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Also known as May Tree, May Blossom, or White Thorn. A Druid sacred tree, this deciduous, thorny shrub has serrated, lobed leaves, dense white flower clusters in late spring, and red false fruits (haws). The flowers consist of five white petals, sacred to the Goddess.

Hawthorn is the classic flower to decorate a maypole. A herb of fertility, it finds its place in weddings, May Day celebrations, and ritual groves. Beltaine was once reckoned as the day the hawthorn first bloomed. Wands made of hawthorn have great power. The blossoms are highly erotic. Use for Fertility Magick; Protection; Defense; and Chastity.

Hawthorn is sacred to the fairies, and is part of the tree fairy triad of Britain "Oak, Ash and Thorn" and where all three trees grow together it is said that one may see fairies.

Place the berries beneath the mattress or around the bedroom to maintain chastity or celibacy. However, it has long been used to increase fertility and is the reason it is incorporated into many weddings.

Hawthorn flowers & berries are commonly used as a tea by itself or tea blend. As with all herbs and alternative health practices, it is recommended that you make your medical physician aware.

Also called Violet, Little Faces, and Viola. This stem less perennial has scalloped, heart-shaped leaves and violet or white, sweetly scented flowers from winter to spring.

The crystallized flowers flavor sweets and liqueurs and are tossed in salads with the leaves.

Violets are mixed with lavender, apple blossoms, yarrow, and roses in love potions. The leaf is a protection from all evil.

Use for: Protection, Luck, Love, Lust, Wishes, Peace and Healing. Mixed with Lavender, the flowers are a powerful live stimulant and also arouse lust. Violets and Periwinkle are used to decorate the graves and corpses of children.

Also known as Blessed Thistle.

Make into a tea and sprinkle all around the outside of the house to defeat curses. Very useful in hex breaking spells.

Horsetail gains it's name from it's bristly appearance. The genus name Equisetum is derived from the Latin words equus, meaning horse, and seta, meaning bristle. 

The plant grows in two stages.  The first stage occurs during the spring, when the it sprouts a fertile hollow stem that is similar to asparagus.  After the fertile stems have withered and died, during the summer months, thin, green, barren stems branch out (which is the stage where it looks like a horse's tail).  It is during this stage that the plant is harvested for use.

It is perhaps this herbs growing cycle that has led to it's use as a fertility herb in magick.  It is generally after unsuccessful attempts at conception that we turn to magick as an aid in conception, and it is at this time that we believe our previous fertility is in a barren state.  The same can be said for any period of creativity, where we feel our well has run dry.  Symbolically, Horsetail is a herb for new beginnings, and ruled by the element of Earth, this herb is an excellent addition to fertility charms.

Spiritually Horsetail is an aid in dealing with loss and depression.  Associated with the Five of Cups in the Tarot, which is the card of "crying over split milk".  In this card the person is unable to look past what they have lost, what they have not got, to see the joy in what they do have.  The figure in the Five of Cups is so full of sorrow over his two spilt cups, that he finds no joy in what the remaining cups have to offer.

This too ties in with it's use as a fertility herb.  When using magick as an aid to fertility and creativity, it is important to focus on the positive, rather than the negative.  For women especially this herb and it's association with the Five of Cups ties in strongly with our menses.  The spilled cup (monthly period) may signify that conception has not yet been achieved, but this shouldn't be your focus.  You should look to the other cups for love, hope and support for the next coming cycle.

A herb ruled by Saturn, this herb is also helpful in rites where you wish to let go, and once again the strong feminine energy from Horsetail makes it excellent as a tool for women who are having difficulty entering or accepting their Crone stage.  Horsetail is most powerful *after* it's fertile state, and so are women!

Associated with our root chakra, it links us to our most primal and basic instincts.  In times of loss and bereavement, we often feel that we are stripped of everything, and this is when horsetail is most helpful to us.  Horsetail is a herb of new beginnings, and when we feel we have lost everything, this herb can help us start again and rebuild.

Use the root of the hydrangea to unhex by carrying, scattering around the home, or burning.

Hyssopus officinalis, Hyssop is a semi evergreen shrub or sub shrub with aromatic leaves and spikes of blue, two-lipped, late-summer flowers.

The leaf is added to liqueurs, adds bit to sweet and savory dished, and aids in the digestion of fatty meat. Once used for purifying temples and cleansing lepers, the leaves contain an antiseptic, antiviral oil. A mold that produces penicillin grows on the leaves.

Hyssop is added to potpourri and laundry rinses. Hyssop is used in companion to distract cabbage butterflies and planted near vines to increase yield. It should be avoided when pregnant and by those with hypertension and epilepsy.

Hyssop was a holy herb of the ancient Greeks, used to cleanse sacred spaces. It is the most widely used purification herb in magic. Hyssop can be burned in incense, worn, used in decorations, and added to the chalice. Use a bunch to ritually "sweep" the altar as a preparation for a ceremonial rite. It is added to baths in sachets, infused and sprinkled on objects or persons to cleanse them, and hung up in the home to purge it of evil negativity.

Hyssop's protective nature is exemplified in the biblical record as being used to smear door lintels with lamb's blood so that the Angel of Death would pass by those homes. Hyssop is used for everything from purifying temples to cleansing the possessed.

It is used in HooDoo practice in MoJo Bags made for protection - the Jinxed or Crossed, use Hyssop for Jinx Breaking in Purification Baths and Protection Spells.

Hyssop was used Solomon's Sprinkler, and is the choice of herb today to make a sprinkler for Holy Water. It is superb for cleansing auras and for healing by the laying on of hands. It is an herb excellent for consecrating Magickal tools.

Irish moss is carried or placed beneath rugs to increase luck and to ensure a steady flow of money into the house or pockets of the person. Irish moss is also carried while on trips for protection and safety, and is used to stuff luck or money poppets. 

Used in amulets for protection, can also be added to protection incenses and spell pouches.

Symbolic of the moon and of the mysteries of the night. Jasmine essential oil is useful for sexuality, DON'T use synthetics! Dried Jasmine flowers are added to sachets and other love mixtures. They will attract a spiritual (as opposed to a physical) love. The flowers will also draw wealth and money if carried, burned or worn. Jasmine will also cause prophetic dreams if burned in the bedroom, and the flowers are smelled to induce sleep.

Common Jasmine is a deciduous shrub with strongly scented, white summer flowers. The flowers make a tea that calms the nerves and increases erotic feelings. Jasmine Flowers are a gift to keep a lover - it makes one of the most popular teas in the world.

The Hindus string the flowers together as neck garlands for honoured guests. The flowers of one of the double varieties are held sacred to Vishnu and are used as votive offerings in Hindu religious ceremonies.

Ruled by the Moon (especially in the full phase), and the element of Water, this herb has a strong love energy, and can be added to love spells and charms to attract love, especially that on a deeper, spiritual level.  It helps us to find love within ourselves, and can be used in spells for self esteem, self image, confidence and awareness.

The Jasmine flower is associated with spring, and indeed I know that Persephone has returned from the underworld when I can smell the exotic scent of Jasmine on the afternoon breeze.  The flower is associated with Ostara, celebrated around March/September 21, and symbolizes the rebirth of the world after the slumber of winter.  It is a time of new beginnings and is considered a flower of inspiration and joy, it is thought to symbolise divine hope. 

Jasmine is used as an aphrodisiac both magickally and in aromatherapy.  The scent is said to be calming, and of special aid in treating sexual dysfunctions such as frigidity.  Perhaps because the scent is so alluring, that we cannot help but feel beautiful and desirable ourselves when we are surrounded by it!

Jasmine is associated Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of good luck and prosperity, and the flowers can be added to prosperity spells, and the tea included as part of rituals, or as part of a prosperity diet.  In rites to honour Lakshmi, Jasmine and Lotus combine very well together.

Jasmine is commonly used as a tea by itself or tea blend.

Use for: Anointing; Balance; Luck; Fortune; Justice; Happiness; Harmony; Peace; Prophetic dreams; Meditation; Money; Riches; Astral Projection.

A Druid sacred tree, Juniper is an evergreen tree or shrub with needle-like leaves in threes and berrylike cones that ripen to blue-black in their second or third year.

Whole juniper berry is used as purifying incense-cleanses the aura, and clarifies thought. In aromatherapy, it is used against anxiety, to improve memory, and for sedation.

Probably one of the earliest incenses used by Mediterranean Witches. Its berries were used with thyme in Druid and grove incenses for visions. Juniper grown by the door discourages thieves. The mature berries can be strung in the house to attract love. Men use the berries to increase potency. Burn Juniper as incense for: Exorcism; Protection; Healing; Love. The Essential oil is useful in protection, purification and healing blends.

Kola nuts are important in many African societies, particularly in Western Africa. Besides the fact that Kola nuts contain caffeine and act as a stimulant and anti-depressant, they are also thought to reduce fatigue and hunger, aid digestion, and work as an aphrodisiac.

Lady's Mantle is used in protective sachets as it guards against all manner of hexes, curses, spells and the evil eye.

The Goddess, Venus claims the herb as being her own. It became known as Our Lady's Mantle because the leaves resembled the mantle (cloak) of the Virgin Mary. Later, "political correctness" intervened, and the "Our" was taken from the name. To this day, Lady's Mantle is associated with Fashion Magick, Love Magick, Fertility, and all things Feminine.

It is a powerful addition to fertility rituals and spells, and is high in creative vibrations (the womb being the centre of creation).  A herb of Water, Lady's Mantle can be used to connect to our emotions, but not so much in the expression of emotions, but rather the control of emotions, especially in relationship with others.  It can be helpful, not by suppressing our feelings, but by helping us to look at them in a mature and self reliant manner by connecting us with our own sense of self worth.  In line with the influence of Venus, Lady's Mantle is about recognizing our self worth, and learning to love from within.

Also called Elf Leaf, Nard, Nardus. There are 28 species of these aromatic, evergreen, shrubby, perennials, all with small, linear leaves and spikes of fragrant, usually purple or blue, two-lipped flowers.

The best-quality essential oil is from L. stoechas and L. angustifolia. Aromatic oil glands cover all aerial parts of the plants but are most concentrated in the flowers.

The flowers flavor jams, vinegar, sweets, cream, and Provençal stews, and are crystallized for decoration. Dried flowers add long-lasting fragrance to sachets and potpourri.

Lavender is strewn into bonfires at Midsummer as an offering to the Gods and Goddesses. An ingredient of love spells, its scent is said to attract men. Lavender in the home brings peace, joy and healing. The essential oil is included in health; love; peace; and conscious mind-oriented formulas.

Use to attract love; to produce sleep by anointing your forehead and pillow; to purify by adding to baths and to promote chastity and peace. Attracts elves, burn for purification, peace. Burn at Litha as an offering. Love; Psychic Awareness; Happiness; Creative Work; Money and Business; Anointing; Exorcism; Harmony; Peace; Healing. The odor of lavender is conducive to long life and so should be smelled as often as possible.

Lavender is the extraordinary herb of Mercury and Air is known and Loved for its Calming, Restorative Effects. It is an aid in sharpening vision and clarifying thinking, which makes it an excellent herb for scholars. The scent of Lavender is powerful, and can be used in herbal sleep pillows to treat insomnia, added to soaps for a fragrant exfoliation, or to bath water to relax after a demanding day. Lavender is strongly recommended to include in any effective spells concerning Love.

Lavender is the most popular herb in the world.

Used in Dream Pillows, Love potions, Perfumery,

Lemon balm, with its subtle lemon scent and flavor, is valued as a culinary, cosmetic and medicinal herb. Dried leaves make a refreshing tea, either iced or hot. Dried leaves are used as an ingredient in many potpourris.

In times of stress and crisis, Lemon Balm can bring peace and calm, and is an excellent herb for people (such as myself) who are habitual worriers.  It is soothing, warming and friendly, and can be carried to attract new friendships and relationships into your life, and bathing in Lemon Balm is said to make you appealing in the eyes of others.

The fruit, juice, and peel of citrus fruits flavor food and drink and provide vitamin C. Essential oils from the peel scent food, cosmetics and perfume. The seed oils are used in soaps.

Use in Lunar oils & incense. Wear diluted lemon oil during the Full Moon to attune with its energies. Use in purification and healing oils. Purification; Love. A Lemon may serve as a poppet.

Lemon Verbena has strongly lemon-scented whorls of three or four leaves along its stems and panicles of tiny, pale summer flowers. The leaves are used to flavor drinks and fruit and sweet dishes, and to make herb tea.

The leaves also yield a green coloring and essential oil.

Often sold simply as "Verbena" Lemon Verbena is wonderful in Love Spell Blends. It is added to spells to increase their strength, and is also used to purify an area or to bathwater for protection and purification purposes. Lemon Verbena is worn to make oneself "Very" attractive to the opposite Sex, and is used in Sex Spells and mixtures. 

Lemon verbena leaves keep their scent for years and are ideal for potpourri mixtures. Infusion is sprinkled or added to the bath for purification.

Linden have small highly fragrant flowers, and can be hard to identify, since they hybridize freely. The flowers are brewed to make a tea, the classic digestive end to a continental meal.

Bark used for protection, leaves and flowers or immortality. Good Fortune, Sleep and Love. Hang branches over the door for protection or grow in the garden.

Annual Flax has slender stems with linear green leaves, beautiful, flat blue flowers, and oily brown seeds.

A child who runs or dances in a flax field at the age of seven is reputedly assured of growing up to be attractive. Newborn babies are placed in a flax field to sleep for similar reasons. The blue flowers are worn as a preservative against sorcery. Sprinkle the altar with flax seeds while performing healing rituals or include it in healing mixtures. Use for: Protection, Psychic Awareness, Money.

Use in a bath sachet with seven rose buds to make you more attractive. Carry with you to attract love.

Used magically Lungwort has traditionally been utilised in love spells and mixtures.