Common Herbs And Spices In Magick

Common Herbs and Spices in Magick

As always, this is not a complete list and probably never will be (the amount of herbs and spices is crazy!) but here’s what i found most important/easy to get and wrote down in my grimoire.

Allspice🔆 - Prosperity and energy

Angelica👼🏻 - Protection, divination, and connecting to the angelic realm

Anise💫 - Creativity, and good for anything magickal

Basil⚔️ - Protection, wards against negativity, and provides courage

Bay✨ - Adds power, grants wishes, and good for divination

Briar🧚‍♀️ - Brings good dreams and keeps bad ones at bay, attracts Faeries

Catnip🐱 - Attracts a familiar

Chamomile😴 - Aids in rest and sleeping, calms

Cinnamon🏆 - Brings success and energy to do it, can bring good health

Clove🕯 - Good for wards and cleansing a space

Clover☘️ - Money, luck, and aids in divination

Cumin🗡 - Protection of belongings, and wards against thieves

Dill💚 - Brings money and love

Fern🌿 - Attracts wisdom, good for studying

Garlic🛡 - Provides protection

Hazel🧙‍♀️ - Brings Faeries, luck, and used when needing to find a wand

Heather💃 - Beauty

Ivy🤝 - Brings friendships and protects bonds

Kelp🏹 - Protection

Lavender☮️ - Attracts elves, inspires peace and calm

Mint🍞 - Usually used as an offering to spirits or deities

Mustard🐣 - Fosters luck and aids in fertility

Nutmeg🛌 - Comfort

Oats🎁 - Keeps a home secure, and can be used in offerings

Orange Peel🌅 - Can bring love and good fortune, and amplifies energy in the morning

Parsley🕊 - Purifies and protects

Pepper⚪️ - Just as good as salt actually, good for wards and protection magick.

Rosemary🌕 - Good for blessing your home, can replace sage in spells, and promotes good health

Sage🔰- Good for blessings and protection, can bring great wisdom

Star Anise🔮 - Enhances psychic/meta-physical abilities and aids meditation

Thyme🏃‍♂️- Sets up wards, and promotes courage and swift action

Wheat🌾 - Protects the home, and can bring wealth.

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The Elements and their correspondences

E A R T H

Earth represents strength, grounding, prosperity, the material, wealth, success, foundations, death and rebirth. Focus on this element if the goal of your spell is about fertility, prosperity, business or stability. Earth spells may take longer to work, but they’re also more firm and are good if you’re looking for long-term solutions.

GENDER: Feminine SEASON: Winter DIRECTION: North HOUR: Night

COLOURS: Green, Brown, Black ANIMALS: Bears, Deers, Wolves, Badgers HERBS/PLANTS: Ivy, Ash, Vetiver, Wheats, Oats INSTRUMENTS: Drums (Percussion instruments)

STAR SIGNS: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn STONES/GEMS: Jade, Onyx, Emerald, Salt RITUAL TOOLS: Stones, Dirt, Bones, Pentacle, Salt, Crystals  RITUAL FORMS: Burying, Planting, Imprinting to soil or sand TAROT SUIT: Pentacles

A I R

Air represents intellect and the mind, wisdom, knowledge; logic as well as abstract thought, intuition and higher consciousness. If you’re seeking freedom, travels, or to enhance your memory and focus - focus on Air spells! Air is whimsical and amiable, personally I haven’t found it useful for more serious spells, but it does wonders for my studies. 

GENDER: Masculine SEASON: Spring DIRECTION: East HOUR: Dawn

COLOURS: Yellow, White, Sky Blue, Pastels ANIMALS: Birds, Spiders, Butterflies HERBS/PLANTS: Lavender, Birch, Vervain, Dill, Aspen INSTRUMENTS: Flute (Wind instruments)

STAR SIGNS: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius STONES/GEMS: Amethyst, Opal, Alexandrite, Beryl RITUAL TOOLS: Incense, Wand RITUAL FORMS: Fanning, Tossing into air, Suspending in a high place  TAROT SUIT: Swords

F I R E

Fire represents energy, passion, purification, love, inspiration, desire, will, courage, power, leadership, sexuality. In spellcraft, focusing on Fire is good for purification, healing and love spells; it’s the best element for quick, strong spells. Although, Fire is fierce in essence, and Fire spells are susceptible - they should be well thought out.

GENDER: Masculine SEASON: Summer DIRECTION: South HOUR: Noon

COLOURS: Red, Orange, Gold ANIMALS: Snakes, Lions, Horses HERBS/PLANTS: Cacti, Cinnamon, Pepper, Basil INSTRUMENTS: Guitar (Stringed instruments)

STAR SIGNS: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius STONES/GEMS: Amber, Citrine, Ruby, Tiger’s Eye RITUAL TOOLS: Athame, Candles RITUAL FORMS: Burning, Smouldering, Heating TAROT SUIT: Wands

W A T E R

Water represents purification as well; though it’s focused more on the soul and the subconscious rather than the physical, material world. Water stands for emotion, intuition, wisdom, eternal movement, reflection, lunar energy. Focusing on the Water element is good for psychic abilities, getting in tune with your inner self, mysteries, friendships, love, dreams and sleep.

GENDER: Feminine SEASON: Autumn DIRECTION: West HOUR: Dusk

COLOURS: Blue, Indigo, Silver ANIMALS: Otters, Fish, Sea Mammals, Frogs HERBS/PLANTS: Lotus, Water Lilies, Aloe, Gardenia INSTRUMENTS: Cymbal, Bell (Resonant instruments)

STAR SIGNS: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces STONES/GEMS: Moonstone, Aquamarine, Pearl RITUAL TOOLS: Cauldrons, Chalices, Seashells RITUAL FORMS: Diluting, Placing into water, washing away, bathing TAROT SUIT: Cups

Magickal uses of rocks

Most people focus on crystals and their magickal uses, but I’m here to stand up for the normal rocks that just get ignored! Here are some uses of rocks that I know about. Feel free to add on!

Hagstones- Stones that have natural holes in them from running water are known as hagstones. Tying a string in one and wearing it is said to be good luck, and many believe that looking through the hole can help with seeing fae or other spirits. Be careful with saying “hagstones” though, because this practice was used by the Celts, and no one wants to appropriate.

Pebbles- Smooth pebbles usually come from rivers or streams, and they’re great for meditation (hold one in each hand as you meditate). You can also paint sigils onto pebbles and skip them into a pond to activate them– this uses both elements of earth and water. 

Rough rocks- These rocks can be used for many things, you just need to be creative. Paint a sigil on one then break it. Put a sharp rock in a witch bottle. Stuff like that. 

Fossils- I’ve always loved those rocks that have shells in them. They’re old, and have traces of sea life in them, making them useful for earth and/or water magick. 

Headstone rocks- These are chips or pieces of  headstones. DO NOT break headstones in cemeteries, as that is illegal and very disrespectful. Try finding a headstone that’s already falling apart. Ask the spirit of the person it belongs to if it’s okay if you take a piece. If you feel a positive response, go ahead. If not, don’t. I recommend bringing an offering to the spirit as well (flowers, coins, etc.). Headstone rocks can be used for the same purposes of graveyard dirt. 

Lava rocks- No, not the decorative, burnt orange colored rocks outside of the bank. I mean actual hardened lava. This may be hard to acquire, but I’m adding it on here because it isn’t technically a crystal. Lava stones can be used in fire magick or earth magick. Having a solid material in fire magick can be very useful.  

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