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The Witches' Rede (Long form) (also known as The Rede of the Wiccae and the Witches' Creed) Generally credited to Doreen Valiente Hear now the word of the Witches, the secrets we hid in the night, When dark was our destinys pathway, That now we bring forth in the light. Mysterious Water and Fire, The Earth and the wide-ranging Air, By hidden Quintessence we know Them, and we will keep silent and dare. The birth and rebirth of all Nature, the passing of Winter and Spring, We share with the life Universal, rejoice in the Magical Ring Four times in the year the Great Sabbat returns, and the Witches are seen, At Lammas and Candelas dancing, on May Eve and old Halloween When daytime and nighttime are equal, when sun is at greatest and least, The four lesser Sabbats are summoned, again Witches gather in feast. Thirteen silver moons in a year are, thirteen is the Covens array, Thirteen times at Esbat make merry, for each golden year and a day. The power has passed down the ages, each time between woman and man Each century unto the other, ere times and the ages began. When drawn is the Magickal circle, by sword or athame of power, Its compass between two worlds lies, in the land of shades of that hour. Our world has no right to know it, and the world beyond will tell naught, The oldest of Gods are invoked there, the great work of Magic is wrought. For two are the mystical pillars, that stand at the gate of the shrine, And two are the powers of Nature, the forms and the forces divine. And do what thou wilt be the challenge, so be it in love that harms none, For this is the only commandment, By Magick of old be it done. Eight words the Witches Rede fulfill: If it Harms none, Do what Thou Will! The other "Law" of Witchcraft is the "THREE-FOLD LAW OF RETURN". Basically, this is the natural law of "cause and effect". The Goddess charges us to exercise great care in all that we, as Witches, do and say and even think. The Threefold Law takes the notion that "what we reap, we will sow", a few steps further..in fact, THREE steps further. For what we do "for good or for ill, shall be returned to us threefold." In light of this fact, Witches are loath to cause any harm, lest it be returned to them in spades!! When we come to really understand the Three-Fold Law and it's ramifications, we can see that although on the surface, it acts like a prohibition, it also serves as a source of blessing. Witches seek to heal and to help all of Life, and when we are working for "the good of all", it is natural that the "good" will come to us also. But it falls on us multiplied and empowered..three-fold is quite an increase no matter what mathematical method you use! The word "just" is defined as" that which is merited or deserved." With that definition in mind, you can see why Witches believe in the exercise of "justice" over "revenge". We are assured that what is merited by a persons actions will come to pass. We need only to ask the God and Goddess for "justice to be done". Since this is in line with natural laws and the promises of the Ancient Ones, we can rest in the knowledge that we are asking in a correct manner for the situation to be taken care of. Then we can release it to them to handle and go about our business. "Revenge" on the other hand, is defined as "an urge to get even" (we've all been there!) or "to inflict harm in reaction to an insult" (we cannot go THERE! see: Witches Rede) It is difficult sometimes, especially when our loved ones have been hurt, to follow the principles outlined here...VERY difficult. Never the less, that is what we are instructed to do. It is a matter of trust...trust that the God and the Goddess will take care of it...trust that the Universal Laws apply to everyone equally...trust in the Three-Fold Law...and trust in yourself as a Witch, strong in your beliefs. We all go through deep soul searching when confronted with this issue. How we decide to respond tells us a lot about ourselves, what we give lip service to and what we really believe. It can be a valuable lesson that can change our life. "The Great Mother and Father would not have their children suffer the indignities of oppressors for their sake, for what is within the hearts of Their children is dear and true to Them. The Ancient and Mighty Ones shall cause the balance to be made for those who desecrate the worship of the Lord and Lady, Their Temples, or their Creations" * * quote from the "New Wiccan Book of the Law" by Lady Galadriel 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herbs Message 13 From: [email protected] (MIDNIGHT10) To: ALL 1 of 1 Posted: 1/23/99 9:07 AM Reply to: New Thread HERBS A Acacia Alternate name: Gum Arabic Tree Magickal Usage: Protection; placing a sprig over the bed wards off evil. Psychic Powers; when it is burned along with Sandalwood, it increases these talents. Adder's Tongue Alternate name: Serpent's Tongue Magickal Usage: After soaking the herb in cold water, apply it to a bruise until it becomes warm. Then, bury it in mud. African Violet Magickal Usage: Grow them in your home to promote spirituality. Alfalfa Alternate name: Buffalo Herb, Lucerne Magickal Usage: Place in a jar in the cupboard for protection of the household. Allspice Magickal Usage: Burn as incense to attract money and luck. Also, scatter around the bed of someone with a cold to promote healing. Almond Magickal Usage: Almonds are useful in spells of prosperity. Throw a few almonds in your pocket the next time you need some good fortune. Also, they have a knack for relieving fevers. Aloe Alternate name: Medicine Plant Magickal Usage: As well as being one of the best healing plants (no kitchen should be without an Aloe plant, as it cures cuts and burns), it is also used for protection spells. Place a piece of Aloe near your front door and it will drive away evil. Anise Alternate name: Aniseed Magickal Usage: Sew a small pillow sachet filled with Anise seeds and sleep with it to have pleasant dreams. Burn as incense for protection. Throw Anise, along with Bay Leaves, into a purification bath. Apple Magickal Usage: Add blossoms to sachets, incenses and teas for drawing love. Cutting an apple in half and sharing it with your lover with ensure happiness. Apricot Magickal Usage: The next time you're in a bad mood, eat an apricot to attain a better disposition. Also, the leaves and blossoms may be used in love sachets. Or, carry an apricot pit with you to attract love. Ash Alternate name: Nion Magickal Usage: The leaves of the ash tree, when placed in a pillow, induce prophetic dreams. Placing an ash staff over a doorway deters evil from entering your home. Burning ash wood at Yule promotes prosperity. An old Voodoo spell says to take the nail clippings of your newborn and bury them under an Ash tree, to insure that your child will be a good singer. Aspen Magickal Usage: Planting an aspen on your property will protect you from thieves. Also, if you wish to speak with eloquence, place an aspen leaf under your tongue (make sure you take it out BEFORE you attempt to speak, otherwise you won't be so eloquent, after all!) Aster Alternate name: Starwort Magickal Usage: Pin a bloom to your lapel, or wear in your hair to attract love. Avocado Alternate name: Alligator Pear Magickal Usage: The ancient Aztecs used to eat the avocado to induce lust. If you grow a plant from the pit of an avocado, it will promote love, beauty and peace in your household. B Balm, Lemon Alternate name: Bee Balm, Lemon Balsa, Sweet Balm Magickal Usage: Soak it in wine for a couple of hours and share with a friend for love and a lasting friendship. {back to top} Balm of Gilead Alternate name: Balsam Tree, Bechan Magickal Usage: To mend a broken heart, string a necklace of buds of Balm of Gilead and wear for a seven days. Then, throw it into a moving river or stream. It is said that they absorb your sorrows and make clean your soul. Bamboo Alternate name: Ohe Magickal Usage: Carve your wish, or a symbol depicting your desire, on a piece of bamboo and bury it in a place that will remain undisturbed. Carry a piece with you to attract good luck. The Chinese carve flutes out of it, and play it during rituals to call up benevolent spirits. Banana Alternate name: Maia Magickal Usage: Used for fertility; the dried fruits and leaves are placed in sachets. Banyan Alternate name: Indian Fig Tree Magickal Usage: Sitting beneath a Banyan tree brings good luck. Getting married under the tree ensures happiness for a bride and groom, that's why it is sometimes customary to offer a branch of banyan as a wedding gift. Barley Magickal Usage: Scattering barley on the ground keeps evil at bay. Also, soak a piece in water and sprinkle on poppets for love spells. Basil Alternate name: St. Joseph's Wort, Witches Herb, Sweet Basil Magickal Usage: Not only does it provide the wonderful taste in pesto sauce, it can also be used to sooth tempers between lovers. If you own your own business, place a small basil plant on your cash register to attract good and prosperous business. Along those lines, if you carry basil leaves you will attract money and success. Bay Alternate name: Bay Laurel, Laurel, Sweet Bay Magickal Usage: Place in pillows to promote prophetic dreams; burn as incense to cause visions; and wear as a necklace to ward off evil. Writing a wish on a bay leaf and burning it makes the wish come to pass. Bean Magickal Usage: Worn as an amulet to ward off negativity. Beet Magickal Usage: If a man and a woman eat of the same beet, they will fall in love. It's juice is used as ink in love spells and magical books. Belladonna Alternate name: Banewort, Deadly Nightshade, Fair Lady, Dwale, Sorcerer's Berry, Witch's Berry Magickal Usage: As Belladonna is extremely poisonous, it is rarely used today. However, it was once used as an agent to astral projection and to induce visions. Benzoin Alternate name: Benjamin, Gum Benzoin Magickal Usage: Used as a "clearing" herb, add a few pinches to a purifying incense. Bergamot, Orange Alternate name: Orange Mint Magickal Usage: Place a leaf of Orange Bergamot in your wallet or purse to attract money. Birch Alternate name: Lady of the Woods, Berke Magickal Usage: Used for purification and protection. Bistort Alternate name: Dragon Wort, Snakeweed Magickal Usage: Carry bistort should you wish to conceive. Burn with frankincense to improve psychic abilities. It is also carried to attract money. Bittersweet Magickal Usage: Place some bittersweet under your pillow to forget a past love. Tie a piece on your body to encourage protection. Blackberry Alternate name: Bramble, Thimbleberry Magickal Usage: A bramble berry bush that forms a natural arch is a great aid to magickal healing. On a sunny day, crawl through the arch backward and then forward three times, going as nearly east and west as possible. This cures boils, rheumatism, and whooping cough. Bluebell Alternate name: Harebell Magickal Usage: If you can turn a bluebell inside out without tearing or damaging it, you will eventually have the one you love. Anyone who wears a bluebell is compelled to tell the truth in all matters. Blueberry Alternate name: Bilberry Magickal Usage: Place some blueberries under your doormat to keep undesirables away from your property. If you feel that you are under psychic attack, eat a blueberry pie. Brazil Nut Magickal Usage: carry as a talisman to attract or keep love. Broom Alternate name: Banal, Besom Magickal Usage: Used in purification and protection spells, and is hung in the home to keep negativity at bay. An infusion of besom sprinkled throughout the home will exorcise ghosts. To raise the winds, throw besom into the air while invoking the spirits of the Air. To calm the winds, burn broom and bury the ashes. Buckthorn Magickal Usage: Carry buckthorn in all matters of legality as a good luck generator. Buckwheat Alternate name: Beechwheat, Brank Magickal Usage: grind the seeds into a powder and sprinkle around your home to keep negativity from you. Keeping buckwheat seeds in your kitchen to guard against poverty. Burdock Alternate name: Beggar's Buttons, Cockleburr Magickal Usage: Gather burdock roots during the waning Moon, dry and cut into small pieces. String them onto a red thread like beads and wear for protection. C Cabbage Magickal Usage: Cabbage should be planted in the garden first thing after a couple has been married for good luck and prosperity. Cactus Magickal Usage: Used for protection, when grown indoors they will protect against intruders. Outside, a cactus should be planted in each direction to further protect the home. Cactus spines are often used to mark symbols on candles and roots. These are then buried to release the power to the Earth. Camellia Magickal Usage: Place fresh blossoms in water on your altar to increase the success of money spells. Camphor Magickal Usage: A bag of camphor worn around the neck reduces your chance of coming down with a cold. never use in conjunction with a love spell as it tends to reduce sexual desire. Caper Magickal Usage: Capers are known to help in the cure of impotency. They may also be used in love and lust spells. Caraway Magickal Usage: Any object which holds caraway seeds is safe from theft. The seeds are also used to encourage fidelity, and are placed in sachets and talismans to attract a mate. When baked into bread and cookies, the seeds are lust inducing. They are also known to strengthen memory. Carnation Magickal Usage: The next time your friend is sick in the hospital, send a dozen carnations to aid in healing. Place fresh blossoms on your altar during healing rituals and dried blossoms in a sachet for the same purpose. Carob Alternate name: Caroba, Chocolate Magickal Usage: carry or wear to ensure good health and protection. Carrot Magickal Usage: Eaten to promote lust and cure impotency Cashew Magickal Usage: Used in prosperity and money spells. Catnip Alternate name: Catmint, Cat's Wort Magickal Usage: Given to your cat, it creates a psychic bond between the two of you. Catnip is used in love sachets in conjunction with rose petals. If you hold catnip in your hand until it is warm, then hold someone else's hand, they will forever be your friend, as long as you keep the catnip in a safe place. Cat Tail Magickal Usage: It is said that a woman who carries cat tail will have lust in her heart. Cedar Magickal Usage: The smoke of cedar is purifying and should be used to cure nightmares. Also, burning cedar heals head colds. A cedar stick may be carved into three prongs and placed prongs up near the home for protection. Place a piece of cedar in your purse or wallet to attract money. Celery Magickal Usage: Chew the seeds of celery to aid in concentration, or burn with orris root before bedtime to induce psychic dreams. Chamomile Alternate name: Ground Apple, Maythen Magickal Usage: Wash your hands in an infusion of chamomile before gambling for good luck. It is used in sleep incenses, and an infusion may be sipped to help sleep. It may also be added to bath water to attract love. Cherry Alternate name: Sweet Cherry Magickal Usage: Tie a single strand of your hair to a cherry tree to attract love. Cherries may be used in all forms of love spells. Chestnut Magickal Usage: Use chestnuts in love spells, or feed to a loved one to insure their fidelity. Chickweed Alternate name: Adder's Mouth, Starweed, Star Wort,, Tongue Grass Magickal Usage: Carry or use in spells to attract love or maintain relationships. Chicory Alternate name: Succory, Wild Cherry Magickal Usage: If you anoint your body with chicory juice, you will obtain favors from great persons. Carried as a talisman, chicory will remove all obstacles that might crop up in your life. Chili Pepper Alternate name: Red Pepper Magickal Usage: If you feel that your mate is looking to greener pastures, buy two large dried red peppers and tie them together in the form of a cross with a red or pink ribbon. Place this under your pillow or mattress and this should keep fidelity and lust in your relationship. If you think you've been cursed, scatter red pepper around your house to break the spell. Chrysanthemum Alternate name: Mum Magickal Usage: Drink an infusion of chrysanthemum to be cured of drunkenness. Grown in gardens will help to protect the home from evil. Cinnamon Alternate name: Sweet Wood Magickal Usage: Cinnamon, when burned as an incense, raises high spiritual vibrations, aids in healing, draws money, stimulates psychic powers and produces protective vibrations. It is also used in making sachets and infusions for these purposes. Cinquefoil Alternate name: Five Finger Grass, Silverweed, Goose Tansy Magickal Usage: The five points of the leaves represent love, money, health, power and wisdom, if carried it grants these wishes. Citron Magickal Usage: if eaten, citron raises psychic powers. Clove Magickal Usage: Burned as an incense, cloves attract riches, drive away hostile and negative forces, produce spiritual vibrations and stops others from gossiping about you. Clover Alternate name: Honeystalks, Shamrock, Trefoil Magickal Usage: TWO LEAFED: You shall soon find a lover. THREE LEAFED: worn as a protective amulet. FOUR LEAFED: If worn by a man, it will help him avoid military service. It also protects against madness, strengthens psychic powers, enables you to detect the presence of spirits, and leads the wearer to gold, money or treasures. If two people eat a four-leafed clover together, mutual love will develop. Club Moss Alternate name: Fox Tail, Wolf Claw Magickal Usage: Gives protection, power and blessings from the Gods. Coconut Magickal Usage: Used in chastity spells and protection rituals. Halve a coconut, drain it of it's juice, fill it with the appropriate protective herbs and bury it to protect the home. Hang a whole coconut in your home to keep evil at bay. Cohosh, Black Alternate name: Black Snake Root, Bugbane Magickal Usage: Use black cohosh in love sachets and add an infusion to the bath to help in cases of impotency. Carried, it helps to strengthen courage in the meek. Coltsfoot Alternate name: Ass's Foot, British Tobacco, Butterbur Magickal Usage: Add to love sachets and use in spells of peace and tranquility. The leaves, when smoked, can cause visions to occur. Comfrey Alternate name: Black Wort, Gum Plant, Slippery Root, Yalluc Magickal Usage: Worn or carried, comfrey aids in protection for travelers. Also, tuck some in your suitcases so they won't be lost or stolen. The root may also be used in money spells. Copal Magickal Usage: Copal is added to love and purifying incenses. It may also represent the heart in poppets. Coriander Alternate name: Cilantro, Chinese Parsley Magickal Usage: Add the powdered seeds to warm wine to make an effective love potion. The seeds may also be eaten or worn to help headaches. It is said that if a pregnant woman eats Cilantro, her future child will be ingenious. Corn Alternate name: Maize Magickal Usage: Reach into a bin of corn, pull out any ear, count the grains. Allow twelve grains of corn for each year and it will tell your age. Corn is used for purposes of protection and good luck. Hang a bunch of corn over a mirror in your house to increase your good luck. Cotton Magickal Usage: If a piece of cotton is placed in a sugar bowl, good luck will follow. Cotton is placed on an aching tooth to stop the pain. To bring back a lost love, place some pepper in a piece of cotton and sew it into a sachet. Wear it as a talisman. Burning cotton causes rain. Cowslip Alternate name: Fairy Cup, Lady's Key, Plumrocks Magickal Usage: A bit of cowslip placed under the porch will discourage visitors. The flowers, when held in the hand, will help you to find treasure. Cucumber Magickal Usage: The fruit of the cucumber, when eaten, hinders lust. The peel bound to the forehead relieves headache pain. Cumin Alternate name: Cumino Magickal Usage: Cumin will prevent the theft of any object which retains it. when given to a lover, it will promote fidelity. Cumin seed is steeped in wine to make a lust potion. Curry Magickal Usage: Burn curry (the plant not the spices used for cooking) at night fall to keep evil influences away. Cypress Alternate name: Tree of Death Magickal Usage: Cypress should be used at times of crisis, especially when a friend or relative dies. It eases the mind and allays grief if worn to a funeral. D Daffodil Alternate name: Daffy-Down-Dilly, Goose Leek Magickal Usage: The flower is placed upon the altar during love rituals, or is carried for this purpose. if a daffodil is plucked and worn next to your heart, good luck will be on it's way to you. {back to top} Daisy Alternate name: Eyes, Eye of the Day Magickal Usage: Sleep with a daisy root beneath your pillow and your lost love may return to you. Worn, the daisy brings love. Damiana Magickal Usage: Used in lust infusions as well as lust spells. It is also burned to produce visions. Dandelion Alternate name: Blowball, Piss-a-Bed, Puffball, Endive Magickal Usage: Drink as an infusion to promote psychic abilities. The same tea, when placed next to a bed, will call spirits. To send a message to a loved one, blow at the seed head in his or her direction and visualize the message. Buried at the Northwest corner of the house, it will bring favorable winds. Deerstongue Alternate name: Vanilla Leaf, Wild Vanilla Magickal Usage: Worn or carried, it attracts men. It also aids in psychic powers. Dill Alternate name: Aneton, Dilly Magickal Usage: This herb is protective when hung over a doorway. Placed in a cradle it protects children. Added to the bath makes the bather irresistible. Smell dill to cure hiccoughs. Dragon's Blood Alternate name: Blood, Dragon's Bloody Palm Magickal Usage: This resin of a palm tree is burned to entice errant lovers to return. Burn it on a window sill, while looking at the night sky. It will also drive away evil and negativity when burned. A pinch of dragon's blood added to other incenses will increase their potency and power. To quiet a noisy house, powder some dragon's blood, mix it with sugar and salt, and place in a bottle. Cover it tightly and place it somewhere in your house where it won't be found. E Elder Alternate name: Eldrum, Ellhorn, Hylder, Old Gal, Old Lady, Pipe Tree, Tree of Doom Magickal Usage: If worn, elder wards of attackers of every kind. hung over doorways and windows it keeps evil from the house. Grown in the garden, elder will prevent lightening from striking the house and keep all negative spells from coming into your home. To bless a person, place, or thing, scatter the leaves to the four winds in the name of the person or thing to be protected. Then scatter elder over the person or object itself. Toothaches may be alleviated by chewing on an elder twig and then burying it in the north. Grown near the home, elder promotes prosperity to the household. Many think it is dangerous to burn elderwood, and some Gypsies strictly forbade it's use as firewood. However, magicians have used it's wood in fashioning magick wands for centuries. {back to top} Eucalyptus Alternate name: Blue Gum Tree, Stringy Bark Tree Magickal Usage: The leaves are used to stuff healing poppets and are carried to promote good health. If you have a cold, ring the base of a green candle with eucalyptus leaves and pods, and burn the candle to it's socket while visualizing yourself as completely healthy. Also, keep some leaves near the sick bed in a bowl of water. Eyebright Alternate name: Euphrosyne Magickal Usage: As a tea, it clears the minds and aids in memory. The infusion applied to the eyelids on cottonballs induces clairavoyance, but it must be persisted in before results are achieved. F Fennel Magickal Usage: Fennel is used in purification sachets, as well as healing mixtures. {back to top} Fenugreek Alternate name: Bird's Foot Magickal Usage: To bring money to the household, add a few fenugreek seeds to the mop water and mop from the front door to the rear of the house. When finished, fill a jar half full with fenugreek and leave open in the house. Add a few seeds to the jar every day until it is full; then empty it and start again. Return the spent seeds to the Earth. Fern Magickal Usage: The fern is placed in vases of flowers for its protective properties. Burned on hot coals, it serves to exorcise evil spirits. Burn out of doors, fern causes rain to fall. The smoke from the fern will also drive away snakes, so take some with you the next time you go camping. Carried or worn, it helps the wearer to discover treasure. Carrying the seed, it is said, enables the wearer to be invisible. Fig Magickal Usage: Small phallic images are carved and carried by women who wish to conceive. They are also used by men to overcome infertility and impotency. When grown in the home, the fig is protective and brings the inhabitants good luck. To charm any man or woman, give them a fig they will be spellbound by your presence ... as long as they like figs! Also, before leaving on a journey, place a branch of a fig tree before your door to return safely. Flax Alternate name: Linseed Magickal Usage: An old Celtic blessing recites, "Flax, Fodder, Frig!" Translated, this means "Prosperity and Shelter, Food, Healthy sex life and fertility." Flax seeds can be placed in your pocket, purse, or wallet to attract money. Also, place the seeds with a few coins on your altar when performing money spells. To protect yourself while sleeping, mix equal parts of flax seed and mustard seed and place it next to your bed. On the other side of your bed, place a bowl of water. Foxglove Alternate name: Fairy Thimbles, Fox Bells, Witches Bells Magickal Usage: Used for household protection if grown in the garden. Do not drink as a tea or use as a body infusion, as it is poisonous! Frankincense Alternate name: Olibanum Magickal Usage: Frankincense is burned to uplift spirits and drive out negativity. Rosemary may be substituted. G Gardenia Magickal Usage: Fresh gardenia blossoms are placed in sick rooms and on altars to promote healing. They are also scattered around a room to induce peaceful vibrations. Gardenias can also be used in love spells to attract good spirits Garlic Alternate name: Ajo, Stinkweed Magickal Usage: garlic is used to absorb disease. Rub fresh, peeled cloves of garlic on the afflicted area, then throw into running water. hung over the door, it keeps those who are envious of you away from your house. When eaten, garlic acts as a lust inducer. Geranium Magickal Usage: Geraniums of all types are protective when grown in the garden or brought into the house and placed in fresh water. Ginger Magickal Usage: eating ginger before performing spells will lend them power. Whole ginger roots are planted and grown to attract money, or the powdered form can be sprinkled in pockets and wallets. Chew a piece of ginger and spit it at an oncoming storm to halt it. Ginseng Alternate name: Sang Magickal Usage: The root is carried to attract love, as well as to guard one's health, to draw money, and to ensure sexual potency. Ginseng will also bring beauty to all who carry it. Ginseng tea is a powerful aphrodisiac. Goldenrod Alternate name: Aaron's Rod Magickal Usage: To see your future love, wear a piece of goldenrod. He or she will appear the next day. When held in the hand, the flower will bend toward the direction of hidden or lost treasure. Goldenrod is used in money spells. Goldenseal Alternate name: Eye Balm, Wild Curcurma Magickal Usage: Used in money spells as well as healing rituals. Gourd Magickal Usage: Gourds hung at the front door are guards against fascination. Small gourds when carried are used for protection. Grain Magickal Usage: To protect yourself while you are sleeping, scatter grain around your room. This probably comes from an old Celtic tale which states that, before they may continue on with their wicked schemes, evil faeries must count any grain they encounter. Grape Magickal Usage: In ancient Rome, pictures of grapes were painted on garden walls to promote fertility. eating grapes or raisins increases fertility and strengthens mental powers. Place grapes on the altar during money spells. Grass Magickal Usage: Suspend a ball of green grass in the front window of the home to drive out evil and protect the household. Tie knots in grass blades around the house for the same purpose. To make a wish upon a stone, visualize your wish while rubbing grass on a stone near your home or near the location of your wish (i.e. near the place of business where you would like to procure a job). Ground Ivy Alternate name: Cat's Foot Magickal Usage: Use ground ivy to discover who is working negative magick against you. Place the herb around the base of a yellow candle and burn on a Tuesday. The person will become known to you within a week. H Hawthorn Alternate name: Hazels, Mayblossom, May Bush, Mayflower, Thorn Magickal Usage: Long used to increase fertility and chastity, it is often used in weddings, especially weddings performed in the Spring. Curiously enough, the leaves are also sprinkled around the bed or placed under the mattress as an aid to celibacy. Worn or carried, it promotes happiness to the sad and depressed. According to British lore, a hawthorn tree grown with an oak and and ash is a place to see faeries. {back to top} Hazel Alternate name: Coll Magickal Usage: String the nuts and hang in the household for luck, or present to a new bride to wish her good fortune. The nuts, when eaten, promote wisdom, and are often eaten before divination. Heather Alternate name: Heath Magickal Usage: heather is carried to guard against all violent crimes, or just to bring good luck. White heather is best for this purpose. Heather when burned with fern outside attracts rain. Heliotrope Alternate name: Cherry Pie, Turnsole Magickal Usage: Placed beneath the pillow, heliotrope induces prophetic dreams. It is not advisable to drink as a tea, it is poisonous. When placed in the pocket or purse, it attracts money. Hemlock Magickal Usage: Another poisonous plant, hemlock was once used to induce astral travel and protection. Its juice may be rubbed on magickal knives and swords to empower them before use. Hemp Alternate name: Marijuana Magickal Usage: Marijuana was once widely used in magick. Due to laws enacted during the 1930's which restrict its use and sale, many of these practices are dying out. Hemp was part of many vision and scrying incenses, the smoke of which opened up the psychic senses. Mugwort and hemp are burned in front of a magick mirror to gain visions. It was also added to meditation incenses. Scourges made of hemp were used in China as imitation snakes and beaten on the beds of the sick to drive away the malicious, illness-causing demons. Henbane Alternate name: Black Nightshade, Devil's Eye, Jupiter's Bean Magickal Usage: Burned out of doors, it is used to attract rain but the fumes are poisonous, so use fern as a substitute. Henna Magickal Usage: Worn near the heart, it attracts love. It is also known to protect from the evil eye and illness. It has become popular again as a temporary tattoo and may be worn in this fashion for any number of spells, depending on the design. Whatever you wish for will be granted by the time the henna tattoo wears off. Hibiscus Magickal Usage: Hibiscus tea is brewed as an aphrodisiac. The blossoms are also used in love sachets and incenses. Hickory Magickal Usage: Burn a piece of hickory to ashes. Mix with cinquefoil and place the mixture in a box. hang over your door to protect you from trouble with the law. High John the Conqueror Alternate name: Johnny Conqueroo, Big John, St. John's Wort Magickal Usage: anoint the roots with mint oil, tie up into a green sachet, and carry to attract money. Long used in the arts of Voodoo, big john is carried to stop depression, bring love and success, protect from all hexes and curses, and to break and destroy spells and hexes. To make a simple anointing oil suitable for all purposes, take three high john the conqueror roots, make small cuts in them with a sharp knife, and place these in a bottle of vegetable, olive, or mineral oil. Let the roots soak in the oil for several weeks. Leave the roots in the oil and use as desired; to anoint candles, sachets, and so on. Holly Alternate name: Bat's Wings Magickal Usage: Holly is considered by some to be the protection herb par excellence, as it guards against lightening, poison, evil magick, wild animals, evil spirits, gossip, slander, and promotes good luck. Honeysuckle Alternate name: Goat's Leaf, Woodbine Magickal Usage: Ring a green candle with honeysuckle to attract money, or place them in a vase for the same purpose. Lightly crush the fresh flowers and rub on the forehead to heighten psychic powers. If you have a honeysuckle plant growing in your garden, it will bring good luck. Hops Alternate name: Beer Flower Magickal Usage: A pillow stuffed with dried hops will bring peaceful sleep. Hops are also used in healing sachets and incenses. Horseradish Magickal Usage: Horseradish root dried and sprinkled around the house, in all corners, on the doorsteps, and on window sills will drive out all negative presences and diffuse any negative spellwork that has been sent your way. Huckleberry Magickal Usage: Placed in sachets and carried, the leaves are luck inducing. They also break hexes and curses. Hyacinth Magickal Usage: Use in sachets to ease childbirth. The plant grown in the bedroom guards against nightmares. Sniffing the flowers will relieve grief and depression. Hyssop Magickal Usage: This is the most widely used herb in magick for purposes of purification. It is added to baths in sachets, infused and sprinkled on objects or persons to cleanse them, and hung in the home to purge it of negativity. I Iris Magickal Usage: The iris has been used for purification since Roman times. The three points of the flower represent faith, wisdom and valor, and can be used to induce these traits. Irish Moss Alternate name: Pearl Moss Magickal Usage: Irish moss is carried or placed beneath rugs to increase the prosperity of the home and to insure a steady flow of money. It is also carried as a protective amulet for travelers, and money poppets are stuffed with it. Ivy Alternate name: Gort Magickal Usage: Where ivy grows, no negativity may pass. Ivy is also used as a love and fidelity charm. J Jasmine Alternate name: Jessamin Magickal Usage: Dried jasmine flowers are added to sachets and other love mixtures to attract a spiritual (rather than a physical) love. The flowers will also attract money if worn, carried or burned. The flowers will induce prophetic dreams if burned in the bedroom and will help to induce sleep. {back to top} Juniper Alternate name: Geneva, Gin Berry Magickal Usage: Used as a protective plant, juniper also guards against theft. Juniper is added to love mixtures and the berries are carried by men to increase potency. L Lady's Mantle Alternate name: Bear's Foot, Lion's Foot, Stellaria Magickal Usage: used in love spells and sachets. Lady's Slipper Magickal Usage: Lady's slipper is used in protective sachets as it guards against all manner of hexes, curses, spells and the evil eye. Lavendar Alternate name: Elf Leaf Magickal Usage: Lavendar has long been used in love sachets and spells. Clothing rubbed with it (or lavendar placed in drawers with clothes) attracts love. Rub a piece of paper with lavendar when writing a love note. The scent of lavendar particularly attracts men. Leek Magickal Usage: When two people eat leeks together, they will fall in love. Leeks are also carried as protective amulets, and are bitten to break hexes and drive away evil. Simply bite a leek and throw it into a running stream of water. Lemon Magickal Usage: Add lemon juice to water to make a purifying wash for amulets, jewelry and other magickal objects before consecration. The juice is also added to bath water at the time of the Full Moon for its purifactory powers. The dried flowers and peel are used in love sachets, and the leaves are used in lust teas. An old Voodoo spell for luck is as follows: Obtain a green (unripe) lemon from a tree. Next, obtain some color-headed pins. Every color except black is acceptable. Now stick the pins into the lemon until it is fairly bristling with them. Attach a piece of yellow ribbon and hang in the home to attract good luck and bring blessings to the household. Lemongrass Magickal Usage: Lemongrass is used in some lust potions, as well as in an infusion to aid in the development of psychic powers. Lemon Verban Alternate name: Cedron, Yerba Louisa Magickal Usage: Hung around the neck, or a bit of its juice drunk, lemon verbana will preserve you from dreaming. It is also worn to attract lust. Lettuce Alternate name: Sleep Wort Magickal Usage: Rub lettuce onto your forehead or eat the leaves to have no trouble falling asleep. Plant lettuce or cress seeds in the form of the name of someone you love. If the seeds sprout, so too will love between you. Licorice Alternate name: Lycorys, Sweet Root Magickal Usage: Chewing a licorice stick (the root, not the candy) will make you passionate. It is also used when quitting smoking. Licorice may also be carried as an amulet to attract love. Lilac Magickal Usage: Lilac drives away evil wherever it is planted or strewn. The flowers are often placed in haunted houses to help clear it of negativity. Lily Magickal Usage: Lilies keep away ill-mannered ghosts and negativity, as well as unwanted guests from visiting your home. Lilies may also be carried as amulets to break love spells. Lime Magickal Usage: Take a fresh lime, pierce it with old rusty nails, spikes, pins and needles, and throw it into a deep hole in the ground. This will rid you of all ills, hexes, and so on. Twigs of the lime tree are carried for protection. Lotus Magickal Usage: anyone who breathes the scent of a lotus will receive it's protection. Carry lotus seeds to receive blessings from the gods of luck. Lucky Hand Alternate name: Hand of Power, Helping Hand Magickal Usage: This root of the orchid plant is one of the most famous New Orleans magickal botanicals. It has long been placed in sachets and conjure bags for luck and protection. It is carried to gain employment. Fill a jar with rose oil. Place several lucky hands into the oil and let them soak. When you need something, take out one of the roots and wear it. If you need love, wear it next to your heart. If you need travel, place it in your shoe. If you need money, carry one in your wallet or purse, and so on. M Magnolia Alternate name: Cucumber Tree, Swamp Sassafras Magickal Usage: Place some magnolia near or beneath the bed to promote fidelity. Mandrake Alternate name: Herb of Circe, Mandragor, Sorcerer's Root Magickal Usage: A whole mandrake root placed on the mantel in a home will give the house protection, fertility, and prosperity. Mandrake is also hung on the headboard for protection during sleep, carried to attract love, and worn to prevent the contraction of illness. To "activate" a dried mandrake root, place it in some prominent location of the house, and leave it there for three days. Then place it in some warm water and leave it there overnight. Afterwards, the root is activated and may be used in any magickal practice. the water in which the root has been bathed can be used to sprinkle windows and doors to protect the home, or onto people to purify them. The mandrake root has also been long used as a poppet in image magick, but its extreme scarcity and cost usually forces a Witch to look for substitutes; ash roots, apples, the root of briony, the American may-apple and many others have been used. Money placed next to a mandrake root (especially silver coins) is said to double, and the scent of mandrake causes sleep. Maple Magickal Usage: Maple leaves are used in love spells and money rituals. Marigold Magickal Usage: Marigolds, picked at noon when the Sun is at its hottest, will strengthen and comfort the heart. Marigolds added to bath water will help you win the respect and admiration of everyone you meet. If you feel you have been robbed, place some marigolds under your bed. You will dream of the thief. Carrying marigolds in your pocket on the day of court will help justice to smile favorably upon you. Majoram Alternate name: Joy of the Mountain, Sweet Majoram, Wintersweet Magickal Usage: Add a pinch or two to food to strengthen love. It is also carried as a protective amulet. Given to a depressed person it brings happiness. It may also be used in money spells. Masterwort Magickal Usage: If worn, masterwort grants physical strength. It is also carried to aid the will and calm emotions. Mastic Alternate name: Gum Mastic Magickal Usage: Mastic is burned in magickal operations wherein a manifestation of a spirit is desired. It is also used in lust potions. Mastic, added to any incense, will increase its potency and power. May Apple Alternate name: American Mandrake Magickal Usage: American mandrake, or may apple, is generally used as a substitute for (true) mandrake. Its uses are virtually identical, although it is not related to European mandrake. Meadowsweet Alternate name: Lady of the Meadow, Meadowwort, Steeplebush Magickal Usage: Fresh meadowsweet is placed upon the altar for love spells, or dried is used in various love mixtures. Strewn about the house, it will bring peace and cheer the heart. if you feel you have been robbed, placed some meadowsweet on water. If it sinks, the thief is a man; if it floats, the culprit is a woman. Mesquite Magickal Usage: Add to healing incenses and mixtures to aid in the process. Mimosa Magickal Usage: Mimosa is used in spells involving purification, love, healing, and prophetic dreaming. A bath of mimosa will break hexes and curses, and guards against future problems. Mint Magickal Usage: Mint has long been used in healing potions and mixtures, and the fresh leaves rubbed against the forehead will relieve headaches. Place a few mint leaves in your purse or wallet to attract money. To rid a place of negativity, sprinkle blessed water using a fresh sprig of mint, rosemary, and marjoram as the sprinkler. Mistletoe Alternate name: Golden Bough, Holy Wood, Witches Broom Magickal Usage: Used for protection against tragedy of all sorts. A ring carved of mistletoe wood will ward off evil spirits and sickness when worn and the plant will heal fresh wounds when carried (do not apply to the wound, as it is poisonous!). Morning Glory Alternate name: Bindweed Magickal Usage: Place the seeds beneath your mattress to stop all nightmares. grown in the garden, blue morning glories bring peace and happiness. The root of the morning glory may be used as a substitute for high John the Conqueror root. Moss Magickal Usage: To carry moss (of any type) in your pocket, is to ensure luck, especially financial luck. Moss is used to stuff general-purpose poppets. Mugwort Alternate name: Artemis Herb, Old Man, Sailors Tobacco, St. John's Plant Magickal Usage: A pillow stuffed with mugwort and slept upon will produce prophetic dreams. Mugwort is also burned with sandalwood during divination of any kind. The infusion is also used to wash crystal balls and magick mirrors, and the leaves are placed around the base of a crystal ball to aid in scrying. placed next to the bed, it aids in achieving astral projection. Mullein Alternate name: Graveyard Dust, Jupiter's Staff Magickal Usage: Mullein is worn to keep wild animals from attacking you while hiking in untamed areas. It also instills courage in the bearer, and a few leaves placed in the shoe keeps one from catching cold. Mullein also is carried to attract love, stuffed in a pillow to guard against nightmares, and used in love spells. In the Ozarks, men performed a simple love divination. The man went to a clearing where a mullein grew and bent it down so it pointed in the direction of his love's house. If she loved him, the mullein would grow upright again; if she loved another it would die. When a spell calls for Graveyard Dust, powdered mullein leaves may be substituted. Mustard Magickal Usage: Carry mustard seed to guard against colds and increase mental powers. Placing mustard seed beneath your front porch will keep all manner of supernatural being s from entering your home. Mustard seeds, when eaten by women, will increase fertility. Myrrh Alternate name: Karan Magickal Usage: Burned as an incense, myrrh purifies the area, lifts spirits and creates peace. it is rarely burned alone; usually in conjunction with other resins, such as frankincense. Myrrh is also added to healing incenses and sachets, and its smoke is used to consecrate, purify and bless objects such as amulets, talismans, charms and magickal tools. Myrrh is also burned for meditation and contemplation. Myrtle Magickal Usage: Used in love spells and sachets. A cup of myrtle tea, drunk every three days, will preserve youthfulness,l but it must be drunk every three days without fail. Myrtle may also be used in money spells. N Nettle Alternate name: Stinging Nettle Magickal Usage: The protective powers of nettle have long been used in magic. To remove a curse and send it back, stuff a poppet with nettle, or carry some in a sachet. Nettle is also thrown onto a fire to avert danger, held in the hand to ward off ghosts, carried with yarrow to allay fear, and worn as an amulet to keep negativity far away. a pot of nettle placed next to a sickbed will aid in recovery. {back to top} Nutmeg Magickal Usage: Nutmegs are carried to ward off rheumatism, cold sores, boils and sties. Nutmeg (ground) is sprinkled on green candles for money spells. Nuts Magickal Usage: All nuts are potent fertility-inducers, and carried for these uses. they are also carried and added to sachets for gaining money. O Oak Alternate name: Duir Magickal Usage: Two twigs of oak, bound together by a red thread and formed into an equal-armed cross, makes a potent safeguard against evil. It should be hung in the house. If you can catch a falling oak leaf, you will not have a cold all winter. Planting an acorn in the dark of the Moon ensures that you will receive needed money within the month. Carrying an acorn increases sexual potency and attracts good luck. Oats Alternate name: Oatmeal Magickal Usage: Used in prosperity and money spells. Oleander Magickal Usage: Oleander is often used in love spells, although it is never taken internally as it is poisonous. Olive Magickal Usage: On an olive leaf, write the name of Athena. Press this against the forehead to reduce the pain of headaches and to gain wisdom. Olive oil is used with healing herbs, or simply used on its own, for anointing the ill. when eaten by men, olives increase fertility and sexual potency. Olive leaves, when worn, bring luck. Onion Magickal Usage: Take a small white onion and stick it with black-headed pins until it is bristling with them. Placed in a window, this charm will guard the house from negativity. Burn onion skin in a fire place or cookstove to attract riches. If you are faced with making a decision, scratch your options on onions, one to each onion. Place them in the dark. the first one to sprout answers your question. magickal knives and swords are purified by rubbing their blades with cut, fresh onions. Orange Alternate name: Love Fruit Magickal Usage: The dried peel and seeds are used in love sachets. The dried flowers added to bath water make the bather more attractive. orange peel is often added to love and prosperity inducing incenses and mixtures. Orchid Alternate name: Levant, Salep, Satyrion Magickal Usage: The root is used in love sachets. Love may be strengthened in a relationship by giving the fresh blossoms as a gift. Oregon Grape Magickal Usage: Carry this root to gain prosperity, financial security, and popularity. Orris Alternate name: Florentine Iris, Queen Elizabeth Root Magickal Usage: The whole orris root is carried, the powder added to sachets, sprinkled upon sheets, clothing and the body, as well as around the house to attract and maintain love. Orris root powder is known in Voodouine circles as "Love Drawing Powder." P Palm, Date Magickal Usage: Palm leaves are carried or worn to increase fertility. Dates are eaten or carried by men to give them greater sexual potency. Palm trees are also grown for protective purposes. Pansy Alternate name: Banewort, Garden Violet, Johnny Jump-Ups, Magickal Usage: Worn or carried, the pansy attracts love. Papaya Alternate name: Paw-Paw Magickal Usage: Eat the fruit and serve to a loved one to intensify feeling of love. Also, when you have a true need, tie a rag around a limb of a papaya tree while visualizing your need. Parsley Alternate name: Devil's Oatmeal, Petersilie Magickal Usage: When eaten, parsley provokes lust and promotes fertility, but if you are in love don't cut parsley - you'll cut your love as well. The ancient Romans used to tuck a piece of parsley into their togas, before venturing out, for protection. The tradition of placing parsley on food plates, as a garnish, stems from the idea that it would prevent contamination of the food. Throw some parsley into your bath water to stop all misfortune. A wreath of parsley, it has been said, worn around your head, will reduce your chances of inebriation. However, if you wear this wreath to the local pub, you probably won't be served anyway. Passion Flower Alternate name: Grandilla, Passion Vine Magickal Usage: Contrary to its name, passion flower is placed in the house to calm problems and troubles, and to bring peace. carried, it attracts friends and great popularity. Placed beneath the pillow, it aids in sleep. Patchouli Alternate name: Patchouly, Pucha-Pot Magickal Usage: Because of its rich Earthlike smell, patchouli is often used in money spells, sachets and incenses. It is sprinkled into wallets and purses for this reason. It may be substituted when "Graveyard Dust" is called for. Pea Magickal Usage: Dried peas may be used in money drawing sachets and mixtures. Peach Magickal Usage: The fruit, when eaten, induces love, and so a peach or a peach pie served to a desired one may help to win his or her heart. The fruit is also eaten to gain wisdom. Carrying a piece of peach wood will increase one's life span. Pear Magickal Usage: The fruit is eaten in love spells and to induce sexual arousal. Pear wood makes fine magickal wands. Pecan Magickal Usage: Pecans can and should be used in all money spells. To ensure that you do not lose your job, obtain a small amount of pecans. Shell them, eat them slowly while visualizing working and enjoying your job. Take the shells, wrap them in a bag and place them somewhere at work where they won't be found or removed. Pennyroyal Alternate name: Tickweed Magickal Usage: Pennyroyal when placed in the shoe prevents weariness during travel and strengthens the body in general. Peony Magickal Usage: Used in protection spells. Pepper Magickal Usage: Pepper is added to amulets and sachets a a protectant against negativity. Peppermint Magickal Usage: Used in healing and purification spells. Its presence raises the vibrations of an area and smelled compels one to dream of the future. It is rubbed against walls and furniture for purification and to guard against negativity. It may also be use in love spells. Pepper Tree Alternate name: California Pepper Tree, Peruvian Mastic Tree Magickal Usage: The leaves are added to purification baths and the berries are carried for protection. Periwinkle Alternate name: Blue Buttons, Sorcerer's Violet Magickal Usage: The plant is carried to obtain grace, attract money, and to protect against snakes, poison, wild beasts, terror, and malicious spirits. It is also placed above doors to protect the home. periwinkle is thought to increase one's passions when carried or sprinkled under the bed. Persimmon Magickal Usage: If you wish to have good luck, bury a green persimmon. Pimento Magickal Usage: Long used by Gypsies in love spells and sachets. Pine Magickal Usage: Cones are carried to promote fertility and to gain old age. It is said that if you gather a pine cone on Midsummer's day (still retaining its seeds), and you eat one seed from it everyday, you will be immune to gunshots. Pine needles are burned to drive away negativity and to basically put the area at ease. A cross made of pine needles and placed before the fireplace will keep evil from entering your home. Pine sawdust may also be used as a base for money incense. Pineapple Magickal Usage: Dried pineapple is placed into bags and added to baths to draw good luck to the bather. The dried peel is added to money mixtures. Pistachio Magickal Usage: When eaten, pistachios act as an antidote to love spells. Plum Magickal Usage: The fruit is eaten to inspire or maintain love. Pomegranate Alternate name: Carthage Apple, Pound Garnet Magickal Usage: The seeds are eaten for fertility, and the skin carried for the same purpose. Always make a wish before eating a pomegranate and it may come true. a branch of pomegranate, when carried, attracts riches to its possessor. The juice may be used as a blood substitute and for magickal ink. Poplar Magickal Usage: The poplar leaves and buds are used in money incenses. They may also be added to ointments to be placed upon the body to aid in astral projection. Poppy Alternate name: Blindeyes Magickal Usage: Poppy seeds and flowers are added to mixtures designed to aid in sleep. They are also eaten to promote fertility and to attract good fortune. At one time, poppy seed heads were guilded and worn as an amulet to draw wealth. The seeds are also added to love spells and sachets, and eaten to induce love. Potato Magickal Usage: Potatoes are often used in fashioning poppets. Primrose Alternate name: Butter Rose, English Cowslip, Password Magickal Usage: Blue and red primroses growing in the garden protect it from all adversities, and they also attract faeries. Woman carry them to attract love. Q Quince Magickal Usage: Quince seed carried protects against evil, physical harm, and accidents. serve quinces to someone you love to ensure fidelity. {back to top} R Radish Magickal Usage: When carried, radish protects against negative forces. Eaten, it increases lust. {back to top} Ragweed Alternate name: Ragwort, St. James Wort Magickal Usage: The Greeks used ragwort as an amulet against charms and spells. Raspberry Magickal Usage: The branches of the raspberry are hung over doors to protect the home. This is also done when a death in the family has occurred, so the spirit of the deceased will not return. Raspberry is served as a love-inducing food, and the leaves may be brewed and drunk as a tea by pregnant women to alleviate the pain of childbirth. Rattlesnake Root Magickal Usage: An infusion of rattlesnake root added to bath water will help protect you from others trying to harm you. Rubbing the infusion onto the feet will guide the anointed to money. Rhubarb Magickal Usage: Wearing a piece of rhubarb around your neck will alleviate stomach pains. Rhubarb pie is served to a mate to increase his or her fidelity. Rice Magickal Usage: When placed on the roof, rice guards against all misfortunes. Throwing rice into the air brings rain. Rice is also added to money and prosperity spells. Roots Magickal Usage: if you must sleep outside without protection, wear any root around your neck and it will protect you from wild animals. Rose Magickal Usage: A chaplet of roses worn when performing love spells, or a single rose in a vase on the altar, are powerful love magick aids. Rose hips are strung and worn about the neck to attract love. Drink a tea of rose buds before bedtime to induce prophetic dreams. Rosemary Alternate name: Compass Weed, Elf Leaf, Sea Dew Magickal Usage: When burned, rosemary emits powerful cleansing and purifying vibrations. It is one of the oldest incenses. Laid under the bed, it protects the sleeper from all harm. It is also hung on the porch or door posts to keep thieves from entering the home. Rosemary has also been used in love and lust potions, and healing poppets are stuffed with it. Rosemary can be used to substitute frankincense. Rowan Alternate name: Mountain Ash, Witchbane, Witchwood Magickal Usage: Rowan wood, when carried, increases psychic powers, and the branches are often used in fashioning dowsing rods and magickal wands. Add the leaves and berries to divination incenses to increase its power.Walking sticks made of rowan are excellent tools for those who roam the woods and fields by night, due to its protective nature. Rue Magickal Usage: Worn around the neck, rue aids in recuperation and wards off future illness. Rue is added to healing incense and poppets. The smell of fresh rue clears the mind. It is also used as an agent of protection. Rye Magickal Usage: Rye bread served to a loved one ensures their love. S Saffron Alternate name: Krokus, Spanish Saffron Magickal Usage: Saffron is used in love sachets and it is used healing spells. Sage Magickal Usage: Sage is carried to promote wisdom, and the leaves are used in countless healing and money spells. St. John's Wort Alternate name: Goat Weed, John's Wort, Klamath Weed Magickal Usage: Worn, St. John's wort wards off colds and fevers, makes soldiers invincible, and attracts love. There has been much work done with St. John's wort in the area of depression. However, do not make an infusion of this herb, as it is poisonous. If you wish help for depression, go to your local herbal remedy shop and purchase St. John's wort tablets. Sandalwood Magickal Usage: Sandalwood powder is burned during protection, healing and exorcism spells. When mixed with lavender, it makes an incense designed to conjure spirits. Sandalwood beads are worn for protection and to promote spiritual awareness. Sarsaparilla Alternate name: Bamboo Briar Magickal Usage: It is mixed with cinnamon and sandalwood powder and sprinkled around the premises to draw money. Sassafrass Magickal Usage: Sassafras is sprinkled in the wallet or purse to attract money. It is also placed in sachets to promote healing. Skullcap Alternate name: Hoodwort Magickal Usage: Skullcap is used in spells of relaxation and peace. A woman who wears skullcap protects her husband against the charms of other women. Shallot Magickal Usage: add shallots to your bath to cure misfortunes. Slippery Elm Alternate name: Indian Elm, Moose Elm, Red Elm Magickal Usage: Burn slippery elm and throw a yellow knotted cord into a fire. Any gossip against you will stop. Sloe Alternate name: Blackthorn, Wishing Thorn Magickal Usage: Hung over doorways, it banishes all evil from entering your home. The wood is used to make "wishing rods" which are actually all-purpose magickal wands. Snapdragon Alternate name: Calf's Snout Magickal Usage: Any part of the snapdragon worn on your body prevents people from deceiving you. If someone has sent negative magick to you, place some snapdragons in a vase on your altar, with a mirror behind them. It will send the curses back. Solomon's Seal Alternate name: Dropberry, Lady's Seal Magickal Usage: The root is placed in the four corners of the house to protect it. It is also used in offertory incense. Spanish Moss Magickal Usage: Grown on or in the home, it is protective. Use to stuff protective poppets and sachets. Spearmint Alternate name: Garden Mint Magickal Usage: Used in all healing applications, especially aiding in lung diseases. For protection during sleep, stuff a pillow with spearmint. Star Anise Alternate name: Anise Magickal Usage: The seeds are burned to increase psychic powers, and also worn as beads for the same purpose. Straw Magickal Usage: Straw is lucky; hence it is often carried in small pouches. For a home luck talisman, take a used horseshoe and some straw, sew up into a small bag, and hang over the bed. Strawberry Magickal Usage: Strawberries are used as love food, and their leaves are carried for luck. Sugar Cane Magickal Usage: Sugar has long been used in love and lust potions. Chew a piece of sugar cane while thinking of a loved one. Sugar is also used as a purifying agent by scattering it before a ritual. Sunflower Magickal Usage: Sunflower seeds are eaten by women who wish to conceive. If you cut a sunflower at sunset while making a wish, your wish will come true before the next sunset. Sweetgrass Magickal Usage: Burn sweetgrass to attract good spirits before performing spellwork. Sweetpea Magickal Usage: Wearing fresh sweatpea flowers will attract people and cause friendships to develop. When carried or held in the hand, the flowers cause people to tell the truth. T Tansy Alternate name: Buttons Magickal Usage: Since tansy was given to Ganymede to make him immortal, it is used to lengthen the life span. Tea Magickal Usage: Burn the leaves of the tea plant to ensure future riches, and add to all money spells and sachets. Thistle Magickal Usage: A bowl of thistles placed in a room strengthens the spirits and renews the vitality of all within the room. To call the spirits, place some thistle into boiling water. Remove from the heat and lie or sit beside it. As the steam rises, listen carefully; they may answer your questions. Thistle, Holy Magickal Usage: Wear holy thistle as a protectant, and bath with it to purify. Thyme Magickal Usage: Thyme is burned to attract good health and is also worn for this purpose. It is also used in healing spells. Thyme is also carried and smelled to give courage and energy. If you wear thyme, you will see faeries. Ti Magickal Usage: Ti leaves, when worn, ensure that the swimmer won't drown. The red variety is sacred to Pele, and is considered unlucky to grow within the home. Growing the green variety will protect your home. Toadstool Magickal Usage: Accidentally breaking down toadstools will cause rain. Tobacco Magickal Usage: Tobacco is often thrown into the water, just before one journeys by boat, to appease the gods of the water. To cure earaches, blow tobacco smoke in the ear. Tomato Alternate name: Love Apples Magickal Usage: Place a large red tomato on the mantel of the home to protect it. Replace it every three days. The tomato, when eaten, has the power of inspiring love. Trillium Alternate name: Beth Root, True Love Magickal Usage: Carrying trillium attracts money and luck to its bearer. The root is also rubbed onto the body to attract love. Tulip Magickal Usage: The tulip is worn to safeguard against poverty and bad luck in general. Tulips are placed on altars during love spells to increase the spell's potency. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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