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| Herb | Latin Name | Parts Used | Basic Powers | Specific Uses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's Buttons | Centaurea cyanus | flower | love | women are to wear the flower on their breast to obtain the affections of a man. |
| Balm of Gilead | Commiphora opobalsamum | buds | protection, manifestations, healing, love | Carry the buds to mend a broken heart. Burn to set up a material basis in which spirits may manifest during ceremonies of this kind. Add to love and protection sachets. |
| Balm, Lemon | Melissa officinalis | herb | healing, love, success | soak in a wine and strain, share the wine with the object of your affection and they will be yours. |
| Bamboo | Bambusa vulgaris | whole plant | luck, protection, wishes, hex-breaking | grow by your front door to bring luck to your home. |
| Banana | Musa sapientum | leaves, flowers, and fruit | fertility and prosperity | A bride married under a banana tree cannot help being lucky. |
| Banyan | Ficus benghalensis | whole plant | luck | It is believed that to just sit beneath or look at a banyan tree will insure good luck. |
| Barley | Hordeum spp. | grain (seeds) | healing, love, protection | scatter barley on the ground to keep evil away. |
| Basil | Ocimum Basilicum | herb | purification, protection, exorcism, love, prosperity | Add to exorcism and protection incenses. May be used in purification bath sachets. Often used in wealth and prosperity rituals. Add to love sachets and incenses. |
| Bay (see Bay Laurel) | Laurus nobilis | healing, protection | ||
| Bay Laurel | Laurus nobilis | leaves | protection, clairvoyance, exorcism, purification, healing | Burn the leaves to induce visions. Wear as an amulet to wrd off negativity and evil. Burn and scatter on the floor in exorcism and purification rituals. Put leaves under the pillow to induce inspiration and prophetic dreams. Add to purification incenses and baths. Use in healing incenses and sachets. Pick while facing east, just at sunrise. Protection against lightning. |
| Bean | Phaseolusspp. | seed | protection, love, exorcism, hex-breaking | If someone has hexed you, place a bean in your mouth and spit it out at them, not only will it break the hex, it will make you feel better. :) |
| Bedstraw | Galium triflorum | stalk | Love | Used as a charm. |
| Beech | Fagus sylvatica | wood | wishes | carve your wish into a stick of beech and bury it in the ground. |
| Beet | Beta vulgaris | root | love | Beet juice can be substituted for blood in love magick (this is good for the faint of heart) |
| Belladonna* | Atropa belladonna | berries | astral projection | Drink an infusion to produce visions (don't handle or ingest, the other name for belladonna is DEADLY NIGHTSHADE) |
| Benzoin | Styrax benzoin | gum | purification, protection, prosperity | Burn with cinnamon for business success. Use in purification incenses to clear the surrounding area. A tincture of benzoin is used to preserve magickal oils. |
| Bergamot, Orange | Mentha citrata | leaves | prosperity | keep the leaves in a purse or wallet to attract money. |
| Be-Still* | Thevetia nereifolia | seeds | luck | wear as a charm or talisman to attract luck |
| Betony | Betonica officinalis | herb | protection, purification, love | Add to all incenses of purification and protection. Burn in outdoor fires and jump through the cleansing smoke, especially at Midsummer. Stuff a pillow with the herb and sleep on it to prevent nightmares. Carry to protect against intoxication. |
| Birch | Betula alba | wood | protection, exorcism, purification | cradles were made of birch to protect the baby that would sleep in it. |
| Birthroot | root | Love and money | ||
| Bistort | Polygonum bistorta | herb | clairvoyance, fertility | Carry it if you wish to conceive. Add to divinatory incenses, especially with frankincense. |
| Bittersweet* | Celastrus scandens or Solanum dulcamara | herb | healing, protection | Tie the herb your body to protect yourself from evil people or animals |
| Blackberry | Rubus villosus | berries and leaves | healing, prosperity, protection | |
| Blackthorn (AKA Sloe) | Prunus spinosa | thorns | Revenge, protection | Use the thorns to stick into a poppet/candle/"voodoo doll" to make an enemy leave you alone. You can also use the thorns instead of needles in other poppet spells. |
| Bladderwrack (Kelp) | Fucus visiculosus | whole plant | prosperity, protection, divination | Make an infusion and scrub the floors of a business with it to sttract customers. |
| Bleeding Heart | Dicentra spectabilis or D. formosa | flowers | love | Crush the flowers. If the juice is red, the object of your affections loves you too. If the juice is white, your love is unrequitted. |
| Bloodroot* | Sanguinaria canadensis | root | love, protection, purification | carry or place at openings to the home to protect from evil spirits. The darkest red roots are considered the best. |
| Bluebell | Campanula rotundifolia | flower | luck, truth | When you see a bluebell, pick it and repeat these words:
Bluebell, bluebell, bring me some luck beofre tomorrow night. Then put the flower in your shoe to seal the spell. |
| Blueberry | Vaccinum frondosum | berries | protection | eat blueberries to protect against psychic attack |
| Blue Flag* | Iris versicolor | root | prosperity | carry the root for financial gain, or place in the cash register of a business to attract customers. |
| Bodhi | Ficus religiosa | whole plant | protection, fertility, wisdom, meditation | walk around the tree to protect yourlsef from evil. |
| Boneset | eupatorium perfoliatum | herb | protection, exorcism | make an infusion to sprinkle around the house to protect against evil. |
| Borage | Borago officinalis | flowers and leaves | courage, psychic powers | carry the blossoms to strengthen your courage |
| Bracken | Pteridium aquilinum | root and herb | healing, prophetic dreams | place the root under your pillow and the solutions to problems will come to you in your dreams |
| Brazil nut | Bertholletia excellsa | nut | love | carry as a talisman |
| Briar | Rosa rubiginosa | flower | prophetic dreams, love | A tea made from the petals of a briar rose can be used to induce prophetic dreams if it is drunk at bedtime. |
| Bromeliad | Crypanthus spp. | whole plant | prosperity, protection | grow the plant to attract money and protection to your home. |
| Broom* | Cytisus scoparius | herb | purification, protection, divination | Use the plant to sweep the surrounding area when working magick outside. Use in purification incenses and hang a little of the herb into the air, preferably off a mountain top, and calm them by burning the herb. |
| Bryony | Bryony spp. | roots | prosperity, protection | Bryony roots are often usd in place of the rather rare mandrake root. A bryony root is set on a piece of money to cause one's riches to grow. |
| Buchu | Agathosma betulina or Barosma betulina | herb | psychic powers, prophetic dreams | make an incense with frankincense to burn in the bedroom to produce prophetic dreams |
| Buckthorn | Rhamnus spp. | berries | protection, exorcism, wishes, luck | make a necklace to wear for luck |
| Buckwheat | Fagopyrum spp. | grains | prosperity, protection | use the grains to make your magick circle while you perform spells |
| Bugleweed | leaves | love, and protection from werewolves | ||
| Burdock | Arctium lappa | herb | purification, protection, love, healing | Cast in house or magick room to ward of negativity. Add to protection sachets of all kinds. Wear a necklace of dried, carved, burdock roots as protection against magick. |
* poisonous