Tuesday, August 08, 2006

MY EXTRA-CREDIT PROJECT II

MAGICKAL POWERS OF HERBS
1) Angelica: Joy, feeling of welcome

2) Astragalus: Creativity

3) Burdock: Protection, clearing negative energy

4) Cayenne: Passion, strength, power

5) Chamomile: Dreams, calming anger, peace, meditation, sleep, love

6) Cinnamon: Energy, lust, prosperity, abundance, protection

7) Dong Quai: "The female ginseng," all things female

8) Echinacea: Purity, protection

9) Ephedra (Ma Huang): Used in some teas, other blends. VERY hard to get as it's now illegal

10) Fennel: Agreement, relief, balancing

11) Garlic: Health, protection

12) Gentian: Love, power, cleansing

13) Ginger: Peace, love

14) Gingko Biloba: Clarity

15) Ginseng: Cosmic energy

16) Goldenseal: Cleansing. Can alter drug tests

17) Hawthorne: Breaking bad habits, ridding self of negative energy

18) Juniper: Love, protection, exorcism

19) Licorice: "The peacemaker herb"

20) Lobelia: Breaking things up, letting go

21) Marshmallow: Love, protection, exorcism

22) Mistletoe: Peace, love, friendship, considered very important by Druids

23) Mullein: Healing, rest

24) Parsley: Aphrodisiac, counters impotence, purification

25) St. John's Wort: Strength, protection

26) Sassafras: Money, success, healing, protection

27) Sasparilla: Love, health, money

28) Skullcap: Inward focus, peace

29) Turmeric: Purification

30) Valerian: Peace, love, purification

31) Yarrow: Magic, banish, protection, releasing

32) Yellow Dock: Rebuilding, strength

http://www.bewitchingways.com/charts/herbs/herb_use.htm

http://www.magick7.com/magick/herbs-dl.htm

http://databar.com/hemispheres/herbalism.html

http://www.starfirescircle.com/herbs_for_magick.txt

http://www.detox4life.com.au/images/herbs/cayenne.jpg

http://www.kulturpool.se/ulla_lindborg/garlic.jpg

http://www.medizin.de/gesundheit/deutsch/706.htm

http://www.nutrasanus.com/images/panax-ginseng-image.gif

http://dendrology.free.fr/us/images/gingko01.gif

http://www.mass.gov/agr/gardening/herbs/goldenseal.jpg

http://www.herbs2000.com/images/herbs_mistletoe.jpg

The Herbal Tarot Deck and Book by Michael Tierra and Candis Cantin

The Little Book of Spells by Suzanne Siegel Zenkel

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