#herbal work

Is that one of the main metaphysical properties of chamomile is that it protects and it purifies.

So maybe that cup of tea IS doing a little something for you or even a lot for you by maintaining some peace and calm in your space.

If you want to get more witchier with it, start your day off with chamomile tea with the intent of gaining ways to successfully curve or resolve verbal conflicts that involve people who try to start an argument with you. Another idea is that you envision the tea that you're drinking as this elixir that helps ward away the negative repetitive thoughts that you have about yourself or what's keeping you from being relaxed.

We had mixed sun and clouds for the Illustris ritual at Concentric Circles, on the lawn at the Roundhouse, and the smell of a nearby fire and all the herbs was just fabulous.

We did an herbal bar for spiritual nourishment and everyone got to make their own custom blend and take it home in a quarter-ounce jar.

I’m going to dig down and look at my saffron on Sunday August 12th.  How I came to that determination is from the different charts shown above.  

Bio-dynamically, just after the new moon is the next phase when it’s considered beneficial to sow or plant herbs.  The saffron is already planted but my uncovering it at this time shouldn’t be harmful, and I want to take my first look as early as possible.  Alchemically, that same day is a lone active (benefic) energy day in a run of passives and it’s in the phase of Digestion (seems like a good alignment with giving them a drink).  Planetary hour-wise, saffron is a Sun plant so there’s dawn at 6am or 2:27pm in the afternoon which would be times aligned with the plant.

More sacred chores. To cut down on having random bags of herbs in every cupboard, after Illustris rituals where we do the herb bar, I make a bulk batch of whatever we were crafting.

For Concentric Circles a few weeks back, we did a ritual for spiritual nourishment: halfway between Imbolc and the Equinox, just after the inauguration.  I had leftover everything except Bay leaf (I grind that from my own tree as needed) so I threw 2 tbsp of each of the other nine ingredients into one big jar, and reclaimed all the little ones used for the ritual. 

Ready-to-go spiritual nourishment herbs, ready to charge and use, give to friends or even throw on a charcoal.   I was thinking, a bit of this blended with some specifically-restful ingredients might make a restorative sleep dream pillow. 

A highly customize-able oil that is used to attract people toward you, make you seem even more beautiful than normal, and make you smell amazing. 

Ingredients • Any combination or 3 or more of these herbs (choose whichever you think smells best together): Apple Blossom, Basil, Chamomile, Cherry, Cinnamon, Jasmine, Lavender, Lemon Zest, Orange Blossom, Rose Petals, or Strawberry • Two or three of any of these essential oils: Lemon, Apple, Orange Blossom, Vanilla, Rose, Rosemary, or Violet • Rose Quartz • A spray bottle or jar

Procedure 1. Grind the solid ingredients and mix them together in a bottle. 2. Add in the rose quartz. 3. Add drops of the essential oils until the oil achieves a pleasing scent.

Vervain and the mountain ash are the best preservatives for cattle against witchcraft. Some should be tied round the cow's horns and her tail. Then no fairy or witch can do harm while the herbs of power are on her.

Anonymous asked grumpylokeanelder:

Can you suggest any book on herbology and the use of plants on a medicinal and/or mystical context?