Black Magic Love Spells: What They Are and 3 Spells to Cast

Last Updated on November 11, 2026 by Wishbonix

Black magic love spells have a fearsome reputation. Mention them and people picture dark rituals, broken wills and love that turns into an obsession. The truth is more nuanced. In traditional witchcraft, a black magic love spell is a spell that works directly on the people and circumstances around your love life: removing a rival, ending an affair, stirring up passion, or calling back a lover who has left. It is more direct and more forceful than a gentle white magic spell, and that is exactly why it needs to be used with care.

On this page you’ll learn what black magic love spells really are, how they differ from white magic, how different traditions practice them, when they make sense, and four traditional black magic spells for love you can cast yourself: a spell to return a lost lover, a lemon spell to end adultery, a sour jar to stop someone meddling in your relationship, and a jealousy spell.

To compare black magic with gentler approaches, start with our complete guide to love spells.

What Are Black Magic Love Spells?

Black magic is the side of witchcraft that works with forceful, binding and banishing energy. In love magic, it covers spells that act on other people’s situations rather than only on your own energy, for example spells to separate an affair, drive away a rival or stir up feelings in a partner who has grown cold.

Black magic love spells are not the same as curses or hexes, which are meant to cause harm. A well-cast black magic love spell aims to change a situation, not to hurt anyone. Where these spells go wrong is when someone tries to force a person to love them against their will. Love that is forced isn’t real love, and a spell built on control tends to bring obsession, resentment and trouble back to the caster rather than a happy relationship.

How Black Magic Love Spells Work

Like all spells, black magic love spells work by focusing your intention and directing energy toward a goal. What sets them apart is the kind of energy they use. They draw on the waning and dark moon, on banishing and souring ingredients like lemon, vinegar and chili, and on strong symbols that act on the situation between people.

The most effective black magic love spells don’t try to override someone’s feelings. They clear what stands in the way of love, such as a rival, an affair, a meddling relative or plain indifference, so that real feelings have room to come through.

Black Magic vs White Magic Love Spells

	White Magic Love Spells	Black Magic Love Spells
Focus	Your own energy: attraction, self-love, opening your heart	The situation around you: rivals, affairs, obstacles
Typical spells	Attraction, self-love, honey jar, soulmate spells	Break-up, souring, jealousy, return-a-lover spells
Moon phase	Waxing and Full Moon	Waning and New Moon
Strength	Gentle and gradual	Direct and forceful
Risk	Low	Higher: harder to undo, more likely to backfire if cast in anger

If you’re new to love magic, start with white magic. Turn to black magic when a gentler spell hasn’t worked, or when the problem is clearly an obstacle outside yourself.

When to Use a Black Magic Love Spell

Black magic love spells are most often used when:

• A third person is coming between you and your partner
• Your partner is having an affair and you want it to end
• A family member or friend is trying to break up your relationship
• A lover has left and gentler spells to bring them back haven’t worked
• The passion in your relationship has gone cold and needs a spark

Black magic love spells are potent and difficult to reverse, so be sure this is the path you want before you cast. Never cast one in the heat of anger or jealousy. Wait until you’re calm and clear about what you really want.

Black Magic for Love Around the World

Forceful love magic exists in almost every magical tradition. Knowing the names helps you understand what you’re being offered, especially online, where many of these terms are used to sell expensive “guaranteed” spells.

• Hoodoo: African American folk magic has a rich tradition of love work, including “sweetening” spells to soften a partner, “souring” spells to end a rival’s affair, and “commanding” work to make a partner more attentive. The lemon and sour jar spells on this page come from this tradition.
• Voodoo: In Haitian Vodou, Erzulie Freda rules romantic love, while her fierce sister spirit Erzulie Dantor is called on by women who have been betrayed. Read more in our guide to Voodoo love spells.
• Mexican brujería: An amarre de amor is a love-binding spell meant to tie a person to the caster. Amarres are widely sold online, but binding someone’s will is exactly the kind of love magic most likely to backfire. Our page on binding spells explains why.
• Indian vashikaran: Vashikaran uses mantras and rituals to influence another person’s mind. It’s heavily advertised with promises to “control” a lover within days, and many of those offers are scams.

Whatever the tradition, the same rule applies: the safest and most effective black magic love spells work on obstacles, not on a person’s free will.

Which Black Magic Love Spell Should You Choose?

Your situation	The spell
A lover has left and gentler spells haven’t worked	1. Black Magic Spell to Return a Lost Lover
Your partner is having an affair	2. Lemon Spell to End Adultery
A relative, friend or ex keeps interfering	3. Sour Jar to Stop Interference
Your partner takes you for granted	4. Jealousy Spell
You want to break up a relationship	See our break up spells, including how to handle a love triangle
You want to stop someone from harming you	See the binding spell and freezer spell
You want more passion	See our lust spells and sex magic ritual

1. Black Magic Spell to Return a Lost Lover

This traditional sea spell sends a message to a lover who has left you. The seashell acts as a psychic telephone: you are reaching your loved one on the astral level through the movement of the water. In magic, water stands for emotion, psychic contact and the connections between people. Use a clam-shaped shell, because you are going to close it shut.

Use this spell when your lover has left and your attempts at reconciliation have failed. It opens the line between you and reminds your lover of what you shared. It can’t make anyone come back against their will, but it can soften hearts and open the door to talking again. For more ways to bring back an ex, see our full guide to spells to return a lost lover.

Ingredients for the Return a Lost Lover Spell

• A lock of your hair
• A piece of paper with both your names written on it
• A sprig of rosemary
• A seashell with two halves, such as a clam or scallop
• Red ribbon

How to Cast the Return a Lost Lover Spell

Cast this spell on the night of a New Moon.

1. Go to the seashore or the nearest large body of water and meditate on the message you want to send to your lost lover.
2. Find the perfect seashell on the shore.
3. Place the lock of your hair, the sprig of rosemary and the paper with both your names between the two halves of the shell.
4. Tie the shell shut with the red ribbon.
5. Hold it to your heart, speak your message aloud, and let the waves carry it to your lover.

Follow up with a spiritual cleansing after the ritual.

2. Black Magic Lemon Spell to End Adultery

If your partner is having an affair, this classic souring spell targets the affair itself. Lemon is used to turn the relationship between your partner and the third person sour, while vinegar, chili and mustard bring friction and mistrust between them. It is a form of black magic because it works on other people’s relationship, so use it only when you are sure an affair is happening.

For the End Adultery Spell You Will Need:

• A lemon
• A handful of dirt
• A pinch of cigarette ash
• Vinegar
• Chili pepper
• Mustard
• Paper and pen
• Pins

How to Cast the Black Magic Spell to End Adultery

Cast this spell during the waning moon.

1. Write the names of the two people you want to separate on two separate pieces of paper.
2. Slice the lemon in half and pin one name inside each half.
3. Add the dirt, cigarette ash, vinegar, chili pepper and mustard to the inside of the lemon.
4. Press the two halves together and pin them shut.
5. Take the lemon far away from your home and leave it somewhere it will rot in the sun, ideally near a compost heap or another sour-smelling place, so that the affair sours as the lemon does.

When to Use the Spell to End Adultery

Use this spell when you know an affair is going on and you want to save your relationship. It works on the bond between your partner and the third person, not on your partner’s free will. Whether your relationship can be rebuilt afterwards depends on both of you, so pair the spell with an honest conversation, and if you want extra support, a faithfulness spell once the affair is over.

3. Sour Jar to Stop Interference in Your Relationship

Sometimes the threat to your relationship isn’t a rival, but someone who keeps meddling: a mother-in-law who criticizes everything, a friend who spreads gossip, or an ex who won’t stop stirring trouble. A sour jar is a traditional Hoodoo spell that “sours” that person’s influence over your relationship, so their words lose their power and they lose interest in interfering. It doesn’t harm them; it simply turns their meddling sour.

What You Will Need

• A small glass jar with a lid
• White vinegar
• A teaspoon of black peppercorns
• A pinch of salt
• A slice of lemon
• A small piece of paper and a pen
• A small black candle (optional, to seal the lid)

How to Cast the Sour Jar Spell

1. Write the name. During the waning moon, write the full name of the person who is interfering on the paper. Below it, write: “Your words have no power over us.”
2. Fold it away from you three times and place it in the jar.
3. Add the sour ingredients. Drop in the lemon slice, the peppercorns and the salt, then fill the jar with vinegar, saying: “Sour your meddling, sour your schemes; leave us in peace, to live our dreams.”
4. Seal the jar. Close the lid tightly. If you like, light the black candle and drip wax around the lid to seal it.
5. Shake it when they meddle. Keep the jar somewhere dark and out of sight. Each time the person interferes, give it a firm shake.
6. Release it. When the interference has stopped, pour the vinegar out onto the earth far from your home, rinse the jar, and throw the paper away in a public bin.

If the meddling turns into threats or harassment, a spell isn’t enough: keep records and contact the police.

4. Jealousy Spell

Some say there is no passion in a relationship without a little jealousy. This playful spell stirs things up when your partner has started taking you for granted. It uses red lipstick, the color of passion, and a mirror: the picture is taped to the back of the mirror, so your partner senses that something “is going on behind their back.”

For the Jealousy Spell, You Will Need

• Red lipstick (the boldest, reddest one you can find)
• A pocket mirror
• A picture of your partner
• Tape

How to Cast the Jealousy Spell

1. Tape the picture of your partner to the back of the mirror.
2. Apply the lipstick as thickly as you can.
3. Look at yourself and start kissing the mirror, imagining you are kissing someone other than your partner.
4. Close your eyes and picture the energy of that kiss reaching your partner as a small, sudden spark of jealousy, so they see you again as someone desirable.

The spell is meant to wake your partner up to what they could lose, so they pay more attention to you. It works on the energy between you, so there’s no need to flirt with anyone or hint at an affair. Use it as a spark, not as a game. Too much jealousy hurts a relationship more than it helps.

Are Black Magic Love Spells Dangerous?

Black magic love spells carry more risk than white magic because they work on other people. The biggest dangers are:

• Backfire: According to the threefold law, what you send out comes back to you. A spell cast in rage or to punish someone is the most likely to turn on its caster.
• Unexpected results: You might get what you asked for in a way you didn’t expect, such as the affair ending along with the relationship.
• Hard to reverse: Black magic is difficult to undo, so be sure before you start.

To stay safe, cast with a calm, clear intention, never try to force someone to love you, and finish every black magic spell with a spiritual cleansing.

Is a Black Magic Love Spell Right for You?

Before you cast, ask yourself:

• Have I tried talking, and gentler white magic spells, first?
• Am I calm, or am I acting out of anger or jealousy?
• Is the problem an obstacle (a rival, an affair, interference), or am I trying to make someone love me?
• Will I be at peace with the result, even if it comes in a different way than I imagined?

If you’re confident in your own abilities, you can cast the spells on this page yourself. If you’d rather have an experienced practitioner handle a complicated situation, see our guide to finding a real spell caster. Whichever you choose, results are never guaranteed: spells influence energy and circumstances, and the people involved still make their own choices.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do black magic love spells work?

Black magic love spells are among the most forceful spells in witchcraft, and many practitioners use them successfully to remove obstacles from their love lives. No spell can guarantee a result, and spells that try to force love tend to backfire.

Is black magic always evil?

No. Black magic is often portrayed as evil in films and television, but in witchcraft it simply describes forceful, binding and banishing magic. What makes it harmful or helpful is the intention behind it.

Can a black magic love spell be reversed?

Black magic is harder to undo than white magic. A spiritual cleansing helps clear its energy, but it’s far better to be sure before you cast.

What is the most powerful black magic love spell?

For an affair, the lemon spell to end adultery is the classic choice. For interference, the sour jar. Power depends less on the spell than on a calm, clear intention and a goal that works on obstacles, not on someone’s free will.

Are online black magic love spell casters real?

Some are, but many are scams. Be wary of anyone who promises results “within 24 hours”, offers amarres or vashikaran to “control” a person, or keeps asking for more money. Read our guide to fake and scam spell casters before you pay anyone.

Can I make someone love me with black magic?

You can’t create real love by force. Black magic love spells work best on what stands between you and love, not on someone’s free will.