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1) Magickal Ingredient Lore

The “meanings” of the ingredients here are derived from folklore and religions the world over and throughout time.

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ACACIA FLOWER ~ (Acacia Tree Resin is also known as Gum Arabic.) Secret love. Spirituality, purification of evil and negativity.

AGRIMONY ~ Psychic defense, balancing of emotions, expelling of negative energies.

AIR/OZONE ACCORD ~ Thought, communication, ideas, awareness.

ALFALFA ~ Stress reduction and healing. Abundance, money, prosperity.

ALLSPICE ~ Luck, health, prosperity, money.

ALMOND ~ Fertility, stamina, masculine energy, business success, money, prosperity, wisdom, intuition, insight, talisman for successful and fertile marriage.

ALOE ~ Protection, luck, healing, success.

ALYSSUM ~ Protection, curbs outbursts of anger.

AMARANTH ~ Speeds healing, mends broken hearts, wisdom, protection, aids recovery from grief, represents immortality.

AMBER ~ Fertility, creativity, love, luck, riches.

AMBERGRIS ~ Increases personal power, heightens sexual responses, dreaming.

AMBRETTE ~ Induces lust/lustful cravings, enhances beauty, attracts love, divination.

AMYRIS ~ Love, exotic, sensual atmospheric; aphrodisiac. Healing, spirituality, exorcism.

ANGELICA ~ Protection, cleansing, healing, exorcism, clairvoyance and visions.

ANIMAL MAGIC ~ To use the claw, pelt, fur, feathers, whiskers, or bones, etc., of an animal is to borrow characteristics of the animal, such as flight, cunning, strength, perseverance, stealth, etc. In other beliefs, bones are links to the world of the afterlife, and may be used to open a portal to the afterworld in order to request the favors of ancestors who have passed.

ANISE ~ Sexual potency, cleansing, wards away nightmares, protective, purification, happiness, youth, psychic powers, luck, calming, soothing, meditation. Wedding rituals.

APPLE ~ Love, healing, fertility, good luck , happiness, immortality, fortelling spells.

APPLE BLOSSOM ~ Peace of mind, contentment, success, happiness, love attracting.

APRICOT ~ Love, love, love! Romance, passion, femininity.

ARTICHOKE ~ Sexual stimulation, protection, personal growth. Heals rifts between people.

AVOCADO ~ Love, lust, beauty, fertility.

AZALEA ~ Brightens one’s thoughts and eases one’s burdens.

BABY’S BREATH ~ Innocence.

BALSAM ~ Fertility, purification, strength, rejuvenation, calming and soothing, healing, protection, money, long life.

BAMBOO ~ Protection, hex breaking, luck and wishes, fertility, wisdom, feminine energy. Water magic and water deities.

BANANA ~ Fertility, virility, potency, creativity, prosperity; lightens emotional burdens.

BANYAN FRUIT ~ A type of Fig, which shares many of the same qualities and also a few of it’s own due to it’s unique nature. Resourcefulness, endurance, rebirth, eternal life, expansion, enlightenment, desire, interdependence. Wisdom, fertility, love, luck, protection, aids restful sleep, divination. Feminine sexuality. Treat Banyan Trees with respect to avoid the wrath of the tree spirits that dwell within.

BARLEY ~ Gentleness, nurturing, eases emotional burdens, wards off negativity, attracts prosperity and plenty.

BASIL ~ Mends quarrels. Creates empathy between couples; love, fidelity. Invigorates, protection.

BAY LEAF ~ Uplifting, protection, purification, healing, memory, aphrodisiac, money attractant.

BAYBERRY ~ Brings money to the pockets and blessings to the home. Protection, control.

BEET ~ Love, root chakra.

BEGONIA ~ Fancifulness, artistic vision.

BELL PEPPER ~ Matters of the heart, love.

BENZOIN ~ Prosperity, astral projection, purification.

BERGAMOT ~ Relaxant, confidence builder. Uplifts emotions, protection, attracts riches. Mental alertness, energizing.

BIRCH ~ Symbolizes renewal and cleansing, birth, healing, Lunar energies, and protection.

BIRD OF PARADISE ~ Beginnings, excitement, wonderment.

BLACKBERRY ~ Healing, money attraction, protection. Considered holy by some, and a food of the Fae.

BLACK COHOSH ~ Protection. Has been used in spells and medicines for reproductive fitness in both men and women.

BLACKTHORN BERRIES ~ aka Sloe Berries ~ Purification, protection, ridding of negative energies.

BLADDERWRACK and KELP ~ Protection, money, psychic powers, sea spells.

BLUEBELL ~ Compels truth, comforting.

BLUEBERRY ~ Protection, communication, peace, calm.

BOYSENBERRY ~ A cultivated fruit, developed from a combination of blackberry and raspberry, thus the magickal meaning is a combination of the two: Healing, protection, money attractant, a food of the Fae, love inducing, stamina and vigor.

BRAZILNUT ~ Carry to attract love. Nuts also symbolize and attract wealth.

BRIMSTONE aka Sulfur ~ Hex and jinx removal, deflection of negative energies, psychic protection.

BUCKTHORN BARK ~ Aids in legal matters, protection, wishes granted. For luck, and summoning elves.

BURDOCK ROOT - aka Bat Weed ~ Cleansing, protection, uncrossing, purification. Virility charms.

BUTTONWOOD ~ Aids in assimilation in inhospitable environments, steadfastness, reliability, tolerance.

CABBAGE ~ Luck.

CACTUS ~ Protection, chastity, endurance, warmth, love, inspiration, sacred gateway to the spirit world.

CASCARA SAGRADA ~ Opening of spiritual blockages. Aids in legal matters, attracts money.

CALAMUS ROOT aka SWEETFLAG ~ Power and control, self-confidence and success, harmony, love, luck, peace.

CAMELLIA ~ Wealth, riches, prosperity.

CAMPHOR ~ Deflects amorous advances, cleansing, divination.

CANDYTUFT FLOWER ~ Health, giddiness and joy.

CANNABIS ~ The ceremonial, ritual and medical use of marijuana dates back over 5,000 years. Variously used as a love potion, to deflect the power of witches, for communication with the spiritual realm, divination, luck and protection from evil.

CARAWAY ~ Passion, lust, protection, health, mental prowess

CARDAMOM ~ Lust, love.

CARNATION ~ Power, energy, protection. Fascination, admiration, communication, mending of quarrels.

CAROB ~ Protection, health.

CARROT ~ Lust, fertility, virility.

CASABLANCA LILY ~ Celebration.

CASCARA SAGRADA ~Eliminates spiritual blockages, aids legal matters, money spells  protection.

CASHEW ~ Wealth.

CASSIE FLOWER ~ Aphrodisiac, soothing, inspiring, aids in battling depression.

CAT TAIL ~ Stimulates lust.

CATNIP ~ Love, beauty, happiness, affinity with animals, shape shifting.

CAT WHISKERS (naturally shed only) ~ Good luck and wishes granted.

CAYENNE ~ Releases endorphins, increases sensation to pleasure centers. Vitality, growth, protection, hex breaking.

CEDAR ~ Confidence inducing, balancing, grounding, energizing, money, healing, protection, purification.

CELERY ~ Amplifies divinatory abilites, strengthens both conscious and subconscious mind, stimulates lust and passion.

CHAMOMILE ~ Prosperity, calming & soothing. Love, peace, meditation.

CHERRY ~ Stimulates and attracts love, attracts mate. Cheerfulness, good humor, mood elevator, divination.

CHERRY BLOSSOM ~ Education, feminine beauty, love, transience of life.

CHESTNUT ~ Amplifies male potency, love.

CHIA SAGE SEEDS ~ Increase energy and stamina. Health, protection.

CHICORY ~ removing of obstacles, strength, divination, granting of favors, invisibility, luck, curse removal.

CHOCOLATE/COCOA ~ Lightens emotions, evokes feelings of love.

CHRYSANTHEMUM ~ Protection, cheerfulness, friendship, truth.

CHYPRE ~ a blend of Civet, Ambergris, Oakmoss and Musk, it is considered a potently sexual combination with wealth drawing properties as well.

CINNAMON and CASSIA BARK ~ Male sexual stimulation, passion, lust, healing, protection, energy, creativity, psychic powers. Used in ancient mummification rituals.

CINQUEFOIL aka FIVE FINGER GRASS ~ The 5 fingers are said to represent: love, money, health, power, wisdom.

CISTUS aka LABDANUM ~ One of the oldest known perfume ingredients. Considered holy, used in tribute, and as a sense-memory tool to stimulate the subconscious. Said to revive long forgotten memories and feelings.

CITRONELLA ~ Clears negative energy and deters those with bad intent. Use to protect sacred spaces, attract friends to the home.

CIVET ~ Musk derived from civet cats, now illegal except in synthetic form. Considered a strong aphrodisiac, has an intense, animal, ‘sexual’ aroma.

CLARY ~ Enhances visions.

CLOVE ~ Money attracting, deflects negative and hostile energies

CLOVER ~ Protection, preservation of youth, fidelity. Healing, soothing, luck.

COCONUT ~ Chastity, protection, purification, receptivity.

COFFEE ~ Focus, stamina, concentration, determination.

COMFREY aka Boneset ~ Protection, especially over travelers, draws money, luck, healing.

COPAL ~ Love, purification, cleansing.

CORIANDER ~ Love attracting, protection, peace, healing. Encourages people to fall in love.

CORN ~ Fertility, Abundance, Protection, Luck, Divination.

CORNFLOWER ~ Psychism.

COTTON / COTTON BLOSSOM ~ Luck, healing, protection; return of lost love.

COUMARIN ~ Friendliness, fruitfulness.

CRANBERRY ~ Protection, health, plenty, deflection of negativity.

CROCUS ~ Clairvoyance, visions, purification, healing, love, beauty, happiness, lust.

CUCUMBER ~ Healing, fertility, abundance, invigoration.

CUMIN ~ Good fortune, prosperity, lust, protection, fidelity, exorcism.

CURRANT ~ Aids success in love affairs, and a magical representation of blood.

CURRY ~ Protection, health.

CYCLAMEN ~ Happiness, fertility, protection, lust.

CYPRESS ~ Sacrifice, resurrection, perfection, truth, youth, freedom, music.

DAFFODIL ~ Regard, sympathy and affection returned, true eternal love, fertility, luck.

DAISY ~ Gentleness, innocence, loyalty and romance. Love, reunion, luck.

DAMIANA ~ Strong ingredient for lust spells. Love, psychic visions.

DANDELION ~ Fertility, abundance, wishes, intuition, faithfulness, happiness, promotes psychic powers; aids in psychic communication.

DATE ~ Improves male virility & sexual prowess. Fertility, potency.

DATURA ~ Psychic visions, spirituality, communing with spirits and the Divine. Sacred rituals, Moon energy, Hex breaking, sleep, protection.

DELPHINIUM ~ A magickal representation of “air”. Symbolizes heavenly qualities. Swiftness, lightness.

DIANTHUS ~ Strength, protection, healing.

DILL ~ Attracts women, love, protection of the home, affluence, good fortune.

DOGWOOD ~ Wishes granted and protection.

DRAGON FRUIT ~ Wishes granted, protection, health.

DRAGON’S BLOOD ~ Entices errant lovers to return, increases power of other ingredients. Love, protection, exorcism, potency.

EARTH ~ Grounding, centering, protection, renewal, reincarnation, life.

ECHINACEA ~ Strengthening, health.

EDELWEISS ~ Invisibility, protection.

EGG ~ A representation of the world or the womb. Fertility, nourishment, cycle of life, feminine energy.

ELDERBERRY ~ A lure for the Fae. Long considered a highly potent magical plant. Healing, induces visions and dreams, creativity, twigs used as a charm against illness.

EUCALYPTUS ~ Healing.

EVENING STOCK ~ Happiness, contentment, undying love, affection.

EYE OF NEWT aka Mustard Seed ~ Courage, faith, endurance, protection. In some belief systems, it is used to sow seeds of confusion and doubt.

FENNEL ~ Healing, protection, purification, ecstasy, sexual potency.

FERMENTED ALCOHOLS: WINE, BEER, HARD LIQUOR, ETC ~ Intoxicant, used as an offering or appeasement for Gods, used in love spells, and celebratory spells.

FERN ~ Stamina, virility/fertility, sincerity, fascination, eternal youth, bestows confidence, riches, creates perimeter of protection, luck. Representative of ancient knowledge.

FIG ~ Wisdom, fertility, love, luck, protection, aids restful sleep, divination. Feminine sexuality.

FLAX ~ Money, protection, beauty, psychic amplification, health.

FORSYTHIA ~ Increases feelings of anticipation.

FOXGLOVE ~ Both sacred and poisonous, it has long been used both as a healing medicine and for ill purposes. Represents invisibility and shape-changing, an attractant of Fae and a protection against them. Stateliness and insincerity, wish fulfillment and falsehood.

FRANGIPANI ~ Trust, affection, confidence. Rebirth, sacred holiness, blessings.

FRANKINCENSE ~ Purification, consecration, protection, exorcism. Associated with silver and the moon.

FREESIA ~ Innocence, chastity, charm, trust.

GALANGAL ~ Hex breaker, luck, money, health, lust, psychic enhancer.

GARDENIA ~ Mood elevator; powerfully ‘magnetic’ for women, enhances visage, love, passion, peace, healing, spirituality.

GARLIC ~ Protection from all forms of danger, deflection of negativity

GERANIUM ~ Cleansing, hex-breaking, protection, peace of mind, stability of emotions; love, healing, fertility.

GINGER ~ Fiery and fortifying, induces passion. Intensifies love spells and success spells. Love, money, success, power. Ginger increases sensitivity in the erogenous zones.

GINSENG ~ Love, lust, virility, enhances perception of beauty; wards away evil Wishes granted, healing, protection.

GOAT MILK ~ Fertility, beauty, nurturing energy.

GRAPE ~ Fertility, increases mental prowess, money attracting.

GRAINS OF PARADISE ~ Wishes, love, lust, money.

GRAPEFRUIT ~ Refreshes and uplifts the spirit, eases exhaustion; beauty and youth glamour. Lends an aura of “sparkle” to the wearer.

GRASSES ~ Wishes granted, enhances psychic powers, protection. Money and prosperity.

GUAVA ~ Encourages romantic notions and fantasy.

GUAVABERRY ~ Attraction of wealth, excitement, randiness.

HAWTHORN BERRIES ~ Protective of hearth and home, health, draws magical energies, wards off evil.

HAY ~ Friendliness, fruitfulness.

HAZELNUT ~ Intuition, wisdom, protection, fertility, wealth.

HEATHER ~ Admiration and beauty; protection, especially over women and virtue. Peace, beginnings, elemental magic, wishes granted.

HELIOTROPE ~ Clairvoyance, healing, protection, wealth, exorcism, invisibility.

HEMP ~ Healing, love, meditation.

HIBISCUS ~ Induces lust/lustful cravings, enhances beauty, attracts love, divination.

HICKORY ~ Aids legal matters.

HIGH JOHN ~ Prosperity, success, love attractant; protection from curses and hexes.

HOLLY LEAF aka Wing of Bat ~ Aphrodisiac, promotes beauty; for consecration, foresight, strongly protective, luck.

HONEY ~ Enticing, seductive; use to bewitch a straying or hesitant lover. Happiness, fulfillment.

HONEYSUCKLE ~ Bonds of love, generosity; attracts money, prosperity, clairvoyance, healing, creativity, protection.

HOPS ~ Healing, promotes sleep.

HOREHOUND ~ Protection, anti-hex, removes enchantments.

HORSETAIL aka Shavegrass ~ Fertility spells.

HUCKLEBERRY ~ Dreams, wishes, luck, good fortune, deflection of negativity.

HYACINTH ~ Attracts love and luck; protection, playfulness, joy, relieves grief, eases childbirth. Dependability, constancy, friendship.

HYDRANGEA ~ Hex-breaking, love drawing, lovers reunited, fidelity.

HYSSOP ~ Purification, protection, deflection of negativity.

INDIAN PAINTBRUSH ~ Love, lust, fidelity. Confidence, clarity, intuition.

IRIS ~ Friendship, faith, wisdom, valor and promise; purification, resurrection.

IVY ~ Wedded love, fidelity, friendship, affection, protection, sex, divination, healing, stamina.

JAMAROSA ROOT ~ Stress and fatigue reducer.

JASMINE ~ Self confidence, anxiety reduction, prosperity; powerful love attractant, spirituality, spiritual love, connection to the divine.

JEZEBEL ROOT ~ Traditionally used by women to attract wealthy men.

JONQUIL ~ Love, affection returned, desire, sympathy.

JUNIPER ~ Emotionally calming, physically energizing. Attracts lovers, deflects thieves. Cleansing, purifying, love charms, exorcism, health.

KARU KAROUNDE ~ Love spells, aphrodisia.

KATRIFAY ~ Fortifying, for aiding and restoring of physical strength.

KIWI ~ Encourages athletic lovemaking and zestfulness.

KNOTWOOD aka Lady's Thumb ~ For symbolically restricting a person's movement.

KUDZU ~ Determination, strength, fortitude, fidelity, sustenance, fertility, virility, money multiplier.

KUMQUAT ~ Prosperity and good fortune.

LAVENDER ~ Soothes/ restores body and mind. Arouses sexual desire in men, loyalty, purification, protection, healing. Third eye chakra, spiritually uplifting.

LEATHER ~ The musky scent of leather inspires feelings of lust, personal power, and provides a hint of danger.

LEMON ~ Energizing, uplifting. Longevity, faithfulness, fidelity, friendship. Used to attract spirits.

LEMON GRASS ~ Lust, increases psychic powers.

LEMON VERBENA ~ Makes one attractive to the opposite sex, adds power to other ingredients.

LETTUCE ~ Cools lustful passions, chastity, love, divination, promotes rest.

LICORICE ~ Love, lust, fidelity, sexual potency.

LIFE or PEARLY EVERLASTING ~ Longevity, health, healing; restored youth, immortal love.

LILAC ~ Inspires peace and harmony, humility, youthfulness, protection.

LILIKOI ~ Friendship, love, passion.

LILY ~ Purity, modesty. Wards away evil, protects, and breaks enchantments. Prosperity, happiness, wealth, excitement.

LILY OF THE VALLEY ~ Soothing and calming on the nerves. Sweetness, mental prowess, happiness.

LIME ~ Healing, love, protection.

LINDEN BLOSSOM ~ Strong protective force, attracts love, immortality, luck, restful properties.

LOTUS ~ No man can refuse the woman who wears this; lovers reunited, protection. Symbolizes intellect, mental energies and illumination. Inspiration, clarity, purification.

LOVAGE ~ Love attractant, attracts attention, psychic cleansing.

LUPINE ~ Also known as Bluebonnet and Wolf Flower, they are representative of wolves in folklore, and aid communication and imagination.

MAGNOLIA ~ Nobility. Psychic enhancer; inspires peace and harmony; fidelity.

MAHOGANY ~ Fertility, growth, grounding, clarifying, bonds of love.

MAILE VINE/LEAF ~ Eternal love, respect, honor, spiritual connection.

MANDRAKE ~ (poison) Powerfully protective, draws prosperity, aids female conception, but should not be used around pregnant women.

MANGO ~ Increases male libido, spiritually elevating.

MANGROVE ~ Rebirth, resurrection, triumph over adversity, heartiness, health and growth.

MAPLE ~ Love attraction, longevity; money attractant.

MARIGOLD aka Calendula ~ Strengthening & comforting, prophetic dreams, divination, aids legal matters, aids the overcoming of grief, protection.

MARJORAM ~ Draws happiness and love, also for cleansing and protection

MARSHMALLOW ROOT ~ Fertility, happiness, creativity, increase in psychic awareness, intuition, love, protection, exorcism. Gently commanding and persuading.

MAY APPLE {aka American Mandrake} ~ Uses and powers are identical to true mandrake.

MELISSA ~ Love spells, success, healing, helps conquer nervous disorders, relaxing, spiritual growth.

MELONS ~ Water magic, fertility, creativity.

MILK/BUTTER/CREAM ~ Nurturing, soothing, eases troubled relationships. Goddess energy.

MIMOSA ~ Secret love, sensibility, demureness, humility, healing.

MISTLETOE ~ Protection, love, fertility, health, exorcism.

MOJO BEANS ~ Wishes and good fortune.

MOONFLOWER ~ Divination, prophetic dreams.

MORNING GLORY ~ Peace, happiness, harmony, banishing of nightmares, encourages spontaneity.

MOSSES ~ Luck enhancing, financial success, protection, charity. Parental and unconditional love.

MUGWORT ~ Love, fertility, preserves youthful beauty, psychic power, protection, prophetic dreams, healing, astral projection.

MUHUHU ~ Aphrodisiac, grounding and relaxing.

MULBERRY ~ Luck, willpower. protection, strength.

MULLEIN ~ Prosperity, wealth, success, strength. Divination, communing with spirits and deities. Repels evil spirits, quells nightmares.

MUSHROOM ~ Fertility, immortality, representative of both male and female sexual organs, aphrodisia, food of the gods, symbolic of the fae.

MUSK ~ Self confidence and strength, sexual attractant, heightens passions and arousal.

MUSTARD ~ Fertility, protection, mental strength.

MYRRH ~ Stimulating, soothing. Powerful guard against evil.

MYRTLE ~ Love and marriage.

NARCISSUS ~ Egotism, formality, sweetness.

NASTURTIUM ~ Conquest, victory in battle.

NEROLI ~ Sensuality, love, relieves tension & anxiety; quells apprehension, encourages a shy lover, confidence building.

NETTLE ~ Protection and deflection of negativity.

NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE ~ Love’s vigil. The intoxicating scent of these heady blossoms is fabled to inspire lust clouded sleeplessness.

NIGHT PHLOX ~ Compatibility, uniting of souls, sweet dreams, marriage proposal.

NUTMEG ~ Strengthens clairvoyance, luck, money, health, fidelity.

NUTS ~ Fertility, prosperity, love, luck, fortitude.

OAK ~ A wood of masculine and projective energy. It symbolizes endurance, triumph, strength, power, prosperity, and heroism.

OAKMOSS aka Wool of Bat ~ Protection, unconditional love, parental love.

OATS ~ Prosperity, abundance, sustenance, money spells.

OLEANDER ~ A poisonous plant with the traditional meaning of “caution, beware”.

OLIVE ~ Peace, power, potency, fertility, healing, protection, lust, prosperity.

ONION ~ Protection, purification, healing.

ORANGE & BLOSSOMS ~ Strong ‘magnet’ to attract men; eternal love, marriage, fruitfulness, thoughtfulness, happiness, tribute.

ORCHID ~ Strong love symbol; beauty, refinement, fertility, creativity, psychic powers, lust inducing.

ORRIS ROOT ~ Attracts and helps inspire love. Protection, divination.

OSMANTHUS ~ Potency, fertility, healing, peace, protection, lust. Love & romance.

OUD (Agarwood) ~ Love, aphrodisia, spirituality, health.

PALM ~ Fertility, potency.

PALMEROSA ~ Calming & grounding, soothes nervous tension, eases jealousy & insecurity, focus.

PANSY ~ Draws love, ensures your lover will think of you when separated, divination.

PAPAYA ~ Love, protection. Health of body and mind, clarity. Magnification of devotion.

PARSLEY ~ Love, protection, purification.

PASSION FLOWER ~ Peace, love, friendship, sleep.

PASSION FRUIT ~ Friendship, love, passion.

PATCHOULI ~ Soothes and uplifts; sensual, sexually stimulating, lust, fertility, money. Meditative and transforming.

PEA ~ Love, fertility, money multiplier.

PEACH ~ Love. Promotes fertility, happiness, and abundance. A symbol of marriage. Longevity, wishes granted.

PEANUTS ~ Masculine energy. Monetary issues.

PEAR ~ Love, lust, passion, longevity and luck.

PECAN ~ Money, employment, mental acuity.

PENNYROYAL ~ Strength, protection, peace.

PEONY ~ Protective, used for exorcisms. Root is a substitute for Mandrake. Happy life, happy marriage.

PEPPER ~ Protection, fidelity, dispels envy and evil, exorcism, breaks hexes.

PEPPERMINT ~ Stimulates, restores and uplifts. Cleansing, purification, relaxation, sleep, healing, psychic amplifier.

PERSIMMON ~ Sex, sexual identity, healing, good fortune.

PETUNIA ~ Soothes anger and resentment.

PETTIGRAIN ~ (Bitter Orange Leaf) ~ Calming, builds confidence, strengthens resolve, defensive magic.

PIKAKE ~ Self confidence, anxiety reduction, prosperity; powerful love attractant, spiritual love.

PINE (Nuts, Cones, Needles) ~ Fertility, purification, strength, rejuvenation, calming and soothing, healing, protection, money, long life.

PINEAPPLE ~ Draws money and luck; chastity, protection.

PISTACHIO ~ Breaking of love spells. Antidote to spells and curses. Prosperity.

PLUM ~ Inspires & maintains love, protects dwelling against evil and intrusion.

PLUMERIA ~ Love, strong ingredient for love spells.

POINSETTIA ~ Happiness, good cheer, success, good wishes, celebration, mirth. (aka Mexican Flame Leaf)

POMEGRANATE ~ Divination, luck, wishes granted, wealth, fertility.

POPPY ~ Fertility, prosperity, love. Deepens feelings, instills calmness. Imagination, pleasure, wealth, success.

POTATO ~ Healing, primal energy. A common tool of ‘image magic’ – carved into representations of people and things.

PRIMROSE ~ Attracts love and sexual interest. Inspires respect & loyalty in children. Draws truth from liars, protection.

PUMPKIN ~ Fertility, plenty, abundance, prosperity. Male sexual stimulant.

QUINCE ~ Protection, love, happiness, fidelity, marital bliss.

RADISH ~ Protection, lust.

RAGWEED ~ Courage.

RASPBERRY ~ Love inducing, aids in pregnancy discomforts, protection. Stamina, vigor.

REDWOOD ~ Protection, love, success, power, long life.

RHUBARB ~ Protection, fidelity, willpower.

RICE ~ Protection, rain, fertility, creativity, abundance, money.

ROSE ~ Self confidence, strong aphrodisiac properties, attracts affection & love, fertility, divination/clairvoyance.

ROSE GERANIUM ~ Blessings, Fertility, Love, Protection.

ROSEMARY ~ Intellectual stimulation, purification, love, sensuality, wards against dark forces, invigorating.

ROSEWOOD ~ Love, spreads an exotic aura, mystery, darkness. Enhances psychic powers, healing, divination, luck, protection.

ROWAN ~ The tree of life. Protection against magic. Healing, divination.

RUE ~ Money attractant, protection, love spells, increases psychic power, hex breaker, wards off the evil eye.

RYE ~ Love, fidelity, devotion, increases feelings of love.

SAFFRON ~ Love, beauty, happiness, lust. Purification, healing, clairvoyance.

SAGE ~ Healing, prosperity, cleansing & purification. Wisdom, longevity, protection, wishes granted.

SALT ~ Protection, cleansing & purification, grounding, feminine energy. Resurrection, baptism.

SANDALWOOD ~ Love, exotic, sensual atmospheric; aphrodisiac. Healing, spirituality, exorcism.

SASSAFRAS ~ Health, money.

SASSPARILLA ~ Love, wealth.

SCULLCAP ~ Love, fidelity, peace of mind.

SESAME ~ Money, lust, life force.

SHEPHERD'S PURSE ~ Good fortune. Used in health remedies.

SLIPPERY ELM ~ Protection, persuasion, discourages gossip.

SMOKE ~ In addition to the attributes of whatever is being burned (resins, woods, etc), smoke is for cleansing, purification, renewal, consecration, concealment and celebration. It is also the foremost mode of communication from this world to the realm of spirits and the gods.

SNAP DRAGON ~ Deflects negative magic, protective

SPEARMINT ~ Stimulates, energizes and uplifts. Love, purification, healing, . psychism, creativity. Protects the home.

SPIKENARD ~ An ancient sacred honorific. Love, marriage, fidelity. Blessings and annointings.

ST. JOHN’S WORT ~ Protection, exorcism, strengthens the will, divination.

STAR ANISE ~ Clairvoyance.

STATICE FLOWER aka Lethe's Bramble ~ In the language of flowers, Statice is for remembrance. Magickally, it is also used to unlock the subconscious, encourage dream state, and open the psychic centers of the mind.

STEPHANOTIS ~ Promotes happiness in marriage, stimulates desire to travel.

STOCK ~ Bonds of affection, attentiveness, beauty.

STORAX ~ Healing, mental acuity, relaxation, sensual, love drawing, deflection of negativity, communication.

STRAW ~ Luck, image magic.

STRAWBERRY ~ Attraction, friendship, draws fortunate circumstances in all areas of your life.

SUGAR ~ Attracts love, luck, sweetness and riches. Lust inducing, wishes granted.

SUNFLOWER ~ Adoration, fertility, love, wishes granted, wisdom, health, masculine energy.

SWEET PEA ~ Lasting pleasure, blissfulness, youthful attraction, friendship, chastity, courage, strength.

SWEETGRASS ~ Attracts positive energy and good spirits. Excellent for popularity uses, as it draws people toward the scent.

TAMARIND ~ Love.

TARRAGON ~ Relieves womanly discomforts, improves mental alertness and clarity, dispels negative influences.

TEA ~ Invigorating, refreshing, mentally and physically uplifting, lust. Riches, courage, strength.

TEA ROSE ~ Memory, remembrance, renewal, hope, peace, higher virtues.

TEAKWOOD ~ Longevity, bonding, weathering all conditions, endurance.

THISTLE ~ Wards off thieves, aids recuperation, courage, strength, protection, hex-breaking, healing.

THYME ~ Protection from negativity, rejuvenating. Health, healing, sleep, psychic power enhancement, love, purification, courage.

TIGER LILY ~ Enhances and amplifies femininity.

TOBACCO ~ Healing, purification, spiritualism. An ode to the Gods.

TOMATO ~ Love attraction, repelling of negativity.

TONKA ~ Love, money, courage, wishes granted; wards off illness.

TUBEROSE ~ Dangerous pleasure. Excitement, sensuality.

TULIP ~ Love, perfection, protection, prosperity. Renewal of warmth, love, and hope.

TURMERIC ~ Purification and health.

TURNIP ~ Protection, ending relationships.

VALERIAN ~ Love, harmony, protection, purification, sleep.

VANILLA ~ Aphrodisiac, inspires happiness, playfulness, sexual arousal, lust, is vitalizing.

VERBENA ~ Mood uplifting, makes one attractive to the opposite sex, everlasting love.

VERVAIN ~ Enchantment, astral work, divination. Love, prosperity, purification, dispels nightmares. Peace, money, youth, healing.

VETIVER ~ Enhances perception of beauty. Love, sensuality, money, luck, hex-breaking.

VIOLET ~ Love, faithfulness, modesty; calming, balancing, healing, protection, draws luck & fortune, lust.

WALNUT ~ Leaves promote fertility, carry nuts to delay pregnancy. Wishes granted, strengthens the heart, enhancement of mental powers. Dark earthly powers.

WATER ~ Cleansing, purifying. Fertility, Goddess energy, fluid of life. Renewal.

WATER LILY ~ Purity of heart.

WHEAT ~ Friendliness, fruitfulness, fertility, money.

WILLOW ~ Mourning, healing, wishes, protection, divination. Feminine energy, inspiration, fertility.

WINTERGREEN ~ Protection, healing, hex breaking.

WISTERIA ~ Welcoming of new person into your life. Youth, eloquence.

WORMWOOD ~ Divination, protection, love, calling spirits.

YARROW ~ Love, long-term marital harmony, increases perception, dispels fear.

YLANG YLANG ~ (also known as Cananga) Strongly sensual, attraction, attention, irresistibly, soothes marital problems. Aphrodisiac, mood balancing, relaxation.

YUCCA ~ Transmutation, protection, purification.

YUZU ~ An Asian hybrid citrus fruit, traditionally thought to ward off illness and promote well-being. Refreshing and uplifting, while calming to the mind.

ZINNIA ~ Friendship, innocence, affection, memory, to keep you in their thoughts.

ZUCCHINI BLOSSOM ~ Bestows energy and vitality. Balancing, aids fertility and verility.


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