Mother's grimoire inorder to unlink Sophie and Hayley, through representational magic. In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, Kol taught this spell to Hope so that she could unlink Davina from the Hollow. Ultimately, Hope was successful and unlinked Davina before the Hollow's death, although it should be noted that the spell was much more advanced than she was prepared to cast which caused her to fall unconscious.


 * Sireline Unlinking Spell: An powerful spell, that is specifically a combination of all of Esther's sire bond and linking spells performed in reverse to undo the link pasted down from each new generation of vampires from the original.
 * First Incantation: Nemo unus animabus carnem et sanguinem de ista duo. Sanquinatum venetus barkael meh.
 * Second Incantation: Nemo unus animabus carnem.
 * Requirements: Kandahar root (Unused) / Unsired vampire heart, Specific grammatical changes, Target Original vampire, Pool of water charged with one or more Original's blood, presumably Dark Magic
 * Used by: In Alive and Kicking, Davina reveals to Mikael that she was using Esther's grimoires to spell to unlink the sireline of an original vampire. Davina has created this spell by combining all of Esther's linking and sire bond spells in reverse. She attempted to use the spell in Red Door though she discovered that Kol destroyed her binding agent. Roughly a year later after it's inception, with Kol's help Davina was able to finish the spell with the correct ingredients, and revised the incantation to the first portion only. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Davina was finally able to cast the spell with the assistance of The Sisters. They performed the refined spell on Elijah and Klaus, though the majority of the witches were killed, leaving Davina only able to break Klaus' link to his sireline. The resulting release of mystical energy from many generations of vampires was strong enough to create a Nexus Vorti.


 * Rite of Nines Unlinking Spell: A powerful spell that allows witches to sever the connection between them and eight other individuals. The spell requires the original caster of the linking spell (the centre of the link) to perform it themselves.
 * Incantation: Sei pour sae kie sei mare noock virgam. Sei pour sae kie sei mare noock virgam.
 * Requirements: 4 Candles, Center of the link
 * Used by: In Fire with Fire, Rebekah Mikaelson performed this spell to unlink her current body (Eva Sinclair) from the 8 teenage witches she attempted to sacrifice.


 * Prison World Unlinking Spell: A spell that severs the connection between an Ascendant, the banished person, and the Prison World.
 * Incantation: Filum contra hemius.
 * Requirements: 14 Candles, Ascendant, Bound target's blood
 * Instructions: The witch performing the spell will sit in a circle of candles. The two in front and directly behind the witch are tall white candles. Between these on each side are five alternating tall black candles and short white candles. Each candle is connected by salt or herbs. The ascendant is placed in front of the witch, surrounded in a circle of blood, likely Kai's as he's bound to the world. To complete the spell, a knife must break the blood circle.
 * Used by: In You Can't Save Them All, freed and instructed by Kai, Alyssa attempted to perform this spell to sever his connection with the 2018 Prison World which would have resulted in the deaths of Alaric, Lizzie, Josie, Sebastian, Wendy, Jade and Diego. For added protection, Alyssa sealed the room in a barrier spell. Hope, however, got to her before the spell was complete and talked her out of what she was doing. She explained that severing the connection would kill everyone contained within, but Kai had not told her that. Hope tells her that she's not a murderer, that being responsible for someone's death will remain with her. Alyssa remembers her parents and decides not to finish the spell.

Vampirism Spells
Vampirism spells are specifically made to target the vampire species, allowing witches to directly manipulate their unique physiology.


 * Vampirism Reversal Ritual: The spell allows the witch who cast the spell which made the first Vampires to reverse their immortality, thereby turning them back into humans again.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: A ring of salt with a pentagram drawn inside, 5 Lighted Torches, Full moon, Spirit Magic / Power of an entire witch bloodline and two living witches from the bloodline
 * Used by: In All My Children, Esther Mikaelson, drawing from the power of the entire Bennett Bloodline (both living and dead), attempted to use this spell to reverse the Original Vampirism spell on her children. They would turn the original back into humans, rendering them killable as they were linked as one. The ritual used a pentagram to represent her connection to magic, salt as a symbol of the Earth and 5 torches, one for each Original child. The spell ultimately failed with Abby's death, as Esther's connection to the massive source of magic became unstable.


 * Vampirism Removal Spell: A spell that can reverse the magic of vampirism and turn a vampire back into a human again. This spell was later revealed to be a less-powerful adaptation of a spell designed to use to remove all Non-Traditional Magic from the world.
 * Incantation: Saplaey Aten Cravi Carmossi Estra Nozholi Gesena Zatavit (Aten Cravi Carmossi).
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic, Blood of the last pair of doppelgängers mixed together
 * Used by: In Man on Fire, Markos used this spell on Sloan to make her a witch again after she became a vampire, though the spell reverted the target back to the state prior to becoming a vampire (death).


 * Heart Stasis Desiccation Spell: A powerful spell that temporarily stops a human heart while a vampire's heart is being stopped so that the vampire can be successfully desiccated. It is also powerful enough to be used on a Original vampire.
 * Incantation: Ocoros Mecante, Aleora Subsitos. Ocoros Mecante, Aleora Subsitos. Olo Santire, Dis Et Brav. Ocoros Mecante, Aleora Subsitos.
 * Requirements: Dark Magic, A Balance amongst the living.
 * Directions: To stop a vampire's heart, the witch must stop a human's heart as well. The spell also requires a physical connection to the vampire's bloodstream, such as a vein or artery (anything that is connected to the heart). The witch can circumvent this direct requirement herself by using a blood link.
 * Used by: In Before Sunset, it is revealed that in 1995, Abby Bennett-Wilson used this spell to desiccate Mikael. Upon performing the spell it nearly drained all of her magic and she almost died as a result; ultimately her magic never returned afterwards until she reunited with Bonnie. She would later give the spell to her daughter so they could stop the newly created Enhanced Original vampire Alaric. Ultimately, the spell was used on Klaus. It is also interesting to note that unlike her mother, Bonnie suffered no consequences upon performing the spell.


 * Desiccation Reversal Spell: A spell that allows a witch to awaken a desiccated vampire to full functionality where it would otherwise require a vast amount of blood. It is powerful enough to awaken an Original vampire that has be forcefully desiccated by magic.
 * Incantation: Sin vaca arugas heniga.
 * Requirements: Drop of blood
 * Used by: In They All Asked For You, Freya used this spell to wake her father Mikael from a desiccated slumber that was inflicted upon him by his son, Finn, through sacrificial magic.


 * Traveler Vampire Entrapment Spell: A spell used by the Travelers which worked by closing off the doors, cancelling the magic of their daylight rings and causing pieces of the house to collapse.
 * Incantation: Uista de artrasart, Else ulse istamet, Dumi impasset.
 * Requirements: Traveler Magic
 * Used by: In 500 Years of Solitude, The Travelers used this spell to corner Elena and Stefan in an abandoned and decrepit house to force them to give them their blood.


 * Blood Lust Manipulation Spell: The spell is rooted in sacrificial magic and allows a witch to increase a vampire's thirst massively, making it uncontrollable.
 * Incantation: Unknown
 * Requirements: Sacrificial Magic, Dead fish as a blood sacrifice, Salt circle
 * Used by: In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, Finn performed this spell to force the vampires to kill the werewolves by increasing their bloodlust, described as a hundred times worse than a newly turned vampire. Finn utilized sacrificial magic to enact his spell by placing a fish's entrails inside of a bowl.