Magickal History of Herb

The Magickal History of Hemp

Also known by the folk names gallowgrass, ganja, and neckweed, the hemp is an intoxicating plant with a long magickal history. Being a common ingredient in many love spells from centuries gone by, it was also added to love potions to inspire the affections of others. Additionally, it was believed to facilitate the psychic powers, and for this reason it was often dried and burned by diviners as incense (along with mugwort) prior to, and during, the scrying of magick mirrors. in China, it was once widely believed that demons were
responsible for illnesses that plagued mankind. To drive out such demons from an afflicted person, Chinese sorcerers would fashion strands of dried hemp into a scourge that resembled a snake, and then thrash it against the patients bed while uttering special incantations.
In medieval times, hemp was used as one of the mindaltering herbal ingredients of sorcerers greasea magickal ointment reputed to be used by sorcerers and sorceresses for flying, shapeshifting, and invisibility.

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A Witch's Wishing Well Garden

To create a magickal wishing well garden, plant around a well any of the following plants traditionally used by Witches and other magickal practitioners to make secret wishes manifest: bamboo, beech, buckthorn, dandelion, dogwood, grains of paradise, hazel, Job’s tears, pomegranate, sage, sandalwood, sunflower, tonka, violet, walnut.
If you have no access to a well, simply place a small wooden rain barrel or earthenware pot in the center of the garden and fill it with water. Either will make a suitable substitute for an actual wishing well.
When the moon is full and her silver rays call to you to make magick, go to the wish garden and toss a coin into the well (or other container of water) as you state your wish and visualize it. Be sure not to tell your wish to anyone, otherwise it may not come true.