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Lady�s Mantle
(Alchemilla vulgaris) Also known as Bear�s Foot, Leontopodium, Lion�s Foot, Nine Hooks and Stellaria.
Feminine. Venus. Water. Love, Spirituality.
This herb is especially useful for women.
Lavender
(Lavendula vera or Lavendula officinale) Also known as Elf Leaf, Nard, Nardus and Spike.
Masculine. Mercury. Air. Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification, Happiness, Peace, Visions, Inspiration, Healing.
Use in love spells and sachets. Use in purification baths and incenses.
Lemon
(Citrus limon)
Feminine. Moon. Water. Longevity, Purification, Love, Friendship.
Mix the juice with water to use as a purification wash for ritual objects, or add to purification baths. Use the flowers and peel in love sachets and spells. Use the leaves for a lust-inducing tea. Lemons make good poppets.
Lemon Balm
(Melissa officinalis) Also known as Bee Balm, Lemon Balsam, Melissa, Sweet Balm, Sweet Melissa, Balm Melissa.
Feminine. Moon. Water. Love, Success, Healing, Happiness, Fertility.
Lemon Balm�s main use is in healing. Use in healing incense, sachets and spells. Carried, it repels illness. It can also be carried to draw love or ensure success. Drink as an infusion to ease emotional pains after a relationship break-up, and to help recovery from trauma and sexual assault. It drives away depression and increases fertility.
Lemon Verbena
(Lippia citriodora) Also known as Cedron and Yerba Louisa.
Masculine. Mercury (Venus). Air. Purification, Love.
Use in love spells.
Lilac
(Syringa vulgaris)
Feminine. Venus. Water. Exorcism, Protection, Luck, Love.
Lily
(Lilium spp.)
Feminine. Moon. Water. Venus, Juno, Nepthys, Kwan Yin. Protection, Breaking Love Spells.
Plant lilies in your garden for protection.
Lily of the Valley
(Convallaria magalis) Also known as Convallaria, Jacob�s Ladder, Ladder to Heaven, Lily Constancy, Male Lily, May Lily, Our Lady�s Tears.
Masculine. Mercury. Air. Apollo, Aesculapius. Mental Powers, Happiness, Counters Spells, Attracts Fairies.
Poisonous.
Linden
(Tilia europaea) Also known as Lime and Lime Tree.
Masculine. Jupiter. Air. Venus, Lada. Protection, Immortality, Luck, Sleep, Love, Longevity.
Use the leaves and flowers in love spells. Use the leaves in immortality spells.
Liquid Amber
(Liquidambar spp.) Also known as Styrax, Sweet Gum, Voodoo and Witch Burr.
Masculine. Sun. Fire. Protection.
Lobelia
(Lobelia inflata) Also known as Indian Tobacco, Gagroot, Vomitroot and Bladderpod.
Add a small quantity to cigarettes for a marijuana-like effects. A stimulant and relaxant. Use a small amount in a tea of chamomile or peppermint. Use caution with this plant.
Lovage
(Levisticum officinale) Also known as Chinese Lovage, Cornish Lovage, Italian Lovage, Italian Parsley, Lavose, Love Herbs, Love Rod, Love Root, Loving Herbs, Lubestico, Sea Parsley.
Masculine. Sun. Fire (Water). Love, Purification.
Use the root in cleansing baths. Use in bath or carry to attract love.
Lucky Hand
(Orchis spp.) Also known as Hand of Power, Hand Root, Helping Hand and Salap.
Feminine. Venus. Water. Employment, Luck, Protection, Money, Travel.
This is the root of an orchid plant and is known for its use in New Orleans. It is used in sachets for luck, employment, protection and success.
Mace Maguey Mahogany, Mountain Maidenhair Mandrake Marijuana Marigold Marjoram Mastic Meadowsweet Mesquite Mint Mistletoe
(Viscum album--European Mistletoe; Phoradendron flavescens--American Mistletoe) Also known as All Heal, Birdlime, Devil�s Fuge, Donnerbesen, Golden Bough, Holy Wood, Lignam Sanctae crucis, Misseltoe, Thunderbesem, Witch�s Broom and Wood of the Cross. Morning Glory Mugwort Mulberry Mullein Myrrh Myrtle
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(Myristica fragrans)
Masculine. Mercury. Air. Psychic Powers, Mental Powers.
This is the outer covering of the nutmeg. Burn to increase psychic powers or carry for increased mental powers.
(Agave spp.) Also known as Agave.
Masculine. Mars. Fire. Lust.
Use the juice for lust potions.
(Cercocarpus ledifolius)
Masculine. Fire. Anti-lightning.
Carry a piece of the bark in your hat when you go hiking in the mountains to protect from lightning.
(Adiantum pedatim) Also known as Maidenhair Fern.
Feminine. Venus. Water. Venus, Freyja. Beauty, Love.
Use in talismans to procure love and for general magick involving love and beauty.
(Mandragora officinarum) Also known as Alraun, Anthropomorphon, Baaras, Brain Thief, Circeium, Circoea, Galgenmannchen, Gallow's Man, Herb of Circe, Hexenmannchen, Ladykins, Mandragen, Mandragora, Mannikin, Raccoon Berry, Satan's Apple, Semihomo, Wild Lemon, Womandrake, Zauberwurzel.
Masculine. Mercury. Fire (Earth). Hecate, Circe, Hathor, Venus. Protection, Fertility, Money, Love, Health.
To gather Mandrake root, approach the plant at sundown with the wind blowing from behind you. Draw three circles around the plant with a consecrated blade before you dig up the root. Mandrake root makes a good protective charm for the home. The root is used in exorcism. Mandrake has long been used as a poppet. Mandrake is an aphrodisiac and can be carried or consumed to promote love, sex and fertility. A hallucinogen when used in a tea. Can be used similarly to datura.
(Cannibis sativa) Also known as Chanvre, Dragonswort, Gallowgrass, Ganed, Ganja, Grass, Hanf, Hemp, Kif, Necckweede, Tekrouri, Weed.
Feminine. Saturn. Water. Healing, Love, Visions, Meditation.
Use in vision and scrying incenses. Burn with mugwort before your magick mirror for visions. Use in love spells. It can be smoked or eaten (it must be prepared in a special way for this) to alter one�s state of consciousness. The marijuana-state is extremely useful for magick. It is currently illegal in the United States.
(Calendula officinalis) Also known as Bride of the Sun, Calendula, Drunkard, Goldes, Holigolde, Husband-man�s Dial, Marybud, Marygold, Mary Gowles, Ruddes, Ruddles, Spousa Solis, Summer�s Bride.
Masculine. Sun. Fire. Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Love, Legal Matters, Psychic Powers.
Scatter under the bed for prophetic dreams. An aphrodisiac.
(Origanum majorana) Also known as Joy of the Mountain, Knotted Marjorane, Marjorlaine, Mountain Mint, Pot Majoram, Sweet Majoram and Wintersweet.
Masculine. Mercury. Air. Venus, Aphrodite. Protection, Love, Happiness, Health, Money.
Use in love spells and add to food to strengthen love. Place some in each room of the house for protection. It brings happiness to a depressed person. Combine with marigold, thyme, honey and wormwood for an anointing ointment for love divination.
(Pistacia lenticus) Also known as Gum Mastic and Masticke.
Masculine. Sun. Air. Psychic Powers, Manifestations, Lust.
Burn in rituals of spirit manifestations. Use in incenses to enhance psychic powers. Use in lust philters and potions. Mastic adds general potency to any incense.
(Spiraea filipendula) Also known as Bride of the Meadow, Bridewort, Dollor Gravel Root, Lady of the Meadow, Little Queen, Meadowwort, Queen of the Meadow, Steeplebush, Trumpet Weed.
Masculine. Jupiter. Air (Water). Love, Divination, Peace, Happiness.
Use in love spells and mixtures.
(Prosopis juliflora) Also known as Mizquitl.
Feminine. Moon. Water. Healing.
Use in healing incenses and potions. Use as fuel for magickal fires.
(Mentha spp.) Also known as Garden Mint.
Masculine. Mercury. Air. Pluto, Hecate. Money, Lust, Healing, Travel, Exorcism, Protection, Mental Powers.
Use in healing potions and mixtures. Use in travel, money and prosperity spells.
Masculine. Sun. Air. Apollo, Freya, Frigga, Venus, Odin. Protection, Love, Healing, Fertility, Health, Exorcism, Anti-lightning, Immortality, Invisibility.
Mistletoe has long been used for protection of all kinds. Its a good herb to have around for all its uses. Mistletoe that is growing on an oak is especially potent.
(Ipomoea violacea) Also known as Bindweed, Tliltliltzen, badoh negro, badoh, badungas, la�aja shnash, Mexican Morning Glory, Heavenly Blue, Pearly Gates, Flying Saucers and Blue Stars.
Masculine. Saturn. Water. Happiness, Peace, Visions.
Place the seeds under your pillow to stop nightmares. Grow in your garden for peace and happiness. The seeds are a hallucinogen. A guide to ingesting them is found in The Magical and Ritual Use of Herbs by Richard Alan Miller. This plant is poisonous and to be used with caution.
(Artemisia vulgaris) Also known as Artemis Herb, Artemisia, Felon Herb, Muggons, Naughty Man, Old Man, Old Uncle Henry, Sailor�s Tobacco and St. John�s Plant.
Feminine. Venus. Earth (Air). Artemis, Diana. Strength, Psychic Powers, Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Healing, Astral Projection.
Sleep on a pillow stuffed with mugwort for prophetic dreams. Burn with sandalwood or wormwood in scrying rituals. Drink an infusion of mugwort sweetened with honey before divination. The infusion can also be used to wash crystal balls and magick mirrors. Leaves of mugwort can be placed around these to aid in scrying.
(Morus rubra)
Masculine. Mercury. Air. Minerva, San Ku Fu Jen, Diana. Protection, Strength.
Wands can be made of Mulberry.
(Verbascum thapsus) Also known as Aaron�s Rod, Blanket Leaf, Candlewick Plant, Clot, Doffle, Feltwort, Flannel Plant, Graveyard Dust, Hag�s Tapers, Hedge Taper, Jupiter�s Staff, Lady�s Foxglove, Old Man�s Fennel, Peter�s Staff, Shepherd�s Club, Shepherd�s Herb, Torches, Velvetback, Velvet Plant.
Feminine. Saturn. Fire. Jupiter. Courage, Protection, Health, Love Divination, Exorcism.
Wear for courage and to protect from wild animals. Use for protection and exorcism spells. Use on crystal balls and magick mirrors for divination. Smoke to relieve asthma.:
(Commiphoria myrrha) Also known as Gum Myrhh Tree, Karan and Mirra Balsom Odendron.
Feminine. Moon (Sun). Water. Isis, Adonis, Ra, Marian. Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Spirituality.
Burn as a purifying and protective incense, usually with frankincense. Myrhh enhances the power of any incense. Use in healing sachets and incenses. The smoke can be used for consecration and purification.
(Myrtus communis)
Feminine. Venus. Water. Venus, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hathor, Astarte, Ashtoreth, Marian, Habondia. Love, Fertility, Youth, Peace, Money.
Use in love spells of all kinds. Wear to increase fertility. Carry the wood to preserve youth or love.
