petroselinum
crispum
petroselinum sativum
PARTS USED
Seeds and Leaves
GENDER: Masculine
ELEMENTS: Air and Earth
PLANETS: Mars and Mercury
FOLK NAMES
Devil's Oatmeal
Persely
Persil
Petersili
Petroselinum
Rock Parsley
POWERS
Healing
Lust
Protection
Purification
Vitality
DEITY
Persephone
Magical Uses
Call the power
of the Element of Earth and drink as an infusion.
Restores a sense of well-being.
Used for increasing strength and vitality
after surgery or sickness, adds new life to "in-a-rut"
situations.
Can be added to other healing herbs to quicken the wish.
When eaten, parsley provokes lust and promotes fertility,
but if you are in love do not cut parsley
----you'll cut your love as well.
Though the plant has associations with death and is often
regarded as evil, the
Romans tucked a sprig of parsley
into their togas every morning for protection.
It is placed on plates of food
to guard it from contamination.
Parsley is used in purification baths, and those
to stop all misfortune.
A wreath of parsley worn prevents (or delays) inebriation.
Source(s)
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs,
by Scott Cunningham
Witchcraft
and Magic
Special
Thanks
t_town_ks
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