UVA URSA:
Psychic Workings
VALERIAN: Valeriana officinalis.
Feminine, Venus/Mercury, Water/Earth.
Origin: Over 150 species. Native to Europe, northern Asia, Africa, U.S.A., India and Japan.
Part Used: Root.
Uses: Animals, consecration, exorcism, happiness, hex-breaking, love, lust, peace, protection, purification, sleep.
Other: A substitute for graveyard dust. May have been used by Pied Piper of Hamlin to intoxicate the rats so he could lure them away.
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VANILLA: Vanilla planifolia.
Feminine, Venus, Water.
Origin: Central America and Mexico. Other species native to Tahiti.
Part Used: Bean, essential oil, sometimes the extract.
Uses: Inspiration, intuition, love, lust, mental, peace.
Other: Voodoun love oil. Substitutes - Vanilla leaf (achyls triphylla) is a coastal plant, and Vanilla ordhis (Nigritella angustifolia) of Europe. Vanillin is a synthetic version, said to be made from coal tar.
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VERVAIN: Verbena officinalis. Verbena species.
Feminine, Venus, Earth.
Origin: Native to Europe, China and Japan.
Part Used: Leaves and flowers.
Uses: Annointing, banishing, chastity, creativity, exorcism, healing, hex- breaking, inspiration, knowledge, love, lust, peace, prosperity, protection, purification, release, sleep, youth.
Other: Cerridwyn. Sacred to Druids - used with Mistletoe and Mandrake to return curses to enemies. It was common in their many rites and incantations. It was so highly esteemed that offerings of this herb were made to the gods. The Greeks burned it for a favorable prophecy. Sacred to Romans, Persians, and ancient Egyptians.
Sabbat: Midsummer.
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VETIVERT: Vetiveria zizanioides, Andropogon muricatus.
Feminine, Venus, Earth.
Origin: Southern India and Sri Lanka.
Part Used: Leaves, roots, essential oil.
Uses: Anti-theft, banishing, to increase business, hex-breaking, love, luck, prosperity, protection, virility.
Other: It is a grass related to Lemongrass and Citronella. Used as a fixative in mixes. Used to increase power of spells.
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VIOLET: Viola odorata.
Feminine, Venus, Water/Air.
Origin: Over 200 species mostly native to Europe and Asia.
Part Used: Leaves, flowers, essential oil.
Uses: Banishing, beauty, fidelity, healing, justice, love, luck, lust, peace, protection, release, wishes.
Other: To break down barriers of indifference. Use with Lavender for an aphrodisiac. Fragrance comforting to those whose children have died.
Sabbat: Imbolc, Ostara.
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WILLOW: Salix genus.
Feminine, Moon, Water.
Origin: Over 100 species native to central and southern Europe and eastern U.S.A.
Part Used: Wood, bark.
Uses: Anti-theft, clairvoyance, compassion, consecration, divination, exorcism, fertility, healing, hex-breaking, love, to prevent nightmares, protection, release, to conjur spirits.
Other: To conjur spirits, burn with Sandalwood at the waning Moon. One of the seven sacred trees of the Irish and a Druid sacred tree. Connected to Hecate. An Amerindian tree. Symbolizes death and the Underworld. A tree of enchantment, sacred to the Moon Goddess.
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WINTERGREEN: Gaultheria procumbens.
Feminine, Moon/Mercury, Water/Earth.
AKA: Teaberry.
Origin: Northeastern U.S.A. and Canada.
Part Used: Berries, leaves, essential oil.
Uses: Animals, healing, hex-breaking, luck, prosperity, protection.
Other: CAUTION: Essential oil is poisonous!
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WOLFSBANE: Aconitum napellus.
Feminine, Saturn, Water.
AKA: Aconite, Monkshood.
Origin: Himalayas through Europe to Great Britain.
Part Used: Flowers, seeds.
Uses: Invisibility, protection.
Other: Sacred to Hecate. Used in flying ointments. CAUTION: Highly poisonous!
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WOODRUFF: Asperula odorato.
Masculine, Mars, Fire.
AKA: Woodde rowffe.
Origin: Northern Europe.
Part Used: Leaves.
Uses: Consecration, prosperity, protection, purification, release, transformation.
Other: A Druid sacred herb. Success in battle. Used as a strewing herb.
Sabbat: Beltane.
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WORMWOOD: Artemisia absinthium.
Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Origin: Native to Eurasia and N. Africa.
Part Used: Leaves, essential oil.
Uses: Animals, binding, divination, exorcism, hex-breaking, love, protection, psychic, calling spirits.
Other: To call spirits, burn with Sandalwood. A Druid sacred herb; very magickal and sacred to Moon deities. CAUTION: Toxic. Sacred to Isis.
Sabbat: Samhain.
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WALNUT:
Sun/fire. Carry to promote fertility and strengthen heart.
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WAX PLANT:
Protection
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WHEAT:
Fertility and Money
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WINTERS BARK:
Success
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WITCH GRASS:
Happiness, Lust, love and exorcism.
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WITCH HAZEL:
Protection and Chastity
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WOOD ROSE:
Luck
