carduus marianus
silybum marianum
sonchus oleraceus
PART USED
The Whole Plant
GENDER: Masculine
ELEMENT: Fire
PLANET: Mars
FOLK NAME
Marian Thistle
POWERS: Snake-enraging
MAGICAL USES
The Anglo Saxons recorded the fact that
if the milk thistle was hung around a man's neck,
all snakes in his presence would begin fighting.
Special Thanks
'Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over,
it became a butterfly'...
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