![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s start with Yarrow.ĭevil’s nettle, thousand leaf, herbe militaris, old man’s pepper, devil’s plaything, nose bleed, old man’s mustard, green arrow, squirrel’s tail, staunchweed, sanguinary yarrow has many nicknames which is fitting for this herb with a dual nature and a history of use that dates back 60,000 years. ![]() This series will share the herbs that I feel are vital to magical herbalism, and I’ll share uses, spells, medicinal uses, and folklore to help round out your practice. With a dozen herbs, you can do nearly any kind of magical herbal witchcraft, and many of those are already in your spice cabinet or are easily to procure. (Botanical just means neither herb or resin, but is some useful plant material, like flower petals, bark, roots, etc.)īut it isn’t necessary to turn your house into an apothecary to practice magical herbalism. Taking a quick look at my herbal inventory, my shelves are currently groaning under the weight of 90+ jars and bottles of dried herbs, resins, and other botanicals. My garden supplies about 50% of the herbs I use the rest coming from foraging trips both far and wide, and some from other sources. These days I grow many of the herbs that I use both in my personal practice and in the candles that I make and sell. Armed with a little knowledge, a pile of correspondence books and a blank book that would become my book of shadows, I started teaching myself herbalism. Not discouraged in the least, I started buying books about herbs, both mundane and magical, and began experimenting with intent. I’d buy a small amount of this or that each time I went, with no idea what they were used for, and began crushing, grinding, and combining, just to see what they would do, which was basically nothing. Full disclosure: I was not born with my grandmother’s green thumb and I killed many plants in those early days.Īround this time, I discovered a witch craft shop in my neighborhood, with shelves lined with big glass jars full of mysterious looking herbs. Fairly quickly it became apparent to me that the plants I really enjoyed growing the most, were herbs the medicinal ones, the tasty ones, and especially the magical ones. In my early 20s, out of my parents’ home, I began growing my own plants, usually pretty flowers and some vegetables, on the tiny balcony of my apartment. I liked plants, thanks to grandparents who gardened, and I enjoyed helping preserve the efforts of their labors, but I didn’t come to herbs until some years later. When I began practicing witchcraft at the age of 15, I had no idea how central plants would become to my practice. ![]()
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