Adam &
Eve Roots
Use for Love and Happiness and spells related.
Agrimony
Use in all protection sachets and spells, also to banish negative energies
and spirits. It has also long been used to reverse spells sent against
the magician; i.e. it not only breaks hexes, it also sends them back to
the hexer. Agrimony placed under the head will make one sleep as if dead,
according to ancient lore, but don't use this for insomnia: the sleeper
won't awaken until the herb is removed.
Alfalfa
Prosperity, Money. Keep in the home to protect from poverty and hunger.
It is best placed in the cupboard or pantry.
Almond
Money, Prosperity, Wisdom
Amaranth
A crown of amaranth flowers worn on the head speeds healing. To make
sure that you are never struck by a bullet, pull up a whole amaranth plant
(including roots) preferably on a Friday during the Full Moon. Leave an
offering to the plant and then fold it, roots and all, in a piece of white
cloth. Wear this against your breast and you'll be 'bullet-proof.' The
dried amaranth flowers have been used to call forth the dead, and are also
carried to cure the affections'; i.e. to mend a broken heart.
Amber
Transforms negative energy into positive. Calms, and attracts loving,
faithful emotions. Opens the crown chakra and aligns the etheric bodies
with the physical. Attracts prosperity.
Angelica
Grown, the plant is protective. Use in all protection and exorcism
incenses. Sprinkle the four corners of the house with angelica to ward
off evil, or do this around the perimeter of the house. Added to the bath
angelica removes curses, hexes and any spells that may have been cast against
you. The root was carried in the pocket as a gambling talisman among some
American Indian tribes. Arigelica is also used in healing incenses and
mixtures, and smoking the leaves is said to cause visions.
Anise
Fill a small pillowcase with anise seeds and sleep on it. This will
ensure that you have no nightmares. Use in protection and meditation incenses.
Fresh anise leaves placed in a room will drive off evil, and they are sometimes
placed around the magic circle to protect the magician from evil spirits.
It also averts the evil eye. Anise seed is also used in purification baths,
especially with bay leaves. It is used to call forth spirits to aid in
magical operations, and a sprig hung on the bedpost will restore lost youth.
Apple
The fruit, when eaten, induces love. Healing, Garden Magic, Immortality
Avocado
Promotes love and lust. Good when used as a beauty mask.
Banana
Fertility, Potency, Prosperity
Basil
Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection
Bay
Activates the throat chakra and opens the bronchial passages. Facilitates
full breath and full expression. Decongestive on all levels. Heals the
heart. Good for colds, flu, rheumatism and sprains. Psychic purifyer.
Bean
Protection, Exorcism, Wart Charming, Reconciliations, Potency, Love
Belladonna
*DEADLY POISON!! Some say help induce Astral projection
Benzoin
Awakens higher mindedness. Encourages confidence and empowerment. Calms
and sedates the mind and emotions. Relieves dry skin, coughs, and arthritis.
Natural deoderant and preservative.
Blackberry
Fill a small pillowcase with anise seeds and sleep on it. This will
ensure that you have no nightmares. Use in protection and meditation incenses.
Fresh anise leaves placed in a room will drive off evil, and they are sometimes
placed around the magic circle to protect the magician from evil spirits.
It also averts the evil eye. Anise seed is also used in purification baths,
especially with bay leaves. It is used to call forth spirits to aid in
magical operations, and a sprig hung on the bedpost will restore lost youth.
Boneset
The plant wards off evil spirits. Make an infusion and sprinkle about
the house to drive away evil.
Blueberry
Protection against evil spirits and negativity.
Burdock
Cast around the home to ward off negativity. Add to protection incenses
and use in such spells. Gather burdock roots in the waning Moon, dry and
then cut them into small pieces. String these on red thread like beads
and wear for protection against evil and negativity. The leaves of the
burdock, when laid to the soles of the feet, help to cure gout.
Cabbage
Use for Luck
Cactus
Protection, Chastity
Caper
Potency, Lust, Luck
Caraway
The caraway serves as protection against Lilith, as well as all manner
of evil spirits, entities and
plain old negativity. It s often carried for this purpose. Any object
which holds some caraway
seeds is theft-proof.
Carrot Seed
Mother Nature's skin nurturer. Relieves and replenishes dry, aging
skin. Helps to reduce wrinkles and restore elasticity. Stimulates endocrine
function. *Not for use during pregnancy. Fertility, Lust
Cascara Sagrada
Sprinkle an infusion of cascara sagrada around your home before go
to any court proceeding.
It will help win your case. Cascara sagrada is also use in money
spells, and worn as an amulet against evil and hexes.
Catnip
Given to your cat, catnip creates a psychic bond between the two of
you. It is also intoxicating
to the cat. Catnip is used in love sachets, usually in conjunction
with rose petals. If you hold
catnip in your hand until it is warm, then hold anyone else's hand,
they will forever be your
friend, as long as you keep the catnip you used for the spell in some
safe place. Grown near the home or hung over the door, catnip attracts
good spirits and great luck. Catnip is also used in
spells designed to enhance beauty and happiness. Large catnip leaves
are pressed and used as bookmarks in magical texts.
Cedar
Attracts prosperity. Encourages flow. Elimination of blockages, and
toxins, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Cleanses and purifies the
body, skin and the environment from all negativity and stagnation. Gives
relief from bronchitis, colds, arthritis, and can have a diuretic effect.
Repels incects. *Not for use during pregnancy.
Celery
Chew the seeds to aid in concentration, or use in spell pillows to
induce sleep. Burned with orris root, celery seed increases psychic powers.
The stalk, along with the seeds, induces lust when eaten. Witches supposedly
ate celery seed before flying off on their brooms that they wouldn't become
dizzy and fall.
Centaury
The smoke from burning or fuming centaury drives off snakes.
Chamomile
Chamomile is used to attract money and a handwash of the infusion is
some times used by gamblers to ensure winnings. It is used in sleep and
meditation incenses, and the infusion is also added to the bath to attract
love. It is also a purificatory and protective herb. When sprinkled around
the property, it removes curses and spells cast against you.
Cherry
Love, Divination
Chickweed
Carry or use in spells designed to attract a love or to maintain a
relationship
Chicory
Chicory is used to remove all obstacles that might crop up in your
life. It is carried for this purpose. At one time it was thought to make
its possessor invisible, and to open locked boxes and doors if held against
the locks. But for these last two purposes, chicory has to be gathered
with a gold knife in perfect silence at noon or midnight on Midsummer.
If you anoint your body with chicory juice, you will obtain favors from
great persons. It is also carried to promote frugality.
Chili pepper
Chili Pepper is used to assure Fidelity, Hex Breaking and Love
Cinnamon
Psychic awareness and protection. Blends with and emphasizes all other
essences. Attracts money and "security". Aphrodisiac. Very healing on all
levels. Good for colds, flu, headache, toothache, and sore muscles. Helps
to heal the heart and kidneys.
Citron
Psychic Powers, Healing
Citronella
Protects, cleanses and clears the aura. Strengthens the life-force.
Encourages self-expression and creativity. Good for writers and actors.
Brings clarity to the mind and inner vision. Good for attracting prosperity.
Activates the throat chakra and acts as a tonic for all throat ailments.
Repells insects. Deoderizer.
Cumin
Protection, Fidelity, Exorcism
Clary Sage
Calming relaxant. Brings well-being to the spirit. Contains a hormone-like
agent similar to estrogen that regulates hormonal balance. Relieves tired,
sore or injured muscles and menstrual cramping when used in massage. Aphrodesiac.
Antiseptic for oily skin and dandruff. *Not for use during pregnancy. Do
not drink alcohol or drive when under it's influence.
Clove
Burned as an incense, cloves attract riches, drive away hostile and
negative forces, produce spiritual vibrations, and purify the area. Cloves
are burned as an incense to stop others from gossiping about you. Worn
or carried, cloves attract the opposite sex and bring comfort to the bereaved.
evil presences. Protects and cleanses the body and aura. Balances 2nd and
4th chakras. Calming and comforting to the emotions. Strengthens eyesight
and protects one from disease and infection. Very antiseptic, good for
oral infections and toothache pain. Assists with digestive, muscular, and
bronchial ailments.
Coltsfoot
Add to love sachets and use in spells of peace and tranquility. The
leaves,when smoked, can cause visions.
Comfrey
Worn or carried, comfrey protects and ensures safety during travel.
Also, tuck some into your suitcases so that they aren't lost or stolen.
The root is also used in money spells
Curry
Protection
Daisy
Lust, Luck
Damiana
Damiana is used in lust infusions as well as lust spells. It is also
burned to produce visions.
Dandelion
To find out how long you will live, blow the seeds off the head of
a dandelion. You will live as many years as there are seeds left on the
head. To tell the time: blow three times at the seed head. The number left
is the hour. The root, when dried, roasted and ground like coffee, is used
to make a tea. This infusion will promote psychic powers. This same tea,
steaming and placed beside the bed,will call spirits. To send a message
to a loved one, blow at the seed head in his or her direction and visualize
your message. Dandelion, buried in the northwest corner of the house, brings
favorable winds.
Dragon's Blood
Energizes and attracts inspiration and success. Protection. Virility,
strength and passion. Attraction of male energies. Purifies, "burns" out
illness and infection. Helps heal bones, teeth, blood disorders, and reproductive
organs.
Ebony
Protection, Power
Echinacea
Enchinacea was used by Indians as an offering to spirit and strengthen
spells
Edelweiss
Invisibility, Bullet-Proofing
Elecampane
Worn, elecampane attracts love Sew up some of the leaves or flowers
in pink cloth, or make a sachet. It is also carried for protection, and
the herb smouldered on charcoal aids in sharpening psychic powers, particularlv
when scrying.
Eucalyptus
The leaves are used to stuff healing poppets and are carried to maintain
good health. To relieve colds, ring green candles with the leaves and pods
and burn them to the socket, visualizing the person (or yourself) as being
completely healthy. Also hang a small branch or twig of eucalyptus over
the sick bed. String the immature (green) pods on green thread and wear
to help heal sore throats. Placed beneath the pillow, the pods guard against
colds. The leaves are also carried for protection.
Evening Primrose
Rich in GLA, vitamins and minerals. Excellent for face and body massage,
especially to combat dry, skin and eczema. a nerve tonic, Hormonal balancer,
good for menstrual problems and for balancing the effects of menopause.
Fennel
Grown around the home, fennel confers protection. Wearing a piece of
fennel in the left shoe will prevent wood ticks from biting your legs.
Fennel is also hung up at windows and doors to ward off evil spirits, and
the seeds can be carried for the same reason. Fennel is used in purification
sachets, as well as healing mixtures.
Fern
Rain Making, Protection, Luck, Riches, Eternal Youth, Health, Exorcism
Figwort
Hung from the neck, the figwort keeps the wearer healthy and protects
against the evil eye. The
plant is also smoked over Midsummer fires and then hung in the home
for its protective powers.
Frankincense
A sacred, purifying scent used to cleanse the body, aura, and environment
of all negative influences. Promotes a meditative state. Sun energy. Opens
the crown chakra and has a healing affect on infections, and viruses. Revitalizes
dry and/or aging skin. Helps with asthma and bronchial infections.
Garlic
Garlic was once worn to guard against the plague. It is still used
to absorb diseases. Simply rub fresh, peeled clovess of garlic onto the
afflicted part of the body, then throw into running water An old spell
utilized gariic in protectin against hepatitis. To do this, simply wea'
thirteen cloves of garlic at the end of cord around the neck for thirteen
days On the last day, in the middle of thc night, walk to a corner of an
intersectior of two streets, remove the necklace throw it behind you and
run home with out looking back. Garlic is also extremely protective Sailors
carry some while on board ship to protect against its wreckage. Soldiers
wore garlic as a defense in the middle ages, vvbile Roman soldiers ate
it to give them courage. It is placed in the home to guard against the
intrusion of evil, to keep out robbers and thieves, and is hung over the
door to repel envious people. Garlic is especially protective in new homes
- Worn, garlic guards against foul weather (mountaineers wear it) as well
as monsters, and it also shields you from the blows of your enemies. When
evil spirits are about, bite into garlic to send them away, or sprinkle
powdered garlic on the floor (if you don't mind smelling it for some time).
Garlic is also placed beneath children's pillows to protect them while
asleep, and brides~£ once carried a clove of garlic in the' pocket
for good luck and to keep evil far from her on her big day. Rubbed onto
pots and pans before cooking in them garlic removes negative vibrations
which might otherwise contaminate the food. When eaten, garlic acts as
a lust. inducer, and when a magnet or lodestone, is rubbed with garlic
it loses its magic& powers.
Geranium
Balances the mind and body. Calms and stabalizes the emotions. Astringent,
Good healing oil for all skin types. Helps to relieve eczema and psoriasis.
Repels insects and negative thought forms and environments. Diuretic. Good
as a massage oil for cellulite.
Ginger
Eating ginger before performing spells will lend them power, since
you have been 'heated up' by the ginger. It is especially true of love
spells, in whic ginger is much-used. Whole ginger roots are planted an
grown to attract money, or the powdered root is sprinkled into pockets
or ont money for this purpose. Ginger is also used in success spellh or
to ensure the success of a magica operation. In the Pacific the Dobu islanden
make much use of ginger in their magic They chew it and spit it at the
'seat' of an illness to cure it, and also spit chewed ginger at an oncoming
storm, while at sea, to halt it.
Ginseng
The root is carried to attract love as well as to guard one's health,
to dra money, and to ensure sexual potency. Ginseng will also bring beauty
to all w carry it. Burn ginseng to ward off evil spiritsand to break hexes
and curses. A tea of ginseng is used as a powerful lust-inducing drink,
whether alone or mixed with other like herbs. Hold a ginseng root in your
hands, visualize your wish into the root, and throw it into running water.
Or, carve your wish onto a root and toss into the water. Ginseng can be
a substitute for the mandrake
Gotu Kola
Use in meditation incenses. Burn small amount prior to (but not during)
meditation.
Grape
Fertility, Garden Magic, Mental Powers, Money
Grapefruit
Refreshing and uplifting. Brings renewed energy, "a second wind". Antiseptic
to the skin. Tones all bodily tissues and helps *erase* cellulite. Antidepressant.
Grass
Psychic Powers, Protection
Hawthorn
Hawthorn has long been used to increase fertility. Because of this
power it is incorporated into weddings, especially those performed in the
spring. The leaves, curiously enough, are also used to enforce or maintain
chastity or celibacy. The leaves are placed beneath the mattress or around
the bedroom for this purpose. Carried in a sachet on a fishing trip hawthorn
ensures a good catch, and worn or carried it promotes happiness in the
troubled, depressed, or sad. Hawthorn protects against lightning, and in
the house in which it resides, no evil ghosts may enter. It is also powerful
for protecting against damage to the house from storms. The Romans placed
hawthorn in cradles to guard the child from evil spells. In the past most
Witch's gardens contained at least one hawthorn hedge. The hawthorn is
sacred to the fairies, and is part of the tree fairy triad of Britain:
'Oak, Ash and Thorn,' and where all three trees grow together it is said
that one may see fairies.
Heliotrope
Exorcism, Prophetic dreams, Healing, Wealth, Invisibility
Hemlock
*POISON* Destroy Sexual Drives
Henna
Use for Healing
Hibiscus
Lust, Love, Divination
Honeysuckle
Strengthens the mind and memory. Balancing to the right and left brain.
Awakens the crown and brow chakra's, bringing psychic awareness. Induced
prophetic dreams and assists one to let go of the past. Strengthens and
brings flexibility to the body. Helps heal sore throats, headaches and
asthma.
Horehound
Horehound is used in protective sachets, and is carried to guard against
sorcery and fascination. Horehound is also scattered as an exorcism herb.
Drink an infusion of the herb and it will clear your mind and promote quick
thinking, as well as strengthen the mental powers. Horehound, when mixed
with ash leaves and placed in a bowl of water, releases healing vibrations,
and should be placed in a sickroom.
Huckleberry
Luck, Protection, Dream Magic, Hex Breaking
Hyssop
Hyssop is the most widely used purification herb in magic. It is added
to baths in sachets,infused and sprinkled on objects or persons to cleanse
them, and hung up in the home to purge it of evil and negativity.
Iris
Purification, Wisdom
Irish Moss
Irish moss is carried or placed beneath rugs to increase luck and to
ensure a steady flow of money into the house or pockets of the person.
Irish moss is also carried while on trips for protection and safety, and
is used to stuff luck or money poppets. .
Jasmine
Good luck in love and wealth. Aphrodisiac. Alleviates depression, and
tension. Raises self esteem. Opens the heart chakra and stimulates clarity
of thought. Enables one to lucid dream, when it is used before sleeping.
Good for use during childbirth. Rejuvinates the skin when used in massage
and cosmetics. Beautiful fragrance when worn as a single note.
Juniper
Used throughout Europe as a protective herb, Juniper also guards against
theft. It was probably one of the earliest incenses used by Mediterranean
Witches. Juniper hung at the door protects against evil forces and persons,
and it is burned in exorcism rites. A sprig of the plant protects its wearer
against accidents and attacks by wild animals. It also guards against ghosts
and sickness. Juniper is added to love mixtures, and the berries are carried
to increase male potency When carried or burned, juniper helps the psychic
powers and breaks hexes and curses, and drives off snakes.
Juniper Berries
Protection from all negative influences. Transforms negative emotions
into positive. Purifies the aura and the subtle body. Diuretic action also
encourages "flow" in all areas of life. *Not for use during pregnancy.
Tonic, astringent, and antiseptic. Reduces swelling and relieves arthritis.
Good for dissolving fat and cellulite when used with massage. Is believed
to boost the immune system.
Lavender
Ancient scent used for protection, relaxation, and healing. Good for
headaches, insomnia, pain, arthritis, and depression. Antiseptic and astringent.
Good for burns, insect bites, acne and eczema. Helps to reduce scarring.
Promotes hair growth. Activates the crown chakra. Ancients believed it
ensured fidelity.
Lemon
Attracts joy and benevolent energies. Clears and stimulates the mind
while relaxing the muscles and relieving stress. Attunes to the third chakra.
Antibacterial and antiseptic. Good for oily skin conditions. Tonic to the
lymphatic and digestive system. Very good for dieters, when put in water,
and will help break up cellulite when used with massage. Bleaches hair
and fabrics. Conditions skin and nails. Dilute well when used on skin.
Lemongrass
Lemongrass planted around the home and in the garden will repel snakes.
It is also used in some lust potions, as well as in an infusion to aid
in developing psychic powers.
Lemon Verbena
Purification, Love
Lettuce
Chastity, Protection, Love, Divination, Sleep
Licorice
Chewing on a licorice stick (the root, not a piece of candy) will make
you passionate. It is also a good practice to use while quitting smoking.
Licorice is added to love and lust sachets, carried to attract love, and
used in spells to ensure fidelity. Licorice sticks make useful wands.
Lilac
Exorcism, Protection
Magnolia
To promote and assure Fidelity
Mandrake
A whole mandrake root, placed on the mantel in the home, will give
the house protection, fertility,and prosperity. Mandrake is also hung on
the headboard for protection during sleep, carried to at-tract love, and
worn to prevent contraction of illnesses. Where there is mandrake, demons
cannot reside, and so the root is used in exorcism. To 'activate' a dried
mandrake root (i.e., to bring its powers out of hibernation), place it
in some prominent location in the house and leave it there undisturbed
for three days. Then place it in warm water and leave overnight. Afterwards,
the root is activated and may be used in any magical practice. The water
in which the root has bathed can be sprinkled at the windows and doors
of the house to protect it, or onto people to purify them. The mandrake
has also long served as a poppet in image magic, but its extreme scarcity
and high cost usually forces the magician and Witch to look for substitutes;
ash roots, apples, the root of the briony, the American may-apple and many
others have been used. Money placed beside a mandrake root (especially
silver coins) is said to double, and the scent of the mandrake causes sleep
Mint
Money, Love, Lust, Healing, Exorcism, Travel, Protection
Mistletoe
Long used for protection against lightning, disease, misfortune of
every kind, fires and so on, it is carried or placed in an appropriate
spot for these uses. The leaves and berries are used. Mistletoe is placed
in cradles to protect children from being stolen by fairies and replaced
with changelings. A ring carved of mistletoe wood will ward off sicknesses
when worn and the plant will cure fresh wounds quickly when carried (do
not apply to the wound). Mistletoe is also carried or worn for good luck
in hunting, and women carry the herb to aid in conception. It has also
been fltilized in spells designed to capture that elusive state of immortality,
and to open locks. Laid near the bedroom door,mistletoe gives restful sleep
and beautiful dreams, as it does when placed beneath the pillow or hung
at the headboard. Kiss your love beneath mistletoe and you'll stay in love.
Burned, mistletoe banishes evil. Wear it around your neck to attain invisibility.
Mistletoe is an all-purpose herb.
Mugwort
Awakens one to the psychic energies around and within them. Facilitates
astral travel and dream interpretation. Opens and purifies circulatory
channels. Strengthens the uterus and eases painful menstrual cramping.
Excellent for strengthening the life-force in the fetus. Some say *not
for use during pregnancy.
Mullein
Mullein is worn to keep wild animals from you while hiking in untamed
areas. It also instills courage in the bearer, and a few leaves placed
in the shoe keeps one from catching a cold. Mullein is also carried to
obtain love from the opposite sex. Stuffed into a small pillow or placed
beneath your pillow mullein guard against nightmares In India, mullein
is regarded as the most potent safeguard against evil spirits and magic,
and is hung over doors, in windows, and carried in sachets. It is also
used to banish demons and negativity. In the Ozarks, men performed a simple
love divination. The man went to a clearing where a mullein grew and bent
it down so that it pointed toward his love's house.If she loved him the
mullein would grow upright again; if she loved another it would die. Graveyard
dust-an infrequent ingredient in spells-can be substituted with powdered
mullein leaves. At one time Witches and magicians used oil lamps to illuminate
their spells and rites, and the downy leaves and stems of the mullein often
provided the wicks.
Musk
Stimulates the root and spleen chakras, arousing the reproductive organs
and instincts. Healing and cleansing to the heart, lungs, and blood. Encourages
self-esteem, and desirability. Can assist in transmuting sexual love into
higher emotion, and spiritual connection.
Mustard
The Hindus used mustard seed to travel through the air. A more down-to-Earth
use is carrying mustard seed in a red cloth sachet to guard against colds
and to increase mental powers. Italian peasants sprinkle mustard seed on
the doorsill for protective reasons, and mustard seed buried under your
doorstep will keep all manner of supernatural beings from your home. When
eaten mustard seed increases fertility in women.
Myrrh
Burned as an incense myrrh purifies the area, lifts the vibrations
and creates peace. However, it is rarely burned alone; usually in conjunction
with frankincense or other resins. Myrrh increases the power of any incense
to which it is added. Myrrh is also included in healing incenses and sachets,
and its smoke is used to consecrate purify, and bless objects such as amulets,
talisman, charms, and magical tools. Myrrh aids meditation and contemplation.
It is often added to sachets, usually with frankincense.
Neroli
Soothes, relaxes, and uplifts the spirit. Instills confidence. Excellent
for dry sensitive skin, scars and stretch marks. Aphrodesiac. Stimulates
circulation. Brings calm and relieves stress and tension. Good for calmin
"butterflies" in the stomach.
Nettle
The protective powers of the nettle have long been used in magic. To
remove a curse and send it back, stuff a poppet with nettle, or carry some
in a sachet. Also, sprinkle nettle around the house to keep evil out and
to send it back. Nettle is also thrown onto a fire to avert danger, held
in the hand to ward off ghosts, carried with yarrow to allay fear, and
worn as an amulet to keep negativity far away. A pot of freshly cut nettles
placed beneath a sickbed will aid in the person's recovery. Nettle has
sometimes been used as a lustAnducing herb, and contemporary Mexican spiritualists
recommend its use in purification baths because it is 'more carniverous'
than other herbs, and so will work more efficient
Niaouli
Protection. Antiseptic, helps to heal cuts and wounds, infections,
acne, skin irritations and allergies. Bacterial viruses, Sore throats,
and respiratory problems. Good when used in a vaporisor or as a chest rub
for bronchial clearing.
Nutmeg
Calms the mind and body therefore it is good for insomnia. Brings visions.
Attracts wealth and health. Good for the intestinal tract, and reproductive
organs. Is said to reverse impotency and hair loss. *Can be dangerous if
taken internally. As a seasoning is fine.
Nuts
Fertility, Prosperity, Love, Luck
Oak
Protection, Health, Money, Healing, Potency, Fertility, Luck
Olive
Peace of heart and mind. Assures fidelity in love and can attract a
marriage partner. Inspires fruitfulness and security in love, family and
business. Attracts money. Revitalizes all physical systems as well as the
mind.
Onion
Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Money, Prophetic Dreams, Lust
Orange
Purification on every level. Encourages emotional expression and the
gentle healing and restructuring of emotional memories. Attracts abundance
and happiness. through love and marriage. Tonic to the digestive system.
Antiseptic. Good for oily skin. Dilute well when used on the skin.
Orris
Aphrodesiac. Attracts love and romance. Good for treating acne and
insect bites. Helps relieve coughs, colds and bronchitis. Diuretic, said
to ease upset stomach and toothache. Whole pieces of the root have been
used as infants teething rings. The violet-like scent grows more beautiful
with age.
Palmarosa
Attracts Love. Regenerates the cellular body. Clears and "wakes up"
the mind. Powerful healer for skin conditions such as acne, eczema and
dry aging skin. Antiseptic. Helps to regulate the thyroid. Used to treat
anorexia and as a tonic for the entire system.
Papaya
The papaya has long been used in magical rites. One of the simplest
of these is to tie a rag around a limb of a papaya tree while visualizing
your need. Hang several twigs of papaya wood over the doorsill; this will
keep evil from entering the house. Eat the fmit and serve to a loved one;
it will intensify feelings of love.
Parsley
When eaten, parsley provokes lust and promotes fertility, but if you
are in love don't 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 also placed on plates of food to guard it from contamination. Parsley
is also used in purification baths, and those to stop all misfortune. A
wreath of parsley worn on the head prevents (or delays) inebriation.
Also a good diuretic. Helps to relieve urinary tract infection and kidney
problems. Rich in vitamin B and potassium. Good for gall bladder problems
and helping to expel gall stones. Excellent breath deoderant. Stimulates
the pituitary gland. Sedative, good for nervous conditions. Parsely has
been said to dry up mother's milk after birth.
Passion Flower
Contrary to its name, the passion flower is placed in the house to
calm problems and troubles, and to bring peace. Carried, it attracts friends
and great popularity. Placed below the pillow it aids in sleep.
Patchouly
Aphrodesiac, awakens fertility. Stimulates and balances the yin or
feminine aspects. Purifies and aligns the root, and spleen chakras. Attracts
prosperity Dispels negativity. Clears the complexion and helps heal other
skin conditions. Preserves youth.
Peach
The fruit, when eaten, induces love, and so a peach or peach pie served
a desired one may help to win his or her heart. Branches of the peach tree
are used to drive off evil spirits in China, and also to root out illnesses.
Children in China wear a peach pit suspended about the neck to keep demons
away. Carrying a bit of peach wood will increase one's life span and may
even lead to immortality. The Japanese use the peach to increase fertility,
and branches of the tree are utilized as divining and magical wands
Pear
The fruit, when eaten, induces love, and so a pear pie served a desired
one may help to win his or her heart.
Pennyroyal
Creates a shield of protection. Repels negativity. Energizes the body
and calms the mind and nerves. Diuretic. Good for colds and bronchitis.
Eases nausea and intestinal cramps. Fortifies the spleen and solar plexus
chakras. Used for ulcers, headache and fever. Tonic for the reproductive
system. *Not for use during pregnancy as it stimulates menstruation and
uterine contractions. Deoderant and insecticide.
Pepper
Protection, Exorcism
Peppermint
Peppermint has long been used in healing and purification spells. Its
presence raises the vibrations of an area. Smelled, it compels one toward
sleep, and placed beneath the pillow it sometimes offers one glimpses of
the future in dreams. It is rubbed against furniture, walls and floorboards
to cleanse them of evil and negativity. Pliny stated that pepperment excites
love, and so can be added to this type of mixture.
Pettigraine
Uplifting, relieves stress and anxiety. Cleanses and rejuvinates and
the spirit. Brings clarity to the mind. Helps to relieve insomnia. Good
for healthy hair. Antiseptic and tonic. Deoderizing and insecticidal. Good
for sunburn and itchy skin.
Pine
Cleansing and rejuvinating. Fresh starts. Inspires positive, enthusiastic
feelings. Good for colds, bronchitis, and asthma. Antiseptic and deoderizing.
Repels insects. Brings harmony to the home.
Pineapple
Luck, Money, Chastity
Potato
Image Magic, Healing
Prickly Ash
Use the fruits of the prickly ash as a perfume to attract love.
Raspberry
The brambles (branches) of red raspberry are hung up at doors and windows
for protection. This is also done when a death has occured, so that flu
spirit won't reenter the house once it has left. Raspberry is served as
a love inducing food, and the leaves are carried by pregnant women to alleviate
the pain of pregnancy and childbirth.
Rhubarb
Wear a piece of rhubarb root around the neck on a string to protect
against pains in the stomach. Rhubarb pie served to a mate helps to maintain
his or her fidelty.
Rice
Protection, Rain, Fertility, Money
Rose
Attracts love, confidance and healing to the heart. Activates yin or
feminine energies. Calms emotions and brings understanding. Protects secrets.
Christ consciousness. Soothes and heals female reproductive organs. Help
to heal sore throats and cold sores. Very good for rejuvinating the skin.
Awakens sensuality.
Rosemary
Rosemary, when burned, emits powerful cleansing and purifying vibrations,
and so is smouldered to rid a place of negativity, especially prior to
performing magic. It is one of the oldest incenses. When placed beneath
the pillow rosemary ensures a good sleep and drives away nightmares. Laid
under the bed it protects the sleeper from all harm. Rose-mary is also
hung on the porch and door-posts to keep thieves ftom the house and is
carried to remain healthy. Placed in the bath it purifies. A chaplet of
rosemary, worn, aids the memory, while the wood, smelled often, preserves
youthfulness. To ensure the latter add a rosemary infusion to the bath
water. Rosemary has long been used in love and lust incenses and other
mixtures, and healing poppets are stuffed with rosemary to take advantage
of its curative vibrations. Rosemary infusion is used to wash the hands
before healing work, and the leaves mixed with juniper berries are burned
in sickrooms to promote healing. If you wish to receive knowledge or the
answer to a question, burn rosemary on charcoal and smell its smoke - Rose-mary
is also grown to attract elves, and the powdered leaves wrapped in linen
'Aoth and bound to the right arm dispel lepression and make the emotions
light nd merry. Rosemary is generally used as a substitute for frankincense.
Sage
Sage has been utilized to ensure a long life-sometimes even immortality.
This is done by eating some of the plant every day, or at least in May,
for: Sage is carried to promote wisdom, He who would live for aye Must
eat sage in May, and the leaves are used in countless healing and money
spells. Attracts well-being and prosperity. Brings what is needed. To guard
yourself against contracting the dreaded evil eye wear a small horn filled
with sage. There are a few curious gardening tips concerning sage: first,
it is bad luck to plant sage in your own garden; I stranger should be found
to do the work. Second, a full bed of sage brings ill I so ensure that
some other plant shares plot. Incidentally, toads love sage.
Permeates the environment and creates a barrier of protection while
neutralizing theexisting negativity. Sacred to Native Americans as a "smudging"
herb. Astringent. Helps heal skin eruptions. Good for sores, bacterial
infections, bronchitis, rheumatism, arthritis, catarrh, sprains and aching
muscles. Helpful for relieving depression, anxiety and exhaustion. Calms
the digestion and eases menstrual cramping. *Not for use during pregnancy.
Sandalwood
Aligns all chakras, allowing healing energy to flow through and out.
Sedates and relaxes. Good for meditation, healing, and manifestation practices.
Aphrodisiac. Awakens sacred sensuality. Facilitates concentration. Considered
to betstow holy protection. Regenerates dry/aging hair and skin.
Sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla is mixed with cinnamon and sandalwood powder and sprinkled
around the premises to draw money. It is also utilized in love spells.
Sesame
Money, Lust
Spearmint
Spearmint is used in all healing applications, especially in aiding
lung diseases. Smelled, spearmint increases and sharpens mental powers.
For protection while asleep. Cooling stimulant. Restores energy and
balance to the system. Strengthens the nerves and muscles. As a tea, spearmint
calms a nervous stomach rapidly. Deoderant and insect repellant. Relieves
insomnia. Antiseptic. Helps headaches, fever, indigestion, Intestinal cramps,
colic and hemorroids. Helps to aleviate depression.
Strawberry
Strawberries are served as a love food, and the leaves are carried
for luck. Pregnant women may wish to carry a small packet of strawberry
leaves to ease their pregnancy pains.
Sugar Cane
Love, Lust
Tangerine
Purification. Awakens joy, and dissolves negativity. Antiseptic and
antispasmodic. assists in lymph drainage. Balances dry scalp and dandruff
conditions while moisturizing hair and skin. Sedative and tonic.
Tea Tree
Nature's antiseptic. Good for use on wounds, burns, insect bites, scratches,
rashes, and herpe's. Relieves itch and kills germs. Good for dandruff,
athlete's foot, acne, ringworm, candida and warts. Antifungal and anti-viral.
Good as an airborne disinfectant.
Tarragon
Protection. Prevents fatigue, stimulates the appetite, relieves gastrointestinal
disorders, colic and rheumatism. Anesthetic action can help toothaches.
Calms nervous stomach. Antioxidant and antifungal. Enhances and protects
health and well-being. Can stimulate menstruation when taken internally
in large quantities so, *Not for theraputic use during pregnancy.
Thyme
Courage and confidance. Helps insomnia and depression. Brings calm
and balance to the 6th and 7th chakras. Accelerates the healing process
and strengthens the immune system. Antibiotic, antiseptic and diuretic.
Very good for lung ailments, viruses and infections. Brings relief for
bladder infections. Revives the liver and circulatory system. Regulates
digestion and eases indigestion. Disinfectant and insect repellent. *Not
for use during pregnancy or in cases of high blood pressure.
Tobacco
Healing, Purification
Tuberose
"The Mistress of the Night", awakens erotic feelings, and attracts
romance. Enhances the capacity for emotional depth. Brings peace to the
mind and heart. Opens the crown chakra and assists in psychic development.
Attracts inspiration. Tonic for the reproductive system as well as the
heart and mind
Uva Ursa
Add to sachets designed to increase psychic powers.
Vanilla
Love, Lust, Mental Powers
Vetivert
Protection. Attracts prosperity, love and feelings of security. Awakens
sensuality and repels negativity. Stimulates circulation and helps relieve
arthritis and joint pain. Relaxing. Said to help
lower blood pressure. Luck, Money, Anti-Theft
Violet
When the flowers are carried they offer protection against sperytis'
and bring changes in luck and fortune. Mixed with lavendar, they are a
powerful Jove stimulant and also arouse lust. If you gather the first Violet
in the season, the dearest wish will be granteed Ancient Greeks wore the
violet to
Ilin tempers and to induce sleep.
Willow
Willow leaves are carried or used in mixtures to attract love, and
the wood is used to fashion magical wands dedicated to Moon Magic. If you
wish to know if you will be married in the new year, on New Year's Eve
throw your shoe or boot into a willow tree. If it doesn't catch and stay
in the branches the first time, you have eight more tries. If you succeed
in trapping your shoe in the tree you will be wed within 12 months-but
you'll also have to shake or climb the tree to retrieve your shoe. All
parts of the willow guard against evil and can be carried or placed in
the home for this purpose. Knock on awillow tree ('knock on wood') to avert
evil. The leaves, bark and wood of the willow are also utilized in healing
spells. If you wish to conjure spirits, mix crushed willow bark with sandalwood
anc burn at the waning Moon outdoors. Magical brooms, espe ciafly Witch'
brooms, are traditionally bound with willow branch.
Yarrow
Attracts love and calm, self confidence. Courage. Soothing to the heart.
Said to stimulate hair growth, when used as shampoo. Aleviates dandruff.
Astringent and anti-inflammatory. Helps to stop internal and external bleeding
(helps blood to thicken). Assists in healing persistent wounds and infections.
Brings healing to all mucous membranes. Calms digestive tract. Good for
bringing rapid recovery from the flu. Relieves toothache.
Yerba Mate
To perform any love spells. Enhances fidelity and Lust
Yerba Santa
Yerba santa is carried to improve or to attain beauty, and the infusion
is added to baths for the same reason. The leaves are added to healing
incenses and are worn around the neck to ward off illnesses and wounds.
It is also carried for spiritual strength, to increase psychic powers and
to protect the bearer.
Ylang Ylang
Aphrodesiac. Promotes calm, peaceful relaxation. Relieves anxiety and
depression. Good for insomnia and meditation. Tones and awakens the sex
center. Lowers blood pressure. Restores skin and hair to a natural, balanced
state of health.
Yucca
A hoop or loop of twisted yucca fibers will transmutate a person into
an animal if he or she jumps through it, according to American Indian magic.
An-other method instructs the magician to place a small wreath of yucca
fibers on his or her head. This allows the person to assume any form desired.
A cross of yucca fibers twisted together and placed on the hearth protects
the house from evil. Suds made ftom the yucca plant are used in purifying
the body before magic. If a spell to remove curses or illnesses is performed,
repeat the yucca-suds bath afterward to ensure that all traces of the evil
or sicknesses are removed.