This sweet-tasting herb is excellent in savory dishes. Basil truly grows like a weed and you should cultivate it right on the kitchen windowsill so you can snip and add to your Italian-inspired dishes. Give your basil plants plenty of sun, lots of water, and you will reap a mighty bounty to share with the neighbors. Old wives and hedge witches claim that basil protects your home while it also brings prosperity and happiness. Basil helps steady the mind, brings love, peace, and money, and protects against insanity—what more can you want?
Basil has many practical magical applications such as making peace after disagreements. The benefits of this plant are as plentiful as the plant itself; it can be used in attracting and getting love and, on the highest vibrational level, abetting psychic abilities, even astral projection.