{"id":2085,"date":"2009-07-01T01:10:35","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T06:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2009-06-27T20:27:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T01:27:20","slug":"the-witch%e2%80%99s-cupboard-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2009\/07\/01\/the-witch%e2%80%99s-cupboard-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witch\u2019s Cupboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Agrimony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Agrimony (\u201cAgrimonia eupatoria\u201d) is also known as Church Steeples, cocklebur, stickwort, sticklewort.\u00a0 Agrimony is a perennial.\u00a0 The leaves grow from a tough root and it usually grows in a tall column of flowers, which is where it got its name \u201cChurch Steeples\u201d.\u00a0 It is soft to the touch but not tasty so it does not belong in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Agrimony is known for helping with sleep.\u00a0 If you struggle to sleep at night, you can make a dream bag with agrimony and mugwort in it to promote sleep and dreams.\u00a0 Ancient lore says not to sleep with Agrimony under the pillow because it will make the person sleep so soundly that it would be almost like they were dead and could not awake until it was removed.<\/p>\n<p>Agrimony is also used for protection spells.\u00a0 It can be placed in magickal bags to protect the keeper of t he bag.\u00a0 It is also known to protect again negative magick, energies, goblins and poison.\u00a0\u00a0 Agrimony also was used to detect witches at one time.<\/p>\n<p>Agrimony can be used as a \u201ccounter-magick\u201d herb.\u00a0 In other words, it can be used to remove hexes, jinxes and curses.\u00a0 What\u2019s unique about Agrimony is that not only does it break the hexes, jinxes or curses but it sends it back to the person who placed the spell in the first place.\u00a0 Used with Slippery Elm Bark, it can break spells involving slander and lies and people who are trying to harm your love life.\u00a0 Also, if it is combined with Rue, it can remove the Evil Eye, even after it has been cast.<br \/>\nFor Remedial uses, it can be used to help heal a cough (but flavor it with honey to make it palatable).\u00a0\u00a0 It can also be used a gargle for a sore throat and taken internally to help heal the liver and cases of jaundice.\u00a0 It\u2019s important when using any herbs to consult with a herbalist and\/or doctor to make sur e it\u2019s safe for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords for Agrimony Magickal Uses\/Spells<\/strong>:\u00a0 Banishing, Luck, Prosperity, Protection, Keeping Secrets, Sleep, Send Back (Spells)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gods associated<\/strong>:\u00a0 Lugh, Manannan Mac Lir, Danu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Planet<\/strong>:\u00a0 Jupiter (especially Jupiter in Cancer)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gender<\/strong>:\u00a0 Masculine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Element<\/strong>:\u00a0 Air<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tarot Correspondence<\/strong>:\u00a0 Wheel of Fortune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agrimony Agrimony (\u201cAgrimonia eupatoria\u201d) is also known as Church Steeples, cocklebur, stickwort, sticklewort.\u00a0 Agrimony is a perennial.\u00a0 The leaves grow from a tough root and it usually grows in a tall column of flowers, which is where it got its name \u201cChurch Steeples\u201d.\u00a0 It is soft to the touch but not tasty so it does not belong in the kitchen. Agrimony is known for helping with sleep.\u00a0 If you struggle to sleep at night, you can make a dream bag with agrimony and mugwort in it to promote sleep and dreams.\u00a0 Ancient lore says not to sleep with Agrimony under the pillow because it will make the person sleep so soundly that it would be almost like they were dead and could not awake until it was removed. Agrimony is also used for protection spells.\u00a0 It can be placed in magickal bags to protect the keeper of t he bag.\u00a0 It is also known to protect again negative magick, energies, goblins and poison.\u00a0\u00a0 Agrimony also was used to detect witches at one time. Agrimony can be used as a \u201ccounter-magick\u201d herb.\u00a0 In other words, it can be used to remove hexes, jinxes and curses.\u00a0 What\u2019s unique about Agrimony is that not only does it break the hexes, jinxes or curses but it sends it back to the person who placed the spell in the first place.\u00a0 Used with Slippery Elm Bark, it can break spells involving slander and lies and people who are trying to harm your love life.\u00a0 Also, if it is combined with Rue, it can remove the Evil Eye, even after it has been cast. For Remedial uses, it can be used to help heal a cough (but flavor it with honey to make it palatable).\u00a0\u00a0 It can also be used a gargle for a sore throat and taken internally to help heal the liver and cases of jaundice.\u00a0 It\u2019s important when using any herbs to consult with a herbalist and\/or doctor to make sur e it\u2019s safe for you. Keywords for Agrimony Magickal Uses\/Spells:\u00a0 Banishing, Luck, Prosperity, Protection, Keeping Secrets, Sleep, Send Back (Spells) Gods associated:\u00a0 Lugh, Manannan Mac Lir, Danu Planet:\u00a0 Jupiter (especially Jupiter in Cancer) Gender:\u00a0 Masculine Element:\u00a0 Air Tarot Correspondence:\u00a0 Wheel of Fortune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}