Mixing Essential Oils for Magic: Aromatic Alchemy for Personal Blends by Sandra Kynes

Author:Sandra Kynes [Kynes, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Body; Mind & Spirit, Witchcraft
ISBN: 9780738736549
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Amazon: 0738736546
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Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Published: 2013-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Family: Piperaceae

Indigenous to southwestern India, this woody vine can grow up to 16 feet long. It has small white flowers and heart-shaped leaves. The red berries turn black as they ripen and become the familiar peppercorns. As an important trade commodity in the 4th century, pepper was the must-have food flavoring. Medicinally, pepper has been used in China and India for thousands of years. In addition, monks throughout India used it daily to increase energy and stamina for their rigorous ascetic way of life. Pepper was so valuable in Europe during the Middle Ages that it served as payment for dowries and taxes. Merchants 206 Essential Oil Profiles

who were called “pepperers” and “spicers” dispensed their wares for culinary and medicinal purposes and became the forerunners of apothecaries.71

Oil and Blending Information

The unripe fruit is steam distilled producing a white to pale olive colored oil. It has a somewhat sharp, spicy, and slightly woody scent. Unlike ground pepper, the oil does not cause sneezing.

Strength: 3

Scent Group: spicy

Perfume Note: middle to base

Plant Part: As Above/Fruit

Warnings: may cause skin irritation; not compatible with homeopathic treatment; use in moderation

Magical Uses

Pepper’s energizing qualities stimulate the mind bringing focus and inner strength. Use it to amplify awareness for dream work and divination. Pepper can get things going when you are in a rut and helps resolve problems. This oil is instrumental in defensive magic when seeking justice. It also helps to bolster determination and courage, and bring success. Effective for banishings and binding spells, pepper also removes hexes. Its purification properties make it ideal for consecrating ritual gear to release old energy and provide protection. Additionally, it aids in manifesting abundance and security. Pepper is also associated with healing, increase, and lust.

Correspondences

Zodiac: Aries

Solar System: Mars

Elements: fire, water

71. Duke, Duke’s Handbook of Medicinal Spices, 24

Essential Oil Profiles 207

Petitgrain: See The Orange Oils

Pine

Botanical Name: Pinus sylvestris

Family: Pinaceae

Also Known As: forest pine, Scotch pine, Scots pine

Reaching over 100 feet tall, this evergreen has rough, reddish-brown bark, pointed brown cones, and needles that grow in pairs. Pine was associated with Pan and other woodland gods, and its species name means “of the woods or forests.”72 Extensively used for shipbuilding in ancient Greece, pine was dedicated to the sea god Neptune. Various parts of the tree were used medicinally throughout Europe and Asia where it is indigenous.

Oil and Blending Information

The needles and twigs are steam distilled creating a colorless or pale yellow oil that has a fresh, woody, and slightly turpentine-like scent. It is often called pine needle oil.

Strength: 4

Scent Group: woody

Perfume Note: middle to top

Plant Part: So Below/Twigs & Leaves

Warnings: may cause skin irritation; avoid if you have high blood pressure

Magical Uses

Pine is well known for purification, which works for releasing negative energy and is especially effective in public spaces. This same quality makes it an ally in defensive magic and in protection from hexes especially for the home. Use it for blessings and to attract abundance as well as for spells that banish or bind. It is also well known for its association with cycles, beginnings, fertility, and renewal.

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