Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Poppyseed

Planet: Moon. Element: Water. Main magickal uses: dreams. Other magickal uses: Binding, clairvoyance, consecration, cursing, fertility, prosperity. Lore: In Greece, poppies belonged to Hypnos and Somnos, sleep gods. (Remember “The Wizard of Oz?” “Poppies will make them sleeeeep!”). They are also associated with Ceres. If you eat poppyseeds shortly before taking a drug test, you may test positive for heroin, which comes from opium, a kind of poppy. This kinship may also explain some of its magickal functions.