When having ritual for a happy occasion, serve a dish prepared with basil for good wishes.
Peppermint, known for eliciting warm feelings, can be served as a tea for procuring positive powers.
According to ancient Peruvian superstition, nuts were buried with the dead for an afterlife snack, offer peanuts as a gift for the departed.
Lemon balm is a thoughtful token for someone seeking comfort from a loss.
Bake fairy bread in May as Gaelic households were known to do, use fruits from the year’s harvest.
Secure good fortune by scattering fairy bread crumbs around newly-planted seedlings for the visiting fairies to nibble on.
Cultivate thyme in your garden to invoke the blessings of the fairies.
Hang aloe at your front door or in your kitchen to attract good fortune.
To attract abundance, make an amulet using almond oil.
In a nod to Mercury, the guardian of travelers, prepare a safe passage charm for a loved one bound for distant shores; include mugwort to ensure traveler’s bliss.
If you visit the grave of a loved one, bring a wreath of marjoram as an offering for his or her happiness as the ancient Greeks did.