Spells and Rituals

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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: Typically an advanced spell that is used to heal the injuries and recover from non-fatal wounds. Such spells are capable of healing injuries at different proficiency levels, speed, and effectiveness. For some, the tedious nature of such spells takes years to learn.
  • Incantation: Unknown
  • Used by: In The Return, Damon states that Emily practiced healing spells although it took her years to learn to use them. In Pictures of You, Bonnie, using Expression, rapidly recovered from Elena's vampire's bite; her wound healed within seconds. Similarly, in The Walking Dead, she was burned on her face after Elena attacked Katherine, who she was linked to. After Bonnie unlinked herself from Katherine, she recovered near instantly. In Sanctuary, Freya showed her penchant for healing spells with Rebekah who was possessing the witch body of Eva Sinclair. Freya healed her broken hand after saving her from the Kindred. Uniquelly, in I Love You, Goodbye and Ashes to Ashes, she used a similar spell to completely restore the corpses of Vincent Griffith and Eva, respectively, so that she could place Finn and Rebekah’s spirits back into their vessels. Finn’s spirit, and subsequently Vincent’s, was spared from death by Freya’s talisman despite Vincent's body having been severely burned and charred in an explosion while Rebekah had stabbed her vessel in the throat so that her spirit would return to her Original vampire body. In both instances, Freya was able to restore the bodies of both individuals so that possession was possible. In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Dahlia performed a similar spell on the then Regent, Josephine LaRue. Dahlia simply blew onto her hands, breaking the curse that her mother cast that ultimately crippled her hands, making them swollen and arthritic.

• 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.
  • Davina's Incantation: Unknown
  • 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 Alive and Kicking, Davina kept Mikael locked away in the attic of St. Anne's Church locked behind what Kol described as a rather complex spell. No one could enter nor could Mikael leave unless Davina summoned him with the Bracelet of Obedience. Once he was summoned, the spell that locked him within would be undone and the door would open, allowing entry to others. 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: Seemingly 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.) without first being invited in by the owner.
  • Incantation: Unknown
  • Requirements: Unknown
  • Used by: Though not much is known about the creation of this spell, so called by Bonnie, it was presumably created by the Spirits of Nature, or by Nature itself, 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.