Herbal Properties
Herbal Properties
Acacia- to be burned for alter offering, aiding in psychic powers, meditation.
Agrimony- protection, returns spells to their senders, promotes sleep.
Alder- whistles entice the Elemental earth.
Allspice- prosperity when burned.
Angelica- wards off negativity when sprinkled around the house
Anise- purification, protection, entices the spirits to aid in spells
Apple- buried in the garden on Samhain as food for the departing spirits, to be shared with one you love, health, attracts unicorns.
Ash- wands, protection, leaves for prophetic dreams, prosperity.
Avens- purification, love.
Banana- fertility, prosperity.
Basil- protection, wealth, love, repels negative energy
Bay- burn for psychic powers, purification, wish magik
Benzoin- burn for purification, prosperity
Bergamot- success
Betony- burn at Litha for purification, protection; place under pillow to be rid of nitemares; sprinkle around doors to ward off despair, psychic awareness
Blackberry- protection, health, prosperity, pies for Lughnassadh
Blackthorn- returns evil to it's sender
Borage- tea aids psychic powers, carry leaves for protection
Briar- add to tea for clairvoyant dreams
Broom- purification of the circle, hung indoors for protection
Burdock- wards off negativity, purifies, protects (washing floors or dried root on red string around the neck.)
Cardamon- burned in love spells and in love sachets
Carnation- protection, alter offering to the goddess, strength
Cassia Augustifolias- to induce menses or to overcome constipation
Catnip- love, cat magik
Chamomile- meditation, rest (tea), purification, calmness, prosperity, incense for the God
Cherry- burn chips at sabbats, creativity
Cinnamon- burn for spiritual and psychic powers, protection, success
Cinquefoil- prosperity, protection, purification, divination dreams
Citron- eaten to increase psychic power
Clove- burn for wealth, purification, wards off negativity
Comfrey- root or leaves for healing, carry for safe travel
Coriander- health
Cumin- prevents theft, burns for protection
Dill- seeds draw money, leaves for protection, flowers for love
Elder- CAUTION: SEEDS ARE POISONOUS. wards negative thoughts when used as wind chimes, blessings, do not burn the wood of elder for it is sacred to Hecate, see fairies in the trees at Litha, flowers used as an alter offering, berries for esbat wine, flowers added to candle spells directed at Hecate during the New Moon.
Elm- attracts elves, love
Eyebright- tea for aiding mental powers
Fennel- protection, sacred to the God, hung over doors at Litha
Ferns- burn indoors for protection, outside for rain
Feverfew- wards sickness, wards accidents in traffic
Foxglove- CAUTION: POISONOUS grow in garden for protection of the house and yard
Frankincense- protection, blessing, spirituality, power, meditation
Furz/egorse- burn at Ostara for protection and as a preparation for any conflict
Garlic- sacred to Hecate, flowers for alter offerings, cloves for protection
Ginger- love, success
Hawthorn- powerful wands, fertility magik, protection
Hazel- nuts strung on cord in house or ritual room to invite the help of plant fairies, used for wands, healing, protection, luck
Heather- red to start or end an affair, white for protection, purple for spiritual development, use at Samhain to invite spirits to visit.
Hops- health, aids sleep
Hyssop- purification, wards negativity
Kelp- wind spells, protection, psychic powers
Lavender- attracts elves, burn for purification, peace, use in bath for purification, burn at Litha as an offering, love,pyschic awareness
Lemon Balm- success, health, love (soak in wine for three hours, remove, serve)
Linden- bark for protection, leaves and flowers for immortality, good fortune, sleep, love
Loosestrife- purple restores harmony and brings peace
Mace- burn for psychic power
Marigold- marriage spells, clairvoyant dreams, mixed with water and rubbed on the eyelids to see fairies, protection, enhanced psychic powers, pick in full sun.
Marjoram- love, protection, wealth
Mint- protection, prosperity, alter offering for helpful spirits
Moonwort- divination, love prosperity
Mugwort- divination, rub fresh herb on crystal balls and magik mirrors to increase their strength, pick on full moon night
Mullein- protection, divination, health, courage
Mustard- health, protection, fertility
Myrrh- protection, wards negativity, burn for purification and consecrations
Nutmeg- burn for prosperity
Nuts and cones- tip wands, fertility magik
Oak- the God, wands, burn leaves to purify the atmosphere, use galls in charms, acorns draw money, burn wood for good health
Oats- wealth, offering to the God
Orange- peels for love, incense for good fortune, divination
Parsley- purification, protection
Patchouli- incense for drawing money, fertility, earth, Underworld.
Pecan- prosperity
Pepper- use in amulets or grow for protection, wards negativity
Pine- brush outdoor ritual area with a branch to purify and sanctify, burn for cleansing, needles in money spells
Rosemary- burn for purification, wards negativity, protection, love, health, grow to attract elves, blessing, consecration
Rowan- wands and amulets for knowledge, incense of leaves and berries for divination, fires to call upon spirits for help, grow for protection of the home, inspiration
Rue- blessing, consecration, protection, use in alter oil, health
Sage- protection, wisdom, health
St. John's Wort- burn at Litha to send away negativity, wear for invincibility, health, willpower, gathered at Litha
Sandalwood- burn for protection, full moon Esbats, wards negativity, spirit offering
Solomon's Seal- an offering to the elementals for their aid
Star anise- burn for psychic power, good fortune
Straw- attracts fairies, do not burn magik infused straw, it will bring ill-fortune, used as an image to protect an area
Tansy- health
Thyme- wards negativity, burn for purification, and healing spells
Trefoil- decorate alter, protection, luck, when taking one, leave a bit of ginger or milk poured into the ground as payment to the fairies
Vervain- gather/burn at Litha, alter offering, love, purification, brings riches, creativity, wards psychic attack
Vetivert- love, money, wards negativity
Wheat- fertility, wealth
Willow- burn bark with sandalwood for divination, love, protection
Woodruff- add to Beltane wine to clear away barriers, protection, success, changes, psychic awareness
Wormwood- CAUTION: POISONOUS, BURN IN WELL VENTILATED AREA,
PREFERABLY OUTDOORS, evocation, divination, scrying (stronger when combined with Mugwort) at Samhain, protection, sacred to the moon
Yarrow- divination, love, happy marriage (wedding bouquet), wards negativity, defense, protection, gather at Litha
Yew- CAUTION: POISONOUS Yule symbol for death and rebirth, used for dagger handles
The above list was provided from ~*~Lady Xanthia Andromeda~*~ from her personal records.
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