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Herb of the Week: Lemon Balm
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Lemon BalmMelissa officinalis Magickal use: improves emotional balance, communication; finances, justice, healing, love General Information: With its light scent of lemon along with a lovely READ MORE
Herb of the Week ~ Horehound
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. When I was thirteen, my Mother brought home some candy that I thought was wonderful! She told me it was horehound candy, and she found READ MORE
Making Burdock Root Tincture
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Herb of the Month: Chickweed
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. ChickweedStellaria media Part used: the whole herbOther Names: winterweed, chickenwort Ruler: The MoonDay: MondayPower: To DareElement: WaterDirection: WestEnergetic Effect: Receptive, feminine, passiveDeity: Gabriel (archangel), Phul (Olympic spirit) Magickal uses: restores balance, releases emotions General READ MORE
Herb of the Week: Burdock
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Burdock, or Arctium lappa, is a plant ruled by Venus, and it corresponds with Friday. Ruled by Elemental Water, Burdock’s power is To Dare and READ MORE
Herb of the Week: Angelica Root
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Angelica, or Angelica archangelica, is a plant ruled by The Sun and the sign Leo, and it corresponds with Sunday. Ruled by Elemental Fire, Angelica’s READ MORE
The Ritual Use of Herbal Powders
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Herbal powers have a variety of uses in magick and rituals; however, using them as incense is one of my favorites. It’s so easy to READ MORE
Planting A Magickal Herb Garden
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I like to correspond herbs that I plant to the directions. I’ve done this with a medicine wheel layout as well as in a pentagram READ MORE
Back Porch Herbal: Respiratory Herbs
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Next in my Back Porch Herbal series on the various categories of herbs I’ll discuss some of my favorite herbs to use in teas and READ MORE
Back Porch Herbal: Liver Alterative Herbs
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Plants that improve (alter) the way the liver functions play an essential role in maintaining health. And in my case, I’m fortunate that these healing READ MORE
Angelica Root
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Angelica archangelica Also known as masterwort, it’s best to give your angelica plenty of room to grow and harvest the roots in the first year READ MORE
ONLINE NATURE CAMP: HERBALISM FOR KIDS at The Herbal Academy
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Since life has changed a bit and we’re spending more time at home these days, The Herbal Academy is offering an Online Nature Camp for READ MORE
Making Mugwort and Sage Incense
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Although we can buy incense just about anywhere, it’s more fun to make your own. I burn incense on ritual charcoal in a cauldron and READ MORE
It’s Just A Plant, Folks…It’s Past Time To Legalize Cannabis
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. At some point, we need to treat cannabis the same as any other plant that grows in one’s garden, as a food, an herb, or READ MORE