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Magic herbs and their uses

Writer's picture: Michele PateMichele Pate



Herbs are the most versatile tool in the cabinet. Most of them are used for several different reasons. They have many different uses and many different energies. You can dry them, powder them (which is what I normally do), cut them fresh to use in rituals or just drink them in tea while you’re casting. ; )

This is a list of the ones that I use the most but it is in no way a complete list of all the herbs that are used in magic. I generally powder them or grind them fine with a mortar and pestal and roll my candles in the dust before lighting them.

These are herbs and their MAGICAL uses. I use herbs for medicine as well and I have an entirely separate blog for that here .


Anise – help ward off the evil eye, find happiness, and stimulate psychic ability.

Basil – blessings, love, money, and happiness

Bay Leaf – confers wisdom, strength, and visions, sacred herb of Apollo

Bearberry – psychic awareness, dreams, courage, smudging and offerings 

Blue Vervain – spells of love and advancement, astral travel, initiation

Burdock Root – warding, cleansing, uncrossing and counter-magick

Calendula – solar rites, divination, remembrance, honoring the dead

Catnip – love-drawing, relaxation, trance work, feline magick

Cedar – ancient wisdom, protection, maturity, strength and power

Cinnamon – passion, shielding, quick success, spirit evocation, fire magick

Comfrey – healing, restoration, lucky herb of travelers and gamblers

Damiana – lust, sex magick, psychic abilities, energy work, spirit quests

Dandelion – wishes, divination, calling spirits, charisma and success

Devil’s Claw – protection, exorcism, banishing spells, keeping away evil, confounding enemies

Dill – sexual love, luck, protection against sorcery and disease

Elderberry – hidden wisdom, Crone magick, banishing, Faery offerings

Eucalyptus – cleansing, healing, ritual baths, rites of Mercury and Air

Fennel Seed – psychic protection, counter-magick, confidence and adaptability

Feverfew – humble flower renowned for its curative properties, a magickal “fix-all”

Galangal – strength and power, victory, luck, hex-breaking, male potency

Ginger – fiery herb of passion, success, and personal power

Hawthorn Berry – fidelity, shielding, clarity, ancestor and Faery magick

Hibiscus – love and passion, independence, confidence

Hyssop – purification, innocence, blessings, sacred baths and washes

Irish Moss – financial luck, folk remedies, safety during travel, sea magick

Jasmine – love, dreams, divination, sensuality, luxury and kindness

Juniper Berry – good luck, prosperity, masculine energy, protection at home

Juniper Leaf – purification, protection, bringing luck, exposing truth

Lavender – love and attraction, purification, relaxation, restful sleep

Lemon Balm – tranquility, attraction, fidelity, teamwork, harmonious home

Mandrake – legendary magickal herb for love magick, protection, and curses

Marjoram – protection, married love, calming the mind, easing grief

Meadowsweet – sacred flower of Spring, the Maiden, and the Underworld

Mistletoe – good luck, love and money spells, many traditional charms

Mugwort – scrying, divination, psychic ability, lucid dreaming, Lunar magick

Mullein – protection, illumination, courage, hedge-crossing, Crone magick

Nettle – courage, consecration, protection, healing, deterring evil

Orange Peel – uplifiting and centering Solar herb of joy, blessings, and good luck

Orris Root – charms of love, persuasion, popularity, charisma and success

Patchouli – love and sex magick, attraction, fertility, rites of Earth

Pennyroyal – calmness, endurance, patience, dispelling anger, warding

Peppermint – healing, purification, psychic awareness, love and energy

Pine – persistence, moderation, prosperity, and good health

Raspberry Leaf – love and enjoyment, tempting others, divination

Red Sandalwood – used in incenses for meditation, healing, and trance work

Rose – charms of love and beauty, harmony, divination, Goddess rites

Rosemary – cleansing, purification, vitality, wisdom, protection

Rue – warding, exorcism, cleansing, love-drawing and protective charms

Spearmint – love, psychic ability, cleansing, renewal, house blessing

Star Anise – clairvoyance, good luck, psychic dreams, travel charms

Thyme – beauty, strength, courage, a favorite herb of Faeries

Valerian – warding, enemy spells, transmuting negativity, feline magick

Vervain – Old World herb of wisdom, healing, and second sight

White Sage – cleansing, house blessing, meditation, healing

White Willow Bark – solace, wisdom, long-lasting love, divination, Lunar magick

Wild Lettuce – visions, trance, dream magick, enthrallment and sleep

Witch Hazel – comfort and healing, wisdom, protection, soothing of anger

Wood Betony – herb of St. Bride, used in charms against ill luck, anxiety, and despair

Wormwood – psychic vision, spirit evocation, hexes and curses, reversal magick

Yarrow – ancient medicinal flower used for courage, divination, good fortune

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