Stones may be dropped into a burning candle to add the energy of the stone to spell work; they may be included in herbal pouches or dream pillows, carried loose or in a small cloth bag, placed somewhere (house, car, etc), or made into jewelry to add their energy as desired. To make an elixir, soak a gem, crystal or stone in a cup of spring water and set for an hour in the life of the Full or Dark moon. Remove the stone, consecrate the water and store away from the light. Add, if desired, a drop of whiskey or brandy to hold the energies and drink by teaspoon as needed for the benefit imbued by the stone’s energy.
Agate - health, good fortune, eloquence, vitality/energy, self confidence, bursts of mental/physical energy, balance emotions, calm body/mind/emotions
Banded Agate - relieve stress
Blue-Lace Agate - calm, third eye, self-expression, neutralize anger, encourage trust and friendliness
Milky with Red Agate - visualization skills, gain goals
Alexandrite - Balance the nervous system, color therapy
Amazonite: good fortune, female power, soothe nervous system, improve thought process, regulate metabolism, social ability
Amber (Fossilized tree resin) - strength/break spell: a Witch stone, increase, success, health, healing, love, absorb negative energy, manifestation, good luck, relief from despair
Amethyst - Spirituality, protection from negativity through transformation, intuition, dreams, relieve tension, meditation, cleansing/energizing, protect against psychic manipulation, help in compromise
Fluorite - meditation, Fairy Realms, dreams, past lives, aids intellect, heals energy drains in the aura, ground/balance/focus energy, absorb/alter negative energy; discernment, aid, concentration
Morion Crystal - nearly black crystal used for grounding energies
Obsidian: Black - Protection, scrying, dark aspect meditation, otherworld contact, shadowland contact, banish grief, benevolence, healing
Green Obsidian - protection of income, open financial opportunities
Snowflake - grounding, responsibility, purification change, growth, deflect negative energy
Onyx - equilibrium, end worry, justice, concentration, devotion, guidance through dreams/meditation, balance of duality
Black - deal with emotions/frustration
Opal - psychic power, astral travel, meditation, calm, direct thoughts inward, reflect what is sent, shapeshifting, invisibility, best used by people born in October, relaxation, calmative
Pearl - astral projection, dreams; ease fears, calm the nerves
Peridot - soulmates, clairvoyance, solar power, attract occult power, inner vision, open awareness, ward negativity, body tonic
Petrified Wood - past lives recall, physical energy, preservation of strength, firmness of stance, serenity, balance, grounding, vitality,
Sapphire - wisdom, material gains, attract good influences, peace of mind, hope
Sardonyx - draw troubles then toss stone into the sea, self-protection
Selenite - calming for meditation/visualization, clarify thoughts, healing; overcome guilt, let go of negativity, curb overactive fantasizing
Sodalite - meditation, enhance memory, relieve stress, aid sleep, enhance logical thought, stimulate intellect; control rage, curb negative behavior
Staurolite or Fairy Cross - good luck, protection, security, manifesting higher self on earth plane, astral connection, confidence
Sugilite - logic, business expertise, astral travel, manifestation, self healing
Sunstone - energy, healing, success
Tiger Eye - good luck, objectivity, truth, self-confidence, protection from ill will of others, harmony, grounding, stability, instinctive/psychic ability, wisdom, healing; builds confidence
Topaz Blue - psychic insight, spiritual growth, leadership, concentration, clarity of thought
Topaz Yellow - stress, deep sleep, psychic ability, calm body/mind, fulfillment of dreams/wishes by focusing into the facets, intentional creation, healing, prosperity, other realms, revitalize bodily energies; commitment to action, building willpower and decisiveness
Tourmaline - beauty, freshness, joy, friendship, grounding, protection, calm, attract goodwill, self confidence, discernment, inspiration, elixir by type
Black Tourmaline - redirect restlessness into productivity
Blue Tourmaline - clear speech, unblock mind/emotion, rubbing generates an electrical charge to direct energy
Watermelon Tourmaline - encourage practical approach to manifesting ideas
Watermelon/pink Tourmaline - self understanding
Turquoise - verbal communication, putting thoughts into words, protect the spirit, health, love, joy, social life, meditation, intuition, unify spiritual/physical; open awareness, find creative solutions to problems, curb fear of the dark
Crystal elixirs, or sometimes referred to as essences, are made by infusing water with the vibrations of a particular crystal or stone. They are used for physical, emotional and spiritual healing as well as magic. The most common way of using them is by drinking the water, but they can also be used topically on the skin or added to bathwater.
WARNING & TAKE CAUTION: Some crystals and stones are highly toxic and should never be used in elixirs. Amazonite, azurite, cinnabar, emerald, malachite and pyrite are just a few examples of minerals containing toxins that can leach into water. There are other stones that will begin to dissolve in water, such as selenite and kunzite. Rule of thumb; names ending in ‘ite’ are problematic when they come into contact with water.
If you are considering substitutions for the elixir spells, or branching out to create your own, this is not the time to simply “go with your gut”. It’s very important to do a thorough research on any stone you’re considering for use in an elixir. It’s also recommended to use polished stones rather than raw, since there is even less likelihood of any unwanted mineral traces leaching into the water.
Simple Elixirs
Below are some instructions for creating a simple elixir to be used within a day or two. For longer-lasting elixirs, you’ll need to use a preservative - brandy, vodka or distilled vinegar for you young’uns. The advantage of taking this extra step is that you can use the elixir multiple times over an extended period of time, just a few drops will usually suit most purposes.
For the sake of keeping it simple, I will not be including this step. But if you are intent on this, ask me how privately!
Note: There are methods for charging water with toxic stones that don’t involve placing the stone directly in the water. However, for safety’s sake, we will not be going over those at this time.
Spring water or purified water - tap water is okay in a pinch but it’s best to at least use a Brita or other type of filter if possible.
Clear glass bowl - a drinking class is an appropriate substitute.
Clear lid or plastic wrap.
A crystal or stone (nontoxic) of your choice.
3-5 quartz crystals (optional - these amplify your intentions!)
Place the cleared and charged stone in the bowl, focusing on your intention for the elixir. Slowly pour the water over the stone, using at least enough water to make one class but not much more than that.
Allow the crystal’s vibrations to charge the water. This could take a couple of hours or it could be overnight, depending on your preference. Many witches like to use sunlight for a couple of hours. This doesn’t work on cloudy days, however, and isn’t recommended for stones that fade in sunlight such as colored quartz and fluorite. Moonlight is a great alternative, provided it’s clear skies and the moonlight shines directly onto the stone for a couple of hours.
In addition, you can use quartz crystals placed around the elixir to strengthen the vibrational quality of the water, but this is entirely up to you.
It is also possible to leave the elixir indoors overnight, either covered or in the fridge. The stone will release its vibrations into the water regardless of where it’s sitting. It’s just nice to have the enhancement of natural light.
If neither sunlight or moonlight is possible, don’t let that stop you! And if you can use quartz around the elixir, this can definitely raise the quality!
Once charged, pour the water into a drinking glass or a jar - not made by metal or plastic if possible - and catch the stone in your hand before it falls into the new container.
Thank the stone for its energy and its presence in your life. You can repurpose the stone and charge it for other intentions!
Your elixir is good for 24 hours.
Crystal Bath Spells
If the elixir does not work for you, then using crystals in a bath is just as good of a way to create an energy adjust for the mind, body and soul! Similar to the elixirs, the vibrations of the crystals infuses the water with their balancing energies. Clear quartz and rose quartz are safe, popular stones to use this way.
Remember to research other crystals if you are wanting to experiment. Some stones will dissolve and others may be toxic for the skin. Be sure to rinse and recharge stones after using them in the bath!
Crystal & Candle Spells
Crystals and candles make great partners in magic, symbolizing the elements of earth and fire, as well as the stones representing their own elements! This type of crystal magic allows for more flexibility when it comes to creating your own variations, as you can use any kind of stone you like without worrying about toxicity or water damage.
You will need:
4 of your chosen crystals
1 candle representing your intentions.
Arrange the crystals in a circle around the candle.
Touch each one with your power hand and directly charge it for the purposes you are seeking to manifest. Remember your affirmations! Say along the lines of: “I now charge this crystal with the power to connect to ______” Insert your intentions.
After charging each crystal, close your eyes and visualize how you will feel when there are no concerns to trouble you. Really feel the emotions and embrace them, remember how it feels knowing that your shoulders bear no more burdens regarding your intentions. You can say, “I manifest ______ in my daily life, having all that I need and more.”
Leave the crystals in place until the candle burns out on it’s own.
Crystal & Herb Spells - my favorite.
Joining crystals with herbs in spellwork is a great way to amplify the power of each of these Earth-given magical tools. We will go over spell jars later, but these come into play. You can combine your stones or crystals with any herbs you are needing to use that will help with your intentions, whether it’s love, finances, career, etc.
Buried Crystal Spells
These spells use the power of the Earth even more directly by returning the crystals to their source. Raw stones are ideal for this type of work since there are no traces of chemical additives between the surface of the stone and the soil, but you can use polished stones as well! The strength of your focused intention is more important than the stone and whether it’s polished or raw.
Simply charge the crystal with your intention and, making sure this crystal is one you can part with, take the stone to a location far from your home. Somewhere you rarely find yourself in. It could be a park, across town or a wooded/otherwise rural area. Bury the stone in the earth. Then walk away without looking back.
Calling a Crystal into Your Life
If you are finding yourself in a position that you are unable to get any crystals or stones, or feeling as if you’d like to bring more into your life, ask the Universe directly. The Universe will then help you connect to the stone that was meant for you!
Here is a good spell to work prior to making online orders for crystals.
You will need.
1 white candle.
Sea salt (the crystalline structure of sea salt adds a magical boost to your intention)
Sprinkle the salt in a circle around the candle while saying: “With this sacred salt of Earth, I ask the right crystal to come into my life.”
Close your eyes and visualize yourself surrounded by beautiful, sparkling crystals of every color. Take a few deep breaths and then light the candle while saying: “It is so. Blessed be.”
Final Thought
This really is just a few things you can do with crystals to help enhance your magic, or intentions. As you grow within your craft, you’ll learn new things, read new books and come up with your own spells. This is a beautiful thing! You will do things intuitively. Trust your intuition, do your research and really enjoy spells!
Crystals are used in magical and spiritual work in a variety of ways. They may be used in the creation of ritual tools, such as using a crystal point as the end of a wand or bejeweling the handle of an athame. Following, you’ll find a few of the different ways you can utilize crystals in your magical work to amplify your intentions, as well as for healing work! Before trying these, there are a few things to consider.
Preparing for Crystal Magic
After you have cleaned, cleared and charged your crystals for use in magical work, you can begin your magical endeavors. Remember, charging is best done right after clearing and this process is best done as close to the actual spellwork as possible. However, there are many many of these methods that take several hours so be sure to plan ahead of time. Most of what you’ll learn will involve an additional charging for the specific purpose of the work, although you may be able to double up and streamline this step if you’ve just cleared the crystal before using it in your spellwork.
It’s always important to remember to believe in and respect the effects of magic. If you are in a state of doubt about the effectiveness of a particular spell, you are almost certainly weakening if not obliterating, the potential power of the work being done. If you are unclear about your purpose when performing the work, you may get unexpected and inconvenient results.
Remember the Rede? With harm to none and for the good of all.
Being very specific of your intention in this way ensures the best possible results. This saying means no negative effects will befall anyone inadvertently as a result of the Universe realigning reality to meet your request, while ensuring that what you’re asking for is also truly in your best interest, as well as the best interests of anyone else who may be involved.
I do not advise using any spellwork to cause harm to others or manipulate them. The three-fold law of Witchcraft states that any work you do will come back to you three times over, so make sure your intentions are positive and for the highest good! Of course, if you do not take the three-fold law into consideration, then do what ye will!
Be sure to prepare yourself mentally, emotionally and spiritually for your spell, or any magic in general. Spells worked in a hurry without sufficient time to get in the right frame of mind are unlikely to be successful. Take time beforehand to clear your mind by meditating, taking a hot bath, doing some yoga or doing whatever you prefer to focus your intentions.
Avoid working spells when you are emotionally agitated, especially if you are angry or upset. This could prevent your intentions from manifesting. Take a few breaths and wait until you’ve calmed down before doing your spell work.
Being new to spellwork, you may find that any noticeable effects from magical workings are subtle at best. It takes time to learn how to truly connect with yourself as a power source and focus that energy effectively as you send it out into the Universe. Don’t be discouraged as all practitioners of magic have to spend time developing and strengthening their skills! Practice, persist and don’t be afraid to experiment with your magical workings!
Simple Charge & Carry Talismans
This may be one of the easiest and most portable ways to work crystal magic. To do this, charge a small stone with a particular intention and then keep it with you in your pocket or locket as you go about your day. The energy of the crystal itself combined with the magical energy of your intention will reinforce the manifestation of your desires. Additionally, your awareness of the charged stone on you will help remind you that the Universe is realigning itself to conform to your request! Pretty nifty, right?
This spell is really useful for work concerning emotional, psychological, and/or spiritual challenges, like boosting your courage when you are facing a difficult and intimidating task or situation. You can also charge a stone for longer termed goals, such as attracting prosperity or warding off the sources of chronic negativity. However, if you’re going to carry stones in your pockets, be sure to not carry keys or anything sharp in that same pocket as it may cause damage to your stone. Also, avoid carrying polished and raw stones together. This is just because the raw points could scratch the polished crystals.
If you are a woman, then carrying stones or crystals in your bra is not exactly a bad idea!
Additionally, avoid carrying cell phones and other wireless devices as it’s possible the emissions of these devices may interfere with the stone’s energy, no matter how minor.
1 white, black or purple candle. Check the material on candle colors for information on why!
1 or more amethyst and/or clear quartz crystal pieces. These are great for charge boosters but not necessary. You can still charge your talisman with your own energy.
1 stone to charge and carry.
Place the amethyst and quartz in front of the candle and light the wick. This is if you choose to use these crystals.
Hold your talisman stone in both hands.
Close your eyes and take several deep breaths.
Visualize yourself achieving the effect that you want the talisman to recreate later. Manifest and affirm your intentions. Using words of affirmation will help solidify the visualization, just speak or think of the intention you seek to manifest from the stone.
When you sense that the stone has been programmed with the energy you’re seeking to draw on later, place the stone near the other two crystals and leave it with the candle burning for at least an hour.
Voila!
I will attach another document to cover the different talismans you can create, but feel free to come up with your own! It’s all about how you feel about a crystal and the purpose you need it for!
Although crystals are said to have innate healing properties, taking the time to set an intention for your stone can help you connect with its energy and restore your own sense of purpose.
You may feel comfortable holding the stone in your hand as you meditate, or placing it on your third eye. You can also lay back and allow the stone to rest on the corresponding chakra, or area of the body that you wish to work with.
Envision the stone’s energy merging with your own. Speak to the stone — silently or verbally — and ask for assistance in working through your current endeavor.
Thank the stone for its presence then spend a few minutes in meditation.
How to activate your crystal
If your stone feels heavier than expected — like it’s lost its shine — it may benefit from a little energetic activation.
Try lending it some of your own energy by speaking to it, singing to it, or sending it some vital life force energy through your breath. A little interaction can go a long way!
If you have plans outside, consider taking the stone out with you. Many people find that allowing the stone to soak up natural energy at the park or beach has a powerful effect.
You can also create an activation grid by surrounding the stone with its more energetic counterparts. Popular choices include ruby, clear quartz, apophyllite, kyanite, selenite, and carnelian.
You can use whatever stones you’re drawn toward. Just make sure they fully surround the main crystal so that it can completely bask in their vibrations.
Crystals are naturally occurring rock formations valued for their unique shape, texture, and luminosity. From India to Scandinavia, our ancestors intuitively identified the power of crystals, observing how these magnificent minerals absorbed, reserved, and radiated energy. Ancient civilizations incorporated crystals into daily life, integrating them into rituals, medicine, and divination.
They still have a major role in muggle society: Many muggle technological products — including satellites, cell phones, televisions, watches, and computers — contain crystal components used for their abilities to convert electrical impulses or for their optic properties. They're also used in beauty products and cultural ceremonies. The diamond, for instance, has come to symbolize eternal love and it's a popular stone for engagement rings.
Crystal healing holds that the magic of crystals derives from their structural compositions: These minerals are organic conductors that vibrate at their own consistent frequencies. Under pressure, they generate energy and we can use them to identify, raise, and direct energy to a targeted source. Does this sound familiar? This is the fundamental premise of spell work. Since crystals naturally mirror our innate power, they are extremely dynamic manifestation tools. When we infuse a crystal with magical intention, we create a symbiotic bond with it. The crystal, charged with energy, can independently create transformation.
HOW DO I WORK WITH CRYSTALS
Though crystal healing can seem confusing and arcane, it's very easy to begin. Ultimately, working with crystals is an extension of spell-casting: The key ingredient will always be your unique energy.
Think of a USB flash drive. These devices are designed to take on, store, and transfer information. Crystals function the same way. In fact, over the past several years, researchers have developed a tiny disk, nicknamed the "Superman memory crystal," on which files are written in fused quartz. Each of these discs can reportedly store up to 360 terabytes of data for up to 14 billion years. Likewise, crystals can be programmed ("attuned") to receive, absorb, and transfer emotions. You can attune your crystal for a variety of purposes; it can promote wisdom, wellness, love, or prosperity.
Before you attune your crystal, however, you have to be sure to reset its vibrations. Cleanse your crystal by washing it with water, or "smudging" it with sage or Palo Santo: Simply light your smudging material of choice and pass the crystal through the smoke. You can also bury it in the soil for a while (a potted plant works) or leave it out under a full moon.
When your cleared crystal is ready to be programmed, hold it in your hand, close your eyes, and speak your magical intention. Repeat your manifestation, visualize your goals, and feel the crystal absorbing your energy. Trust your intuition — you'll know when the energetic transfer is complete.
Now that the energy is stored in this physical form, you can decide how you'd like to engage its power. Some healers like to keep their crystals close by in a pocket or purse, while others only take them out for rituals such as full moon ceremonies. You may decide that you want to keep your crystal in one permanent location, such on a windowsill or in the corner of a room. However you decide to engage with it, always be mindful of its radiance. If you feel it is losing its frequency (or has been exposed to bad juju) you can experiment with different cleansing rituals.
When immersed in your magical intention, your crystals may adopt their own personalities. This is all part of the fun, cosmic warrior, so don't be afraid to embrace these powerful properties. Though any crystal can be activated with magical intuition, over the centuries some minerals have developed strong associations with specific manifestations.
Projective & Receptive Energies
One particularly helpful tip for becoming more adept at tuning into your crystals is to know whether their particular energies are projective or receptive. Like the concept of yin and yang in Chinese philosophy, these two seemingly opposite types of energy are fundamental to the make of the universe, and each serves equally important purposes in healing and spellwork.
Just as we do magical work with the energies of night and day, sun and moon, god and goddess, and other forces of polar opposites, the particular type of energy a stone brings is significant to the spell being worked. Learning to feel these energies physically helps you strengthen your relationship with your crystals, and gain a more instinctive sense of which stones best serve any given purpose.
Projective Stones
Projective energies can be likened to the Yang energy of Chinese system. These are masculine energies, often characterized as being or feeling strong, bright, physical, active, electric, and hot. The colors of projective stones tend to be associated with strong sunlight - red, yellow, orange and gold. They often emit a 'charged' feeling, which can range from subtle to quite 'buzzy,' depending on the type of stone and the level of receptivity of the person holding it.
Projective stones are ideal for magic involving healing and protection from negative energy. They are associated with the masculine Elements of Fire and Air, making them good choices for working for vitality, courage, and intellectual power. Projective stones affect the conscious mind, and are great to carry with you when you're feeling a need for strength, determination, will power, or self-confidence. Some popular projective stones include Amber, bloodstone, carnelian, citrine, garnet, red jasper, onyx and tiger's eye.
Receptive Stones
Receptive energies can be said to correspond with the yin energy of the Chinese system, and are described as feminine energies, which may be experienced as calm, inward, spiritual, passive, magnetic and cold. Colors of receptive stones are cooler colors, such as green, blue, purple, silver and grey. (Pink stones, although they are towards the beginning of the color spectrum, are also generally receptive, as the color is more calming than energizing when compared to red or orange.)
Holding a receptive stone in your hand is almost guaranteed to make you feel calmer, as if the stone is absorbing anxiety from your body. As the projective stones, this effect will vary from stone to stone, person to person. Associated with feminine Elements of Earth and Water, receptive stones are great for meditation and emotional and physical grounding, as well as promoting psychic abilities.
They are good for working on the subconscious mind, and may be used in spellwork for love, compassion, peace, and spiritual development. Some receptive stones include jade, lapis lazuli, malachite, moonstone, opal, rose quartz, and turquoise.
Some Exceptions
There are, of course, a few exceptions to the neat division between projective and receptive energies. Quartz crystal can exhibit both, depending on what it's being used for, and because it's highly 'programmable' stone, the user can choose which kind of energy to draw on prior to charging it for spellwork. Some Witches attribute this dual quality to amethyst, opal and cross stone, as well.
Furthermore, stones that are black in color may be projective or receptive, depending on their type. As you practice holding and attuning to crystals and stones, you will become more adept at noting which kind of energy you're interacting with.
What makes each crystal unique and special is its dynamic composition, which is made up of highly structured patterns of molecules called lattices. As their pattern repeats itself over and over again, shapes and facets with particular types of symmetry are created. In stone identification, crystals are categorized into several types of shapes, which influence their aesthetic and energetic properties.
Crystals such as Pyrite, Diamonds, and Fluorite are cubic lattices created from three equal axes formed into a cube. The balanced structure gives these types of stones a naturally harmonious energy that magnifies everything around it. Crystals can also be hexagonal, like Emerald and Aquamarine, which are shaped in four axes of six-sided symmetry.
Other crystals such as Apophyllite and Zircon are tetragonal, a shape that resembles two four-side pyramids joined at the base. Some crystals aren’t as highly uniformed. In the mineral kingdom, orthorhombic crystals have three unequal axes that form an elongated spear, like Peridot and Topaz. The most asymmetrical of crystal shapes are the triclinic kind like Labradorite and Turquoise while trigonal crystals have an elongated lozenge shape.
Colors are another common crystal identification method. In fact, many gemstone experts classify crystals according to color because of its link with specific healing properties. The color blue, for instance, has a gentle and soothing quality while red is associated with passion and desire. In the gemstone world, colors are also linked with certain types of crystals and how they are used for specific chakras, which are designated energy centers in the body.
Crystal identification by color can be challenging for some crystals like Calcite, Fluorite, and Tourmaline, among others, since they come in different colors. In that case, you should refer to a crystal book or directory that categorizes by color and includes a photo of the specimen. Here is a list of the most widely available crystals to point you in the right direction.
Black – Associated with power, protection, and mystery, commonly available black gemstones include Black Obsidian, Black Tourmaline, Hematite, Jet, and Onyx.
Blue – A tranquil and relaxing color, blue crystals are excellent for emotional and physical balancing. Commonly found crystals in this category are Angelite, Aquamarine, Celestite, and Lapis Lazuli. Blue crystals also include Blue Lace Agate, Apatite, Azurite, Blue Chalcedony, and Chrysocolla.
Brown – Associated with the earth and the trees, brown stones help to absorb negative energy. Harness the earthy healing vibes of brown gemstones with Smoky Quartz, Brown Jasper, Bronzite, Petrified Wood, and Tiger’s Eye.
Yellow and Gold – The color of the sun at full midday strength, yellow and gold colored stones represent optimism and joy. Bring a little sunshine into your life with Golden Topaz, Citrine, Amber, Yellow Tiger’s Eye, and Yellow Jasper. Gold stones are also a symbol of wealth and power such as Pyrite and Gold.
Green – Activate and clear your heart chakra with green stones, which have a healing and balancing effect on the emotions. Bring good fortune and prosperity into your life with Emerald, Aventurine, Green Fluorite, Jade, and Malachite, the lucky charms of the mineral kingdom.
Orange – A power color, orange stones awaken the passion within the spirit. Capture the spirit of the sun with Orange Calcite, Aragonite, Carnelian, Sunstone, and Copper.
Pink – The color of love and compassion, pink stones like Rose Quartz and Rhodochrosite are big-time heart energizers and openers. Other pink stones include Lepidolite, Pink Tourmaline, and Pink Sapphire.
Grey – The color of moonlight, gray or silver stones reflect the expansiveness of the universe, which gives them protective warrior-like qualities. Gray stones like Hematite and Moonstone have a silvery finish that evokes a starry night sky, a subtle yet powerful influx of light that helps to cleanse the spirit.
Purple – The color of enlightenment and intuition, purple stones like Amethyst and Charoite have a magical luster. They also help balance the emotions with relaxing and soothing vibes. The crystalline structure of purple stones makes them powerful energy amplifiers, especially when combined with other heart chakra stones.
Red – The color of passion and life force energy, red stones like Garnet, Ruby, and Red Tiger’s Eye have a warming and grounding energy that helps support the root chakra.
White – Representing purity and transformation, white stones like Selenite and Clear Quartz make excellent healing tools, especially when incorporated into healing layouts.
When you combine astrology with crystals, it has the potential to take your inner wisdom to a whole new energetic level. As Socrates put it, “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom,” and the beaming diamonds in the sky can give you insight into your deep inner workings, especially in combination with certain crystals. In the ultimate energy cocktail, try out these crystals for your astrological sign and let it guide you on your epic journey.
Aries – Complement the fiery and passionate nature of the Aries with Carnelian, a bright orange sun stone that boosts creativity and blocks negative vibes. Citrine enhances the creative and ambitious Aries with its ability to increase clarity of thought and purpose.
Pisces – A water sign like Pisces should try pairing up with Aquamarine, which stimulates the heart chakra. For the sensitive Pisces, Chrysocolla rocks at soothing heartache because it encourages the expression of emotions. Amethyst also helps rejuvenate the spirit.
Aquarius – A sociable air sign, Aquarians should rock out with Aquamarine, a stone that boosts the community spirit by encouraging clear and effective communication. The stubborn nature of the Aquarius can also benefit from Yellow Jasper, which helps heal old emotional wounds that are blocking the heart chakra.
Capricorn – This ambitious and determined sign needs energy that boosts the life force, like Garnet, a red stone that invigorates the root chakra. The ethereal quality of Azurite also helps balance the sometimes overly practical and conservative nature of Capricorns.
Sagittarius – The curious mind of the Sagittarian could use a little Bronzite in their lives, especially for its energizing energy that encourages spiritual transformations. The grounding and stabilizing energy of Citrine helps the on the go Sagittarius signs to reconnect with their roots.
Scorpio – The most moody and unpredictable sign in the zodiac, Scorpios need calming stones like Amethyst to balance emotions. Malachite also helps speed up emotional healing while Citrine brings a boost of joy and light into the heart chakra.
Libra – Lapis Lazuli helps with decision making, which helps Libra signs stay focused when pulled in many directions. Libras strive for piece and harmony, which is why Citrine is beneficial—it adds a ray of sunshine and optimism to the spirit. Labradorite also helps protect the sensitive Libra from energy vampires and dream killers.
Virgo – The intelligent and detail-oriented Virgo gets a boost of confidence and determination from Red Jasper, which has a strong stabilizing and grounding effect on the root chakra. They also have a tendency to be overly critical, either of themselves or people in their lives, and Kyanite helps balance these negative impulses. The good luck charm of gemstones, Jade brings abundance and prosperity, which enhances Virgos and their go-getter attitude towards life.
Leo –The proud lion loves to be in the spotlight, which is why Garnet is an excellent stone. It ignites the fiery passion within the heart of the ambitious Leo. Tiger’s Eye manifests feelings of confidence and inner strength while Carnelian boosts creativity and personal power.
Cancer –The dreamy and magical Moonstone helps to bring out the sensitive and intuitive nature of the Cancer sign. Red Jasper also supports the emotional and sensitive Cancer by boosting endurance and stamina. Abalone Shell reconnects the loving and nurturing Cancer with the tides of the ocean.
Gemini –The properties of Rutilated Quartz help keep the dynamic personality of the Gemini in balance by connecting them to their higher selves. A powerful creativity booster, Carnelian supports the fun-loving nature of the Gemini and their need for personal expression. A heart chakra stone, Jade brings harmony to the mind and emotions, which have the tendency to quickly go from serious to happy-go-lucky.
Taurus – Pyrite brings abundance and prosperity, which complements the practical side of the Taurus sign. They are also ambitious and sensual, which makes the Carnelian an excellent stone for its confidence-boosting properties. A stone of personal power, Peridot helps Taurus go after their heart’s desire.
Gemstones are also associated with chakras, which are specific energy centers in the body. There are seven chakras and each one is linked with certain emotions, which is why crystals are effective in clearing and activating these energetic pathways.
Crown Chakra – Located at the top of the head, the crown chakra is where enlightenment and transcendence occurs. For those crowning, life-affirming moments, purple stones like Amethyst are excellent spiritual companions. Also supportive of the crown chakra are white stones such as Selenite and Clear Quartz.
Third Eye – Situated in the center of the eyebrows, the third eye is associated with intuition and the wisdom of the higher self. Indigo colored gemstones like Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite, and Fluorite help to reawaken creative inspiration by opening the door of inner wisdom.
Throat Chakra – The energy center of the throat supports clear and effective communication, which makes it a popular stone for using in necklaces. When blue stones like Lapis Lazuli and Aquamarine touch the skin, it helps to balance the throat chakra by enhancing self-expression, the language of the soul. Other stones like Angelite, Sodalite, and Blue Apatite are also associated with the throat chakra, giving you the support and energy you need to speak the truth with loving communication.
Heart Chakra – When this energy center is activated and cleansed, the energetic body will begin to radiate love of all kinds. This positive, light-filled energy will attract positive influences into your life and strengthen the relationships you already have. For heart chakra healing, inspire feelings of love and compassion with Rose Quartz, Aventurine, and Rhodonite.
Solar Plexus Chakra –Yellow gemstones are excellent for balancing the solar plexus chakra thanks to bright and cheerful colors that encourage optimism and motivation. Be focused and confident because with Citrine, Yellow Jasper, Rutilated Quartz, and Pyrite by your side, you can be successful at whatever you set out to do.
Sacral Chakra – An unbalanced sacral chakra can make you feel depressed or lethargic. Alternatively, if this energy center is overactive, you could be overemotional. Bring it all into balance with Carnelian, Orange Calcite, Tiger’s Eye, and Sunstone, the gemstones of inspiration, excitement, and motivation.
Root Chakra – Always feel grounded and anchored to the earth with root chakra stones like Red Garnet, Red Jasper, Smoky Quartz, Black Onyx, and Hematite. Wear it on the skin as jewelry or keep it throughout home and you’ll begin to notice a renewed sense of confidence.
Multiple crystals can relate to one another in some way, so you can use different crystals to amplify one spell with the same intention! It’s all about your intentions and what you want to get out of the crystals and spells. Each crystal should be given a purpose. The next Unit will cover how you can do just that!
As a baby witch, it can be difficult to find where to start with tools. Now a witch never needs anything specific for spell work but these are a few basics that you’ll probably find reference to in media.
Grimoire vs Book of shadows
Grimoire:
A collective book ( usually used by a whole coven or family) of general magic work with little personal detail and add on. It’s a little like a magic Encyclopaedia.
Book of shadows:
A personal grimoire is usually filled with personal spell work, deities, experiences and alphabets as well as many other aspects of the personal path.
Wands
Wands are pieces of woods, crystal or metal used as a channel for energy, allowing a direct stream.
Boline
A practical blade used for harvesting herbs. It has a strong association with the moon and its deities. The blade is usually single-edged, curved into the shape of the moon and traditionally has a base of moonstone, but in the modern-day, it can be of anything.
Athame
A ceremonial knife used for metaphorical cutting and for carving (eg: of sigls)
The handle is traditionally made of wood (specifically of birch) but nowadays can be of anything. The knife is double-edged but blunt.
A Chalice
A cup typically of any material but represents that of which is feminine divine and the water.
Herbs
Herbalism is the study of herbs and their uses. Within witchcraft they can be used any many different ways, especially amongst green and kitchen witches
Crystals
Similar to herbs, Crystals come as diverse as witches themselves. Research into the types you're looking for, although a clear quartz is helpful as a general substitute
Candles
Candles of all colours have separate meanings and uses, however white candles will act as a general substitute
Acacia - Protection, psychic and spiritual enhancement, money, platonic love, and friendship.
Aconite - Use aconite as a magical wash for ritual tools & space.
Acorn - Good luck, protection, wisdom, and personal power.
Adder's Tongue - Stops gossip and slander, promotes healing. Sacred to serpent goddesses. Used in divination, healing magic, lunar magic, and dream magic. Also Called: Dogtooth Violet
African Violet - Spirituality, protection, and healing.
Agar Agar - Promote joy and success, attract opportunities and blessings to the household.
Agrimony - Overcoming fear & inner blockages; dispelling negative emotions. Also used for reversing spells.
Ague - Protection, hex breaking.
Alder - Associated with divination, music, poetry, wind magic, weather magic, teaching, and decision making.
Alfalfa - Money, prosperity, anti-hunger.
Alkanet - Purification, prosperity. Protects from snakebites and helps ease fear of snakes.
Allspice - Money, luck, healing, obtaining treasure. Provides added determination and energy to any spells and charms.
Almond - Wisdom, money, fruitfulness, and prosperity. Invokes the healing energy of the deities. Provides magical help for overcoming dependencies & addiction. A
Aloe - Protection and luck.
Althea Root - Burn or place in a sachet to bring protection, calm an angry person, and aid psychic powers. Keep on the altar or burn on candles to attract good spirits.
Alyssum - Protection and moderating anger, protection.
Amaranth - Healing, summoning spirits, healing broken hearts, protection from bullets, and invisibility.
Amber - Protection from harm, outside influences, and psychic attacks. Mental clarity & focus. Transforming negative energy to positive energy.
Ambergris - Enhancing dreams and psychic ventures, attracting men.
Anemone - Healing and Protection
Angelica - Very powerful protection herb - protects against negative energy and attracts positive energy; creates a barrier against negative energy. Use in healing & exorcism incenses; scatter for purification, protection, and uncrossing. Add to incense to promote healing or to the bath to remove curses, hexes, or spells. Also thought to promote temperance. Sprinkle ground herb in the shoes to prevent tiredness and weakness. Sprinkle around the outside perimeter of the home for protection and exorcism. Burn to bring a lost love back to you. Also Called: Masterwort, Archangel, Garden Angel, Angelica Root
Anise - Used to help ward off the evil eye, find happiness, and stimulate psychic ability.
Apple - Love, Garden Magic, Immortality, Friendship, Healing.
Apricot - Love. Add leaves and flowers to love sachets or carry apricot pits to attract love.
Arabic Gum - Protection, psychic and spiritual enhancement, money, platonic love, and friendship. Use to anoint candles & censers and to consecrate chests or boxes that hold ritual tools. Use in incense to promote a meditative state.
Arnica Flowers - Increases psychic powers
Arrow Root - Purification and healing; can be used as a substitute for graveyard dust.
Ash - Sea spells/magic/rituals, image magic, invincibility, protection from drowning, general protection, and luck. Burning an ash log at Yule brings prosperity.
Asofoetida - Protection and banishing negativity. Be forewarned that this herb is powerful, but has an awful smell when burned. Also Called: Devil's Dung, Food of the Gods
Asparagus - Male Sex Magic
Aspen - Eloquence, clairvoyance, healing, and anti-theft. Plant in your garden for protection against thieves.
Aster - Love Also Called: China Aster, Michaelmas Daisy, Starwort
Astragalus Root - Protection and energy
Avocado - Love, lust and beauty. Also used for sex magic. Also Called: Ahuacotl, Alligator Pear, Persea
Azalea - Happiness, gaiety and light spirits, first love. Note: Poisonous, do not consume.
Bachelor Buttons - Love Also Called: Devil's Flower, Red Campion
Bakuli Pods - Difficult to find magic item also used in sachets and potpourri.
Balm of Gilead Tears - Love, manifestations, protection, healing, de-stressing, and assisting in healing from the loss of a loved one.
Balmony - Steadfastness, patience, and perseverance.
Balsam Fir - Strength and breaking up negativity; Insight, progress against goals, and bringing about change.
Bamboo - Hex breaking, wishes, luck and protection.
Banana - Fertility, potency, and prosperity
Banyan - Happiness, Luck
Barberry - Cleansing, sorcery, atonement, freeing oneself from the power or control of another. Also Called: Witches Sweets
Barley - Love, healing, and protection. Harvests. Scatter on the ground to keep evil at bay. Tie barley straw around a rock and throw into a river or lake while visualizing any pain you have to make the pain go away.
Basil - Love, exorcism, wealth, sympathy, and protection. Dispels confusion, fears & weakness. Drives off hostile spirits.
Bat's Head Root - Use in spellwork, rituals, gris gris bags, etc. to obtain wishes.
Bay Laurel - Purification, house and business blessing, and clearing confusion. Attracts romance.
Bay Leaf - Protection, good fortune, success, purification, strength, healing and psychic powers. Write wishes on the leaves and then burn the leaves to make the wishes come true. Place under the pillow (or use in dream pillow) to induce prophetic dreams. Place in the corner of each room in the house to protect all that dwell there. Carry bay leaf to protect yourself against black magic.
Bayberry - Good fortune, luck, healing, and stress relief.
Blessed Thistle - Purification, protection against negativity and evil, hex breaking. Carry for strength and protection.
Bloodroot - Love, protection, and purification.
Blowball - Love and wishes.
Blue Cohosh - Empowerment, purification, money drawing, love breaking, and driving away evil.
Blue Violet - Love, inspiration, good fortune, and protection from all evil. Carried for protection and to encourage fortune and changed luck. Mixed with lavender to attract lust and love. Worn to calm tempers and bring sleep.
Bluebell - Luck, truth and friendship.
Blueberry - Protection.
Boneset - Protection, exorcism and warding off evil spirits.
Borage - Courage and psychic powers.
Brazil Nut - Good luck in love affairs
Brewer's Yeast - Used in facial mask potions.
Brimstone - Dispels or prevents a hex on you; destroys an enemy's power over you.
Broom Tops - Purification, wind spells, divination and protection.
Buchu - Divination, wind spells, psychic powers and prophetic dreams.
Buckeye - Divination, good luck, and attracting money & wealth. Carried whole anointed with money oil and/or wrapped in a dollar bill for constant increase in money flow. A popular Hoodoo charm for gamblers. Carry in pocket for protection against arthritis.
Buckthorn - Sorceries, elf magic, and driving away enchantments. Used as a luck generator in legal matters and for winning in court.
Buckwheat - Money, protection, and fasting. Use in charms and spells to obtain treasure, riches, and wealth.
Burdock - Used for cleansing magic when feeling highly negative about oneself or others. Use in protection incenses and spells. Rinse with a decoction of burdock to remove negative feelings about yourself or others.
Burnet - Used for protection, consecration of ritual tools, and counter magic; also used to magically treat depression and despondency.
Butterbur - Used for love divination and to raise one's spirits by increasing sense of hope and faith.
Cabbage - Fertility, profit, good luck, lunar magic, money magic.
Cactus - Chastity, banishing and protection.
Calamint - Soothes sorrows and helps in recovery from emotional pain. Increase joy and restore a bright outlook on life.
Calamus - Luck, money, healing, and protection.
Calendula Flowers - Protection, legal matters, and psychic/spiritual powers.
Camellia - Riches
Camphor - Dreams, psychic awareness, and divination; Adds strength to any mixture; used for purification and to increase personal influence & persuasiveness.
Cascara Sagrada - Legal matters, money spells and protection against hexes.
Cashew - Money
Catnip - Sacred to Bast; should be used in any ritual involving cats or cat deities. Use with rose petals in love sachets. Use in sachets and spells designed to enhance beauty or happiness. Provides protection while sleeping.
Cat's Claw - Vision quests, shamanic journeys, and money drawing.
Cat-tail - Lust
Cayenne - Dealing with separations or divorce; Cleansing & purification; Repels negativity; Speeds up the effect of any mixture to which it is added.
Cedar - Confidence, strength, power, money, protection, healing and purification.
Cedar Berries - Uses include anti-theft and repelling snakes.
Celandine - Cures depression, brings victory and joy, assists in legal matters.
Celery - Mental powers, psychic powers, lust, fertility, and male potency.
Celery Seed - Mental and psychic powers, concentration. Burn with orris root to increase psychic powers. Use in sleep pillow to induce sleep.
Centaury - Counter magic herb; snake removing. Adds power to any magical workings. Used to repel anger and hurtful energy.
Chervil - Brings a sense of the higher self, placing you in touch with your divine, immortal spirit. Helps in making contact with a deceased loved one.
Chestnut - Love
Chia - Protection and health
Chickweed - Fertility and love.
Chicory - Frigidity, favors, removing obstacles, and invisibility.
Chili Pepper - Fidelity, love, and hex breaking.
China Berry - Luck
Chives - Protection and weight loss
Chrysanthemum - Protection. Grow in the garden to ward off evil spirits.
Cilantro - Protection of gardeners; brings peace to the home and helps to attune one with their soul.
Cinquefoil - An all-purpose magical herb. The five points of the leaf represent love, money, health, power, and wisdom. Stimulates memory, eloquence, and self confidence.
Citronella - Draws friends to the home, customers to the business. Promotes eloquence, persuasiveness, and prosperity. Protects and cleanses the aura. Encourages self-expression and creativity (great for writers & actors!) and brings clarity to the mind. Repels insects and deodorizes.
Clove - Exorcism, love, money, and protection
Clover - Fidelity, protection, money, love, and success. Strong association with the Earth, useful in consecrating both pentacles and ritual tools made of copper.
Clover, Red - Put in baths to aid in financial arrangements.
Cloves - Magical uses include protection, banishing hostile/negative forces, and gaining what is sought. Cloves are burned to stop gossip as well as to purify & raise the spiritual vibrations of an area. Use to bring a sense of kinship to a social gathering. Wear for protection and mental clarity.
Club Moss - Protection and power. Use in bath magic for purification. Burn as incense as an offering to the deities and to open channels of communication with them.
Coconut - Chastity, protection, and purification
Coffee - Helps to dispel nightmares and negative thoughts and to overcome internal blockages. Provides peace of mind and grounding.
Coltsfoot - Wealth, prosperity, and love. Use in love sachets. Sacred to Brighid. Use in spells for peace and tranquility.
Columbine - Love and courage. Grow in the garden to attract fairies. Use in spells and charms to increase courage in stressful situations.
Comfrey - Magical uses include money, safety during travel, and any Saturnian purpose. Use for workings involving stability, endurance, and matters relating to real estate or property.
Copal Resin - Love, purification.
Coriander - Love, health, immortality, and protection.
Corn - Protection, divination, good luck
Cornflower - Sprinkle over the area where you and your mate argue the most to alleviate discord and strife.
Cotton - Fishing magic, rain, protection, luck, and healing. Burn to attract rain. Cloth made of cotton is the best for magical use. Place cotton in a sugar bowl to draw luck.
Cowslip - Treasure finding, youth, concentration, focus, and house & business blessing.
Coxcomb - Protection
Cramp Bark - Used for protection and female energy.
Crowfoot - Love. Use in rituals & ceremonies associated with marriage and Handfasting, engagements, and rituals involving commitments and sacred binding vows.
Cubeb Berries - Love, lust and adding fire to spells. Use in sachets for love & sex.
Cyclamen - Fertility, happiness, lust, and protection.
Cypress - Associated with death and mourning; stimulates healing and helps overcome the pain of loss. Calmness and tranquility.
Daffodil - Love, luck, and fertility.
Daisy - Love, luck, and innocence.
Damiana - Lust, sex magic and attracting love. Useful for any love or sex spells. Used by solitary practitioners to open the chakras and increase psychic abilities. It is said that this herb should be stored in a container with a quartz crystal.
Dandelion Leaf - Summoning spirits, healing, purification and defeating negativity.
Dandelion Root - Magical uses include divination, wishes and calling spirits. Use in dream pillows & sachets for sleep protection. Bury on northwest side of house to draw good luck.
Deer's Tongue - Wear, carry, or sprinkle on your bed to attract men and aid in increasing psychic powers.
Devil Bone Root - Cut into small pieces and carry in a red flannel bag to ward off arthritis.
Devil's Bit - Exorcism, love, protection, and lust
Devil's Bone Root - Sexual attractiveness, warding off negative energies
Devil's Claw - Protection and dispelling unwanted company.
Devil's Shoestring - Protection, luck, attracting a new raise or job, giving control over opposite sex, and invisibility.
Dill - Money, protection, luck and lust. Used in love & protection charms. Effective at keeping away dark forces, useful for house blessing.
Dogwood - Wishes, protection, and good health.
Dragon's Blood - Protection, energy, and purification. Burn as an incense to increase the potency of a spell. Has strong banishing powers against negative influences and bad habits
Dulse - Lust, harmony in the home, sea rituals and pacifying sea winds.
Earth Smoke - Associated with the underworld. Excellent for use at Samhain. Infusion is useful as a wash for consecrating ritual tools.
Ebony - Protection, power. Use in protection amulets.
Echinacea - Adds powerful strength to charms, sachets, and herb mixes. Useful for money drawing magic.
Elder - Sleep, releasing enchantments, protection against negativity, wisdom, house blessing and business blessing.
Elecampane - Magically used for banishing and to dispel angry or violent vibrations.
Elm - Love, protection from lightning.
Endive - Love spells, sex magic
Epsom Salt - Common ingredient in ritual baths and bath salt recipes.
Eucalyptus - Attracts healing vibrations, great for protection and healing sachets.
Evening Primrose - Magical uses include love and attracting faeries. Use in ritual baths to increase inner beauty & desirability.
Eyebright - Carry this herb to increase psychic ability, improve memory, encourage rationality and increase positive outlook. Carry to bring a humorous and bright outlook when life seems dark and negative.
False Unicorn Root - Magical uses include lusty spells and protection for mother and baby.
Fennel Seed - Imparts strength, vitality, sexual virility; prevents curses, possession and negative problems. Use in spells for protection, healing, and purification.
Fenugreek - Used for money drawing and fertility magic. Use in floor washes to bring money to the home.
Fern - Mental clarity, cleansing, purification, and dispelling negativity.
Feverfew - Protection against accidents and cold/flu. Use in charms or sachets for love magic or spiritual healing. K
Fig - Divination, fertility, and love. Place a branch in front of the door before traveling to ensure a safe return. Write a question on a fig leaf -- if the leaf dries slowly, the answer is yes, otherwise the answer is no.
Figwort - Magical balms, house & business blessing, protection for the home. Wear around the neck for health and protection against the evil eye.
Flax Seed - Used for money spells and healing rituals. Mix seeds with red pepper and keep in a box in the home to protect it. Put in a sachet to protect against hostile magic.
Fleabane - Exorcism, protection, chastity.
Foxglove - Protection of home & garden, vision, and immortality. Used to commune with those of the Underworld.
Frangipani - Promoting openness in those around you; attracting love, trust, and admiration.
Frankincense Resin - Successful ventures, cleansing, purification. Burn for protective work, consecration, and meditation.
Galangal Root - Magical uses include winning in court, doubling money, hex breaking and sex magic. Burn as incense to remove evil spells and break curses. Carry for protection, to improve psychic abilities and to bring good health.
Gardenia - Promoting peace/repelling strife, protection from outside influences. Carry or wear to attract love or friendship.
Garlic - Magical uses include healing, protection, exorcism, repulsion of vampires, and purification of spaces and objects.
Gentian - Add an infusion to the bath for power and strength.
Geranium - Overcoming negative thoughts & attitudes, lifting spirits, promoting protection & happiness. Repels insects. Balances mind and body.
Ginger - Draws adventure and new experiences. Promotes sensuality, sexuality, personal confidence, prosperity, and success. Adds to the strength and speed of any mixture of which it is a part.
Ginkgo Biloba - Aphrodisiac, associated with fertility. Carry or use in amulets and charms as a healing herb. Useful in ritual healing.
Ginseng - Magical uses include love, beauty, protection, healing and lust. Carry to draw love, health, money, and sexual potency. Carve a wish into a whole root and throw it into water to make the wish come true.
Goldenrod - Money, divination
Goldenseal - Healing rituals, money spells, success. Beneficial in business dealings and matters of finance. Work into any charm or spell to increase its power.
Goosegrass - Wisdom, tenacity, luck in love, and pleasant dreams.
Gorse - Associated with love, protection, romance, and weddings. Used to further the romance of a consensual relationship. Protects against negativity and dark magic.
Gotu Kola - Burn prior to (but not during) meditation.
Grape - Fertility, money, mental powers, and garden magic.
Grape Seed - Used for garden magic and fertility.
Grapefruit - Cleansing and purification.
Gravel Root - Used to increase the chances of getting a job. Aids one during times of distress. Useful as an altar offering, especially during love magic.
Guinea Peppers - Hexing and cursing
Gum Arabic - Protection, psychic and spiritual enhancement, money, platonic love, and friendship. Use to anoint candles & censers and to consecrate chests or boxes that hold ritual tools. Use in incense to promote a meditative state.
Hawthorn - Magical uses include chastity, fertility, fairy magic, fishing magic, and rebirth. Also used for success in matters related to career, work, and employment.
Hay - Pregnancy and fertility.
Heal All - Uses includes all purpose healing and successful gambling.
Heather - Protection, luck, and immortality. Dip in water and sprinkle it around in a circle to bring rain.
Heliotrope - Cheerfulness, gaiety, prosperity, and protection. Use in rituals of
Hemlock - Use to paralyze a situation. Note: Highly poisonous, do not consume.
Henbane - Dried leaves are used in the consecration of ceremonial vessels. Used in love sachets and charms to gain the love of the person desired.
Henna - Attracts love if worn close to the heart. Wear to ward off the evil eye and provide protection from illnesses. Also great for temporary tattooing and hair coloring.
Hibiscus - Attracting love and lust, divination, and dreams. Carry in a sachet or burn as incense to attract love.
Hickory - Legal matters, love, lust, and protection
High John - An "all purpose" herb, the uses of High John include strength, confidence, conquering any situation, obtaining success, winning at gambling, luck, money, love, health, and protection.
Holly - Marriage, dream magic, luck, and love.
Hollyhock - Increase success in the material world, increase flow of money, or acquire new possessions. Grown near the home to help the success of the family flourish.
Honey - For attraction and solar magic.
Honeysuckle - Draws money, success, and quick abundance; Aids persuasiveness and confidence, sharpens intuition.
Hops - Relaxing and sleep producing; a fantastic herb for dream pillows. Believed to increase the restfulness & serenity of sleep. Also used for healing rituals, sachets, and incense.
Horehound - Sacred to Horus. Protective; helps with mental clarity during ritual; stimulates creativity/inspiration; balances personal energies.
Horseshoe Chestnut - Magical uses include money and healing.
Hyacinth - Promotes peace of mind and peaceful sleep. Attracts love, luck, and good fortune. Named for Hiakinthos, Greek God of homosexual love, this is the patron herb for gay men. Guards against nightmares when used as an oil, burned as incense, or included in dream pillows.
Hydrangea - Hex-breaking, love drawing, bringing back a lover, fidelity, and binding.
Hyssop - The most widely used purification herb in magic. Lightens vibrations and promotes spiritual opening; used for cleansing and purification. Said to protect property against burglars and trespassers.
Indigo Weed - Protection
Iris - Attracts wisdom, courage, and faith. Use fresh iris flower to purify an area. Represents a belief in happy reincarnation. Symbolizes faith, wisdom, and valor.
Irish Moss - An excellent luck herb. Carry or place under rugs to increase luck and ensure steady flow of money; carry on trips for protection & safety; use to stuff luck or money poppets.
Iron Weed - Carry in a purple flannel bag for control over others, including boss and co-workers (not recommended - remember the law of threes).
Ivy - Protection, healing, fertility, and love. Hang an ivy plant in front of the home to repel negative influence and discourage unwanted guests.
Jamaican Ginger - Gambling luck
Jasmine - Uses include snakebite and divination; good for charging quartz crystals. Use in sachets and spells to draw spiritual love and attract a soul mate.
Jezebel Root - Used for spells and castings for money and achievement. Also used to place curses and hexes.
Job's Tears - Luck in finding employment, wishes, and blessing. Used in counts of 3 or 7 in charm and mojo bags to attract luck, wishes and money. Carrying three will assist in finding a good job. Count out seven seeds while concentrating on a wish, then carry the seeds with you at all times for seven days -- the wish should come true by the end of the week.
Juniper - Banishes all things injurious to good health; attracts good, healthy energies and love. Juniper berries can be carried by males to increase potency. Use a string of juniper berries to attract love. Burn for magical protection.
Kola Nut - Peace, removing depression, and calming
Lady Slipper - Used for protection against hexes, curses and the evil eye.
Lady's Mantle - Aphrodisiac, transmutation.
Larch - Protection and anti-theft
Larkspur - Health and protection
Laurel - Love and protection. Worn by brides to guarantee a long and happy marriage.
Lavender - Magical uses include love, protection, healing, sleep, purification, and peace. Promotes healing from depression.
Leek - Love, protection, exorcism, and strengthening existing love.
Lemon - Cleansing, spiritual opening, purification, and removal of blockages. Add lemon peel to love sachets and mixtures.
Lemon Balm - Love, success, healing, and psychic/spiritual development. Use in love charms & spells to attract a partner.
Lemon Grass - Psychic cleansing and opening, lust potions.
Lemon Verbena - Worn to increase attractiveness or to bed to prevent dreams. Added to other herbal mixtures and charms to increase their effectiveness.
Lettuce - Divination, lunar magic, sleep, protection, love spells, and male sex magic.
Licorice - Love, lust, and fidelity. Carry to attract a lover.
Lilac - Wisdom, memory, good luck and spiritual aid.
Lily - Fertility, renewal, rebirth, marriage, happiness, and prosperity.
Lily of the Valley - Soothing, calming, draws peace and tranquility, and repels negativity. Assists in empowering happiness and mental powers. Note: Poisonous, use with caution.
Lime - Purification and protection, promoting calmness and tranquility, and strengthening love.
Linden Flowers - Used in love spells/mixtures and protection spells & incenses.
Little John - Place in holy water to bring good luck in everything you attempt.
Lo John - Money, success, and luck
Lobelia - Used for attracting love and preventing storms.
Lotus - Love, protection, psychic opening, and spiritual growth. Sacred to Egyptian gods, Indian gods, Hermes, Oshun, and Osiris.
Lotus Root - Carry to keep thoughts pleasant and clear. Mark one side 'Yes' and the other 'No', then toss the root into the air as you make a wish to find out if the wish will come true.
Lovage - Prophetic dreams, energy, and purification. Use in bath spells for psychic cleansing. Use in sachets, amulets, or bath magic to enhance attractiveness and make yourself more love-inspiring.
Lucky Hand Root - Magical uses include bringing good luck, protecting owner from all harm, travel safety, and gaining employment.
Lungwort - Air magic, offering to the Gods of air, blessing while traveling by air
Mace - Promotes concentration, focus, and self discipline; great for study and meditation.
Magnolia Bark - Magical uses include fidelity, love and hair growth.
Maidenhair Fern - Brings beauty and love into your life.
Mandrake - Magical uses include protection, prosperity, fertility, and exorcising evil.
Maple - Love, money, wealth, longevity, and good luck
Maple Syrup - Longevity, money, and love
Marigold - Attracts respect and admiration, provides good luck in court and other legal matters.
Marjoram - Cleansing, purification, and dispelling negativity.
Marshmallow Root - Protection and psychic powers.
May Flowers - Attract adventure and chaos to your life
Meadowsweet - Used to increase the chances of getting a job. Aids one during times of distress. Useful as an altar offering, especially during love magic. Burn or strew about the house to relieve disharmony in the home or remove tensions. Carry to gain popularity and friendship.
Mesquite - Healing. Use in healing incenses and mixtures. Use to fuel ritual fires or burn as an incense for cleansing & purification. Use an infusion of mesquite in the bath for purification.
Milk Thistle - Magical uses include strength, perseverance, wisdom, aid in decision making.
Mint - Promotes energy, communication and vitality. Draws customers to a business. Use dried leaves to stuff a green poppet for healing. Place in wallet or purse or rub on money to bring wealth and prosperity.
Mistletoe - Used for fertility, creativity, prevention of illness/misfortune, and protection from negative spells & magic. Hang in the home for protection from lightning & fire.
Monkshood - Magical uses include invisibility and protection from evil. Use only the flowers in magic, as the roots give off fumes when drying.
Morning Glory - Used for binding, banishing, and promoting attraction to someone or something. Wrap the vine around a poppet nine times to banish someone. Note: Poisonous, use with caution.
Motherwort - Magical uses include bolstering ego, building confidence, success and counter magic.
Mugwort - Carried to increase lust & fertility, prevent backache and cure disease & madness. Place around divination and scrying tools to increase their power or near the bed to enable astral travel.
Mullein - Protection from nightmares & sorcery, courage, cursing, and invoking spirits.
Musk - Encourages self-esteem and desirability. Can assist in transmuting sexual love into spiritual connection. Stimulates the root chakra.
Mustard Seed - Courage, faith, and endurance. Frequently used in voudoun charms.
Myrrh - Spiritual opening, meditation, and healing. This herb has high psychic vibrations that will enhance any magical working.
Myrtle - Love, fertility, youth, peace, and money.
Narcissus - Calms vibrations and promotes harmony, tranquility, and peace of mind.
Neroli - Joy, happiness, confidence, and overcoming emotional blockages. Soothes, relaxes, and uplifts the spirit. Instills confidence and courage when carried or worn.
Nettle - Magical uses include dispelling darkness & fear, strengthening the will, and aiding in the ability to handle emergencies.
Nutmeg - Magical uses include attracting money/prosperity, bringing luck, protection, and breaking hexes. Include in money magic and sachets.
Oak - The most sacred of all trees, its wood is often used in the making of magical tools. Burn the leaves for purification. Use in fertility amulets. Hang a sprig in the home to ward of negativity and strengthen family unity. Carry for wisdom and strength, for luck, to preserve youthfulness, and/or to increase attractiveness.
Oak Moss - Magical uses include luck, money, protection and strength.
Oatmeal - To invoke or worship Brighid.
Oatstraw - Keep a small amount in wallet or purse to draw in money and prosperity.
Olive - Fidelity, marriage, peace, money. Assures fidelity in love and is used to attract a marriage partner. Inspires fruitfulness and security in love, family, and business.
Olive Leaf - Magical uses include peace, potency, fertility, healing, protection and lust.
Onion - Prosperity, stability, endurance, and protection. Burn onion flowers to banish bad habits and negative influences. Cut onions in half and place in the corners of a room to absorb illness, then bury or burn the onion halves in the morning. Sacred to the moon.
Orange - Attracts abundance and happiness through love and marriage. Concentrate on a yes/no question while eating an orange, then count the seeds -- an even number of seeds means the answer is no, an odd number of seeds means yes. Use the leaves and flowers in love rituals to bring on a marriage proposal. Add an infusion of orange to the bath to increase attractiveness and beauty.
Orange Bergamot - Money drawing. Put leaves in wallet or purse to attract money.
Orange Blossoms - Attracts prosperity and stability; brings harmony, peace, emotional openness, and love. Use in herbal baths for attractiveness.
Orange Peel - Magical uses include love, divination, luck, money and house & business blessing.
Orchid - Concentration, strengthening memory, focus, and will power.
Oregano - Joy, strength, vitality, and added energy
Orris Root Cut - Promotes popularity, persuasiveness, and personal success. Aids communication and helps to open dialogs.
Orris Root Powder - Used to bring love, romance, companionship and a loving mate.
Osha Root - Protection against evil spirits
Palm - Fertility, focus, potency, and divination
Palo Santo - If you feel you have been cursed, rub this herb on your body and then bathe.
Pansy - Love, divination related to love & relationships, rain magic
Papaya - Hang twigs of papaya wood over a door to keep out evil. Eat papaya with a loved one to intensify your love. Mix papaya leaves with mandrake and burn or use in the bath to reverse hexes and jinxes.
Paprika - Use to add energy to any spell or mixture. Throw in someone's yard to cause them problems.
Papyrus - Protection
Parsley - Calms and protects the home; Draws prosperity, financial increase, and luck. Restores a sense of well-being. Use in spells to increase strength & vitality after surgery or illness.
Parsnip - Male sex magic
Passion Flower - Magical uses include attracting friendship and prosperity and heightening libido. Carried to bring great popularity & attract new friends. Placed in house to calm trouble & arguments and bring peace. Used as a wash to diminish disagreements & stress. Placed beneath pillow to promote sleep. Bathe in an infusion of passion flower for 5 days to attract the opposite sex.
Patchouli - Used in spells, sachets, baths and mixtures for money & love. Put in the wallet or purse to draw money. Place in a charm or use in incense for fertility.
Pau d'Arco - Magical use is for the ritual healing of severe diseases.
Peach - Fertility, love, and wisdom.
Pear - Lust and love Eating pears induces love. Use dried fruit in amulets and sachets for love and lust.
Pearl Moss - Sprinkle across the doorway of a home to allow only good spirits to enter.
Peas - Money and love
Peat Moss - Protection
Pecan - Associated with employment, success, job security, and career matters.
Pennyroyal - Magical uses include peace and tranquility.
Peony - Protection from hexes and jinxes. Good luck, good fortune, prosperity, and business success. Hang in the home or car for protection. Used to attract faeries. Use in rituals to cure or reduce lunacy. Warning: While the flowers & petals have the positive qualities listed, the seed is called 'Jumby Bean' and is known for promoting dissension and strife.
Pepper, Black - Courage, banishing negative vibrations. Burn to rid home or office of bad vibrations.
Peppermint - Use to increase the vibrations of a space or in spells and incense for healing & purification.
Periwinkle - Love within marriage, mental powers, and money.
Persimmon - Changing sex, healing, and luck
Pettitgrain - Protection
Pikaki - Draws comfort, prosperity success, and well-being
Pimento - Love
Pimpernel - Protection and health
Pine - Promotes clean breaks, new beginnings, prosperity, success, strength, grounding, and growth; Also used for cleansing, purification, and repelling negativity.
Pineapple - Luck, money, and chastity. Add an infusion of pineapple to the bath to attract luck.
Pink Root - Healing
Pink Rose Buds - Divine, emotional, and thinking love; start with these to build a long lasting relationship.
Pistachio - Breaking love spells
Plantain - Protection from evil spirits and snake bites, removing weariness, healing headaches; house & business blessing. Place a pinch of dried leaves in the flame of a candle or throw into an East wind for healing. Hang plantain leaves in the car for protection from evil and jealousy.
Pleurisy Root - Healing
Plum - Healing, peace, and love
Plumeria - Promotes persuasiveness, eloquence, and success in dealing with people; Attracts the notice of others.
Poke Root - Magical uses include finding lost objects and breaking hexes and curses. Carry to increase courage.
Pomegranate - Divination, wishes, wealth and fertility
Poppy - Fertility, prosperity, love and abundance.
Poppy Seeds - Pleasure, heightened awareness, love, luck, invisibility. A popular ingredient in food magic.
Potato - Image magic, money, luck, and healing
Prickly Ash Bark - Magical uses include safe travel, fertility, removing spells and breaking hexes.
Primrose - Promotes the disclosure of secrets, resolution of mysteries, and revelation of truth; Breaks down dishonesty and secrecy.
Pumpkin - Lunar magic
Pumpkin Seed - Health
Quassia - Love. Mix with a snippet of hair from yourself and your lover (with his/her permission, of course!) with quassia chips, burn, and keep the ashes in a small bottle to preserve the love.
Quince - Love, happiness, luck, and protection from evil.
Radish - Protection and lust
Ragwort - Courage. Used in charms to ward off evil spirits. Associated with faeries.
Raspberry Leaf - Used for healing, protection, love.
Red Clover - Magical uses include fidelity, love, money, protection, and the blessing of domestic animals
Red Willow Bark - Magical uses include meditation and clearing. A fabulous incense wood with a sweet and dry aroma.
Rhubarb - Fidelity and protection
Rice - Rain, fertility, money, and protection. Use in money spells and fertility charms.
Rose - Magical uses include divine love, close friendships, domestic peace/happiness, and lasting relationships.
Rose Geranium - Averts negativity, especially in the form of gossip or false accusations.
Rose Hips - Used in healing spells and mixtures, brings good luck, calls in good spirits.
Rosemary - Carried and used in healing poppets for good health, used in love/lust spells, worn to improve memory, used in dream pillows to prevent nightmares, burned as incense for purification and removing negativity.
Rue - Magical uses include healing, health, mental powers, freedom and protection against the evil eye.
Rye - Love, fidelity, and self-control
Safflower - Mix with jinx incense to cause destruction to an enemy (not recommended!). Rub on the inside of the knees to attract exciting sexual encounters.
Sage - Used for self purification and dealing with grief and loss. Carried to improve mental ability and bring wisdom.
Salt Petre - For women who do not want their partners to have outside relationships. Stops sexual tension.
Sandalwood - Scatter sandalwood powder around the home to clear it of negativity. Burn during protection, healing, and exorcism spells. Use the wood for healing wands.
Sanicle - Used for safety in travel.
Sarsaparilla - Sexual vitality, health, love and money. Mix with sandalwood and cinnamon and sprinkle around home or business to draw money.
Sassafras - Magical uses include health, money and overcoming addictions.
Savoury - Sensuality, sexuality, and passion; great for sex magic!
Saw Palmetto Berries - Magical uses include healing protection, exorcism, passion and spiritual openings.
Scullcap - Worn by women to keep their husbands faithful. Used in sleep pillows for relaxation & peace.
Sea Salt - Uses include cleansing crystals, purification, grounding, protection magic and ritual.
Senna - Magical uses include all matters of lust and love. Enhances tact & diplomacy.
Sesame - Money, lust, and passion
Shallots - Add an infusion of shallots to the bath for luck.
Shave Grass - Magical uses include snake charming & fertility. Place in the bedroom to increase fertility.
Sheep Sorrel - Carry to protect against heart disease. Place in sickrooms to aid in recuperation from illnesses and wounds.
Shepherd's Purse - Healing
Skunk Cabbage - Legal matters
Slippery Elm - Magical uses include protection and halting gossip. T
Snapdragon - Protection, exorcism, and purification
Snowdrop - Passing of sorrow
Solomon's Seal Root - Magically used for protection and cleansing.
Sow Thistle - Increases strength & stamina, repels witches, and provides invisibility from enemies.
Spanish Moss - Protection, opening blockages, and dispelling negativity
Spearmint - Healing, love and protection while sleeping.
Spiderwort - Love
Spikenard - Wear in a sachet around the neck to bring luck & ward off illness.
Squaw Vine - Magical uses include all matters of fertility & childbirth.
Squill Root - To draw money, place in a container with a dime, a quarter and a dollar and say a prayer for prosperity.
St. John's Wort - Worn to prevent colds & fevers. Placed under pillow to induce prophetic, romantic dreams. Protects against all forms of black witchcraft.
Star Anise - Burned as incense to increase psychic awareness & abilities.
Straw - Image magic and luck
Straw Flower - Luck, longevity, and protection
Strawberry - Attracts success, good fortune, and favorable circumstances.
Sugar - Love spells, sex magic
Sugar Cane - Love, lust, and sympathy
Sulfur Powder - Dispels or prevents a hex on you; destroys an enemy's power over you.
Sunflower - Energy, protection, power, wisdom, and wishes.
Sweet Bugle - Crush and place under the mattress to attract love and marriage prospects.
Sweet Pea - Attracts friends and allies; Draws the loyalty and affection of others.
Sweet Potato - Image magic
Sweetgrass - Peace, unity, and calling spirits
Tamarind - Love
Tangerine - Promotes energy, strength, and vitality. Awakens joy and dissolves negativity.
Tansy - Health, invisibility, immortality, longevity; keeps evil out of the home.
Tarragon - Healing in abuse situations, compassion magic for others.
Tea Leaves - Use in talismans for courage or strength. Use as a base for lust drinks. Burn leaves to ensure future riches.
Tea Tree - Eliminating confusion and increasing harmony
Thistle - Healing, protection.
Thyme - Attracts loyalty, affection, and the good opinion of others. Wear a sprig to ward off unbearable grief or provide strength and courage when needed. Burn or hang in the home for banishing, purification, and to attract good health for all occupants.
Toadflax - Protection and hex breaking
Toadstool - Rain magic
Tobacco - Promotes peace, confidence, and personal strength.
Tomato - Love spells
Tonka Bean - Magical uses include rituals and spells for love, wishes and courage. Worn to gain prosperity & courage. Carried to grant luck & protect from disease and/or to attract love.
True Unicorn Root - Hex-breaking, uncrossing, and protection against evil & malevolent magic.
Tuberose - Sensuality, serenity, and calming nerves. Brings peace to the mind and heart, enhances the capacity for emotional depth.
Turnip - Ending relationships
Uva Ursi - Magical uses include increasing intuitive and psychic powers. Note: Can be poisonous, use with caution.
Valerian - Dream magic, reconciliation, love, and harmony.
Vanilla Bean - Magical uses include love, lust, passion, and restoring lost energy.
Venus Flytrap - Love and protection
Vertivert - Draws money and prosperity, love, and attraction; Overcomes obstacles, breaks hexes, and repels negativity.
VervainP - rotection, purification, money, youth, peace, healing, and sleep. Bury in the yard or keep in the home to encourage wealth, protect from lightning & storms, and bring peace.
Vetch - Fidelity
Vinegar - Banishing, binding, averting evil.
Violet - Calms the nerves, draws prophetic dreams and visions, stimulates creativity, and promotes peace & tranquility.
Walnut - Access to divine energy, bringing the blessing of the Gods, wishes
Watercress - For lunar magic and sex magic.
Wheat - Inducing fertility and conception, attracting money
White Sage - Use as an incense, for smudging or for purification.
White Willow Bark - Brings blessings of the moon into one's life and guards against negativity & evil forces. Used in healing spells.
Willow - Used for lunar magic, drawing or strengthening love, healing, and overcoming sadness. Willow is considered a sacred wishing tree.
Wintergreen - Add an infusion to your children's bath to bring them good fortune and luck throughout their lives.
Wisteria - Raises vibrations, promotes psychic opening, overcomes obstacles, and draws prosperity.
Witch Hazel - Magical uses include chastity and protection. Carry to ease grief over a lost love.
Witches Burr - Adds great power to spells & rituals. Presence of witches burr is said to defeat any kind of evil force.
Witches Grass - Happiness, lust, love, and exorcism.
Wood Aloe - Protection, consecration, success, and prosperity.
Wood Betony - Magical uses include purification, protection, and the expulsion of evil spirits, nightmares, and despair.
Woodruff - Victory, protection, and money.
Wormwood - Used to remove anger, stop war, inhibit violent acts, and for protection from the evil eye.
Xanthan Gum - Incense bonding agent
Yarrow Flower - Uses include healing, handfasting & weddings, and divination. Draws love. Carry as a sachet or amulet to banish negativity, ward off fear, and promote courage, confidence, and psychic opening.
Yellow Dock - Fertility, healing and money.
Yerba Mate - Fidelity, love and lust. Worn to attract the opposite sex.
Yerba Santa - Beauty, healing, psychic powers and protection. Carry or use in bath magic to obtain beauty from within and make your body more desirable.
Yew - Raising the dead, protection against evil, immortality, and breaking hexes.
Ylang Ylang - Increases sexual attraction and persuasiveness. Also used for peace, love, and faery magic. Promotes calm, peaceful relaxation and relieves anxiety and depression.
Yohimbe Bark - Love, lust, virility and fertility. Curing impotency. Cursing. Used in Pagan rituals of union.
Yucca - Transmutation, protection and purification.
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