How to Use Herbs: Lavender (English Lavender)
Hello. Back with another post about how to use an herb. This time the herb is lavender. We discussed the history, powers and etc in another post (That I will link in a moment) and now we are going to see how we can use it. >>>> Post about Lavender
Alchemy Formulas:
*Remember when it says one part, try a teaspoon of it first. Always experiment with less amount than too much.
Mercury
one part lavender flowers
one part gum mastic
one part cinnamon chips
one part cinnamon oil
one part lavender oil
Air
one part gum arabic
one part cinnamon
one part lavender oil
one part clove oil
Change
one-part calamus root (Uranus; change)
one part lavender (Mercury; clarity)
one-part powdered nutmeg (Uranus; change)
one part cinnamon (Uranus, Mercury; change)
two parts sandalwood oil (Mercury, Moon; communication between conscious and subconscious minds)
Fame
one part cedar chips (Jupiter; renown)
one part angelica (Sun; authority)
one part myrtle (Venus; the arts)
one part gum mastic (Uranus; innovation)
one part lavender oil (Mercury; knowledge)
one part carnation oil (Jupiter; expansion)
Peace
one-part jasmin flowers (Moon; emotions)
one part myrrh resin (Saturn; grounding)
one part rose petals (Venus; love)
one part lotus oil (Neptune; inspiration)
one part lavender oil (Mercury; communication)
Spells:
Snake-beckoning Spell
Place an image on an altar, either of a snake or of an affiliated deity— the Minoan Serpent Goddess for instance.
Surround this with fresh lavender or warm the essential oil in an aroma burner.
Call the spirit. Be prepared to explain why you have issued the invitation.
Do this spell before bedtime, to receive a visitation in your dreams.
Don’t Sabotage My Success Spell (Workplace Edition)
Prepare a separate mojo for each person who appears to sabotage you.
Write the co-worker’s name on a square of brown paper three times.
Write your own name over each of the co-worker’s names, saying: “I cross you and I cover you.”
Anoint the corners of the paper with essential oils of bergamot, clove bud, and lavender.
Fold up the paper, placing it inside a red flannel drawstring bag, together with a devil’s shoestring root and some cumin seed.
Maintain this discreetly in the workplace, feeding daily with a drop of essential oil of lavender for reinforcement.
Herbal Beauty Glamour Spell
2 ounces of beeswax
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup olive oil
Glass measuring cup
Pan filled with water
Spoon
10 to 12 drops of lavender essential oil
10 to 12 drops of yarrow essential oil
Mirror
Pretty tin or jar
Combine the beeswax, coconut oil, and olive oil into the glass measuring cup and warm it in the pan full of water. This creates a double boiler like effect.
Once the wax melts, stir everything (the oils and beeswax) until well blended and remove it from the heat.
Add the lavender and yarrow oils, stirring them in slowly. As you do so, look into the mirror and say, I am lovely, I am desirable, I am magical. Beauty is more than skin deep. See me for the magnificence of my inner self.
Before it cools, pour your salve into a pretty tin or jar. After it has firmed up, use it on your skin.
Baths and Cleansing:
Maximum Power Spiritual Cleansing Bath
sea salt
rose and calendula blossoms
lavender oil
rose oil
rosemary oil
sandalwood oil
frankincense oil
myrrh oil
white rose hydrosol
Add copious quantities of sea salt to your bath water.
Add a drop of each essential oil into the water.
Float rose and calendula blossoms in the water, if possible.
Bath for Mercury
Herbs: lavender, white sandalwood, horehound, marjoram, thyme
Oils: lavender, white sandalwood, marjoram, anise
Self-Love Bath Bomb Bag
1 tablespoons of lavender
1 tablespoon of mandrake
1 tablespoon vervain
1 tablespoon vetivert
10-inch square of thin muslin or cotton
White ribbon
Red candle
Place the herbs in the center of the square of the cloth and gather up the corners.
Use the white ribbon to tie it, forming a pouch.
Run a warm bath and hang the pouch over the faucet, allowing the water to run through it, filling the tub with the essence of the herbs.
Light the candle and climb into the tub. Allow yourself to soak in the warm, fragrant water.
Use the herb pouch to wash your body, as you do, gaze into the candle's flame.
Visualize yourself radiating an aura of self-confidence and power. See yourself as the sort of person who attracts attention from those who are worthy.
When the water cools, extinguish the candle and get out of the tub. After you've dried yourself, dispose of the herb pouch by burying it or burning it.
Oils, Potions and Powders
Oil Blend for Patience
1 part rose
1 part lavender
1 part pine
Oil Blend for Peace
1 part violet
1 part lavender
1 part jasmine
1 part sandalwood
Masculine Oil Blend
Base note: 10 drops patchouli
Middle note: 10 drops sandalwood
Top note: 3 drops lavender
For the rest of the recipe, you will need:
1-ounce grated beeswax
Double boiler
1 ounce jojoba oil
2 metal 1-ounce containers
Flat toothpicks
Heat the grated beeswax in the double boiler until it is liquid.
Add the jojoba oil and gently mix the two ingredients together to achieve a homogenous blend.
Pour half the liquid into each container and add 3 drops of your essential oil blend.
Quickly stir the mixture with the toothpicks before the wax begins to set.
Keep one container for anointing yourself and the other as a gift to your consort so that he or she may come to appreciate you on a new level. If you are solitary and without a consort, you can use one for anointing your skin and the other for charging candles and ritual tools.
Love Potion #9
1. Choose nine love herbs. Consider these: Damiana
Ginger
Grains of Paradise
Hibiscus
Lovage
Melissa (lemon balm)
Peppermint
Red clover
Rose petals
(Other options might include adder’s tongue, cardamom pods, catnip, cubeb, lavender, red raspberry leaves or rose hips.)
2. Make a strong infusion of all the herbs, strain, and serve.
Love Powder Drawing Powder
1. Grind the following botanicals to a fine powder:
Basil
Lavender
Rose petals
Yarrow
Optional: ginger blossoms
2. Blend with rice powder.
3. Sprinkle around your home, your bedroom, on your sheets and on you.
Teas and Soothing Pillow:
Bedtime Tea
1 part lavender
1 part catnip
1 part verbena
1 part chamomile
1 cup of boiling water
Mix dry herbs into a small jar
To brew, pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of the blend you made in the jar.
Steep for 5 - 7 minutes. Strain and enjoy.
Love Tea
1 part rose petals
1 part lavender
1 part jasmine
Pinch of cinnamon (optional)
1 cup of boiling water.
Mix dry herbs into a small jar
To brew, pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of the blend you made in the jar.
Steep for 5 - 7 minutes. Strain and enjoy.
Dream Pillow (Hecate’s Pillow)
Hecate provides protection at night as well as psychic enhancement, so that you can journey safely during dreams. Appeal to Hecate to block nightmares too.
Dried lavender
Dried mullein
Essential oil of lavender
Optional: tuberose absolute
Blend two parts lavender to one part mullein.
Sprinkle a few drops of the essential oils over the dried botanicals.
Allow this to dry thoroughly and use it to fill a black pillow.
For optimum results, create and inaugurate the pillow during the Dark Moon or on Halloween/Samhain.
Again, sorry for such a long post. Please try to follow the instructions to the best of your abilities or mix and match and experiment. Happy witching. Bye byes~
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After the third years went on their internships, Heartslabyul felt pretty lonely, especially due to a lack of Cater(s) to cheer people up.
To combat that, Ace and Deuce (with Riddle's support) created a Magicam account for the dorm.
The posts mainly feature the daily life in NRC, with unbirthday parties and pranks. Commom guests include the former first years (now sophomores) and Riddle every now and then.
With the whole overblot thing still happening, they also use the account to communicate with the students abroad, a few codes include:
- Epel's fountain pen broke and we had to get a new one (Epel Overblotted);
- The Owls were out and about (the silver owls besieged the school);
- We had a Rook problem (there's an stalker/assassin on campus);
Needless to say, none of the former thirds years are having a good time. Every new post giving them anxiety.
On a lighter note, Riddle also uses the account for studying, reviewing materials before tests and doing special posts on topics most students struggle with. However, it's a general consensus that his most popular post was a short video where he introduced all of the hedgehogs at the dorm, just 60 seconds of a happy Riddle showing a bunch of hedgehogs to the camera.
Yuu also uses the account as a fundraiser to reform Ramshackle/ buy tuna for Grim (Crowley isn't helping).
Other post include:
- Jacl and his cacti;
- Making off: Unbirthday/ Birthday parties;
- A day in the life of a Vice-housewarden (pray for Deuce, Sebek and Jack);
- A day in the life of a Housewarden (Riddle, Ruggie, Epel, Silver and Ortho edition);
- Compilation of Riddle's craziest moments (parkouring around campus, running in circles in Octavinelle, accidentally drinking a calming potion that can kill an elephant, general arson...);
- The adventures of Adeuce and Grim in the search of Riddle's secret boyfriend (it was Ruggie, they followed the couple on a restaurant date before being chased by Jack, who was keeping guard at the parking lot);
- Ace's magic tricks;
- Deuce tinkering with stuff;
- Compilation of cauldron moments;
- LET'S BAKE A TART ft. Riddle and Ramshackle duo (The kitchen is on fire).
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Happiness Potion (honey milk tea) 🤎✨
What you need:
2 tsp honey
½ tsp cinnamon
½ cup boiling water
½ cup milk
What to do:
Mix the honey, cinnamon and water together in a mug until combined.
Froth the milk with a milk frothing tool or by whisking/shaking very violently (Optional)
Add the milk
Garnish with cinnamon
Optional:
The ratio of boiling water to milk should bring the drink down to the perfect temperature!
With milk, you can add peppermint to soothe the stomach, chamomile to soothe the throat and encourage sleep, ginger to soothe the throat, or cayenne pepper to clear the sinuses.
Without milk, you can add a bit of lemon to boost the immune system.
You can replace the water with a herbal tea of your choices such as lavender or chamomile.
You can replace the milk with almond milk or any milk of choice.
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Here’s the explanation for this spell for fellow baby witches
Spells come in many forms, including drinkable ones! You can call them potions if you like. They involve using herbs/flavors/scents etc with specific correspondents to fulfil a specific intention.
Honey signifies happiness and positivity and expels negativity, depression and anxiety.
Cinnamon signifies spirituality, success, healing, protection, power, love, luck, strength and prosperity
Milk has correspondents too! Full cream milk signifies prosperity, nurturing, protection, success. Warm milk eases anxiety and anger. Here’s a list of correspondents for non-dairy milk types by @heximari
Citrine is a crystal that boosts joy and optimism, and clear quartz is used for protection and as an amplifier for other crystals.
Sigils are statements of intent drawn up into a little picture which you can write on your skin, on a paper, or in this case, stir into tea, to make a spell work better.
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Creativi-tea Potion
Sorry, couldn’t help myself :) Here’s a potion I whip up for myself when I need that extra boost in my creative endeavors- or when I have writer’s block.
Tools:
White tea (for creativity + knowledge- I use white chai in the mornings for the caffeine kick)
Sugar to taste (to sweeten your creative process- use cinnamon sugar for an added boost of success + to make this potion work faster)
A stirring stick
A mug
A kettle (or a microwave, I don’t judge)
Get creative with your tea! Put extra intention into it by picking a white tea that has other fruits or herbs that correspond with your specific purpose. Use a flavored honey. Make this potion yours.
Steep the tea in near-boiling (not boiling for white tea) water to your liking (I do about 7 minutes to really get the flavor in). Take those tea bags out to prevent bitterness.
Sweeten with sugar (or any other sweetener) to taste! Don’t stir yet.
Focus on your mug. Really stare at the circle of tea. Now stir- clockwise! to attract and manifest- and repeat the following:
“I complete this session*,
answers flow to me.
I am filled with creativity.
No self doubt,
I know my worth,
I confidently do my work.”
Repeat until everything is incorporated and intuitively you know you are done.
*I use this spell before my writing sessions, but you can change “session” to whatever word best reflects the creativity you’re targeting.
If you work with deities, don’t forget that you can leave out a bit of the tea as an offering. Once the offering portion has gone cold, drink it and thank your deities.
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