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P.1 Common Herbs A-Z

This is A-C of some common herbs and their uses

*longer read*

Acorn

Good luck

Protection

Wisdom

Personal power

A dried acorn is an excellent natural amulet for keeping a youthful appearance.

Allspice

Money

Luck

Healing

Obtaining treasure

Provides added determination and energy to any spells and charms. Burn crushed allspice to attract luck and money. Use in herbal baths for healing.

Almond

Wisdom

Money

Fruitfulness

Prosperity

Invokes the healing energy of the deities. Provides magickal help for overcoming dependencies & addiction. Associated with Candlemas and Beltane. Carry, wear, or use as incense to attract abundance.

Aloe

Protection

Luck

Place on the grave of a loved one to promote peaceful energy. Thought to relieve loneliness and assist with success. Hang in the home to attract luck and protection for those who live there. Grow in the home to provide protection from household accidents. Burn on the night of a full moon to bring a new lover by the new moon.

Apple

Love

Garden Magick

Immortality

Friendship

Healing

Place seven apple seeds in a bag with Orris Root to attract sexual love. Use in rituals to give honor to gods and goddesses of fertility. Considered the food of the dead, which is why Samhain is called the 'Feast of Apples'. Symbolizes the soul and is burned at Samhain in honor of those who will be reborn in the spring. When doing a house blessing, cut an apple in half -- eat half and put the other half outside of the home as an offering.

Apricot

Love

Add leaves and flowers to love sachets or carry apricot pits to attract love.

Banana

Fertility

Potency

Prosperity

Basil

Love

Exorcism

Wealth

Sympathy

Protection

Dispels confusion, fears & weakness. Drives off hostile spirits. Associated with Candlemas. Carry to move forward in a positive manner despite perilous danger. Strewn on floors to provide protection from evil. Sprinkle an infusion of basil outside of the building where you hope to be employed for luck in a job interview or in your business to attract money and success. Wear or carry to aid in attracting money and prosperity.

Bay leaf

Protection

Good fortune

Success

Purification

Strength

Healing

Psychic powers

Write wishes on the leaves and then burn the leaves to make the wishes come true. Place under the pillow (or use in dream pillow) to induce prophetic dreams. Place in the corner of each room in the house to protect all that dwell there. Carry bay leaf to protect yourself against black magick.

Black pepper

Banishing negativity

Exorcism

Protection from evil

Blackberry

Healing

Protection

Money

Sacred to Brighid. Leaves and berries said to attract wealth and healing.

Bluebell

Luck

Truth

Friendship

Incorporate into rituals of death & dying to comfort those left behind and ease their sorrow.

Blueberry

Protection

Though not recommended, blueberry is said to cause confusion & strife when tossed in the doorway or path of an enemy.

Burdock

Used for cleansing magick when feeling highly negative about oneself or others. Use in protection incenses and spells. Rinse with a decoction of burdock to remove negative feelings about yourself or others.

Cabbage

Fertility

Profit

Good luck

Lunar magick

Money magick

Cactus

Chastity

Banishing

Protection.

Bury with other banishing symbols for protection. Grow in the home or garden to prevent unwanted intrusions. Place in all directions of the home (north, south, east, and west) for full protection.

Cardamom

Lust

Love

Fidelity

Carrot

Lust

Fidelity

Cashew

Money

Celery

Mental powers

Psychic powers

Lust

Fertility

Male potency

Chamomile

Love

Healing

Reducing stress.

Add to a sachet or spell to increase the chances of its success. Sprinkle an infusion of chamomile around the house to remove hexes, curses and spells. Burn or add to prosperity bags to increase money. Burn as incense for de-stressing, meditation, and restful sleep. Wash hands in an infusion of chamomile for luck before gambling or playing cards. Use in bath magick to attract love. Keep a packet of the herb with lottery tickets for luck.

Cherry

Love

Divination

Gaiety

Happiness

Chestnut

Love

Chilli Pepper

Fidelity

Love

Hex breaking

Scatter powder around the house to break hexes and spells against you. Use in love charms & spells.

Chives

Protection

Weight loss *weight loss spells can be dangerous*

Cinnamon

Spirituality

Success

Healing

Protection

Power

Love

Luck

Strength

Prosperity

Burn as an incense or use in a sachet to raise spiritual and protective vibrations, draw money, and stimulate psychic powers. A popular herb for use in charms to draw money & prosperity. Wear in an amulet to bring passion.

Citronella 

Draws friends to the home, customers to the business. Promotes eloquence, persuasiveness, and prosperity. Protects and cleanses the aura. Encourages self-expression and creativity (great for writers & actors!) and brings clarity to the mind. Repels insects and deodorizes

Clove

Exorcism

Love

Money

Protection

Coconut 

Chastity

Protection

Purification

Coffee

Helps to dispel nightmares and negative thoughts and to overcome internal blockages. Provides peace of mind and grounding.

Coriander

Love

Health

Immortality

Protection.

Tie fresh coriander with a ribbon and hang in the home to bring peace & protection. Add to love charms and spells to bring romance or use in ritual work to ease the pain of a broken love affair. Promotes peace among those who are unable to get along. Throw the seeds in lieu of rice during Handfastings and other rituals of union. Use the seeds in love sachets and spells. Add powdered seeds to wine for an effective lust potion. Wear or carry the seeds to ward off disease and migraines.

Cucumber

Chastity

Fertility

Healing

Cumin

Fidelity

Protection

Exorcism.

The seed is said to prevent the theft of any object which contains it. Burn with frankincense for protection. Scatter on the floor alone or with salt to drive out evil. Use in love spells to promote fidelity. Steep in wine to make love potions.

Curry

Protection

Burn curry powder to keep evil forces away.

And as always, merry meet <3

Atti

(photo - attichaos)

Basil Lime Sugar Cookies

This is another recipe for kitchen magic. Basil is super helpful with just about anything- protection, health, joy etc. Mixed with lime I would say these cookies are good for a pick me up and can be charged to be a mood booster.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of butter (softened)

1 1/2 tsp lime juice (to taste tbh)

1 1/4 cup of granulated sugar

1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour

1 egg

3/4 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp vanilla extract

Fresh finely chopped basil (I used like 10 leaves)

1/2 tsp salt

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375°F

Beat together butter and sugar until combined

In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt

To the butter/sugar mixture add egg, lime juice, vanilla extract, basil and salt. Mix

Slowly add dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix until combined. Dough should not be sticky to the touch

Line cookie sheets with parchment paper

My cookies did not spread out too much so you can place them relatively close on the tray. Just roll into a ball and place them wherever (May differ for yours so calculate your own risks)

Bake for 15-17 minutes until slight golden color at the bottoms. The cookie itself should stay pretty light so look for cracks along the top.

Let cookies rest on baking tray for two minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Additional Notes:

With any kind of kitchen magic it is what you make it. I charged all of my ingredients before baking and while mixing thought of the intentions I wanted behind them. They were quite literally made with love.

Merry Yuletide Loves!

Sabbat Bread 🖤

Here is a really simple bread recipe that I make on almost all sabbats. At its base it is focaccia so you can add different herbs for different properties or times of the year.

What you’ll need:

A large pan

Three large bowls

3 1/3 cups of water (preferably at 110°F or 43°C, but you can honestly just turn your sink as hot as it will go and this will work)

2 teaspoons of sugar/honey

3 1/2 cups of flour

2 1/4 teaspoons of yeast (or one 1 oz packet)

1/4 cup of olive oil

2 teaspoons of coarse sea salt (if using table salt, only use 1 teaspoon.)

2 teaspoons of minced garlic

A sprig of fresh rosemary (1 tablespoon of dried)

How to make:

Pour water and sugar into a large bowl, mix until dissolved. Lightly stir in yeast. Let stand for 5-10 minutes until yeast has foamed.

In another bowl mix together flour and two teaspoons of salt.

Slowly stir in half of the flour salt mixture, then add 1/4 a cup of olive oil. Continue to combine while adding the rest of the flour mixture.

Before kneading the bread by hand, cover a different bowl in a thin layer of olive oil and set aside.

Flour your hands and begin kneading the mixture, continue adding additional flour if the dough is too wet.

When the dough no longer sticks to your hands transfer dough to the oiled bowl and cover with a damp towel.

Leave dough to rise in a warm area for an hour.

After the dough has risen, transfer this to a oiled pan that you plan to bake the bread in. The pan can be a cast iron skillet, glass cake pan, it doesn’t matter!

Let bread rise for another 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400°F or 204°C.

Use your fingers to press holes all over the dough. Do not worry about hitting the bottom of the pan, press holes all around the dough until it is spread out evenly throughout the pan.

Cover the dough in a light layer of olive oil, salt, garlic and rosemary.

Cook the bread for 25 minutes, or until golden brown.

Let rest for 10 minutes, remove from pan and enjoy!

Metaphysical Properties:

Not everything you cook has to be magick, but if you do intend on practicing make sure to cleanse your kitchen and set your intentions throughout the process!

Garlic is a feminine protective and purifying root.

Rosemary has healing properties and is known for its feminine energy, it is also used for clearing the mind.

Sea Salt is traditionally used for protection and banishment. It’s ties with the ocean and femininity make this bread good for full moons.

Other Notes~

You can use a stand mixer if you have a dough attachment instead of kneading by hand.

Serve with a mixture of olive oil, parmigiana cheese and red pepper flakes to dip.

Crescent Cookies 🌙

I’ve been wanting to use some magick since the last time I almost burned down my kitchen so here we go.

Baking or cooking magick is wonderful way for witches in the broom closet to create and discretely practice.

TBH this recipe went haywire so I randomly threw some more stuff in oops.

What you’ll need

For cookies

2-2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour

2 sticks of softened salted butter (add 1/4 a pinch of salt if you don’t have salted butter)

3/4 cups of sugar

2 tablespoons of milk

1/2 cup of chopped almonds

Pinch of Cinnamon

For icing (optional)

3/4 cups of powdered sudar

1 tablespoon of milk

A dash of vanilla extract

Recipe

Beat the butter until fluffy, then add sugar. Best until combined

Add almonds, cinnamon and 2 cups of flour, mix until combined

The mix should be crumbly and not a dough yet. Slowly add milk until dough consistency.

Use the rest of the flour for your hands and break off pieces to form crescent shapes

Place on cookie sheet and cook for 15 minutes.

In another bowl mix together powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract. Add more powdered sugar or milk for desired consistency.

Allow cookies to cool then dip into frosting while still warm.

Random notes

You can light candles in your kitchen, cleanse your space before cooking or add anything that you find fit.

I left some of these cookies on my alter and brought some to a friends party, this was the first time I successfully baked some I’m pretty proud.

I wish everyone a blessed new year ~