Below are listed some of the magickal properties and uses of herbs, plants, and oils. This list is by no means the only herbs, plants, or oils available. Many herbs have additional properties such as therapeutic uses in alternative healing and aromatherapy. Many herbs also have unique characteristics when used in combination with other substances. HERB/PLANT/OIL-- MAGICKAL PROPERTIES AND USES Acacia------------------ Protection, psychic powers Allspice---------------- Money, luck, healing Almond---------------- Money, prosperity, wisdom Amber----------------- For stability, self-confidence, and peace Ambergris------------- To awacken love and emotion Angelica Root--------- Used for protection and exorcism and to cause visions Anise------------------- Protection, purification, youth Apple Blossom-------- For love and friendship Balm of Gilead-------- Attract new love, mend broken heart, protection, healing Bayberry--------------- Money, good luck, peace, harmony, well-being Benzoin---------------- Purification, prosperity Bergamot-------------- Money, hex-breaking Blessed Thistle-------- For purification and protection from evil, used in hex-breaking spells Buckeye---------------- Carry to attract money and to ward off aches and pains Camphor--------------- To awaken past life memories, stimulates psychic awareness Carnation-------------- Protection, strength, healing, vitality Catnip------------------ Creates a psychic bond with cats, attracts good spirits, love and luck Cedar------------------- Healing, courage, purification, protection, money, hex-breaking Chamomile------------ For sleep and meditation, and to attract money Cherry------------------ Divination, love Cinnamon-------------- Lust, love, success, power, psychic awareness, healing, protection Clove------------------- Money, love, lust, exorcism, protection Clover------------------ Protection, money, love, fidelity, success, exorcism Coltsfoot--------------- Draws peace and tranquility, promotes visions, also used in spells involving animals Comfrey--------------- For safety during travel and to draw money Cyclemen-------------- To draw love and truth Cypress---------------- For comfort and solace, to ease feelings of loss Damiana--------------- Used for lust and love Dragon's Blood------- Power amplifier, protection, love, banishing, potency Eucalyptus------------ Healing, protection Five Finger Grass (cinquefoil)------------ Protection, prophetic dreams, wisdom, and success in court cases Frankincense---------- Spirituality, protection, exorcism, consecration Galangal--------------- For courage, strength, and for avoiding legal problems Gardenia--------------- Love, peace, healing, spirituality Geranium-------------- For fertility, health and love Ginger------------------ Success, power, money, love Ginseng---------------- For attracting love, luck and health Gota Kola-------------- Meditation Heliotrope------------- To attract money and gain power Hemlock--------------- To induce astral projection, to purify magickal knives or swords Hibiscus---------------- For love, lust, divination Honeysuckle---------- Money drawing, psychic awareness, memory, healing, power,honesty Hops-------------------- Healing, sleep Hyacinth--------------- For love and protection Hyssop----------------- Purification, protection Jasmine---------------- Love, prophetic dreams, money, sleep, love, healing, health, meditation John the Conqueror-- Money, love, happiness, hex-breaking, protection Juniper Berries-------- Protection, health, increases psychic powers Lavender--------------- Chastity, love, peace, happiness, clairvoyance, longevity, sleep, protection Lemon------------------ Longevity, purification, love, friendship Lemongrass----------- For lust, psychic powers and to repel snakes Lilac-------------------- Protection, banishing Lily of the Valley----- For peace, harmony and love Lotus------------------- Spirituality, love, protection Magnolia--------------- Peace, nature spells, hair growth Mandrake-------------- For protection, fertility, money and love Marigold--------------- Protection, prophetic dreams, legal matters, psychic powers Mistletoe--------------- Protection, love, fertility, health, exorcism Mugwart--------------- Strength, psychic powers, healing, astral projection Musk------------------- Courage, fertility, lust Myrrh------------------ Spirituality, healing, protection, exorcism, transformation, consecration Narcissus-------------- For peace and harmony Nutmeg---------------- Fidelity, luck, money, health Orange----------------- Divination, love, luck, money Orange Blossom------ For beauty, love Orris-------------------- For love Passion Flower-------- Peace, sleep, friendship Patchouli--------------- Fertility, lust, money, protection, divination Pennyroyal------------ For strength, protection, peace Peppermint------------ Love, psychic awareness, lust, mental stimulant, energy Pine-------------------- Healing, protection, exorcism, fertility, money Plumeria--------------- For love Primrose--------------- For protection and love Rose-------------------- Love, beauty, psychic powers, divination, healing, luck, protection Rose Geranium------- Protection, fertility, love, health Rosemary-------------- Mental powers, youth, protection, love, lust, purification, sleep, exorcism Rue--------------------- Healing, mental powers, protection, love Sage-------------------- Wisdom, animal guides, wishes, immortality Sandalwood----------- Spirituality, protection, wishes, healing, exorcism Sassafras--------------- Health and money Spearmint-------------- Healing, love, mental powers Spikenard-------------- For good luck, fidelity, and health Strawberry------------- Love, luck and beauty Sweet Pea-------------- For friendship, courage and strength Tangerine-------------- Psychic powers, mental powers Tea Tree--------------- Healing, anti-fungal Tonka Beans---------- Love, money, courage, wishes Vanilla----------------- Magickal powers, mental powers, love, lust, rejuvenation Vervain---------------- Love, protection, purification, peace, money, youth, healing Vetivert---------------- Hex breaking, peace, luck, love, protection, exorcism Violet------------------ Animal guide work, wishes, peace, love, luck, lust, protection Witches Grass-------- Happiness, lust, love, exorcism Wormwood------------ Psychic powers, calling spirits, protection, love Yarrow Flowers------- Courage, love, psychic powers, exorcism Yerba Santa----------- Beauty, healing, psychic powers, protection Ylang Ylang----------- Love, lust, peace
Below are listed some of the magickal properties and uses of herbal blends used in essential oils and incenses. This list is by no means the only blends available. There are many traditional blends not listed as well as blends that can be created for an individual's personal use. HERBAL BLEND--- MAGICKAL PROPERTIES AND USES Abremelin------------- Adds power to rituals, used to induce trance Altar-------------------- To purify space, consecrate tools, cleanse objects Ancient Wisdom------ To heighten intellect, judgement and wisdom Animal Healing------- For animal healing spells Aquarius--------------- Friendship, science, cooperation, and diplomacy Aries-------------------- Initiative, self esteem, courage, and ambition Astral Travel---------- Aids in visiting other planes Attraction-------------- For magnetic attraction to bring love, money, friendship Bad Dreams Away--- To banish nightmares Balance---------------- To help achieve a balance between the spiritual and physical self Banishing-------------- To banish negative energy Beltane----------------- Festival of sexuality and fertility, the young god Black Cat-------------- Used in spells for hexing, love and luck Blues Away----------- To drive away sadness, depression Cancer------------------ Love of home, sensitivity, and tenacity Capricorn-------------- Organization, ambition, position, and justice Cleopatra-------------- A powerful love blend Come Back------------ To bring someone back to you Come to Me----------- A drawing blend to bring you whatever you want, most often used in love spells Communication------- To increase one's effectiveness in communication with others Confidence------------ To increase one's self-confidence Conquering------------ To overcome obstacles (we'll add the specifics!) Consecration---------- For consecration of ritual tools and objects Controlling------------ For controlling events and people Courage---------------- To enhance one's courage in any situation Divination------------- For aid in divining Dreams----------------- To increase dreams and control over them Eyes for Me----------- To make someone faithful Fast Money------------ Draws money quickly Five Circles------------ To help you see through the five auras French Creole--------- Strong blend to make dreams and wishes come true Full Moon------------- To celebrate the Full Moon Gambler---------------- To win at cards and other games of chance Gemini----------------- All literary affairs, intellectuality, and versatility Go Away--------------- To send away negative, annoying people from your life Happiness-------------- To bring happiness and contentment Healing----------------- To help you (or others) heal after illness or injury Imbolc------------------ Festival to honor the goddess Brighid Jupiter------------------ Confidence, business success, and perseverance Keep Away Trouble-- For protection from various outside forces Knowledge------------ To gain knowledge and understanding Law Stay Away------- To keep the police from your door! Leo--------------------- Vitality, dignity, authority and leadership Libra-------------------- Artistic ability, balance, and partnership Litha-------------------- Summer solstice, celebrates the Sun King, height of growth Love Drawing--------- To draw love into your life Love Magick---------- For rituals involving love and sexual desire Lucky Dog------------- To attract luck at gambling, especially races Lughnassadh---------- First harvest Mabon------------------ Autumn equinox, second harvest, thanksgiving Mars-------------------- Energy, aggression, passion, and enthusiasm Meditation------------- Used for meditation and psychic work Mercury---------------- Intelligence, reason, and communication Mojo Wishing--------- A wishing blend to use on mojo (gris-gris) bags or before making wishes Money Drawing------ To draw money and prosperity Moon------------------- Change, imagination, moods, and receptivity Mother Earth---------- For environmental magick Mystic Veil------------ To aid in making oneself inconspicuous (not invisible!) New Beginnings------ Use at the start of any new project or life change New Job--------------- To help in finding a new job New Moon------------ To celebrate the New Moon Ostara------------------ Spring equinox, celebrates new growth and youth Passion----------------- To increase passion in relationships or actions Peace & Harmony---- To draw peace and harmonious relations to your life Perfect Mate----------- Draws your perfect mate to you! Personal Power------- To add energy to all magickal work Pisces------------------- Mysticism, intuition, and inspiration Prosperity-------------- To attract money and success Protection-------------- Protects against negativity and psychic attack Psychic Protection---- To protect you from negative psychic forces Purification------------ To rid a space, object or person of negative forces Reveal Truth---------- To use in rituals to bring out the truth of situations Reverse Spell--------- A spell breaker blend to reverse the effects of any spell Road Opener---------- To open paths of oportunity Sagittarius------------- Aspiration, idealism, and philosophy Samhain---------------- Harvest festival, festival of the dead Saturn------------------ Persistence, discipline, and concentration Scorpio----------------- Healing power, magick, resourcefulness and courage Shamanic Journey---- For aid in meditation, shamanic journeys, astral travel Spirit Guide----------- To help find or contact your spirit guide Success----------------- For success in any endeavor Sun--------------------- Power, individuality, and self-assertion Tarot-------------------- For cleansing and consecrating Tarot cards Taurus------------------ Determination, endurance, and thoroughness Third Eye-------------- To help you open up your psychic powers Uncrossing------------ To remove blocks Van Van--------------- A Voodoo blend to strengthen power Venus------------------ Sensuality, artistic ability, harmony, and attraction Virgo------------------- Mentality, service, purity, and discrimination Voodoo---------------- Both a crossing blend and a blessing blend Weight Loss----------- To aid in weight loss programs Witch's Power--------- To enhance a witch's power in any spell Witch's Protection---- To prevent others from interfering in the workings of a witch Youth------------------- To enhance one's youthful qualities Yule-------------------- Winter solstice, rebirth of the god
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