How to Use Herbs: Lavender (English Lavender)
Hello. Back with another post about how to use an herb. This time the herb is lavender. We discussed the history, powers and etc in another post (That I will link in a moment) and now we are going to see how we can use it. >>>> Post about Lavender
*Remember when it says one part, try a teaspoon of it first. Always experiment with less amount than too much.
one part lavender flowers
one-part calamus root (Uranus; change)
one part lavender (Mercury; clarity)
one-part powdered nutmeg (Uranus; change)
one part cinnamon (Uranus, Mercury; change)
two parts sandalwood oil (Mercury, Moon; communication between conscious and subconscious minds)
one part cedar chips (Jupiter; renown)
one part angelica (Sun; authority)
one part myrtle (Venus; the arts)
one part gum mastic (Uranus; innovation)
one part lavender oil (Mercury; knowledge)
one part carnation oil (Jupiter; expansion)
one-part jasmin flowers (Moon; emotions)
one part myrrh resin (Saturn; grounding)
one part rose petals (Venus; love)
one part lotus oil (Neptune; inspiration)
one part lavender oil (Mercury; communication)
Place an image on an altar, either of a snake or of an affiliated deity— the Minoan Serpent Goddess for instance.
Surround this with fresh lavender or warm the essential oil in an aroma burner.
Call the spirit. Be prepared to explain why you have issued the invitation.
Do this spell before bedtime, to receive a visitation in your dreams.
Don’t Sabotage My Success Spell (Workplace Edition)
Prepare a separate mojo for each person who appears to sabotage you.
Write the co-worker’s name on a square of brown paper three times.
Write your own name over each of the co-worker’s names, saying: “I cross you and I cover you.”
Anoint the corners of the paper with essential oils of bergamot, clove bud, and lavender.
Fold up the paper, placing it inside a red flannel drawstring bag, together with a devil’s shoestring root and some cumin seed.
Maintain this discreetly in the workplace, feeding daily with a drop of essential oil of lavender for reinforcement.
Herbal Beauty Glamour Spell
10 to 12 drops of lavender essential oil
10 to 12 drops of yarrow essential oil
Combine the beeswax, coconut oil, and olive oil into the glass measuring cup and warm it in the pan full of water. This creates a double boiler like effect.
Once the wax melts, stir everything (the oils and beeswax) until well blended and remove it from the heat.
Add the lavender and yarrow oils, stirring them in slowly. As you do so, look into the mirror and say, I am lovely, I am desirable, I am magical. Beauty is more than skin deep. See me for the magnificence of my inner self.
Before it cools, pour your salve into a pretty tin or jar. After it has firmed up, use it on your skin.
Maximum Power Spiritual Cleansing Bath
rose and calendula blossoms
Add copious quantities of sea salt to your bath water.
Add a drop of each essential oil into the water.
Float rose and calendula blossoms in the water, if possible.
Herbs: lavender, white sandalwood, horehound, marjoram, thyme
Oils: lavender, white sandalwood, marjoram, anise
1 tablespoons of lavender
10-inch square of thin muslin or cotton
Place the herbs in the center of the square of the cloth and gather up the corners.
Use the white ribbon to tie it, forming a pouch.
Run a warm bath and hang the pouch over the faucet, allowing the water to run through it, filling the tub with the essence of the herbs.
Light the candle and climb into the tub. Allow yourself to soak in the warm, fragrant water.
Use the herb pouch to wash your body, as you do, gaze into the candle's flame.
Visualize yourself radiating an aura of self-confidence and power. See yourself as the sort of person who attracts attention from those who are worthy.
When the water cools, extinguish the candle and get out of the tub. After you've dried yourself, dispose of the herb pouch by burying it or burning it.
Oils, Potions and Powders
Base note: 10 drops patchouli
Middle note: 10 drops sandalwood
Top note: 3 drops lavender
For the rest of the recipe, you will need:
2 metal 1-ounce containers
Heat the grated beeswax in the double boiler until it is liquid.
Add the jojoba oil and gently mix the two ingredients together to achieve a homogenous blend.
Pour half the liquid into each container and add 3 drops of your essential oil blend.
Quickly stir the mixture with the toothpicks before the wax begins to set.
Keep one container for anointing yourself and the other as a gift to your consort so that he or she may come to appreciate you on a new level. If you are solitary and without a consort, you can use one for anointing your skin and the other for charging candles and ritual tools.
1. Choose nine love herbs. Consider these: Damiana
(Other options might include adder’s tongue, cardamom pods, catnip, cubeb, lavender, red raspberry leaves or rose hips.)
2. Make a strong infusion of all the herbs, strain, and serve.
Love Powder Drawing Powder
1. Grind the following botanicals to a fine powder:
Optional: ginger blossoms
2. Blend with rice powder.
3. Sprinkle around your home, your bedroom, on your sheets and on you.
Teas and Soothing Pillow:
Mix dry herbs into a small jar
To brew, pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of the blend you made in the jar.
Steep for 5 - 7 minutes. Strain and enjoy.
Pinch of cinnamon (optional)
Mix dry herbs into a small jar
To brew, pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of the blend you made in the jar.
Steep for 5 - 7 minutes. Strain and enjoy.
Dream Pillow (Hecate’s Pillow)
Hecate provides protection at night as well as psychic enhancement, so that you can journey safely during dreams. Appeal to Hecate to block nightmares too.
Essential oil of lavender
Optional: tuberose absolute
Blend two parts lavender to one part mullein.
Sprinkle a few drops of the essential oils over the dried botanicals.
Allow this to dry thoroughly and use it to fill a black pillow.
For optimum results, create and inaugurate the pillow during the Dark Moon or on Halloween/Samhain.
Again, sorry for such a long post. Please try to follow the instructions to the best of your abilities or mix and match and experiment. Happy witching. Bye byes~
