Kitchen Witch Herbal

Jun 25, 2008
The herbs listed below should be easily obtained at any grocery store, and should not get a second glance from even the most rabid anti-magickal person.
Some ways to include herbs in your spells are to simmer them on the stove in a pot of water, to include them in ritual foods or drinks, to burn them in a fire, or to place them in a bag, doll, or pillow. You can also scatter them on your working altar.

*Anise*
Element: Air
Contacting other planes, divination, love, passion, preventing nightmares, protection, psychic development, psychic protection, purification, clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, fertility, gain, good luck, happiness, money, weddings
*Basil*
Element: Fire
Consecration, divination (esp. about love), exorcism, fertility, fidelity, good luck, happiness, harmony, love, money, passion, peace, prosperity, protection, psychic development, psychic protection, purification, strength, success, tranquility
*Bay*
Element: Fire
Consecration, divination, dreams, healing, love, passion, protection, purification, wisdom, wishes
*Caraway*
Element: Air
Fidelity, love, memory, passion, preventing theft, protection, retention, sensuality, consecration, fertility, gain, honesty, keeping, secrets, peace of mind, weddings
*Celery seed*
Element: Earth
Psychic development, Beauty, divination, fertility, love, passion
*Cinnamon*
Element: Air/Fire
Clairvoyance, consecration, divination, energy, good luck, love, money, passion, peace, prosperity, protection, success, communication, happiness, harmony, healing, inspiration, knowledge, meditation, purification, spirituality, tranquility, wisdom
*Cloves*
Element: Fire
clairvoyance, divination, exorcism, keeps away negative, forces, love, memory, money, passion, peace of mind, protection, purification, stopping gossip, cleansing, friendship, psychic development, release, spell-breaking
*Coriander* (also called Cilantro)
Element: Fire
Love, clairvoyance, divination, fertility, gain, health, keeping secrets, passion, peace, protection, retention, weddings
*Dill*
Element: Earth/Fire
love, protection, psychic protection, blessings, confidence, determination, dreams, fertility, gain, harmony, keeping secrets, money, passion, peace, prevents theft, retention, rest, sleep, tranquility
*Fennel*
Element: Air/Fire
Confidence, courage, fertility, longevity, love, Midsummer, protection, psychic protection, purification, strength, commanding, consecration, divination, energy, gain, meditation, Summer rituals, virility
*Garlic*
Element: Fire
Magic, passion, protection, spell-breaking, strength, clairvoyance, commanding, confidence, consecration, courage, divination, healing, longevity, money, overcoming opposition, prevents nightmares, purification, stopping gossip, success, weather (fair)
*Ginger*
Element: Fire
Main magickal uses: love, passion, psychic protection, cursing, health, psychic development, sensuality, success
*Lavender*
Element: Air
Clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, happiness, healing, love, Midsummer, money, passion, peace, peace of mind, protection, psychic protection, purification, tranquility, blessings, chastity, divination, dreams, energy, gentleness, good luck, grieving, harmony, keeping secrets, magic, meditation, memory, retention, ritual, sleep, stability, virility, weddings
*Lovage*
Element: Earth/Water
Love, beauty, cleansing, consecration, money, passion, protection, psychic protection, purification
*Mace*
Element: Air
Clairvoyance, fertility, gain, good luck, love, protection
*Marjoram*
Element: Air
grieving, happiness, love, money, protection, psychic development, psychic protection, tranquility, weddings, animals, cleansing, courage, dreams (of love), harmony, peace, rituals for the dead, success
*Mustard seed*
Element: Fire
fertility, health, love, passion, protection commanding, cursing, exorcism, gain, good luck, sensuality, spell-breaking, strength, success, virility
*Nutmeg*
Element: Fire/Air
clairvoyance, divination, money, dreams, fertility, gain, love, meditation, passion, prosperity, protection, psychic development, rest, sleep
*Onion*
Element: Fire
exorcism, protection, clairvoyance, cleansing, contacting other planes, divination, healing, lunar rites, magic, purification, spell-breaking
*Oregano*
Element: Air
happiness, tranquility, animals, grieving, harmony, love, peace, protection, psychic development, weddings
*Parsley*
Element: Earth
divination, happiness, passion, protection, psychic, development, purification, clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, fertility, good luck, invokation, meditation, rituals for the dead, speed
*Pepper*
Element: Fire
cursing, exorcism, passion, protection, commanding, sensuality, spell-breaking, stops envy
*Peppermint*
Element: Air
cleansing, consecration, dreams, happiness, healing, love, money, passion, prosperity, protection, psychic development, purification, release, renewal, rest, sleep, animals, divination, endings, energy, exorcism, good luck, grieving, spirit offering, success, transformation
*Poppyseed*
Element: Water
Dreams, Binding, clairvoyance, consecration, cursing, fertility, prosperity
*Rosemary*
Element: Fire
cleansing, confidence, consecration, courage, exorcism, good luck, grieving, happiness, healing, knowledge, love, memory, passion, peace of mind, prevents theft, protection, psychic development, purification, release, ritual, rituals for the dead, water rites/sea rituals, weddings, blessings, dreams, endings, energy, elves, fidelity, honesty, inspiration, invokation, longevity, meditation, new moon, prevents nightmares, sleep, strength, transformation, wisdom, Yule
*Saffron*
Element: Fire
Clairvoyance, divination, cleansing, commanding, consecration, exorcism, healing, magic, psychic development, purification, spell-breaking, weather (raises wind)
*Sage*
Element: Earth
cleansing, healing, longevity, money, passion, prosperity, psychic development, psychic protection, purification, wisdom, business, clairvoyance, consecration, divination, domestic harmony, energy, happiness, inspiration, keeping secrets, knowledge, love, Mabon, meditation, peace, retention, Samhain, tranquility, weddings, Yule
*Savory*
Element: Air
Passion, animals, attracts males, happiness, love, satyrs, sensuality, virility
*Spearmint*
Element: Air
consecration, happiness, love, money, passion, prosperity, protection, psychic development, animals, dreams, endings, exorcism, healing, good luck, release, renewal, rest, sleep, spirit offering, success, transformation
*Star Anise*
Element: Air/Water
clairvoyance, good luck, protection, psychic development, consecration, divination, exorcism, fertility, gain, invokation, justice, love, money, passion, preventing nightmares, psychic protection, spiritual places
*Tarragon*
Element: Fire
commanding, confidence, courage, passion, protection, strength, animals, calming, keeping secrets, love, peace, prevents theft, retention, sensuality, virility
*Thyme*
Element: Air
clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, courage, divination, dreams, exorcism, faeries, happiness, healing, love, money, prevents nightmares, protection, psychic development, purification, compassion, confidence, contacting other planes, grieving, magic, meditation, Midsummer, passion, release, renewal,
rituals for the dead, Summer rituals, wishing
*Turmeric*
Element: Fire
Passion, commanding, confidence, courage, exorcism, magic, sensuality, spell-breaking, strength
*Vanilla*
Element: Fire
love, passion, energy, new moon
*Wintergreen*
Element: Earth
Animals, contacting other planes, good luck, money

SPELL TYPE CROSS-REFERENCE
*Animals*
marjoram, oregano, peppermint, savory, spearmint, tarragon, wintergreen
*Beauty*
celery seed, lovage
*Binding and Cursing*
ginger, mustard seed, pepper, poppyseed
*Blessings*
dill, lavender, rosemary
*Business*
sage
*Calming*
tarragon
*Chastity*
lavender
*Clairvoyance*
anise, basil, bay, cinnamon, cloves, coriander/cilantro, garlic, lavender, mace, nutmeg, onion, parsley, poppyseed, saffron, sage, star anise, thyme
*Cleansing*
anise, cloves, lavender, lovage, marjoram, onion, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, saffron, sage, thyme
*Commanding*
basil, fennel, garlic, mustard seed, pepper, saffron, tarragon, turmeric
*Communication*
cinnamon
*Compassion*
thyme
*Confidence*
dill, fennel, garlic, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, turmeric
*Consecration*
anise, basil, bay, caraway, cinnamon, fennel, garlic, lavender, lovage, parsley, peppermint, poppyseed, rosemary, saffron, sage, spearmint, star anise, thyme
*Contacting other planes*
anise, onion, parsley, star anise, thyme, wintergreen
*Courage*
basil, fennel, garlic, marjoram, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, turmeric
*Death rituals (rites for the dead)*
basil, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, thyme
*Determination*
dill
*Divination*
anise, basil, bay, cinnamon, cloves, coriander/cilantro, fennel, garlic, lavender, nutmeg, onion, parsley, peppermint, saffron, sage, star anise, thyme
*Dragons*
basil, tarragon
*Dreams*
bay, dill, lavender, marjoram, nutmeg, peppermint, poppyseed, rosemary, spearmint, thyme
*Elements*
Air--anise, caraway, cinnamon, fennel, lavender, mace, nutmeg, oregano, peppermint, savory, spearmint, star anise, thyme
Fire--basil, bay, cinnamon, cloves, coriander/cilantro, dill, fennel, garlic, ginger, mustard seed, nutmeg, onion, pepper, rosemary, tarragon, turmeric, vanilla
Water--lovage, poppyseed, rosemary, star anise
Earth--celery seed, dill, lovage, parsley, sage, wintergreen
*Elves*
rosemary
*Endings*
bay, peppermint, rosemary, spearmint
*Energy*
cinnamon, fennel, lavender, peppermint, rosemary, sage, vanilla
*Envy, stopping*
pepper
*Exorcism*
basil, bay, cloves, garlic, mustard seed, onion, pepper, peppermint, rosemary, saffron, spearmint, star anise, thyme, turmeric
*Faeries*
thyme
*Fertility*
anise, basil, caraway, celery seed, coriander/cilantro, dill, fennel, mace, mustard seed, nutmeg, parsley, poppyseed, star anise
*Fidelity*
caraway, rosemary
*Friendship*
cloves
*Gain*
anise, caraway, coriander/cilantro, dill, fennel, mace, mustard seed, nutmeg, star anise
*Gentleness*
lavender
*Good luck*
anise, basil, bay, cinnamon, lavender, mace, mustard seed, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, spearmint, star anise, wintergreen
*Gossip, stopping*
cloves, garlic
*Grieving*
basil, lavender, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, thyme
*Happiness*
anise, basil, cinnamon, lavender, marjoram, oregano, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, sage, savory, spearmint, thyme
*Harmony*
basil, bay, cinnamon, dill, lavender, marjoram, oregano, sage
*Hatred*
basil
*Health/healing*
bay, cinnamon, coriander/cilantro, garlic, ginger, lavender, mustard seed, onion, peppermint, rosemary, saffron, sage, spearmint, thyme
*Honesty*
basil, caraway, rosemary
*Initiation*
basil
*Inspiration*
basil, bay, cinnamon, rosemary, sage
*Invokation*
basil, parsley, rosemary, star anise
*Justice*
bay, star anise
*Keeping secrets*
caraway, coriander/cilantro, dill, lavender, sage, tarragon
*Knowledge*
bay, cinnamon, rosemary, sage
*Longevity*
fennel, garlic, rosemary, sage
*Love*
anise, basil, bay, caraway, celery seed, cinnamon, cloves, coriander/cilantro, dill, fennel, ginger, lavender, lovage, mace, marjoram, mustard seed, nutmeg, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, savory, spearmint, star anise, tarragon, thyme, vanilla
*Lunar rites*
onion, rosemary, vanilla
*Magic*
bay, garlic, lavender, onion, saffron, thyme, turmeric
*Meditation*
cinnamon, fennel, lavender, nutmeg, parsley, rosemary, sage, thyme
*Memory*
bay, caraway, cloves, lavender, rosemary
*Money*
anise, basil, bay, cinnamon, cloves, dill, garlic, lavender, lovage, marjoram, nutmeg, peppermint, sage, spearmint, star anise, thyme, wintergreen
*Nightmares, preventing*
anise, garlic, rosemary, star anise, thyme
*Opposition, overcoming*
bay, garlic
*Passion*
anise, basil, bay, caraway, celery seed, cinnamon, cloves, coriander/cilantro, dill, garlic, ginger, lavender, lovage, mustard seed, nutmeg, parsley, pepper, peppermint, rosemary, sage, savory, spearmint, star anise, tarragon, thyme, turmeric, vanilla
*Peace*
basil, bay, cinnamon, coriander/cilantro, dill, lavender, marjoram, oregano, sage, tarragon
*Peace of mind*
caraway, cloves, lavender, rosemary
*Sun*--bay, cinnamon, cloves, lovage, rosemary, saffron
*Moon*--poppyseed
*Prosperity*
basil, cinnamon, nutmeg, poppyseed, sage, spearmint
*Protection*
anise, basil, bay, caraway, cinnamon, cloves, coriander/cilantro, dill, fennel, garlic, lavender, lovage, mace, marjoram, mustard seed, nutmeg, onion, oregano, parsley, pepper, peppermint, rosemary, spearmint, star anise, tarragon, thyme
*Psychic development*
anise, basil, bay, celery seed, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, lavender, marjoram, nutmeg, oregano, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, saffron, sage, spearmint, star anise, thyme
*Psychic protection*
anise, basil, bay, cloves, dill, fennel, ginger, lavender, lovage, marjoram, rosemary, sage, star anise
*Purification*
anise, basil, bay, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, garlic, lavender, lovage, onion, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, saffron, sage, thyme
*Release*
bay, cloves, peppermint, rosemary, spearmint, thyme
*Renewal*
peppermint, spearmint, thyme
*Rest*
dill, nutmeg, peppermint, spearmint
*Retention*
caraway, dill, lavender, sage, tarragon
*Ritual (general)*
lavender
*Satyrs*
savory
*Sea/water rituals*
rosemary
*Sensuality*
caraway, ginger, mustard seed, pepper, savory, tarragon, turmeric
*Sleep*
dill, lavender, nutmeg, peppermint, rosemary, spearmint
*Speed*
parsley
*Spell-breaking*
basil, bay, cloves, garlic, mustard seed, onion, pepper, saffron, turmeric
*Spirit offering*
peppermint, spearmint
*Spirituality*
cinnamon
*Spiritual places*
star anise
*Stability*
lavender
*Strength*
basil, bay, fennel, garlic, mustard seed, rosemary, tarragon, turmeric
*Success*
basil, bay, cinnamon, garlic, ginger, marjoram, mustard seed, peppermint, spearmint
*Summer rituals (Spring Equinox through Fall Equinox)*
fennel, lavender, thyme
*Theft, preventing*
basil, caraway, dill, rosemary, tarragon
*Tranquility*
basil, bay, cinnamon, dill, lavender, marjoram, oregano, sage
*Transformation*
bay, peppermint, rosemary, spearmint
*Virility*
fennel, lavender, mustard seed, savory, tarragon
*Weather*
garlic (fair), saffron (raise wind) (Note: since you don't get any rain-making herbs, one of the very few shortcomings of the kitchen herbal, I will tell you that another folk method of bringing rain is to dip a broom into water and shake it out in the air. Or, you can go the modern route and wash your car.)
*Weddings*
anise, caraway, coriander/cilantro, lavender, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, sage
*Winter rituals (Fall Equinox through Spring Equinox)*
basil, bay, rosemary, sage
*Wisdom*
bay, cinnamon, rosemary, sage
*Wishes*
bay, thyme

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