Folk names: Allahaca, American Dittany, “Our Herb”, St. Joseph’s Wort, Sweet Basil, Witches Herb, Njilika, Balanoi, Feslien
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Deities: Vishnu, Erzylie
Abilities: Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection, Good luck, Relaxation, Self-Love
Characteristics: Part of the mint family. Highly aromatic and used as an ornamental herb and a culinary herb. Low-growing with light green glossy leaves and white flowers. Likes dry, warm areas.
History: In Ancient Greece, basil was considered to a be symbol of hate, misfortune, and poverty until later is was deemed to a “royal herb”. In the Greek Orthodox religion, basil is used to purify holy water and used as a sacred offering to the undead. Bundles of basil would be placed in the hands of the undead to ensure a safe passage to the spirit realm.
Easily one of my favorite foods, strawberries are more than a sweet treat to enjoy. They’re also a powerful tool in kitchen magic, with a variety of wonderful uses that includes my strawberry sweet day spell recipe. In this post, we’ll go more in-depth into their uses and benefits.
Strawberries are great for multiple things, but their most commonly ‘used’ properties include invoking success, luck, and good circumstances. However, they are also used in kitchen magic involving love and affection. The leaves are symbols of luck, and they may also ease the pain of pregnancy and childbirth.
Personally, my favorite use of strawberries includes success and luck. Such as my sweet day pancake spell, which uses strawberries to invoke a successful and luckily pleasant day. However, they also make delightful self-love sugar syrup. If you want my recipe for that, let me know!
There’s also use for the 'scraps’ - strawberry tops. Although completely edible, most people I know tend not to eat them. So, here are a few ways I use strawberry tops.
If you’re the kind of person to just slice off the tops with some of the fruit, brew strawberry tea! Boil two cups of water, turn off the heat once it boils, throw in two handfuls of strawberry tops, and let 'em steep for about ten to fifteen minutes. You can add sugar or honey, or even brew some black tea and use the strawberry tops to make strawberry black tea.
Throw in sliced-off tops or the leaves (if you’re a leaf-picker like me) into a smoothie. You can’t tell the leaves are in there and it’s packed full of nutrients and vitamins!
Make strawberry sugar syrup. As stated before, if you want the recipe, let me know and I can make a post!
As always, practice safely, do your research, and of course, blessed be.
