Magical Aromatherapy Page 2

Mandarin – balance, harmony, peace. Mandarin essential oil aids in bringing a state of peace and harmony to any ritual or ceremony. Spritz in an area before ceremony, it balances the earth’s energies and encourages tranquility. It also is useful for fretful children in that it dispels any negative psychic influences that kids attract.

Marigold – protection, prophecy, cleansing. Marigold is not an essential oil, but is found as a vegetable oil (calendula) and can be used to massage on the body for effective vibrational protection against evil. Also the flowers can be cut and steeped in water and the water used to spritz and area to keep unwanted energies at bay. The flowers can be placed around the bed for a clear dreamtime and divination.

Marjoram – longevity, health, happiness. Because of marjoram’s calming properties, it can be used in any potion or spell that speaks to a long and healthy life. It is sedating, so using in a sleep potion can be effective. But because marjoram is so relaxing, it can dampen one’s sex life, so can be used in any spells or incantations warding off lust or sexual possessiveness.

Mimosa – protection, insight and psychic clarity. Mimosa is an “absolute” essential oil, hard to find and very expensive, but well worth the investment if hexes or curses have been flung your way. Its protective energies keep away all unwanted energies and dissolve those already attached. Use it in your ritual bath or cleansing ceremony. It is also known to aid in matters of love and enhancing psychic abilities.

Mint/ Peppermint – money, healing, protection, travel. The greenness of mint represents the green of money; so placing a leaf in your wallet or rubbing the essential oil on some of your bills will encourage the flow of money to you. The healing properties of mint are many. Because it works on the hippocampus part of the brain, it stimulates brain activity and helps with metal fatigue and headaches. It alleviates digestive disorders, calming nausea. And aids symptoms of colds and flu. For travel, mint helps with motion sickness and when used for divination, can bring clear insight as to where you need to go or where you need to be for your highest good. Mint will also help protect you against evil (and pickpocketers!) when traveling

Mugwort – psychic strengthening, protection, healing. This essential oil can be sprayed around a healing circle to protect against evil and unwanted energies and enhance psychic powers. It can also by spritzed on a pillow for prophetic dreams and safe travels during dreamtime. Sacred objects can be washed in a solution of mugwort to enrich their properties and cleanse out negativity. A few drops of mugwort can be placed in shoes to encourage fortitude in one’s physical as well as spiritual journey.

Myrrh – support feminine, protection, healing, purification. When used as a mouthwash or gargle, myrrh can aid in speaking the inner truth and give voice to the soul’s intent. It purifies areas used for ritual and calls in the Goddess energy for love and support. When burned, it can deepen meditation and bring in protection.

Neroli – protection, soothing, fertility. Used in rituals to help reduce tension and anxiety, this supreme oil also helps to alleviate depression, anger, exhaustion, and shock-– all negative emotional states that require gentle sedating and calming. Spritzed or burned in an aroma lamp it builds a protective aura or shield around the inner being. When psychically attacked by the outside world, Neroli protects against the dark negative feelings that creep in. Used on a wedding bed, it can reduce sexual tension and nervous apprehension from a need to perform, anxiety around sexual encounters.

Nutmeg – luck, aphrodisiac, prosperity. Nutmeg has amazing healing qualities and when used in ritual can ward off inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, rheumatism and gout. It is considered a lucky charm and the oil can impregnate a paper of intentions and wishes to make it more potent. Spritzed in a bedroom, the sexual juices can be stimulated and is used in love potions to encourage intimacy and seduction.

Olive – peace, contentment, protection, safety. Olive leaves have been used to throughout history to promote peace and sincerity. And can be offered in ceremony to create safety and ease of passage when creating an intention. It also has aphrodisiac properties and can bring on lust, fertility and heightened pleasure.

Orange – divination, cleansing, uplifting. There is an old tale that if you wish to know the answer to a yes/no question, peel and eat and orange and then count the seeds. It is an even number of pits, the answer is no and if it an odd number the answer is yes. Orange essential oil can be used in bathing for spiritual and psychic cleansing and can be spritzed in a bedroom for enhanced sexual pleasure. It brings out joy and prosperity.

Parsley – calming, divination, prophetic dreams, protection. Parsley when bathed in or eaten before bedtime can bring about connection to inner guidance. Senses are heightened and awareness cleared when parsley is included in divination rituals. Having a calming and soothing effect on the psyche, parsley can be used to disengage anger in foes and ward off negative energies. It can be used in a spell to ward off pregnancy and bring on menstruation.

Patchouli – fertility, lust, third eye vision. Being a strong aphrodisiac, patchouli can encourage lust and sexual drive and can be used in love potions and burned in aroma lamps during love making for a deeper more spiritual connection. Calming and regulating the nervous system, patchouli allows flow, and in ritual it allows flow of fortune to you and flow of negativity away from you. With patchouli, it all depends on your intention as to what flows where!

Pennyroyal – protection, travel, flow, harmony. Pennyroyal is a peace herb and alleviates anger and distrust. Give a heart shaped paper or cloth to those quarreling and harmony will ensue. It is good for travel and can attract happy adventures and stamina on the journey. It can psychically help with spiritual journeys as well.

Pepper – comfort, protection, fluidity. Black pepper is very warming and can bring a sense of comfort and ease to grief and upset. Sprinkle the essential oil (or even the pepper corns) around your chair or bed to protect against unwanted entities when doing spiritual work with the other side. Pepper brings a sense of circulation and fluidity to energy and can enhance and raise the frequency of a ceremony or gathering.

Pine – purifying, fertility, cleansing. Because of it high antiseptic quality, pine has been used to ward off bugs – the germy kind as well as the astral kind. It cleanses and helps heal on an emotional level and uplifts the spirits. Pine helps with stagnation and can help in fertility issues.

Rose – love, sexual enhancement, sexual vitality, psychic powers. The rose is an extraordinarily potent essential oil to use in love potions and rituals. Spritzed around the bedroom and on the bed promotes sexual harmony and openness, but too much can encourage lustfulness. Mixed in bath salts and bathed in will rejuvenate the heart chakra and invite in a joy and contentment, a love of self. Rose can also be used for prophetic dreams if the oil is sprinkled by the pillow and the intention of remembering the dreams is set.

Rosemary – intuitive powers, psychic abilities, cleansing spaces, keeping evil at bay. This essential oil is part of the Labiate family, like mint basil and marjoram, and therefore has similar magical properties. But in its own right, rosemary has powerful cleansing abilities and burned before ceremony or meditation will keep away unwanted forces. It stimulates the 6th chakra and encourages psychic vision, intuition and sensitivity. Rubbed on the hands before healing will promote clarity of energy and strength of focus.

Sage – disinfecting, cleansing, clearing out negativity, invigorating. Sage has been used as smudge and burning the essential oil or the leaves will clear out all negativity and evil. It has powerful disinfecting properties and will kill germs both on the physical level and on the psychic level. In ceremony or ritual, state an intention to keep away all unwanted spirits and your area will be safe. Also it can be used to help guide spirits through the Light tunnel to the other side.

Sandalwood – protection, healing, spiritual connection, insight. The oil of this wood has been used in many ancient cultures to enhance spiritual vision and support inner wisdom. Many mala beads are made from this wood and used to help focus and raise the vibration of the intention. It can be burned for protection in exorcisms and to keep out negativity. It keeps the vital energy flowing and can help manifest intention.

Spikenard – high vibrational, rejuvenation, trance inducer, intuition. This ancient oil was prized in Egyptian ceremonies and temple rituals because of its high vibration and its ability to bring on a stupor like effect to open the higher senses and awaken psychic gifts. Burned in meditation, it can bring knowledge of the future and answers to unspoken questions. It is used in spells to reduce fear and bring courage through a sense of balance and groundedness.

Thyme – health, purification, attraction, psychic awareness. To attract a new love, sprinkle the oil around the photograph of the desired one while stating your intention. Wearing the oil in a pouch around the heart will pull love in. It is used in purification rituals to cleanse areas and raise the vibration of the ceremony. It can also help in raising consciousness and bringing in new psychic powers.

Valerian – healing, sedative, hypnotic. This odiferous oil is noted for its sedative and sleep inducing qualities. Used in nighttime rituals for enhanced trance-like sleep or for deep dreamless states, this oil is wonderful for bringing on a soporific release. Its hypnotic stupor induced feeling reduce an active brain and therefore alleviate stress, fear, tension and upset.

Vetiver – intuition, psychic enhancement, relaxation, money. Used for meditation rituals, this sublime oil promotes realaxtion and deep inner peace. It can help attract tranquility and a sense of inner connection. A sedative for the nervous system, vetiver essential oil can be spritzed when stress is present or burned to achieve a deeper level of inner sanctum. Placed around the pillow at bedtime ensures a restful sleep with prophetic dreams. It can be rubbed on money or used in money spells to increase the flow of cash to you.

Ylang-Ylang – connection, tranquility, love, joy. This essential oil can assist in love potions and love spells by attracting a lover or opening the heart for self-love. Take a photo or an item from the desired one and place a drop of Y2 on it while casting a love spell or stating an intention for higher love to come. Y2 also encourages a sense of ebullience and joy, lifting the spirits and connecting the soul to a higher source. When connected, a peace and tranquility can ascend upon the inner being and new levels of psychic-ness can awaken.

So have fun with these essential oils and use them, as always, only for one’s highest good. Remember that anything you put out, comes back to you 10 fold, so use magic for the good of all mankind.