A Dragon's Path

This is the journey to my inner self.

[smallgodenergy]

Can you, like, decide when spirits see you, just like you decide when you see them? Because the idea of spirits seeing me in the shower is not very flattering

First of all, I completely understand the concern and I am not laughing. (I am laughing.)

Here's the thing though, spirits (again, a weird generalization here, I'm using the term VERY loosely) are not just hanging around waiting for something interesting to happen. They have their own existence, their own concerns, their own things going on. You are not being watched 24/7. Like, you are not THAT entertaining.

The idea that they're lurking in your shower is a very human assumption. We tend to think we're the main character of everyone else's story too, including "spirits."

Now can you close their eyes for them? No. You can only control your own perception, not someone else's. But honestly the same applies to humans too and we just kind of accept that and move on.

The more comforting thought is this: even if a spirit happened to pass through your bathroom, you are probably the least interesting thing in their entire dimensional experience. No offense. 💀

[cielskunk]

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[carolinayourspiritmaster]

Because of the trauma we inherit from our families and cultures, and in this case also from Christian theology, I see a lot of people who think that they are being virtuous when they take on punishments that are not theirs to carry.

But this is a game of the Devil, because being prideful at the “OMG I am SO, SO good by taking all this pain on my shoulders” is not virtue at all, it's just pride at the amount of abuse you are willing to put yourself through. And nobody should be proud of self-abusing; it is unbecoming.

And, this happens also because many people simply refuse to live with the hard decisions they need to make in life, and while avoiding facing a decision, they distract themselves with pain. So, while they are suffering, they can just ignore the actual problem in front of them.

Stop believing that you share your family's destiny, and make your own. Learn to live with the fact that we all need to make hard decisions. Stop championing the fake piety, the fake goodness, when you are now your own victim. YOU are the person you need to take care of.

[blackthornwren]

Something I think is often overlooked is that spirits can behave offensively.

They're not bound by manners or etiquette and I don't just mean speaking politely. Spirits can revel in offending. And they will use any topic that makes you uncomfortable in order to do it.

This doesn't make a spirit bad or evil. In fact, it's often a technique the spirit uses to deliberately make you uncomfortable, to test how you will react to their language or vulgarity.

So the question is: Can you push past discomfort to see what the underlying message is? Can you step back and examine why you're uncomfortable? And more importantly- can you learn from it?

Spirits aren't bound by our morals or ethics, and it's important to remember that this also extends to our social codes.

[liliths-lantern-readings]

Spiritual warfare isn't always some dramatic battle between light and dark.

Sometimes it's waking up and realizing you've abandoned your own kingdom.

You left the gates open.

You left the boundaries unwatched.

You handed the keys to people who never should have held them.

Your domain is your mind.

Your domain is your energy.

Your domain is your habits.

Your domain is your choices.

And if you don't take responsibility for guarding it, someone else will gladly tell you what to think, who to be, what to fear, and where your power begins and ends.

Build your spiritual team carefully.

Not an army of followers.

Not an army of people fighting your battles.

An army of disciplines.

Discernment standing at the front gate.

Patience holding the line.

Wisdom keeping records.

Self-respect carrying the banner.

Boundaries guarding every entrance.

Consistency training every single day.

Because the strongest spiritual fortress isn't built from control over others.

It's built from mastery over yourself.

The moment you stop outsourcing your authority, your kingdom starts remembering who it belongs to.

⚔️ Affirmation:

"I am the steward of my own domain. My mind, my spirit, and my path are under my care."

[skaldish]

I don’t think people realize just how many USChristian attitudes get passed around in Heathenry, so I compiled different statements and behaviors I’ve seen over the years that reflect Christian notions not original to Heathenry. These examples are illustrative rather than definitive, since I’m only somewhat familiar with different Christian frameworks, but it should be enough to give you the picture:

General Christianity

“The first and most important thing you need to do to practice Heathenry is read the Eddas.”

“You must worship Odin even if you don’t want to, because he’s the head god.”

“The point of being Heathen is to live life in a way that grants you entry to Valhalla.”

“Valhalla is the good/awesome afterlife and Helheim is the bad/boring afterlife.”

“The Æsir are good and the jötnar are evil.”

“Odin is like God, Loki is like the Devil, and Baldr is like Jesus.”

“Odin is more powerful than the rest of the gods.”

“Ragnarok is the End Times.”

(“Us vs. them” attitudes.)

(Not knowing what to do with the the goddesses in general, regardless of one’s gender.)

Catholic-Specific

“To be Heathen, you must serve the gods.”

“We can’t truly know the gods, only attempt to understand them through the Eddas.”

“The gods are distant and don’t care about our personal needs or lives.”

“We must act as the gods’ ambassadors on Earth.”

“Making sacrifices should be painful. That’s why it’s called a sacrifice.”

“Ragnarök is the End Times and there’s nothing we can do about it.”

(Treating the Hávamál as scripture.)

(Using medieval Icelandic law-tracts as a stand-in for Heathen religious orthodoxy.)

(Observing strict worship and insisting others do the same.)

(Adopting a very feudalistic relationship with the gods; lord/servant dynamics.)

Protestant-Specific

“Showing devotion to the gods is done by acting as their hands and feet on earth.”

“You must think about the gods all the time and involve them in everything you do.”

“Why should we merely ‘work with’ the gods when we can worship them?”

“Ragnarök is the End Times and we must prepare to fight on the side of the gods.” OR...

“Ragnarök is the End Times and we must help fulfill it.”

(Behaving as marginalized on the basis of their faith.)

(Reacting badly when confronted with new information about Heathenry.)

(Making bold or even standoffish declarations of faith.)

If you come from a Christian background and hear someone make statements like this, you’re probably going to feel pressured to come up with a counterargument for why it’s okay for you to disagree. What you actually need to do is dismiss the premise entirely. These arguments aren’t reflective of Heathen truths and you don’t have to argue with them as though they are.

This is also not a dig at those who’ve made these statements / done these behaviors before. It’s not exactly second-nature for us to break out of the habit of believing in a specific idea or behaving in a specific way when we believed / behaved that way for most of our lives. However, it’s still worth understanding how specific to Christianity these things are and trying to move away from them.

It’s up to you if you want to point out the nature of these arguments to the people making them. But if you do, I recommend doing so tactfully, with a clear head, and with a very clear understanding about what makes the premise Christian in nature.

Let me know if you want clarification on any of these points and why they aren’t reflective of Heathenry. I’m happy to go into it.

[yorubaby]

do you have any books on spirit work that you like/would recommend? it's been part of my practice for a long time, but I've been thinking lately about re-evaluating my methods and rituals :)

- @calvinball-theology

I literally forgot I got this ask because I opened it while I was out and promptly forgot. My bad!

So! As of current I don't have any book recs for Spirit Work, tbh. I thought of doing some research, but I don't want to recommend something I've never read, yk?

All the Spirit Work I do I kind of learned along the way from trial and error, or is Spirit taught to me. So I've never thought to pick up a book about the methods of Spirit Work specifically, honestly.

However! I have a few friends who might have some good recs and I will tag them here.

@hellboundwitch @slewfootwitch @stagkingswife @windvexer @honeysuckle-hymns

If y'all have any good book recs on Spirit Work, pls drop them in the replies or even reblog. :"D

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful @calvinball-theology!

[stagkingswife]

Much like Rue I most of what I do was spirit taught, or I learn it as a small child from my mentor. But I was lucky enough to be able to study folklore and magical practices academically back in college, so even if it hasn't effected my practice a ton, I do have a standing bibliography. So some of my favorites include:

Ioan Myrddin Lewis. Ecstatic Religion. Routledge, 1971.

Kieckhefer, Richard, and Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Forbidden Rites : A Necromancer’s Manual of the Fifteenth Century /. Stroud, Sutton, 1997.

Lecouteux, Claude. Demons and Spirits of the Land. Simon and Schuster, 17 July 2015.

---. The Tradition of Household Spirits. Simon and Schuster, 21 July 2013.

Morton, Lisa. Calling the Spirits : A History of Seances. London Reaktion Books, 2020.

Ostling, Michael, and Springerlink (Online Service. Fairies, Demons, and Nature Spirits : “Small Gods” at the Margins of Christendom. London, Palgrave Macmillan Uk, 2018.

Pratt, Christina. An Encyclopedia of Shamanism

. Vol 1 & 2. New York Rosen Publ. Group, 2007.

Tomlinson, Matt. Speaking with the Dead. punctum books, 2024.

Wilby, Emma. Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits. Liverpool University Press, 2005.

I also have a treasure trove of journal articles. You can make a Jstor account for free and search for key terms like witchcraft, spirit medium, or mediumship and get some great stuff. I also recommend the ethnographer Jack Hunter. I was clearly not the right audience for his work, so I was super bored when I tried one of his books. He was speaking to a reader who was new to both spirit work and anthropological research - I heave experience with both - but his books would probably be a great jumping off point for someone else.

I also highly highly recommend researching your spirits domains. I read a lot of books about fungi, death, and funerary practices because 1) I'm into those subjects and 2) learning about them helps me understand Brona better. I read about historical hunting practices to understand Oisin. I've learned stone knapping to understand Flint, sailing for Pesse, etc. Researching for spirit work doesn't stop at books about spirit work techniques, or even books about types of spirits. Anything that helps you connect and relate to your spirits better is research for your spirit work. And I can't over state this enough. No amount of what I think of as "literature review" - the book research, the bibliography building - can replace the field research of actually doing spirit work. You can read a million books and articles, watch hours of videos, listen to months of podcasts. None of it really matters until you put the knowledge you gained into action. *A note of the word "shamanism." The academic field of anthropology has some gross history with this word. There are sadly some great resources out there that use the term as a catch all for "indigenous spiritual practice that involves spirit work, otherworldly travel, and spirit healing." Most often this catch all is only used in the title for categorization/SEO purposes and then an appropriate term from the culture being discussed is used in the actual body of the work. Anthropologist are doing better and leaving the gross history of the field behind, but nothing in academia is fixed quickly. Just an FYI.

[sheydmade]

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Use this spread when you need to vet someone to learn all you can about them. This spread was originally written for vetting someone before you (or someone you know) decide whether or not to go out with someone, pursue them, or accept their advances, but it can be used to vet anyone. New acquaintance you're unsure of? It works for that. Met someone new and you get the feeling they're not being genuine about themselves? It works for that. Your best friend starts seeing someone new and something just doesn't feel right? It works for that. And then some!

From @sheydmade 's 'With Love: Tarot Spreads for Matters of the Heart.'

1. The person the world sees. 2. Who they really are. 3. Their true intentions. 4. Their focus. 5. Are they compatible with you? 6. Would they be good for/with you?

[stagkingswife]

A rare hot take from me - If you have to algospeak about a topic like death or sex, or around words like blood or menstruation, you have no business making those topics a focal point of your practice. I don't really interact with occult or spiritual communities outside of Tumblr, but I've seen folks here and on other platforms say things like "s*x magic is the most powerful magic I've ever done" or "I've started doing bl00d magic."

So much of my practice centers around death, dying, and caring for the spirits of the dead. I can't imagine not using the actual words and instead using "d3ad" or "🎲-ing". If a topic is important, powerful, vast, etc. enough to be a central tenant of your spiritual or magical practice then it deserves to be spoken with the real words.

I don't care what platform you're on. Do not comply in advance.

[vajra-ares]

I think spiritually and magically inclined people should be aware of aphophenia.

Apophenia is the tendency to perceive meaningful patterns, connections, or signals in random or unrelated information. The term was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad, and it sits on a spectrum. Mild apophenia is part of normal cognition, while intense apophenia can be a feature of psychosis.

For spiritual practitioners specifically, it's worth watching for because the contemplative mind is trained to look for meaning in signs, synchronicities, dreams, omens, and subtle experiences. That attunement is genuinely valuable, but it also means the pattern-recognition faculty is running hot.

A few specific risks:

• Confirmation bias amplified. If you're already oriented toward a deity or practice, your mind will find "confirmation" everywhere: a raven appears, a song plays at the right moment, a number recurs. These may be meaningful, or they may be noise your mind is selecting from a much larger field of neutral data.

• Inflating practice experiences. Unusual states during meditation or ritual can get over-interpreted. A vivid hypnagogic image becomes a visitation; a feeling of warmth becomes transmission. Sometimes it is those things, but honest discernment requires holding the possibility that it's neurological weather.

• Reinforcing desired narratives (the real danger zone in my opinion). We tend to notice the synchronicities that support what we already want to believe, and forget the many that didn't pan out. This is especially worth watching when developing new practices or relationships with deities, where enthusiasm is high and the mind is primed.

The antidote isn't skepticism that kills the contemplative life, it's the capacity to hold experiences lightly, bring them to a teacher or trusted community, and notice when you're reaching for significance versus genuinely receiving it. You might think of it as the difference between recognizing what's arising in the moment versus the conceptual mind constructing a story it finds satisfying.

[restorativeluciferian]

If you work with a trickster spirit, this is essential to understand and remember. Do not act on, or if you can also do not react, to information you have not yet confirmed. Just learned that what I thought was a mediumship experience was actually an illusion. Fortunately, I did not do anything other than contact the person whom I thought died (via text messaging) and reconnect with them.

Spirituality has certainly led people to dumber and more dangerous actions. You are, in fact, very capable of doing dumb and dangerous things out of belief of what you think you're understanding from spirit communication. Always use discernment, grounding, and critical thinking!

[mischievous-heretic]

I saw your post about having genuine interest in the divine without expecting anything back and I agree but what if I don't have any clairsenses?

Hi, great question!

Much of that post (available here, for anyone interested) focused on conversing directly with deities and spirits. Without clairaudience, having in depth conversations with a god or spirit will be difficult.

However, that post is also about mindset, which can be applied to other kinds of interactions. Here's a list to consider:

Research

You can show interest by researching a god or spirit with curiosity, willing to see perspectives different from yours. That's one way of learning more which doesn't involve clair senses.

Obviously having an open mind doesn't mean absorbing everything you find as automatically true. Learn to apply critical thinking and discernment to research, assessing sources for potential accuracy as you proceed.

Your average TikTokker probably isn't a good source. Primary sources will be better, but ancient authors still had biases, and translations still introduce unintended ideas that may not have been originally meant.

So learn to think critically, cross-reference sources, and mull things over before accepting them as truth.

But while researching, you can also pray to your god or spirit, telling them what you're thinking about the research findings. Including a deity or spirit in your thoughts shows you care about them.

Prayer

Did your research turn up something surprising?

Maybe pray something like "Wow, I had no idea this was part of your cultus. Could you please guide me to additional resources where I can learn more about this? So I can know you better?" That shows genuine interest without requiring clair senses.

Was your research upsetting?

Maybe explain your emotions about that in prayer. Something like "Hey Deity, this info really bothers me because [your thoughts here] and I don't know what to do with it. Could you find a way to show me more about it from your perspective?"

This includes your deity or spirit directly in your life, inviting them into your personal thoughts and feelings.

When you offer a god some of yourself like this, reciprocity applies, which often encourages them to find ways of communicating with you.

Then perhaps your local library suddenly acquires books on your topic of interest, or you have a dream about its meaning, or your god or spirit helps you stumble onto helpful information somewhere in daily life.

And you learn more about them, no clair senses required.

Rituals & Offerings

These also demonstrate your interest in a god or spirit, which helps encourage them to communicate with you.

Offerings don't always have to be formal either.

As you move through daily life and find things you think your deity or spirit would like, offer it to them.

An informal "Hey Deity, I was just shopping, saw this and thought of you" can be very sweet, especially if it's offered with genuine devotion and not motivated by a desire to get something from your god or spirit.

Regular offerings like that, freely given with love, can deepen spiritual relationships without clair senses.

Embodying Values & Domains

How you live communicates far more than words. What do you spend your time on? Your money? Your attention?

These things show what matters to you.

If you're researching your god or spirit and praying to them, while living in ways that directly oppose who they are and what they value... how does that encourage them to communicate with you?

What matters to your gods and spirits? What do they care about? Especially if that's a lot different from your values.

Learning to think metaphorically helps here. For instance, Dionysus' myths about dismemberment might seem distasteful, yet what if that's not literal? What if it's a symbol for transformation? Can you see the beauty in transforming a caterpillar into a butterfly?

Occasionally if you can, demonstrate your care for their concerns by doing things they might like.

What are they described as ruling over? Go do some of that, especially if you know nothing about it. Inhabit their domains for a bit, to put yourself in their shoes.

This may feel odd. You might look foolish or inept. That's okay.

It could be a kind of sacrifice on your part, if you temporarily give up something you prefer, to instead do something a god or spirit values. That's also humbling sometimes.

Here are some ideas:

if you worship a nature deity, perhaps pick up garbage outdoors for one hour in their honor. You might look a bit silly, but what matters more? What other people think? Or what your god values?

if you love a god of animals, how about volunteering at an animal shelter?

if you're devoted to a deity of agriculture, can you volunteer at a farm or community garden?

While you're working to embody your god or spirit's values, pray to them.

Tell them about your experience of being in their domain. Maybe ask them to show you how to do a better job in the future, or explain your thoughts or emotions in the now.

Including a god or spirit's values in your everyday life actively demonstrates that you care about them, without clair senses.

Lastly, Be Persistent

Mutual conversations through clairaudience are something many people want, because it offers the potential for fast responses from gods and spirits.

But other methods of communication can work also, over longer periods of time.

Be patient.

Even if you spend years praying to a god and never hear their voice, they may choose to become very involved with your life in other ways if you give them time and opportunity.

So... dig into who they are historically, and invite that deity or spirit closer.

Learn to see the beauty of a god or spirit's domains and work to embody their values.

Offer them consistent, regular love and devotion, and try to see who they are without judgement.

You might be surprised how they respond, over months and years.

[mischievous-heretic]

Spiritual Discernment is NOT Invalidation

There's a misconception in numerous spiritual communities that goes like this:

"Discernment invalidates spiritual experiences. Any suggestion that we use discernment implies invalidation. To feel valid, we must avoid discernment altogether."

Wrong! Very sad too, because those without discernment are vulnerable to the miseries of self-deception.

Can we look at what spiritual discernment really does?

Did you know that skillfully applying discernment can validate your spiritual experiences? It can also protect you from other people's invalidation.

Here's how that works...

You have an experience you think might be spiritual

Use discernment to examine that experience, looking for its sources. Ask yourself a bunch of questions like... did your subconscious mind absorb a scene from a movie, let's say, and project that into your spiritual experience? Did your mind add an abusive relational pattern from your childhood to your spiritual experience, because your subconscious has learned to expect abuse? Did a god or spirit contribute their thoughts? Ask many pointed questions, digging into your desires, motives, trauma patterns, etc. Dissect and observe what you find, without judging or shaming yourself.

Sort out the results of your investigation into mental heaps. The parts of your experience that came from your subconscious mind absorbing movies, games, social media or whatever? Add those to the Human Brain heap. Crap projected from childhood horrors? Onto the Human Brain heap. Stuff generated by gods and spirits? Over there on the Spiritual heap.

Toss the stuff in the Human Brain heap, unless you think there's something useful to be learned from it. No, this isn't invalidation. There's nothing spiritual to validate in this heap. You're merely choosing not to assign divine authority to Human Brain, to avoid self-deception.

Validate whatever's in the Spiritual heap. This is the gold you were panning for. Build your spiritual practice with these insights.

As you can see, discernment is a tool for validating the spiritual portions of your experiences.

When somebody says, "I don't think your experiences are real," so what?

Discernment helps you stand tall, look people in the eye and say...

"You don't know how much effort I've already spent examining myself and my spiritual experiences. I checked for subconscious projections and looked hard at how my mind may have colored my experiences. I've already discarded those parts. What's left is truth. Your opinion of that is irrelevant."

That's self-validation. Want that swagger?

Learn discernment.

[slewfootwitch]

Context is important in the study and practice of witchcraft. Removing a word, a practice, a charm, a belief, etc. from its context changes it. Being able to understand that thing within its original context unlocks levels to it that cannot be accessed without that information.

Understanding and analyzing the context of a practice isn't just relevant to closed or culturally specific practices. It is just as important to understand contextual things like an author's background, the time period a book was written in, the publishing standards of a specific time, the platform a working was originally published on, etc.

Contextual comprehension is relevant to folk magic, ceremonial magic, Wicca, chaos magic, all movements of paganism, and so on and so forth. Everything has meaning and implication that goes beyond the words written in a book or on a blog.

[upstartcrow1564]

Relief is at hand, but you must be willing to let go of the past, including not only the triggers, emotional behaviors, and dreams, but also the people and places that you may have loved. Practice letting it all go. We all need a break now and then. Listen for wisdom helping you see how to move forward, how to let go. Worrying about the future won’t help, and it won’t change things; take it from an Olympic gold medalist in worrying. Practice letting it all go. Don’t attend every fight you’re invited to. Don’t pick up any of the crap that’s thrown at your feet. Step over it and move on.

#tarot #tarotreading #dailytarot #tarotreadersofinstagram #DarkDaughterTarot

[oxidi]

Gleipnir (detail) by Walton Ford

[slewfootwitch]

Parchment to ash. Match to char. Forsake what you were. Become what you are.

[eclecticwitcheryafoot]

Rotting/Decaying Herbs Correspondence

After seeing numerous masterposts about herbs, I noticed there wasn’t any mention of the correspondences when it comes to rotted or decaying herbs.  Here’s my take on this.

Anise- Use to cause a person to have nightmares, misfortune and/or relationship issues.

Apples- Use to cause turmoil between romantic partners.

Barley- Use to direct negativity and misfortune towards a person.

Basil- Use to cause fights, arguments, etc. between two lovers, two friends, two family members. Used to deter love from developing between 2 people. Use to deter customers from shopping at a business.  Use to attract negativity (place in rooms of a house for protection from negativity).

Bay- Use to cause a person to experience nightmares. Use to direct negativity and misfortune towards a person.

Birch- Use weaken protection of a person.

Blackberry- Use leaves in spells to cause for wealth to be drained or mismanaged.

Blueberry- Use to cause for a person to experience negativity and unwanted guests at their home.

Cabbage- Use to cause for fighting and arguing between a married couple.

Cactus- Use to weaken the protection of the home or other properties.

Camellia- Use to cause a person financial difficulties.

Carnation- Use to weaken a person’s leadership skills, commemoration and self-esteem.

Carrot- Use to cause for a person to lose sexual desire.

Catnip- Use to direct misfortune and unwanted spirits towards a person.  Use to cause for a person to feel confused or unwanted.

Celery- Use to cause a person to have difficulty concentrating during tasks.  Use to cause a person to have difficulty falling asleep.  Use to cause for sexual desire of a person to decrease.

Chamomile- Use to cause for financial difficulties. Use to heighten curse effects.

Cherry- Use to cause a person to feel undesired or loved.

Chicory- Use to heighten and strengthen obstacles in a person’s life.

Cinnamon- Use to cause for setbacks in business or a person’s goals in career.  Use to decrease a person’s protection.

Clove- Use cause for financial hardships.

Cucumber- Use to hinder fertility.

Cumin- Use to cause a person to argue with their significant other and to cause for a person who’s been unfaithful to feel overwhelming guilt.

Cypress- Use to slow down emotional healing process.

Daffodil- Use to cause a person misfortune and to have difficulties in love.  Use to cause a person to feel isolated.

Daisy- Use to deflect unwanted attention from potential romantic partners.

Dandelion- Burn to block unwanted thoughts about a person.

Dill- Use to weaken protection of a person.  Use to cause a person to be unnoticeable and avoidable.

Elder-Use to direct negativity and misfortune.  Use to cause a person to experience a restless night’s sleep.

Fern- Use to weaken a person or location’s protective energy.

Fig- Use to cause a person to experience decreasing sexual desire and decrease protective energy of a home.

Flax- Use to cause a person to experience financial difficulties.

Foxglove- Use to cause for a person’s garden to rot.

Frankincense- Use to weaken protection and stunt spiritual growth of a person.

Gardenia- Use to cause a person’s illness to be slow and difficult.  Use to cause for a person to to feel unwanted.

Garlic- Use to weaken a person’s protective energy and to cause for a restless night’s sleep. Use to cause a person to experience a stroke of bad luck.

Geranium- Use to cause a person to experience weakened protection, romantic desire, and confusion.

Ginger- Use to cause a person financial and love life difficulties.  Use to undermine another person’s magickal workings.

Ginseng- Use to repel love and cause for a person to feel unwanted. Use to cause financial difficulties.  Use to weaken a person’s glamour magick and promote back luck.

Grape- Use to decrease fertility and to weaken mental powers. Use to cause a person to experience financial hardships.

Hazel- Use to cause a person confusion and forgetfulness.

Holly- Use to cause for a person to experience bad luck.

Honeysuckle- Bury near a home to cause for the residents to experience financial difficulties and a stroke of bad luck.

Iris- Use to weaken protection around a person or location. Use to cause a person confusion.

Ivy- Bury near home to cause for it to experience chaos and disarray.

Jasmine- Use to cause a person to experience financial difficulties. Use to cause a person nightmares and a restless night’s sleep.attract money.

Juniper- Use to weaken protective energy around a person or location.

Lavender- Use to cause a person to experience difficulties with love. Use to cause a person to experience nightmares and a restless night’s sleep.  Bury near a person’s home to cause the home to become restless and chaotic. 

Lemon- Use to cause a person to question their romantic partner’s faithfulness. Use to cause a strain between friends.

Lemon Grass- Use to cause a person’s psychic powers to weaken.

Lettuce- Use to cause a person to experience a restless night’s sleep.

Lilac- Use to cause a person to experience bad luck.

Lily- Use to cause for a person to have unwanted visitors to the home.

Liverwort- Use to drive an emotional wedge between romantic partners.  use to cause a romantic partner to doubt their lover’s dedication.

Magnolia- Use to expose a unfaithful romantic partner.

Maple- Use to repel unwanted romantic partners.  Use to cause a person financial difficulty.

Marigold- Use to weaken a person’s protective energy and to cause for a restless night’s sleep and/or nightmares.  use to cause a person to become less influential and respected and respected by peers, colleagues,etc.  Use to cause a person to experience difficulty in handling legal matters.

Mint- Use to repel unwanted sexual urges.  Use to cause a person to experience financial difficulty.

Mistletoe-Use to cause a person to experience misfortune, nightmares while sleeping and weakened protection. Use to cause for couples to fight.

Mulberry- Use to cause for a person’s magickal work to backfire or be negated.

Oak- Use an acorn from an oak tree to cause for a person to experience a deduction in sexual desire.  Use to cause for a person to physically and mentally “feel their age”.

Orange- Use to cause for a person to come across as being bland and dull.

Orchid- Use to cause a person financial and social/interpersonal difficulties.

Pansy- Use to repel unwanted feelings associated with love.

Parsley- Use to repel unwanted sexual desire.  Use to cause a person to experience a decrease in lustful thinking.

Peach- Use to cause a person confusion and forgetfulness.  Use to prevent emotional attachment.

Peppermint- (See Mint).

Pine- Use to weaken defenses against negativity.

Raspberry- Use to decrease protective energies around a home or person.

Rice- Use to cause for a married couple to argue.

Rose- Use to repel an unwanted lover or romantic partner.  Use to cause a couple to argue and fight.

Rosemary- Use to cause a person to experience a restless night’s sleep and nightmares. Use to cause a person to experience difficulty in learning new information and become confused.

Rowan- Use to cause a person’s divination skills to become weak and confusing.  Use to cause for a person to become weak, unlucky, and experience misfortune. Use to increase spirit communication.

Rue- Use to cause a person to become love-struck and confused. Aids in curses.

Saffron- Use to repel lustful feelings.

Sage- Use to cause a person confusion and misfortune.

St. John’s Wort- Use to cause a person to feel unwanted.  Use to repel unwanted romantic partners.

Sassafras- Use to cause a person to experience financial difficulties.

Spearmint- Use to deter lust.

Strawberries- Use to cause a person to feel unwanted or unloved.

Sugar Cane- Use to deter unwanted love and attention.

Sunflower- Use to hide the truth from a person or within a situation.  Use to cause a person misfortune.

Thyme- Use to cause a person to experience nightmares. Use to cause a person to be avoidable and unnoticeable or to cause a person to receive overwhelming amounts of unwanted attention.  Use to decrease energy level and cause for a person to become fearful and afraid.

Vanilla- Use to decrease lust. Carry a vanilla bean to cause a person difficulty in maintaining energy and memory.

Vervain- Use to cause a person to experience chaos and instability.  Use to cause for wishes made to be unheard.  Use to cause friends to become enemies.  Use to repel unwanted lovers.

Violet- Mix with lavender to repel unwanted lovers and sexual partners. Use to cause a person to have difficulty sleeping and have an increase in their anger.

Willow- Use to repel love. Use to cause healing of a person to be slow.

Wintergreen- Use to cause healing of a person to be slow.

Wormwood- Use to cause a person to experience mechanical difficulties. Use to repel an unwanted romantic partner.

Source: My personal grimoire

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