Complete list of Magickal uses of Herbs/Plants

A
Acacia – Protection, Psychic Powers. Burn with sandalwood to open psychic centers
Aconite – *Poison*  Protection, Invisibility
African Violet – Spirituality, Protection. Promotes spirituality when grown in the home
Agaric – Fertility. Place on the altar or in the bedroom to increase fertility
Agrimony – Protection, Sleep
Alfalfa – Prosperity, Anti-hunger, Money
Allspice – Money, Luck, Healing
Almond – Money, Prosperity, Wisdom
Aloe – Protection, Luck
Aloes, Wood – Love, Spirituality
Althea – Protection, Psychic Powers
Alyssum – Protection, Moderating Anger
Amaranth – Healing, Protection, Invisibility. Used in pagan burial rituals. Mends a broken heart
Anemone – Health, Protection, Healing
Anemone (Wood) – Healing
Angelica – Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Visions
Anise Seed – Protection. Purification. Youth
Anise, Star – Used in death and dying rituals
Apple – Love, Healing, Garden Magick, Immortality
Apricot – Love
Arabic Gum – Purifies negativity and evil
Arbutus – Exorcism, Protection. Protects little children
Arrow Root – Increases one’s good fortune
Asafoetida – Exorcism, Purification, Protection. Horrid odor. Use with caution
Ash – Protection, Prosperity, Sea Rituals, Health
Aspen – Eloquence, Anti-Theft
Aster – Use in love sachets, or carry the bloom to win love
Avens – Exorcism, Purification, Love. Brings protection to the home, kindred, and self
Avocado – Love, Beauty, Lust

B
Bachelor’s Buttons – Love. Women wear this flower on their breast to attract love
Balm, Lemon – Love. Success. Healing, especially for those with mental or nervous disorders
Balm of Gilead – Love, Manifestations, Protection, Healing
Bamboo – Protection, Luck, Hex-Breaking, Wishes. Excellent for magick wands, representing all four elements. 
Banana – Fertility. Cures impotency. Use leaves, flowers, and fruits in prosperity and money spells
Banyan – Luck
Barley – Love, Healing, Protection. Use the grain or barley water in love spells
Basil – Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection
Bay – Protection, Psychic Powers, Healing, Purification, Strength
Bean – Protection, Exorcism, Wart Charming, Reconciliations, Potency, Love
Bedstraw – Worn or carried to attract love
Beech –Wishes
Beet – Love. Use as an ink in love magick, also as a blood substitute
Belladonna – *Poison* Encourages astral projection and produces visions, but belladonna is best avoided. A primary ingredient in flying ointments
Benzoin – Purification, Prosperity. Provides focus. Enhances concentration. Useful in astral travel (protects spirit while travelling). Promotes generosity
Bergamot, Orange – Money. Put leaves in wallet or purse to attract money. 
Be-Still – *Poison* Wear beans as a talisman to attract luck
Betony, Wood – Protection, Purification, Love
Birch – Protection, Exorcism, Purification
Bistort – Psychic Powers, Fertility. Carry bistort if you wish to conceive. Burn with frankincense to increase psychic powers or when using divination.
Bittersweet – Protection, Healing
Blackberry – Healing, Money, Protection
Bladderwrack – Protection, Sea Spells, Wind Spells, Money, Psychic Powers
Bleeding Heart – Love 
Bloodroot –  *Poison* Love, Protection, Purification  
Bluebell – Luck, Truth. 
Blueberry – Protection.
Blue Flag – *Poison* Money. Carry the root for financial gain. Place in cash registers to increase business
Bodhi – Fertility, Protection, Wisdom, Meditation
Boneset – Protection. Exorcism.
Borage – Courage. Drink a tea for psychic powers
Bracken – Healing, Rain Magick, Prophetic Dreams. If bracken is burned outside, rain will fall
Brazil Nut – Carry as a talisman for love
Briony – Image Magick, Money, Protection
Bromeliad – Protection, Money. Grow in the home for protection, money, and luxuries.
Broom – Purification, Protection, Wind Spells, Divination
Buchu – Psychic Powers, Prophetic Dreams. Drink to foretell the future
Buckthorn – Protection, Exorcism, Wishes, Legal Matters
Buckwheat – Money, Protection
Burdock – Protection, Healing

C
Cactus – Protection, Chastity.
Calamus – *POISON* Luck, Healing, Money, Protection
Camellia – Brings riches and luxury
Camphor – Chastity, Health, Divination
Caraway – Protection, Lust, Health, Anti-Theft, Mental Powers
Cardamom – Lust, Love
Carnation – Protection, Strength, Healing
Carob – Protection, Health. Wear or carry
Carrot – Fertility, Lust. Eat the seeds to become pregnant
Cascara Sagrada – Legal Matters, Money, Protection. Sprinkle infusion around your home before going to court
Cashew – Money
Castor – Protection
Catnip – Cat Magick, Love, Beauty, Happiness
Cattail – Lust. Carry if you don’t like sex, but want to
Cedar – Healing, Purification, Money, Protection
Celandine – Protection, Escape, Happiness, Legal Matters
Celery – Mental Powers, Lust, Psychic Powers
Centaury – Burn to drive off snakes
Chamomile – Money, Sleep, Love, Purification
Cherry – Love, Divination.
Chestnut – Love.
Chickweed – Fertility, Love
Chicory – Removing Obstacles, Invisibility, Favors, Frugality
Chili Pepper – Fidelity, Hex Breaking, Love.
China Berry – *Poison* Carry seeds for luck and to bring change into your life.
Chrysanthemum – Protection. Promotes mental health. Use in rituals of death and dying.
Cinnamon – Spirituality, Success, Healing, Power, Psychic Powers, Lust, Protection, Love
Cinquefoil – The five points of the leaves represent love, money, health, power, and wisdom.
Citron – Psychic Powers, Healing.
Clove – Protection, Exorcism, Love, Money. Burn as an incense. 
Clover – Protection, Love, Money, Fidelity, Exorcism, Success.
Coconut – Purification, Protection, Chastity
Coffee – Ritual stimulant.
Cohosh, Black – Love, Courage, Protection, Potency
Coltsfoot – Use in love sachets and spells of peace and tranquility. Love, Visions.
Columbine – Love, Courage.
Comfrey – Good for any magickal healing. Worn or carried, it ensures safety during travel. The root is used in money spells.
Copal – Love, Purification
Coriander – Love, Health, Healing
Corn – Protection, Luck, Divination.
Cornflower – Patron herb of herbalists. Blue leaves make a lovely ink for Book of Shadows.
Cotton – Luck, Healing, Protection, Rain, Fishing Magick.
Cowslip – Healing, Youth, Treasure Finding.
Crocus – Burn in a censor with alum to see a vision of the thief who robbed you. Love, Visions.
Cucumber – Chastity, Healing, Fertility
Cumin – Protection, Fidelity, Exorcism, Anti-theft
Curry – Protection. Burn the specific plant, not the mixture of spices, to repel evil at night.
Cyclamen – Fertility, Protection, Happiness, Lust. Add to handfasting or wedding cake.
Cypress – Longevity, Healing, Comfort, Protection. Wear at time of crisis

D
Daffodil – Love, Fertility, Luck
Daisy – Lust, Luck
Damiana – Lust, Love, Visions
Dandelion – Divination, Wishes, Calling Spirits
Deerstongue – Lust, Psychic Powers
Dill – Protection, Money, Lust, Luck
Dock – Healing, Fertility, Money
Dogbane – Use the flowers in magickal love mixtures
Dogwood – Wishes, Protection. 
Dragon’s Blood – Love, Protection, Exorcism, Potency
Dulse – Lust, Harmony
Dutchman’s Britches – Love

E
Ebony – Protection, Power
Echinacea – Strengthening Spells
Edelwiess – Invisibility, Bullet-Proofing
Elder – Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Prosperity, Peace
Elecampane – Love, Protection, Psychic Powers
Elm – Love
Endive – Love, Lust
Eucalyptu – Healing, Protection
Eyebright – Mental Powers, Psychic Powers

F
Fennel – Protection, Healing, Purification
Fenugreek - Money
Fern – Rain Making, Protection, Luck, Riches, Health, Exorcism
Feverfew – Protection
Fig – Divination, Fertility, Love
Figwort – Health, Protection
Flax – Money, Protection, Beauty, Psychic Powers, Healing
Fleabane – Exorcism, Protection, Chastity
Foxglove – *Poison* Protection
Frankincense – Protection, Exorcism, Spirituality

G
Gardenia – Love, Peace, Healing, Spirituality
Garlic – Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Lust, Anti-Theft
Gentian – Love, Power
Geranium – Fertility, Love, Health, Protection
Ginger – Love, Money, Success, Power
Ginseng – Love, Wishes, Healing, Beauty, Protection, Lust
Goats Rue – Healing, Health
Goldenrod – Money, Divination
Goldenseal – Healing, Money
Gorse – Protection, Money
Gotu Kola – Meditation
Gourd – Protection
Grain – Protection
Grape – Fertility, Garden Magick, Mental Powers, Money
Grass – Psychic Powers, Protection
Ground Ivy – Divination
Groundsel – Health, Healing

H
Hawthorn – Fertility, Chastity, Fishing Magick, Happiness
Hazel – Luck, Fertility, Anti-Lightning, Protection, Wishes
Heather – Protection, Rain Making, Luck. 
Heliotrope – Exorcism, Prophetic Dreams, Healing, Wealth, Invisibility
Hellebore, Black – *Poison* Protection. Provides an aura or mantle of invisibility. 
Hemlock – *Poison* Destroys sexual drive. Induces astral projection. 
Hemp – Healing, Love, Vision, Meditation
Henbane – *Poison* A love-bringing herb when worn. 
Henna – Healing. 
Hibiscus – Lust, Love, Divination
Hickory – Legal Matters
High John the Conqueror– Money, Love, Success, Happiness
Holly – Protection, Anti-Lightning, Luck, Dream Magick
Honesty – Money, Repelling Monsters
Honeysuckle – Money, Psychic Powers, Protection.
Hops – Healing, Sleep
Horehound – Protection, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Healing
Horse Chestnut – Money, Healing
Horseradish – Purification, Exorcism
Horsetail – Snake Charming, Fertility
Houseleek – Luck, Protection, Love
Huckleberry – Luck, Protection, Dream Magick, Hex Breaking
Hyacinth – Love, Protection, Happiness
Hydrangea – Hex Breaking
Hyssop – Purification, Protection

I
Indian Paint Brush – Love
Iris – Purification, Wisdom
Irish Moss – Money, Luck, Protection
Ivy – Protection, Healing

J
Jasmine – Love, Money, Prophetic Dreams
Jobs Tears – Healing, Wishes, Luck
Joe Pye Weed – Love, Respect
Juniper – Protection, Anti-Theft, Love, Exorcism, Health

K
Kava-Kava – Visions, Protection, Luck
Knotweed – Binding, Health

L
Lady’s Mantle – Love
Lady’s Slipper – Protection
Larch – Protection, Anti-Theft
Larkspur – Health, Protection
Lavender – Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity (with rosemary), Longevity, Purification, Happiness, Peace
Leek – Love, Protection, Exorcism
Lemon – Longevity, Purification, Love, Friendship
Lemongrass – Repel Snakes, Lust, Psychic Powers
Lemon Verbena– Purification, Love
Lettuce – Chastity, Protection, Love, Divination, Sleep
Licorice – Love, Lust, Fidelity
Life Everlasting - Longevity, Health, Healing
Lilac - Exorcism, Protection
Lily - Protection, Breaking Love Spells
Lily of the Valley – **Poison to cats** Mental Powers, Happiness
Lime – Healing, Love, Protection
Linden – Protection, Immortality, Luck, Love, Sleep
Liverwort – Protection, Love
Loosestrife – Peace, Protection
Lotus – Protection, Lock-Opening
Lovage – Love
Love Seed – Friendship, Love
Lucky Hand – Employment, Luck, Protection, Money, Travel

M
Mace – Psychic Powers, Mental Powers
Magnolia – Fidelity
Maidenhair – Beauty, Love
Male Fern – Luck, Love
Mallow – Love, Protection, Exorcism
Mandrake – *Poison* Protection, Love, Money, Fertility, Health.
Maple – Love, Longevity, Money
Marigold – Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Legal Matters, Psychic Powers
Marjoram – Protection, Love, Happiness, Health, Money
Mastic – Psychic Powers, Manifestations, Lust
May Apple – *Poison* Money. 
Meadow Rue – Divination
Meadowsweet – Love, Divination, Peace, Happiness
Mesquite – Healing
Mimosa – Protection, Love, Prophetic Dreams, Purification
Mint – Money, Love, Lust, Healing, Exorcism, Travel, Protection
Mistletoe – Protection, Love, Hunting, Fertility, Health, Exorcism.
Moonwort– Money, Love
Moss – Luck, Money
Mugwort – Strength, Psychic Powers, Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Healing, Astral Projection.
Mulberry – Protection, Strength
Mullein – Courage, Protection, Health, Love, Divination, Exorcism
Mustard – Fertility, Protection, Mental Powers
Myrrh – Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Spirituality
Myrtle – Love, Fertility, Youth, Peace, Money

N
Nettle – Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Lust
Norfolk Island Pine – Protection, Anti-Hunger
Nuts – Fertility, Prosperity, Love, Luck

O
Oak – Protection, Health, Money, Healing, Potency, Fertility, Luck
Oats – Money
Olive – Healing, Peace, Fertility, Potency, Protection, Lust
Onion – Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Money, Prophetic Dreams, Lust
Orange – Love, Divination, Luck, Money
Orchid – Love
Oregon Grape – Money, Prosperity
Orris – Love, Protection, Divination. The root is used to find and hold love
P
Palm, Date – Fertility, Potency
Pansy – Love, Rain Magick, Love, Divination
Papaya – Love, Protection
Parsley – Love, Protection, Purification
Passion Flower – Peace, Sleep, Friendship
Patchouly – Money, Fertility, Lust
Pea – Money, Love
Peach – Love, Exorcism, Longevity, Fertility, Wishes
Pear – Lust, Love
Pecan – Money, Employment
Pennyroyal – Strength, Protection, Peace
Peony – Protection, Exorcism
Pepper – Protection, Exorcism
Peppermint – Purification, Sleep, Love, Healing, Psychic Powers
Periwinkle – *POISON* Patron herb of Wiccans. Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Money, Protection
Persimmon – Healing, Lust
Pimento – Love
Pine – Healing, Fertility, Protection, Exorcism, Money
Pineapple – Luck, Money, Chastity
Pistachio – Breaking Love Spells
Plum – Healing
Poke – Courage, Hex Breaking
Pomegranate – Divination, Luck, Wishes, Wealth, Fertility
Poplar – Money, Flying
Poppy – Fertility, Love, Sleep, Money, Luck, Invisibility
Potato – Image Magick, Healing
Prickly Ash – Love
Primrose – Protection, Love
Purslane – Sleep, Love, Luck, Protection, Happiness

Q
Quince – Protection, Love, Happiness

R
Radish – Protection, Lust
Ragweed – Courage
Raspberry – Protection, Love
Rattlesnake Root – Protection, Money
Rhubarb – Protection, Fidelity
Rice – Protection, Fidelity
Roots – Protection, Power, Divination
Rose – Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, Love, Divination, Luck, Protection
Rosemary – Protection, Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Purification, Healing, Sleep, Youth
Rowan – Psychic Powers, Healing, Protection, Success
Rue – Healing, Health, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Love
Rye – Love, Fertility

S
Saffron – Love, Healing, Happiness, Wind Raising, Lust, Strength, Psychic Powers
Sage – Immortality, Longevity, Wisdom, Protection, Wishes
Sagebrush – Purification, Exorcism
St. John’s Wort – Health, Power, Protection, Strength, Love, Divination, Happiness
Sandalwood – Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Spirituality
Sarsaparilla – Love, Money
Sassafras – Health, Money
Savory, Summer – Mental Powers
Skullcap – Love, Fidelity, Peace
Senna – Love
Sesame – Money, Lust
Shallot – Purification
Skunk Cabbage – Legal Matters
Slippery Elm – Halts Gossip
Snakeroot – Luck, Money
Snakeroot, Black – Love, Lust, Money
Snapdragon – Protection
Solomon’s Seal – Protection, Exorcism
Sorrel Wood – Healing, Health
Southern Wood – Love, Lust, Protection
Spanish Moss – Protection
Spearmint – Healing, Love, Mental Powers
Spiderwort – Love
Spikenard – Love
Star Anise – Psychic Powers, Luck
Strawberry – Love, Luck
Sugar Cane – Love, Lust
Sunflower – Fertility, Wishes, Health, Wisdom
Sweetgrass – Calling Spirits
Sweetpea – Friendship, Chastity, Courage, Strength

T
Tansy – Health, Longevity
Tea – Riches, Courage, Strength
Thistle – Strength, Protection, Hex Breaking, Healing
Thistle, Holy – Purification, Hex Breaking
Thistle, Milk – Snake enraging
Thyme – Health, Healing, Sleep, Psychic Powers, Love, Purification, Courage
Toadflax – Protection, Hex Breaking
Toadstool – Rain Making
Tobacco – Healing, Purification
Tonka Bean – *DO NOT CONSUME. BELIEVED TO CAUSE CANCER* Love. Money. Courage. Wishes
Turmeric – Purification
Turnip – Protection, Ending Relationships

U
Uva Ursa – Psychic Workings

V
Valerian – Love, Sleep, Purification, Protection
Vanilla – Love, Lust, Mental Powers
Venus Flytrap – Protection, Love
Vervain – The Witches Herb. Love, Protection, Purification, Peace, Money, Youth, Chastity, Sleep. Healing. 
Vetch, Giant – Fidelity
Vetivert – Love, Hex Breaking, Luck, Money, Anti-Theft
Violet – Protection, Love, Lust, Luck, Wishes, Peace, Healing

W
Walnut – Health, Mental Powers, Infertility, Wishes
Wheat – Fertility, Money
Willow – Love, Divination, Protection, Healing
Wintergreen – Protection, Healing, Hex Breaking
Witch Hazel – Protection, Chastity
Wolf’s Bane – see Aconite 
Wood Rose – Luck
Woodruff – Victory, Protection, Money
Wormwood – Psychic Powers, Protection, Love, Calling Spirits

Y
Yarrow – Courage, Love, Psychic Powers, Exorcism
Yellow Evening Primrose – Hunting
Yerba Mate – Fidelity, Love, Lust
Yerba Santa – Beauty, Healing, Psychic Powers, Protection
Yucca – Transmutation, Protection, Purification

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Working with Plants

1. Start your own Herbal. There are some great books out there, but recording your own experiences/uses/collected lore for herbs is invaluable. Draw, press or take photos of the plants you include. 

2. Learn about plants by seeing them with your own eyes. Visit botanical gardens, nurseries, garden centres and parks to see the plants in situ and (hopefully) correctly labelled. The human brain has an amazing memory for plants, it is a survival skill to be able to identify them. When you walk through a park or garden, notice the plants and identify those you know to re-establish this memory.

3. Grow things. Be as ambitious as your space, money and time allow. Collect plants that are hard to find, appeal to you and suit your climate. Go beyond culinary herbs. Be aware of where you plant things in the garden, both directionally and symbolically. Plants you have grown are constantly receiving offerings of your time, energy and resources and are therefore more likely to be willing to assist you.

4. Plants will die. Even the most experienced gardener will lose plants. Accept it. Don’t just buy a few seedlings and then decide you lack a green thumb because they all died. Some herbs are annuals, that means they only live for a season, some plants are deciduous, some will simply not be suited to your climate or area and fail to thrive. Be patient and persistent and become a student of gardening as well has herbcraft.

5. Work in depth with a particular herb or tree to discover its secrets. Read everything you can about it, research folklore and planetary correspondences, consume it raw, dried, as a tea and a tincture. Prepare a spagyric essence from it. Burn it as incense. Infuse oil with it. Grow it, talk to it, dream about it. Watch how it changes through the seasons, collect its seeds, smell its flowers. Do this until you know it inside out, and then begin again with another. 

6. Substituting herbs is tricky business. No, you can not replace all flowers with lavender or all herbs with rosemary. That is lazy nonsense. Put some actual effort into getting the herbs you need for a spell, and if you genuinely can’t acquire them find something botanically related, energetically similar or at very least ruled by the same planet.

7. Treat herbs and trees as spirits, with respect and humility. Ask before your take, leave offerings, communicate, bond with them and you will be rewarded with gifts and wisdom and powerful ingredients for your spells.

8. Poisonous herbs and strong entheogens are for advanced practitioners. Don’t just start growing or using them because you want to be taken seriously. Some of these plants are tricksters, they can be very seductive. They are quite capable of controlling you. Be wary.

9. When harvesting for magical use, think not only what the plant is but where it is growing. A tree on a university campus will have different properties to the same kind found in a graveyard. A herb growing at the crossroads is different to one found by a stream. 

10. Expand your learning and awareness beyond trees and herbs. Learn the lore of mosses, lichens, fungi and seaweeds. Parasitic and carnivorous plants. Get to know the plants that grow locally, even if they are far removed from those found in your books.

11. Check your sources when it comes to lore. If a book tells you lavender is good for love spells, question it. Try to discover where the information came from, look up the older herbals, read books of plant folklore, investigate planetary and elemental correspondences based on the nature and virtues of the plant, not just what Cunningham says. 

12. Develop relationships not only with individual trees and herbs, but with particular species. Plants can be spirit guides in the way that animals can. There is an oak tree, and then there is Oak. They can teach, guide and protect. Having a handful of plant allies you know intimately and fashioning your tools from their wood, planting them around your house and visiting them in the wild will make your connection to those spirits all the stronger.

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