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Herbs. R-S
By: Sarga Date: March 31, 2015, 10:29 pm
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RADISH: Protection and lust
RAGWORT: For Courage. Also used in charms to ward off evil
spirits. Associated with faeries.
Also Called: Fairie's Horse, Faerie's Horse, Fairy Horse, Faery
Horse.
RASPBERRY LEAF: Used for healing, protection, love. Raspberry
leaves are carried (NOT EATEN) by pregnant women to reduce the
pain involved in pregnancy & childbirth. Bathe in an infusion of
raspberry to keep your current love relationship alive.
RED CLOVER BLOSSOMS: Magickal uses include fidelity, love,
money, protection, and the blessing of domestic animals. Carry
to aid in financial arrangements. Sprinkle around the home to
remove negative spirits.
Also Called: Cleaver Grass, Marl Grass, Cow Grass, Trefoil,
Purple Clover, Wild Clover.
RED WILLOW BARK:Magickal uses include meditation and clearing. A
fabulous incense wood with a sweet and dry aroma.
RHUBARB: Fidelity and protection.
RICE: Rain, fertility, money, and protection. Use in money
spells and fertility charms.
ROSE BUDS: Magickal uses include divine love, close friendships,
domestic peace/happiness, and lasting relationships. Great for
use in incense, potpourri or bath magick. Place around sprains
and dark bruises to help them heal faster.
ROSE GERANIUM: Averts negativity, especially in the form of
gossip or false accusations.
ROSE HIPS: Used in healing spells and mixtures, brings good
luck, calls in good spirits.
ROSEMARY: Carried and used in healing poppets for good health,
used in love/lust spells, worn to improve memory, used in dream
pillows to prevent nightmares, burned as incense for
purification and removing negativity. Wear or carry while
reading or completing tasks to improve memory of the material
and aid clear thinking (great for students!). Use an infusion of
rosemary to wash hands before any healing magick. Use in bath
magick for purification. Associated with faeries.
Also Called: Elf Leaf, Sea Dew, Polar Plant, Guardrobe, Compass
Weed, Dew of the Sea, Mary's Cloak, Stella Maria, Star of the
Sea, Incensier.
ROWAN: Protection, magickal power, success, anti-haunting. Use
leaves and berries in amulets for healing and promoting psychic
powers. Also good for use in luck spells and mixtures. Rowan
wood is often used to make wands and divining rods.
Also Called: Moutain Ash, Delight of the Eye, Quickbane, Ran
Tree, Rowanberry, Thor's Helper, Witch Bark, Wicken Tree, Wild
Ash, Witchwood.
RUE: Magickal uses include healing, health, mental powers,
freedom and protection against the evil eye. Use as an asperger
to cast salt water for purification of the circle or removing
negativity from the home. Hang the dried herb indoors to help
yourself see and understand your mistakes. Burn to banish
negativity or bad habits. Add to incenses and poppets to prevent
illness or speed recovery. Add to baths to break hexes and
curses that may have been placed against you.
Also Called: Herb-of-Grace, Herb of Grace, Herbygrass, Garden
Rue, Mother of Herbs, Rewe, Goat's Rue.
RYE: Love, fidelity, and self-control.
SAFFLOWER: Mix with jinx incense to cause destruction to an
enemy (not recommended!). Rub on the inside of the knees to
attract exciting sexual encounters.
SAFFRON: Aphrodisiac, love, healing, happiness, wind raising,
lust and strength. Burn, wear, or carry for healing and
strengthening psychic awareness. Commonly used in love magick,
healing spells, and to control the weather. Wash hands with
water and saffron or keep saffron sachets in your home to bring
happiness.
Also Called: Kum Kuma, Zaffran, Kesar, Autumn Crocus, Spanish
Saffron, Dyer's Saffron, Thistle Saffron, Bastard Saffron,
American Saffron, Parrot's Corn.
SAGE: Used for self purification and dealing with grief and
loss. Carried to improve mental ability and bring wisdom. Used
in healing sachets & incense. Promotes spiritual, mental,
emotional & physical health and longevity. Removes negative
energy. Place near a personal object of a person who is ailing
when performing healing spells or rituals. Write a wish on a
sage leaf and place it under your pillow for 3 nights -- if you
dream of your wish, it will come true; if not, bury the leaf in
the ground so that no bad will come to you.
Also Called: Garden Sage, White Sage, Red Sage, Sawge.
SALT PETRE: For women who do not want their partners to have
outside relationships. Stops sexual tension.
Also Called: Salt Peter, Petre Salt, Saltpetre, Saltpeter.
SANDALWOOD: Scatter sandalwood powder around the home to clear
it of negativity. Burn during protection, healing, and exorcism
spells. Use the wood for healing wands. Write your wish on a
chip of sandalwood and burn it in the censer or cauldron while
visualizing your wish to make it come true. Helps in healing by
aligning the chakras for better energy flow. Good for
meditation, healing, and manifestation. Facilitates
concentration.
Also Called: Sandal, Santal, White Saunders, White Sandalwood,
Red Sandalwood, Yellow Sandalwood.
SANICLE: Used for safety in travel.
Also Called: Sancile, American Sanicle, Black Snakeroot, Wood
Sanicle, Pool Root, Butterwort, Alum Root.
SARSAPARILLA: Sexual vitality, health, love and money. Mix with
sandalwood and cinnamon and sprinkle around home or business to
draw money. Alleged to prolong life, hinder premature aging,
excite passions, and improve virility when worn or carried.
Also Called: Black Creeper, Sariva, Kalisar, Dudhilata,
Sugandhi, Red Sarsaparilla, Tu Fu Ling, Dwipautra.
SASSAFRAS: Magickal uses include health, money and overcoming
addictions. Placed in wallet or purse to attract money and make
the money you have go farther. Used as a prosperity incense.
Added to sachets for healing.
Also Called: Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Saxifrax, Saloip.
SAVOURY: Sensuality, sexuality, and passion; great for sex
magick!
SAW PALMETTO (BERRIES): Magickal uses include healing
protection, exorcism, passion and spiritual openings.
Also Called: Dwarf Palm Tree, Cabbage Palm, Sabal, Sabal
Serrulata.
SCULLCAP: Worn by women to keep their husbands faithful. Used in
sleep pillows for relaxation & peace. Used to bind oaths and
consecrate vows & commitments (handfasting, initiations, etc.).
Used in bath magick to clam the aura of tensions and stress. Use
in spells for relief from disharmony and disruptive situations.
Place a pinch in a lover's shoes to keep then from being
affected by charms of others.
Also Called: Skullcap, Scullcap, Hoodwort, Quaker Bonnet, Helmet
Flower, European Skullcap, Greater Skullcap, American Skullcap,
Blue Skullcap, Blue Pimpernel, Hoodwart, Hooded Willow Herb,
Side-Flowering Skullcap, Mad Dogweed, Mad Weed, Madweed, Helmet
Flower, Hoodwort.
SEA SALT: Uses include cleansing crystals, purification,
grounding, protection magick and ritual. Used on the altar to
represent the Earth. Used with water for asperging, sea spells,
consecration and casting circles. Used with garlic and rosemary
to banish evil.
SENNA: Magickal uses include all matters of lust and love.
Enhances tact & diplomacy. Bathe with your mate in an infusion
of senna to ensure faithfulness.
Also Called: Senna Pod, Rajavriksha, Fan Xia Ye, American Senna,
Locust Plant, Wild Senna, Fan Xie Ye.
SESAME: Money, lust, and passion.
SHALLOTS: Add an infusion of shallots to the bath for luck.
SHAVE GRASS: Magickal uses include snake charming & fertility.
Place in the bedroom to increase fertility.
Also Called: Scouring Rush, Equisetum, Pewterwort, Corncob
Plant, Bottle Brush, Horsetail, Dutch Raisins, Paddock Pipe.
SHEEP SORREL: Carry to protect against heart disease. Place in
sickrooms to aid in recuperation from illnesses and wounds.
SHEPHERD'S PURSE: Healing
Also Called: Mother's Heart, Shepard's Purse/Heart, Cocowort,
Pickpocket, Toywort, Pick Purse, St. James' Weed, St. James'
Wort, St. Anthony's Fire, Pepper Grass, Case Wort, Permacety.
SKUNK CABBAGE: Legal matters.
SLIPPERY ELM: Magickal uses include protection and halting
gossip. Tie a knotted yellow thread around slippery elm and
throw it into a fire to cease all gossip about you.
Also Called: Red Elm, Moose Elm, Sweet Elm, Indian Elm.
SNAPDRAGONS: Protection, exorcism, and purification.
SNOWDROP: Passing of sorrow.
SOLOMON'S SEAL (ROOT): Magickally used for protection and
cleansing. Used in offertory incense. Used to bind magickal
workings and keep sacred oaths & promises forever binding. Carry
in an amulet or sachet for all-purpose protection. Use in
protection magick to exorcise spirits and ward off negative
influences and demons. Keep on altar to promote success in all
rituals. Sprinkle an infusion of the root to drive away evil.
Also Called: Lady's Seals, St. Mary's Seal, Sigillum Sanctae
Mariae, Scean de Solomon.
SOW THISTLE: Increases strength & stamina, repels witches, and
provides invisibility from enemies.
SPANISH MOSS: Protection, opening blockages, and dispelling
negativity.
SPEARMINT: Healing, love and protection while sleeping. Burn for
healing magick, especially of respiratory conditions. Carry for
healing. Use in ritual baths for strength and vitality. Write a
wish on paper and wrap it in spearmint leaves; place in a red
cloth and sew with red thread, then keep in a safe and secret
place. By the time the scent is gone, your wish should have come
true.
Also Called: Garden Mint, Mackerel Mint, Our Lady's Mint, Green
Mint, Spire Mint, Lamb Mint, Yerba Buena, Sage of Bethlehem,
Fish Mint.
SPIDERWORT: Love.
SPIKENARD ROOT: Wear in a sachet around the neck to bring luck &
ward off illness. It is said that wetting a picture of a loved
one in an infusion of spikenard will keep them close to you.
Also Called: Spignet, Life of Man, Pettymorell, Old Man's Root,
Indian Root, Bitter Root, Nard, Nardo.
SQUAW VINE: Magickal uses include all matters of fertility &
childbirth. Pregnant women can add an infusion of squaw vine to
bath water once a week to protect the unborn child from
jealousy.
Also Called: Squawvine.
SQUILL ROOT: To draw money, place in a container with a dime, a
quarter and a dollar and say a prayer for prosperity.
ST. JOHN'S WORT: Worn to prevent colds & fevers. Placed under
pillow to induce prophetic, romantic dreams. Protects against
all forms of black witchcraft. Place in a jar in a window or
burn in a fireplace to protect from lightning, fire and evil
spirits. Used for banishing, protection & blessing. Carry to
strengthen courage and convictions or when confronting nasty
situations. Burn to banish spirits and demons. Used in
divination for the care of crystals. Note: Can be poisonous, use
with caution.
Also Called: Goat Weed, Herba John, Kalimath Weed, Tipton Weed.
STAR ANISE: Burned as incense to increase psychic awareness &
abilities. Placed on the altar to increase the power generated.
Carried to bring luck.
Also Called: Chinese Anise.
STRAW: Image magick and luck.
STRAW FLOWER: Luck, longevity, and protection. Use in magick to
get the effects to last. The flower of Samhain, signifying the
transition from one type of life to another. Note: Poisonous,
use with caution.
STRAWBERRY: Attracts success, good fortune, and favorable
circumstances. Served as a love food. Leaves are carried for
luck. Pregnant women carry a packet of the leaves to ease the
pain of pregnancy and childbirth.
SUGAR: Love spells, sex magick.
SUGAR CANE: Love, lust, and sympathy.
SULFUR POWDER: Dispels or prevents a hex on you; destroys an
enemy's power over you.
Also Called: Brimstone.
SUNFLOWERS: Energy, protection, power, wisdom, and wishes.
SWEET BUGLE: Crush and place under the mattress to attract love
and marriage prospects.
SWEET PEA: Attracts friends and allies; Draws the loyalty and
affection of others.
SWEET POTATO: Image magick.
SWEET GRASS: Peace, unity, and calling spirits.
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