Orange Mullein



Mullein
verbascum thapsus
verbascum thapus
Scrophularace

Saturn
Jupiter
Fire

Associations and Magickal History
Mullein is a plant of Jupiter and Saturn.

It is associated with the element of Fire.

And it is associated with Ulysses,
since he took Mullein with him to protect
himself against the wiles of Circe.

Mullein is associated with Witches in general.

The down on the leaves and stem of Mullein
makes excellent tinder when quite dry,
readily igniting on the slightest
spark, and was, before the introduction
of cotton, used for lamp wicks.
This is where 'Candlewick Plant',
one of the common names of Mullein,
comes from. An old superstition existed
that witches in their incantations used
lamps and candles provided with wicks
of this sort, and another of the plant's
many names, 'Hag's Taper', refers to.

'Torches' is another name for the plant,
since it is said that the ancients used
the stalks dipped in suet to burn as torches
at whether at funerals or otherwise.


Magickal Use