Author: A Solitary Pagan
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Fennel
Planet: Mercury. Element: Air/Fire. Main magickal uses: confidence, courage, fertility, longevity, love, Midsummer, protection, psychic protection, purification, strength. Other magickal uses: Commanding, consecration, divination, energy, gain, meditation, Summer rituals, virility. Lore: Fennel was used by the Saxons and by Jewish mystics as an asperger and purifying herb. It also had a history of...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Garlic
Planet: Mars . Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: exorcism, magic, passion, protection, spell-breaking, strength. Other magickal uses: clairvoyance, commanding, confidence, consecration, courage, divination, healing, longevity, money, overcoming opposition, prevents nightmares, purification, stopping gossip, success, weather (fair). Lore: Garlic is one of the few “herbs” whose powers have survived...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Ginger
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire Main magickal uses: love, passion, psychic protection. Other magickal uses: cursing, health, psychic development, sensuality, success
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Lavender
Aviary Planet: Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, happiness, healing, love, Midsummer, money, passion, peace, peace of mind, protection, psychic protection, purification, tranquility. Other magickal uses: blessings, chastity, divination, dreams, energy, gentleness, good luck, grieving, harmony, keeping secrets, magic (esp. to increase the duration of ...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Lovage
Planet: Venus,Sun. Element: Earth/Water. Main magickal uses: love. Other magickal uses: beauty, cleansing, consecration, money, passion, protection, psychic protection, purification. Lore: The main uses concern love and beauty, hence, one assumes, the name “Lovage.”
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Mace
Planet: Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: Clairvoyance. Other magickal uses: fertility, gain, good luck, love, protection.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Marjoram
Planet: Venus, Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: grieving, happiness, love, money, protection, psychic development, psychic protection,tranquility, weddings. Other magickal uses: Animals, cleansing, courage, dreams (of love), harmony, peace, rituals for the dead, success. Lore: Attributed to Venus by the Romans, but also sometimes to Aphrodite, Thor and Jupiter. In case you’re confused ab...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Mustard Seed
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: fertility, health, love, passion, protection. Other magickal uses: commanding, cursing, exorcism, gain, good luck, sensuality, spell-breaking, strength, success, virility *Nutmeg* Planet: Jupiter.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Onion
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: exorcism, protection. Other magickal uses: Clairvoyance, cleansing, contacting other planes, divination, healing, lunar rites, magic, purification, spell-breaking Lore: The link to the moon seems to be mostly due to color and shape. In protective magick, just as in cooking, onion is often combined with garlic.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Oregano
Planet: Venus. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: happiness, tranquility. Other magickal uses: Animals, grieving, harmony, love, peace, protection, psychic development, weddings.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Parsley
Planet: Saturn. Element: Earth. Main magickal uses: divination, happiness, passion, protection, psychic development, purification. Other magickal uses: clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, contacting other planes, fertility, good luck, invokation, meditation, rituals for the dead, speed. Lore: Sacred to Persephone, parsley was used in the victory wreaths of the Isthmian games by the Greeks. Som...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Poppyseed
Planet: Moon. Element: Water. Main magickal uses: dreams. Other magickal uses: Binding, clairvoyance, consecration, cursing, fertility, prosperity. Lore: In Greece, poppies belonged to Hypnos and Somnos, sleep gods. (Remember “The Wizard of Oz?” “Poppies will make them sleeeeep!”). They are also associated with Ceres. If you eat poppyseeds shortly before taking a drug test, you may test positive f...