song like this one: Thank you Great Goddess for the
bounty before me, and your gift of great abundance,
thank you for sustaining my life, I receive your gift
in gratitude.
chemicals, brown
spots will appear on
the leaves. Like the
other plants on this
list, aloe has protec-
tive qualities to go
with its medicinal
properties. It also
brings luck into the house, and who couldn’t use a litt-
le extra luck? Just remember, aloe likes to have plenty
of sun.
Due to their
spines, cacti are
protective. Placed
on an altar or table
by the doorway,
they
protect
against unwanted
visitors, burglars,
The beauty of
and negative ener-
a chrysanthemum
gy. Cactus spines can be used in place of needles and
is that they come in
pins in spells like witches’ bottles, and thick spines
so many varieties
can be used to carve words on candles. For those of
and colors, you’re
us with brown thumbs, they are low maintenance
sure to find one that
plants, they don’t need a lot of water, and they prefer
looks beautiful in a
low humidity environments. They like being in full
pot and your home.
sunlight and can do poorly if they don’t get enough. Flowering plants are always a great offering to the
Grafted cacti, like the ones in the photo, can also add Goddess and chrysanthemums are said to divert the
a cute pop of color to your home.
wrath of the Gods so that they will look gorgeous on
any altar. They filter out pollutants like benzene and
“I am that
love to be in bright light, nothing less than direct sun-
merry wanderer of
light will do for this fire plant to bloom. It is poiso-
the night”—Puck,
nous to cats and dogs though, so be sure to keep it out
A Midsummers
of the reach of your pets.
Night’s Dream.
Legend says that
What isn’t
if you are in a gla-
to love about laven-
de of ferns at a
der? It smells divine,
dead silent midnight, Puck will give you a bag of and has a plethora of
gold. While there isn’t any gold in the pot, ferns are uses from the magi-
another magickally useful plant. It is very protective, cal, to the culinary,
the smoke from dried fern was thought to both drive to the mundane, to
away snakes and bring rain; that doesn’t sound like a the medicinal. There
bad bargain for those of us living in the desert. Bos- are too many uses to list here, but one particular home
ton ferns are common house plants; they like to be in for a lavender plant is the bedroom. If you have an
cool, humid places with indirect sunlight. On top of altar or bedside table, place a small potted lavender
their magickal benefits, NASA found that they remo- there. It will bring sweet dreams, peace, and rest. La-
ve pollutants from the air around them. Well done, vender will also offer protection in your dreams, and
Puck.
its soothing presence makes it ideal for the agitated
sleeper. Be sure to give it adequate drainage; lavender
Anyone who lives in the Southwest or been likes it dry.
to a festival has had a sunburn at least once and rea-
ched for aloe to ease the sting. It can also take pollu-
tants out of the air, and if there are too many toxic
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