Guidance
Got questions about life? Need answers? wisdom? guidance? Here is a basic (but by no means complete) list of herbs, spices, fruits, gemstones, and food that promote and enhance wisdom along with a short explanation as to how to use them:
- Azalea – flowers and plants bring knowledge of the beyond.
- Beeswax – when burned send prayers directly to heaven.
- Bristles – pluck the bristles from a man’s beard to increase wisdom.
- Chestnuts – eat for love and wisdom.
- Crossroads – when looking for the right direction invoke Hekate at the crossroads.
- Cypress – burn the leaves to receive the wisdom of the Goddess.
- Eggplant – carve your name in it and then cook and eat it for wisdom and guidance.
- Gold – colloidal gold when ingested reveals secret wisdom.
- Grapes – eat purple grapes on a dark or full moon to gain psychic insight.
- Hazel – branches are a powerful divination tool.
- Herring – eat to increase wisdom.
- Jade – carry to attract wisdom.
- Jalup – rub the oil on purple candles for wisdom.
- Lamp – oil lamps can light the way or inspire answers.
- Malachite – opens the subconscious and allows deeper understandings.
- Maple – the trees attract wisdom.
- Molasses – scry in a bowl of molasses and seek Hekate’s wisdom.
- Myrhh – burn it to gain wisdom.
- Obsidian – breaks illusions and promotes realistic thinking.
- Olive – a gift of wisdom from the goddess Athena.
- Owl – brings messages and represent the wisdom of Hekate.
- Pear – eat one on your birthday for wisdom.
- Pepper – eat purple peppers on Thursday for wisdom.
- Pomegranate – drink pomegranate juice to ingest the wisdom of the Goddess.
- Raisin – eat sun dried raisins for wisdom and longevity.
- Solomn’s seal – sleep with a root under your pillow for wisdom or prophetic sight.
- Yogurt – brings insight when eaten on a new moon.
- Nature Spirits: sylphs, zephyrs
- Herbs: skullcap, meadowsweet, vervain, tansy, dog grass, parsley, mosses
- Colors: orange, golden-green
- Flowers: lavender, orchid, yarrow
- Scents: lily of the valley, lavender
- Stones: topaz, agate, alexandrite, flourite
- Trees: oak
- Animals: monkey, butterfly, frog, toad
- Birds: wren, peacock
- Deities: Aine of Knockaine, Isis, Neith, Green Man, Cerridwen, Bendis, Ishtar
Power flow:
Full but restful energy; protect, strengthen, and prevent. A time of Light; Earth tides are turning. Decision-making, taking responsibility for present happenings. Work on personal inconsistencies. Strengthen and reward yourself for your positive traits.
From: Moon Magic
Art by Jane Haworth