Gorgeous artwork by @poisonplantwitchery on this black canvas bag! These are so handy to have around and the artwork is deadly ☠️☠️☠️ datura, belladonna, & henbane with the snake and skull, two of the most important symbols of the poison path! #poisonpath #thepoisonpath #veneficium #poisonousplants #plantspiritmedicine #plantspiritallies #solanaceae #witchesointment #flyingointment #nightshadeoils #ritualoils #banefulherbs #banefulallies #plantmagic #entheogens #plantspirits #pharmakeia #poisoner #witchcraft #greenwitchcraft (at Houston Heights) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChM8b7JL0_J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I’ve been doing some magical studying on plant spirit familiars and the magic of the different plants. I’ve been working with living poisonous plants like the Mandragora and Hellebore. I want to venture deeper into this type of magic and the working with these spirits. #plants #plantspirit #plantspirits #plantspirithealing #bookofshadows #bookofshadowspages #bookofshadowspage #grimoire #grimoirepages #plants #greenwitchesofinstagram #greenwitches #greenwitchcraft #pagan #occult #magical #hygge #boho #journaling #journal #journalinspiration #magical #magicaljournal #bos #witchyvibes #witchythings #witchylife #witchylifestyle #flowers #flower (at Sacramento, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcJn5BpvlKV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
It was so nice to be able to finally be alone with nature this weekend. Just to be away from other people and have my family experience nature together. Something about it just rejuvenates you and connects you back to the source. This was Sols first time in nature like this and I can't wait to show her how to connect with the spirits of the forest. How to hear their voices and learn their ways. This was definitely a blessing to my week. #thankyou #plantspirits #familyhike #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8JcugO8FV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Other plants were believed to emit a scream or to cry tears when harvested. Still other planets like “wonder of the world root” required that it be spoken to and ceremonially addressed before it could be harvest successfully, lest it release forces that will harm whoever handles it. Like their traditional African predecessors and their Native American counterparts, an African American conjurer, well trained in the old tradition, believed in the life force potentiality in each sacred plant, sacred animal, and sacred inanimate object.
Katrina Hazzard-Donald, Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System, p. 105.
Description: The passion vine spirits appear somewhat humanoid although very plant-like, taking on the colors and characteristics of the incredible looking flowers with lavender and yellow. The spirits hover around and above the densest cluster of vines, and I’ve only so far seen one spirit per cluster, not one for every individual flower or vine shoot.
Mythological & Cultural Background:
The "Passion" in "passion flower" refers to the passion of Jesus in Christian theology. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion... Outside the Christian heartland, the regularly shaped flowers have reminded people of the face of a clock. In Israel they are known as "clock-flower" (שעונית) and in Greece as "clock plant" (ρολογιά); in Japan too, they are known as tokeisō (時計草, "clock plant"). - Wikipedia
Medicinal Uses:
The fresh or dried leaves of maypop are used to make a tea that is used for insomnia, hysteria, and epilepsy, and is also valued for its analgesic properties. Once dried, the leaves can also be smoked. - Wikipedia
My Experiences
I hope I’m not mischaracterizing the whole species of passion vines, but my experiences with them so far have been not too great. There are two clusters of passion vines in my parent’s garden with one spirit each. I don’t know their names, but let’s call them Reina and Hermana for the sake of this post.
I met Reina first when I was scanning the energy of the garden for the first time this summer to get myself re-acquainted with the spirits there. Her vines have wrapped around most of the base of the two palm trees holding up our hammock, and have completely taken over the entire hammock. She looks like one thick massive oblong mini-forest of vines, flowers, and some fruits. I have always loved passion fruit because it’s delicious, but this was the first time I had seen the exotic flowers up close in so great a number. While trying to scan the rest of the garden, I was overwhelmed by Reina’s energy because she was the biggest and most energetically powerful force there. So I felt I must go over and introduce myself - then I quickly realized she’s a big of a trickster, a trouble-maker, giving me coy smiles and indirect answers to questions. After several conversations, I wondered if she was fae not just a nature spirit. She said she was indeed fae, and so for a while I somehow believed her. Now I have come to understand that she really is just the passion vine’s spirit - and a very mischievous one at that. Once while chanting mantras during a house cleansing, I noticed Reina dancing and enjoying the magical sounds. Today when my step-mom was watering her, she sent out grateful energy despite other frustrations she has with us at the moment.
The other passion vine, Hermana, lives all the way across the garden by the toolshed on the fence. Sequestered in the back, I didn’t actually notice her and speak with her until later. Hermana and Reina claim that they are sisters. While Hermana is a bit more reserved than Reina, she also has a noticeably dominating and scheme attitude to her demeanor. Both spirits feel that they are powerful beings and are more than happy for this to be known by all they converse with. They also clearly want to be admired.
~ Mod Fire
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Juliet Diaz is an Indigenous Taino & Afro Caribbean Cubana from a long line of brujx, medicine people, and seers. Juliet is a spiritual, literary activist, and award-winning bestselling author. "When a plant isn't growing or thriving, you don't try to fix the plant itself; instead, you fix the environment around the plant. Like a plant, you do not need to be fixed; you simply need to create an environment that nurtures your growth." Juliet Diaz - Plant Witchery Connecting to nature is our birthright; in many indigenous cultures, it's a form of self-activism. Learning how to develop a relationship with nature and implementing daily practices to help us understand plant language can be the salve to our deepest wounds and the medicine to profound healing. It is also a form of resistance and loud fuck you to a society that has tried to strip us from nature's powerful wisdom and magic. Learn to naturally decolonize your plant knowledge, connect intimately with plants and create your personal plant language with nature Spirits. All classes will be recorded. Schedule TBA. Learn more via the link in bio. Tickets on sale NOW on Eventbrite link in bio and be sure to keep checking back for updates! Background for promo graphic by Steven Thomas Pearson-Walsh #herbmagic #herbmagick #plantmagick #plantmagic #folkmagic #plantlore #wortcunning #herbcraft #greenwitch #botanicaobscuraconference #botanicaobscuraconference #plantspiritmedicine #plantlore #strangeplants #poisonousplants #toxicology #ethnobotany #banefulherbs #veneficium #thepoisonpath #phytochemistry #plantspirits https://www.instagram.com/p/CnR3y6WOeFg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
