Fill a small pillowcase with anise seed and sleep on it; this will ensure that you sleep peacefully. Anise Seed is used as Protection and Meditation incense. Placed in a room, it will drive off Evil, placed around the Magick Circle it will protect the Sorcerer from Evil Spirits. It also wards off the 'Evil Eye'. Anise Seed is also used in purification baths. It is used to call forth spirits to aid in Magickal operations, and a bag of Anise Seeds is hung on the bedpost will restore lost youth.
Anise Seed has been used for many years to disguise the unpleasant taste of medicine. The seeds taste good with shellfish. The dried seed can be used in cakes, biscuits, bread and apple pie. A refreshing tea can be made from the seed and this is supposed to be an aid to digestion as is chewing the seed to cure hiccups.
Cosmetically a good face pack can be made from ground Anise Seed. It is generally good for "sour stomach" It will fade freckles. Anise Seed is also used for potpourri.
