Robin Baker
Using Herbs to Enhance and Magnify Your Magick Spells
All things in nature contain energy. And the energy that is emitted by these items is attuned to certain properties. For instance, some people have very outgoing and bubbly personalities. And just being around these people can make you feel good. By the same token, some people are very depressed and sullen. And it is very depressing to be around these individuals. It is the same with all living things in nature.
Some objects have positive energies while others have negative energies. And you can use these very powerful energies and transfer that power for use in your spell casting and magick work.
Herbs are particularly well suited for this purpose. Certain herbs have powerful properties that can enhance and magnify the effect of your magick spells. You can use herbs for attracting love, money, and success as well as healing, banishing, and cleansing.
This is an extremely powerful technique when casting spells and doing magick work. It is very easy to harness the power of herbs to enhance and magnify your spells. You can do this in several ways;
Using gloves, rub the herb into a spell candle
Perfume your ritual work space with an herb sachet
Add a bit of herb to your incense burner or drop it into a candle flame.
Put a bit of the herb in a diffuser and allow the fragrance to permeate the room
Add a bit of herbs into candles you make yourself
By using herbs in some or all of the ways above, you can harness the power and energy of the herbs to magnify and enhance the power of your spells dramatically. Although it is not an absolute necessity to use herbs in your witchcraft and magick spells, they can help make your spells much more powerful and actually make them work better and quicker. For that reason, it is a good idea to always incorporate herbs into your spell casting and magick work.
(Always use caution when working with herbs as some of them are toxic and can poison you or irritate your skin. Never consume an herb you are not familiar with and do your research before allowing it to come in direct contact with any part of your body.)
Witchcraft Herbs and Roots
Let us first review some of the herbs that you should already have in your Witches’ Cupboard.
Basil is a sacred herb used for peace and happiness at home. Basil is used to protect the home from evil. Basil is known as Albahaca, American Dittany, 'Our Herb', St. Joseph's Wort, Sweet Basil, and the Witches Herb. Basil is considered masculine, associated with the Planet Mars and the element of Fire. An herb for money and success, a happy family, and a peaceful home, it drives away the Evil Eye.
Rosemary is a powerful guardian, and a protector of woman. This wonderful herb is widely used to bring good dreams, keep marriage faithful and the home peaceful, and for brewing up cleansing and beautifying baths. Rosemary is also known as Compass Weed, Dew of the Sea, Elf Leaf, Guardrobe, Incensier, Polar Plant, and Sea Dew. Rosemary is considered masculine, and is associated with the Sun and the element of Fire.
Thyme is lucky in two ways. Thyme can bring peace of mind while sleeping and it can protect you money. Thyme is also known as Common Thyme and Garden Thyme. Thyme is considered feminine, and is associated with the planet Mars and the element of Fire.
Nutmeg is used to bring good luck in games of chance. Nutmeg is considered masculine, and is associated with the planet Jupiter and the element of Fire.
Cloves are used to draw friendship and money. Cloves are considered masculine, and are associated with the planet Jupiter and the element of Fire.
Allspice is a wonderful spice that is used magically for money-drawing, business success, and to relieve mental tension. Allspice is considered masculine, and is associated with the planet Mars and the element of Fire.
Bay leaves are also known as Baie, Bay Laurel, Bay Tree, Daphne, Greecian Laurel, Sweet Bay, and Laurier d'Apollon. Bay leaves are used for protection and to avoid being jinxed or hexed, especially if you are doing a job on someone else.
DANDELION can be drunk as tea or carried in a bag to enhance psychic dreams and second sight.
LAVENDER FLOWERS are a sweet-smelling herb, used to promote passion, romance, harmony, friendship, and cooperation with a lover.
CHAMOMILE FLOWERS are widely considered to be a Lucky herb, an herb used in gambling spells and washes, and also an herb for cleansing, un-hexing and uncrossing.
MUGWORT is burned and inhaled for psychic abilities and also made into tea to wash amulets and crystals.
DAMIANA LEAVES are used to draw a new lover, to intensify sexual passion, or to bring back a straying lover.
How to Make Candle Fragrance Oil from Herbs
Plenty of crafters enjoy making candles. Not only are they endlessly versatile, they also make thoughtful gifts. Making your own allows the freedom to choose colors and customize scents for your candles. Though essential oils and candle fragrances can be strong, unpleasant or expensive, candle-makers can solve these problems by making their own candle fragrance.
Distilling essential oils at home may be difficult, but making herb-scented oils is not. It takes a few kitchen tools, some herb knowledge and a little patience but the dedicated candle-maker can create some lovely custom scents.
Things You'll Need
Carrier oil
Fresh herbs
Large, deep skillet
Instructions
Pour some carrier oil into a glass bowl, using two cups of oil for every two cups of fresh herbs you plan to use. Nut oils, like sweet almond or pecan oil work well since they have no scent or color. Olive or vegetable oil will yellow your candles and carry the odor of those oils beneath the herbal scents.
Place the bowl in a large skillet filled about halfway with water. This creates a kind of double boiler that heats the oil and herbs gently without burning them or picking up food scents from the skillet.
Bruise and crush your fresh herbs between your hands to release the scents. Lavender, rose petals, cinnamon bark and citrus leaves all are aromatic choices. Put the herbs into the oil, poking them beneath the surface with tongs.
Simmer the herbs and oil for about two hours, adding more water to the pan as necessary. Do not let the pan boil dry; this could crack your bowl and cause a big mess.
Allow the oil and herbs to cool before straining them with a colander into a clean glass jar. Store the jar in a cool, dry place when not using
Bless with Incense thoroughly:
Wicca: “May the petitions and prayers that accompany these candles as they burn ascend…as does the smoke from this incense…purified and pleasing to the Gods, and mingle with the Holy cosmic Mind, which knows how to provide for our needs. So mote it be!” Mine: A Sacred Silence: Envisioning the smoke permeating the candle, blessing it from the inside out, and carrying away all negativity.
Incense:
The burning of incense, or aromatic herbs, resins, and barks, at religious and other rites, is a practice of great antiquity found almost universally. It was an ancient belief that the smoke of incense carried one’s prayers up to the gods. It is also a fact that incense-burning creates a certain atmosphere, or “vibes,” which add immeasurably to a Magickal ritual.
Incense used in candle burning Magick is not especially esoteric, but it certainly has its place, and is yet another important ingredient to help achieve the ultimate Magickal power. Different incenses are recommended for different rituals; these are only suggestions, however. If you have a favorite, or are unable to obtain what is suggested, then go with what you’ve got or what you prefer. When a mixture of several incenses is suggested, do as we’ve been doing in preparing the other working tools: concentrate on the purpose of the ritual while missing the incense. Put your thoughts and your power into the mixture so that, when it burns, it is focused on the ritual’s purpose just as much as you are.
There are some who believe that incense is unimportant in candle magic. I cannot imagine performing candle magick without the incense. The type that you use may be specified in a specific spell, if that is the case by all means use that.
Incense symbolizes Air... as the smoke rises our thoughts are carried up into the universe.
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Inscribing
If you inscribe a candle you should use your Athame, a claw, or a special tool you can handle safely. Whatever tool you use remember to concentrate it for your magical use only. Do not go to the kitchen and get a knife that has picked up other vibrations from cutting a onion, or don’t go buy a new paring knife, inscribe on your candle, then go cut a onion with it. What you choose to inscribe on your candle should never be used for anything else. The same principle as dressing the candle is used…
To draw something to you, write from the top to the middle, and then from the bottom to the middle.
To repel things, write from the middle to the ends
When inscribing a candle, use the same directional procedure. To bring things toward you, write from the top to the middle, then from the bottom to the middle. If you are repelling something, reverse the procedure. The athame is used to carve the inscription.
There are many ways to inscribe on a candle, you can use your ‘native’ language, but there are more languages out there which I will explain what they are, but I’m not real good at putting them to use. They are as follows:
Runes: The word rune means “mystery” or secret” in Old English and related languages. It is certainly heavily charged with overtones and for good reason. Runes were never a strictly utilitarian script. From their earliest adaption into Germanic usage, they served for divinatory and ritual uses. There are three main types: Germanic, Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon. They each, in turn, have any number of sub-divisions and variations.
Ogam Bethluisnion: The early Kelts and their priests, the Druids, had their own form of alphabet. It is known as Ogam Bethluisnion. It was an extremely simple form and was used more for carving into wood and stone than for general writing. With a center line, it lent itself especially to carving along the edge of a stone or a piece of wood.
Egyptian Hieroglyphics: Many magickal orders, past and present, have leaned heavily on an ancient Egyptian background. For them, of course, the Egyptian hieroglyphs are ideal as a magickal alphabet.
Theban: also known as Honorian was a popular alphabet and is used extensively by Gardnerian Witches, among others. It has been referred to—quite correctly—as ‘the Witches’ Runes (it is not runic at all, in fact) and as the Witches’ Alphabet.
Passing the River: alphabet was used almost exclusively by the Ceremonial Magickians, though occasionally you may find an individual Witch using it on a talisman.
Angelic: also known as Celestial this is another alphabet used almost exclusively by Ceremonial Magicians.
Malachim sometimes called Language of the Magi. Again used almost exclusively by Ceremonial Magicians.ca
Pictish: the PectiWita have two interesting forms of magickal writing. One is a variation on runes and the other is based on the old and very decorative Pictish script.
As you can see there are many ways to write onto your candles.
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