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Use raspberry in love and protection mixtures and spells.

The Rose has aromatic, cosmetic, medicinal, culinary, and craft uses. Fresh petals and rosewater flavor sweet and savory dishes and are crystallized for decoration. Associated with pure love and femininity, it is valued by aromatherapists for it's rejuvenating qualities. Adding twice the petals’ weight of sugar and infusing in hot water can make rose petal syrup.

The Rose is a Goddess herb belonging to Venus and the Water element. Rose is the accepted love scent. Rose buds & petals are added to bath water to conjure a lover. Place some in a red cloth bag and pin it under your clothes.

True rose essential oil (known as Otto) and rose absolute are expensive but worth it, one drop has powerful properties. DO NOT use synthetics. Rose oil is used in formulas designed to attract love, confer peace, stimulate sexual appetites, and enhance beauty.

A tea of rose petals drunk before sleep induces prophetic dreams. Rose petals are used in healing spells and mixtures. Sprinkled around the house calm personal stress and household upheavals. Roses planted in the garden attract fairies and are said to grow best when stolen.

The most popular use for Rose Petals is at weddings, a truely memorable experience, being showered in Rose Petals and its cheaper and more environmentally friendly than confetti.

Burn as incense for : Healing; Health; Love; Luck; Creativity; Balance; Anointing; Divination; Clairvoyance; Protection; Psychic Awareness.

Used magically in healing spells and mixtures, brings good luck, calls in good spirits.

Magical uses: This is a powerful cleanser and purifier. Burn before rituals of any kind to clear negative energies, use in ritual baths for purification, use as a handwash before healing work. Use in incense for love and lust.

Burn with Juniperberries in a sickroom to promote healing, place under a pillow to promote peaceful sleep. Particularly powerful used in healing Poppets.

Burned on charcoal, inhaling the smoke is believed to enlighten and provide answers to questions

Also known as Mountain Ash, Witch wood, Witch bane, and Sorb Apple. A Druid sacred tree and sacred to the goddess Bride/Brigit, Rowan bears clusters of spring flowers and bright red berries in autumn, when the leaves may turn red.

Rowan is a traditional country charm against witchcraft.

Rowan is said to have come from the land of Fairy and as such is a very magical tree used for wands, rods, amulets, and spells. All parts of the tree are sacred. Make a tea with a few of the ripe berries and add it to the ritual chalice.

A forked branch can help find water. Wands are for knowledge, locating metal, and general divination. Fires made of Rowan serve to summon spirits, especially when facing conflicts. Incense of leaves and berries for divination. Grow for protection of home.

Carrying Rowan increases psychic powers. Rowan carried on board ship will prevent its involvement in storms; kept in the house it guards against lightening strikes, and when planted on a grave Rowan keeps the deceased one from haunting the place. Rowans growing near stone circles are the most potent. The leaf and berry are used in incense to increase psychic powers. Wear a tiny cross of rowan wood somewhere in your clothing for protection.

Also known as Herb of Grace. This evergreen subshrub has yellow summer flowers and deeply divided, bluish, aromatic leaves. 

Ancient Celts considered Rue an anti-magical herb, which is a defense against spells and dark magic. A fresh sprig can be used to sprinkle sacred water for consecration, blessings and healings. Burned in exorcism or purification incenses, it routs negativity and gets things moving. Used in altar oil, blessing, purifying, cleansing, consecration, protection, banishing, releasing, exorcism, inspiration, wisdom.

Rue added to baths breaks all hexes and curses that may have been cast against you. Rue is another plant said to grow best when stolen, and indeed its presence in the garden beautifies and protects it. For some reason, toads have an aversion to Rue.

Victims of hexes and curses add rue to baths to break the spell of Witches, Santeros and Black Magickians. Rue is added to spiritual healing and Exorcism formulas.

Rue is placed at the entrances to homes and businesses to keep malevolent spirits out. It was used to protect against the Black Death, and floors are rubbed with rue to repel fleas. Rue was kept around Roman temples to Mars and is considered sacred to Diana and Aradia as well.

Sandalwood is one of the most valuable woods in the world. All parts yields Sandalwood oil, particularly the heartwood and the roots, which yield about 6 percent essential oil.

Sandalwood makes a popular incense, as its calming effect aids meditation. It is commonly used for funeral pyres in India, where devotees believe the scent protects places from evil spirits. 

Lower grades of Sandalwood (light colored with little scent) are not recommended to use in magic. Sandalwood powder is burned during protection, healing and exorcism spells. When mixed with lavender it makes an incense designed to conjure spirits. This fragrant wood possesses very high spiritual vibrations and is mixed with Frankincense and burned at séances and Full Moon rituals. Powdered sandalwood can be scattered about a place to clear it of negativity.

Sandalwood beads are protective and promote a spiritual awareness when worn. Sandalwood oil placed on the forehead aids in focusing the mind. The scent opens the highest spiritual centers and so makes an appropriate incense for rituals, exorcisms, and healings.

The scents of frankincense and sandalwood have some of the highest vibrations inherent in any plant. They will resonate with aspects of ourselves or with Devic/Angelic beings of the highest order. Rose is another herb held to have that frequency, thus attracting or eliciting the highest spiritual vibrations from within ourselves and the cosmos. Sandalwood is used as an incense base for: Protection, Healing, Exorcise, Spirituality, Wishes, Full Moon Esbats, Wards Negativity, Astral Projection, Reincarnation, Spirit Offering. 

Red Sandalwood is used in all forms of Meditation, Divination, and trance-work. It Calms the mind, and allows the Spiritual aspects of the self to do their work with confidence and ease. It carries the virtue of success with it, and should be added to Magickal incense.

Red Sandalwood is an appropriate herb to consecrate the altar cloth - It vibrates with Hod on the Tree of Life.

Scatter sandalwood to clear a place of negativity. Burn for protection and healing. Possesses high spiritual vibrations especially when mixed with frankincense and burned at the full moon. Mix with lavender to make an incense designed to conjure spirits.

In the orient, sandalwood is a funeral herb believed to carry the soul into the next life. With sandalwood, deep states of relaxation take place on the spiritual level. Burning sandalwood incense can benefit healing work by promoting a deeper relaxed state in the healer, increasing spiritual energy. Sandalwood also relaxes the heart and throat chakras.

Sarsaparilla when mixed with cinnamon and sandalwood powder and sprinkled around the premises to draw money. It is also utilized in love spells.

High in reproductive energy, Saw Palmetto can be used in charms for fertility and creativity. It can be used in lust charms to increase your (or your partners) libido and sexual interest. For women it is suggested to pair this herb with Dong Quai (a herb high in female energy) and for men it is suggested to use with Ginseng (which is high in male energy), or either gender can pair it with Low John the Conqueror (Galangal) which is known for it's lustful energy.

Fertility, creativity and sexuality are all intertwined, and when there is a problem in one area, there is often a problem in others. Loss of sexual energy in both men and women can manifest itself as aggression, frigidity or even promiscuity and empty sexual encounters. Saw Palmetto berries can be worn as a charm or carried in a pouch to balance out our sexual/creative energy. It can be an aid to opening up our spiritual selves to another, allowing the sacredness in sexuality to manifest.

Magickal uses include healing protection, exorcism, passion and spiritual openings.

Saw Palmetto has been used as Currency, burned as Ritual Incense, Good Fortune Amulets, Fertility Charms, and in Mojo Bags - Aphrodisiac.

Magickal uses include all matters of lust and love. Enhances tact & diplomacy.

Senna leaves and Senna Pods can be used in any love preparation to enhance the other ingredients.  I prefer to use Senna Pods because the pods contain the seeds, and the seeds are the most potent part of the plant, the most full of life. 

Remove the seeds from the pod and use in spells or recipes that are designed to draw a new love into your life, or create a new energy within an existing relationship. 

The seed is the basis for new life, and can be used in fertility rituals.

Shepherd's Purse correlates with the solar plexus chakra, our centre of self and self esteem, our centre of will and personal power.  Working with this herb helps to bolster your emotional strength and is said to be refreshing to the spirit.  With a decidedly feminine nature, this herb can be of benefit to woman who are struggling to find who they are, and are overly influenced by the wills and desires of others.  Meditating with and carrying Shepherd's Purse can aid you in finding your own purpose.

The Shepherd's Purse plant is associated with the Crone aspect of the Triple Goddess, and is sacred to Hecate.  In mythology Hecate was given the task of guiding Persephone between the worlds when she made her annual journey from her mother Demeter to her lover Hades.  Hecate holds a torch in the darkness to guide us.  You can use Shepherd's Purse to connect to Hecate, asking her to cut through the veil of mystery and reveal any illusions that have been misleading you, allowing you to see what really lies ahead.  Use during the dark moon for divination purposes, especially for trying to find the truth in a situation that has caused confusion or doubt.   

Add to incenses and sachets to celebrate the feminine, and for rituals to honour our monthly cycle or our transition into Cronehood.

The name Scullcap is derived from the latin scutella, meaning little dish.  This refers to the shape of the of the calyx on the flower.  It was once known as Madweed or Mad-dog Scullcap because it was thought to be a cure for rabies!

Ruled by the element of Water, this herb has a gentle loving energy than can bring peace and harmony.  One of the most effective and well known nervines, when taken internally it acts as a mild sedative.  In magickal applications you can sprinkle either the dried herb or a tea made of the same it around your home to keep a tranquil aura.  Scullcap is also believed to be an aid to meditation, probably because of its actions as a relaxant, it helps to calm restless energy.  Scullcap helps us by quieting the outer stimulus, allowing us to receive and hear inspiration, dreams and visions.

As a herb of Water Scullcap is often used in love spells and charms.  As it is also ruled by Saturn it's main application is as a bonding herb for couples.  Saturn has a binding energy, and is often a herb used in hand fastening ceremonies, either burnt as an incense or a sprinkle placed in the ritual cup.  It also has applications in other love spells designed to keep a couple together and promoting fidelity.  It is believed that when worn by women it will help their partner to remember their commitment to the relationship, and again this is Saturns binding energy at work. 

Because of Saturn's binding influence, Scullcap can also be used to consecrate vows, bind oaths and strengthen commitments.  Besides it's obvious use in marriage spells, this makes Scullcap a useful herb when wanting to make a ritual oath to one's chosen Deity, and can be used during self initiation rites and for dedicating oneself to the old ways. 

Skullcap is used in magic for spells of peace and relaxation. Women wear skullcap to protect their husbands from the charms of other women. Skullcap is used in the binding of a handfasting for a couple willing to pledge their commitment for the rest of this life, or for a relationship that will extend beyond this life.

Magickal uses include cleansing & purification.

Soapwort gained its name from the crushed root's ability to produce suds when rubbed in water. It can actually be used as a mild detergent for fine fabrics, and was once added to beer to create a frothy head. 

A Druid sacred herb, the Celts passed it through the smoke of the Summer Solstice fire, then wore it in battle for invincibility. This herb has woody-based stems, with pairs of small, balsamic-scented leaves and clusters of lemon-scented, yellow summer flowers.

It is reputed when worn, St. John's Wort wards off fevers and colds, makes soldiers invincible, and attracts love. If it is gathered on Midsummer or on a Friday and worn it is said to keep mental illness at bay and cure melancholy. When placed in a jar and hung by a window, St. John's Wort protects against thunderbolts, fire and evil spirits. Both flowers and leaves are used for this purpose.

It is also dried over the Midsummer fires and hung near the window to keep ghosts, necromancers and other evil doers from the house, and is burned to banish spirits and demons. Any part of the herb placed beneath the pillow allows unmarried women to dream of their future husbands. Use in rituals or carry to detect other magicians; at one time it was held to the mouth of accused Witches to attempt to force them to confess.

The Welsh called this plant "leaf of the blessed." It was understood to be an idea combination of water and fire, the ultimate healing essence. Fire symbolized the fruitful light-filled forces of summer, and water the gathering and settling forces of the dark season. Midsummer was the time of balance between these forces of light and dark. Burn at Litha to send away negativity, wear for invincibility, health and willpower. Gather at Litha or on a Friday and worn it will keep mental illness at bay and also cure melancholy. When placed in a jar and hung by a window,

St. John's Wrote protects against thunderbolts, fire and evil spirits. Both flowers and leaves are used for this purpose. At one time St. John's Wort was held to the mouth of accused Witches to attempt to force them to confess.

Magickally we can use this herb in spells to help shift the blues and raise spirits.  Emotional depression is often a matter of feeling lost and alone in the dark, not being able to see the light.  Once again calling upon the Sun's energy, St John's Wort it is bright and optimistic.  Spiritually it helps to calm feelings of fear, depression and frustration, allowing us a greater freedom of thought.

This fast-growing annual has a thick, tall, hairy stem, heart-shaped leaves, and large yellow flower heads in late summer. The nutritious seeds are eaten raw, roasted, and ground into meal or nut butter and were used by Native American warriors as "energy cakes." The flower buds give a yellow dye and are cooked like artichokes. The pressed seeds yield an all-purpose oil with culinary, cosmetic, and industrial uses. The seed heads provide food for birds in winter.

A native of Peru and Mexico, the sunflower or "Marigold of Peru" was introduced into this country in the 16th century. It was much revered by the Aztecs in their Temples of the Sun. Use sunflower petals as a bathing herb to bring happiness and replace sorrow with joy. Sunflower corresponds to the Sun card of the tarot. Use to consecrate stones which will be used for healing. To know the truth about any matter, sleep with a sunflower under the bed. Sunflower is known as the herb of immortality. It is the patron herb for Leo and Virgo, and is said to attract dragons 

In Aztec temples of the sun, priestesses carried sunflowers and wore them as crowns. As sun symbols, these flowers symbolize the healthy ego, the wisdom, and the fertility of the solar logos.

If you cut a sunflower at sunset while making a wish, the wish will come true before another sunset - as long as the wish isn't too grand. Sleeping with a sunflower under the bed allows you to know the truth in any matter. If you wish to become virtuous, anoint yourself with juice pressed from the stems of the sunflower. Sunflowers growing in the garden guard it against pests and grant the best of luck to the gardner.

When the flowers or leaves are carried they offer protection and bring changes in luck and fortune. Mixed with lavender, they are a powerful love stimulant and also arouse lust. If you gather the first Violet in the spring dearest wish will be granted. Ancient Greeks wore the violet to induce sleep.

There is considerably more to the common sweet violet (Viola odorata) than meets the eye, although this hardy little perennial with exquisite flowers and broad, heart-shaped leaves is certainly attractive ... be it in the woods or in a shaded garden. However, it has also been used through the ages in medicinal preparations, culinary concoctions, perfumes, cosmetics, and dyes.

The symbol of ancient Athens, the violet was believed to moderate anger, strengthen and comfort the heart, and promote refreshing sleep. Garlands of its blossoms worn around the heads of revelers were supposed to dispel wine fumes and prevent dizziness and headaches