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Magickal Correspondences and Various Associated Ingredients

People seemed to like my last masterpost. This is a list of standardised correspondences for wide variety of different herbs, spices, flowers, perfumes, ingredients, plants, etc. I am generating these programmatically by cross-referencing various sources. I’m building a large database of things and information about those things. If any information seems inaccurate, let me know - there’s a chance that my program did a weird thing with how it matches words. 

Aid: Ash, Basil, Benzoin, Birch, Blackberry, Blueberry, Cumin, Cypress, Damiana, Dill, Garlic, Heliotrope, Hyssop, Lilac, Marjoram, Nettle, Rosemary, Spikenard, Thistle, Milk Thistle, Valerian, Violet, Althea Root, Celery Seed, Clover, Red, Cloves, Deer’s Tongue, Gravel Root, Pepper, Black, Red Clover, Sheep Sorrel, Witches Burr, Yarrow Flower

Air: Aspen, Bistort, Brazil Nut, Columbine, Coriander, Dandelion, Hawthorn, Henna, Moonwort, Quassia, Wormwood, Date, Lotus Root, Lungwort, Magnolia Bark, Wood Betony

Anti-depression: Benzoin, Celandine, Lavender, Vervain, Bee Pollen, Burnet, Kola Nut, Witches Grass, Ylang Ylang

Anti-nightmares: Aloe, Ash, Cascara Sagrada, Cinquefoil, Hyacinth, Mullein, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Vervain, Violet, Brimstone, Coffee, Wood Betony

Anti-snake: Alkanet, Centaury, Clover, Jasmine, Lemongrass, Periwinkle, Plantain, Milk Thistle, Cedar Berries, Shave Grass

Anti-stress: Benzoin, Chamomile, Columbine, Meadowsweet, Passion Flower, Scullcap, Wine, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Bayberry, Gravel Root

Anti-theft: Aspen, Comfrey, Cumin, Juniper, Larch, Caraway, Cedar Berries

Astrology: Damiana, Mugwort, Absinthe, Kava Kava

Atonement: Barberry

Attraction: Allspice, Almond, Aloe, Angelica, Apple, Apricot, Basil, Benzoin, Bistort, Blackberry, Bladderwrack, Catnip, Cedar, Chamomile, Chickweed, Clover, Columbine, Cotton, Cowslip, Damiana, Dill, Elecampane, Gardenia, Henbane, Hibiscus, Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Juniper, Lavender, Lemon Verbena, Licorice, Lovage, Mandrake, Marigold, Marjoram, Mullein, Myrtle, Oak, Olive, Orange, Parsley, Passion Flower, Peony, Periwinkle, Pineapple, Sassafras, Thyme, Wheat, Yerba Mate, Yerba Santa, Brandy, Beer, Lemon Balm, Nutmeg, Adam And Eve Root, Agar Agar, Althea Root, Ambergris, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Bee Pollen, Bergamot, Blue Violet, Buckeye, Cloves, Deer’s Tongue, Devil’s Bone Root, Devil’s Shoestring, Evening Primrose, Frangipani, Honey, Job’s Tears, Lobelia, Morning Glory, Musk, Orange Bergamot, Orange Blossoms, Orris Root Powder, Safflower, Sweet Bugle, Tonka Bean, Tuberose, Vertivert, Yellow Dock, Ylang Ylang

Babies: Daisy, Elecampane, Iris, Violet, False Unicorn Root

Banishment: Cactus, Elecampane, Mullein, Onion, Thyme, Tobacco, St. John’s Wort, Asofoetida, Betel Nut, Cloves, Dragon’s Blood, Morning Glory, Pepper, Black, Sea Salt, Wood Betony, Yarrow Flower

Beauty: Allspice, Almond, Aloe, Angelica, Apple, Apricot, Avocado, Basil, Benzoin, Bistort, Blackberry, Bladderwrack, Catnip, Cedar, Chamomile, Chickweed, Clover, Columbine, Cotton, Cowslip, Damiana, Dill, Elecampane, Gardenia, Hibiscus, Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Juniper, Lavender, Lemon Verbena, Licorice, Lovage, Mandrake, Marigold, Marjoram, Mullein, Myrtle, Oak, Olive, Orange, Parsley, Passion Flower, Peony, Periwinkle, Pineapple, Sassafras, Thyme, Wheat, Yerba Mate, Yerba Santa, Lychee, Prune, Brandy, Lemon Balm, Nutmeg, Adam And Eve Root, Agar Agar, Althea Root, Ambergris, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Bee Pollen, Bergamot, Blue Violet, Buckeye, Cloves, Deer’s Tongue, Devil’s Bone Root, Devil’s Shoestring, Evening Primrose, Frangipani, Ginkgo Biloba, Ginseng, Honey, Job’s Tears, Lobelia, Magnolia Flowers, Maidenhair Fern, Morning Glory, Orange Bergamot, Orange Blossoms, Orris Root Powder, Safflower, Sweet Bugle, Tonka Bean, Tuberose, Vertivert, Yellow Dock, Ylang Ylang

Binding: Hydrangea, Gin, Crowfoot, Morning Glory, Solomon’s Seal Root, Vinegar

Blessings: Apple, Cinquefoil, Cowslip, Daisy, Dill, Elder, Elecampane, Figwort, Horehound, Iris, Myrrh, Pine, Plantain, Walnut, Wine, St. John’s Wort, Agar Agar, Bay Laurel, Black Walnut, Blessed Thistle, Clover, Red, Job’s Tears, Lungwort, Orange Peel, Red Clover, White Willow Bark

Business: Basil, Benzoin, Cinquefoil, Cowslip, Elder, Figwort, Irish Moss, Mint, Mistletoe, Olive, Pennyroyal, Peony, Pine, Plantain, Sarsaparilla, Willow, Grapes, Mango, Patchouli, Bay Laurel, Citronella, Dragon’s Blood, Goldenseal, Orange Peel, Tonka Bean, Vertivert, Yellow Dock

Calming: Cedar, Lime, Passion Flower, Valerian, Althea Root, Blue Violet, Kola Nut, Lily Of The Valley, Magnolia Flowers, Tuberose, Ylang Ylang

Chastity: Fleabane, Hawthorn, Lavender, Pineapple, Witch Hazel

Clarity: Fern, Horehound, Amber, Citronella, Cloves

Cleansing: Burdock, Camphor, Fern, Hyssop, Lovage, Mesquite, Mugwort, Pine, Thyme, Vervain, Yucca, Cranberry, Elderberry, Citronella, Frankincense Resin, Lemon Grass, Sea Salt, Solomon’s Seal Root

Comfort: Bluebell, Gardenia, Nettle, Pennyroyal, Calendula Flowers, Cloves, Pikaki

Commitment: Elder, Scullcap, Crowfoot

Communication: Club Moss, Foxglove, Mint, Mulberry, Elderberry, Orris Root Cut

Concentration: Benzoin, Bistort, Buckthorn, Cascara Sagrada, Cowslip, Fern, Mace, Sandalwood, Wheat, Celery Seed, Job’s Tears

Confidence: Celandine, Cinquefoil, Dogwood, Honeysuckle, Tobacco, Ginger, High John, Motherwort, Neroli, Yarrow Flower

Consecration: Acacia, Arabic Gum, Cedar, Clover, Cyclamen, Fumitory, Henbane, Hyssop, Iris, Myrrh, Scullcap, Ginger, Burnet, Caraway, Clover, Red, Earth Smoke, Frankincense Resin, Gorse, Gum Arabic, Sea Salt, Tarragon, Witches Grass, Wood Aloe

Control: Rye, Saffron, Barberry, Devil’s Shoestring, Frankincense Resin, Iron Weed

Courage: Borage, Columbine, Eyebright, Iris, Ivy, Mullein, Raspberry, Thyme, Vervain, Grapes, Vodka, St. John’s Wort, Adam And Eve Root, Black Cohosh, Blue Violet, Citronella, Musk, Neroli, Pepper, Black, Poke Root, Tea Leaves, Tonka Bean, Yarrow Flower

Creativity: Angelica, Carnation, Citron, Horehound, Mistletoe, Vervain, Violet, Grapes, Citronella, Ginkgo Biloba

Death: Bluebell, Cypress, Elder, Willow, Alder, Black Cohosh

Desire: Henbane, Yerba Santa, Beer, Evening Primrose, Musk

Determination: Allspice

Dispelling: Agrimony, Benzoin, Elecampane, Fern, Marjoram, Nettle, Spanish Moss, Coffee, Devil’s Claw, Witches Grass

Divination: Beech, Bistort, Camphor, Cherry, Cinquefoil, Corn, Cypress, Hibiscus, Jasmine, Mugwort, Mulberry, Pansy, Rose, Rowan, Walnut, Willow, Wormwood, Grapes, Lychee, Alder, St. John’s Wort, Adder’s Tongue, Black Walnut, Broom Tops, Butchers Broom, Butterbur, Cherry Bark, Chervil, Dandelion Root, Flax Seed, Frankincense Resin, Goldenrod, Orange Peel, Palm, Yarrow Flower

Divinity: Beech, Bistort, Camphor, Cherry, Cinquefoil, Corn, Cypress, Hibiscus, Jasmine, Mugwort, Mulberry, Pansy, Rose, Rowan, Walnut, Willow, Wormwood, Grapes, Lychee, Alder, St. John’s Wort, Adder’s Tongue, Black Walnut, Broom Tops, Butchers Broom, Butterbur, Cherry Bark, Chervil, Dandelion Root, Flax Seed, Frankincense Resin, Goldenrod, Orange Peel, Palm, Yarrow Flower

Dreams: Agrimony, Anise, Buchu, Cinquefoil, Elder, Heliotrope, Hibiscus, Holly, Hops, Hyacinth, Jasmine, Lemon Verbena, Lovage, Marigold, Marjoram, Mimosa, Mugwort, Mullein, Peppermint, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Vervain, Violet, Passion Fruit, St. John’s Wort, Adder’s Tongue, Ambergris, Balsam Fir, Bay Laurel, Bay Leaf, Calendula Flowers, Caraway, Dandelion Root, Goosegrass, Wood Betony

Drive: Bistort, Buckthorn, Cumin, Nettle, Black Cohosh, Cloves, Dragon’s Blood, Solomon’s Seal Root

Earth: Yucca

Emotions: Agrimony, Sage, Valerian, Elderberry, Passion Fruit, Calamint, Neroli, Orange Blossoms, Pink Rose Buds, Tuberose, Wood Betony

Employment: Basil, Hawthorn, Meadowsweet, Pecan, Black Haw, Devil’s Shoestring, Gravel Root, Job’s Tears, Kava Kava, Lucky Hand Root, Tonka Bean

Exorcism: Angelica, Basil, Birch, Boneset, Cumin, Garlic, Leek, Mandrake, Sandalwood, Snapdragon, Black Pepper, Saw Palmetto Berries, Solomon’s Seal Root, Witches Grass

Family: Garlic, Mullein, Oak, Olive, Pink, Mango, Beer, Hollyhock, Motherwort

Fertility: Apple, Birch, Bistort, Carrot, Celery, Cucumber, Daffodil, Fenugreek, Fig, Hawthorn, Ivy, Mandrake, Mistletoe, Mugwort, Myrtle, Oak, Parsley, Peach, Pomegranate, Rice, Walnut, Wheat, Pink, Grapes, Patchouli, Ginkgo Biloba, Grape Seed, Hay, Olive Leaf, Prickly Ash Bark, Shave Grass, Squaw Vine, Yohimbe Bark

Fidelity: Clover, Cumin, Hydrangea, Licorice, Olive, Rye, Elderberry, Cardamom, Clover, Red, Magnolia Bark, Red Clover

Finances: Fumitory, Parsley, Clover, Red, Earth Smoke, Goldenseal, Red Clover, Tonka Bean

Fire: Mesquite, Mistletoe, St. John’s Wort, Cubeb Berries, Slippery Elm

Focus: Cowslip, Mace, Mulberry, Orchid, Amber, Palm

Fortune: Bistort, Hyacinth, Mistletoe, Parsley, Peony, Strawberry, Wintergreen, Wormwood, Bay Leaf, Bayberry, Blue Violet, Tonka Bean

Friendship: Acacia, Arabic Gum, Bluebell, Cinquefoil, Citron, Gardenia, Meadowsweet, Myrtle, Passion Flower, Rose, Date, Mandarin, Mango, Citronella, Gum Arabic, Sweet Pea

Frugality: Cherry Bark

Grief: Cypress, Hyacinth, Marjoram, Sage, Thyme, Witch Hazel

Happiness: Anise, Beech, Catnip, Cherry, Cyclamen, Hawthorn, Lily, Orange, Quince, Rose, Saffron, Grapes, Kiwi, Lychee, Mango, Watermelon, Sangria, Bee Pollen, Geranium, Lily Of The Valley, Neroli

Harmony: Dulse, Lavender, Meadowsweet, Scullcap, Valerian, Gravel Root, Magnolia Flowers, Narcissus, Orange Blossoms, Tea Tree, Wood Betony

Healing: African Violet, Agrimony, Allspice, Almond, Amaranth, Angelica, Aspen, Barley, Blackberry, Calamus, Carnation, Cedar, Chamomile, Chickweed, Cinnamon, Citron, Cotton, Cucumber, Cypress, Eucalyptus, Feverfew, Gardenia, Garlic, Hops, Ivy, Lavender, Mesquite, Mint, Mistletoe, Myrrh, Peppermint, Persimmon, Plantain, Potato, Rosemary, Rowan, Saffron, Sage, Sandalwood, Sassafras, Spearmint, Vervain, Willow, Yerba Santa, Passion Fruit, Lemon Balm, Adder’s Tongue, Arrow Root, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Bay Leaf, Bayberry, Dandelion Leaf, Fennel Seed, Flax Seed, Ginkgo Biloba, Ginseng, Heal All, Horseshoe Chestnut, Olive Leaf, Pau D'arco, Raspberry Leaf, Rose Hips, Saw Palmetto Berries, White Willow Bark, Wood Betony, Yarrow Flower, Yellow Dock

Health: Ash, Cinquefoil, Coriander, Dogwood, Eucalyptus, Figwort, Henna, Juniper, Knotweed, Mandrake, Mistletoe, Onion, Parsley, Pimpernel, Rosemary, Sage, Sarsaparilla, Sassafras, Spikenard, Thistle, Thyme, Yerba Santa, Yucca, Gin, Wine, Ginger, Bergamot, Caraway, Chia, Galangal Root, Ginseng, High John, Linden Flowers, Magnolia Flowers, Sheep Sorrel

Heart: Amaranth, Daffodil, Henna, Yucca, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Copal Resin, Sheep Sorrel, Tuberose

Immortality: Coriander, Foxglove, Heather, Tansy, Yew, Chervil

Inspiration: Beech, Horehound, Lovage, Mulberry, Mead, Blue Violet, Tuberose

Intuition: Honeysuckle, Uva Ursi

Invisiblity: Amaranth, Chicory, Tansy, Cherry Bark, Devil’s Shoestring, Monkshood, Poppy Seeds, Sow Thistle

Joy: Celandine, Pecan, Grapes, Mandarin, Tangerine, Agar Agar, Calamint

Legality: Buckthorn, Cascara Sagrada, Celandine, Lovage, Marigold, Tobacco, Mango, Calendula Flowers, Galangal Root

Lightning: Birch, Cedar, Elm, Hawthorn, Mistletoe, Vervain, St. John’s Wort, Azalea, Bay Laurel

Longevity: Maple, Peach, Sage, Tansy, Lily Of The Valley, Straw Flower

Love: Acacia, Aloe, Angelica, Apple, Apricot, Arabic Gum, Beet, Belladonna, Brazil Nut, Caper, Catnip, Chamomile, Chickweed, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil, Clove, Clover, Coltsfoot, Coriander, Cowslip, Cumin, Daisy, Damiana, Dill, Elder, Elecampane, Feverfew, Fig, Gardenia, Henbane, Henna, Hibiscus, Hickory, Holly, Hyacinth, Hydrangea, Ivy, Jasmine, Juniper, Lavender, Leek, Lemon, Lettuce, Licorice, Lime, Lovage, Mandrake, Marigold, Marjoram, Meadowsweet, Mimosa, Mullein, Myrtle, Olive, Orange, Pansy, Papaya, Peach, Pear, Peppermint, Periwinkle, Pistachio, Plum, Poppy, Quassia, Quince, Raspberry, Rose, Rosemary, Saffron, Sarsaparilla, Scullcap, Senna, Spearmint, Spikenard, Strawberry, Valerian, Vervain, Willow, Witch Grass, Witch Hazel, Yerba Mate, Date, Pink, Mango, Passion Fruit, Brandy, Lemon Balm, Patchouli, Adam And Eve Root, Azalea, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Bee Pollen, Black Cohosh, Blessed Thistle, Blowball, Blue Cohosh, Blue Violet, Butterbur, Caraway, Cardamom, Cherry Bark, Chervil, Chili Pepper, Clover, Red, Cloves, Copal Resin, Cubeb Berries, Devil’s Bit, Evening Primrose, Frangipani, Ginkgo Biloba, Ginseng, Goosegrass, Gorse, Gravel Root, Gum Arabic, High John, Lady’s Mantle, Linden Flowers, Lobelia, Magnolia Flowers, Magnolia Bark, Maidenhair Fern, Maple Syrup, Musk, Orange Blossoms, Orange Peel, Orris Root Cut, Orris Root Powder, Peas, Pink Rose Buds, Poppy Seeds, Raspberry Leaf, Red Clover, Sweet Bugle, Tonka Bean, Tuberose, Vanilla Bean, Vertiver, Witches Grass, Wood Betony, Yarrow Flower, Ylang Ylang

Luck: Allspice, Aloe, Ash, Bamboo, Basil, Brazil Nut, Buckthorn, Cabbage, Catnip, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Clover, Corn, Cotton, Daffodil, Daisy, Dill, Heather, Holly, Hyacinth, Irish Moss, Lilac, Maple, Marigold, Mistletoe, Oak, Parsley, Peony, Persimmon, Pineapple, Potato, Quince, Rowan, Spikenard, Straw, Strawberry, Thyme, Violet, Wintergreen, Grapes, Kiwi, Watermelon, Nutmeg, Star Anise, Acorn, Bayberry, Bergamot, Black Haw, Blue Violet, Buckeye, Clover, Red, Dandelion Root, Devil’s Shoestring, Dragon’s Blood, Galangal Root, Goosegrass, Heal All, High John, Jamaican Ginger, Job’s Tears, Little John, Lo John, Lucky Hand Root, Mustard Seed, Oak Moss, Orange Peel, Poppy Seeds, Rose Hips, Shallots, Tonka Bean

Lust: Avocado, Caper, Celery, Coriander, Cyclamen, Dill, Hibiscus, Hickory, Lemon, Licorice, Mugwort, Parsley, Pear, Radish, Rosemary, Saffron, Senna, Sesame, Sugar Cane, Yerba Mate, Pink, Grapes, Passion Fruit, Bedstraw (fragrant), Blue Violet, Clover, Red, Cubeb Berries, Devil’s Bit, False Unicorn Root, Ginseng, Lemon Grass, Olive Leaf, Tea Leaves, Vanilla Bean, Witches Grass, Yohimbe Bark

Marriage: Ivy, Lily, Olive, Orange, Periwinkle, Violet, Passion Fruit, Adam And Eve Root, Crowfoot, Laurel, Lily Of The Valley, Sweet Bugle, Yarrow Flower

Meditation: Acacia, Anise, Arabic Gum, Chamomile, Damiana, Mace, Myrrh, Sandalwood, Frankincense Resin, Gotu Kola, Gum Arabic, Red Willow Bark

Memory: Cinquefoil, Eyebright, Lilac, Orchid, Periwinkle, Rosemary, Bergamot, Caraway

Mental powers: Clover, Cypress, Dill, Horehound, Hyacinth, Periwinkle, Sage, Elderberry, Lemon Balm, Caraway, Citronella, Cloves, Coffee, Geranium, Grape, Kava Kava, Lily Of The Valley, Narcissus, Orange Peel, Tuberose, Vanilla Bean

Money: Acacia, Allspice, Almond, Arabic Gum, Basil, Blackberry, Bladderwrack, Cabbage, Calamus, Cascara Sagrada, Cedar, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil, Clove, Clover, Comfrey, Dill, Echinacea, Fenugreek, Honeysuckle, Irish Moss, Jasmine, Juniper, Maple, Marjoram, Mint, Mistletoe, Myrtle, Olive, Periwinkle, Pineapple, Potato, Rice, Sarsaparilla, Sassafras, Thyme, Vervain, Wheat, Woodruff, Grapes, Rum, Nutmeg, Patchouli, Bayberry, Bergamot, Blue Cohosh, Buckeye, Cat’s Claw, Clover, Red, Flax Seed, Galangal Root, Ginseng, Goldenseal, Grape, Gum Arabic, High John, Hollyhock, Horseshoe Chestnut, Jezebel Root, Job’s Tears, Maple Syrup, Oak Moss, Oatstraw, Orange Bergamot, Orange Peel, Red Clover, Squill Root, Vertivert, Yellow Dock

Openness: Frangipani, Orange Blossoms

Overcoming: Almond, Benzoin, Cypress, Sassafras, Willow, Bee Pollen, Coffee, High John, Magnolia Flowers, Neroli, Vertivert, Wisteria, Witches Grass, Yarrow Flower

Passion: Cinnamon, Passion Flower, Sarsaparilla, Sesame, Witch Hazel, Grapes, Caraway, Savoury, Saw Palmetto Berries, Tarragon, Vanilla Bean

Peace: Aloe, Coltsfoot, Coriander, Dulse, Gardenia, Heather, Hyacinth, Lavender, Myrrh, Myrtle, Olive, Passion Flower, Pennyroyal, Peppermint, Plum, Rose, Scullcap, Tobacco, Vervain, Violet, Cilantro, Coffee, Lily Of The Valley, Magnolia Flowers, Narcissus, Olive Leaf, Orange Blossoms, Tuberose, Ylang Ylang

Persuasion: Camphor, Honeysuckle, Plumeria, Citronella, Orris Root Cut, Ylang Ylang

Potency: Banana, Celery, Cyclamen, Juniper, Myrrh, Black Cohosh, Cherry Bark, Dragon’s Blood, Ginseng, Gravel Root, Kava Kava, Olive Leaf, Palm, Yohimbe Bark

Power: Angelica, Bistort, Bladderwrack, Borage, Buchu, Carnation, Cedar, Celery, Centaury, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil, Club Moss, Ebony, Echinacea, Elecampane, Fern, Garlic, Gentian, Honeysuckle, Mugwort, Myrrh, Orchid, Periwinkle, Rowan, Sunflower, Yerba Santa, Ginger, Star Anise, Acorn, Althea Root, Arnica Flowers, Asofoetida, Barberry, Bay Leaf, Bergamot, Black Haw, Blue Cohosh, Brimstone, Butchers Broom, Calendula Flowers, Caraway, Celery Seed, Deer’s Tongue, Dragon’s Blood, Flax Seed, Frankincense Resin, Goldenseal, Grape, Lady’s Mantle, Lily Of The Valley, Marshmallow Root, Sulfur Powder, Uva Ursi, Witches Burr

Prophecies: Buchu, Heliotrope, Jasmine, Marigold, Mimosa, Mugwort, Peppermint, Violet, St. John’s Wort, Bay Laurel, Bay Leaf

Prosperity: Alfalfa, Alkanet, Almond, Ash, Banana, Basil, Benzoin, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Coltsfoot, Heliotrope, Juniper, Lily, Mandrake, Mint, Parsley, Passion Flower, Peony, Pine, Poppy, Sassafras, Vervain, Grapes, Ginger, Nutmeg, Bergamot, Citronella, High John, Oatstraw, Orange Blossoms, Pikaki, Squill Root, Sweet Bugle, Tonka Bean, Vertivert, Wisteria, Wood Aloe

Protection: African Violet, Alfalfa, Aloe, Alyssum, Amaranth, Angelica, Anise, Ash, Aspen, Bamboo, Barley, Basil, Belladonna, Birch, Blackberry, Bladderwrack, Bloodroot, Buckwheat, Burdock, Cactus, Calamus, Carob, Cascara Sagrada, Catnip, Cedar, Celandine, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil, Clove, Clover, Club Moss, Coconut, Comfrey, Coriander, Cotton, Cumin, Cyclamen, Cypress, Daisy, Dill, Dogwood, Ebony, Elder, Elm, Eucalyptus, Fern, Figwort, Fleabane, Gardenia, Garlic, Hawthorn, Heather, Heliotrope, Henna, Hickory, Holly, Hyssop, Irish Moss, Ivy, Juniper, Larkspur, Lavender, Leek, Lettuce, Lime, Lotus, Mandrake, Marigold, Marjoram, Mint, Mistletoe, Mulberry, Onion, Parsley, Peony, Periwinkle, Plantain, Quince, Rhubarb, Rice, Sandalwood, Spearmint, Sunflower, Thistle, Valerian, Venus Flytrap, Vervain, Violet, Willow, Witch Hazel, Woodruff, Wormwood, Yerba Santa, Yew, Yucca, Cantaloupe, Elderberry, Mandarin, Mango, Absinthe, Alder, Ginger, Nutmeg, St. John’s Wort, Aconite, Acorn, Ague, Althea Root, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Bay Laurel, Bay Leaf, Beeswax, Bergamot, Bilberry Bark, Black Cohosh, Black Pepper, Blessed Thistle, Blue Violet, Broom Tops, Buckeye, Burnet, Butchers Broom, Calendula Flowers, Caraway, Cloves, Cramp Bark, Dandelion Root, Devil’s Bit, False Unicorn Root, Fennel Seed, Flax Seed, Frankincense Resin, Galangal Root, Geranium, Ginseng, Gorse, High John, Kava Kava, Lady Slipper, Laurel, Linden Flowers, Lucky Hand Root, Marshmallow Root, Monkshood, Oak Moss, Olive Leaf, Orris Root Cut, Raspberry Leaf, Red Clover, Saw Palmetto Berries, Sea Salt, Sheep Sorrel, Slippery Elm, Solomon’s Seal Root, Squaw Vine, Straw Flower, Tonka Bean, True Unicorn Root, Wood Betony

Psychic powers: Acacia, Anise, Arabic Gum, Bistort, Bladderwrack, Borage, Buchu, Camphor, Celery, Cinnamon, Citron, Cornflower, Damiana, Eyebright, Honeysuckle, Lotus, Lovage, Myrrh, Rowan, Saffron, Yerba Santa, Date, Elderberry, Grapes, Lemon Balm, Star Anise, Althea Root, Amber, Ambergris, Arnica Flowers, Bay Leaf, Butchers Broom, Calendula Flowers, Celery Seed, Deer’s Tongue, Galangal Root, Gum Arabic, Marshmallow Root, Tuberose, Uva Ursi, Wisteria, Yarrow Flower

Purification: Angelica, Anise, Benzoin, Birch, Bloodroot, Camphor, Cedar, Club Moss, Coconut, Elecampane, Eucalyptus, Fern, Fumitory, Garlic, Hyssop, Iris, Lavender, Lemon, Lemon Verbena, Lovage, Marjoram, Mesquite, Mimosa, Oak, Parsley, Peppermint, Pine, Rosemary, Sage, Snapdragon, Thyme, Valerian, Vervain, Wintergreen, Yucca, Grapefruit, Bay Leaf, Blue Cohosh, Cayenne, Cloves, Copal Resin, Dandelion Leaf, Dragon’s Blood, Earth Smoke, Fennel Seed, Frankincense Resin, Sea Salt, White Sage, Wood Betony

Rain: Coriander, Cotton, Dill, Heather, Henbane, Pansy, Rose, Mustard Seed

Relationships: Chickweed, Citron, Comfrey, Cyclamen, Eucalyptus, Hawthorn, Marigold, Pansy, Rose, Turnip, Valerian, Yerba Mate, Honeydew Melon, Gorse, Pink Rose Buds, Raspberry Leaf, Salt Petre, Wood Betony, Yarrow Flower

Riches: Buckwheat, Cloves, Tea Leaves

Romance: Cinquefoil, Coriander, Cowslip, Cyclamen, Cranberry, St. John’s Wort, Bay Laurel, Gorse, Orris Root Cut, Orris Root Powder, Tuberose

Sacredness: Oak, Valerian, Willow, Crowfoot, Solomon’s Seal Root

Safety: Ash, Comfrey, Irish Moss, Lucky Hand Root, Sanicle

Sex: Apple, Avocado, Damiana, Endive, Hyacinth, Lemon Verbena, Lettuce, Mullein, Parsley, Passion Flower, Periwinkle, Persimmon, Yerba Mate, Pink, Kiwi, Passion Fruit, Ginger, Cloves, Cubeb Berries, Devil’s Shoestring, Fennel Seed, Galangal Root, Ginseng, Kava Kava, Musk, Orris Root Powder, Parsnip, Safflower, Salt Petre, Savoury, Sugar, Watercress, Ylang Ylang

Sleep: Anise, Catnip, Chamomile, Daisy, Heliotrope, Hops, Hyacinth, Jasmine, Lavender, Lettuce, Marigold, Mimosa, Mugwort, Passion Flower, Peppermint, Scullcap, Spearmint, Thyme, Valerian, Vervain, Violet, Bay Laurel, Bergamot, Blue Violet, Celery Seed, Dandelion Root

Soothing: Benzoin

Spirits: Acacia, African Violet, Amaranth, Arabic Gum, Basil, Bloodroot, Boneset, Borage, Catnip, Chrysanthemum, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil, Clover, Damiana, Dulse, Echinacea, Feverfew, Garlic, Hawthorn, Hyssop, Jasmine, Lemon, Lilac, Lotus, Lovage, Mint, Mulberry, Mullein, Plantain, Ragwort, Sage, Sweetgrass, Violet, Wormwood, Elderberry, Grapes, Lemon Balm, Mandrake , St. John’s Wort, Althea Root, Azalea, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Blessed Thistle, Butterbur, Calendula Flowers, Chervil, Cloves, Dandelion Leaf, Dandelion Root, Geranium, Gum Arabic, Linden Flowers, Marshmallow Root, Musk, Neroli, Osha Root, Pearl Moss, Red Clover, Rose Hips, Saw Palmetto Berries, Solomon’s Seal Root, Vertivert, Witches Grass, Wood Betony

Spirituality: Acacia, African Violet, Amaranth, Arabic Gum, Basil, Bloodroot, Boneset, Borage, Catnip, Chrysanthemum, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil, Clover, Damiana, Dulse, Echinacea, Feverfew, Garlic, Hawthorn, Hyssop, Jasmine, Lemon, Lilac, Lotus, Lovage, Mint, Mulberry, Mullein, Plantain, Ragwort, Sage, Sweetgrass, Violet, Wormwood, Elderberry, Grapes, Lemon Balm, Mandrake , St. John’s Wort, Althea Root, Azalea, Balm Of Gilead Tears, Blessed Thistle, Butterbur, Calendula Flowers, Chervil, Cloves, Dandelion Leaf, Dandelion Root, Geranium, Gum Arabic, Linden Flowers, Marshmallow Root, Musk, Neroli, Osha Root, Pearl Moss, Red Clover, Rose Hips, Saw Palmetto Berries, Solomon’s Seal Root, Vertivert, Witches Grass, Wood Betony

Strength: Borage, Calamus, Camphor, Carnation, Cedar, Cinnamon, Echinacea, Gentian, Heliotrope, Irish Moss, Leek, Lime, Marjoram, Nettle, Oak, Orchid, Parsley, Pennyroyal, Pine, Saffron, Spearmint, Milk Thistle, Thyme, Tobacco, Willow, Grapes, Tangerine, Vodka, Ginger, St. John’s Wort, Bay Leaf, Bee Pollen, Black Cohosh, Blessed Thistle, Calendula Flowers, Fennel Seed, High John, Oak Moss, Oregano, Sow Thistle, Tea Leaves, Vanilla Bean, Wood Betony

Success: Aloe, Basil, Benzoin, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Clover, Hawthorn, Honeysuckle, Pecan, Pennyroyal, Peony, Pine, Plumeria, Rowan, Strawberry, Cider, Ginger, Lemon Balm, Agar Agar, Bay Leaf, Bergamot, Clover, Red, Frankincense Resin, Goldenseal, Heal All, High John, Hollyhock, Kava Kava, Lo John, Lucky Hand Root, Motherwort, Mustard Seed, Orris Root Cut, Pikaki, Solomon’s Seal Root, Tonka Bean, Wood Aloe

Tenacity: Goosegrass

The color blue: Blueberry, Cornflower, Eucalyptus

The color green: Honeysuckle, Mint, Violet, Wintergreen, Nutmeg, Galangal Root

The color purple: Black Cohosh, Iron Weed

The color red: Angelica, Apple, Blackberry, Bloodroot, Catnip, Chamomile, Cinquefoil, Coltsfoot, Coriander, Damiana, Dogwood, Hawthorn, Henbane, Horehound, Lotus, Oak, Onion, Peony, Quince, Spearmint, Valerian, Willow, Witch Hazel, Elderberry, Gin, Vodka, Adder’s Tongue, Balsam Fir, Blowball, Crowfoot, Devil Bone Root, Epsom Salt, Flax Seed, Monkshood, Mustard Seed, Poppy Seeds, Raspberry Leaf, Solomon’s Seal Root, Tonka Bean

The color white: Bayberry, Caraway

The color yellow: Bistort, Ivy, Mustard Seed, Slippery Elm, Yarrow Flower, Yellow Dock

The moon: Aloe, Bloodroot, Cabbage, Chickweed, Lettuce, Onion, Willow, Adder’s Tongue, Watercress, White Willow Bark

The ocean: Bladderwrack, Coriander, Dulse, Garlic, Mugwort, Pennyroyal, Beeswax, Blowball, Pau D'arco, Sea Salt, Sheep Sorrel, Tonka Bean

The sun: Citron, Mandarin

Tranquility: Coltsfoot, Cypress, Lime, Pennyroyal, Violet, Lily Of The Valley, Narcissus

Transmutation: Elder, Lady’s Mantle, Musk, Straw Flower

Travel: Ash, Bladderwrack, Comfrey, Damiana, Feverfew, Fig, Mugwort, Absinthe, Kava Kava, Lucky Hand Root, Lungwort, Prickly Ash Bark, Sanicle

Virility: Sarsaparilla, Fennel Seed, Yohimbe Bark

Visions: Foxglove, Violet, Kava Kava

Vitality: Mint, Parsley, Sarsaparilla, Spearmint, Tangerine, Blessed Thistle, Cherry Bark, Fennel Seed, Oregano

Water: Ash, Bladderwrack, Camphor, Garlic, Heather, Henbane, Lemon, Primrose, Saffron, Yerba Santa, Black Cohosh, Ginkgo Biloba, Ginseng, Little John, Poke Root, Sea Salt, Squaw Vine

Wealth: Basil, Bistort, Blackberry, Buckwheat, Cedar, Jasmine, Maple, Marjoram, Mint, Pomegranate, Sassafras, Vervain, Patchouli, Buckeye, Flax Seed, Oatstraw, Orange Bergamot

Wind: Bladderwrack, Bloodroot, Buchu, Buckthorn, Dulse, Plantain, Saffron, Alder, St. John’s Wort, Broom Tops, Dandelion Leaf, Fennel Seed

Wisdom: Cinquefoil, Elder, Iris, Oak, Peach, Sage, Sunflower, Milk Thistle, Elderberry, Acorn

Wishes: Bamboo, Buckthorn, Peppermint, Pomegranate, Sage, Sandalwood, Spearmint, Sunflower, Walnut, Willow, Lychee, Bat’s Head Root, Bay Leaf, Black Walnut, Blowball, Dandelion Leaf, Dandelion Root, Ginseng, Job’s Tears, Lotus Root, Tonka Bean

Wood: Cypress, Dogwood, Oak, Papaya, Peach, Rowan, Sandalwood, Sarsaparilla, Red Willow Bark, Wood Betony

Youth: Anise, Cowslip, Myrtle, Oak, Vervain, Mandarin, Acorn

[bargainbinwizard]

hi there, i always enjoy reading your posts. i saw an ask you answered about offerings to deceased animal spirits, and am wondering how one is able to tell if an animal's bones are still inhabited (so to speak)

This is a deceptively complex question to answer, and I am not someone who feels comfortable saying I'm certain about much of anything concerning the time after death to begin with. Even so, I can do my best to share personal beliefs and leanings that I've picked up over the years through a mixture of traditional wisdom I grew up with, comparative religious observation, and experiences I've had. But there's too much for me to really get into it here comprehensively, so please keep in mind that this is more of an awkward overview of my views than anything else. I also think I should probably briefly explain my understanding of the soul to begin with.

Based on tradition and gnosis, I view the soul as being essentially tripartite in nature. These three parts are separate, and could even be thought of as multiple souls in some way, and yet, they also make up one broader and more comprehensive spirit. Without getting into that too much, these three aspects serve different roles. There are the Fetch (an aspect that most closely aligns with concepts like the Daemon), the Shade (an aspect that essentially represents a person's self-awareness and sense of identity), and the Spark (what can be thought of as the seed of Divine Will that all living things possess, and which ties them to both each other and to the Divine Wellspring.)

As I learned it, a specter is still directly and physically tied to their bones for three days following death. I believe that this number represents more of an average than a strict and static rule, but it seems worth noting, all the same. During this time, the soul is "just below" the boundary of "physical reality," and the deceased is often sensed, seen, or present in important dreams or omens. After that, the soul generally moves on to the Otherworld, where it proceeds through the Three Realms of the Gloaming and reaches the Quietus (the place where a soul is "embraced by and rejoined with" the Divine Wellspring.) This katabatic process of spiritual purification is traditionally held to last for a year and a day, though, again, I think this is more of a generalized approximation. During this time, the spirit is not as "present," but some might continue to experience periodic visitation or guidance. Following this period, a soul can generally be thought to have "moved on", since the Shade will have mostly dissipated by now (however, so long as there are living individuals invoking the remembrance of someone, some semblence of their Shade will abide.)

As for making offerings to an animal spirit, you can do this even when that spirit has moved on. As I touched on earlier, the paradigm of my tradition holds that a specter may be in multiple "places" after having moved on from its body, but regardless of "where" a spirit is, it remains connected to any body which it has inhabited. For this reason, we can commune with and call on even those specters who are currently rejoined with the Wellspring or reincarnated. As I understand it, the spirit of a deceased creature can only truly be conjured in full if the specter is in the Otherworld (or during those three days immediately following death). However, when a spirit has rejoined with the Wellspring, it can still "self-differentiate" and make itself known when that 'cord of recognition' is pulled on by a living person who upholds remembrance of their living identity. And even when embodied and assimilated into a new ego/consciousness, I believe the part of one's spirit that doesn't fade (the Spark) can "feel the pull" of those who remember a previous incarnation it took, and accordingly reach out unconsciously in some way too—I assume during sleep, for the most part. I realize how confusing and strange that is, and it doesn't help that I struggle to verbalize it, but it's based largely on strong intuitions I've had ever since preschool, which were affirmed and refined for me by other beliefs and experiences I was exposed to over time.

I apologise for what a rambling answer this has proven to be, but I hope it can help some. A very short answer would be that if remains are a year old or less, they should prove rather easier to necromantically ensoul than otherwise. However, offerings can be made to a deceased being, regardless of "where" their soul is in its journey.

[bargainbinwizard]

Hello, I was wondering if you might be able to speak a bit on offerings to spirits of deceased animals? I feel that, in case by case circumstances, divination could be used to find out what the particular spirit does and doesn’t like, but I was curious about your experience. Would you say animal spirits generally prefer offerings that correspond to their species’ natural diet during life? For example, would you find yourself offering milk to a bird spirit even though it would never consume it during it’s period of being alive, or would you be better off offering seeds? Would you find yourself collecting bug corpses to offer to an insectivorous Bat spirit or would you be able to offer cream and honey? Do preferences change in death or is it that the animal’s spirit can make use of the “spirit”/ “energy” the offering contains, regardless of how it fits into that animal’s diet during life? Curious to hear about your experience in this area, thanks.

Hello there,

This is an interesting question, and one that isn't necessarily easy to cleanly delineate. As you say, tastes in offerings can vary for individual spirits, and divination is, indeed, a good tool to make use of when in doubt.

Based on my own personal experience, the more recently a spirit has detached from its body, the more likely it is to prefer offerings that resemble what it would have eaten in life. This is particularly useful to have in mind if you’re hoping to draw out and entice an animal spirit. Even so, however, most spirits will still be drawn to/fed by certain things, even if they are prone to identifying more with their living habits when stirred. Honey is one such offering that will draw/appease most spirits, though there are others as well.

I hope that helps some!

[bargainbinwizard]

Money/Financial Abundance Magick

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[bargainbinwizard]

Now that I think about it, where'd all the people who tried to hex Trump go?

What? You hated this one guy so badly you had to get out your spell books and your poppets but you won't do anything about the war in Israel/Gaza? You won't even do a justice spell to put the Israeli government behind bars or something?

What the fuck is wrong with you Israel

I've been pretty silent on the Israel and Gaza war for a long time but it's come to a point that I needed to get magically involved. It's an ugly situation all around. Israel mass murdering Palestinians,Hamas being a thing, Antisemites coming out of the woodwork,Israel booting people from their land and people saying that Israel as a country should cease to exist...even though Jews were native to Israel (aka Canaan) but got conquered by the Babylonians and Romans in ancient times and so as a consequence, they were spread out across the globe getting shat on by everybody in history. But I can't even say that Israel is defending themselves from Hamas because they're too busy fucking around in the Gaza strip shooting down people getting flour.

I'm just going to make it very clear that just because I say that Israel as a country should exist ✨DOES NOT MEAN THAT I SUPPORT ISRAEL KILLING PEOPLE OR THEIR CRUELITY TOWARDS THE PALASTINIANS ✨. I don't want anybody popping onto my page to villainize me and putting words in my mouth. I may not have the funds to save the entirety of Gaza but that doesn't mean I haven't been donating. Also I do my Gaza/Israel reblogging on my main blog,this is just a side blog. That's why you haven't seen anything here. I don't want to hear from any of you that I'm secretly rubbing my hands evilly and cackling watching Israel bomb Rafah.

In short, fuck nazis and people who think that being an antisemite makes you a hero. Go do something useful with your time like donate to Gaza charities like a normal person, would you?

Anyway, in terms of my magical work. I've been focusing on trying to get the news channels on tv to talk about what kind of nasty shit Israel soldiers have been doing in Gaza. There's pictures and videos on the internet from the Palestinians being killed,Israel soldiers talking pictures of themselves on children's' bicycles that they've stolen,olive trees being destroyed and so on and so forth. Yet, the only thing the news wants to focus on is Hamas and making Israel looking like the good guy. If I can get get the news to talk about Israel's war crimes and the corruption in the Israel military /government with pictures then I've done my job. Well,I may need to create a peace spell to somehow make Israel and Gaza stop fighting. Not sure what spell components I need to use.

Its also pretty shitty that there are so many fundraisers to get people out from Gaza and to give people aid that I don't have the funds to save everybody,just give people a measly 20 dollars while their fundraiser goals are several thousand dollars. And if I donate to one charity, I'm not donating to the others and that means they'll have to suffer. I don't have the wallet of Mr. Beast or Bill Gates. I can't save everybody and they might die before they reach their fundraiser goals. And more fundraisers are going to pop up.

[bargainbinwizard]

i blame hamas and israel for suffering of Palestinians

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[bargainbinwizard]

What the fuck is wrong with you Israel

I've been pretty silent on the Israel and Gaza war for a long time but it's come to a point that I needed to get magically involved. It's an ugly situation all around. Israel mass murdering Palestinians,Hamas being a thing, Antisemites coming out of the woodwork,Israel booting people from their land and people saying that Israel as a country should cease to exist...even though Jews were native to Israel (aka Canaan) but got conquered by the Babylonians and Romans in ancient times and so as a consequence, they were spread out across the globe getting shat on by everybody in history. But I can't even say that Israel is defending themselves from Hamas because they're too busy fucking around in the Gaza strip shooting down people getting flour.

I'm just going to make it very clear that just because I say that Israel as a country should exist ✨DOES NOT MEAN THAT I SUPPORT ISRAEL KILLING PEOPLE OR THEIR CRUELITY TOWARDS THE PALASTINIANS ✨. I don't want anybody popping onto my page to villainize me and putting words in my mouth. I may not have the funds to save the entirety of Gaza but that doesn't mean I haven't been donating. Also I do my Gaza/Israel reblogging on my main blog,this is just a side blog. That's why you haven't seen anything here. I don't want to hear from any of you that I'm secretly rubbing my hands evilly and cackling watching Israel bomb Rafah.

In short, fuck nazis and people who think that being an antisemite makes you a hero. Go do something useful with your time like donate to Gaza charities like a normal person, would you?

Anyway, in terms of my magical work. I've been focusing on trying to get the news channels on tv to talk about what kind of nasty shit Israel soldiers have been doing in Gaza. There's pictures and videos on the internet from the Palestinians being killed,Israel soldiers talking pictures of themselves on children's' bicycles that they've stolen,olive trees being destroyed and so on and so forth. Yet, the only thing the news wants to focus on is Hamas and making Israel looking like the good guy. If I can get get the news to talk about Israel's war crimes and the corruption in the Israel military /government with pictures then I've done my job. Well,I may need to create a peace spell to somehow make Israel and Gaza stop fighting. Not sure what spell components I need to use.

Its also pretty shitty that there are so many fundraisers to get people out from Gaza and to give people aid that I don't have the funds to save everybody,just give people a measly 20 dollars while their fundraiser goals are several thousand dollars. And if I donate to one charity, I'm not donating to the others and that means they'll have to suffer. I don't have the wallet of Mr. Beast or Bill Gates. I can't save everybody and they might die before they reach their fundraiser goals. And more fundraisers are going to pop up.

EDIT: Added some links. I made it fair by talking about both Hamas and Israel.

[bargainbinwizard]

Why is Venus's planetary element water when it is literally the hottest planet in the solar system? If anything its element should be air. It's filled with green house gasses that make it hot. It's like the ancients just looked up in the sky and said ''Oh, it's bright. That's pretty. Okay its name is Venus.'' and then some hot shot occultist gives it the appropriate magical properties because of its name. They even made Venus ''feminine and passive and emotional'' because of its name.

How much you wanna bet if the ancients had a rocket ship and they seen Saturn up close and they would've named IT Venus instead? It even has a ring running around it, which could symbolize a wedding ring. And with Mars, the ancients just saw its red color and immediately thought of blood so they named it after the Roman god of war. Therefore Mars should have war powers.

As stupid as it may sound, why are these planets symbolism and properties just happen to be Earth centric? Say if aliens existed and they saw Mars. These said aliens have blue blood, do you really think that their alien occultists are going to label Mars as a war planet? Or even name it after a God at all? Do you really think that the universe revolves around the human cultures' version of reality when there could be life in other places because of its size?

All of these planets properties are the results of Western(?) cultures giving space rocks meaning to them. I'm not saying that planetary magic is complete bs because magic does happen and the appropriate energies do appear. I'm just saying that these energy currents from these planets could possibly be manmade. Maybe. We can't know the truth unless we traveled back in time and used our psychic senses to see what Venus used to be like before it had a name.

[bargainbinwizard]

Shit man, this wizard war is fucked. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "the ten hells" or some similar shit, and every one around him turned inside out, had their tibia explode and then disappeared. The camera didn't even go onto him, that's how common shit like this is. My ass is casting frostbite and level 2 poison. I think I just heard "power word:scrunch" two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

[bargainbinwizard]

To those of you who worship obscure divinities: there are no rule that bind you except your own. Go worship that obscure deity. Go invent that festival from scratch. Go make that offering even if it’s unusual. Go write that prayer even if you’re the only one who gets it. Go play around with your freedom as a practitioner and explore! Even in a spiritual context, creativity is a gift.

[bargainbinwizard]

🌿Plant Spirit Devotional: 15 Day Exercise

Here's my concept for a method to facilitate bonding with a Plant Spirit or Herbal Ally over the course of a month. Obviously this practice takes far longer than a month to create a lasting bond with a plant spirit but hopefully this exercise helps provide some structure to the practice of bonding with a Herbal Ally. Feel free to use this outline yourself or modify it to your own needs.

15 days of Plant Spirit Devotion. Day 1: Introduction to the chosen plant. Day 2: The plants native habitat. Day 3: Cultivation, Foraging and Preparation. Day 4: Mundane properties (Culinary, Medicinal, Poisons etc). Day 5: Art inspired by / incorporating the chosen plant. Day 6: Magical correspondences. Day 7: Folk names and their origins. Day 8: Folklore and associated myths. Day 9: Deity / Spirit associations. Day 10: Plant's role in ritual: Cultural and Spiritual Significance. Day 11: Tarot / Oracle associations: Card spotlights. Day 12: Personal Sigil for the Plant Spirit. Day 13: Current Relationship with the Plant Spirit. Day 14: Personal goals when working with the Spirit. Day 15: Exercise conclusion, Take-aways and final overview.

My current plan with this exercise is to complete it each month for a different plant spirit / herbal ally, starting with Rosemary during February. Generally my plan is to spend the first half of the month bonding with the herb and researching it and the latter half of the month completing this exercise.

This Exercise was inspired by this post: link by @noctivague about a 15 day deity devotional. Thanks for the amazing idea!

[bargainbinwizard]

Potentially you gotta stop making all those substitutions to the spells, witch bestie.

If you're trying to learn magic and have chosen to do so through other people's published instructional manuals, and the magic isn't working, consider asking yourself if you are actually following the rituals provided.

I've been speaking with multiple people lately who are all struggling with the same thing, so perhaps a post on this topic is germane.

Unless you understand the tradition you're working with and why certain things have certain meanings, you probably do not have the background required to make effective substitutions.

Working within someone else's established tradition is not the same as working within your personal eclectic path.

Imagine you go into a working group which is super into bioregional practice and they've developed elaborate rituals which always work for them.

They give you a purification ritual which calls for a red apple, wild-harvested cotton, and local mulberries to be worked over during a full moon.

They do not tell you why each of these things is included. They just give you the list.

We're going to substitute a store-bought cotton ball, obviously, and what to do about the mulberries? We can google "mulberry correspondences," find out they're related to "healing" which is the closest thing we can figure has anything to do with a purification ritual, then pretty much figure that since chamomile is associated with sleep and purification, and sleep is a Lunar thing, right, that we can just use a sleepytime chamomile tea bag, and there you have it!

What the working group has failed to tell you is that this entire ritual is based on local mythology where the cotton wight fell in love with the mulberry dryad and they got married under the full moon by sharing an apple, and the entire ritual isn't based on sympathetic container magic, but is a heirophany which recreates the marriage of local sacred spirits, each of whom has sworn to heal and purify those who honor their love.

A heck of a lot of witchcraft authors do not break down why every single step is taken.

And if you apply contemporary witch-lite logic to everything ("cotton is white so I'm going to relate that to color correspondences and substitute a white candle for purity"), you can end up immediately canceling out a spell.

Not understanding or connecting with certain spell/ritual steps is not a good reason to change them.

You had mulberries once as a kid and they gave you stomach cramps and now you personally associate them with hexing and sickness, so even though there is a ripe mulberry tree outside, you are going to go get a container of blackberries instead, which you personally associate with purification, and -

(You get the drift)

The spell calls for making a paper box, within which you hide the wild cotton and mulberry. Then, at a crossroads at the full moon, you unfold the box to reveal its contents, and offer an apple to the correspondences.

Which would mean we'd have to learn how to make a paper box (fun!) but also like, why this unfolding thing? Nothing I've read so far in my witchcraft books has explained the magical meaning behind opening a paper box. This is basically a container spell, right? I'll just use a glass jar.

(The plant spirits who informed the local coven about this spellwork specified an opaque, degradable container)

If you're using other people's work, you're more or less sacrificing yourself to the reality that they probably are not explaining everything to you, and that your assumptions about what makes that magic tick could be so far off base that even your most educated guesses will fall short.

Yeah, using other people's traditions can mean you don't have what's required to do everything, and that's kind of just the way it is.

I'm not trying to be Mr. Just Go And Buy Stuff You Moneybags, but I guess I am being Mr. If You Can't Do It Then You Can't Do it.

And no, I'm not saying that it's impossible to figure out substitutions.

I'm specifically referring to a situation where a practitioner is trying to figure out magic, hasn't been able to make strides, and then it turns out they've been radically modifying and altering spells from specific traditions to a point where the spell is obviously functionally DOA.

At one point I was learning some slightly advanced bit of coding. I downloaded a set of files from a code library and installed them on my website.

The thing was, at that point in my education, I had enough experience to basically understand what was going on with each file. So, I edited them as I went, modifying them to my custom specifications.

Wouldn't you know it! When I launched the code it was broken. DOA, if you will.

I went back to the code library, and the top comment was,

INSTALL THE FILES AND MAKE SURE THEY WORK BEFORE YOU TRY TO CHANGE THEM. Everyone keeps changing things before they even test launch it and then they come back here and complain that the code is broken. IT ISN'T BROKEN.

[bargainbinwizard]

The Elemental Rosarium

Chanelling and embodying the powers of the four Cardinal Elements, the Elemental Rosarium is a collection of ensouled devotional beads that represent a conclave of reified occult knowledge and an assembly of incarnated natural forces.

Each of the four rosaries offered herein is uniquely constructed with highly potent materials, utilizing meaningful and powerful cultic symbolism based on a mixture of traditional folklore and personal inspiration. Every set of beads serves as a Venerative Idol dedicated to one of the four cardinal elements, and every piece was, likewise, empowered by the very Genius of its given element under highly specialized ritual specifications.

All products measure approximately 19.5 inches / 49.5 centimeters long, and they include:

The Rosary of Holy Flame:

This set of hand-cafted devotional beads was constructed under the auspices of Noontide, wherein the rosary was passed through the holy flames of Candle, Hearth, and Balefire. It was made with materials that are individually and synergistically linked to the spirit of flame, including Lava Stone beads, Red Obsidian counter beads, and Carnelian bracket beads. The endpiece pendants are a stainless steel rendering of the Alchemical Symbol for Fire and a Flint stone—oldest among the human tools of ignition.

Whether drawing down the Fires of Heaven, calling up the Fires of Earth, or stoking the very Cunning Fire, these beads will serve as a faithful implement in the hands of one who venerates the flames.

The Rosary of Sacred Winds:

This set of hand-cafted devotional beads was constructed under the auspices of Windswept Peak, wherein the rosary was suffused with the sacred winds of Breath, Bellows, and Breeze. It was made with materials that are individually and synergistically linked to the spirit of air, including Czech Glasswork beads filled with air bubbles, scavenged Raven Bone counter beads, and Howlite bracket beads. The endpiece pendants are a stainless steel rendering of the Alchemical Symbol for Air and a Dandelion Seed—humble traveler of the wind—which was encapsulated in resin, before I outfitted it with silver wire.

Whether observing augury, calling up the wind, or working with divinities of the weather and sky, these beads will serve as a faithful implement in the hands of one who venerates the air.

The Rosary of Blessed Waters:

This set of handcrafted devotional beads was constructed under the auspices of Rain, wherein the rosary was lustrated with the blessed waters of Spring, River, and Sea. It was made with materials that are individually and synergistically linked to the spirit of water, including fluvial Shell Pearl beads, Salmon Bone counter beads, and Aquatine Calcite bracket beads. The endpiece pendants are a stainless steel rendering of the Alchemical Symbol for Water, and a Seahshell—naturally punctured over untold years by force of the ocean current. These particular components represent a multiplicity of water sources invoked, with the shell pearl coming from rivers, the seashell coming from the ocean, and the Salmon being a fish that traverses between those two realms.

Whether calling on the virtues of hallowed water, entreating the spirits ot local waterways, or working with oceanic divinities, these beads will serve as a faithful implement in the hands of one who venerates the waters.

The Rosary of Hallowed Earth:

This set of hand-cafted devotional beads was constructed under the auspices of Cave Covering, wherein the rosary was dusted with hallowed earth gathered from Mountain, Burrow, and Crossroads. It was made with materials that are individually and synergistically linked to the spirit of earth, including Granite beads, Lodestone counter beads, and Marble bracket beads. The endpiece pendants are a stainless steel rendering of the Alchemical Symbol for Earth and a simple Clay Talisman—shaped from the living earth and worked by hands that will one day return to that very same ground.

Whether calling on the virtues of stones, communing with telluric spirits, or working with earthen mediums like soil and ceramics, these beads will serve as a faithful implement in the hands of one who venerates the terrain.

If interested, visit Wending Wares Occult Parlor for information, or message me here with any questions.

(P.S. If you buy a set of two Elemental Rosaries, it's 15% off, and if you act fast enough to buy the complete Elemental Rosarium set, you get 20% off and a coupon for a free Three Card Spread!)

[bargainbinwizard]

A point of disambiguation I feel we should discuss more is "feeling" the gods vs. experiencing them.

Feelings are first and foremost a measurement of homeostasis: They indicate your body's reaction to circumstances inside it and around it.

One way religious cults compromise the cognitive faculties of its congregates is by teaching them to interpret "feeling good" as the presence of a higher power. This makes it so members can't meaningfully separate their emotional experience from a religious context. They can't leave the religion without losing the entire paradigm through which they interpret their own feelings.

Here are some things that typically give people euphoria that have nothing to do with the presence of higher powers:

Thinking about a beloved individual, including beloved deities

The act of singing

Music, especially live music

Being around nature; witnessing spectacular natural phenomena

Stories and storytelling

Orgasm

Oxygen; deep breathing and any activites that prompt it.

What DOES indicate a god or spirit is the experience of a unique personality, demonstrated through whatever medium the spirit decides to use. This doesn't feel like an emotion, but like an energy.

Now, it's possible to have an emotional reaction to a spiritual energy—no doubt we would—but this is still just us, reacting. And the purpose of reacting is to understand how it is we feel about their presence. It doesn't measure the true nature or intentions of the entity.

Differentating emotions from energies can take time, but it's worth it.