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AFRICAN VIOLET: burned for protection and to help promote spirituality within the home.
ALLSPICE: burned to attract both good luck and money.
ALOES: burned to attract good fortune, love, spiritual vibrations and strength.
ALTHEA: burned for protection.
ANISE SEEDS: burned as a meditation incense.
BASIL: burned to attract fidelity, good luck, sympathy and wealth.
BAYBERRY: burned mainly to attract money.
BENZOIN: burned for purification and to attract prosperity.
BRACKEN: burned in outdoor fires to magically produce rain.
CEDAR: burned for purification, to attract love, prevent nightmares, and heal various ailments, including head colds.
CINNAMON: burned for protection and to attract money and to aid in healing.
CITRON: burned in rituals to aid healing.
CLOVE: burned to dispel negativity, purify sacred and magical spaces, attract money, and stop or prevent the spread of gossip.
COCONUT: burned for protection.
COPAL: burned for purification and to attract love.
DRAGON'S BLOOD: burned to dispel negativity, attract love, for protection, and can be added to make spells stronger.
FERN: burned in outdoor fires to magically produce rain.
FRANKINCENSE: burned to dispel negativity, purify magical spaces, protect against evil, aid meditation, attract good luck and honour pagan deities (gods/goddesses).
HEATHER: burned in outdoor fires to magically produce rain.
HIBISCUS FLOWERS: burned to attract love.
HOREHOUND: burned as an incense offering to the ancient Egyptian god, Horus.
LAVENDAR: burned to attract love (especially from a man) and to induce rest or sleep.
LILAC: burned to attract harmony into one's life.
MESQUITE: to be burned and added to other healing incenses to increase strength.
MINT: burned to attract money, also for protection and healing.
MYRRH: burned (often with frankincense) for purification, healing. Also aids meditation and can be offered to the ancient Egyptian deities Isis and Ra.
NUTMEG: burned to aid meditation and increase prosperity.
PATCHOULI: burned to attract money and love.
PINE: burned for purification and to attract money.
POPPY SEEDS: burned to attract love, good luck and money.
ROSE: burned to increase courage and attract love.
ROSEMARY: burned to purify, aid in healing, prevent nightmares, preserve youthfulness, dispel depression, attract fairyfolk, and promote restful sleep and pleasant dreams.
RUE: burned to help restore health.
SAGE: burned for protection against all evil, to purify sacred spaces and ritual tools, promote wisdom, attract money, and to aid in healing the body, mind and soul.
SAGEBRUSH: burned to aid healing and banish negative energies.
SANDALWOOD: burned to promote spiritual awareness, help in wish-magic, and in healing rituals.
STRAWBERRY: burned to attract love.
THYME: burned for the purification of magical spaces prior to rituals, to aid in healing and attract good health.
VANILLA: burned to attract love and improve the powers of the mind.
VETIVERT: burned for protection against thieves.
WILLOW: burned to attract love and promote healing.
WISTERIA: burned for protection against all forms of evil.
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The Truth About Witchcraft
Short StoryThis is a handy guide for children to begin to understand the truth around magic and witchcraft. The main inspiration behind this is to encourage young people to want to learn about nature, and give them an opportunity to study their own beliefs als...
