Alright guys, so the picture could be better but I made my first wreath this year! I’m super proud of it, I just wandered into the forest one day with a knife on my hip and emerged hours later with this!
My grimoire pages on the lunar phases. Left page are the phases labeled in english with their correspondents and a note on moon water at the bottom. The right page is the lunar cycle illustrated with its Latin names because I’m such a geek for Latin.
Image Description:
Left page:
New Moon - Rebirth, Cleansing, Creation, Resting (with plant and paint brush symbol notation)
Waxing Crescent - New Energy, Details, Intentions, Healing, Manifestation, Strength, Creativity (with plant and sun notations beside it)
First Quarter - Momentum, Decisions, Action, Bonding, Attraction (with sun notation)
At the bottom of the page is a drawing of a jar of moon water labeled “jar of clean water in full moon light on a clear night - Moon Water - LUNAE AQUA”
Right Page: A circular image of the lunar phases headed:
CIRCULUS LUNAE, labeled counter-clockwise:
PHASES LUNAE ACCRESCENTIS (Waxing Phases),
PLENILUNIUM: SOLI OPPOSITA (Full Moon),
PHASES LUNAE DECRESCENTIS (Wanign Phases),
LUNA IN ORBEM INSINUATA: IN ASPECTU TRINO VEL TRIGONO (Gibbous Moon),
LUNA DIMIDIATA: IN ASPECTU QUADRATO (Third Quarter or First Quarter),
Sigil for Time. Largely used to buy time for something, either to delay something that is dreaded or to prolong something that you want to enjoy. To delay an event one would pair this sigil with Nutmeg, Basil, Citronella, Chamomile, or Valerian. To prolong an event pair with Cardamom, Silver Fir, Lemongrass, Clove, or Lemon.
Tip for Students: This sigil is very helpful for those who struggle with timed tests. Inscribe this sigil on your pencil or the back of your exam to relieve the pressure of time from your test. Perhaps wear a lemon or clove based perfume on the day of the test or dip your pencils in lemon juice or extract of any of the above herbs.
WARNING: Follow recipes with caution, ensure you do not have adverse reaction to any of the ingredients, DO NOT EAT if you have bleeding disorders (can’t take blood thinners), are pregnant, or have a history of seizures or epilepsy
Evening Primrose w/ Walnuts - 4 Evening Primrose roots (finely grated) - turmeric - 1 pinch ground coriander seeds - chives (finely chopped) - 1 tsp mustard - 1 tsp lemon juice - 2 tbs tahini - sea salt - walnuts (for garnish) - In medium bowl mix roots with turmeric, coriander, and chives - Add mustard, lemon juice, and tahini - stir well - Season with salt and pepper to taste (1)
Evening Primrose Stew w/ Stinging Nettle Pesto - STEW: 2 yellow onions (cubed) - 2 carrots (cubed) - 1 small celery root (cubed) - 1 small savoy cabbage (finely chopped) - 6 potatoes (cubed) - 8 evening primrose roots (cubed) - (1/4 cup total) sage, bay leaves, clove, thyme, lovage - 2 tbs olive oil - 1 1/2 quarts vegetable broth : PESTO: 2 handfuls baby spinach - 1 cup bread (cubed) - 1/4 cup olive oil - salt. - In large pan sauté vegetables with seasoning and herbs in olive oil for 20 minutes - Add vegetable broth and simmer until tender about 15 minutes - Transfer to serving bowl - Blend pesto ingredients until smooth - Serve with stew. (1)
Roasted Evening Primrose Roots - 3 Evening Primrose roots (w/out blooms), 3 carrots, 2 beets, 2 parsnips, 1 sweet potato, 2 cloves of garlic, olive oil, cinnamon, ground rosemary, salt, 2 tbs brown sugar, 3 tbs primrose seeds - preheat oven to 425 F - wash and chop roots - toss roots with oil and seasonings - cook on baking sheet for 1 hr (2)
Baked Evening Primrose Seeds - harvest in fall from seed pods, place on baking sheet, preheat oven to 325 F - cook 15 min (can be eaten alone or added to salads, oils, etc) (5)
Steamed Seed Pods - collect seed pods in late summer, steam as one would green beans, done when tender (6)
Evening Primrose Flowers - may be added (raw) to salads, soups, and (cooked) to other cooked greens (5)
Tea - All parts may be boiled for tea (mixes well with green tea, lemon balm, honey, and mint) - plain evening primrose tea can be used externally to treat acne and other skin issues (3)
Fried Evening Primrose Root - cut roots into strips - dip into egg batter - fry in oil (4)
Primrose and Potato Gratin - wash, chop, and parboil roots of evening primrose and potatoes - cook with cream and cheese into a gratin (4)
Evening Primrose Horseradish - wash and finely grate evening primrose root - mix with vinegar, salt, and honey - optionally may add mayo (4)
As a medicine/take daily - Infuse 1 tbs of dried/powered/ground evening primrose root in 2 tbs or honey. (3)
Here is my grimoire page on dill. More extensive information on dill in another post. I'm really proud of this page, especially because dill is my favorite culinary herb.
Medicinal and Culinary Uses: Soothing to the stomach, helps with digestion. An antimicrobial. Calms the mind and sharpens the senses. Is considered to help with the mind in general. Used to ease the symptoms of colic. Dill, being a very aromatic plant and delicious herb, is of course used as seasoning and for flavor in many dishes, especially in fish and pickling. Dill is also said to repel pests when planted in the garden.
Symbology: protection, preservation, good spirits, security, courage, calming, dispel bad dreams, good luck, emotional balance, love, romantic attraction
Lore and History: Ancient Egyptians used dill as an aphrodisiac and to ward off evil spirits. The Greeks saw it as a symbol of wealth and prosperity and would also sometimes cover their heads with dill to induce sleep. It soon became widely regarded as a symbol of good luck. In Europe, during the Middle Ages, bundles of dill were hung over doorways or beds to protect the home and deter curses. It is widely considered to be able to counteract spells and curses.
How It Is Used: The leaves can be made into a tea that is drunk (this was said to cause sexual arousal by the Egyptians and to ease children’s stomach pains by the Greeks and British). The leaves and stem can be chopped and added to any dish fresh or dried. It can be ground into a paste. The seeds can be eaten (and were previously chewed to stay awake in boring meetings but also to induce sleep in children). Chewing on the seeds is also said to improve one’s breath. The blossoms of dill can be used in the same ways as the leaves and stem.
Etymology: Cypripedium parviflorum, [from the Latin Cypris or Greek Kupris meaning ‘Venus’ and ‘Aphrodite’ respectively] + [the Latin pedis or Greek pedilon meaning ‘foot’ and ‘slipper’ respectively] [From the Latin parvi, meaning ‘small’] and [florum, meaning ‘plant’]
Also called a Moccasin Flower, Wah-on-nay Moccasinun, Koo-Koo-Lee Moccasinun
What Are They and Where to Find Them: An orchid native to North America. One of numerous color variations of its kind. There are four main varieties which vary in color and shape. The plant is common and widespread in North America, it is legal to pick in most places. [There are, however, rare and endangered varieties of Lady’s Slippers, be cautious.] They can be found growing in mesic forests, woodlands, fens, prairies, and meadows, though I have found them predominately growing on the shady forest floors beneath Cyprus Trees.
Native Medicine: [Warning: Do Not Try These Remedies Yourself, without doing the proper research] The Lady’s Slipper was used historically by Native Americans as a medicinal plant to bring down fevers, cure headaches, and ease cramps and labor pains. The Yellow Lady’s Slipper was the most commonly used. Drinking tinctures of Lady Slipper’s roots is said to ease insomnia, anxiety, and bring emotional calm. To do this the roots would be collected, dried, and ground into a powder. (The active chemicals in the plants [cypripedin] are said to taste and smell rather revolting though.)
Symbology: Considered to have a powerful feminine energy, and was used medicinally for distinctly female illnesses. Over the years they have come to represent death, distinctly the death of Native American tribes. In one poem “The Moccasin Flower” by Elaine Goodale Eastman, the flower represents isolation and pride in self. In Victorian “flower language” the lady’s slipper represents “capricious beauty”.
It can be said that this plant can be used in spells involving self-worth, focus, easing anxiety, determination, sacrifice, and death. Pink Lady Slippers can be symbolic of love and lust.
Mythos: In old Anishinaabe lore (specific to Mackinac Island, MI and the Michilimackinac area) these flowers were said to be the slippers of the giant faeries that roamed the Great Lakes area in ancient times. They say, though, that when white men arrived to the land the spirits and faeries fled to the spirit world through the Great Arch on Mackinac Island and some of the faeries lost their slippers on their way through the portal. These slippers fell to the ground and became the Lady’s Slippers that grow there today.
Another such Ojibwa legend goes that there was once a tribe that was visited by a horrible illness. Even the medicine man died. It was winter, when messages would not be able to be sent because of the dangers of the cold but the chief called his mizhiniway (messenger) to go retrieve medicines from a neighboring tribe to save their people. Unfortunately the messenger fell sick as well. The tribe was in despair. But then, the messenger, Koo-Koo-Lee’s wife declared that she would travel across the ice and bring back the medicines for her people. Days passed and one day they heard a woman’s faint crying “Koo-Koo-Lee, come a save me” and there was his wife, stumbling across the ice, her feet torn to ribbons by the ice and frostbite, but nevertheless holding the bad of medicines in her arms. They brought her inside and wrapped her feet. With the medicines the sick people of the tribe were healed but the messenger’s wife, thereafter known as Wah-on-nay, died from her injuries and upon her death the wrappings on her feet turned to little yellow flowers, the lady’s slippers. (Some say that the flowers came from the bandages and some say they sprouted from her footprints, in some tellings they are yellow and in others they are pink.)
Sigil for Healing. Can be used to help heal someone when they are sick or to prevent illness. (Perhaps draw this sigil on the inside of your mask for protection?) Especially potent when paired with parts of an Apple/Apple Tree, Aloe, Camomile, Fennel, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Garlic.
For kitchen witchery this sigil and its components lend themselves well to some very nice dishes, perhaps an apple pie, or an apple/fennel/garlic crusted pork loin, or a tray of baked vegetables (parsnips/carrots/sweet potatoes) mixed with apple slices, cinnamon, nutmeg, crushed garlic, and some fennel. (One could also infuse the healing ingredients into olive oil to create a dressing that could be drizzled over baked vegetables in the pattern of this sigil.)
Uses and associations with Beauty, Relaxation, Revitalization, Self-Love, and Balance.
Peach Gum is a crystal-like substance much like amber from the peach tree (prunus persica). It is water soluble. You can soak it overnight then drink it or use it in soups (it is a sweetener). When soaked in water it will grow in size and soften.
When ingested it benefits the skin (widely used in Asia as a beauty product), digestion, and blood flow. It is also considered to promote healthy growth of hair and nails.
It can also be burned as incense as it contains the essential oils of the peach.
The essential oils can also be obtained and used by boiling peach tree leaves.
The oils can also be used topically as a skin moisturizer.
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