Magical Uses of Herbs

AbsintheBurn at midnight as an aid in calling up spirits.

Acacia:  An aid in psychic development.

Aconite (Wolf's bane, Monk's hood): Carry in a charm to protect you against werewolves, vampires, and all creatures of the night.

African Ginger: Sprinkle in corners when working with spirits.

African Mo Jo Bean: Make a wish and throw bean in moving water.

Agar Agar: Place in water to keep evil spirits away.

Agrimony: Carry to defeat any foe you may encounter.

Ague Weed:  Burn to destroy an enemy's power over you.

Alder: Mix with chopped onion and carry when gambling.

Alfalfa:  Keep small packet in cupboard to ensure against poverty.

Alkanet:  Wear in red bag around neck to protect from evil eye.

All Heal (Valerian Root): Carry to build the memory and strengthen the heart.

All Spice:  Boil and soak enemy's picture in solution to send the evil sent to you back to that person. Also used for luck and physical energy.

Almond: Money and prosperity.

Aloes: Scatter to the four winds to attract a lover.

Althea: Burn in the home to attract good spirits.

Alum: Rub on one you wish to bring closer to you.

Amber: Comfort, happiness, love and protection.

Ambergris: Divination, psychic dreams, and psychic energy.

Angelica: Carry to ward of evil forces and to prolong life.

Angel's Turnip: Carry in pocket or hang around neck for good luck.

Anise Seed:  Burn or add to incense as an aid to meditation.

Applewood: Bury with a black candle and an image of an enemy to destroy their power over you.

Arabic Gum: Carry for luck, or add to Fast Luck incense and burn.

Asafrand: Place in a conjure bag to draw friends and lovers.

Asafetida: Use to ward off colds and evil.

Aspidium: To have visions of the future, mix with incense and burn.

Balm of Gilead: Carry to protect from a broken heart.

Barberry: Frees one from the power and control of another.

Basil: Said to attract money and success, and to protect the body.

Bay Leaves: Energy, purification, unhexing.  Place in each corner of every room for protection.

Bayberry: Where there's bayberry, there's good luck and money.

Bearberry: Burn with meditation incense to heighten psychic powers.

Bear's Foot: Protects from all four-footed animals.

Benzoin: Mix with protection incense and burn to destroy evil forces.  Blessing, business success, happiness, peace, and purification.

Bergamot: Business success, happiness, money, peace, prosperity, protection.

Betel Nut: Carry to increase one's mental and spiritual powers.

Beth Root: Wear around the neck for good luck.

Betony: Relieves toothache and gives protection from evil.

Bistort: Said to attract great wealth to the possessor.

Bittersweet: Place under pillow to aid in forgetting about a lost love.

Black Candle Tobacco: Mix with salt and burn to win a court case.

Black Cohosh: Brew into a tea and sprinkle to eliminate evil spirits.

Black Haw: Rids one of curses when mixed with uncrossing incense.

Black Snake Root: Carried to lead one toward money.

Bladderwrack: Carry when traveling for a safe return.

Blazing Star: Attracts fame, success and power where it is kept.

Blessed Thistle: Boil and add to baths for many blessings.

Blood Root: No evil should cross where this is sprinkled.

Blow Ball: Carry in small red bag to make every wish come true.

Blue Cohosh: Mix with fast luck incense to attract money.

Blue Flag: Make a tea and rub it on your shoes to lead you to money.

Blueberry: Toss on an enemy's property to cause confusion.

Boldo Leaves: Strew in corners as a protection against dark magic

Brimstone: Burn outside the home to dispel demons.

Broomtops: Boil with salt and sprinkle to banish ghosts.

Buckthorn: Tea made from this is said to remove warts.

Buffalo Herb: A favorite of men who believe it increases strength.

Burdock: Add to wash to clean and purify a room.

Burnet: Burn and let the smoke permeate poppets for greater power.

Button Snake Root: Make a tea and sprinkle to attract business.

Calamus: A powerful controlling agent when rubbed on one's body.

Calendula: Encourages prophetic dreams when placed in a pillow.

Canada Snake Root (Wild Ginger): Increases or restores male vigor.

Cankerwort (Ragwort, Ragweed): Boil and place on a table when you wish spirits to appear.

Caraway Seed: Wrap in a handkerchief for safe journey.

Carnation: Health, love, luck, lust, and protection.

Carob: Carry as a talisman against illness and disease.

Cascara Sagrada: Carry to court to help win your case.

Cassia Bark (Cinnamon) Make a tea and add to wash water to purify any room.

Catnip: Beauty, happiness, and peace. Business success, health, lust, magickal energy.

Cayenne: Sprinkle in one's shoes that you want to move away.

Cedarwood: Blessing, meditation, money, protection, purification, self-control, spirituality, and unhexing.

Celery Seed: Burn with incense to attain great powers for casting spells.

Centaury: Add to lamp oil and burn to experience psychic wonders.

Chamomile: Wash hands in this before playing games of chance.

Cherrywood: Burn to attract spirits of the dead to send messages.

Chewing John: Carry in the pocket when looking for a job.

China Bean: Lucky talisman for those who wish to make a change.

Chestnut: Mighty aid for strength of mind, body, and spirit.

Chickweed: To draw back a roaming lover, sprinkle on his clothes.

Cinnamon: Business, success, health, luck, lust, magickal energy, meditation, money, prosperity, purification, and spirituality.

Cinquefoil:  Add to bath water to wash away crossed conditions.

Citronella: Exorcism (outdoor use only), purification and unhexing.

Clover Tops: Charms against black magic, demons, snakes, and bad spirits.

Cloves: Business success, courage, divination, exorcism, healing. love, money, prosperity, protection.

Cohosh: Wash bedposts with this tea to encourage sexuality.

Colic Root: Wrap in black cloth and bury near the doorway of an enemy to make him move away.

Coltsfoot: Sprinkle money with this for increasing one's wealth.

Comfrey: Stuff a green doll with this to draw money and luck.

Copal: Exorcism, love, protection, purification, spirituality

Coon Root (Blood Root, Snakebite Root, Indian Paint): Burglars will  not enter the door if this is hung above it..

Coriander: Healing and love.  Stuff into your mate's pillow to prevent wandering.

Corn Flowers: Sprinkle in right shoe when seeking a new lover.

Couch Grass: Sprinkle under the mattress to promote romance.

Cow Slip: A bit under the porch discourages visitors.

Cubeb Berries: Carry to melt the coldest heart.

Cumin: Blessings and peace.  Give to a lover to ensure faithfulness.

Curry: Mix with Jinx Removing incense to drive away evil.

Cyclamen: Love and marriage.

Cypress: Blessing, comfort, consecration, healing, protection, purification, and spirituality.

Daisy: Sprinkle in loved one's shoes to ensure fidelity.

Damiana: An aphrodisiac, and carried to bring marriage.

Deer Eye: Believed to make one irresistible to the opposite sex.

Devil's Tongue: Men wrap this in a red rag and carry this to attract women.

Devil's Bit (Feverbush, Devil's Tree): Worn around the neck to drive away evil.

Devil's Bond: Carry to free one's self from pitfalls and temptations.

Devil's Eye: Carry for sure protection against anyone doing black magic.

Devil's Shoestring: Rub on hands and control any woman.

Dill: Carried to counteract any spells attempted by dark magicians.

Dittany of Crete: Burn with Sandalwood incense to entice passion.

Dog Grass (Couch Grass): Despair will leave wherever this is strewn every nine days.

Dog Rose: Sew into a red bag and carry to assure safety always.

Dog Wood: Mix with salt and place by the bed for safe, restful sleep.

Dragon's Blood: Consecration, courage, exorcism, magical energy, protection, and unhexing.

Dulse: Place in the home to ensure peace and tranquility.

Echinacea: Burn to stimulate business and bring financial security.

Elder: Quiets nerves and protects the home where this is kept.

Elm: Bury with a yellow doll to stop slander against you.

Fennel: Popular with voodooists as an aphrodisiac.  Also used to promote courage, longevity, and purification.

Fenugreek: Used as a hand wash to ward off possession by demons.

Flax Seed: Sprinkle on steps to settle arguments between couples.

Frankincense: Blessing, consecration, courage, exorcism, protection, purification, spirituality.

Gag Root (Lobelia): Carry always so no one can speak ill of you.

Galangal (Lo John): Carry a piece to court for a favorable verdict.

Gardenia: Health, love, peace, prosperity, protection, spirituality.

Garlic: A potent charm against practitioners of dark magic when kept in the home.

Gentian: Place in wallet to guard against pickpockets or robbers.

Ginger Root: attraction, business success, courage, love lust, magickal energy, money, peace, physical energy, prosperity, purification, sex.

Golden Bough: Keep in purse or pocket when looking for love.

Golden Seal: Brew into a tea and sprinkle in place of business to increase profits.

Grains of Paradise (Paprika): One of the most popular lucky charms.

Gravel Root: Always carry with you when applying for a job.

Ground Ivy: Sprinkle on enemy's property to defeat sorcery.

Heal All: Promotes good health and improves the mind.

Heart's Ease: Burn with lover's incense to strengthen love vibrations.

Helonias: Keep in home to dispel depression, mania, and madness.

Hemp: Worn as an amulet to make love grow stronger.

High John Root: A powerful gambling charm for bigger winnings.  To gain victory in all situations.

Hibiscus: To make a man be true, sprinkle this in his pockets.

Holy Herb: Add to bath water for healing and protection.

Horse Chestnut: Carried to help alleviate arthritis.

Horsetail: Brings strength to the weak and repels evil forces.

Hyacinth: Love, happiness, over-coming grief, peace and meditation.

Hyssop: Recommended for the bath before doing occult work.

Honeysuckle (Goat's Leaves, Indian Arrowroot): To catch a liar, keep this in the room, the one who lied will cough soon after they have spoken.  Friendship and happiness.

Indian Tobacco (Vomitwort, Asthma Weed, Lobelia, Eyebright): Burn with peace incense to calm troubled ones.

Irish Moss: Place under rugs for good fortune in the home.

Jasmine: Attraction, love, meditation, peace, psychic awareness, sleep, sex, spirituality.  Add to Love Drops to heighten the oil's intensity.

Jezebel Root: Others will be generous toward one who carries this.

Job's Tears: Carry seven for good luck, or use for wishing.

Judas Tree Leaves: Avoid betrayal from others by possessing these.

Juniper: Exorcism, purification, and protection.

Kava Kava: Place in coffin to assist the soul on its journey.

Khus Khus: Added to baths makes one irresistible to the opposite sex.

King of the Woods: Brings confidence in times of great pressure.

King's Fern: Those he meets should treat the possessor royally.

Kola Nuts: Soothes the nerves and calms the mind.

Lady's Slipper (Valerian Root): Bury with a picture of a loved one to draw them to you.

Lady's Thumb: Love enters the doorway where this is strewn.

Laurel (Bay Laurel): Give to a bride to promote a long and happy union.

Lavender: Business success, happiness, health, love, and peace.  To draw a lover near, wear some near the heart.

Lemon Verbena: Brings success in the arts to those who carry it.

Lemongrass: Psychic energy, purification, spirituality.

Licorice Root: Mix with controlling incense for added power.

Life Root: Carried to prevent many diseases and to assure health.

Lilac: divination, exorcism, love, past life, peace, purification, wards off negativity.

Lily of the Valley: Happiness and peace.

Linden: Burn with Fire of Passion incense to entice many loves.

Lint Bells: A rival will lose interest if this is buried near their abode.

Lion's Tooth: Soak for six days and sprinkle on the seventh for a year's good luck.

Little John: Brings good fortune to all who carry it.

Lobelia: Peace, quiet, contentment reigns where this is sprinkled.

Lotus: Anointing, blessing, health, protection, spirituality.  encourages pleasant thoughts and memories to those who wear it.

Low John: Wrap in a one-dollar bill to grow more money.

Luck Seven Root: Carry to prevent being hexed by strangers.

Magnolia: Love, meditation, peace, psychic awareness.  Spread beneath a mattress for marital bliss.

Maidenhair: Said to bring grace, beauty and love.

Marjoram: Happiness, peace, and sleep.

Man in the Ground (Wild Potato): Powerful southern voodoo lucky charm.

Mandrake: "Wonder of the world root", protects from all harm, powerful love herb.

Marigold: Add to bath water to win respect and admiration from others.

Male Fern: Women cannot resist the man who carries this herb.

Master of the Woods: Sprinkle for courage and protection.

Masterwort: Sprinkle this whenever you wish spirits to appear.

Mastic Gum: Adds potency and power to any incense.

May Apple: Carry with your money and you'll never be broke.

Mate Leaves: Ensures marital happiness when kept in the home.

Meadowsweet: Love and peace.

Mimosa: Love, luck, psychic dreams.

Mint: Used in prosperity and healing spells.

Mistletoe: Worn about the neck to keep evil away and attract love.  Also used in fertility rituals and spells.

Motherwort: Applied as a compress to get rid of warts.

Mugwort: Aids in astral projection when placed near the bed.  Also used to cleanse and consecrate scrying tools.

Mullein: Used in the cauldron in casting spells and calling spirits.

Mustard Seed: Legendary symbol of faith and for good luck.

Musk: Attraction, courage, divination, love, prosperity, purification.

Myrrh: Attraction, blessing, consecration, exorcism, healing, protection, spirituality, unhexing.

Myrtle: Much money enters the doorway across which this strewn.

Narcissus: Love and peace.

Neroli: Attraction, confidence, happiness, joy, lust, peace, and purification.

Nerve Root (Valerian Root): Carry or keep in home to soothe and settle tensions.

Nettle: Sprinkle to remove stubborn spells.

New Mown Hay: Use to eliminate bad habits, or start new beginnings.

Nutmeg: Luck, magical energy, meditation, money.

Orange: Divination, happiness, joy, love, luck, magickal energy, and purification.

Oregano: Purification.

Orris Root: Used in love charms and spells to attract the opposite sex.

Palma Rosa: Healing and love.

Paprika: Sprinkle a love doll weekly to add spice to your love life.

Passion Flower: Strew around doorway to keep jealousy away.

Patchouli: attraction, banishes negativity, growth, love, luck, money, peace prosperity, sex.

Pearl Moss: Good spirits prevail in the home where this is kept.

Peony: Business success, luck, and prosperity.

Pennyroyal: Protection and purification.

Peppermint: Exorcism, health, protection and purification.

Periwinkle: Sprinkle on two lovers to arouse passion between them.

Pine: Exorcism, grounding, healing, money, energy, protection, and purification.

Plumeria: Love and peace.

Prickly Ash: Powerful love charm when carried in a red flannel bag.

Primrose: Sew into a child's pillow to ensure his truthfulness.

Psyllium: Stuff these seeds in a red bag with your unwanted friend's photo, hide it away and you will not be bothered any longer.

Pumpkin Seed: To be free of an enemy's power, bury with the foe's name written backwards on parchment.

Pussywillow: To keep a mate faithful, sprinkle in his or her shoes.

Queen Anne Root: Gives a woman power over men; (or men carry it to protect themselves from evil women).

Queen of the Meadow: Banishes ghosts and negative energies from where ever this is kept.

Queen's Root: A bit in a bag at the bosom attracts a lover.

Raspberry: Carry to ease pains of pregnancy and childbirth.

Rattlesnake Master: Turns curses back to the one responsible.

Red Clover: A charm against black magic and the evil eye.

Rose Buds: Wear near the heart to attract men towards you.

Rosemary: Exorcism, health, longevity, love, protective, remembrance, and vitality.

Rowan (Mountain Ash): Protects against black magic.

Rue: Protects and brings love to the home.

Sacred Bark (Buckthorn): Said to protect the wearer against hex spells.

Sage: Conscious mind, exorcism, money, purification, wisdom.  Protects one against all misfortune.

Sampson's Root: Carry in a bag to regain male vigor.

Sampson's Snake Root: Bury in red bag with enemy's hair to cut all powers that person may have over you.

Sandalwood: Anointing, attraction, blessing, consecration, exorcism, healing, love, protection, purification, and spirituality.

Sassafras: A good luck charm.  Add to any mojo bag.

Saw Palmetto: Keep in the home to ward off all misfortune.

Skullcap: Women wear to keep mate safe from other's charms.

Sea Salt: Place on the face of a mirror on which you have put an image of a lover to force the sweetheart's return to you. Used to clean all magical implements.  Use in baths to get rid of negative energy.

Sesame Seed: Draws opportunities for success in business or on the job.

Shameweed: Sprinkle in her path to bring back an unfaithful woman.

Shepard's Purse: Said to draw money, friends, and good luck.

Skunk Cabbage: Used to repel evil forces.

Slippery Elm: Sprinkle on voodoo doll and bury to stop gossip.

Smartweed: Place in a conjure bag and carry to lead one to money.

Spearmint: Stuff in pillow or mattress while sleeping.

Spikenard: Anointing, consecration, and meditation.

Sweet Flag (Calamus, Sweet Myrtle): Keep in your kitchen to protect from poverty and hunger.  Bury some at the four corners of your home for good luck.

Sweet Pea: Attraction, courage, friendship, happiness, and love.

Thyme: Courage, health, and purification. Burn in the home to keep all in the house healthy.

Tonka Bean: Carry for money.

Trumpet Weed: Sew into a red bag and wear to protect against accidents.

Tuberose: Attraction, love, and peace.

Vanilla: Love, lust, magical and physical energy, sex, vitality.

Verbena: Blessing, love, and purification.

Vetivert: Divination, exorcism, love, money, peace, protection, and unhexing.

Violet: divination, love and luck.  To have power over others wear a bit in each shoe.

White Oak: Mix with hair clippings from both you and your mate to make your love endure.

Wild Yam: Soak in rain water and wash your hands in this to increase your healing power.

Wild Cherry: Mix with Lover's Incense and burn to entice a lover.

Yarrow: Courage, exorcism, and love.

Ylang Ylang: Love, lust, peace, and sex.

 

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