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METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF YERBA SANTA

Official Name: Eriodictyon glutinosum
Other Names: Bear Weed, Consumptive's Weed, Gum Bush, Holy Herb, Mountain Balm, Sacred Herb
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Venus
Element: Air
Metaphysical Powers: Beauty, Healing, Psychic Powers, Protection

Common Magickal Uses and Folklore

• Yerba Santa is carried to improve or attain beauty.

• An infusion of Yerba Santa used while bathing is used for beauty as well.

• It is carried for spiritual strength, to increase psychic powers, and for protection.

Yerba Santa (also spelled yerbasanta) is an indigenous southwestern plant. The name means "holy herb". It is also known by the English names of Mountain Balm and the Miwok name Passaale (or Possalle.) It is an evergreen shrub, a member of the water-leaf family, found throughout western North America, particularly California.

Tribes in California, Nevada, Arizona, and northern Mexico areas have used Yerba Santa as an herb in bundle sticks is used in traditional smudging for protection, purification, spiritual strength, courage, psychic abilities, and finding the innermost self. It is used for protection and setting boundaries.

Yerba Santa has been used for love, purification, growth, empowerment and beauty, and the release of emotional pain in the heart chakra. Burning the leaves as a smudge will purify spaces and clear heavy or dark energies from people. 

You can burn Yerba Santa to nurture and protect all that is ancient, sacred, and wild within yourself. Use it when there is a need for encouragement or courage. This herb is good for adorning altars, and an ingredient in charm bags carried for protection and increase divination abilities.

It makes a beautiful purifying potpourri when combined with spearmint and cascara sagrada. It can be used in a water mixture by pouring boiling water over the herb and letting it steep. This water mixture can be poured on a grave to aid in contacting that spirit in dream work. It can be added to bathwater for magical beautification.

Yerba Santa is a delightful ingredient for incense and smells lovely. It has a long history of being used in tea.

LEMON BALM (MELISSA) HERB

Metaphysical Properties Of Lemon Balm (Melissa)

Official Name: Melissa officinalis

Other Names: Bee Balm, Lemon Balsam, Melissa, Sweet Balm, Sweet Melissa, Tourengane, Oghoul
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Moon
Element: Water
Metaphysical Powers: Love, Success

Common Magickal Uses and Folklore of Lemon Balm (Melissa)

• Soak the herb in wine for several hours, strain, and share with a friend to influence love.
• You can use it in spells to ensure success.
• If you keep bees rub it on the hives to attract new bees and retain the old ones.

Lemon balm, also known as Melissa, is a perennial herb of the mint family. The leaves, have a pleasant lemon aroma. Lemon balm is used alone or as part of various multi-herb mixtures of products. The herb is native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, but it's grown worldwide. Lemon balm is usually used to improve mood and cognitive function; its benefits don't stop there.

Lemon Balm is bound to the Moon and Water. It is used in rituals for friendship, love, and success. Historically, it is a symbolic plant used to communicate messages between lovers. Carry Lemon Balm in a charm or sachet to find love or burn it as incense.

KOLA NUT HERB

Metaphysical Powers: Peace, Removing Depression, Calming

The kola nut is a caffeine-containing nut of evergreen trees of the genus Cola, primarily of the species Cola acuminata and Cola nitida. Cola acuminata, an evergreen tree about 20 meters in height, has long, ovoid leaves pointed at both ends with a leathery texture. The trees have yellow flowers with purple spots and star-shaped fruit. Inside the fruit, about a dozen round or square seeds develop in a white seed shell. The nut’s aroma is sweet and rose-like. The first taste is bitter, but it sweetens upon chewing. The nut can be boiled to extract the caffeine.

A lot of the original concepts of sex magic came from earlier Hindu traditions of Tantra. Tantrics believe sex contains energy that can change the physical world.

Psychosexual energy is the key component behind contemporary Western magic. It is the strongest emotion available that can be disciplined; it is the basis of Tantra. The path of using this psychosexual power starts by acknowledging and then overcoming obstructive sexual preconceptions.

Kola nuts are an essential element of the traditional spiritual practice of culture and religion in West Africa, particularly Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Kola nuts are used as religious objects, sacred offerings during prayers, ancestor worship, and significant life events, such as naming ceremonies, weddings, and funerals. They are used in the traditional divination system called Obi divination. During this practice, kola nuts are divided into four lobes. Then cast upon a special wooden board, the patterns are read by the diviner.

The Kola Nut was actually an original ingredient in the recipe of Coca-Cola before they switched to the modern recipe using artificial ingredients. There are a few items that are still made using the Kola Nut such as Kola Cocao or Kola-Wine.

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ELDERBERRY WHOLE

Sambucus nigra

Gender: Feminine
Elements: Water, Air
Planet: Venus
Zodiac: Sagittarius, Aquarius, Libra
Deities: Freya, Holda, Queen of the Faeries
Chakras: Throat Chakra, Root Chakra

Common Magickal Uses and Folklore of Elderberry

• Astral Travel - drink elderberry tea before bed or sleep with a sachet with dried elderberries

• Blessing - elderberry water or tea used to bless items.

• Curse and Hex Removal - Bathe in elderberry tea to remove or burn a coated elderberry candle.

• Emotional Balance -Drink in a tea

• Healing - as a syrup its great for your immune system

• Intuition - Anoint your third eye with elderberry tea

Elderberry Whole has been described as a 'whole medicine chest' in one tree. It is an excellent ingredient to use in healing spells. Historically Elderberry Whole has been found in the written texts of various famous herbalists such as: Martim Blockwich, Dioscorides, Theophrastus, and Hippocrates. 

The stem was said to have been used by Prometheus to bring God's fire to man.

Elderberry Whole has long been known as a tree of the Fae. Legend says sit and watch patiently on Midsummer night and you should see the Faerie King ride past. If an elder tree self-seeds in your garden it is said that the Earth Mother has chosen to protect your house (don't cut the elder down without asking permission from the Earth Mother first). Preferably, of course, don't cut any trees down at all!

Native American Shamans also had multiple uses for Elderberry and whole for things ranging from skin issues to a laxative. While Elderberry is the tree of the Fae, Elderberry Whole is believed to be a Holy Tree that if intentionally harmed or damaged the person responsible will suffer a run of bad luck and sickness. This is still a belief with many witches, those that carry this belief hope to find a branch having naturally fallen to make their wands.

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ORANGE PEEL

Citrus aurantium
Element: Fire
Planet: Sun
Zodiac: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Chakras: Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra

Common Magickal Uses and Folklore of Orange Peel

Energy, Cleansing, Happiness, Sun Magick, Full Moon Magick, Raise Vibration, Renewal, Manifestation, Uplifting, Relieve Depression, Soothing Anxiety, Safety or Protection, Life

Orange peel can be used fresh for cleaning stainless steel and wood, helping hair luster and shine, natural deodorizer, removing odors from refrigerators and garbage disposals, to even softening brown sugar.

It can help whiten teeth, reduce sensitivity, relieve bad breath, boost the immune system, is Anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, protects lungs, improves digestion, and aids in weight loss.

Used in spells and rituals for love or fertility, Orange Peel is an ingredient. Rituals and spells for cleansing a person or location of negativity can use a mixture that includes Orange Peel. Orange Peel is said to assist in soothing the spiritual energies of a location or person. 

Orange Peel boosts positive energy; it helps when feeling down, supports the confused in finding direction, and gives new life to spiritual desires. Its scent is useful for dealing with obsessive thinking, turning the mind back to what is essential. Orange peel is excellent in Yule celebrations, reminding us of the Sun in the middle of winter.

Because of their color, oranges make a convenient symbol for gold in any spellwork or ritual. Those who make offerings to Deities of the Sun can use Orange Peel as it is associated with the sun. It is said that when Orange Peel is carried by a person their luck is supposed to improve. Rituals and spells for prosperity or abundance can use Orange Peel as an ingredient according to some practices and teachings. For those who work with Angels, the Orange Peel is said to assist with calling the Archangel Raphael for assistance.