Index

Index

Gender/Planet/Element

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ALOE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon, Water.
Magical attributes: Beauty, protection, success, peace.
Uses: Aloe has always been known for its healing qualities. For treating wounds and maintaining healthy skin. It
may be applied right from the plant or in gel form for burns, sunburns, and can relieve poison ivy rash and helps to
combat a variety of bacteria that commonly cause infections in skin wounds. It is also an excellent additive for
soaps and creams as a conditioner. After using gel from a leaf the opened leaf will seal itself so you can store it
in a sealed plastic bag in the refrigerator for future uses.

ANGELICA
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Venus, Fire.
Magical attributes: Protection, Exorcism.
Uses: Grow in the garden as a protection. Carry the root with you as an amulet. Burn the dried leaves in exorcism
rituals.

ANISE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Jupiter or Moon, Air.
Magical attributes: Protection, purification, awareness, joy.
Uses: For treating coughs, bronchitis and a stuffy nose, it loosens bronchial congestion, making it easier to cough
it up and expel it. A good breath freshener in the morning, and if kept by the bed it will prevent bad dreams. Also
a digestive aid and can relieve an upset stomach and flatulence when taken as a tea, and a treatment for colic.
Also suggested that anise may be beneficial to women because certain chemicals in the plant are chemical
cousins to the female hormone estrogen. Though it is mild, anise may help to relieve the discomfort of menopause.
In traditional folk medicine it has been used to promote milk production in nursing mothers. It's recommended
dosage would be 1 teaspoonful of seeds for every cup of boiling water, steep 10-20 minutes and strain, drink 3
cups a day for maximum effect. A good general cleansing bath is made with a handful of anise seeds and a few
bay leaves. A pillow of anise keeps away nightmares. Also a good sedative.

APPLE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical attributes: Love spells, good luck.

ASH
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Water.
Magical attributes: A tree with protective qualities, it is used to make brooms for purification and wands for
healing. The leaves placed beneath a pillow induce psychic dreams. The leaves bring luck and good fortune when
carried in a pocket of bag worn around the neck.

B
BALM of GILEAD
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Saturn.
Magical attributes: The buds are carried to ease a broken heart and can be added to love and protection charms
and spells.

BASIL
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire
Magical attributes: Protection, love, wealth (if carried in your wallet), healing relationships, ensuring faithfulness in
a mate, courage, fertility, exorcism. Uses: It is good as a tea for calming the nerves, settling the stomach, and
easing cramps and good for the bladder. In tincture form, also makes a good hair rinse for brunettes. An ingredient
of the Purification bath sachet. Add to love sachets and incenses.

BAY LAUREL
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire
Magical attributes: wisdom, protection, psychic powers, banishes negative energy. Uses: DO NOT TAKE
INTERNALLY-use as a poultice on chest for bronchitis and chest colds.

BAY LEAVES:
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes: Psychic visions and dreams, repels negativity and evil.

BENZOIN
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Air.
Magical attributes: Used widely in purification incenses. Tincture of benzoin preserves oils and preparations.

BETONY
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Jupiter, Fire.
Magical attributes: Add to incenses of protection and purification. Sleep on a pillow stuffed with betony to
prevent nightmares.

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CARAWAY
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Air
Magical attributes: Protection, Passion
Uses: Add to love sachets and charms to attract a lover in the more physical aspect. Also a mild stimulant for
digestion.

CARNATION
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes: Worn by witches for protection during the "Burning Times", adds energy and power when used
during a ritual as an incense.

CATNIP
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical attributes: Cat magic, familiars, joy, friendship, love.
Uses: Its flowers and leaves have often been used to treat colds and insomnia. It lowers fevers, dries up post
nasal drip, gets rid of bad headaches and relieves sore aching bones due to colds and flus, when taken in tea
form, 2-3 times daily. As an incense it may be used to consecrate magical tools.

CAMOMILE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun or Venus, Water.
Magical attributes: Good as a meditation incense, for centering, peace, sprinkle in your home for protection,
healing, money.
Uses: Is an excellent herb both internally and externally for calming. Great for digestion, fevers, burns, rs,
anti-inflammatory for wounds, and sedative for nervous disorders. And releaves stomachaches and diarrhea in
infants and small children (always using in diluted form). In tea form, made of 2 teaspoons of the herb steeped for
5 minutes in a cup of boiling water is a gentle sleep inducer. Chamomile also makes an excellent insect repellent,
simply splash some tea on face arms and feet. It is also a good hair rinse for blondes. Plant camomile in your
garden to be the guardian of the land, and you will have certain success.

CARAWAY
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Air.
Magical attributes:Used in love charms to attract a lover.
Uses: Culinary herb.

CELANDINE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes:Helps the wearer escape unfair imprisonment and entrapment, cures depression.

CINQUEFOIL
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Jupiter, Earth.
Magical attributes:Hang around the doors and windows for protection from evil. Use in spells and charms for
prosperity, purification and protection.

CINNAMON
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes: Spiritual quests, augmenting power, love, success, psychic work, healing, cleansing. Used in
incenses for healing, clairvoyance, high spiritual vibrations. Reputed to be a male aphrodisiac. Use in prosperity
charms.
Uses: It is recommended as a skin astringent and digestive aid in tea form. Ground, or taken with milk, good
balance after a heavy meal or dessert. Also used for diarrhea, dysentery or general indigestion. It is an excellent
aromatic and makes a good anointing oil for any magical working.

CLOVER
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Air.
Magical attributes: Associated with the Triple Goddess. Use in rituals for beauty, youth, healing injuries, curing
madness. A Four-leaved clover enables one to see fairies, and as a general good-luck charm.

CLOVE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes: Wear in an amulet or charm to dispel negativity and bind those who speak ill of you. Cloves
strung on a red thread can be worn as a protective charm. Money matters, visions, cleansing and purification.
Uses: It has a mild antiseptic quality for toothaches (chew), or in tea form it is an expectorant for colds, also
good foe nausea or vomiting. It is an antibacterial,antiseptic, and analgesic, which means it helps prevent disease
and infection.

COMFREY
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Saturn, Water.
Magical attributes: Safe travel spells, money, healing, honoring the Crone aspect of the Goddess.
Uses: Has been known to slow bleeding, aid colds, ease burns. As a poultice or a tea, comfrey may be applied to
bites, sores, rashes, broken bones, and cuts. Also a good ingredient for lotions to soothe sunburn.

CORIANDER
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical attributes: Protection of home and serenity, peace , good in ritual drinks, incenses for longevity and love
spells.
Uses: If added to wine, it makes a good love potion for 2 consenting parties. To use in this fashion, grind 7 grains
of coriander and mix into a wine and drink. Also used in love sachets and charms.

COWSLIP
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical uses: Luck in love, a woman who washes her face with milk infused with cowslip will draw her beloved
closer to her. Induces contact with departed loved ones during dreams.

CYPRESS
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Saturn, Earth.
Magical uses:Connected to death in all of its aspects. The smoke of Cypress can be used to consecrate ritual
objects.

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DAISY
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water
Magical uses:Decorate the house with daisies at Midsummer's Eve to bring happiness to the home and to obtain
the blessings of faeries. Daisies are also worn at Midsummer for luck and blessings. In the old times, young
maidens would weave and wear daisy chains in their hair to attract their beloved.

DANDELION
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Jupiter, Air.
Magical attributes: Divination, welcoming, messages.
Uses: The ground root can act as a coffee substitute, and the flowers make a lovely wine. A superb cleansing
tonic, and the milky juice is a diuretic, a tonic and a relief for common stomach problems. Use a handful of flower
tops to 1 pint of boiling water, steep 10 minutes and strain. Drink this several times a day. Use the milky latex
from the stem , rub on a wart several times daily and soon its gone. Also good for night blindness.

DILL
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Fire.
Magical attributes:Useful in love charms. May also be hung in childrens rooms to protect them from evil spirits and
protect against bad dreams.
Uses: A culinary herb.

DRAGONS BLOOD
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical uses:Widely used in love, protection and purification spells. Keep a piece under the bed to cure
impotency. Carried for good luck. May be dissolved in the bath for strong purification.

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ELECAMPANE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Earth.
Magical uses:Useful in raising spirits and to aid in meditation.

ELDER
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Air.
Magical uses:Branches are widely used for wands. One must always be cautious to ask permission from the Elder
Dryad before cutting or harvesting Elder limbs or leaves and berries to avoid very bad luck. It is also considered
very bad luck to burn Elder wood. The leaves hung around the doors and windows will ward off evil.

EUCALYPTUS
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon, Air.
Magical uses:Used in healing rituals, charms and amulets. Place the leaves around a blue candle and burn for
healing energies. Green pods worn around the neck eases the discomfort of colds, sore throats and congestion.

EYEBRIGHT
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Air.
Magical uses:Anoint eyelids with the infusion daily to induce clairvoyant visions and psychic dreams.

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FENNEL
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Fire.
Magical attributes: Purification, protection, healing, money.
Uses: Sometimes employed as an appetite suppressant and digestive aid. Used in tea form to expel mucus. Chew
the seeds slowly for really bad breath, or use the fluid extract to rub on gums.

FERN
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Saturn, Earth.
Magical uses:The Fern is an extremely powerful protective plant. Grow them in and around the house for
protection from evil and negativity.

FRANKINCENSE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses:A very powerful aid to meditation. Use to purify ritual spaces and invoke a spiritual frame of mind.

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GARDENIA
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon, Water.
Magical uses:Used to attract true love.

GARLIC
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical uses:A very protective herb, healing, good weather, courage, exorcism. Uses: A culinary herb.

GINGER
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical attributes: Power, success, love, money matters.
Uses: Acts as an aid to ingestion or colds (tea form). Also in tea form, good for cramps, to stimulate the digestive
organs, migraines and nausea, external stiffness. Can be added to the bath as a way to ease pain and increase
circulation, but only use a few sprinkles, not to much, like cayenne, ginger quickly brings the blood to the surface
of the skin. For pain you can also soak cloths in ginger tea and apply them directly to the painful areas. Add in
cooking to detoxify meat, especially chicken. A good healing tea is made from a pinch of peppermint, a pinch of
ginger and either a pinch of clove powder or 2 bruised cloves, add 1 cup of hot water and steep.

GINSENG
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes: Love, wishes, beauty, desire.
Uses: Stimulant, tonic, and agent for prolonged life. Also a mild pain killer, and improves blood circulation.
Reported to successfully treat asthma, bronchitis, cancer, flatulence, diabetes, weakness, fever, coughs and
heartburn, and a mild stimulant. In tea form it helps to relieve stress and moderate heart disease.

GARLIC
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical attributes: Protection, healing, good weather, courage, exorcism.
Uses: Lowers tension, ease colds, and improve circulation. Garlic vinegar can be used to disinfect wounds and
soothe rheumatic pain and any common pain (made from one liter of vinegar and ten cloves of crushed garlic
steeped for at least 10 days). Shrinks warts, relieves pain from teeth and earaches. Good for high and low blood
pressure and removing parasites and infections. To ease the pain of aching joints, a toothache or an earache,
place a crushed raw bulb of garlic on a piece of gauze and place over the area of pain. For joints, try using garlic
paste.

H
HAWTHORN
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical uses:Used in protective sachets and amulets against evil influences. Promotes happiness in marriage or a
relationship. It is bad luck to cut down a hawthorn. Burn the berries as an incense when you need energy and and
change in life.

HAZEL
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Air.
Magical uses:Hazel wood is excellent for an all-purpose wand. Forked branches can be used for divining. Sprigs of
Hazel can be carried for good luck, they are especially powerful if bound together by red and gold thread.

HENBANE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Jupiter, Water.
Magical uses:Carried to attract the love of a woman. Was once used as an ingredient in a Witches flying
ointment. Henbane is extremely poisonous and the upmost caution is urged.

HIGH JOHN the CONQUEROR ROOT
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Saturn, Earth.
Magical uses:Use this as an additive to candle anointing oils, and charms to increase their strength.

HOLLY
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical uses:Planted around the home for protection against evil. The leaves and berries can be carried by a man
to heighten his masculinity, virility and to attract a lover.

HONEYSUCKLE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Jupiter, Earth.
Magical uses:Used widely in prosperity spells and love charms.

HOPS
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Water.
Magical uses:Used in healing incenses and charms. A mild sedative. Hops placed in a pillow will help with sleep.

HYSSOP
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Jupiter, Fire.
Magical uses:Use in purification baths, protective and banishing spells. Hyssop was widely used during the Middle
Ages for purification, cleansing and consecration rituals. If burnt as an incense or thrown into a fire is is said one
may draw upon magickal dragon energy.

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IVY
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Saturn, Water.
Magical uses:Protects the houses it grows around and over from evil and harm. In the old traditions, Ivy and Holly
was given to newlyweds as good-luck charms.

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JASMINE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Jupiter, Earth.
Magical uses:Used in love spells, charms and sachets. Women have used Jasmine from the earliest recorded
history because of its seductive effects on men.

JUNIPER
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses:Protection against accidents, harm and theft. The berries are used to attract lovers once dried and
worn as a charm.

LAVENDER
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Air.
Magical attributes: Sleep, long life, peace, wishes, protection, love, purification, visions, attracting men, clarity of
thought.
Uses: Has strong antiseptic qualities. Mild infusions (3 tablespoons to 6 cups of water) make a good sedative,
headache treatment, and digestive aid. Used in oil or tincture form to heal cuts, burns or scalds,bites. This also
acts as a tonic and may be used for colds, chills, and the flu. Lavender is an excellent aromatic, usually mixing
well with other floral scents. An ingredient in the Purification bath sachet, also used in purification incenses. It is
thrown onto the Midsummer fires by Witches as a sacrifice to the ancient gods. Lavender is a frequent addition to
healing sachets,especially bath mixtures, and is added to incenses to cause sleep. Lavender is a great antibiotic,
antidepressant, sedative and detoxify. Stimulates the immune system.

LEMON
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon or Neptune, Water.
Magical attributes: Purification, love, blessings.
Uses: Sweetens breath. Antiseptic, antibacterial and hypotensive. For chills and sore throat, the juice of a lemon
mixed in a glass of honey and warm water, taken 3 times daily should help. For nose bleeds, apply a small piece of
cotton, soaked in lemon juice. In oil form it is used for treating warts, insect bites, tension headaches, eliminates
cellulite, and is an anti-wrinkle tonic.. Stimulates the digestive system. Also makes a good skin cleanser, hair rinse
for blondes, and cleaning agent for brass and silver.

LEMON b
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon or Neptune, Water.
Magical uses: Love potions, aphrodisiacs, fertility anti depressant. Drink as an infusion to soothe emotional pains
after a relationship ends.

LEMON VERBENA
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Air.
Magical uses:Love charms, youth, beauty and attractiveness to the opposite sex. Wear around your neck or place
under a pillow to prevent dreams.

LILAC
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Air.
Magical attributes: Protection, warding off evil or banishing rituals, beauty, love, harmony and balance.

LINDEN
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Jupiter, Water.
Magical uses:Associated with conjugal love or attraction and longevity.

LOVAGE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Water.
Magical uses:Add the dried and powdered root to cleansing and purification baths to release negativity. Carry to
attract love and the attention of the opposite sex.

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MANDRAKE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Earth.
Magical uses:A protective charm for the home. The root increases fertility in women and impotency in men when
carried. Charge a mandrake root with your personal energy, sleep with it for three nights prior to the full moon.
The root can be carried to increase courage.

MARIGOLD
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes: Prophesy, legal matters, the psychic, seeing magical creatures, love, clairvoyance, dreams,
business or legal affairs and renewing personal energy. Uses: For internal use the flowers are prepared by infusion
and recommended for the flu, fever, rheumatism, jaundice, and painful menstruation. Externally, buds are made
into compresses for the treatment of burns. Marigold petal ointment can help chapped hands and varicose veins,
also works wonders with eczema and inflammation. To ease inflammation, dip a compress into a strong marigold
tea combined with an equal part of apple cider vinegar. Sprains can also be helped with marigold petals steeped in
vinegar, or make a lotion with milk. Simmer 12 heads in 2 cups milk, steep, strain and apply. Also use as an
antiseptic in first aid. Place the flower beneath the head at night to induce clairvoyant dreams. Sometimes added
to love sachets. It should be gathered at noon.

MARJORAM
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Air
Magical attributes: protection, love, healing.
Uses: Add to all love charms, place a piece in rooms for protection. Give to a grieving person to bring them
happiness.

MEADOWSWEET
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Jupiter, Water.
Magical uses:Protection against evil influences, promotes love, balance and harmony. A sacred herb of the Druids.
Place meadowsweet on the altar when making love charms and conducting love spells to increase their potency.
Wear at Lammas to join with the Goddess.

MINT (SPEARMINT & PEPPERMINT)
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury or Venus, Air.
Magical attributes: Money, healing, strength, augment power, luck, travel.
Uses: Mint in tea form aids upset stomachs, flu, and can be used to ease hiccups. Inhalations of the leaves in
boiling water is recommended for head colds and asthma. Mint tea used instead of aspirin is great for headaches,
particularly pre menstrual headaches. Nervous headaches can be relieved if you lie in a dark room with fresh
peppermint leaves on the forehead. Aids the respiratory and circulatory systems. An anti-inflammatory and an
antiseptic. Ideal for treating indigestion, flatulence, varicose veins, headaches, migraines, skin
irritations,rheumatism, toothache, and general fatigue.

MISTLETOE
Gender-Planet-Element :
Magical uses:Worn for protection and to attract love, or to help conceive.

MUGWORT
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Air.
Magical uses: Clairvoyance, psychic dreams, astral projection, protection. Place in the shoes for protection and to
prevent fatigue on long journeys. The fresh leaves rubbed on a magick mirror or crystal ball will strengthen
divinatory abilities. Mugwort is perhaps the most widely used Witches herb of all time.

MULLEIN
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Saturn, Fire.
Magical uses:Courage, protection from wild animals, protection from evil spirits, cleansing of ritual and psychic
places before and after working there. Also used for cleansing and purifying ritual tools and altars.

MYRRH
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon or Jupiter, Water.
Magical uses:Purifying and protective incense for ritual areas. Can be used to consecrate tools.
Uses: Excellent insect repellent and as a tincture it is good for bad breath and gum problems.

MYRTLE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical uses:Myrtle was sacred to the Greek Goddess Venus and has been used in love charms and spells
throughout history. Grow indoors for good luck. Carry or wear Myrtle leaves to attract love, charms made of the
wood have special magickal properties. Wear fresh Myrtle leaves while making love charms, potions or during
rituals for love.

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NETTLE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical attributes: To advert danger, protection, healing, courage, antidote for many poisons.
Uses: Use gloves to handle so as to avoid getting pricked. High in vitamin C and iron and when in tea form can
ease asthma and increase your energy levels.

NUTMEG
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Jupiter, Air.
Magical uses: Clairvoyance and psychic power of visions.

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OAK
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses:The Oak is a sacred tree in many cultures. A Witch will often seek out a grove of Oak to perform
rites. It has always been considered unlucky to cut down an oak. After getting permission from the tree's Dryad,
burn oak leaves for purification of ritual spaces. Oak is often used for all-purpose wands and they imbue great
power. The acorns have been carried to increase fertility in women and to increase sexual appeal by men,
preserve youth and to banish illness. Hang Oak over windows and doors to protect your house from evil spirits.

ONION
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical uses: Protection and healing. Place cut onions in a sick persons room to absorb the illness. Leave them
overnight and throw away in the morning.

ORANGE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Jupiter, Water.
Magical uses:The dried and powdered peel is added to love and fertility charms.

ORRIS ROOT
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical uses: Love, sexual appeal. Use in charms, amulets, sachets, incenses and baths.

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PARSLEY
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Air.
Magical attributes: Fresh parsley leaves in tea form are a treatment for cramps, while dried root decoctions eases
urinary infections and arthritis. Externally, crushed leaves relieve insect bites, and may be applied in poultice form
to sprains.
Uses: Widely used as a culinary herb

PATCHOULI
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Earth.
Magical uses: Aphrodisiac and attractant of lovers for either sex .

PENNYROYAL
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Earth.
Magical uses: Protection, weariness, deters insects. Avoid Pennyroyal while pregnant.

BLACK PEPPER
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Fire.
Magical uses:Use in protective charms.

PERIWINKLE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical uses:Protection against evil influences. Hang around doors and windows.

PIMPERNEL
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mercury, Air.
Magical uses:Wear to detect falsehood to prevent or know when others are lying to you.

PINE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Air.
Magical attributes: Attunement to nature, centering, cleansing, healing, productivity, purification against illness, a
good winter incense, fertility charms.
Uses: Pine buds prepared by decoction act as an expectorant and antiseptic. This same mixture can be used for
inhalation for head colds, although it is easier to toss some needles in hot water. Green cones and needles can be
added to bath water to ease muscle pains and swelling. For magic, pine is best suited for its aromatic qualities of
bringing one back into balance, and enhancing connection with the natural world.

POPPY
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon, Water.
Magical uses:Eat poppy seeds as a fertility charm, just don't take a urine test at work for a few days afterward.
Carry the seeds or dried seed-pod as a prosperity charm.

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ROSE
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical attributes: Love, friendship, luck, protection, psychic power and divination. Uses: Conserves of roses or
rose petals in honey are often recommended for nausea and sore throats. Roses are high in vitamin C.

ROSEMARY
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes: Improve memory, sleep, purification, youth, love, power, healing, protection, intellectual.
Uses: Promotes healing of wounds, acts as an antiseptic, and can be a mild stimulant. Good in teas for treating
flu, stress, and headaches or body aches. Mental and physical booster. Used for treating (oil form) muscular
sprains, arthritis, rheumatism, depression, fatigue, memory loss, migraine headaches, coughs, flu and diabetes.
Excellent remedy for acne or cellulite. When the leaves are soaked in wine for two weeks, small glasses may be
taken as a digestive aid. Oil of rosemary is excellent in hair conditioners, and the flowers of this herb may be
added to lotion recipes to improve the complexion. Add to all purification bath sachets, love incenses, and
protection incenses. Make a simple of rosemary and use it to cleanse the hands before working magic, if you have
no time for a regular ritual bath. Burn rosemary and juniper as a healing and recuperation incense.

ROWAN
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses:Protection, good luck, healing.

RUE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses:Protection, preventing illness, clearness of mind, purification of ritual spaces and tools, clearing the
mind of emotional clutter.

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SAFFRON
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses: Prosperity, healing and sexual prowess in men .

SAGE
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Jupiter or Venus, Air.
Magical attributes: Fertility, longevity, wishes, wisdom, protection, healing, health. Uses: Can be used in an
infusion to aid digestion, or as part of a honey wine to fight colds and fever. When applied in compresses it can
ease many skin discomforts, including dandruff. If made into cream it is good for muscular pain, and if dried and
smoked sometimes gives relief to asthma.

ST JOHN'S WORT
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses:Protective charms, ward off fever and illness, a banishing or exorcism incense, the tea increases
courage and will power. Gather on Midsummer's Eve, pass through the smoke of bonfires to purify, and hang in the
house as protection and to prevent nightmares.

SANDALWOOD
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon, Air.
Magical uses: Purification, protection and healing.

SUNFLOWER
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses:Welcomes and invites the blessings of the Sun into the garden. The seeds are eaten by women to
increase fertility.

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THYME
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical attributes: Sleep, psychic energy, courage, healing, purification incense, magickal cleansing baths, a
renewing of one's personal energy, warding off of negative energy.
Uses: Powerful antibacterial, antibiotic, and diuretic properties. It helps eliminate wastes from the
body. It is used in treating whooping coughs, warts, rheumatism and acne. A strong antiseptic which when
prepared by infusion is useful for poor digestion, exhaustion, colds, and infections, and with honey is an effective
treatment for sore throats. Also used in tea form as a fever breaker, headache reducer and to be rid of intestinal
worms, and can be used as a mouthwash. Also, a great insect repellent. Use both the leaves and flowers. This
tea works best for headaches when taken cold. Take a magical cleansing bath in the spring of thyme and
marjoram ( used in tea form or whole herbs). A pillow stuffed with it cures nightmares.

TUMERIC
Uses: added to warm milk it regulates menstrual cycle.

V
VALERIAN
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Mercury or Venus, Water.
Magical attributes: Love, calming, sleep, purification or relaxing baths.
Uses: Use the dried, powdered root. Promotes relaxation while counteracting the effects of insomnia, anxiety,
nervousness, headaches, pre menstrual syndrome and menstrual cramping. For sleep, before bed take 1 teaspoon
of herb to 1 pint of water and simmer. Also acts as a good substitute for catnip. Use the fresh herb in spells of
love, also to get fighting couples together. Used in the Purification bath sachet.

VANILLA
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Jupiter, Fire.
Magical uses:The bean is used in a love charms, the oil is worn as an aphrodisiac.

VERVAIN
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical uses: Ritual cleansing or sacred space, magical cleansing baths, purification incenses. Hang over the bed
to prevent nightmares. Love and protection charms, Vervain is also an excellent for use in prosperity charms and
spells as it brings good luck and inspiration.

VIOLET
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical uses:Mix with lavender for a powerful love charm. A Violet and Lavender compress will aid in eliminating
headaches. The flowers are carried as a good-luck charm. The scent will soothe, clear the mind and relax the
wearer.

W
WALNUT
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Sun, Fire.
Magical uses:Carry the nut as a charm to promote fertility and strengthen the heart.

WILLOW
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Moon, Water.
Magical uses:Willow wands can be used for healing. The Willow will bring the blessings of the Moon upon those
who plant it or have it on their property. Willows can be used to bind together witch's brooms and a forked willow
branch is widely used in water witching and dowsing. .

WITCH HAZEL
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Saturn or Sun, Fire.
Magical attributes: Protection, chastity, healing the heart.
Uses: In tincture form it is good as a mouth rinse and to ease hemorrhoids. As a compress, witch hazel can be
applied to insect bites and other skin irritations.

WORMWOOD
Gender-Planet-Element : Masculine, Mars, Air.
Magical uses: Wormwood is burned to gain protection from wandering spirits. Used in divinatory and clairvoyance
incenses, initiation rites and tests of courage. Enables the dead to be released from this plane so they my find
peace.

Y
YARROW
Gender-Planet-Element : Feminine, Venus, Water.
Magical uses: Courage, love, marriage charms, dispelling negativity, psychic abilities, divination.
Uses: A very potent healer, it intensifies the medicinal action of other herbs taken with it. Helps eliminate toxins
(good for colds). Most useful in its abilities to staunch blood flow. In poultice form , it is useful against infections
and swelling. In magic there is evidence that yarrow was often used as a component in incantations. The tea
drunk prior to divination will enhance one's powers of perception (a touch of peppermint brightens this brew up
and always works better). Also drink the tea to stop arthritis symptoms such as swelling and inflammation
associated with weather divination and generally end all aching, sore muscles, or stiff joints or back pain. A
powerful incense additive for divination and love spells.