🍃Bay Laurel🍃
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-Folk Names: Baie, Bay, Bay Daphne, Grecian Laurel, Laurel, Laurier d'Apollon, Laurier Willow.
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-Gender: Masculine.
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-Planet: Sun.
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-Element: Fire.
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-Zodiac sign: Leo, Aries.
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-Deities: Aesculapius, Apollo, Ceres, Faunus , Eros, Hermes, Cerridwen,.
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-Powers: Protection, Psychic Powers, Healing Purification, Strength.
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Also known as sweet bay and sweet laurel, bay was used to crown the victor of games in ancient Greece and Rome.
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Bay is used in clairvoyance and wisdom brews, although its taste is strong. It is a protection and purification herb par excellence and is worn as an amulet to ward off negativity and evil, burned or scattered during exorcism rituals, placed in the windows to protect against lightning, and hung up to prevent poltergeists from working any mischief in the house A sprig of bay is used to sprinkle water during purification ceremonies, and the tree planted near the home protects its inhabitants against sickness. Some healers make a poultice of the leaves and berries of bay included in massage oils for the relief of arthritis and sore muscles. .
Bay leaves are used in spellwork for protection, purification, healing, strength, good fortune, money, and success, as well as divination, clairvoyance, and other psychic powers. Its also said that it can prevent Cancer, deal with diabetes and improves Hearth Health. Its good detox and helps with the intestine and inflammation.
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Common use with Bay is to Write a wish on a bay leaf and burn it, or sleep with it under your pillow for dreams that offer some sort of guidance as to how to pursue your goal. (If you burn the bay leaf, make sure your area is well ventilated, for the smoke can be mildly hallucinogenic.)
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Bay Leaves are also good for Yule❄️! Do you have bay?.
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