My Guide to Herbs

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WALNUT: Access to divine energy, bringing the blessing of the Gods, wishes.

WATERCRESS: For lunar magick and sex magick.

WHEAT: Inducing fertility and conception, attracting money.

WHITE SAGE: Use as an incense, for smudging or for purification.

WHITE WILLOW (BARK): Brings blessings of the moon into one?s life and guards against negativity & evil forces. Used in healing spells.

WILLOW: Used for lunar magick, drawing or strengthening love, healing, and overcoming sadness. Willow is considered a sacred wishing tree. Wear a sprig of willow when facing the death of a loved one. Place on the altar for lunar magick and divination work. Keep a piece of willow in home or business to protect against evil.

Also Called: Osier, Pussy Willow, White Willow, Witches' Aspirin, Withy, Tree of Enchantment, Saille, Salicyn Willow, Saugh Tree.

WINTERGREEN: Add an infusion to your children's bath to bring them good fortune and luck throughout their lives. Sprinkle an infusion of wintergreen around an area for purification.

WISTERIA: Raises vibrations, promotes psychic opening, overcomes obstacles, and draws prosperity.

WITCH HAZEL: Magickal uses include chastity and protection. Carry to ease grief over a lost love. Use in a sachet to reduce passions. Use in love spells and spells to ward off evil.

Also Called: Winter Bloom, Striped Alder, Spotted Alder, Hazelnut, Snapping Hazel and Tobacco Wood.

WITCHES BURR: Adds great power to spells & rituals. Presence of witches burr is said to defeat any kind of evil force.

WITCHES GRASS: Happiness, lust, love, and exorcism. Sprinkle around the home for seven consecutive days to overcome depression and dispense of petty spirits. Reverses hexes.

Also Called: Couch Grass, Rhizomes, Twitch Grass, Scotch Quelch, Quick Grass, Dog Grass.

WOOD ALOE: Protection, consecration, success, and prosperity.

Also Called: Lignaloes, Lignam Aloes.

WOOD BETONY: Magickal uses include purification, protection, and the expulsion of evil spirits, nightmares, and despair. Excellent for magickal healing and protecting against dark fears of the emotions & imagination. A good addition to dream pillows. Carry in an amulet to draw love and strengthen the body. Burn to banish disharmony in a relationship. Pass through the smoke of burning wood betony at Midsummer to purify the body of ills and evils. Burn with any uncrossing incense to defeat witchcraft.

Also Called: Betony, Bishopswort, Stachys Betonica, Lousewort.

WOODRUFF: Victory, protection, and money. Place a pinch in your left shoe before a game and your team will be victorious.

WORMWOOD: Used to remove anger, stop war, inhibit violent acts, and for protection from the evil eye. Carry in vehicle to protect from accidents on dangerous roads. Use as incense for clairvoyance, to summon spirits, or to enhance divinatory abilities. Can be sprinkled in the path of an enemy to bring them strife and misfortune (not recommended, remember the law of threes). Note: Can be poisonous, use with caution.

Also Called: Absinthium, Green Ginger, Absinthe, Old Woman, Crown for a King.