Cedarwood:

Burned as an incense to consecrate wands, for baby blessings, and wiccanings. Also burned to invoke Odin. Can be carried in the wallet or purse to attract money. Also good in moth repellent sachets.

Celery Seeds:

Burn with Orris Root to increase psychic powers, or with a drop of Basil oil to increase psychic powers.

Chamomile:

As an incense Chamomile creates a peaceful atmosphere and helps with centering. Sprinkle it around the house for protection, health and wealth. Good for purifing, it can be burnt to break bad habits and drive out negative thoughts. The tea helps digestion, nervousness and sleep, when cooled use as a rinse for fair hair. Chamomile in hot water used as a facial steam helps acne and greasy skin

Chamomile Flowers:

Used to promote restful states of sleep. Can be used in sleep pillows, with Hops and Lavender. Can also be used in perosperity charms and incense.

Chaparell:

Highly protective. Can be used in spells and charms, or scattered around the home, or ritual space, for peotection.

CHERRY
Love, direction, magickal potency, money, lust.

Cinnamon:

Good for spells for love, success, psychic ability, healing and cleansing. Use in charms for prosperity, cinnamon oil makes a good oil for anointing

Cinnamon Bark:

Burn to raise high spiritual vibrations, and to aid clairvoyance. Also used for prosperity

CLOVER
Money, protection, potency, love.

COLTSFOOT
Love and visions.

Comfrey:

Used for travel and spells for wealth and healing. Comfrey honours the Godess' Crone state. Don't eat or drink comfrey as some parts may be toxic and especially dangerous to the liver.

Coriander:

Protects the home and is used to promote peace. Good for love spells and to encourages long life.For personal worth and esteem

Cowslip:

Brings luck in love, and helps induce contact in dreams with loved ones who have passed away

Cumin: exorcism and protection

CYPRESS
Longevity, healing, protection, comfort.

DAFFODIL
Love, fertility, luck.

DAISY
Lust and luck.

DAMIANA

Element is Fire. Lust, love, visions. Planet is Mars

Damiana is used in magick and herbalism as a powerful aphrodisiac. It may be used as an infusion in bath water, or used in spells. It can also be burned to induce visions.

Dandelion:

Mainly used for divination, wishes, and calling upon spitits. Folklore says that, if you blow the seeds off a dandelion head, you will live for as many years as there are seeds left on the head. To tell the time, blow three times at the dandelion head, however many seeds are left is the hour.

The dandelion root, when roasted and ground, can be made into an infusion that will promote psychic powers. The same tea, steaming and placed beside the bed, will call spirits. Dandelion: Used for communication and divination. It aids digestion, make dandelion tea, take it each day for a week as a general 'pick me up'. The root is said to help psychic ability. Blow the seeds off the head of a dandelion and send a message with them.

Datura(POISON):

Datura has long been used in shamanic practices and religious rites, and the Aztecs considered the plant to be sacred.

Datura is used in magick to break spells, by sprinkling it around the home. It also protects against evil spirits. It may be used to aid insomnia by doing the following: Place some Datura leaves into a pair of shoes, and then setting the shoes under the bed, with the toes pointing toward the nearest wall. Datura is extremelly poisonous, and skin may be irritated simply by touching it. Use with care!

Devil's Bit:When worn around the neck, devils bit drives away evil spirits and offers protection to the wearer. It may also be used to attract women, and to bring luck..

Devil's Shoestring:T

his herb, when warn around the neck, protects its bearer from accidental poisoning. It may be worn as a good luck charm when gambling.

Carry a piece in your pocket while seeking employment, or while having problems at work. It will either help you get hired, or smooth things over at your current job. Also carry when asking for a pay rise.

Dill:This herb is protective when hung at the door and carried in protective sachets. Placed in the cradle, it protects children. If you place Dill over the front door, no-one ill-disposed or envious of you can enter your house. Also usefull in money spells, as the plant produces plentifull seds, representing wealth and abundance. Also stimulates lust when eaten or smelled, and if added to the bath, it makes the bather irresistible! Dill: Used in love charms. Can be hung in a child's room to prevent nightmares and protect against bad spirits.

Dittany of Crete:When burned, Dittany is an excellent base for manifestation of spirits: the wraiths appear in the smoke rising from the censer. It may also be mixed with equal parts of vanilla, benzoin and sandalwood to make an astral projection incense. To use, burn a small amount just prior to attempting astral projection.

The juice of Dittany drives away venemous creatures, so smear some on your body if you are venturing out into the wilderness.

Dogbane:Can be added to love mixtures to increase their potency.

DOGWOOD
Wishes, protection, good health.

Dragon's Blood:

This is the name given to the resin from a plant called the Dracaena Draco. The dried resin may be burned to entice errant lovers to return to you. The powdered resin may be sprinkled around the house, smouldered as incense, or carried, to act as a poerful protectant. It will drive away negativity when burned.

Just a pinch of dragons blood, when added to any incense, will increase its powers.

Dragon's Tears:

These are the blood red seeds of a magickal herb, believed to overcome hexes, crossings, and all negativity. To use, add the seeds to one cup of boiling water, and leave to steep. The resulting liquid is then added to the bath water

EBONY
Protection, magickal power, strength. Ebony wood is protective and so used in making amulets. Ebony wands give the magician pure, unadulterated power. Never stand beneath an ebony tree during a storm.

Echinacea(or Black Sampson):

Echinacea was used by American Indians as an offering to spirits to ensure and strengthen spells

EDELWEISS
Healing, attraction, heightening the senses. Made into a wreath and worn, Edelweiss confers invisibility.

To be protected against daggers and bullets, pull up a whole Edelweiss by its roots during the day on a Friday of the full moon. Wear it wrapped in white linen.

Eldelweiss also grants your hearts desire; you need only grow and care for the plant.!

Elder:

 strength and mother nature's power. The elder was used in burial rites in ancient British long barrows. It is sacred to the Mother Goddess figures, due to its white flowers. Spirits were thought to live within the elder, and this is why it bled red sap when cut. Before felling an elder, the following formula was recited:

"Lady Ellhorn, give me of thy wood,

And I will give thee of mine,

When I become a tree."

This is recited while kneeling before the tree, prior to making the first cut. This allows the spirit time to vacate.

If worn, Elder wards off attackers of every kind. Hung over doorways and windows, it keeps evil from the house. When grown near the home, elder will bring prosperity, and protect against robbers. Elder is used at weddings to bring good luck to a couple. Also carry elder to preserve you from the temptation to commit adultery.

Elecampane:

When worn, Elacampane attracts love. Sew up some leaves and flowers in some pink cloth to make a sachet, and carry this with you. It is also carried for protection, and the herb smouldered on charcoal aids in sharpening psychic powers, particularly when scyring

Endive:

When using endive in magick, it is best gathered in the following manner: Dig it up on June 27, or July 25 with a piece of gold, or stags horn. But no matter how gathered, endive is worn as a talisman to attract love. It is used fresh, and should be replaced every 3 days. It can also be served in salad as an aphrodisiac

Eucalyptus: Used in healing spells, charms and amulets. It is said that if you put eucalyptus leaves around a blue candle and burn then healing energies are increased.

Fennel:(Protection, Healing, Purification)

In ancient greece, the Thyrsus, which figured in Dionysian ceremonies, was often made of giant fennel stalks with pine cones attached to the ends. Grown around the home, fennel confers protection. Wearing a piece of fennel in your left shoe with prevent ticks from biting your legs. Fennel is also hung up above windows and doors to ward off evil spirits. The seeds may be worn for the same purpose. Fennel is also used in purification sachets and healing mixtures.

Fenugreek:(Money)

To bring money into a houshold, a few fenugreek seeds can be added to the mop water (or a small amount of fenugreek infusion). Also, half fill a small jar with fenugreek and leave open in the home to attract money. Add a few seeds everyday untill the jar is full, then empty the fenugreek out and start again. Return the spent herb to the ground.

Fern:(Rain-Making, Protection, Luck, Riches,

Eternal Youth, Health, Exorcism)

The fern is included in vases of flowers for its protective properties, and is also planted at the doorstop as well. Inside the home, it is also protective. Throw dried fern onto hot coals to exorcise evil spirits. When burned outside, fern is used to bring on rain. The smoke from burning fern also drives away snakes. Fern sap, if you can obtain any, is said to confer eternal youth if drunk. The "seed" is carried for invisibility.Rainmaking, eternal youth, riches.

Feverfew:(Protection)

Carry with you for protection against colds and fevers, as well as accidents.

Fig:(Divination, Fertility, Love)

Small phallic images are carved from fig wood and carried by woman who wish to conceive. They are also used by men to evercome infertility or impotence. Fresh figs are eaten for the same reasons.

Write a question on a fig leaf. If the leaf dries slowly, the answer is yes, or it is a good omen. If it dries quickly, just the opposite.

A fig tree grown in the home brings good luck to the inhabitants. Grown in the bedroom, it ensures restful sleep, and in the kitchen, will mean that the family never goes hungry.

Before leaving home on a journey, place a branch of teh fig tree before your door, so that you will return home safely and happily

Flax:(Money, Protection,

Beauty, Psychic powers, Healing)

Flax seeds are used in money spells. A few can be placed in the purse or wallet to attract wealth. Some flax worn in the show will help ward off poverty.

The blue flax flowers are used to protect against sorcery. To protect yourself while asleep, mix equal parts flax seed and mustard seed and place this mixture next to your bed. On the other side of the bed, place a pan of cold water. You will be guarded in your sleep. Sprinkle upon your alter while performing healing rituals to enhance their power. May also be added to healing mixtures.

Fleabane:(Exorcism, Protection, Chastity)

Has been used since ancient times to exorcise evil spirits, and also to protect againt their entry into the home. To ward off evil, mix fleabane, some St. Johns Wort, wheat, and a few capers into a sachet and hang above the door.

Foxglove(POISON):(Protection)

Grown in your garden, it protects it, as well as your home. In older times, in wales, the women of the house would use foxglove to make a black dye, with which they would paint crosses on the stone floors of the home to prevent evil from entering.

Frankincense:(Exorcism, Protection, Spirituality)

The ancient Egyptians burned Frankincense at dawn to honour the sun god Ra. It is still used in incense in many modern churches.

When burned, it releases powerful vibrations which drive out all evil and negativity in the area. Frankincense is used in so many different incense blends, but inparticular, those for consecration, exorsism and protection. Also, when burned, can induuce visions and aid in meditation. Hightens spirituality. It is also added to sachets for luck, protection and spiritual growth. Rosemary may be used in place of Frankincense if neccesary. No which should ever be without a stash of Frankincense!!

GALANGAL ROOT

Element is Fire. Courage, strength, avoiding legal problems, hex breaking, adding power to spells. Planet is Mars Galangal:(Lust, Protection, Health, Money, Psychic Powers, Hex Breaking)

Galangal can be used for many different magickal needs. Worn or carried it protects the bearer and draws good luck. Placed in a sachet of leather with silver it brings money. Powdered Galangal can be burned on charcoal to break spells and curses. It is also carried or sprinkled around the home to promote lust. When worn, it aids psychic development and guards health. Ginger may be substituted for Galangal if it is unavailable, as they belong to the same family

Garlic:(Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Lust, Anti-Theft)

Garlic was eaten on festival days to Hecate, and was left at crossroads as a sacrifice to her. Garlic was once worn to guard against the plague. It is still used to absorb diseases. Simply rubfresh, peeled cloves og garlic into the affected area, then throw it into running water.

Garlic can be placed in the home to guard against the intrusion of evil, to keep out robbers and thieves, and is hung over the door to prevent envious people from entering. Guards against foul weather when worn, and also shields you from blows from your enemies.

When evil is around, bite into a clove of garlic to drive it away, or splinkle powdered garlic on the floor.

In natural medicine, it is a potent anti-bacterial and anti-viral.

When eaten, garlic acts as a lust inducer, and when a magnet or loadstone is rubbed with garlic it loses its magickal powers. Garlic: Protects, heals and gives courage. Garlic cleanses the blood and helps to cure infections. It works best when eaten raw as cooking takes away it's usefullness. It repels all kinds of negativity and bad stuff.

Gentian:(Love, Power)

Gentian is added to love baths and sachets. When added to any incense or sachet, Gentian adds a great deal of extra power. It is also used to break hexes and curses.

GERANIUM
Fertility, love, healing, power.

Ginger:(Love, Money, Success, Power)

Eating some Ginger before performing magick wil lend your workings extra power, as you have been "Heated Up" by the Ginger. This especially true for love spells, in which Ginger is much used.

Whole ginger roots are planted and grown to attract money, or the powdered root is sprinkled into pockets or onto money for the same purpose. Ginger is also used in success spells, or to ensure the success of your magickal workings. Ginger: Used to gain power and sucess, especially in love and finance. Works well in all spells as it enhances magickal vibrations. Great for travel sickness when eaten-but when I tryed it, it tasted gross! Ginger stimulates digestion and circulation. Don't eat too much, as large doses can irrate the stomach.

Ginseng:(Wishes, Healing, Beauty, Protection, Lust, Love)

The root is carried to attract love, as well as to guard ones health, to draw money, and to ensure sexual potency. Ginseng will also bring beauty to all who carry it.

Burn Ginseng to ward off evil spirits, and to break hexes and curses.

A tea of Ginseng is used as a powerful lust inducing drink, whether alone or mixed with other like herbs.

Hold a Ginseng root in your hands, visualize your wish into the root, and then throw it into running water, or alternatively, carve your wish into the root, then throw it into the water.

Ginseng can be used as a substitute for Mandrake. Ginseng: Said to aid love and lust, and enhance beauty. Good for relieving stress and preventing disease. In China the elderly take small doses to keep healthy. Ginseng is good as a short term remedy to fatigue. All types of ginseng improve concentration and clarity of mind.

GOLDENROD
Storms, elemental magicks, healing, dreams.

To see your future love, carry a piece of Goldenrod. He or she will appear on the morrow. When held in the hand, the flower nods in the direction of hidden or lost objects.

If Goldenrod springs up suddenly near the house door, unexpected good fortune will soon rain upon the family living there.

 GOLDEN SEAL ROOT

Element is Fire. Healing, money. Planet is the sun. Gorse:(Protection, Money)

Gorse

is a good protectant against evil. In Wales, hedges of the prickly Gorse are used to protect the home against fairies, who cannot penetrate the hedge. Gorse is also used in money spells, and attracts gold.

Gotu Kola:(Meditation)

Use in meditation incense. Burn prior to (but not during) meditations.

Grains of Paradise:(Lust, Luck, Love, Money, Wishes)

Grains of Paradise are used in love, lust and money spells and sachets. It is also one of the herbs used for wishing. Hold some in your hand and make a wish, then throw a little of the herb to each direction, beginning in the North and ending in the West.

HAZEL
Luck, fertility, dreams, wishes.
Hawthorn:(Fertility, Chastity, Fishing Magick, Happiness)

This herb has long been used to increase fertility. Because of this power it is incorporated weddings, especially those performed in the spring. The leaves, curiously enough, are also used to enforce or maintain chastity or celibacy. The leaves are placed beneath the mattress or around the bedroom for this purpose.

Carried in a sachet on a fishing trip hawthorn ensures a good catch, and worn or carried it promotes happiness in the troubled, depressed, or sad.

Hawthorn

protects against lightning, and in the house in which it resides, no evil ghosts may enter. Protects the home against damage from storms.

The 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 Hazel: The wood if good for making wands, and i the only wood that is really good for divining. Promotes good luck, especially when it has red and gold thread tied around it.

Heather:(Protection, Rainmaking, Luck)

Heather is carried to guard against rape and other violent crimes, or lust to bring good luck. White Heather is the best for this purpose.

Heather, when burned with Fern outside attracts rain. Heather has also long been used to conjure ghosts.HEATHER:

Used in: Beauty, Friendship, Immortality

Heliotrope(POISON):(Exorcism, Prophetic Dreams, Healing, Wealth, Invisibility)

Placed beneath the pillow, Heliotrope induces prophetic dreams. This is especially useful when you have been robbed - the thief will appear in a dream.

Heliotrope is used in exorcism incenses and mixtures, as well as healing sachets. When placed in the pocket or purse, it attracts wealth and money. Also ring green candles with it, then burn them right down.

To become invisible, fill a small horn with Heliotrope. Wear or carry and your actions will not attract attention.

Hemlock(POISON):(Astral Projection, Purification, Empowerment)

Another poisonous plant, Hemlock was once used in magick to induce astral projection, and in spells to destroy sexual drive. Its juice was rubbed into magickal knives and swords to empower and purify them before use.

Hemp:(Healing, Love, Visions, Meditation)

Marijuana, or Hemp as was commonly named, was once widely used in magick. Due to laws brought in during the 1930's, restricting its use and sale, many of these practices are dying out.

Hemp has long been used in love spells and divination. Hemp was also part of many vision and scrying incenses, the smoke of which opened the psychic senses. Mugwort and Hemp were prescribed to be burned before a magick mirror to gain visions. It was also added to meditation incenses.

Scourges made of Hemp were used in China as imitation snakes, which were beat against the beds of the sick to drive away the malicious, illnes causing demons.HEMP
Healing, love, visions, meditation, relaxation.

Henbane(POISON):(Love, Rainmaking)

Henbane is still sometimes used for its love-bringing properties. To bring love, one should gather Henbane naked, early in the morning, while standing on one foot. It will also bring love when worn or carried.

Burned out of doors, it will bring rain, but the fumes are toxic.

Henna:(Healing, Love, Protection)

Place on the forehead to relieve a headache. Attracts love if worn near to the heart. Also protects from illness and the evil eye.

HICKORY
Love, lust, protection.

Holly:(Protection, Anti-Lightning, Luck, Dream Magick)

An excellent protective herb, Holly guards against lightning, poison and evil spirits. Planted around the house it protects it and its inhabitants from mischievous sorcerers.

When thrown at wild animals, Holly makes them lie down quietly and leave you alone, even if you don't hit them with the plant.

Holly water (infused or distilled) is sprinkled on newborn babies to protect them.

Holly is also carried to promote good luck, especially by men, since the Holly is a "male" plant (Ivy is the corresponding plant for women). It is also hung around the house for good luck at Yule

HONEYSUCKLE
Money, prosperity, psychic powers, trust. Honeysuckle: Planted outside it brings good luck. Honeysuckle is used in prosperity spells and love charms. Said to enhance psychic skills.

Hops:(Healing, Sleep)

A pillow stuffed with dry Hops will bring on sleep and rest. Hops is also used in healing spells and sachets. Hops: Good for healing and sleep. A hop tonic improves digetion and stops restlessness. Do not use hops if you are suffering from depression as it could make the condition worse.

Horehound:(Protection, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Healing)

Horehound is used in protection sachets, and is carried to guard against sorcery and fascination. Horehound is also scattered as an exorcism herb.

Drink an infusion of the herb and it will clear your mind and promote quick thinking, as well as strengthen the mental powers.

When mixed with Ash leaves and placed in a bowl of water, it releases healing vibrations, and should be placed in sick rooms.

Horse Chestnut(POISON):(Money, Healing)

Carry to ward off rheumatism, backaches, arthritis and chills. Carry three to guard against giddiness.

Wrap a dollar bill around a Horse Chestnut, place into a sachet, and carry to attract money. Also carry for success in all things.

HYACINTH
Love, protection, happiness.

HYDRANGEA
Curse-breaking, hex-breaking, dispelling negativity.

Hyssop:(Purification, Protection)

Hyssop is one of the most widely used purification herbs in magick. It is added to baths in sachets, infused and sprinkled objects or persons to cleanse them, and hung up in the home to purge it of evil and negativity.

IRIS
Purification and wisdom.

Irish Moss:(Money, Luck, Protection)

Irish Moss is carried or placed beneath rugs to increase luck and to ensure a steady flow of money into the home 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

Ivy:(Protection, Healing)

Ivy is carried by women for good luck in general, and is worn by brides for the same reason.

Where Ivy grows or is strewn, it guards against negativity and disaster.

Ivy is also used in fidelity and love charms. It is magickally "paired" to Holly.

JASMINE:

Used in: Balance, Astral projection, dreams, fertility, happiness, Justice, sleep

Element: Water Jasmine:(Love, Money, Prophetic Dreams)

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 can be smelled to induce sleep. Jasmine: Said to attract men. The oil is soothing, uplifting and good for stress and depression.

Job's Tears:(Healing, Wishes, Luck)

The seeds are strung into a necklace and placed around a child's neck to aid in teething, and are also worn by adults in the same manner to aid sore throats and colds. The seeds will absorb the pain or illness.

Three seeds may be carried for good luck. For wishing magick, make a wish holding seven seeds (or "tears" as they are known) and then throw into running water. Alternatively, count out seven seeds while thinking of your wish. Carry these seeds for a week and your wish should come true.

Juniper:(Protection, Anti-Theft, Love, Exorcism, Health)

Used throughout Europe as a protective herb, Juniper guards against theft. It was probably one of the earliest incenses used by Mediterranean Witches.

Juniper hung at the door protects against evil forces and persons, and is also burned in exorcism rites. A sprig of the herb, when worn, guards its bearer against accidents and attacks by wild animals. It also guards against ghosts and sickness.

Juniper is added to love mixtures, and the berries are carried to increase male potency.

When carried or burned, Juniper helps the psychic powers and breaks hexes and curses, and drives off snakes Juniper: Gives protection againt accidents, harm and theft. Dry the berries and wear a a charm to attract a lover. Juniper is said to break curses and hexes.

Kava Kava:(Visions, Protection, Luck)

This herb has long been used in rites in Polynesia and Hawaii. The plants root is infused and the resulting tea is drunk to offer protection against evil, and to invite in good luck.

Infused and left to steep overnight, it is then drunk to enhance psychic powers and to induce visions. Too much of the infusion, however, is damaging to the kidneys.

Knotweed:(Binding, Health)

To bind woes and miseries, hold some Knotweed in your hand. Pour your problems into the herb; see it absorbing them, and then burn it outdoors. When carried, Knotweed strengthens and protects the eyes.

LADY SLIPPER
Protection and purification.

Lavender:(Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification, Happiness, Peace)

Lavender has long been used in love spells and sachets. Clothing rubbed with the fragrant flowers attracts love. A piece of paper on which you have rubbed lavender is excellent for writing love notes on. The scent of lavender particularly attracts men, and lavender water or essential oil was worn by prostitutes several centuries ago to both advertise their profession, and also to attract men. Lavender also protects against cruel treatment at the hands of a spouse if worn.

The flowers can also be burnt or smouldered to induce sleep and rest, or scattered around the home to maintain peacefulness. The plant is so powerful that, if when depressed, one gazes upon the plant, all sorrow will depart and a joyous feeling will settle upon the observer.

Lavender is also used in healing mixtures, carried to see ghosts, and worn to protect against the evil eye. It is also added to purification baths.

Despite its love associations, in renaissance times, it was believed that Lavendar, when worn with rosemary, would preserve a women's chastity.

Leek:(Love, Protection, Exorcism)

It is said that when two people eat leeks together, that they will fall in love with each other. Leeks may also be carried as protective amulets, and are bitten to break hexes and drive away evil.

Lemon:(Love, Longevity, Purification, Friendship)

Lemon juice may be mixed with water, and the resulting mixture can then be used for washing amulets, jewellery, and other magickal objects which have been obtained second hand. This was ensures that all negative vibrations are cleansed from the object in question. The juice is also added to bath water at the time of the full moon for its purificatory powers.

The dried flowers and peel are added to love sachets and mixtures, and the leaves used in lust teas. Lemon pie, served to a spouse, will help preserve fidelity, and a slice of fresh lemon placed beneath a visitors chair will ensure a lasting friendship.

Lemon Balm: Is an aprodisiac, helps fertilty and is an anti-depressant. Lemon Balm also helps with deigestion, relaxation and anxienty when drunk as a tea.

Lemongrass:(Lust, Psychic Powers, Repels Snakes)

Lemongrass planted around the home will repel snakes. It is also used in some lust potions, as well as an infusion to aid in development of psychic powers.

Lemon Verbena:(Purification, Love)

If this plant is hung around the neck, or a bit of its juice is drunk, it will preserve you from dreaming.

Lemon Verbena is also worn to make oneself attractive to the opposite sex, and may be used in love spells and mixtures.

The herb is added to other mixtures to increase their strength, and is sometimes utilized to purify an area, or added to bathwater for purificatory purposes.

Liquorice:(Lust, Love, Fidelity)

Chewing on a liquorice stick (the root, not the candy) will make you passionate. It is also a good practice to use whilst quitting smoking.

Liquorice is added to love and lust sachets, carried to attract love, and used in spells to ensure fidelity. Licorice: Helps digestion and bowel movements. Good for imflammatory conditions such as eczema and arthritis. Not recommened for people with high blood pressure.

Life-Everlasting:(Longevity, Health, Healing)

Use in spells of Longevity, as well as for restoring youth. It is also kept in the home or carried to prevent sickness or ill health. Drink an infusion of Life-Everlasting every morning, before eating or drinking, whilst saying "Chills and ills, pains and banes, do your fasting with life everlasting". This will ensure a long life comparatively free from illness.

Lilac:(Exorcism, Protection)

Lilac drives away evil where it is planted or strewn, and indeed in New England lilacs were originally planted to keep evil from the property.LILAC
Exorcism and protection.

Lilly of the Valley:(Mental Powers, Happiness)

Use to improve the memory and mind. When placed in a room, these flowers cheer the heart and lift the spirits of those present.

Lime:(Healing, Love, Protection)

Take a fresh Lime, pierce it with old iron nails, spikes, pins and needles, and throw it into a deep hole in the ground. This will rid you of all hexes.

Wear a necklace of Limes to cure a sore throat. Lime peel may be used in love mixtures and incenses. To cure a toothache, drive a nail into the trunk of a lime tree(but thank the tree first). Twigs of a Lime tree will protect against evil eye when carried.

LIVERWORT
Peace, love, protection.

Liquidambar:(Protection)

The seed pods are placed on the alter or held during magickal rites for protection against evil forces. Liquidambar bark may be substituted for Storax bark.

Lotus:(Protection, Lock-opening)

Anyone who breathes the scent of the Lotus will receive its protection.

Place the root of the Lotus under the tongue, and say the words "Sign, Argis" toward a locked door. It will miraculously open.

Lotus seeds and pods are used as antidotes to love spells, and any part of the lotus may be carried or worn to ensure blessings from the Gods and Goddesses.

Lovage:(Love)

Place Lovage in the bath water (in a sachet). This will make you more attractive and love inspiring. Such baths are best taken directly before going out to meet new people. Lovage: Putting the dry powdered root into a bath for purification helps release negative energy. Carry it when meeting new people, to atrract love and to get the attention of a potential lover.

Love Seed:(Love, Friendship)

Pawnee Indians used this herb in magick. The herbs are carried to attract love and new friendships.

Lucky Hand:(Employment, Luck, Protection, Money, Travel)

This root of an orchid plant is one of the most famous New Orleans magickal botanicals. It has long been placed in sachets and conjure bags for luck and general success, carried to obtain and maintain employment, and to secure protection from all ills.

Fill a jar with rose oil. Place several lucky hands into the oil and let them soak there. When you need something, take out one of the roots and wear it. If you need love, wear it near your heart; if you wish to travel, place it in your shoe; if you need money, carry one in your pocket or wallet, and so on.

Mace:(Psychic Powers, Mental Powers)

Mace, the outer covering of the nutmeg, is burned to increase psychic powers and carried to improve the intellect.

Magnolia:(Fidelity)

Place some Magnolia near or beneath the bed to maintain a faithful relationship.

Maidenhair:(Beauty, Love)

Immerse some maidenhair in water, then remove. If worn on the person or kept in the bedroom after this process, it will grant you grace, beauty and love.

MAHOGANY
Storms, elemental magicks, peace.

Mallow:(Love, Protection, Exorcism)

If your love has left you, gather a bouquet of mallow and place in a vase outside your door (or in a window). This will cause him or her to think of you, and after that they may return.

To make an effective protective magickal ointment, steep mallow leaves and stems in vegetable shortening, then strain. This ointment rubbed onto the skin casts out devils as well as protects against the harmful effects of magick worked against you.

Mandrake(POISON):(Protection, Fertility, Money, Love, Health)

A whole Mandrake root, placed on the mantel in the home, will give the house protection, fertility and prosperity. Mandrake is also hung on the headboard for protection during sleep, carried to attract love, and worn to prevent contraction of illness.

Where there is mandrake, demons cannot reside, and so the root is used in exorcism.

To "activate" a dried mandrake root(bring its powers out of hibernation), place it in some prominent place in the house and leave it there undisturbed for three days. Then place it in warm water and leave overnight. Afterwards, the root is activated and may be used in magickal practice. The water in which the root was bathed in can be sprinkled on the windows and doors of the house to protect it, or onto people to purify them.

Money placed beside a Mandrake root(especially silver coins) is said to double, and the scent of the Mandrake causes sleep.

MAPLE
Love, Longevity, money, wealth, good luck.

Maple leaves are used in love spells and money rituals, and branches of the maple have long served as magickal wands.

A child passed through the branches of a Maple tree will have a long life.

Marigold:(Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Legal Matters, Psychic Powers)

Marigolds, picked at noon when the sun is at its hottest and strongest, will strengthen and comfort the heart.

Garlands of Marigolds strung on the doorposts stop evil from entering the house, and scattered under the bed they protect you while you sleep and make your dreams come true.

Marigolds added to the bath water help win the respect and admiration of everyone you meet.

If a girl touches the petals of the Marigold with her bare feet, she will understand the languages of the birds. Marigold: Good for: divination and prophecy dreams, business and legal matters, love, seeing magical creatures and the physic. Marigold should be gathered at noon, it is also very good for finding someone who has 'done you wrong.'

Marjoram:(Protection, Love, Happiness, Health, Money)

Marjoram is used in love spells, and is also added to food to strengthen love.

Carried, it is protective, as it is when placed around the home, a bit in each room, and renewed once a month. Grown in the garden it offers shielding powers against evil.

Violets and Marjoram, mixed together, are worn during the winter months as an amulet against colds.

Given to a depressed person Marjoram brings happiness. It is also used in money mixtures and sachets. Marjoram: Protects against evil, aids love and healing and is good for those who are grieving

Mastic:(Psychic Powers, Manifestations, Lust)

Mastic is burned in magickal operations wherein a manifestation of a spirit is desired. It is also used as an incense to aid the psychic powers and has long been dissolved and used in lust potions by Witches in the Middle East.

Added to any incense mastic lends potency and power.

Meadowsweet:(Love, Divination, Peace, Happiness)

Fresh Meadowsweet is placed on the alter for love spells, or dried is used in various love mixtures.

Also strewn about the house to keep peace. The scent of Meadowsweet cheers the heart.

If gathered on Midsummer, Meadowsweet will give you information regarding thieves: if you have been robbed, place Meadowsweet on water. If it sinks, the thief is a man. If it floats, a woman.
Love, divination, happiness.

Mint:(Money, Lust, Healing, Travel, Exorcism, Protection)

Mint has long been used in healing potions and mixtures, and the fresh leaves rubbed against the head are said to relieve headaches. Mint worn at the wrist assures that you will not be ill. Stomach upsets can be alleviated by stuffing a green poppet with mint and anointing it with healing oils.

Mint is also used in travel spells and to provoke lust. Its bright green leaves and crisp scent led to its use in money and prosperity spells; the easiest of which is to place a few leaves in the wallet or purse, or rub it where your money is kept.

To rid a place of evil, sprinkle salt water with a sprinkler made of fresh sprigs of Mint, Marjoram and Rosemary.

Fresh mint laid on the alter will call good spirits to be present and aid you in magick. Mint is also kept in the home for protection.

"Mint" is the general term used for the Menthe family, which includes Spearmint, Peppermint etc. Mint: Promotes healing, wealth and helps with stressful travel. Good for digestion and also calms all emotions.

Mistletoe(POISON):(Protection, Love, Hunting, Fertility, Health, Exorcism)

Long used for protection against lightning, disease, misfortune of every kind, fires and so on, it is carried or placed in an appropriate spot for those uses. Mistletoe is placed in cradles to protect children from being stolen fairies and replaced with changelings.

A ring carved of Mistletoe wood will ward off sickness when worn, and the plant will cure fresh wounds quickly when carried (do not apply to the wound).

Laid near the bedroom door, Mistletoe gives restful sleep and beautiful dreams, as it does when placed beneath the pillow the pillow, or hung on the headboard.

Burned, Mistletoe will banish evil. Wear it around your neck to attain invisibility.