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🍃Best witchy herb for beginners🍃

🌱MINT🌱

Mint in general!

Any kind of mint!

Cause you can't kill it!

{ its basically impossible to kill! It's just a super resilient plant!}

It comes back yearly!

Easy in foraging cause mint no matter what type will always smell in someway or another like mint.

Mint can be found basically everywhere and easily plucked from the ground and put into your own garden.

Mentha is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. The exact distinction between species is unclear; it is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist. Hybridization occurs naturally where some species' ranges overlap. Many hybrids and cultivars are known.

Scientific name: Mentha

Family: Lamiaceae

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Lamiales

Tribe: Mentheae

Mints planet connection: Mercury

Element: fire + air

Magical properties:

Healing

Protection

Wealth

Attraction for good spirits

Cleansing

Banishes negative energies

Prosperity

Helps in lucid dreaming

Opens of the throat chakra

Prophetic dreams

Divination

Medical uses:

Rich in Nutrients. ...

Can improve Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Helps Relieve Indigestion.

Thought to Improve Brain Function.

Decreases Breastfeeding Pain.

Helps stop mouth infections

Subjectively Improves Cold Symptoms.

Mask Bad Breath.

Helps in digestion

Sooths a sick stomach

calms stress and anxiety

promoting restful sleep

Protecting against skin aging

Reducing high blood sugar 

Helps with menstrual pains

Mint is rich in:

Vitamin A

Vitamin K

Calcium

Catnip - Magical Uses

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water Deity: Bast Plant type: Perennial

Uses: Invite more love into your life, remind yourself to play, enhance your good looks

Sprinkled in the corners or around the rooms, makes guests seem happier, long lost friends can reappear

Used in conjunction with love petals in love sachets

Hold it until warm, then hold someone else's hand. Keep the catnip somewhere safe, they'll be your friends

Make catnip tea to become more radiant and beautiful (1/4 cup of dried catnip leaves in 2 cups of water for 10 min, add to your bath water)

Bay Leaf - Magical Uses

Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun Element: Fire Deity: Aesculapius, Apollo, Ceres, Faunos, Eros Plant type: Evergreen tree/shrub

Uses: Enhance any magical endeavors, strenghten spiritual connections, increase creativity, bless & protect home

Used in clairvoyance & wisdom brews

Placed under the pillow for prophetic dreams

Used for protection and purification, worn as an amulet, burned during exorcisms

Placed on the window to ward against lightning

Hung to ward off poltergeists

Wishes written on bay leaves are said to come true

Burned with Sandalwood to remove curses and evil spirits

Sprinkled in water rituals for purification

Basil - Magical Uses

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire Deity: Vishu, Erzulie Plant type: Annual

Uses: Calm tempers, banish evil from home, bring luck, prosperity, harmony, mend lovers' quarrels

Sprinkle some in the corners of a room to remove negativity, protect the home, bring good luck

Carried in pockets or on the doorsill/ cash register attracts potential customers

Used in exorcism incenses and purification baths

Sprinkle over who's asleep to bless the relationship with fidelty

Used in love divination, put 2 fresh leaves on a coal, if they burn quickly is a harmonious relationship, if they crackle there are quarrels, if they fly away it's not a good pair

When gifted it brings good luck to a new home

Everything You Need to Know About Herbs: Lavender

Lavender (Lavendula officinale, Lavandula angustifolia (English Lavender) )

*Medical Herb *Kitchen Herb *Masculine

Folk Names: Elf leaf, Nard, Nardus, Spike

Plant: Mercury

Element: Air, Water

Deities: Circe, Brighid, Hecate, Cernunnos

Abilities: Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification, Happiness, Peace, Intuition, and Awareness

Characteristics: The evergreen leaves can be bluish in color and grow from 1 to 1 ¾ inches long. The flowers bloom on 1 ½ - 2 ½ inch spikes. Requires full sun exposure and excellent soil drainage. Scent has a relaxing and uplifting aroma

Easy to plant or grow?: Yes. How to Plant Lavender

History: Earliest recording of the usage of lavender was by Roman soldiers who used the plant as a perfume for their bathwater and to cleanse their clothing. Its name derives from the Latin word lavare which translates “to wash”. The English variation of lavender is used in cooking and have a sweet scent and taste. Sprigs of lavender were given to women in labor in order to ease the pain.

Magical Usage:

Can be used in edibles, elixirs and charms

Brings calmness and peace to your mind, home and body

Resonates with the crown chakra so it is good for spiritual attunement

Its energy lends focus to herbal mixtures for love, protection, peace and purification

Dried flowers burned in an incense is good for home welcoming and blessing those who enter the home

Using its oil form can amplify its abilities

Dried lavender in your pillow can help promote pleasant dreams

Putting sprinkles of lavender into a glass with cold water and placing that under one’s pillow can create peace and banish night terrors and bad dreams

Clothing with the essence of lavender or the flowers in the pockets is good for love attraction

If applied in some healing mixtures, it will allow the ability to see ghosts

Medical Usage:

Calms anxiety

Promotes restful sleep

Relieves headaches

Repels insects

The Library MEGA POST!

Hwello. This is a mega post of every information we have so far and where links to new information will be added. This is so chu can get to the information quickly and it will be more organized in this space.

Herbs

Wormwood

Mandrake

Lavender

Clary Sage

Belladonna

Yarrow

Pennyroyal

Patchouli

Culinary Herbs

Garlic

Basil

Dill

Rosemary

Thyme

Bay Leaf

Cinnamon

Veggies and Fruits

Russet Potatoes

Apples

Pumpkins

Crystals

Black Obsidian

Amethyst

Tiger's Eye

Lapis Lazuli

Peridot

Bloodstone

Carnelian

Miscellaneous

How to Use Rosemary

How to Use Basil

How to Use Lavender

How to Use Mandrake

Water and Plants

Sources

Plant Witchery by Juliet Diaz

Complete Language of Herbs by S. Theresa Dietz

Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Scott Cunningham

The Herbal Alchemist Handbook by Karen Harrison

The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs by Judy Ann Nock

The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Herb Magic by Patti Wigington

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Andrew Chevallier

The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells by Judika Illes

Dictionary of Plant Lore by Donald Watts

The Magick of Food by Gwion Raven

The Complete Language of Food by S. Theresa Dietz

Nature Guide, Rocks and Minerals - DK Publishing

Guide to Crystal Grids- Transform Your Life Using the Power of Crystal Layouts - Judy Hall

Crystals- A complete guide to crystals and color healing - Jennie Harding

The Crystal Witch - Leanna Greenaway

The Crystal Bible - Judy Hall

The Zenned Out Guide to Understanding Crystals - Cassie Uhl

The Crystal Workshop - Azalea Lee

Crystals for Witches - Rituals Spells and More - Eliza Mabelle

More will be added as information is added to the little library. Remember you can support this library by tipping and maybe a pateron in the future.

Thank chu. Bye byes~

I never thought you’d offer me flowers, and now I find myself cherishing them more than ever.