For this spell you’ll need:

• some salt
• a few drops of lemon juice or vinegar
• one clove of crushed garlic

Begin by sprinkling some salt along your threshold. In a small dish, mix together a few grains of salt, the lemon juice or vinegar, and the crushed garlic. Now, bury the garlic near your front door. Next, with a broom, sweep the salt you’ve sprinkled along your threshold away from your door. Continue sweeping the salt away from your home and off your porch or steps if you have them. As you sweep, say this charm:

Spirits dark and spirits that I dread,  
Leave this threshold where I tread.   

Repeat this spell once a year, or more if you feel it’s necessary.