Tag: The Hearth Witche’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

All References from Anna Franklin’s book The Hearth Witch’s Compendium: Magical and Natural Living for Every Day (2007)

Purple (Color)

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Purple – Power, spiritual development, intuition, ambition, healing, progress, business, spiritual communication, protection, occult wisdom. [1]

Strength, mastery, power, occult power, protection, Pisces, crone goddesses. [2]

Purple is favored for those who work with pure divine power (magicians) or who wish to deepen their spiritual awareness of the Goddess and God. [3]

Wisdom, emotions, power. [4]

Resources

[1] Green Witchcraft by Ann Moura

[2] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

[3] Wicca by Scott Cunningham

[4] Llewellyn’s 2022 Magical Almanac by Chi Cicero

Black (Color)

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Wards negativity, remove hexes, protection, spirit contact, the Universe, night, truth, remove discord or confusion. [1]

Banishing, repelling, death, endings, destruction, winding down, the elderly, ancestor contact, the void or womb, receptivity, reincarnation, rejection of ego, possibilities waiting to be realized, Samhain, crone goddesses, death deities, the planet Saturn, Scorpio, Capricorn. [2]

Black robes are quite popular. Contrary to popular misconceptions, black doesn’t symbolize evil. It is the absence of color. It is a protective hue and symbolizes the night, the universe and a lack of falsehood. When a Wiccan wears a black robe, she or he is donning the blackness of outer space – symbolically, the ultimate source of divine energy. [3]

Dark Moon, defense, grounding. [4]

Resources

[1] Green Witchcraft by Ann Moura

[2] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

[3] Wicca by Scott Cunningham

[4] Llewellyn’s 2022 Magical Almanac by Chi Cicero

Business Oil

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10 parts benzoin
5 parts cinnamon
5 parts basil
[The Hearth Witch's Compendium]

Oil for Money, Prosperity and Business (Aventurine)

1 drop Violet absolute 
1 drop Rose absolute 
3 drops Cinnamon

– Practical Witch’s Almanac 2022 by Friday Gladheart

Water

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Water is a liquid, like the blood that flows through our veins. It is associated with the emotions, feelings, and the subconscious, and water magic is usually concerned with divination and scrying. Water plants are juicy and fleshy or grow near water, such as iris, lemon, and jasmine. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

Fire

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Fire is the most mysterious of all the elements. It seems almost supernatural in comparison to earth, air or water, which are states of matter while fire is energy. Fire magic is concerned with creativity, life energy, and zeal. Fire gives us vitality, igniting action, animation, and movement. It sparks courage and acts of bravery. It heats passion and enthusiasm. Fire is the power of inner sight and creative vision, directing it and controlling it to make it manifest in the world. Fire plants tend to have fiery sap or to taste hot, like ginger, or have warm perfumes, like carnation, clove, and cinnamon. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

Earth

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The powers of earth are concerned with what is manifest – the material, the fixed, the solid, the practical – and with what is rooted. Earth magic is concerned with manifestation, business, health, practicality, wealth, stability, grounding and centering, and agriculture. Earth plants tend to be nourishing or earthy-smelling, such as cypress and patchouli. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

Air

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The powers of air are concerned with the intellect, the powers of the mind, knowledge (as opposed to wisdom), logic, inspiration, information, teaching, memory, thought, and communication. Like the other elements, the powers of air can be constructive or destructive. Air magic is usually concerned with the intellectual or hte spiritual, and in ritual air is symbolized through the use of perfume or incense. Air plants tend to be freshly fragrant, such as bergamot, lavender, lemongrass, mint, and pine. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

Ash (Fraxinus spp.)

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Wands, protection, leaves for prophetic dreams, prosperity, study, health, enhances magic, made into besoms and stangs. Ash, oak and hawthorn grown or found together form what is called a Fairy Triad, where the fair folk may visit and maybe seen. Sprinkle ash leaves under the pillow to grant insight and prophetic dreams. [1]

The world tree, astral travel, all rites of passage, healing, protection, initiation, autumn equinox, Midsummer, Ostara, and Yule. Sacred to Ares, Athena, Cernunnos, Fates, Furies, Gwydion, Herne, Jupiter, Llyr, Mars, Minerva, Neptune, Norns, Odin, Poseidon, Thor, Uranus, Woden, Wyrd, Ymir, and Zeus. Ruled by the sun, the elements of water and fire, and the star sign Leo. [2]

Resources

[1] Green Witchcraft by Ann Moura

[2] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin