Author: A Solitary Pagan

Did you know that your kitchen is filled with tons of amazing spices that are not only excellent for cooking, but are also excellent in spell work? That’s right! Cinnamon does more than make amazing coffee cake, and black pepper does more than put decorative specks on your fried eggs! The spice pantry of your kitchen is brimming with magickal energy, waiting for you to tap into it! Not only will t...

While many witches and other magic-users enjoy wild crafting for the ingredients for their rootwork, elixirs, spells and healing preparations, some herbs are threatened by over collection or loss of habitat and should never be collected in the wild. Some are threatened only in certain places and grow in abundance elsewhere. Always check your local DNR’s website to see what herbs are protected in y...

Aloe Vera Growing an aloe vera plant in the kitchen will help prevent burns and mishaps while cooking. It will also preven household accidents, and guard against evil. Anise Anise mixed with bay leaves provides an excellent bath additive prior to ritual. Using anise in potpourri around the house wards off evil, and anise in your sleeping pillow at night will chase away nightmares. It is believed t...

“EARTH GROWN HERBS, A WITCHES BREW, YOUR ENERGY MAKES MY DREAMS COME TRUE. HEARKEN TO MY DEEP DESIRE AMIDST THE CANDLES RADIANT FIRE HERBS OF LUCK, PROSPERITY, HEED MY CALL AND BRING TO ME FINANCIAL ABUNDANCE AND SECURITY AS I WILL SO MOTE IT BE!” Nature has provided a veritable magical pantry in the plants which grow all over our planet. Since ancient times these plants have been used for magick-...

It originates in Europe all over and was well-known to the ancient Celts , Greeks and Romans , who believed it holds the ability to endow those who ate it with courage , hence wine which they carried and drinking before war to give them courage . It stimulates the mind and the magic uses are : Courage Increase psychic powers Protection Air magic Make tea before reading cards or any type of divinat...

Folk Names: Beaver Poison, Herb Bennet, Keckies, Kex, Musquash Root, Poison Hemlock, Poison Parsley, Spotted Corobane, Spotted Hemlock, Water Parsley Gender: Feminine Planet: Saturn Element: Water Deities: Hecate Magical Uses: Another poisonous plant, hemlock was once used in magic to induce astral protection, and in spells to destroy sexual drives. Its juice was rubbed onto magical knives and swo...

Used for nerve disorders for over 2,000 years, St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L) is a perennial, with bright yellow flowers, which grow wild in Europe, Asia, and America. A number of studies have shown St John’s Wort to have a beneficial effect on those who suffer from mild anxiety and depression, although it is not exactly clear how. It is thought that the substance has the ability to prolo...

Ashwagandha, an ancient medicinal herb, is an evergreen shrub that grows in Asia and Africa. Commonly used for stress, it’s an analgesic that soothes the nervous system from pain response

When studying herbology within witchcraft, it is important to learn about how plants work and the best ways to gather our stores, whether they come from wild plants or plants in our garden. There is more to herbs and trees than meets the eye. All things have a soul: rocks, trees, animals and people. The soul is the energy of an object that exists in the same place and time as the physical body. Th...

The active constituents of plants have only relatively recently been isolated. The active constituents in plants are the chemicals that have a medicinal effect on the body. They have been divided into 16 main groups: Alkanoids These plants contain a nitrogen-bearing molecule that makes them particularly effect as medicines. An example is Deadly Nightshade. Anthocyanins Blackberries contain anthocy...