Magical Uses of Herbs
| Absinthe:
Burn 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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