Herbs and their uses

Acacia Attract money, inspire love, ward off evil Adder´s tongue Herb of healing African Violet Protection herb and promotes spirituality in the home Agrimony Protection against all evil Ague root Used for uncrossing Anise Seeds are burned as a meditation incense Balm of Gilead Healing and protection Basil Protects against evil, attracts luck, love and money. Used in exorcism and purification rites Bay Power to heal, protect and strengthen. Used for attracting money and love Bergamot Peace, happiness and restful sleep Black berry Attracts money and protection Black Pepper Mental alertness, physical energy, protection and courage Boneset Protection. Used in exorcism Cardamon Attracts love Catnip Attracts love, happiness and healing Cedar Spirituality and control Celery seeds Restful sleep, peace, psychic awareness Chamomile Meditation, peace and sleep Cinnamon Attract love, money and sexual desires Cinquefoil Increase wealth, love and power and great for uncrossing Clover Good luck and money Clove Courage, attrction and protection Cypress Healing Dandelion Love, clairvoyant abilities, makes wishes come true Deers tongue Stops gossip Dill Protection, uncrossing, love Eucalyptus Purification, health and healing Fern Protection and good luck Frankincense Meditation, spirituality and protection Garlic Protection, purification, physical energy Ginseng Attracts love Ginger Sex, love, money and courage Goldenrod Helps locate buried treasures, attracts love and money Honeysuckle Prosperity and love Hops Money drawing, restful sleep, selling of property Hyssop Uncrossing Jasmine Attracts love and money Juniper Powerful protection herb Lavender Love, healing, peace and purification Lemon Purification, money and peace Lilac Love and purification Marigold Protection, attain sucess in all legal matters, draws money Magnolia Love Meadowswet Love Marjoram Peace Mint Healing, money attracting, protection, increases sexual desires Moss Money drawing Mullein Love, exorcism Myrrh Purification, healing, protection and exorcism Nutmeg Money drawing, gambling, psychic energy Oak Healing Orange Love, joy and abundance Patchouli Love, sex and money Peppermint Love, money and uncrossing Pine Healing, money drawing and protection Rose Love Rosemary Protection, exorcism and love Sage Protection, wisdom and money Sandalwood Exorcism, promotes spiritual awareness and makes wishes come true Spearmint Healing and protection Thyme Love, promotes courage, protection, uncrossing Vanilla Love, sex, improves mental powers Violet Love, healing and protection

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Spell: Wishing Spell (simple)

A large bowl A wooden spoon A sifter or colanderAs many of the following herbs as you can find: Cinnamon, basil, clover, ginger, marjoram, tea, catnip, jasmine, ginseng, lavender, pine, sage, cloves. This is inherently a simple spell but you can make it into an all-out ritual. Best if done when the moon is waxing, unless you are wishng to get rid of a problem. Place all the ingredients into the bowl. Stir and grind them with the spoon. Continue to grind and blend until everything is mixed into a coarse substance – there should be no large pieces. It shoud be grainy and almost powder-like. Place the substance into the colander or sifter and gently shake it back and forth over another bowl. The finest powder will get through the sifter but the large pieces will not. What you should have when you are finished is at least a handful of herbal wish powder. Make sure you go out on a nice day to perform the spell. Find a nice clearing and take your wish powder with you in a pouch. Take a handful and say a chant – it’s best that you write your own so you can state the specific need of the wish. Make sure you are very clear about what you wish for and how you want to get it. Throw your powder to the wind and let it carry your wish away to come true. (Received from Pagan Magic)

Aromatherapy: perfumes

 FLOWER POWER COLOGNE
This is a light, fresh toilet water that combines two favorite garden scents – rose and lavender
with fresh herbs and citrus peel for an irresistible scent, perfect for splashing on throughout the day.
2 tablespoons fresh rose petals
2 tablespoons fresh lavender flowers
Peel of 1 lemon (zest only)
1 tablespoon fresh Rosemary
1 tablespoon fresh Peppermint
2 Cups water 1 ¼ cups vodka
Place the flowers, peel, and herbs in a small saucepan and cover with the water.
Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes but do not boil. Cool completely and add the vodka.
Pour the mixture into a clean container with a tight-fitting lid and place in a cool, dry location
for 2 weeks. Strain off all solids and bottle your cologne in a pretty bottle. Yield: 16 ounces.

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  SOLID LAVENDER PERFUME
4 ounces beeswax
½ cup sweet almond oil
1 tablespoon Lavender essential oil
Melt beeswax into the oil using a double boiler.
Remove from heat. Stir in essential oils and keep stirring
for about a minute. Pour into containers and let cool
completely until solid.

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 MOON PRIESTESS PERFUME
1 Drop Queen of the Night Oil 3 drops rose oil
1 drop lemon verbana oil 4 fl. oz white spirit
Blend the three oils in a bottle. Add the white spirit, and shake all
vigorously. A cologne can be made by adding another 1 FL. oz of white
spirit and 3 fl. oz of distilled water.

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 ART OF PERFUMERY
¼ oz. oil of lavender
60 drops essence of musk
30 drops essence of ambergris
30 drops oil of bergamot
8 oz. spirit
Mix by agitation. Then add:
22 drops oil of cloves
8 drops oil of cinnamon
8 drops essence of ambergris

MOON PRIEST COLOGNE
1 fl.oz lemon verbena or Lime oil 2 fl.oz coriander oil
1/2 fl.oz. camphor or myrrh oil 1/4 fl.oz. white spirit 3 3/4 fl.oz. distilled water
Blend the oils in a bottle, add the spirit and water and shake all
vigorously. Increasing the myrrh oils gives a darker perfume;
increasing the camphor, a lighter and more spicy one. All perfumes ‘behave’
differently on different skins, so it is worth experimenting to find your own balance.

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 LUST POTION
6 drops of Patchouli oil 6 drops of Sandalwood oil 6 drops of Rose oil
6 drops of Clove oil 6 drops of Nutmeg oil 6 drops of Olive oil
Wear as a perfume whenever you’ll be in the presence of the person you’re trying to attract.
Be careful, this stuff is really potent. And don’t be surprised if you find others eyeing you as well.
I find it’s pretty effective for getting a man’s attention. I would probably suggest substituting amber
oil for the rose oil in order to attract a woman.

From here

 

Elemental Spells

These spells come from the late, great Scott Cunningham.

They are basic spells that you can tailor to fit your needs, using the elements of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. Obviously, before you work a spell, be sure your intentions are true.

Earth Spell: Place enchanted hebs in a bag and take to a wild place. Dig a hole with your hands and pour the herbs into it.  Visualize your need strongly.  Cover the herbs over and leave the area. It is done.

AIr Spell: Stand in an open place atop a hill or mountain, far from tall trees, buildings or other hills. Hold the enchanted herbs in your power hand (your dominant hand) and facing North, blow a little of them in that direction. Next turn East and do the same, then South. At West, blow all the remaining herbs far from your hand. Visualize your needs strongly.

Fire Spell: Write or make a symbol of your need on a piece of paper cut into a triangle. While visualizing your need, place the appropriate enchanted herbs in the center of the paper and crumple it tightly so the herbs are trapped inside the paper.  Annoint with oils if desired. Build a fire. Throw the herb packet into the fire. As it touches the flame, firmly visualize your need. Continue to do so until the parchment is consumed.

Water Spell: Take enchanted herbs to river, spring, lake or seashore. Hold them tightly in your power hand and visualize your need. Scatter herbs into the water with a sweeping motion.  The Power has been sent.

more oil/fragrance properties

Symtoms and Essential Oils that Help

Abscess Chamomile, lavender, carrot seed
Analgesic Bergamot, Chamomile, Lavender, Marjoram, Rosemary
Aphrodisiac: Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood, Rose, Clary Sage, Jasmine, Neroli, Vetiver
Anger Chamomile, Mint, Ylang-Ylang
Anti-inflammatory Eucalyptus, Chamomile, Geranium, Peppermint
Allergies Chamomile, Rose
Analgesic Eucalyptus, Peppermint, Chamomile
Angina Eucalyptus, lavender, tea tree,
Anti-bacteiral Tea Tree, Garlic, Bergamot, Eucaluptus, Lavender, Ravensara
Aggression Bergamot, chamomile, lemon, marjoram, Rosewood, Sandalwood, rosemary, ylang-ylang
Anxiety Chamomile, lavender, orange, neroli, sandalwood
Appetite Loss Bergamot, oregano
Asthma Eucalyptus, lavender, clary, pine, rosemary, lemon,
Athletes Foot Tea Tree
Bitterness Lemon
Blisters Lavender Chamomile
Calming Lavender, Neroli, Clary Sage, Ylang Ylang
Circulation Rosemary
Cold Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Peppermint, Lemon
Compulsiveness Clary-sage, frankiscense
Cystitis Bergamot, rockrose, eucalyptus, myrtle
Confusion Geranium, lemon
Dandruff Peppermint, Tea Tree
Digestion Peppermint, Neroli, Clary Sage
Disapointment Bergamot, Frankinsense, Jasmine, Orange, Rose
Depression Bergamot, chamomile, Frankinscese, Geranium, lavender, lemon, neroli, peppermint, rose, tangerine,sandalwood, ylang-ylang
Ezcema Bergamot, jasmine, chamomile, lavender, sandalwood, geranium
Exhaution Geranium, Rosemary
Expectorant Benszoin, Bergamot, Eucalyptus, Marjoram, Myrrh, Sandalwood
Fatigue clary, grapefruit, jasmine, orange, palmarosa, peppermint rosemary, vetiver, ylang-ylang
Fear Cedarwood, chamomile, frankinscense ginger, patchouli, sandalwood
Fustration Ylang-Ylang
Grief Marjoram, tangerine, frankinscense
Herpes Lavender, tea tree, bergamot
Headache Lavender, ginger, marjoram, rose, clary, ylang-ylang, eucalyptus, peppermint
Hepatic (strengthens liver) Chamomile, Cypress, Lemon, Peppermint, Rosemary, Thyme
Hypertensive Clary Sage, Syssop, Rosemary
Hypotensive Lavender, Marjoram, Melissa, Ylang-Ylang
Irritability Chamomile, cypress, lavender, marjoram, sandalwood, ylang-ylang
Immuno-stimulant Garlic, Lavneder, Ravensara, Rosewood, Tea Tree
Insomnia Neroli, rose, chamomile, orange, lavender, rosewood, sandalwood, marjoram
Impatience Chamomile, Clary Frankincense, Lavender
Insect Bite Lavender
Jealousy Jasmine, rose
Loneliness Benzoin, marjoram
Memory (poor) Rosemary
Obsession Clary-sage, sandalwood, frankscense
Periods: Painful: Lavender, Geranium
Irregular: Chamomile, Clary Sage, Geranium
Heavy: Cypress
PMS: Chamomile, neroli, ylang-ylang,
Nervousness Chamomile, jasmine, lavender, neroli, ylang-ylang
Paranoia Frankinscense, lavender
PMS Chamomile, neroli, ylang-ylang,
Relaxing Chamomile, Lavender, Geranium
Rheumatism Rosemary, Lavender, Chamomile, Lemon
Sadness Benzoin, jasmine, rose, rosewood
Sedative Benzoin, Bergamot, Chamomile, Clary Sage, Frankincense, Lavender, Marjoram, Melissa, Neroli, Rose, Ylang-Ylang
Skincare Acne: Tea Tree, Palmarosa, Lavender, Sandalwood, Patchouli
Dry Skin: Neroli, Sweet Orange, Rose
Toning: Lemon, Lavender
Wrinkles: Carrot Seed, Palmarosa
Stress Bergamot, sandalwood, vetiver, lavender,cedarwood
Sunburn Chamomile, lavender, yarrow
Tension Cedarwood, chamomile, clary-sage, cypress, frankinscense, geranium, lavender, rosewood, sandalwood, tangerine, ylang-ylang
Vaginitis Bergamot, rose, tea tree
Vasoconstrictor Chamomile, Cypress, Rose
Vasodialator Marjoram

[Patricia Davis, Aromatherapy A-Z (United Kingdom: C.W. Daniel Company Limited , 1998), 352.] This is an excellent book you can find it at your local bookstore or at amazon.com