SAFFRON
(Crocus saliva) D+ P
Folk Names: Autumn Crocus, Crocus,
Karcom, Krokos, Kunkuma (Sanskrit),
Saffer (Arabic), Spanish Saffron
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Deities: Eros, Ashtoreth
Powers: Love, Healing, Happiness, Wind
Raising, Lust, Strength, Psychic Powers
Ritual Uses: The Phoenecians baked saf- fron into crescent-shaped cakes, which they ate in honor of the Moon and fertility Goddess, Ashtoreth
Magical Uses: Saffron is added to love sachets as well as those aimed at raising lustful feelings. It is used in healing spells, and the infusion is used as wash water for the hands prior to healing rituals.
At one time in Persia (Iran) pregnant women wore a ball of saffron at the pit of the stomach to ensure a speedy delivery.
The infusion, drunk, enables you to foresee the future, and simply ingesting saffron dispels melancholy. In fact, one early author warns against eating too much saffron lest one should "die of excessive joy"!
Saffron in the home keeps lizards from venturing in, and wearing a chaplet of saf- fron will protect you from inebriation (and will probably be the subject of a few com- ments from your friends).
Sheets were rinsed with a saffron infu- sion in Ireland so that the arms and legs would be strengthened during sleep, and the ancient Persians utilized saffron to raise the wind.
SAGE
(Salvia officinalis) P Lt D+
Folk Names: Garden Sage, Red Sage, Sawge
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Jupiter
Element: Air
Powers: Immortality, Longevity, Wisdom,
Protection, Wishes
Magical Uses: Sage has been utilized to
ensure a long life-sometimes even immortality. This is done by eating some of the plant every day, or at least in May, for:
He who would live for aye
Must eat sage in May.
Sage is carried to promote wisdom, and
the leaves are used in countless healing and money spells. To guard yourself against contracting the dreaded evil eye wear a small horn filled with sage.
There are a few curious gardening tips concerning sage: first, it is bad luck to plant sage in your own garden; a stranger should be found to do the work. Second, a full bed of sage brings ill luck, so ensure that some other plant shares the plot. Incidentally, toads love sage.
If you desire to make a wish come true, write it on a sage leaf and hide it beneath your pillow. For three nights sleep upon it. If once you dream of what you desire your wish will be materialized; if not, bury the sage in the ground so that you do not come to harm.
SAGEBRUSH
(Artemisia spp. apiana, A. spp.) P Lt D+ Folk Name: White Sage
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Venus
Element: Earth
Powers: Purification, Exorcism
Ritual Uses: Sagebrush has long been burned
in American Indian ceremonies.
Magical Uses: Bathe with sagebrush to purify yourself of all past evils and negative deeds.
Burning sagebrush drives away malevo- lent forces and is also useful in healing.
ST. JOHN'S WORT
(Hypericum perforatum): Poison D DI* May potentiate MOA-I medications
Folk Names: Amber, Fuga daemonum (Latin:
Scare-Devil), Goat Weed, Herba John, John's Wort, Klamath Weed, Sol Terrestis, Tipton Weed
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Deity: Baldur
Powers: Health, Protection, Strength, Love Divination, Happiness
Magical Uses: Worn, St. John's Wort wards off fevers and colds, makes soldiers invinci- ble, and attracts love. If it is gathered on Midsummer or on a Friday and worn it will keep mental illness at bay and will also cure melancholy. When placed in a jar and hung by a window, St. John's Wort protects against thunderbolts, fire and evil spirits. Both flowers and leaves are used for this purpose. It is also dried over the Midsummer fires and hung near the win- dow to keep ghosts, necromancers and other evildoers from the house, and is burned to banish spirits and demons.
Any part of the herb placed beneath the pillow allows unmarried women to dream of their future husbands. Use in rituals or carry to detect other magicians; at one time it was held to the mouth of accused Witches to attempt to force them to confess.
SANDALWOOD, WHITE
(Santalum album) Pk PI
Folk Names: Sandal, Santal, White
Sandalwood, White Saunders, Yellow
Sandalwood
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Moon
Element: Water
Powers: Protection, Wishes, Healing,
Exorcism, Spirituality
Magical Uses: Sandalwood powder is burned
during protection, healing, and exorcism spells. When mixed with lavender it makes an incense designed to conjure spirits.
This fragrant wood possesses very
high spiritual vibrations and is burned at seances and Full Moon rituals when mixed with frankincense. 抖阴社区 your wish on a chip of sandalwood and burn in the censer or cauldron. As it burns it sets the magic flowing, but remember to visualize your wish at the same time. Sandalwood beads are protective and promote a spiritual awareness when worn.
Powdered sandalwood can be scattered about a place to clear it of negativity, and it is also used as an incense base.
