Author: A Solitary Pagan
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Spearmint
Planet: Venus. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: consecration, happiness, love, money, passion, prosperity, protection, psychic development. Other magickal uses: Animals, dreams, endings, exorcism, healing, good luck, release, renewal, rest, sleep, spirit offering, success, transformation.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Star Anise
Planet: Mercury, Jupiter. Element: Air, Water. Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, good luck, protection, psychic development. Other magickal uses: consecration, contacting other planes, divination, exorcism, fertility, gain, invokation, justice, love, money, passion, preventing nightmares, psychic protection, spiritual places. Lore: Primarily used in Japan, around temples and burial sites. It is al...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Tarragon
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: commanding, confidence, courage, passion, protection, strength. Other magickal uses: Animals, calming, keeping secrets, love, peace, prevents theft, retention, sensuality, virility. Lore: The Latin name, “Artemesia dracunculus,” means “little dragon of Artemis.” It seems to carry many of Artemis’s qualities, in both her Olympian (courage and strengt...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Thyme
Planet: Venus. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, courage, divination, dreams, exorcism, faeries, happiness, healing, love, money, prevents nightmares, protection, psychic development, purification. Other magickal uses: compassion, confidence, contacting other planes, grieving, magic, meditation, Midsummer, passion, release, renewal, rituals for the dead, Sum...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Turmeric
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: passion Other magickal uses: commanding, confidence, courage, exorcism, magic, sensuality, spell-breaking, strength *Vanilla* Planet: Jupiter Element: Fire Main magickal uses: love, passion. Other magickal uses: Energy, new moon.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Peppermint
Planet: Venus Element: Air Main magickal uses: cleansing, consecration, dreams, happiness, healing, love, money, passion, prosperity, protection, psychic development, purification, release, renewal, rest, sleep Other magickal uses: Animals, divination, endings, energy, exorcism, good luck, grieving, spirit offering, success, transformation Lore: Mints are sacred to the god Hades, because (as happe...
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Pepper
Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: cursing, exorcism, passion, protection. Other magickal uses: commanding, sensuality, spell-breaking, stops envy. Lore: Stings the eyes when burned.
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Caraway
Planet: Mercury Element: Air Main magickal uses: Fidelity, love, memory, passion, preventing theft, protection, retention, sensuality Other magickal uses: consecration, fertility, gain, honesty, keeping secrets, peace of mind, weddings
Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Bay
Planet: Sun Element: Fire Main magickal uses: Clairvoyance, consecration, divination, dreams, exorcism, healing, love, passion, protection, psychic protection, purification, wisdom, wishes Other magickal uses: endings, good luck, harmony, Imbolc, inspiration, justice, knowledge, magic, memory, money, overcome opposition, peace, psychic development, release, spell-breaking, strength, success, tranq...
Rosemary
Salvia Rosmarinus, commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was known by the scientific name Rosmarinus officinalis, now a synonym. It is a member of the sage family Lamiaceae, which includes many other medicinal and culinary herbs. The name “rosemary” derives fro...
Rosemary: Description
Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen shrub with leaves similar to hemlock needles. It is native to the Mediterranean and Asia, but is reasonably hardy in cool climates. Special cultivars like ‘Arp’ can withstand winter temperatures down to about −20 °C. It can withstand droughts, surviving a severe lack of water for lengthy periods. In some parts of the world, it is considered a potentially invasive...
Rosemary: Taxonomy
Salvia rosmarinus is now considered one of many hundreds of species in the genus Salvia. Formerly it was placed in a much smaller genus, Rosmarinus, which contained only two to four species including R. officinalis, which is now considered a synonym of S. rosmarinus. The other species most often recognized is the closely related, Salvia jordanii (formerly Rosmarinus eriocalyx), of the Maghreb of A...