HedgeWitch (34 page)

Pineapple mint:
Family happiness, good fortune, positive abundance in the home.

Spearmint:
Mental acuity, studying, taking tests, stress relief.

Morning glory:
Considered poisonous, but added here as the blue flowers in your garden promote peace and happiness on the property. Seeds used in sleep magick pillows, and root can be used as a substitute for High John. Element: Water.

Nettle:
Breaking curses, sending back negative energy, healing, lust, busting ghosts, stopping fears, stopping danger, stopping a run of bad luck, building personal strength, guarding against disease. Used in fertility magick to guard against impotence. Element: Fire.

Onion:
Breaking a cycle of sickness in the home, cleansing, healing, money, dreams, wish magick (onion skins), protection against stalkers and gossip. Element: Fire.

Oregano:
Love, joy, happiness, relief from depression, money, health, shielding your garden against evil. Element: Fire.

Parsley:
Cleansing, lust, fertility, speaking with a clear head, stopping misfortune. Element: Air.

Patchouli:
Earth Mother magick, petitions to the dead, money, lust, prosperity, separating someone from you who does not really love or like you, beauty, stress relief, focus, erotic dreams, mental energizer, helps to keep feet on the ground. Element: Earth.

Peas:
Good fortune in business, money magick, love-drawing, holding on to your savings, attraction (especially the flowers). Element: Earth.

Radish:
Love and lust, banishing people who are bugging you. Element: Fire.

Rosemary:
Love, lust, mental powers, cleansing, sleep magick, youthful outlook on life, protection, relief from nightmares, anti-theft, happy family, attracting good garden spirits, stimulating ideas or an old project, fertility, courage and fortitude, heats up any situations, prevents bride or groom from getting “cold feet,” beauty aid. Element: Fire.

Rue:
Offering to the Herb Mother, health, cleansing, love, recuperation from illness, mental acuity, breaking hexes, stopping gossip, banishing stalkers, house blessing, attracting money, circle casting. Element: Fire.

Sage:
Expansion, wishes, wisdom, protection, longevity, abundance, money luck, toad guardian, cleansing. Element: Air.

Savory:
Mental acuity, money (especially if added to dried beans), appreciating what you have (the thank-you herb), stimulating creativity, helping stop diarrhea of the mouth. Element: Air.

Sunflower:
Strength, riches, fame, fortune, health, wisdom, wishes, guardian of the gardener. Element: Fire.

Thyme:
Health, healing, sleep magick, divination, cleansing, courage, sports magick, intuition, increased energy, attracting good garden fairies, stopping panic attacks, cleansing the magickal area. Used against all poisons. Element: Water.

Tomato:
Abundance in the home, prosperity, love, lust, home and garden protection. Element: Water.

Valerian:
Sleep magick, love, cleansing, guarding against lightning and sudden strikes of misfortune, stopping quarrels, reducing worries, helping stop panic attacks, healing, balance during withdrawal symptoms. (Root smells awful.) Element: Water.

Vervain:
Speeds up any spell. Love, cleansing, harmony, money magick, attaining the rank you desire, protection (particularly against the storms of life), healing, regaining stolen articles, acuity in speech. Element: Earth.

Woodruff:
Protection, success, victory, attracting money, guarding the garden, often used dried in potpourri for money flowing into the home, keeping old ideas fresh, revitalizing a project, strength, breaking a stagnant situation, overcoming insomnia. Element: Fire.

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Appendix 5
HedgeWitch Meditation for
Manifestation and Problem Solving

This is a very fast, very easy meditation that works best if done once in the morning and once at night for three days for a super big problem, and just one day for an itty-bitty difficulty. Do the meditation for seven days and seven nights to manifest large items, or three days and three nights for small items. Choose a signature fragrance that matches your intent. For example, mint is good for matters of the mind and money; lavender, chamomile, lemon, or orange work for healing. To manifest an object, like a new car, find something that smells like the object. (For a new car, they sell a “new car smell” at the automotive store as a spray freshener! Please be sensible in choosing your aroma. For example, inhaling gas fumes to bring gas for your car to you would be harmful; choose only safe scents and smells.)

Step One:
Begin by taking three deep, even breaths. Close your eyes during this time, and imagine yourself surrounded by a circular hedge of your choice (ivy, flowers, bushes, etc.). This hedge is akin to a magick circle. Take three more deep, even breaths, this time inhaling your chosen aroma and visualizing your desire.

Step Two:
Thank the gods, ancestors, or Spirit (whatever you believe in) for several good things that have recently happened to you. Remember to smile when finished with this part of the meditation, and repeat, “Always a blessing.” Inhale the aroma three more times and repeat, “Always a blessing.”

Step Three:
Imagine that your right leg is guarded by a white snake and that your left leg is guarded by a green snake. In your mind, allow the snakes to grow in size, up to the trunk of your body. Let them intertwine like a caduceus.

Note:
The snakes are in line with the caduceus and DNA. If you have an aversion to snakes, you might try envisioning climbing vegetation like a moonflower or morning glory.

Step Four (for Problem Solving):
In your mind, allow the two heads of the snakes to become one, and let this large snake head jut out from your third eye. Command the snake by saying, “I want _________,” and be very specific. Repeat this desire three times, and remember to smile. Believe that you are more than capable of finding the solution you seek. Finish by saying, “Always a blessing,” and allow the snakes to return to their original position—the white guarding the right leg, the green guarding the left leg. Let them coil into perfect circles, one on either side of you. Take one deep breath, and smile.

(for Manifestation):
In your mind, allow the white snake to cross over to your left arm and run out of your left arm. Allow the green snake to cross over and run out your right arm. Imagine that the snakes are magnetized. Say out loud, “I want _________,” and be very specific. Repeat this desire three times. In your mind, pull whatever it is that you desire toward you. Remember to smile. When the object reaches you, envision grabbing the item and pulling it to your chest. Believe that you are more than capable of receiving this item. Finish by saying, “Always a blessing,” and allow the snakes to return to their original position—the white guarding the right leg, the green guarding the left leg. Let them coil into perfect circles, one on either side of you. Take one deep breath, and smile.

Step Five:
Take three deep, even breaths, again inhaling your chosen aroma. Say, “Thank you! Always a blessing. It always works,” and smile. Visualize your circle hedge melting into the ground. Take one deep breath, open your eyes, and smile again.

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