mentha
piperita
PARTS USED
The whole Herb
GENDER: Masculine
ELEMENTS: Air and Fire
PLANETS: Mercury and Venus
FOLK NAMES
Brandy Mint
Lammint
POWERS
Healing
Prosperity Wishes
Psychic Powers
Purification
Sleep
Some Love
DEITY
Pluto
Magical Uses
Burn the herb in a new home to clear out
all negative sickness energies.
Carry with other herbs for boosting love and abundance.
Place on person or their picture for haste in healing.
Used when changes are needed in ones life,
gives the added push needed.
Used in a tea to help ease tensions.
Peppermint has long been used in healing potions and mixtures.
Peppermint has a long history in purification spells.
Fresh leaves rubbed against the head are said
to relieve headaches.
Peppermint worn at the wrist assures that you will not be ill.
Its presence raises vibrations of an area.
Fresh peppermint on the alter will call good spirits
to be present and aid in magic.
Smelled, it compels one toward sleep, and placed
beneath the pillow it sometimes offers
one glimpse of the future in dreams.
It is rubbed against furniture, walls and floorboards
to cleanse them of evil and negativity.
Pliny stated that peppermint excites love, and so can
be added to this type of mixture.
Peppermint is used in travel spells.
Its bright green leaves and crisp scent
lead it to use in momey spells and prosperity spells,
the easiest of which to place a few leaves
in the wallet or purse, or rub where your money is kept.
Commom mints such as peppermint and pennyroyal,
are closely related, and, in a pinch, one can be
used in the the place of the another.
Mints that one finds in the wild can be used
in external magical applications in place of these
commom mints (peppermint,
spearmint,
etc.).
Match the wild mint to the known mint that it most resembles.
Spearmint
Source(s)
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
by Scott Cunningham
Witchcraft
and Magic
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