Here’s a list of rare or lesser-known herbs and their magickal correspondences, many of which are overlooked in modern witchcraft and occult practices.
1. Cock's Comb (Alectorolophus)
• Magickal Uses: Protection, strength, and victory in battles (physical or spiritual).
• Associated Deities: Ares, Sekhmet
• Use: Burn as incense before conflict or challenging situations for courage.
2. Asarabacca (Asarum europaeum)
• Magickal Uses: Psychic visions, breaking hexes, uncovering hidden truths.
• Associated Deities: Hekate, Thoth
• Use: Place under the pillow for prophetic dreams or use in a tea for divination.
3. Balmony (Chelone glabra)
• Magickal Uses: Healing, emotional cleansing, renewal.
• Associated Deities: Oshun, Brigid
• Use: Burn in purification rituals or use in healing baths.
4. Birthwort (Aristolochia)
• Magickal Uses: Transformation, banishing negativity, aiding childbirth.
• Associated Deities: Ereshkigal, Demeter
• Use: Used in ancient childbirth rituals; can be burned for removing stagnant energies.
5. Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
• Magickal Uses: Feminine power, protection of mothers, fertility.
• Associated Deities: Hathor, Freyja
• Use: Carried as a charm for protection during pregnancy.
• Magickal Uses: Clarity, focus, preventing deception.
• Associated Deities: Hermes, Odin
• Use: Burned to enhance mental acuity or added to charm bags for clear thinking.
7. Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea)
• Magickal Uses: Psychic awareness, third-eye activation, dream recall.
• Associated Deities: Apollo, Isis
• Use: Used in dream pillows or burned to enhance trance states.
8. Dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus)
• Magickal Uses: Spirit summoning, astral travel, love spells.
• Associated Deities: Aphrodite, Hades
• Use: Burned to enhance spiritual contact, especially in necromantic rites.
9. Figwort (Scrophularia nodosa)
• Magickal Uses: Protection against hostile spirits, shapeshifting, banishment.
• Associated Deities: Hekate, Anubis
• Use: Worn as an amulet for protection during spiritual work.
• Magickal Uses: Exorcism, warding off pests (physical and energetic).
• Associated Deities: Thor, Sekhmet
• Use: Sprinkled around a home to drive away negative energies.
11. Goat’s Rue (Galega officinalis)
• Magickal Uses: Strength, endurance, prosperity.
• Associated Deities: Pan, Cernunnos
• Use: Carried for perseverance in long-term endeavors.
12. Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
• Magickal Uses: Wealth, success, protection of one’s legacy.
• Associated Deities: Fortuna, Lakshmi
• Use: Used in prosperity spells or worn to attract wealth.
13. Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
• Magickal Uses: Luck, secrecy, invisibility.
• Associated Deities: Loki, Hermes
• Use: Carried to avoid detection in magical workings.
14. Ladies’ Bedstraw (Galium verum)
• Magickal Uses: Love, protection, attracting kindness.
• Associated Deities: Aphrodite, Freyja
• Use: Placed under the bed to attract love or harmony.
15. Lungwort (Pulmonaria)
• Magickal Uses: Breath control, speaking the truth, strengthening the voice.
• Associated Deities: Hermes, Saraswati
• Use: Used in spells for eloquence and clear speech.
16. Masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium)
• Magickal Uses: Power, dominance, authority.
• Associated Deities: Zeus, Helios
• Use: Worn as a talisman to strengthen personal influence.
17. Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria)
• Magickal Uses: Unlocking hidden doors, breaking barriers, lunar magick.
• Associated Deities: Hekate, Selene
• Use: Used to enhance lunar rituals and to aid astral travel.
18. Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
• Magickal Uses: Banishing, repelling unwanted influences, protection.
• Associated Deities: Ares, Lilith
• Use: Burned for spiritual cleansing or carried for warding off manipulation.
19. Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)
• Magickal Uses: Healing, self-improvement, resilience.
• Associated Deities: Brigid, Isis
• Use: Used in healing rituals or teas for emotional restoration.
20. Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
• Magickal Uses: Warding off curses, preventing deception, protection.
• Associated Deities: Apollo, Ra
• Use: Carried to prevent betrayal or used in warding spells.
21. Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
• Magickal Uses: Protection, prosperity, hex-breaking.
• Associated Deities: Hekate, Pluto
• Use: Used in protection sachets and to anoint tools for grounding energy.
22. Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia spp.)
• Magickal Uses: Spirit communication, trance work, crossing between realms.
• Associated Deities: Hekate, The Morrigan
• Use: Placed on an altar to enhance dream work and astral projection. (Highly toxic—do not ingest.)
23. Azedarach (Melia azedarach) – Chinaberry
• Magickal Uses: Warding off evil, breaking toxic attachments, commanding respect.
• Associated Deities: Ares, Kali
• Use: Leaves are carried in a sachet for personal empowerment and protection.
24. Bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
• Magickal Uses: Fertility, purification, emotional healing.
• Associated Deities: Brigid, Freyja
• Use: Used in fertility rites or healing spells for emotional wounds.
25. Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale)
• Magickal Uses: Psychic enhancement, dream work, repelling negative energy.
• Associated Deities: Odin, Hermes
• Use: Burned as incense to enhance lucid dreaming and divination.
26. Bugloss (Anchusa officinalis)
• Magickal Uses: Courage, strengthening the will, truth-seeking.
• Associated Deities: Apollo, Thor
• Use: Carried or worn as an amulet to boost confidence and resolve.
27. Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
• Magickal Uses: Warding off disease, exorcism, strength against enemies.
• Associated Deities: Ares, Sekhmet
• Use: Hung in doorways or carried as a charm to ward off malevolent forces.
28. Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
• Magickal Uses: Success, legal matters, prophetic visions.
• Associated Deities: Hermes, Zeus
• Use: Used in court-case spells or placed under the pillow for prophetic dreams.
29. Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
• Magickal Uses: Strength, breaking bad habits, healing emotional wounds.
• Associated Deities: Chiron, Asclepius
• Use: Brewed into teas for spiritual cleansing and breaking negative patterns.
30. Cudweed (Filago vulgaris)
• Magickal Uses: Spirit communication, necromancy, ancestor work.
• Associated Deities: Anubis, Hel
• Use: Burned as incense during séances or placed on ancestral altars.
31. Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris)
• Magickal Uses: Love, attraction, enhancing charm.
• Associated Deities: Aphrodite, Freyja
• Use: Added to bath rituals for attracting a lover or enhancing beauty.
32. Elephant’s Head (Pedicularis groenlandica)
• Magickal Uses: Dreamwork, expanding consciousness, energy flow.
• Associated Deities: Thoth, Morpheus
• Use: Used in rituals for astral projection and dream enhancement.
33. Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
• Magickal Uses: Exorcism, purification, breaking hexes.
• Associated Deities: Hekate, Kali
• Use: Burned to cleanse a space or added to baths for spiritual protection.
34. Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)
• Magickal Uses: Strength in adversity, courage, endurance.
• Associated Deities: Odin, Athena
• Use: Used in talismans for resilience and overcoming hardship.
35. Hound’s Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
• Magickal Uses: Binding, loyalty, controlling gossip.
• Associated Deities: Hekate, Hermes
• Use: Used in spells to stop malicious talk and encourage faithfulness.
36. Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
• Magickal Uses: Divine connection, wisdom, accessing higher knowledge.
• Associated Deities: Zeus, Thoth
• Use: Used in meditation to enhance spiritual insight.
37. Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
• Magickal Uses: Peace, balancing emotions, calming conflicts.
• Associated Deities: Kuan Yin, Selene
• Use: Burned or carried for emotional balance and conflict resolution.
38. Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum)
• Magickal Uses: Clairvoyance, invisibility, sharpening the mind.
• Associated Deities: Loki, Hermes
• Use: Used in vision-enhancing spells or to increase focus.
39. Pellitory of the Wall (Parietaria judaica)
• Magickal Uses: Breaking barriers, removing obstacles, gaining access.
• Associated Deities: Janus, Ganesha
• Use: Used in road-opening spells to remove blockages to success.
40. Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria)
• Magickal Uses: Protection against deceit, uncovering hidden enemies.
• Associated Deities: Ares, Nemesis
• Use: Carried as an amulet for protection in matters of secrecy or deception.
