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Acacia (Acacia senegal)

Folk Names: Cape Gum, Egyptian Thorn, Gum Arabic tree, Kikwata, Mkwaita, Mgunga, Mokala

Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Elements: Air
Deities: Osiris, Astarte,Ishtar, Diana, Ra
Powers: Protection, Psychic Powers
Ritual Uses: The wood is used as fuel in sacred fires in India, and is also used in building temples.

Magical Uses: A spring of the tree placed over the bed wards off evil, as it does when tucked into the turban in eastern countries. When the wood is burned with sandlewood the psychic powers are stimulated. Acacia is also used in money and love spells, although in the latter case the outcome would be a platonic love.

 

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Adam and Eve Root ( Orchis spp.) Posion

Gender: Feminine
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Power: Love, Happiness

Magical Uses: carry the two roots in a small bag at all times to attract a love. If you wish to be free from amatory competitors, also carry the two roots sewn into a small bag. Given to a couple they ensure continued happiness

Adder's Tongue ( Erythronium americanum)

Folk Names : American adder's tongue, Serpent's tongue, Adder's mouth, yellow snowdrop, Dog's tooth violet.

Gender: Feminine
Planet: MOon
Element: Water
Powers: Healing
Magical uses: Soak some adder's tongue in cold water and apply to a wound or bruise ( wrap it in clothe) until the herbs grows warm, Next, bury the wet herb in a muddy place. The wound will be cured.

African Violet ( Saintpaulia ionantha)

Gender: Feminine
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Powers: Spirituality, Protection
Magical Uses: The purple-colored flowers and plants are grown in the home to promote spirituality within it. The plants are also slightly protective when grown.

 

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Agaric ( Amanita muscaria ) Poison

Folk Names: Death angel, Death cap, magic mushroom, Redcap mushroom,Sacred Mushroom, Fly fungus

Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mercury
Element: Air
Deity: Dionysus
Powers: Fertility

Ritual Uses: There is speculation that at least some of the mystery religions of classical times centered their secret rituals around the use of the amanita.

Magical Uses: Place on the altar or in the bedroom to increase fertility. Unfortunatly, the amanita is so virulently poisionous that it is unwise to use it.

Agrimony ( Agimonia eupatoria)

Folk names: Church Steeples, Cocklebur, Garclive, Philanthropos, Sticklewort, Stickwort, Umakhuthula, Ntola
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Jupiter
Element: Air
Powers: Protection, sleep
Magical Uses: Use in all protection sachets and spells, also to banish negative energies and spirits. It protects against goblins, evil and posion.
At one time it was used to detect the presence of witches.

 

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Ague Root ( Aletris farinosa)

Folk names: ague grass, bitter grass, blackroot, crow corn, stargrass, starwort, true unicorn root, unicorn root, aletris blazing star.

Powers: Protection

Magical uses: Sprinkle around your home to keep evil at bay, or carry in a sachet for the same purpose. Also, use hex-breaking and uncrossing rituals and mixtures.

Alfalfa ( medicago saliva)

Folk names: buffalo herb, lucerne, purple medic, jat, qadb

Gender: feminie
Planet: venus
Element: Earth
Powers: Prospertiy, Anit-hunger, Money
Magical uses: Keep in the home to protect from poverty and hunger. It is best placed in a small jar in the cupboard or pantry. Also, burn alfalfa and scatter the ashes around the property for this purpose. Alafalfa is also used in money spells

Alkanet ( Alkanna tinctoria, Anchuse spp.)

Folk Names: Dyer's bugloss, Orcanet, Dyer's Alkanet
Gender: Feminie
Element: Water
Powers: Purification, Prosperity
Magical Uses: Alkanet is burned as an incense to purify the area of negativity and is also used to attract prospertiy in all its forms.

 

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Alone ( Aloe Vera. Spp )

Folk Names: Burn plant, Medicine Plant, Saqal, Zabila

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Moon

Element: Water

Powers: Protection, Luck

Magical Uses: The alone, a popular house plant, is alos protective. It guards against evil influences and prevents househould accidents. In Africa the alone is hung over houses and doors to drive away evil, as well as to bring good luck.
In Mexico, large wreaths made of whole garlic bulbs strung on wire are festooned with pictures of saints, packets of magical herbs, lodestones, rock salt, pine nuts as well as clumps of freshly cut alone. These are hung up in the home for protection, luck, money and so on.

Althea ( Althaea Officinalis )

Folk Names: Mashmellow, Mortification root, Sweet WEed, Wymote, Heemst, Slaz

Gender: Feminie

Element: Water

Powers: Protection, Psychic powers

Magical Uses: Althea has long been used in protection rites, and it also is good psychic power-stimulator. Burn as incense for this purpose, or carry in a sachet. Althea is also known to be a good "spirit puller" it brings good spirits in during rituals when placed on the alter. This is a popular voodoo practice.

Alyssum ( Alyssum spp.)

Folk Names: Alison, Madwort

Powers: Protection, Moderating Anger

Magical Uses: Dioscorides recommended the alyssum as an amulet, for it has the power to "expel charms". Hung up in the house protects against fascination, that magical process which is also known as "glamour". Alyssum also has the power to cool down an angry person if placed in the hand or on the body, and was even said to cure hydrophobia ( rabies).

Amaranth ( Amaranthus hypochondriacus)

Folk Names: Flower of Immortality, Huauhtli, Love-lies bleeding, Red Cockscomb, Velvet Flower, Princess feather, Floramon

Gender: Feminie

Planet: Saturn

Element: Fire

Deity: Artemis

Powers: Healing, Protection, Invisibility

Ritual Uses: The amaranth was used in pagan burial rituals. It was also once outlawed by spanish colonial authority in mesico because it was used by aztecs in their rituals.

Magical Uses: A crown of amaranth flowers worn on the head speeds healing. To make sure that you are never struck by a bullet, pull up a whole amaranth planet ( including the roots) preferably on a friday during the full moon. Leave an offering to the plant and then fold it, roots and all,in a piece of white cloth. Wear this against your breast and you'll be "bullet proof".
The dried flowers have been used to call forth the dead, and are also carried to "cure the affections", to med a broken heart.
A wreath of it worn confers invisibilty

 

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Anemone ( Anemone pulsatilla)

Folk Names: Meadow Anemone, Pasque flower, Passe flower, Wind flower.

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Mars

Element: Fire

Deities; Adonis, Venus

Powers: Health,Protection, Healing

Magical Uses: Gather the bloosms when first seen in the spring, wrap them up in a red cloth and wear or carry to prevent disease. Grow red anemones in the garden to protect both it and the home. Use the blossoms in all healing rituals.

Angelica ( Angelica archangalica)

Folk Names: Archangel, Masterwort, Garden Angelica

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Sun

Element: Fire

Deity: Venus

Powers: Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Visions

Magical Uses: Grown, the plant is protective. Use in all protection and exoricsim incenses. Sprinkle the four corners of the house with angelica to ward off evil, or do this around the perimeter of the house. added to the bath, angelica removes curses, hexes and any spells that may have been cast against you. The root was carried in the pocket as a gambling talisman among some american indian tribes.

 

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Anise ( Pimpinella anisum)

Folk Names: Anneys, Aniseseed, Yanisin, Sweet Cumin

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Jupiter

Element: Air

Powers: Protection, Purification, Youth

Magical Uses: Fill a small pillowcase with anise seeds and sleep on it. This iwll ensure that you have no nightmares. Use in protectio nand medications incenses. Fresh anise leaves placed in a room will drive off evil, and they are sometimes placed around the magic circle to protect the magician from evil spirits.


Apple ( Pyrus spp.) ((Seeds in large amounts: Posion))

Folk Names: Fruit of the Gods, Fruit of the underworld, Silver Branch, The silver bough, Tree of love

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Elements: Water

Deities: Venus, Dionysys, Olwen, Apollo, Hera, Athena, Aphrodite, Diana, Zeus, Iduna

Powers: Love, Healing , Garden Magic, Immortality

Ritual Uses: August 13th was Diana's festival in Greece ( venus in rome) and on this day a ritual meal was prepared, part of wich consisted of apples still hanging on their Boughs.

Wiccan Altars are pilled high with apples on samhain for the apple is considered to be the one of the foods of the dead.

Magical Uses: Love,Healing ( keeping it short)

Apricot ( Prunus armeniaca)

Folk Names: Umublinkosi, Xing Ren

Gender: Feminie

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Deity: Venus

Powers: Love

Magical Uses: EAt the fruit to obtain a sweet disposition, or use the juice in love speels and "potions."

Ababic,Gum ( Acacia senegal, A.vera)

Folk Names: Arabic, Egyptian gum,Indian gum

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Sun

Element: Air

Powers: Spirituality, Purification

Magical Uses: Add to incenses for good vibrations, or smoulder alone on charcoal. Purifies area of negativity and evil.

Arbutus ( Arbutus unede)

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Mars

Deity: Cardea

Powers: Exorcism, Protection

Magical uses: The romans used it to chase away evil, and also to protect little children. It was also used in exorcisms, and has been since the time of ancient Greece.

 

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Asafoetida ( Ferula assa-foetida, ferula foetida, Ferula rurbicaulis) (( Do not feed these to children with colic))

Folk Names: Assyfetida, Devil's dung,Food of the gods, Ungoozeh

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Mars

Element: Fire

Powers: Exorcism, Purification, Protection.

Magical Uses: Burn small amounts in exorcism and protection incenses. Also use in protection sachets, but only if you want to smell odd. Destory manifestations of spirits if thrown onto a fire or into the censer during magical rites.
Sometimes used as an amulet to keep away colds and fevers, and for this purpose is usually worn aournd the neck. Unfortunately, though asafoetida is undoubtfuly powerful, it also has particulartly horrid odor. Just the slightest suggestion of the fragrance has caused vomiting. Use with care.

Ash ( Faxinus excelsior or F. Americana) Bark: G

Folk Names: Nion, Asktroed,Jasen Beli, Freixo

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Sun

Element: Fire

Deities: Uranus, Poseidon, Thor, Woden, Neptune, Mars, Gwydion

Powers: Protection, Prosperity, Sea rituals, Health

Rituals uses: The ash, to the anciet teutons represented Ygdrasill ( world tree), which was their conception of the universe.

Magical Uses: Carve a piece of ash wood into a solar cross and carry as a protection against drowning while at sea. IT is also used in sea rituals for it represents the power which resides in water.

Aspen ( Populus tremuloides)

Folk Names: European aspen, Poplar, Quaking aspen

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Mercury

Element: Air

Powers: Eloquence, Anti Theft

Magical uses: Use in Anti theft spells and plant an aspen in your garden or field to be protected from thieves.

 

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Aster ( Callisterphus chinensis)

Folk Names: China Aster, Michealmas daisy, Starwort

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Veus

Element: Water

Deity: Venus

Power: Love

Ritual Uses: The aster was sacred to all the gods, and was placed on temple altars during festive occasions by the classical greeks

Magical uses: use in love sachets, or carry the bloom to win love. Also grow in the garden with a wish for love

Avens ( Geum urbanum)

Folk Names: Assaranaccara, Bennet, Blssed herb, Clove root, colewort, golden star, goldy star, harafoot, herb bennet, Minarta, Pesleporis, star of the earth, way bennet, yellow avens

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Jupiter

Element: Fire

Powers: Exorcism, Purification, Love

Magical uses: Add to exorcism incenses and mixtures, or springke around the area to be exercises. Aslo sued in purification rites.

Avocado ( Persea americans)

Folk Names: Ahuacotl, Alligator pear, Persea, Zaboca

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Powers: Love, Lust, Beauty

Rituals uses: The egyptians revered the persea.

Magical Uses: eat the fruit of the avocado to become infused with lust, as the ancient aztecs did. Grow a plant from the pit of an avocado in your home to bring love into it. Magical wands made of avocado wood are potent all purpose instruments. Carry the pit to promote beauty.

 

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Bachelor's Buttons ( Centaurea cyanus)

Folk Names: Devil's flower, Red campion, Bluet, Hurtlesickle, Blue Bottle

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Deity: Robin Goodfellow

Powers: Love

Magical Uses: Woman wear this flower on their breast to attract the love of a man. Or, take a flower and put it in your pocket. It will lose or retain its freshness in accordance with bad or good success in amatory pursuits.

Balm,Lemon ( Melissa officinalis)

Folk Names: Bee blam, Lemon blasam, Melissa, Sweet Balm, Sweet Melissa, Tourengane, Oghoul

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Moon

Element: Water

Powers: Love, Success, healing

Magical uses: From arabian herb magic comes the information that lemon balm can be used to influence love. Soak the herb in wine for several hours, strain and share with a friend Or, Carry the herb with you to attract love.

Balm of Gilead ( Comiphora opobalsamus)

Folk names: Balessan, Balsam Tree

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Powers: Love, Manifestations, Protection, Healing

Magical Uses: Carry the buds of the balm of Gilead to mend a broken heart, or to attract a new love.

Bamboo ( Bambusa vulgaris)

Folk Names: Common Bamboo, Ohe, Kauayan-kiling

Gender: Masculine

Deity: Hinna

Powers: Protection: Luck, Hex-breaking, Wishes

Ritual uses: Bamboo is used in divination in Chinese temples. Bits of the wood are thrown to the worshipper by the priest.

Magical uses: Carve your wishes on a piece of bamboo and bury in the ground in a secluded place. Or, carve a symbol of protection, like a five pointed star on a length of bamboo and plant it in the ground.

 

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Banana( musa sapientum)

Folk Names: Maia ( Hawaiian), Bacove, Sanging

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Deity: Kanaloa

Powers: Fertility, Potency, Prosperity

Ritual uses: In sacrifices to the gods, a banana stalk was sometimes used as a substitue for a human, both in hawaii and Tahiti. Until the kapu in hawaii was broken in 1819, certain foods were forbidden to woman on pain of death.

Banyan (Ficus benghalensis)

Folk Names : Arched Fig, Indian fig tree, indian God tree, vada tree

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Jupiter

Element : Air

Deity: Maui

Powers: Luck

Ritual uses: The banyan is reverenced by the hindus and the tree is platned outside around their temples. It is also connected to the worship of Maui in Hawaiian and polynesian religions.

Magical uses: To simply sit beneath or look at a banyan tree brings good luck and to be married under one ensures the coupls happiness

Barley ( Hordeum spp. vulgare )

Folk Names: Malt

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Earth

Powers: Love, Healing, Protection

Magical Uses: use the grain or barley water in love spells. If you have a toothace, it can be cured with barley. Wind a barley straw around a stone, visualizing yoru pain into the stone. Now throw it into the river or any running water and see your pain being washed away.

Basil ( Ocimum Basilicum )

Folk names: Albahaca, American Dittany, St Joseph's wort, Sweet Basil, Witches herb

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Mars

Element; Fire

Deities; Uishnu, Erzulie

Powers: Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection.

Magical Uses: The scent of fresh basil causes sympathy between two people and this is why it is used to sooth tempers between lovers.

 

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Belladonna ( Atropa belladonna) POISION

Folk Names : Banwort, Black Cherry, Deadly Nightshade, Deaths Herb, Devil's Cherries , Divale ,Dwale , Dwaleberry, Dwayberry, Fair Lady, Great Morel, Naughty Man's Cherries, Sorcerer's Berry, Witch's Berry.

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Saturn

Element: Water

Deities: Hecate, Bellona, Circe

Ritual Uses: The priests of bellona, according to ancient traditions, drank an infusion of belladonna prior to worhipssing her and invoking her aid. Bellona is the roman goddess of war.

Magical uses: Today belladonna is little-used in herb magic due to its high toxicity all parts of the plant are extremely posionous and there is still repots of deahts resulting from accidentcal ingestion of nightshade.
In the past it was used to encourage astral projection and to produce visions, but safer alternatives are availiable today and belladonna is best avoided.