Hellebore comes in all sorts of hybrids and unique varietals. This one is called “New York night” photo from Walter’s Gardens. Hellebore is a very interesting plant to work with magick ally because it isn’t one that you would ingest or use in an ointment because of its toxicity. However, helleborus has a long association with magical practice. Hellebore is typically under the ruler ship of Saturn, but it also has some Mars qualities. The spirit of hellebore is ancient and enigmatic, a strange and otherworldly gatekeeper. Hellebore is associated with ceremonial magic. It was often included in incense fumigation recipes for summoning and commanding spirits and casting some of the most malicious hexes. Agrippa associates Hellebore with the fixed star Algol in the constellation Medusa. Hellebore exhibits a very similar energy. It strikes fear in its enemies and paralyzes them. It can be used in workings relating to Saturn and Mars, as well as summoning an banishing infernal spirits. Depending on how hellebore is approached you either get the wizened old gate guardian or a playful spirit that sometimes resembles a toad. Hellebore was also said to have vampiric qualities and was used in transference magic to imbue something with a desired quality. #hellebore #helleborus #poisonpath #poisonousplants #thepoisonpath #hexingherbs #plantmagick #greenwitch #witchcraft #wortcunning #folkmagick #witchmade #witchsgarden #ritualadornments #occultjewelry #witchyjewelry ##thenightsidecollection #chthonicsorcery #poisonpath #nephilimrising #demonolatry #darkhwrbalism #lefthandpath #occultherbalism #veneficium https://www.instagram.com/p/CWCFabIL3tr/?utm_medium=tumblr