hypericum perforatum
PARTS USED
The whole Herb
Masculine
= Fire /Sun
FOLK NAMES
Amber
Fuga daemonum (Latin: Scare Devil)
Goat Weed
Herba John
John's Wort
Klamath Weed
Sol Terrestis
Tipton Weed
POWERS
Banishing
Calming
Happiness
Health
Love
Protection
Strength
DEITY
Baldur
Use the leaves in a necklace
to ward off sickness and tensions.
Carry to strengthen your courage and conviction,
or when about to confront a nasty situation.
Burn to repel and banish negative
thoughts and energies from yourself or others.
MAGICAL USES
Worn, St. John's Wort wards off fever and cold,
makes soldiers invincible, and attracts love.
If it is gathered on Midsummer or on a Friday
and worn it will keep mental illness at bay
and will cure melancholy.
When placed in a jar and hung by a window
St. John's Wort protects against thunderbolts,
fire and evil spirits.
Both flowers and leaves are used for this purpose.
It is dried over the Midsummer fires and hung
near the window to keep ghosts, necromancers
and other evildoers from the house,
and is burned to banish spirits and demons.
Any part of the herb placed beneath the pillow
allows unmarried women to dream
of their future husbands.
Use in rituals or carry to detect other magicians;
at one time it was held to the mouth of accused
Witches to attempt to force them to confess.
Source(s)
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
by Scott Cunningham
Special
Thanks
Witchcraft and Magic
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