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Magickal Herbs Part 1: A √

Here's a list of correspondences to help you pick your herbs.

****Not all magickal herbs are safe to ingest. Never consume any herb you are unfamiliar with. Always check a good quality herbal guide. Do your research before internal use of ANY herb.

****CAUTION! CAUTION!****Some herbs are dangerous to handle if you are PREGNANT. They can harm not only you but your unborn baby. If you are pregnant/nursing use extra caution! Always check a good quality herbal guide.

****CAUTION! CAUTION****Some herbs are poisonous, DO NOT CONSUME and use with caution. Always check a good quality herbal or other trusted herb book before consuming any herbs, barks, flowers or roots.

****Some herbs can cause allergies. Test herbs first before applying to skin or taking internally...test first!

When in doubt, DO NOT USE!
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Acacia - Protection, psychic and spiritual enhancement, money, platonic love, and friendship. Use to anoint candles & censers and to consecrate chests or boxes that hold ritual tools. Use in incense to promote a meditative state.
Also Called: Gum Arabic, Arabic Gum

Aconite - Use aconite as a magickal wash for ritual tools & space. Wear as an amulet for protection from vampires and werewolves. Note: Poisonous, do not consume.
Also Called: Wolfsbane, Monkshood

Acorn - Good luck, protection, wisdom, and personal power. A dried acorn is an excellent natural amulet for keeping a youthful appearance.

Adam & Eve Root Principally used by lovers; one lover carries the Eve Root & the other lover carries the Adam Root. This keeps your lover true to you & discourages rivals. Carry both roots in a small bag at all times for attraction, to bring a love to you, or for a marriage proposal.

Adder's Tongue - Stops gossip and slander, promotes healing. Sacred to serpent goddesses. Used in divination, healing magick, lunar magick, and dream magick.
Also Called: Dogtooth Violet

African Violet - Spirituality, protection, and healing. Wear in an amulet for protection. Keep in the home to increase spirituality. Frequently burned as incense during the spring Equinox sabbat.

Agar Agar - Promote joy and success, attract opportunities
es and blessings to the household. Mix with Fast Luck powder and rub on hands before playing bingo or other games of chance.

Agrimony - Overcoming fear & inner blockages; dispelling negative emotions. Also used for reversing spells. Sew into a dream pillow with Mugwort for best results. Use as a wash or oil to increase the effectiveness of all forms of healing rituals. Wards off evil entities and poison.

Ague -
Protection, hex breaking. Used in amulets to protect against evil. Mix with incense and burn to break a hex that has been placed on you.
Also Called: Ague Root, Ague Weed

Alder Associated with divination, music, poetry, wind magick, weather magick, teaching, and decision making. Also used in rituals of death & dying to provide protection for the deceased.
Alfalfa Money, prosperity, anti-hunger. Put a small jar in the cupboard or pantry to ward off poverty and hunger. Burn in a cauldron and use the ashes in amulets for protection from hunger and poverty.
Also Called: Lucerne, Buffalo Herb, Purple Medic

Alkanet Purification, prosperity. Protects from snakebites and helps ease fear of snakes. Burned as an incense to replace negativity with positive influence.
Also Called: Anchusa, Dyer's Bugloss, Orchanet, Spanish Bugloss

Allspice Money, luck, healing, obtaining treasure. Provides added determination and energy to any spells and charms. Burn crushed allspice to attract luck and money. Use in herbal baths for healing.
Also Called: Jamaica Pepper

Almond Wisdom, money, fruitfulness, and prosperity. Invokes the healing energy of the deities. Provides magickal help for overcoming dependencies & addiction. Associated with Candlemas and Beltane. Carry, wear, or use as incense to attract abundance.
Also Called: Greek Nuts, Shakad

Aloe Protection and luck. Place on the grave of a loved one to promote peaceful energy. Thought to relieve loneliness and assist with success. Hang in the home to attract luck and protection for those who live there. Grow in the home to provide protection from household accidents. Burn on the night of a full moon to bring a new lover by the new moon.
Also Called: Burn Plant, Medicine Plant

Althea Root Burn or place in a sachet to bring protection, calm an angry person, and aid psychic powers. Keep on the altar or burn on candles to attract good spirits.

Alyssum Protection and moderating anger, protection.

Amaranth Healing, summoning spirits, healing broken hearts, protection from bullets, and invisibility.

Amber Protection from harm, outside influences, and psychic attacks. Mental clarity & focus. Transforming negative energy to positive energy.

Ambergris Enhancing dreams and psychic ventures, attracting men.

Anemone Healing and Protection

Angelica Very powerful protection herb - protects against negative energy and attracts positive energy; creates a barrier against negative energy. Use in healing & exorcism incenses; scatter for purification, protection, and uncrossing. Add to incense to promote healing or to the bath to remove curses, hexes, or spells. Also thought to promote temperance. Sprinkle ground herb in the shoes to prevent tiredness and weakness. Sprinkle around the outside perimeter of the home for protection and exorcism. Burn to bring a lost love back to you.
Also Called: Masterwort, Archangel, Garden Angel, Angelica Root

Anise Used to help ward off the evil eye, find happiness, and stimulate psychic ability. Fill a sleep pillow with anise seed to prevent disturbing dreams. Use to invoke Mercury and Apollo. Great for aromatherapy. Use in purification baths with bay leaves. A sprig of Anise hung on the bedpost will restore lost youth. Use in protection and meditation incenses.
Also Called: Aniseed, Anneys, Anise Seed

Apple Love, Garden Magick, Immortality, Friendship, Healing. Place seven apple seeds in a bag with Orris Root to attract sexual love. Use in rituals to give honor to gods and goddesses of fertility. Considered the food of the dead, which is why Samhain is called the 'Feast of Apples'. Symbolizes the soul and is burned at Samhain in honor of those who will be reborn in the spring. When doing a house blessing, cut an apple in half -- eat half and put the other half outside of the home as an offering.
Also Called: Fruit of the Underworld, Fruit of the Gods, Silver Brough, Silver Branch, Tree of Love

Apricot Love. Add leaves and flowers to love sachets or carry apricot pits to attract love.

Arabic Gum Protection, psychic and spiritual enhancement, money, platonic love, and friendship. Use to anoint candles & censers and to consecrate chests or boxes that hold ritual tools. Use in incense to promote a meditative state.
Also Called: Acacia, Gum Arabic

Arnica Flowers Increases psychic powers

Arrow Root Purification and healing; can be used as a substitute for graveyard dust.

Ash Sea spells/magick/rituals, image magick, invincibility, protection from drowning, general protection, and luck. Burning an ash log at Yule brings prosperity. The leaf of this plant is used for travel safety. Place one tablespoon of ash leaves in a bowl of water in the bedroom overnight, then toss out in the morning -- doing this daily is said to prevent illness.

Asofoetida Protection and banishing negativity. Be forewarned that this herb is powerful, but has an awful smell when burned.
Also Called: Devil's Dung, Food of the Gods

Asparagus Male Sex Magick

Aspen Eloquence, clairvoyance, healing, and anti-theft. Plant in your garden for protection against thieves.

Aster Love
Also Called: China Aster, Michaelmas Daisy, Starwort

Astragalus Root Protection and energy

Avocado Love, lust and beauty. Also used for sex magick.
Also Called: Ahuacotl, Alligator Pear, Persea

Azalea Happiness, gaiety and light spirits, first love. Note: Poisonous, do not consume.

Bachelor Buttons Love
Also Called: Devil's Flower, Red Campion

Acacia/Gum Arabic: (Acacia senegal) blessing, consecration, friendships, aids meditation, money, platonic love, protection, psychic abilities, purity, spiritual elevation. Air, Sun, Masculine.

Adder's Tongue: (Ophioglossum vulgatum) calm, healing wounds, moon magic, protection, renewal. Water, Moon, Feminine.

*Adonis: (Adonis vernalis) banishing, exorcisms, healing mental/emotional health, intelligence, invisibility, protection. Fire, Venus, Masculine. Adonis is toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.

African Daisy: (Osteospermum ecklonis) divine alignment, energy healing, magical powers, mystery, psychic abilities, protection. Air, Sun, Masculine.

African Violet: (Saintpaulia ionantha or ionanthus) attracting positive spirits, gentleness, harmony at home, protection, spirituality. Water, Venus, Feminine.

Agapanthus: (Agapanthus africanus) authority, confidence, elegance, excellence, intelligence, inner knowing, intuition, knowledge of your divinity, self-mastery. Water, Moon, Feminine.

*Agaric: (Amanita muscaria) altered states, divination, dream work, fertility, protection, spirit contact, visions. Fire, Mercury, Masculine. Agaric is toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.

Agarwood (Oud): (Aquilaria malaccensis) attraction, connection with Divine/Source, meditation, spiritual transformation. Fire, Sun, Masculine.

Agrimony: (Agrimonia eupatoria) banish inner blockages, dispel negativity, overcome fear, reverse negativity, sleep protection. Air, Jupiter, Masculine.

Alder: (Alnus glutinosa) balance between fire and water, guidance, protection, strength in adversity. Earth, Saturn, Venus, Masculine.

Alfalfa: (Medicago sativa) anti-hunger, financial stability, money-drawing, prosperity, wealth. Earth, Venus, Feminine.

*Alkanet Root (Dyers' Bugloss): (Alkanna tinctoria) coloring oils, money-drawing spells, prosperity, protection. Earth, Venus, Feminine. Alkanet Roots are toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.

Allspice: (Pimenta dioica) conversations, co-operation, determination, friendly interactions, healing, luck, money, sympathy, vitality, wealth. Fire, Mars, Masculine.

Almond: (Prunus dulcis) alertness, fertility, money, prosperity, wakefulness, wealth, wisdom. Air, Mercury, Masculine.

Aloe Vera: (Aloe vera) inner healing, luck, overcoming blockages, patience, persistence, protection, resolve. Water, Moon, Feminine.

Althea/Marshmallow: (Althaea officinalis) altar offering, brings in good spirits, cleansing, fertility, handfasting, love, protection, psychic abilities, purification, spiritual communication. Water, Venus, Feminine.

Amaranth: (Amaranthus caudatus) healing, immortality, longevity, overcoming grief, prosperity, protection. Air, Saturn, Feminine.

*Amaryllis: (Hippeastrum spp.) beauty, confidence, creativity, crown chakra, joy, playfulness, pride, self-acceptance, self-expression. Fire, Sun, Feminine. Amaryllis are toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.

Amber: courage, energy, focus, mental clarity, prevents psychic attack, protection, spiritual preservation. Fire, Sun, Masculine.

Ambergris: attraction, enhances magical effects, strength, vitality. Water, Moon Masculine.

Ammoniacum: (Dorema ammoniacum) banishment, protection, purification. Fire, Mars, Masculine.

*Anemone: (Anemone nemorosa) health, protection, warding off evil and disease. Water, Mars, Moon, Masculine. Anemone is toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.

Angelica: (Angelica archangelica) exorcism, healing, protection, strength, warding off evil spirits. Air, Sun, Masculine.

Anise: (Pimpinella anisum) clairvoyance, luck, opens Third Eye, perception of Divine/Source, protection, psychic powers, purification. Air, Jupiter, Masculine.

*Anthurium (flamingo flower, laceleaf): (Anthurium andraeanum) abundance, hospitality, warmth in relationships. Fire, Venus, Masculine Arthurian are toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.

Apple/Apple Blossom: (Malus domestica) beauty, blessings, contentment, fertility, happiness, harvest, healing, immortality, knowledge, love, Mabon, peace of mind, spirit work, success, wisdom. Water, Venus, Feminine.

Apricot: (Prunus armeniaca) abundance, love, romance, self-love, sensual passion, sexuality. An aphrodisiac. Fire, Venus, Feminine.

Arbutus: (Arbutus unedo) grounding, love, overcoming obstacles, perseverance, protection, strength. Earth, Mars, Masculine.

*Arnica: (Arnica montana) midsummer magic, protection, warding off thunder storms. Fire, Sun, Masculine. Arabica is toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.

Arugula: (Eruca vesicaria) love magic, lust, passion, stimulation. Fire, Venus, Masculine.

*Asafoetida: (Ferula assa-foetida) banishing, exorcism, protection, repelling negativity. Fire, Mars, Masculine. Asafoetida is toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.

Ash Tree: (Fraxinus excelsior) divination, healing, image magic, protection, prosperity, World Tree (Yggdrasil). Air, Water, Jupiter, Sun, Masculine.

Asparagus: (Asparagus officinalis) attraction, fertility, male potency (berries are toxic). Fire, Mars, Masculine.

Aspen Tree: (Populus tremula or tremuloides) communication with spirits, overcoming fear, prevents theft, protection. Air, Mercury, Masculine.

Asphodel: (Asphodelus albus) contacting the dead, honoring ancestors, protection, remembrance, spiritual light, transition between worlds. Water, Pluto, Feminine.

Aster: (Symphyotrichum spp.) astrological wisdom, beginnings, cleansing, connection to divine, detoxifying, doorways/transitions, love, psychic abilities, protection, support for young ladies. Air, Jupiter, Venus, Feminine.

Avens: (Geum urbanum) courage, exorcism, protection, purification, strength. Air, Jupiter, Masculine.

Avocado: (Persea americana) beauty, fertility, love, lust, youth. Water, Venus, Feminine.

*Azalea: (Rhododendron spp.) emotional healing, feminine energy, gentleness, happiness, home blessings, joy, light-heartedness, love. Water, Venus, Feminine. Azaleas are toxic to humans, pets, and livestock.