ANISE - Pimpinella Anisum. Properties: Masculine, Jupiter or Moon, Air. Attributes: Protection, purification, awareness, joy. A good breath freshener in the morning. Used in dream pillows for a good nights sleep. A good general cleansing bath is made with a handful of anise seeds and a few bay leaves. Wear on your person in sachet. Used often in Aromatherapy.  Burn while meditating.

CARAWAY - Carum Carvi. Properties: Masculine, Mercury, Air. Attributes: Protection, Passion, Memory.  Carry the seeds in a sachet for protection.  To strengthen the memory, use in sleep pillows to help remember your dreams. Add to love sachets and charms to attract a lover in the more physical aspect. Also a mild stimulant for digestion.

CATNIP - Nepeta cataria. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Water. Attributes: Cat Magick, Love, Beauty, Happiness. Given to your cat, catnip creates a psychic bond between the two of you. It is also intoxicating to the cat. Catnip is used in love sachets, usually in conjunction with rose petals. Grown near the home or hung over the door, catnip attracts good spirits and great luck. Large catnip leaves are pressed and used as bookmarks in magickal books.

CHAMOMILE - Anthemis nobilis. Properties: Sun, Masculine, Water. Attributes: Money, Sleep, Love, Purification.  Chamomile can be used to attract money, and a hand wash of the infusion is used by gamblers to ensure winnings. Used  in sleep and meditation incenses. The infusion is also added to the bath to attract love. When sprinkled around the property, it removes curses and spells cast against you.

CINNAMON - Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Properties: Sun, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Spirituality, Success, Healing, Power, Psychic Powers, Lust Protection, Love. The leaves of the cinnamon tree were woven into wreaths which were used to decorate ancient Roman temples. When burned as an incense, it raises high spiritual vibrations, aids in healing, draws money, stimulates psychic powers and produces protective vibrations. Cinnamon is also used in making sachets and infusions.

CLOVES - Syzgium aromaticum or Caryophyllus aromaticus. Properties: Jupiter, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Protection, Exorcism, Love, Money.  Burned as an incense, cloves attract riches, drive away hostile and negative forces, produce spiritual vibrations, and purify the area. Worn or carried, cloves attract the opposite sex and bring comfort to the bereaved.

BASIL - Ocymum basilium. Properties: Masculine, Mars, Fire. Attributes: Protection, love, wealth (if carried in your wallet), healing relationships, courage, fertility, exorcism. In tincture form, it makes a good hair rinse for brunettes. A wonderful ingredient for a purification bath sachet. Add to love sachets and incenses. Flowery tops and leaves.  Burn crushed powdered Basil while you announce your desire. You can also sprinkle a little on your person. Can be mixed with other herbs for protection and love.

DRAGON'S BLOOD - Daemonorops draco; Dracaena spp. NOT FOR CONSUMPTION. Properties: Mars, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Love, Protection, Exorcism, Potency. A stick of dragon's blood placed under the pillow or mattress will cure impotency. The dried resin is a powerful protectant when carried, sprinkled around the house, or smoldered as incense. It will also drive evil and negativity away when burned. A pinch of dragon's blood added to other incenses or oils increases their potency and power.

FRANKINCENSE TEARS - Boswellia carteri. NOT FOR CONSUMPTION. Properties: Sun, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Protection, Purification, Consecration, Exorcism, Spirituality. When burned, Frankincense releases powerful vibrations which not only uplift those in the area, but also drives out all evil and negativity. It is also burned to induce visions and to aid meditation, and is added to sachets for luck, protection and spiritual growth. Rosemary may be used as a substitute.

GARLIC - Allium sativum. Properties: Masculine, Mars, Fire. Attributes: Protection, healing, good weather, courage, exorcism.  Shrinks warts, relieves pain from teeth and ear aches. Hang in a kitchen, patio or window sill to help keep you strong in your will and/or to bring togetherness in the family.  Burn while you make your wish.  Carry as a sachet for trips over water.  Also said to ward off bad weather when you are participating in outside events.

GINSENG - Panax quinquefolium. Properties: Masculine, Sun, Fire. Attributes: Love, wishes, beauty, desire.  Stimulant, tonic, and agent for prolonged life. Also a mild pain killer, and improves blood circulation. Reported to successfully treat asthma, bronchitis, cancer, diabetes, weakness, fever, coughs and heartburn, and a mild stimulant. In tea form it helps to relieve stress.

HIGH JOHN - Ipomoea purga or I. jalapa. POISONOUS. Properties: Mars, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Money, Love, Success, Happiness. Anoint one of the roots with mint oil and tie up in a green sachet. Carry to attract money. It is also carried to stop depression, bring love and success, protect from all hexes and curses, and to break and destroy spells and hexes. To make a simple anointing oil suitable for all purposes, take three roots, make small cuts into them with a sharp knife. Place these in a bottle of vegetable, olive, or mineral oil. Let the roots soak in the oil for several weeks. Leave the roots in the oil and use to anoint candles, etc.

IRISH MOSS - Chondrus crispus. This herb is great to use in spells for money, luck, and protection. You can carry some with you or place some in your home to increase your luck and to ensure a steady flow of money into your house or pocket. Some place it under the rugs in their house for these purposes. Carry a little amulet filled with Irish Moss with you while traveling, for protection.

LAVENDER FLOWERS - Lavendula officinale or L. vera. Properties: Mercury, Masculine, Air. Attributes: Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification, Happiness, Peace. Lavender has long been used in love spells and sachets. These flowers are also burned or smoldered to induce sleep and rest, and are scattered about the home to maintain peacefulness. Lavender is also used in healing mixtures, carried to see ghosts, and worn to protect against the evil eye. It is added to purification baths.

LEMON GRASS - Cymbopogon citratus. Properties: Mercury, Masculine, Air. Attributes: Repel Snakes, Lust, Psychic Powers.  Lemon Grass planted around the home and in the garden will repel snakes. It is also used in some lust potions, as well as in an infusion to aid in developing psychic powers.

LEMON VERBENA - Lippia citriodora.  Properties: Mercury, Masculine, Air. Attributes: Purification, Love. If this plant is hung around the neck, or a bit of its juice is drunk, it will preserve you from dreaming. Lemon Verbena is used in love spells and mixtures. The herb is added to other mixtures to increase their strength, and is sometimes used to purify an area.  Add to bathwater for purification purposes.

MISTLETOE - Viscum album. NOT FOR CONSUMPTION. Properties: Sun, Masculine, Air. Attributes: Protection, Love, Hunting, Fertility, Health, Exorcism. Mistletoe is placed in cradles to protect children from being stolen by the faeries and replaced with changelings. Mistletoe is also carried or worn for good luck in hunting. It has also been utilized in spells designed to capture that elusive state of immortality, and to open locks. Laid near the bedroom door, it gives restful sleep and beautiful dreams. Burned, it banishes evil. Wear it around your neck to attain invisibility. Mistletoe is an all-purpose herb.

MUGWORT - Artemisia vulgaris.  Properties: Venus, Feminine, Earth. Attributes: Strength, Psychic Powers, Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Healing, Astral Projection. A pillow stuffed with Mugwort and slept upon will produce prophetic dreams.  It is also burned with sandalwood or wormwood during scrying rituals. A Mugwart infusion is used to wash crystal balls and magick mirrors, and Mugwort leaves are placed around the base of the ball (or beneath it) to aid in psychic workings. Placed next to the bed it aids in achieving astral projection.

MYRRH - Commiphora myrrha. NOT FOR CONSUMPTION. Properties: Moon, Feminine, Water. Attributes: Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Spirituality, Consecration, Purification. Burned as an incense, it purifies the area, and creates peace. It is rarely burned alone; usually in conjunction with frankincense or other resins. Myrrh increases the power of any incense to which it is added. Myrrh is also included in healing incenses, sachets, and its smoke is used to consecrate, purify and bless objects such as amulets, talismans, charms and magickal tools.

ORRIS ROOT - Iris florentina. NOT FOR CONSUMPTION. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Water. Attributes: Love, Protection, Divination.  It has long been used to find and hold love. The whole root is carried, the powder added to sachets, sprinkled on sheets, clothing and the body, as well as around the house. Suspend a whole root from a small length of cord or yarn and with this pendulum find the answers to your questions.

PEPPERMINT - Mentha piperita. NOT FOR CONSUMPTION. Properties: Mercury, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Purification, Sleep, Love, Healing, Psychic Powers. Used in healing, purification spells and it's presence raises vibrations of an area. Placed beneath a pillow, it sometimes offers glimpses of the future in dreams. Rub against furniture, walls and floorboards to cleanse them of evil and negativity.

PINE - Pinus spp. Properties: Mars, Masculine, Air. Attributes: Healing, Fertility, Protection, Exorcism, Money. Cones from pine trees are carried to increase fertility and to have vigorous old age. A pine cone gathered on Midsummer (still retaining its seeds) is an awesome magickal object. Pine needles are burned during the winter months to purify and cleanse the house. Scattered on the floor they drive away evil, and when burned, exorcise the area of negativity. They are also used in cleansing baths. Pine needles are burned to reverse and send back spells.

ROSE BUDS / PETALS - Rosa spp. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Water. Attributes: Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, Love Divination, Luck, Protection. Roses have long been used in love mixtures, owing to the flower's association with the emotions. A chaplet of roses worn when performing love spells (remove the thorns), or a single rose in a vase on the altar, are powerful love-magick aids. Rose water distilled from the petals is added to love baths. Rose hips (the fruit of the rose) are strung and worn as love-attracting beads.

ROSEMARY - Rosemarinus officinalis. Properties: Sun, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Protection, Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Purification, Healing, Sleep, Youth. Rosemary, when burned, emits powerful cleansing and purifying vibrations and is smoldered to rid a place of negativity, especially prior to performing magick. It is one of the oldest incenses. When placed beneath the pillow rosemary ensures a good sleep and drives away nightmares. Laid under the bed it protects the sleeper from all harm. Rosemary is generally used as a substitute for frankincense.

RUE - Ruta graveolens. NOT FOR CONSUMPTION. Properties: Mars, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Healing, Health, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Hex-Breaking, Love. Add to healing incenses and poppets. Rue added to baths breaks all hexes and curses that may have been cast against you, and it is also added to exorcism incenses and mixtures. It will clear negativity and protect when hung up at the door or placed in sachets.

SAGE - Salvia officinalis. Properties: Jupiter, Masculine, Air. Attributes: Immortality, Longevity, Wisdom, Protection, Wishes. Used to ensure a long life and promote wisdom. If you desire to make a wish come true, write it on a sage leaf, hide it beneath your pillow and sleep on it for three nights. If your dream does not materialize, bury the sage in the ground so that you do not come to harm.

ST. JOHNS WART - Hypericum perforatum. Properties: Sun, Masculine, Fire. Attributes: Health, Protection, Strength, Love, Divination & Happiness. If worn, it wards off fevers, colds, makes soldiers invincible, and attracts love. When placed in a jar and hung by a window, it protects against thunderbolts, fire and evil spirits. Both flowers and leaves are used for this purpose. It is also dried over the Midsummer fires and hung near the window to keep ghosts, and other evil doers from the house, and is burned to banish spirits and demons.

SANDALWOOD - Santalum album. NOT FOR CONSUMPTION. Properties: Moon, Feminine, Water. Attributes: Protection, Wishes, Healing, Exorcism, Spirituality. When mixed with lavender it makes an incense designed to conjure spirits. This fragrant wood possess very high spiritual vibrations and is burned at séances and Full Moon rituals when mixed with frankincense. Sandalwood beads are protective and promote a spiritual awareness when worn. Powdered sandalwood can be scattered about a place to clear it of negativity.

SKULL CAP - Scutellaria galericulata. Properties: Saturn, Feminine, Water. Powers: Love, Fidelity, Peace.  Skullcap is used in spells of relaxation and peace. A woman who wears skullcap protects her husband against the charms of other women.

VALERIAN - Valeriana officinalis. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Water. Attributes: Love, Sleep, Purification, Protection. The rather ill-smelling root, powdered, is used in protective sachets, hung in the home to guard it against lightning, and placed in pillows to aid in falling asleep. Valerian root is also added to love sachets. The Greeks hung a sprig of valerian under a window to charm away evil. Valerian root, powdered, is sometimes used as "graveyard dust".

VERVAIN - Verbena officinalis. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Earth.
Attributes: Love, Protection, Purification, Peace, Money, Youth, Chastity, Sleep, Healing. A common ingredient in love mixtures and protective spells. A crown of Vervain on the head protects while invoking spirits. Any part of the plant may be carried as a personal amulet. Scatter around the home as a peace-bringer.

VETIVERT - Vetiveria zizanioides. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Earth. Attributes: Love, Hex-Breaking, Luck, Money, Anti-Theft. Vetivert root is burned to overcome evil spells. It is also used in love powders, sachets and incenses and is added to the bathwater in a sachet to make yourself attractive to the opposite sex. Vetivert is also used in money spells and mixtures, placed in the cash register to increase business, carried to attract luck and burned in anti-theft incenses.

VIOLET FLOWERS - Viola odorata. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Water.
Attributes: Protection, Luck, Love, Lust, Wishes, Peace, Healing. When the flowers are carried they offer protection against 'wicked spirits' and bring changes in luck and fortune. Mixed with lavender, they are a powerful love stimulant and also arouse lust. If you gather the first violet in the spring your dearest wish will be granted. Violets fashioned into a chaplet and placed on the head cures headaches and dizziness.

WILD THYME - Thymus vulgaris. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Water. Attributes: Healing, Health, Sleep, Love, Psychic Powers & Purification. Thyme is burned to attract good health and is also used in healing spells. Placed beneath the pillow, it ensures restful sleep. Worn, Thyme aids in developing psychic powers and it is also a purification herb. In spring a magickal cleansing bath composed of marjoram and thyme is taken to ensure all the sorrows and ills of the past are removed from the person. If you wear it you will be able to see fairies.

YARROW - Achillea millefolium. Properties: Venus, Feminine, Water.
Attributes: Courage, Love, Psychic Powers, Exorcism. When worn, it protects the wearer, and when held in the hand, it stops all fear and grants courage. A bunch of dried yarrow hung over the bed or used in wedding decorations ensures a love lasting at least seven years. Yarrow is also used in love spells. Carrying Yarrow not only brings love but it also attracts friends and distant relations you wish to contact.