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Episode 98: The Magical Properties of Plants pt. 4
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Welcome back witches to another captivating episode delving into the magical properties of plants! In Part 4, we uncover the mystical qualities of Mugwort, Damiana, Lavender, and Hawthorn, exploring their ancient lore and modern uses in spellcraft and healing. So get in losers, and let's embark on a botanical journey brimming with enchantment and wisdom.
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References:
- Mugwort Materia Medica. The Golden Poppy. https://goldenpoppyherbs.com/mugwort-materia-medica/
- The Dream & Intuition Bath Spell–Magical Properties of Mugwort & How to Use it in Magic. Art of the Root. https://artoftheroot.com/blogs/news/magical-properties-of-mugwort
- Damiana Materia Medica. The Golden Poppy. https://goldenpoppyherbs.com/damiana-materia-medica/
- Cunningfolk, Alexis J. All the Love: Damiana Plant Profile. (2023). Worts and Cunning Apothecary. https://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/tag/damiana+magickal+uses
- Caro, Tina (2024). Lavender: Usage, Healing & Magical Properties. Magickal Spot.com. https://magickalspot.com/lavender-magical-properties/
- Lavender Materia Medica. The Golden Poppy. https://goldenpoppyherbs.com/lavender-materia-medica/
- Hawthorn Materia Medica. The Golden Poppy. https://goldenpoppyherbs.com/hawthorn/\
- Caro, Tina (2024). Hawthorn: Folklore, Propagation, Healing & Magickal Uses. https://magickalspot.com/hawthorn/
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Transcript
Introduction to Witchcraft
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Do you feel drawn to learn more about witchcraft in the occult but feel lost in where to start? Then welcome to Get In, Loser, we're doing witchcraft, a podcast all about what it means to be a witch and where to get started on your journey. Join us as we navigate through various witchy topics and share what we have learned about the craft. So get in witches and join us on our journey through the magical properties of Damiana, Mugwort, Lavender, and Hawthorne to discuss their ancient lore, healing energies, and how we can best utilize these magical plants in our everyday life.
Witchcraft in Everyday Life
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My across the street super Christian neighbor is doing summer pots. Really? And I am like, wow, okay, yes, do summer pots. If you need any help. I've got a few recipes. Yeah, I can help you with that. She also just bought eucalyptus for her shower.
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And I'm like, wow, I love that you are doing these on Pinterest or TikTok. Probably. Yeah. And then my other neighbor who is very open minded and very like, you know, into all the things was like, I think you should use these specific things to really cleanse your home and your space and everything just based on all the drama we've had in our neighborhood recently.
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Yeah. And she's like, yeah, I'll do that. Oh my God. You couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. I'm so happy. Witchcraft. Witchcraft. Just like, you know. Witchcraft. Yeah. Gotta love it. Gotta love it.
Host's Living Situation
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So as a disclaimer, I'm in like temporary lodging right now. Still, it's been two weeks. It's been two weeks. We are recording this back to back. Same disclaimer as last week. I wish. This house is nice.
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But there might be a lot of background noise because my animals lives have been turned topsy-turvy and they're all being turds. So they're all super needy. Broon has the touchpad buttons that we have talked about like a couple of times on the podcast already. And he has been pushing them a little bit this morning. So you might hear like little voices in the background and that's just his little buttons. And it's really, really fucking cold today.
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like the temperature just dropped another degree so we're down to negative two when it's supposed to be getting warmer not colder and our heater has been running non-stop and it's kind of a low obnoxious hum in the background so if that comes through on the episode sorry guys i'm just trying to stay warm
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I'm on the flip side. My AC keeps kicking on. Because it's so warm on a tropical island. But honestly, I'm in a sweatshirt. Honestly, look at my glass. They're completely crooked. They're super crooked. So we have this big ass heavy door that they put in front of the kitchen because why? But we've not taken it off of
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Like the original plan was to remove the damn door altogether and put it outside. And I have more storage, but we haven't yet. The thermostat is behind there. So in order to turn the AC off, we have to go behind there. So technically we don't need AC right now. It is 60 degrees and I'm freezing.
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If you hear the AC kick on because I'm downstairs and it's so loud when it kicks on downstairs and I don't know why, but that's what it is. Yeah. So there might just be a little background noise. It'll be fine. We'll get through it.
Mugwort: Historical and Medicinal Uses
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But what are we talking about today?
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Magical plants. My favorite episodes. Yeah. So we're just going to talk about some magical plants and all of their properties and why they are amazing. So buckle your seatbelts because it's going to be a fun one. So the first one I'm covering is mugwort. And this is one of my favorite little plants. So mugwort's botanical name is Artemisia vulgaris. And it can be found in Europe, Asia, Northern Africa, and the United States.
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It's a tall perennial that grows up to three feet with leaves that are downy and they're like a silverish gray underneath. It can have small yellow or red tinted flowers that appear in late summer and little clusters and the root is approximately eight inches long. It's light brown and woody. Mugwort has a long history of use in both the medicinal and magical worlds. It's woven through numerous myths and legends of herbal folklore and it has strong ties to witchcraft.
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Mugwort is revered for its potent magical properties and for its connection with the spirit world. It's used in spells, rituals, and other types of spiritual practices, like throughout all different cultures. The botanical name Artemisia vulgaris comes from the goddess Artemis, and it was integral to the ancient Greeks in understanding of the lunar cycles, fertility, divination, and protections.
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Similarly, the Romans also revered mugwort and their soldiers or travelers would place it in their shoes for safety and to ward off exhaustion.
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Ancient lore actually references that mugwort crowns were worn for Midsummer's Day because it helps keep evil spirits from attacking. In China, mugwort is hung on doorways to ward off evil and malevolent spirits to prevent disease and to bestow blessings in the home. It's also considered one of the nine sacred herbs by the Anglo-Saxons
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and it has been incorporated into healing charms and spiritual practices. Oddly enough, Lugwort at one point was also hung in homes to defend against witches and to deter unwanted visitors, which the unwanted visitors part, I almost just want to hang in above my door for that part. Yeah. At least like we're going to Germany and there's not really like a whole lot of solicitation over there, but in our neighborhood that we were living in,
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probably at least three to four times a week, we would just have a random person going door to door trying to sell things or services like solar panels or construction type stuff. It's so annoying. So if I would have known about the mugwort thing, I would have tried that out to see if it worked.
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Mugwort was later tied to witches and witchcraft during the witch hunts and trials because it was believed to be used as an ingredient in a witch's flying ointment, which we've talked about multiple times on the podcast before. And this gained it a reputation as an herb used for shape shifting, head writing, and other nefarious practices, spells, and rituals.
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So medicinally, mugwort has calming and relaxing properties. It can help relieve stress, tension, sleep disorders, and it can even be used in a bath to help promote physical and emotional well-being. Its energetics are warm and dry. Its taste falls into the bitter and aromatic realm.
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its direction in the body is outward and down, so like using it medicinally means that it's going to push the flow of things down and out basically. And then its actions are digestive, it's an aminagogue, which means that it stimulates blood flow, and this is like particularly
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tied to the pelvic area and menstruation. It's a nerve vine, so it's calming and anxiety reducing. It's anti-parasitic. It's an abortifacient, which means that it's like not safe to consume while pregnant because it could cause like a miscarriage or abortion.
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It's carminative, which means it relieves gas and flatulence. It's a colagog, which means that it increases bile flow, particularly tied to the gallbladder. And it's a diaphoretic, which means that it's sweat-inducing. Its main bodily targets are the digestive tissue and female reproductive tract.
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And for uses, it's bitter and astringent properties aid in toning the digestive tract tissues. It can work well to help alleviate diarrhea. It can help to produce a more regular period if you're someone that has scant or even absent menses. This often tends to be the case if someone has a cold body energy.
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So in herbalism, we look at things based on the energetics. So in your body, you could be cold, warm, dry, moist, and then you would match herbs that have the opposite if you're trying to counteract that. And so with mugwort being a warming herb, if you tend to not have a regular period, it could be due to a cold energy in your body. So taking mugwort would counteract that and help produce blood flow to the pelvic area, making you have a more regular period.
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It's also commonly used postpartum to bring warmth back to the womb and promote healing there. In terms of safety, mugwort can be toxic if you consume it in large doses and you shouldn't use mugwort if you're pregnant or even breastfeeding because it's just not like it's not a safe herb to use in that aspect.
Mugwort in Magic
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Mugwort's magical uses are tied to enhancing dreams, establishing contact with the spiritual realms, strengthening intuition, dispelling negative energy, and protecting against harmful influences. In terms of dreamwork and divination, the most common magical use for Mugwort is for its ability to enhance dreamwork and intuition. So when consumed or burned during divination practices,
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Mugwort can sharpen psychic abilities and help to facilitate your interpretations. A sprig of Mugwort under your mattress is also believed to encourage astral projection and lucid dreaming. For protection and banishing, as I've already stated, Mugwort has been used in many cultures throughout history as a protective herb.
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and it has been revered for its ability to banish negative energy and ward off evil spirits. It can be burned outside of your front door to create a protective barrier and honestly with mugwort you can use it in place of white sage and smoke cleansing.
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You could also place a bundle of mugwort above your doors or windows to prevent negative energies from entering. And lastly, you could brew a mugwort tea that you use in a spray bottle to lightly spray on personal objects that you want to also protect. For ritual and cleansing, mugwort possesses purifying qualities, both energetically and physically, which means it can be used to cleanse faces, alters, tools, and even your person through smoke cleansing with mugwort bundles.
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It helps to dispel stagnant energy, remove spiritual obstacles, and create a sacred space. And I'm including in our resources, there's a website called the art of roots and they have a dream and intuition bath spell where they used mugwort. And it was really cute, but I didn't want to like just read their whole thing for this like bath spell, but it is in our resources. I have it linked as the dream and intuition bath spell. So
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if you're interested in checking that out and maybe trying it, definitely go to that link and read their little blurb on it. But that's mugwort. Learned a lot of new things.
Exploring Lavender
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So I'm going to talk about lavender as the first herb and I guess magical plant that I'm going to discuss today. I have no clue how to say. Lavendula angustifolia.
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Yeah, lat, whatever you just said. Now we're just gonna go with that. And the family is the- La Maisie. La Maisie is part of the mint family. And the part used on this plant is the flower and the energetics are bitter, pungent, and sweet.
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And the actions are antibacterial, antidepressant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, aromatic, bitter, carminative, digestive, diuretic, sedative, stimulant, and tonic. And it can be used as an antibiotic. It can help with anxiety. It can use in
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It says cancer, but I'm assuming what this means is maybe helping to prevent against cancer or maybe helping to also help with some of the after effects of cancer treatment and things like that. It can help with cognitive performance, dementia, depression. It helps as a sleeping aid and helps with nervousness, pain, and rheumatoid arthritis pain.
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Lavender is one of those magical plants that just about everyone has heard of. You see lavender everywhere from soap, in tea, candles, and in perfume, bubble baths, essential oils, lotions, bath salts, etc. It's a branched woody shrub that can grow up to 60 centimeters in height and it's an evergreen aromatic plant that is present in almost all coastal areas of the Mediterranean and also seen throughout England and in many places in the United States.
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mainland Japan and New Zealand. Unfortunately though lavender does not do well in humidity which is a damn shame because that means I cannot actually throw it here and that really sucks. Flowers are harvested at the beginning of flowering and it's best to remove them at the base whenever you're going to use them. Medicinally lavender is known to reduce nervousness, anxiety, and restlessness and I thought this was so interesting
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Historically, during World War II, lavender was used as an antiseptic for dressing wounds and used in parasite resistance. It was also helped to ward off things during the war like diphtheria, typhoid, pneumonia, staph, strep, and other viruses like the flu. Today, research is still being done to understand how it helps with anxiety and depression. But what has been well-known for years is that lavender helps to alleviate mood disorders.
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Magically, lavender has many uses within rituals, especially because it's known for its calming, sedative, and peacemaking effects. It is good to help in purification of rituals and in rooms, and can be used to purify a space before a new baby is born. You can use lavender seasonally on your altar during
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uh, litha and during lunasad. And in hand fasting rituals, lavender is used to bring love and fertility to a marriage. So during a hand fasting, it isn't odd to see lavender woven into the bride's headpiece, added to dishes and made into a tonic and drunk and a ritual cup by the bride and groom. And if planted around the house, lavender provides protection and serenity.
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It helps calm the spirit and remove bad energies and moods. And you can also dry lavender bundles and burn them to smoke cleanse your home to ward off negative energy and misfortune. And you can even take dried lavender and hang it behind your front door to protect your family and your home. And if you wear it, it can help protect against the evil eye. I mean, there's so much more that could be said about lavender, but that's just the basics. And yeah, lavender is like my favorite thing. I use it all the time.
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drink it all the time, have it under our bed or our pillows, I should say, and little sachets have like the little rolly ball lavender. Like we use a lot of lavender in our home and I've not put it behind our door, but I think I'm going to do that because I love that. So yeah, I love lavender. I love the way it smells. We have like a, a pillow spray that we use.
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Yes, I have that as well. I miss being in England, we had lavender growing right outside our front door, and I miss it so much. So hopefully we'll be able to live someplace again where we can have it growing right outside our front door again. I tried to have it out here, and I don't know if it was just too humid in the summer and stuff, but our lavender never did well out here. Yeah, I imagine it's probably too humid. Yeah, lavender and rosemary both struggled out here.
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So I'm excited to go back to Germany where, like, my garden thrived when we were there last time and I cannot wait. Yeah.
The Magic of Damiana
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So next I'm talking about Damiana, which is another one of my favorite herbs. Damiana, which is known botanically as Ternira diffusa, can be found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
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It's a small shrub with a pale green, serrated, wedge-shaped leaves that are arranged alternatively on a short, like, slender leaf stalk. It has small, five-petaled yellow flowers, and it produces a small fruit that's said to taste similar to a fig. Damiana's history seems to start with the Aztecs and the Mayans, who used it to treat empatents,
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increased sexual drive in both men and women stimulate the nervous system while also promoting relaxation. When drunk has a T, it also serves as a tonic for the kidneys, the sexual organs, and the nervous system while also balancing hormones and emotions.
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and it can also increase blood flow to the pelvic region. And even it was used by like the Aztecs and Mayans for these things, but throughout like history of this herb it has been used as an aphrodisiac too. Back in the day a lot of wines would be infused with
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Domiana and then drank on like wedding nights or like with a husband and wife as an aphrodisiac. So medicinally Domiana has many uses but some of it's more common are that it invigorates the brain and nerves. It regulates the pituitary gland and it promotes physical endurance. The bitter aspect also stimulates the nerves and genitals that allows like nerve messages to be spread more readily throughout the body.
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Its energetics are warm, dry, slightly bitter, aromatic, pungent, and it's considered yang nourishing. Its actions are anti-catarol, which means it removes excess mucus, antidepressant, anti-inflammatory. It's an anxiolytic, which means that it reduces anxiety.
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and aphrodisiac, as I said before, so it stimulates sexual desire. It's an astringent, which means that it's like bitter or acidic. It balances hormones. It's a nirvine, which means that it like promotes relaxation and helps reduce anxiety again. It's a reproductive tonic, a stimulant, a diuretic, and that means that it promotes production of urine. Domiana is often used in herbal smoking mixtures, in teas,
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tinctures, and infusions in wine, brandy, and or tequila. Its uses are that it can help with impotence, it can help increase fertility, it can combat depression. In instances of low libido, you would use it. You can use it as a stimulant to act as a urinary antiseptic and to promote urine production and prevent fluid buildup within the body.
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While there's not been any research in this aspect as with most herbal medicine, Domiana is also noted to help clear brain fog and assist in head-related disorders to include migraines and headaches and to greatly reduce overactive mental activity. The herbalist Thomas Bartram recommends combining Domiana with Skullcap and Milky Oats for dementia with accompanying indications of weakness resulting in a blend that strengthens and nourishes
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while providing gentle stimulation to assist in cognitive functioning and stability, which I found really interesting. I'd love for there to be some research done into this to see how it actually helps with dementia because that's one of the diseases that I feel like we don't have any control over. Cancer, they have ways of treating it and not necessarily curing it all the time, but they do have ways of
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prolonging your life and helping the body rid itself of it. With dementia, I feel like they're just floundering out there even still today. It would be interesting to see if this combination of herbs actually does help with that.
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In terms of safety, Domiana is generally considered safe, but it should be avoided during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Long-term use could interfere with the absorption of iron, and you should take caution if you take diabetes medication due to Domiana's effect on blood sugar. Magically, I feel like a bit of a broken record here because I keep saying it, but Domiana is typically classified as an aphrodisiac and seen as an herb of sex and romance.
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but it's like it's so much more like this little plant does so many things it's the perfect plant ally to work with when you're trying to create a connection with others like in a shared space its elements are fire and air its tarot cards are the lovers the suit of wands and the suit of swords its zodiac ties are two libra its planets are venus mars mercury and jupiter and its moon phase is the full moon
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Magical uses for this herb include love and sex magic, obviously, especially when it comes to communicating clearly with your partner and feeling comfortable expressing your sexuality. Domiana is revered for enhancing this type of magic.
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It can also aid in the development and awakening of psychic visions. It can be used to enhance divination and lucid dreaming. And there's a magical herbalist known by the name of Paul Beryl, who states that Damiana has an affinity with quartz crystals. And he recommends that you store clear quartz in your jar of Damiana, as well as making a quartz crystal oil using a base of Damiana oil, which I found really interesting.
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And then so just like typical uses, uses and intentions and like their purposes with Damiana would be in love spells like I said earlier. So this is like to attract love, passion, and romantic energy. In divination, it enhances psychic abilities and your intuition. In dream work, it facilitates vivid and lucid dreaming.
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in protection spells. It provides spiritual protection and warding. In energy cleansing, it clears negative energy and promotes purity. And if using it for like a ritual incense, it adds like a fragrant and uplifting element. And with meditation, it helps deepen your focus, your relaxation, and your spiritual connection. And just as a side note, if you live in Louisiana, apparently Damiana is illegal there. So
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Be careful with that. I found that on like three articles and it's because Damiana can be, when it's put into smoking blends, it's considered a psychotropic drug. Okay. Yeah. So apparently in Louisiana, Damiana is a no-no. So if you live there, I did not tell you to use it. Yeah. Or maybe she did. I'm just joking.
Discovering Hawthorne
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The last one that we're going to talk about today is Hawthorne. And this is also known as Whitethorn, Hazel's, Hedgethorn, Tree of Chastity, Lady's Meat, which, what the fuck, Haw, Hagthorn, Maybush, Mayflower, Fairybush,
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may blossom. And that's just a few. There are a shit ton more. And I completely skipped over the botanical name and didn't even see it there. And I don't know how to say this, but, uh, critagious. Yeah. The SPP just means that like every version of
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Hmm, interesting. So now I learned something new and I hope you did too, fellow listeners. The Hawthorne falls in the family of the rose and the parts used are the leaf, flower, and the berry. As far as energetics go, it's slightly moist, neutral temperature, and sweet. Actions are anti-arrhythmic, antioxidant,
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nutritive, cardiotonic, cardioprotective, and trophorestorative for the heart. CUSES are for congestive heart failure and if you say if you have a history of familial heart problems, heart attacks, coronary artery disease, or angina, high blood pressure,
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orthostatic hypotension, which is a condition where you have a lowering of blood pressure that occurs when a person goes from a lying down position to a standing up position, damaged myocardium or like damaged heart muscles, anxiety, depression,
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or a broken heart, which is kind of sad. So a caution here, and just like with anything that we talk about on the podcast, please do your own research and don't take our advice as medical advice. But you want to use this with caution, especially if taking cardiovascular drugs as Hawthorne may add to the effects. And if you want to also use this with caution, if you are prone to hypotension, AKA low blood pressure, Hawthorne is a small, flowering, thorny,
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shrub in the rose family and it's edible. And apparently it tastes really good. I don't think I've had it before, but I'm just going to take the internet's word for it until I do have it. The leaf flower and berries can all be used, but make sure that if you are harvesting the flowers, you leave enough behind to ensure that you get berries in the fall.
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and the berries themselves can be eaten by the spoonful or made into a tea or a tincture and Hawthorne can grow up to 30 to 40 feet and the fruit is bright red to dark purple and the white flowers give off a faint smell of rotting meat
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which is pretty fucking gross. Who thought, I'm just going to go ahead and eat this even though it smells terrible. It's a stinky plant, but. Reminds me of those, I can't remember what they're called, but those one trees that also have those little white blossoms. The ones in St. Louis. They have them in Oklahoma, too, and they smell like shit. It smells awful. It's so gross. Yeah. That's what it reminded me of whenever I was reading that.
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Hawthorne is native to the northern temperate areas of the world to include North America, Europe, things like that, or places like that. In ancient Greece, married couples were crowned with Hawthorne blossoms and the wedding party would carry torches of Hawthorne. Could you imagine smelling like rotting meat? Because you have Hawthorne flowers.
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on your wedding day. Honestly, though, considering how infrequently they bathed back then, I wonder if it was kind of welcome. But I guess, well, actually, maybe not in like, because if Greece was anything like Rome and they had all those fucking baths, then maybe not. Yeah, maybe. I don't know. Hawthorne was associated with Cardia, the Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth. And during spring in England, Hawthorne boughs were
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traditionally cut and stood up outside of homes. And they were called May bushes and decorated with wild flowers. And it was said that fairies loved them and they found Hawthorne sacred, so they would live within the bushes. And I thought that was really sweet. But while you can cut down a bower too, cutting down a Hawthorne tree is known to bring bad luck, so don't do it.
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Medicinally, Hawthorne has been well-documented in clinical studies to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease, particularly congestive heart failure, damaged myocardium, and coronary artery disease. I wish I would have known this when my dad was still living because that would have been really good.
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It's associated with the gods Belenus, Cardia, like I mentioned, the white goddess Hymen, which I didn't even know was a freaking god or goddess, which is kind of weird. Maya and Flora, it's considered masculine and associated with Mars and fire. The Maypole is often made of Hawthorne and decorated with Hawthorne flowers. And as the tree is sacred to fairies, which I mentioned above,
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you have to ask permission before taking the blooms, sprigs, or boughs from the tree. And you must in turn leave an offering if you do so. Hawthorne can help with healing a broken heart and it's also a wonderful boundary promoting herbs. So Hawthorne can help you create boundaries and protect your space for the right people to enter. And so if you place it around your doors and windows, Hawthorne is said to prevent people from entering your home while in an astral state.
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I thought that was pretty interesting because I've never heard of a plant like protecting you from somebody trying to come visit you in an astral state. So I thought that was good. It also prevents spirits from entering your home and planting Hawthorne around your home is said to prevent lightning strikes and
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If you plant a hedge of Hawthorne, it's also said to protect your home from unfriendly and evil spirits. The thorns of the Hawthorne can be used ritualistically to mark wax, write with magical ink, or fix something for magical purposes. So there's a lot of ritual practices you can use with the parts of
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the Hawthorne tree slash bush. I mean, I feel like whenever I was reading it, it was used interchangeably, bush and tree. And then the three trees used as portals for the realm of fairies included Hawthorne and the phrase by oak, ash and thorn, which was used in like blessings and rituals throughout history. In this phrase, the thorn meant Hawthorne. And so it has a lot of lore, I guess, associated with it, especially as it relates back to fairies and
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Things like that. Hawthorne is further associated with love, marriage, health, fertility, chastity, protection, and death. And lastly, you can use Hawthorne to make wands, which I thought was really cool. I mean, I know we've talked about it before, but just FYI, in case you didn't know, you can make sure you have permission. But yeah, so that is all about Hawthorne. Precious. Precious Hawthorne. Yeah. I guess those are the magical plants we're going to discuss this episode.
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Stay tuned in the future for more. For more. There's so
Podcast Conclusion and Engagement
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many more. There's so many plants. That's it for this episode of Get In Loser, We're Doing Witchcraft. You can find our source material for this episode linked in the show notes. If you love this episode, we would be forever thankful if you leave us a five-star review on wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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