(Cardia dichotoma, Aquilaria agallocha)
Folk Names: Lignum Aloes, Lolu, Mapou
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Powers: Love, Spirituality
Magical Uses: Increasingly available today,
after a long period of unavailability, wood
aloes have been used in magic for so many
centuries that some mention of it has to be
made here.
Anciently, it was used to attract good
fortune in Egypt, and burned as incense
in magical evocatory rites during the
Renaissance. It possesses high spiritual
vibrations, and will bring love if carried or
worn.
Modern magical herbalists use wood
aloes as a strengthening herb, by adding a
small amount to other mixtures to intensify
their powers.