Magickal Uses for Herbs, Roots, & Resins
Frankincense
Burning Frankincense resin can help to aid you in meditation by enhancing your concentration and focus. You may also find that it can help to induce psychic visions. Burn this resin for purification, exorcism, protection, consecration, spirituality, healing, and for honoring Pagan deities.
Fennel seed
Fennel seed is a very useful magickal herb that can be ingested, used in sachets, in incense, and around the house. When ingested, or used in tea for example, this herb can help to improve the memory. If you chew on the seeds, it freshens your breath. Put Fennel in sachets for longevity, fertility, love, healing, strength, and to prevent negativity. When this herb is used for incense, its energies of purification, healing, longevity, vitality, strength, courage, and protection are released. It can also be used to prevent curses, possession, and negativity. If you hang Fennel in doorways or windows, this herb can protect the home against evil and sorcery. If Fennel is put into keyholes, it keeps ghosts out. Growing Fennel outside of the home helps to protect the home from negativity.
Galangal (also known as Galanga, China Root, India Root, East India Catarrh Root, Lesser Galangal, Rhizoma Galangae, Gargaut, Colic Root, Kaempferia Galanga)
This root is used for several different magickal purposes. If worn or carried, Galanga helps to aid in psychic development, it attracts luck, and it helps to keep the wearer in good health. Putting this root in a sachet with silver helps to attract money. This herb, in powdered form, is burned to break ill wishes and to give strength to spells. Galangal root is also used to avoid legal problems, and to give courage, and strength. In ancient times, this herb was used as an aphrodisiac. Thisroot is also effective in sex magick. Some say that sprinkling the powdered herb around the house will encourage sexual desire.
Grains of Paradise Botanical name: Aframomum Melegueta (also known as Guinea Grains or Melegueta Pepper)
This herb is very similar to the herb Cardamom in its appearance and magickal properties. Use these seeds as a powder for incense in spells or whole in sachets to attract love, lust, luck, money, and wishes. To use the seeds for wishes, infuse the seeds with your wish by holding them in your hands and then saying your wish out loud or in your head. Then, toss a few seeds to each of the four directions, beginning in the North and ending in the West.
Hibiscus Flowers (also known as Kharkady, Graxa, Gumamela, Shoeflower, and Tulipan)
These flowers have been used throughout centuries as an aphrodisiac. Egyptian women are banned from drinking tea made with this herb because it is said to induce lusty feelings. Use this herb for spells dealing with love or lust, or put the petals into a sachet to bring on passion and love. Hibiscus is also used in incense mixtures for divination and clairvoyance.
Jalap Root (also known as High John the Conqueror)
This root is used to attract money, happiness, success, and love. It also has the ability to protect from hexes and it can be used to destroy spells and curses. Use this root in its powdered form for an incense or carry on you in a sachet. Keeping a piece of Jalap Root on you aids in stopping depression, and it is very protecting. Anointing oil can be made for any purpose with this root by crushing it up into chunks and then soaking it in oil for several weeks.
Jasmine Flower
The magickal uses for this herb include spiritual love, wealth, prophetic dreams, and sleep. Use Jasmine flowers in incenses, in sachets, or wear them if you are looking for a spiritual type love in a relationship, or if you want to draw money and wealth to yourself. These flowers are also good to burn in your bedroom to bring on prophetic dreams. Smelling the flowers helps to calm nerves and induce sleep.
Juniper Berries
This herb is very fragrant and has many different magickal uses. Use Juniper Berries for protection, mental health, love, male potency, increasing psychic powers, and breaking hexes. Theberries of this herb, if added to sachets, will protect the wearer from accidents and theft, as well as from attacks from wild animals and snakes, and to increase male potency. It can also be used to keep bad spirits away. If Juniper is grown by your doorstep, or hung at your front door it is said that the home will be protected against evil forces and persons. Juniper Berries are good for increasing psychic powers and are known for having health properties that improve memory and mental clarity. Other popular uses include incense mixtures for exorcism and love.
Lavender
This herb has many uses by means of its aroma and in its powdered and whole form. The part that is used from the Lavender plant is the flowers. Magickal purposes include love, happiness, peace, relaxation, sleep, longevity, protection, purification, and divination. Wearing Lavender attracts men through its scent. Smelling Lavender flowers often will promote a long life. Burning this herb as an incense helps to induce sleep, it aids in relaxation, and it reduces stress. Lavender can also be added to bath water for purification. Scattering Lavender flowers around the house helps to influence peaceful interactions among family members. Carrying or wearing the herb protects against cruel treatment at the hands of a spouse. Some put Lavender in sachets to carry on themselves to see ghosts, to attract good spirits, or to protect against evil eye.
One way, to use this herb for divination, would be to make a wish before you fall asleep with lavender under your pillow. If you dream about something related to your wish it will come true, if not, rethink your wish and try again.
Lemongrass
This herb’s magickal purposes are for protection, love, developing psychic powers, and purification. Sachets with Lemongrass are used to protect the home from serpent energy; plant Lemongrass outside of the home to keep snakes away. Incense and sachets made with this herb are used to attract honesty, loyalty, commitment, and desire to your relationship (use incense as part of a spell). Lemongrass can also be burned or infused into bath water for purification. Drink as an herbal tea to aid in psychic development.
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