I don’t know about you, but seeing the sunshine peek out of the clouds and steadily rising temperatures makes me itchy to start seeds for the garden. I have been pouring over the latest seed catalogs that have arrived in my poor, winter locked mailbox and been drawing up the plans for it. Few things…
Category: Herbal
Starting Out: Herbalism
Several years ago, I put this information on Ezine articles and also on my blog at fannyfae.com. Since starting this blog, I felt it important to update a bit of the information – and tailor to fit this blog’s specific focus. Herbalism was probably the biggest influencer for me to get into the whole mindset…
Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrimonia eupatoria (Rosaceae) Common Names: Agrimony, Church Steeples, Liverwort, Sticklewort, Stickwort, Cockleburr, Warlock’s Bane,Philanthropos, Garclive Planetary Influence: Jupiter Element: Air Gender: Masculine Tarot Correspondence: The Wheel of Fortune Description: Gray-green cinquefoil leaves, yellow flowers shaped of stars, the scent of apricots and seeds or burrs that stick to your garments as you pass by. Medicinal…
Achillea millefolium
Archillea millefolium Common Names: Achi Uea, Achilles Wort, Achilles Herb, Arrowroot, Bad Man’s Plaything, Carpenter’s weed, Death Flower, Devil’s Nettle, Eerie, Field ops, Gearwe, Green Arrow, Herba Muilitaris, Hundred Leaved Grass, Knights Milfoil, Knyten, Milfoil, Militaris, Military Herb, Millefolium, Noble Yarrow, Nosebleed, Old Man’s Mustard, Old Man’s Pepper, Sanguinary, Seven Year’s Love, Squirrel Tail, Snake…
Aconitum napellus
(Aconitum napellus) Also knowne as ‘Wolfsbane’, or ‘Monkshood’, is an herb that has been used by Wytches since time immemorial. It is, as they say, a deadly poison and should be handled with great care. Legend has it that this herb can kill a wolf on its own, and indeed one fifth of one grain…
Acacia Nilotica
Acacia Nilotica is known throughout the Craft as a religious herb and an herb of consecration and of funerary rites. This herb is ruled by both the son and Mars and is used to invoke the god Osiris, or as the Aegyptians call Him, Wasir. Other common names are Christ-Thorn, as it is believed to…
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