Magickal Uses for Herbs, Roots, & Resins
Licorice Root
This root can be to attract love by adding it to love and lust sachets. Add Licorice root to incense for spells dealing with fidelity. A stick of Licorice root makes a useful wand.
Long Pepper
This herb can be used in invisibility spells. Carry or burn to utilize the long pepper's magickal qualities.
Mistletoe
Throughout history, this herb has been used for many different purposes in many different ways by many different groups of people. In general, Mistletoe can be used for just about anything! This herb is very protective and can be hung in doorways, or carried to protect against anything. You can also add to incense mixtures to release the plant’s magickal properties. Carrying or wearing this herb is said to promote speedy healing. Rings have been carved from the wood for its healing properties and to ward off diseases. Mistletoe attracts good luck, aids in hunting, promotes revitalizing sleep, encourages pleasant dreams, helps to retain love, aids in conception, repels evil, and fights depression. The custom of hanging this herb during the winter season was started in Pagan times since it was thought to inspire passion and increase fertility. Mistletoe can also be made into a useful wand.
Mugwort (also known as Artemis Herb, Artemisia, Felon Herb, Muggons, Naughty Man, Old Man, Old Uncle Henry, Sailor's Tobacco, and St. John's Plant)
This herb helps one to develop psychic abilities as well as to aid in psychic practices. It can also be used for protection, healing, consecration, and comfort. It can be used to stuff the pillow that you sleep on to produce prophetic dreams and to help you become lucid. Keeping Mugwort at your bedside can aid in astral travel. Make an infusion of this herb to drink as a tea before doing any type of divination. You can also use this infusion to consecrate and dress your divination tools. Burn Mugwort during scrying rituals or place some in your working area to aid you psychically.
This herb is carried to prevent backache and to cure disease and madness. Some people have been known to put Mugwort in their shoes before they go on a long walk or run for comfort and strength.
Myrrh
This resin comes from a thorny tree and has been used for centuries among many cultures as a sacred tool. Using this resin increases the effectiveness of your spell. This resin is associated with grieving, healing, protection, and purification. Use this resin for incense either alone or mixed with other ingredients. Myrrh can be burned to help one grieve over the loss of a loved one and it can help to heal emotional wounds to one’s heart, spirit, mind, or body. This resin can also be burned in spells where protection is needed, especially if a person is injured either physically or emotionally. Myrrh can be burned for any type of purification need.
Nutmeg
This herb can be used whole or ground. Common uses include good health talismans and good luck charms, carried whole, and are especially good for attracting money and for gambling. Ground Nutmeg to use as incense for money spells, or to sprinkle onto green candles during a candle magick ritual to attract prosperity. Nutmeg has a warm, relaxing scent that acts as an aphrodisiac in some cases. Add this herb whole to potpourri mix or a sachet for this reason or you could burn it in its ground form during a ritual to attract a lover who will be committed and loyal. Nutmeg is also considered to be a suitable substitute for High John Root.
Orris Root
This root is from the Iris flower. Many use this herb to attract love, specifically a long-lasting love that involves companionship and romance. For this purpose, use in a sachet or incense during a love spell. Orris Root is especially good to use when you want to uncover the subconscious aspects of your mind. Burn while you drift off to sleep and record your dreams as soon as you wake up for this purpose. Another quality that this root possesses is its ability to uncover that which is hidden making it a valuable herb to burn during divination. Orris Root can also be carried or burned to protect spiritually or physically. The root, when added to incense, helps to preserve the scents of that mixture while adding a soft floral aroma of its own.
Patchouli
The scent of this herb is thought to be a strong aphrodisiac to attract males. Just a small amount of the Patchouli leaves and stems can create a powerful scent full of vitality when burned or smelled when crushed. You can also add this herb to sachets or potpourri. Patchouli can be used in love and sex magick to attract passion or fertility, it can be used to reverse spells and keep away harmful people, it is helpful in grounding oneself, it aids in divination, and it is helpful in attracting money.
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