SACRED HAVEN COVEN
Metaphysical Properties of Vancouver Island Shrubs
BLACKBERRIES
Magick: Use leaves for wealth, pick blackberries for protection when the Moon & Venus are conjunct in Aries
Sacred to: Brigit
Ritual: Lammas, bake blackberry pie to honor the death of the God at harvest
Planet: Mars
Lore : Trees are believed to be witches who transformed into trees.
BLACK HAWTHORN
Magick: Increase Fertility, Wedding Rites, Fishing Luck, Leaves are sprinkled around the room or put under mattress for celibacy
Sacred to: Faeries
Masculine Energy
Element: Fire
BLUEBERRY
Magick: Protection against Evil, Protects your Property, Eat Blueberries when under Psychic Attack
BOG ROSEMARY
Magick: Bravery, Steadfastness
Sacred to: Andromeda
Element: Fire
CASCARA
Magick: Legal Matters, Money, Protection
DEVIL’S CLUB
Magick: Protection
Ritual: Use sticks in protective charms
DOGWOOD
Magick: Protection, Wishes
Ritual: Use leaves and sticks in protective amulets
ELDERBERRY
Magick: Bravery, Steadfastness, Protection against lightning, disease & crippling ailments. Divination. Serious Magick. Funeral Herb (burn or bury with deceased), Protection Herb, Elder Blossoms for incense, Use Elder Incense for Protection and Baby Blessing. Tonic to restore Health.
Use the Magick of Elder with Pure ethics & Clear Goals. Potent Magick, use carefully.
Sacred to: Mother Goddess. Feminine Energy
Element: Water
Planet: Venus
Lore: Goddess manifests through the Elder always make an offering before gathering.
Ritual: To see Dryads, fast and prepare yourself ritually, then at Full Moon spend the night in an Elder Grove.
Add blossoms to the Ritual Cup. Use as an asperging herb to sprinkle Moon Water.
Incense: Elder Blossoms for incense, Use Elder Incense for Protection and Baby Blessing.
GORSE
Magick: Protection & Money
Sacred to: Jupiter & Thor
Masculine Energy
Element: Fire
Planet: Mars
Ritual: Makes a hedge that Faeries cannot penetrate
HAZELNUT
Magick: Luck, Fertility, Anti-Lightning, Protection, Wishes
Sacred to: Mercury, Thor, Artemis, Diana
Masculine Energy
Element: Air
Planet: Sun
Ritual: Make wands from branches for money & protection
HEATHER (Pink Mountain)
Magick: Longevity, An Amulet made of Heather Wood will ensure the Immortality of the Soul, Initiation, Beauty Glamour (beware beauty glamour asks a price to keep Karmic Balance), Bathing Herb for Purification,
Feminine Energy
Element: Water
Planet: Venus
Ritual: Lammas Sabbat
HONEYSUCKLE
Magick: Immortality, Cauldron of Cerridwin Mysteries,
Sacred to: Cerridwin
Masculine Energy
Element: Earth
Planet: Mars
Ritual: Spring Sabbats, Wear as an oil to enter the Spirit World,
Incense: Grind dried wood and bark into Incense
HUCKLEBERRY
Magick: Luck, Protection, Dream Magick, Use the Leaves for Hex Breaking & Eat Berries during Hex Breaking Magick
Feminine Energy
Element: Water
Planet: Venus
JUNIPER
Magick: Protection, Exorcism, Health
Masculine Energy
Element: Fire
Planet: Sun
Ritual: Drink tea made from berries for good health. Use berries in amulets for protection
Incense: Resin & Needles
MOUNTAIN ASH (ROWAN)
Magick: Protection, Visions, Inspire Poetry, Love, Divination, Call Magick Spirits, Familiars, Spirit Guides, & Elementals. Banish Unwanted Energies.
Sacred to: Thor
Masculine Energy
Element: Fire
Planet: Sun
Ritual: Invoke the Goddess and ask for Her guidance, Make dowsing rods & Magick Wands
Incense: Add berries to incense
OCEANSPRAY (Foam Flowers, Ironwood)
Magick: Binding Together, Uncovering that which is hidden
Ritual: Wood is very hard, use as a digging stick by hardening in fire and polishing with horsetail.
RASPBERRY, SALMONBERRY, THIMBLEBERRY, CLOUDBERRY
Magick: Love, Protection
Feminine Energy
Planet: Venus
Ritual: Eat berries for love spells, hang branches at doorways to prevent newly dead from re-entering the home
ROSE
Magick: Love, Nurturing energy, Psychic Powers, Healing, Divination, Luck, Protection
Sacred to: Aphrodite. Represents all aspects of the Goddess
Feminine Energy
Element: Water
Planet: Venus
Ritual: Anoint Heart Chakra with Rose Oil to Manifest Love
Spring – Yellow Rose
Beltane – All Colors
Litha – Red Rose
Autumn – White Rose
Incense: Add petals to incense
Gemstones: Keep or consecrate Emeralds with Rose petals.
Tarot: 7 Cups
SALAL
Ritual: Form a tiny Faerie Drinking Cup by shaping a leaf into a cone. Offer ripe berries to ancestors.
SCOTCH BROOM
Magick: Purification, Protection, Wind, Divination, Weddings
Sacred to: Goddess Blodewwedd
Masculine Energy
Element: Air
Planet: Mars
Ritual: Make brooms for Temple purification,
Use as Holy Water Asperger
Tie branches with ribbons as a wedding decoration
Make a wedding broom for the couple to jump over
Tarot: 9’s
SNOWBERRIES (Ghost Berries)
Ritual: Samhain Offering as they are known as berries of the people of the Land of the Dead (First Nations lore)
SWEET GALE
Magick: Drink tea for lucid dreams & astral projection caution: dangerous to pregnant women.
Feminine Energy
Planet: Venus
WILLOW
Magick: Love, Love Divination, Protection, Healing
Sacred to: Artemis, Ceres, Hecate, Persephone, Hera, Mercury, Belili, Belinus
Feminine Energy
Element: Water
Planet: Moon
Incense: Grind together Willow bark and Sandalwood to conjure spirits
Make Magick Wands from Willow branches
WINTERGREEN
Magick: Protection, Hex Breaking, Healing
Feminine Energy
Element: Water
Planet: Moon
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