Author: A Solitary Pagan
Apricot – Love.
Apricot – Love.
Apple Fruit
Apple Fruit – Love, Healing, Garden Magic and Immortality.
Apple Blossom
Apple Blossom – Preference, Good Fortune and Perfection.
Apple Bark
Apple Bark – Leadership, Negativity and Power.
Anise Seed: the Magick of
Pimpinella anisum, the plant that produces anise seed, is a delicate annual herb native to the eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia. It typically grows to a height of 18 to 24 inches, featuring slender, grooved stems and feathery, bright green leaves. The lower leaves are broad and lobed, while the upper leaves are finely divided and resemble ferns. In midsummer, the plant develops clusters of...
Angelica Root: the Magick of
Angelica Root comes from the Angelica archangelica plant, a striking biennial herb native to northern and central Europe, as well as parts of Asia. This plant can reach heights of up to six feet, with sturdy, hollow stems that are often tinged with purple. Its leaves are large, bright green, and divided into many finely toothed leaflets, giving the plant a lush, bushy appearance. Angelica produces...
Angelica leaves: the Magick of
The plant that produces Angelica leaves is known as Angelica archangelica, a striking biennial or short-lived perennial herb. It can reach impressive heights of up to six feet, with sturdy, hollow stems that are often tinged with a purplish hue. The leaves are large, bright green, and deeply divided, giving them a feathery, almost architectural appearance. Each leaf is composed of several smaller ...
Anemone: The Magick of
The Anemone, sometimes called the windflower, is a captivating perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Its botanical features are as enchanting as its folklore: deeply divided, soft green leaves with a slightly hairy texture, and slender, wiry stems that rise gracefully from a rhizomatous base. The flowers, which bloom in early spring or late summer depending o...
Amaranth: the Magick of
Amaranth is a truly remarkable plant, both botanically and magically. Its tall, upright stems can reach up to eight feet in height, crowned with dramatic, plume-like flower clusters that burst in shades of deep red, magenta, gold, and even vibrant green. Each plume is made up of countless tiny, bead-like blossoms, densely packed to create a velvety, almost feathery texture that shimmers in the sun...
A black cat crossing your path
The most common American myth is that a black cat crossing your path is a catastrophic symbol of bad luck, on par with walking under a ladder or stepping on a crack. Every myth – good or bad – about black cats has been imposed on them by humans. They are the last to get adopted and the first chosen for euthanasia in shelters because of the difficulty in finding them proper homes
Black Cats Are the Familiars of Witches
In most of Europe a black cat arriving at one’s home is actually considered good luck. Somewhere along the line as the separatists fled to America for religious freedom, they became associated with evil and witchcraft. Many early settlers believed that witches could take the form of black cats in order to sneak around in the darkness and wreak havoc. The association with witchcraft is also ho...
Black Cats Are Incarnations of Satan
In the Middle Ages, black cats became associated with black magic and the devil. The 1233 document “Vox in Rama” – which translates as “To Deal With the Topic of Devil Worship” – Pope Gregory XI claimed that Satan could take the form of a black cat when walking the earth. The result was panic and slaughter of thousands of black cats over the following century. y.