Tag: Cleansing

Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

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Brush outdoor ritual area with a branch to purify and sanctify, burn for cleansing, pine needles used in money spells, birth, rebirth, made into stangs, associated with Thursday. [Green Witchcraft]

Purification, cleansing, dispelling negativity, spring equinox, fertility, regeneration, new beginnings. Ruled by teh planet Mars and the elements of earth and air. Sacred to Astarte, Attis, Cernunnos, Cybele, Dionysus, the Great Mohter, Herne, Osiris, Pan, Pitys, Poseidon, Rhea, sun gods, Sylvanus, and Venus. [The Hearth Witch’s Companion]

Elder (Sambucus nigra)

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Caution: Seeds are poisonous. Wards negative thoughts when used as wind chimes, blessings, power, energy, strength, cleansing, offering, wood NOT to be burned as it is sacred to Hecate, see fairies in these trees at Litha, flowers may be used as an altar offering and as an incense for blessing and consecration, berries may be made into Esbat wine, the flowers may be added to a candle spell addressed to Hecate during the new moon, associated with Monday. [Green Witchcraft]

The dried blossom makes a good fixative for herbal incenses. It can be particularly added to Beltane and Midsummer incense, and is sacred to dryads, fairies, and Venus. The leaves should be gathered on Midsummer morning to add to healing incense. The bark and berries may be collected in the early autumn for crone aspects of the Goddess, including Holda, Hulda, the Elder Mother, and Hel. Ruled by the planet Venus and the element of air. [The Hearth Witch’s Compendium]

Sage (Salvia officinalis)

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Protection, wisdom, health. [Green Witchcraft]

Wisdom, prophetic dreams, warding off the evil eye, purification, cleansing, aura cleansing, immortality. Ruled by the planet Jupiter and the element of air. Sacred to Consus, Jupiter, and Zeus. [The Hearth Witch’s Compendium]

Dill (Anethum graveolens)

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Seeds draw money, leaves for protection, flowers for love. [Green Witchcraft]

Protection against witchcraft, clears the mind, protection, cleansing sacred space, Midsummer, Beltane. Ruled by the planet Mercury and the element of fire or air. [The Hearth Witch’s Compendium]