eclecticwitcheryafoot:

After seeing numerous masterposts about herbs, I noticed there wasn’t any mention of the correspondences when it comes to rotted or decaying herbs.  Here’s my take on this.

Anise– Use to cause a person to have nightmares, misfortune and/or relationship issues.

Apples– Use to cause turmoil between romantic partners.

Barley– Use to direct negativity and misfortune towards a person.

Basil– Use to cause fights, arguments, etc. between two lovers, two
friends, two family members. Used to deter love from developing between 2 people. Use to deter customers from shopping at a business. 
Use to attract negativity (place in rooms of a house for protection from
negativity).

Bay– Use to cause a person to experience nightmares. Use to direct
negativity and misfortune towards a person.

Birch– Use weaken protection of a person.

Blackberry– Use leaves in spells to cause for wealth to be drained or mismanaged.

Blueberry– Use to cause for a person to experience negativity and unwanted guests at their home.

Cabbage– Use to cause for fighting and arguing between a married couple.

Cactus– Use to weaken the protection of the home or other properties.

Camellia– Use to cause a person financial difficulties.

Carnation– Use to weaken a person’s leadership skills,
commemoration and self-esteem.

Carrot– Use to cause for a person to lose sexual desire.

Catnip– Use to direct misfortune and unwanted spirits towards a person.  Use to cause for a person to feel confused or unwanted.

Celery– Use to cause a person to have difficulty concentrating during tasks.  Use to cause a person to have difficulty falling asleep.  Use to cause for sexual desire of a person to decrease.

Chamomile– Use to cause for financial difficulties. Use to heighten curse effects.

Cherry– Use to cause a person to feel undesired or loved.

Chicory– Use to heighten and strengthen obstacles in a person’s life.

Cinnamon– Use to cause for setbacks in business or a person’s goals in career.  Use to decrease a person’s protection.

Clove– Use cause for financial hardships.

Cucumber– Use to hinder fertility.

Cumin– Use to cause a person to argue with their significant other and to cause for a person who’s been unfaithful to feel overwhelming guilt.

Cypress– Use to slow down emotional healing process.

Daffodil– Use to cause a person misfortune and to have difficulties in love.  Use to cause a person to feel isolated.

Daisy– Use to deflect unwanted attention from potential romantic partners.

Dandelion– Burn to block unwanted thoughts about a person.

Dill– Use to weaken protection of a person.  Use to cause a person to be unnoticeable and avoidable.

Elder-Use to direct negativity and misfortune.  Use to cause a person to experience a restless night’s sleep.

Fern– Use to weaken a person or location’s protective energy.

Fig– Use to cause a person to experience decreasing sexual desire and decrease protective energy of a home.

Flax– Use to cause a person to experience financial difficulties.

Foxglove– Use to cause for a person’s garden to rot.

Frankincense– Use to weaken protection and stunt spiritual growth of a person.

Gardenia– Use to cause a person’s illness to be slow and difficult.  Use to cause for a person to to feel unwanted.

Garlic– Use to weaken a person’s protective energy and to cause for a restless night’s sleep. Use to cause a person to experience a stroke of bad luck.

Geranium– Use to cause a person to experience weakened protection, romantic desire, and confusion.

Ginger– Use to cause a person financial and love life difficulties.  Use to undermine another person’s magickal workings.

Ginseng– Use to repel love and cause for a person to feel unwanted. Use to cause financial difficulties.  Use to weaken a person’s glamour magick and promote back luck.

Grape– Use to decrease fertility and to weaken mental powers. Use to cause a person to experience financial hardships.

Hazel– Use to cause a person confusion and forgetfulness.

Holly– Use to cause for a person to experience bad luck.

Honeysuckle– Bury near a home to cause for the residents to experience financial difficulties and a stroke of bad luck.

Iris– Use to weaken protection around a person or location. Use to cause a person confusion.

Ivy– Bury near home to cause for it to experience chaos and disarray.

Jasmine– Use to cause a person to experience financial difficulties. Use to cause a person nightmares and a restless night’s sleep.attract money.

Juniper– Use to weaken protective energy around a person or location.

Lavender– Use to cause a person to experience difficulties with love. Use to cause a person to experience nightmares and a restless night’s sleep.  Bury near a person’s home to cause the home to become restless and chaotic. 

Lemon– Use to cause a person to question their romantic partner’s faithfulness. Use to cause a strain between friends.

Lemon Grass– Use to cause a person’s psychic powers to weaken.

Lettuce– Use to cause a person to experience a restless night’s sleep.

Lilac– Use to cause a person to experience bad luck.

Lily– Use to cause for a person to have unwanted visitors to the home.

Liverwort– Use to drive an emotional wedge between romantic partners.  use to cause a romantic partner to doubt their lover’s dedication.

Magnolia– Use to expose a unfaithful romantic partner.

Maple– Use to repel unwanted romantic partners.  Use to cause a person financial difficulty.

Marigold– Use to weaken a person’s protective energy and to cause for a restless night’s sleep and/or nightmares.  use to cause a person to become less influential and respected and respected by peers, colleagues,etc.  Use to cause a person to experience difficulty in handling legal matters.

Mint– Use to repel unwanted sexual urges.  Use to cause a person to experience financial difficulty.

Mistletoe-Use to cause a person to experience misfortune, nightmares while sleeping and weakened protection. Use to cause for couples to fight.

Mulberry– Use to cause for a person’s magickal work to backfire or be negated.

Oak– Use an acorn from an oak tree to cause for a person to experience a deduction in sexual desire.  Use to cause for a person to physically and mentally “feel their age”.

Orange– Use to cause for a person to come across as being bland and dull.

Orchid– Use to cause a person financial and social/interpersonal difficulties.

Pansy– Use to repel unwanted feelings associated with love.

Parsley– Use to repel unwanted sexual desire.  Use to cause a person to experience a decrease in lustful thinking.

Peach– Use to cause a person confusion and forgetfulness.  Use to prevent emotional attachment.

Peppermint– (See Mint).

Pine– Use to weaken defenses against negativity.

Raspberry– Use to decrease protective energies around a home or person.

Rice– Use to cause for a married couple to argue.

Rose– Use to repel an unwanted lover or romantic partner.  Use to cause a couple to argue and fight.

Rosemary– Use to cause a person to experience a restless night’s sleep and nightmares. Use to cause a person to experience difficulty in learning new information and become confused.

Rowan– Use to cause a person’s divination skills to become weak and confusing.  Use to cause for a person to become weak, unlucky, and experience misfortune. Use to increase spirit communication.

Rue– Use to cause a person to become love-struck and confused. Aids in curses.

Saffron– Use to repel lustful
feelings.

Sage– Use to cause a person confusion and misfortune.

St. John’s Wort– Use to cause a person to feel unwanted.  Use to repel unwanted romantic partners.

Sassafras– Use to cause a person to experience financial difficulties.

Spearmint– Use to deter lust.

Strawberries– Use to cause a person to feel unwanted or unloved.

Sugar Cane– Use to deter unwanted love and attention.

Sunflower– Use to hide
the truth from a person or within a situation.  Use to cause a person misfortune.

Thyme– Use to cause a person to experience
nightmares. Use to cause a person to be avoidable and unnoticeable or to cause a person to receive overwhelming amounts of unwanted attention.  Use to decrease energy level and cause for a person to become fearful and afraid.

Vanilla– Use to decrease lust. Carry a vanilla bean to cause a person difficulty in maintaining energy and memory.

Vervain– Use to cause a person to experience chaos and instability.  Use to cause for wishes made to be unheard.  Use to cause friends to become enemies.  Use to repel unwanted lovers.

Violet– Mix with lavender to repel unwanted lovers and sexual partners. Use to cause a person to have difficulty sleeping and have an increase in their anger.

Willow– Use to repel love.
Use to cause healing of a person to be slow.

Wintergreen– Use to cause healing of a person to be slow.

Wormwood– Use to cause a person to experience mechanical difficulties. Use to repel an unwanted romantic partner.

Source: My personal grimoire

niuniente:

Alchemical Properties of Foods: Foodstuffs Classified According to Their Elemental Nature

Almonds are sacred to the gods Thoth, Hermes, and Mercury and are said to bring wisdom and prosperity by stimulating intuition and insight through the Third Eye Chakra. Magical wands are often made of almond wood. [Earth ++]

Apple, known as the Fruit of the Gods, is a very powerful source of spiritual energy that encourages balance and harmony. If cut horizontally, the apple reveals the pentagram pattern, which is considered the gateway to occult powers as well as symbol of the quintessence. The Egyptians offered apples to their highest and most powerful priests, whom they considered guardians of hidden knowledge. In the Middle Ages, sliced apples were used to foretell the future and eating them regularly was said to enable a person to live over 200 years. Modern clinical studies have proved that eating apples reduces cancer risk. [Air +++]

Apricots carry feminine spiritual energy and are used to sweeten someone’s disposition or instill romance and passion in a relationship. Extremely rich in vitamins and minerals, apricots strengthen the immune system and have more of the antioxidant carotene than any other fruit. [Air ++]

Bananas represent the futility of material possessions, and Buddha is often shown meditating under a banana tree. On the other hand, the banana’s phallic shape represents male heroic energy. [Air +]

Barley is a gentle, nurturing force that stimulates the Heart Chakra and is used to ease a person’s emotional burden by turning harsh feelings into love and warding off any negativity that originates from other people. Barley grass juice is considered an effective psychological grounding agent and physical energizer. [Earth +++]

Basil was sacred to the Greeks, and women were not allowed to pick it. The herb soothes anger and hard feelings by encouraging feelings of love and is thought to simultaneously simulate the Heart and Sacral Chakras, thereby harmonizing stressful emotions while releasing sexual energies. It strengthens the immune system and is known to kill germs. [Fire +]

Blueberries embody the esoteric principles of calm acceptance, peace, and a protected environment. For centuries, witches have eaten blueberry tarts when under psychic attack to protect themselves. [Earth ++]

Cakes are thought to be easily enchanted and can convey both positive and negative psychic energy. Because they carry spells, cakes became associated with rites of passage such as christening, birthdays, and weddings. [Earth ++]

Cashews are used in magical spells to increase income and money. In cooking, they are added to dishes to raise their energy levels. [Earth ++]

Cheese is one of the oldest human foods. In cooking, cheese is used to raise the vibrational level of meals, adding a positive or joyous energy. [Air +]

Chocolate raises emotional energy and induces ecstatic feelings of love by stimulating the Heart Chakra. That belief is the origin of the custom of giving boxes of chocolates to women to win their favor. [Fire ++]

Cucumber promotes chastity and hinders lustful behavior. Cucumber peels are said to diminish headaches if placed on the forehead and relieve the pain of arthritis when wrapped around inflamed joints. [Water ++]

Dates were used by ancient Persians to celebrate the death and resurrection of Zoroaster, a Christ figure who dates back to 500 BC. Dried dates are considered fruits of the spiritual realm and are symbolic of the eternal resurrection of the soul. To live off dates is to be free of worldly concerns, though paradoxically, such a diet is said to make one extremely potent sexually. [Air +++]

Garlic was sacred to the goddess Hecate and left at crossroads as a sacrifice to her. The pungent cloves were also used for protection against evil and to break curses and hexes, and psychic cooks rub garlic into pots and pans to remove negative influences that might contaminate food. When eaten, garlic stimulates the immune system to protect the body, although it is said to induce lustful behavior in some people. Garlic is a proven antibiotic, cholesterol reducer, blood pressure reducer, and general heart remedy. [Fire ++]

Ginger is frequently part of love spells and is used to add power to other rituals. Ginger seems to release vital energies in the body and is used to cure motion sickness, hangovers, headaches, and nausea of all types. Adding cinnamon to ginger enhances its healing properties. [Fire +++]

Grapes carry spiritual energy and increase mental fertility, opening us to meaningful dreams and visions. Eating grapes or raisins is said to increase a woman’s fertility. [Air +++]

Guava fruit encourages romantic fantasy. Eating the fruit is said to allow people temporary relief from worldly concerns. [Air ++]

Honey is synonymous with happiness and fulfillment, and it is added to food and beverages to emphasize the good mood associated with it. It is used to treat indigestion, colds, flu, and headaches. [Water +++]

Lemons were thought to encourage longevity and faithfulness. Lemon pie fortifies fidelity, and lemon slices on a stranger’s plate or under his chair guarantees his or her friendship. Lemon juice is a powerful cleaning agent and is used to wash magical implements of all types of toxicity. A cleansing tea is made from dried lemon peels. [Fire ++]

Lime refreshes the soul. It is used in purification and healing rituals. [Fire ++]

Mango is sacred to Buddha, and it is considered one of the most spiritually charged and elevating fruits. [Air +++]

Maple Syrup is associated with long life and abundance. Maple leaves are used in many love and money rituals. In general, natural syrups carry the powers of the tree or fruit from which they are derived. [Water +++]

Mint leaf has been used in healing potions and teas for thousands of years. It is used in stomach tonics, and leaves of mint were once put in milk to keep it from curdling. Mint is also said to protect travelers and attract money. Peppermint raises spiritual vibrations and is used in purification and healing rituals. It transforms negative energies into healthy influences by stimulating the Solar Plexus Chakra. [Fire ++]

Onions were worshipped in ancient Egypt for their ability to absorb impurities, and the Egyptians even swore to onions when they took oaths. American colonists hung onions over doorways to protect their families from infectious diseases, and onions are still used in exorcism rituals. Esoterically, onions stand for both physical and spiritual health and protection. Scallions and shallots are green onions with long stems and bulbous roots. Leeks are also a kind of onion. [Fire +++]

Oranges. All varieties of oranges provide purifying energy for both body and mind. In some Wiccan rituals, orange juice is drunk instead of wine, and orange peel tea is said to keep one from getting drunk or muddleheaded. Marmalade jam has the same effect. The vitamin C in citrus fruits raises the brain’s level of norepinephrine, which increases energy while reducing irritability. [Fire ++]

Pasta is a powerful accumulator of psychic energy, and food psychics believe its various shapes determine how much psychotronic energy can be projected and stored in it. The least amount of energy is carried by stringy kinds like spaghetti and fettuccini, while the most is carried by the twisted tortellini or hollow macaroni and rigatoni shapes. For psychic purposes, the stuffed pastas like cannelloni, ravioli, manicotti, and lasagna are considered breads. [Earth +++]

Peaches are a feminine symbol of love, spiritual fertility, and wishes come true. Serving peach pie to someone helps win his or her love and attention. In Asia, the peach is a symbol of virginity, and the blossoming of the peach tree is a sign of spring and youthful purity. Magic wands made of peach wood are used in exorcisms. [Air ++]

Peanuts provide the reality-based, aggressive energy associated with masculinity. [Earth ++]

Pears initiate lustful passion by stimulating the Sacral Chakra, and the fruit is associated with Venus, the goddess of love. [Air ++]

Pepper is used to break hexes and promote fidelity in family members. Within minutes of eating red peppers, the body releases gratifying, morphine-like endorphins into the blood stream. All the powdered peppers are known to break up congestion in the lungs and sinuses, relieve allergies, and increase metabolism. [Fire +++]

Pineapple; juice is drunk to ensure chastity; eating the fruit brings luck and prosperity. Pineapples are traditionally used in spells for the protection of a person’s possessions, including one’s spouse and children. [Fire ++]

Raspberries induce stamina and vigor, and at one time, the leaves were carried by pregnant women to help them through childbirth. The tea acts as a blood tonic to treat anemia and stop diarrhea. [Earth ++]

Strawberries are sacred to the Scandinavian fertility god, Freyr, and are served to promote physical love and zesty romance. Strawberry leaves are placed on serving plates or carried for good luck. The dried leaves make a mildly laxative tea. [Earth ++]

Sugar is used to dispel evil influences and preserve or enhance the qualities of many foods. Only raw cane sugar is used in making spells, since refined sugar has lost much of its magical power. Because of its protective signature, sugar embodies the feminine characteristics of the Water Element. [Water ++]

Tomatoes were called Love Apples when they were first introduced into Europe from the New World and were used to solicit romantic attention. Europeans also placed them on windowsills to repel negative energies. [Water ++]

Vanilla is used to increase the midrange or “loving” vibrations both in cooking and in aromatic sachets and has been called the “Middle C” of spices. At one time, just carrying a vanilla bean was thought to tune one’s consciousness to a higher level. [Air ++]