rosemarinus officinalis
PARTS USED
Leaves and small branches
Masculine
= Fire /Mars /Mercury /Sun
FOLK NAMES
Compass Weed
Dew of the Sea
Elf Leaf
Guardrobe
Insencier
Libanotis (Greek)
Polar Plant
Sea Dew
POWERS
Clear Thinking
Contentment
Exorcism
Healing
Love
Lust
Mental Powers
Money
Protection
Purification
Sleep
Youth
MAGICAL USES
This is a good all around herb
to have it in your cupboard.
Used primarily for contentment and happiness
to the home and to the person, a branch is hung,
food is cooked with it or it can be worn
to be a tension relieving and contented feeling.
This added to other appropriate herbs is a great
boost for money, when you don't need your
own money making press, just enough to say,
cover those concert tickets you want.
Carried in a sachet, talisman or amulet,
this is a great guard against negative energies.
Tea is drank to improve mental clarity and aid
in the memory.
Rosemary, when burned, emits powerful
cleansing and purifying vibrations, and so is
smouldered to rid place of negativity,
especially prior to performing magic.
It is one of the oldest incenses.
When placed beneath the pillow rosemary ensures
a good sleep and drives away nightmares.
Laid under the bed it protects
the sleeper from all harm.
Rosemary is hung on the porch and doorposts
to keep thieves from the house and is carried
to remain healthy.
Placed in the bath it purifies.
A chaplet of rosemary, worn. aids the memory,
while the wood, smelled often,
preserves youthfulness.
To ensure the latter, add a rosemary infusion
to the bath water.
Rosemary has long been used in love and lust
incenses and other mixtures, and healing poppets
are stuffed with rosemary to take advantage
of its curative vibrations.
Rosemary infusion is used to wash the hands
before healing work, and the leaves mixed
with juniper berries are burned
in sickrooms to promote healing.
If you wish to receive knowledge or the answer
to a question, burn rosemary on charcoal
and smell its smoke.
Rosemary is grown to attract elves, and
the powdered leaves wrapped in linen cloth and
bound to the right arm dispel depression and
make the emotions light and merry.
Rosemary is gerally used as a substitute
for frankincence.
Source(s)
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
by Scott Cunningham
Special
Thanks
Witchcraft and Magic
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