Other Names: Amber, Fuga daemonum, Goat Weed, Herba John, John's Wort, Sol Terrestis, and Tipton Weed.
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Deity: Baldur
Powers: Health, Protection, Strength, Love, Divination, Happiness
Magickal Uses:
- makes soldiers invincible
- attracts love
- place in a jar and hang by a window to protect against lightning, fire, and evil spirits
- "dried over the Midsummer fires and hung near the window to keep ghosts, necromancers, and evildoers from the house, and is burned to banish spirits and demons" (Cunningham's).
- carry to detect other magicians
- place under the pillow allows unmarried girl to dream of future husband
- hang in door ways and widows to drive away evil spirits
- Wards off fevers and colds
- "If it is gatherned on Midsummer's day and worn it will keep mental illness at bay and will also cure melancholy" (Cunningham's).
- relieve pain, burns, wounds, bruises, and hemorrhoids
- treats depression and mood swings
- easy to find in capsule form
- "A standard infusion of the fresh flowering tops helps ease menstrual cramps" (The Herb Book).
- can calm nerves and relieve insomnia
- "ability to stop the multiplications of retroviruses" (The Herb and Spice Companion).
- can be used to treat aids
- as a lotion can treat varicose veins, bruises, and sunburn
Sources:
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham
The Herb Book by Jennie Harding
The Herb and Spice Companion by Marcus A. Webb and Richard Craze