PANSY: Viola tricolor, V. species.
Feminine, Saturn, Water.
Uses: Love, rain magick.
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PARSLEY: Petroselinum crispum.
Masculine, Venus/Saturn, Air/Earth.
Origin: Native of eastern Mediterranean regions (especially Greece), Turkey, Algeria and Lebanon. Brought to Britain during the 1600's. Over 40 species.
Part Used: Leaves, root, essential oil.
Uses: Clairvoyance, death, divination, fertility, happiness, lust, meditation, protection, psychic, purification, reincarnation.
Other: In middles ages it was thought that to transplant Parsley would bring disaster to the house. Symbol of death in ancient Greece and Rome.
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PASSIONFLOWER: Passiflora incarnata, P. species.
Feminine, Venus, Water.
Origin: Native to American tropics.
Part Used: Flower.
Uses: Blessings, friends, passion, peace, sleep.
Sabbat: Mabon.
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PATCHOULI: Pogostemon cablin, P. patchouli.
Feminine, Saturn/Venus, Earth.
Origin: Native to E. and W. Indies, Paraguay, tropical Asia.
Part Used: Leaves, essential oil.
Uses: Banishing, clairvoyance, commanding, creativity, divination, exorcism, fertility, happiness, hex-breaking, love, lust, memory, physical energy, peace (in home), prosperity, protection, release.
Other: A fixative. A substitute for graveyard dust. To break off love affairs. Power of the Gnomes. The Horned God.
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PENNYROYAL: Mentha pulegium.
Masculine, Mars/Venus, Fire/Air.
Origin: Native of Europe and Asia.
Part Used: Leaves, essential oil.
Uses: To aid business deals, endings, love, peace, protection, purification, release, strength.
Other: CAUTION: Essential oil is highly toxic. American Pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegiodes AKA Squaw Mint) is used the same way as the European
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PEPPER, BLACK: Piper genus.
Masculine, Mars/Sun, Fire.
Origin: Native to southern India, China; later cultivated in the E. and W. Indies, Malay and Siam.
Part Used: Fruit, essential oil.
Uses: Binding, courage, cursing, exorcism, hex-breaking, lust, protection.
Other: Adds piquancy to a relationship. May use Turmeric as a substitute.
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PEPPERMINT: Mentha piperita.
Masculine, Mercury/Venus, Fire/Air.
Origin: Native to Japan, China and Egypt.
Part Used: Leaves, essential oil.
Uses: Animals, balancing, consecration, prophetic dreams, ecology, endings, excitement, changes, happiness, healing, hexing, justice, love, luck, lust, mental, partnership, prosperity, protection, psychic, purification, release, renewal, sleep, visions.
Other: Used to raise vibrations. Laws of Karma.
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PINE: Pinus genus.
Masculine, Mars/Saturn, Air/Earth.
Origin: Many species widespread.
Part Used: Needles, cones, wood, essential oil.
Uses: Animals, annointing, binding, clairvoyance, cleansing, compassion, consecration, divination, exorcism, fertility, grounding, healing, hex-breaking, peace, prosperity, protection, purification, strength.
Other: Burned in winter to purify. Sacred to the Druids; one of the 7 chieftan trees of the Irish. Amerindian tree. Used to cleanse the aura.
Sabbat: Yule, Mabon, Midsummer.
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POKEWEED: Phytolacca americana.
Masculine, Mars, Fire.
AKA: Poke Root, Inkberry.
Part Used: Root, berries.
Uses: Courage, hex-breaking.
Other: Use at New Moon to break curses. CAUTION: Poisonous!
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POPLAR: Populus tremuloids.
Feminine, Saturn, Water.
AKA: Aspen.
Origin: Over 35 species of trees in N. America and Canada. Does not grow well in Britain.
Part Used: Leaves, wood, resinous buds.
Uses: Astral projection, prosperity.
Other: Two species do not have resinous buds - they are the Bigtooth Aspen and the Quaking Aspen. Another species (P. balsamifera) is commonly called Balm of Gilead. Sometimes added to flying ointments.
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POPPY: Papaver rhoeas.
Feminine, Moon, Water.
Origin: Asia Minor, China, southeastern Europe.
Part Used: Seeds, seed pods, flowers.
Uses: Clairvoyance, commanding, compassion, divination, dreams, fertility, invisibility, love, luck, peace, prosperity, psychic, sleep.
Other: Used to invoke faeries into dreams, to break love spells. Red Poppy is a symbol of fallen warriors. Sacred to Demeter and Artemis. Alleged to draw large amounts of money fast. CAUTION: Opium Poppy (P. somniferum) is not only illegal, it is toxic. Also, do not ingest Poppy seeds of any kind before undergoing a drug test - you will test positive.
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PEONY:
Luck. A great all-purpose protection herb. Use the dried root in charms including dream pillows. Burn for ridding negative influences. Used to attract Faeries. Fire/Sun.
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PALM:
Fertility and potency.
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PAPAYA:
Love and protection.
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PAPYRUS:
Protection.
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PEA:
Money and love.
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PEACH:
Love, exorcism, longevity,. fertility and wishes.
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PEAR:
Lust, and love.
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PERSIMMON:
Healing and luck.
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PLOT WEED:
Protection
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PIMENTO:
Love
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PIMPERNEL:
Protection and health. Wear to detect falsehood and to prevent others from lying to you. Mercury/Air.
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PINEAPPLE:
Luck, money, chastity
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PISTACHIO:
Breaking Love Spells
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PLANTAIN:
Healing, protection and strength
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PLUM:
Healing
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PLUMERIA:
Love
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POKE:
Courage, and Hex Breaking
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POMEGRANATE:
Divination, luck, wishes, wealth and fertility.
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POTATO::
Image magic and healing
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PRIMROSE:
Protection and love.
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PECAN:
Money and Employment.
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PERIWINKLE:
Mental Powers, Protection. When gazed upon, it restores lost memories. Will increase one's passions when carried or sprinkled under the bed. Hang in the house for protection. Carried, a piece of the plant will attract money, use to protect against the evil eye and spirits. Feminine, Venus, Water
*POISON*
Periwinkle should be gathered according to the strictest procedure to be of any benefit in magick.
Gather periwinkle when one is clean of every uncleanness.
This should be on a night when the Moon is one, nine, eleven or thirteen days old.
Say the following incantation while picking the plant: "I pray thee, vince pervinca, thee that art to be had for thy many useful qualities, that thou come to me glad blossoming with thy mainfulness, that thou outfit me so that I be shielded and prosperous and undamaged by poisons and water".
