Love Magic Correspondences
Stones
Herbs
Adam and Eve Root - Often used in love spells meant to ensure lasting love
Arabic, Gum (Acacia) - Use in platonic love drawing spells
Ash Tree Leaves - Carry to gain love of opposite sex
Balm of Gilead - Carry to mend broken heart and/or attract new love
Basil - Use in love spells and mixtures
Beet Root Powder - Use as ink in love magic
Betony, Wood - Use in love spells and mixtures
Blood Root - Carry to draw love
Catnip - Use in love spells and mixtures
Chamomile - Add infusion to bath to attract love
Chickweed - Use in love and fidelity spells and mixtures
Cinnamon - Use in love spells and mixtures
Cinquefoil - Use in love spells and mixtures
Clove - Wear to attract opposite sex
Clover Blossoms, Red - Use in lust/love spells and mixtures
Coltsfoot - Use in love spells and mixtures
Coriander - Use in love spells and mixtures
Cuckoopint - Use in love spells and mixtures
Damiana - Use in lust spells and mixtures
Dill - Use in lust/love spells and mixtures
Dragon's Blood - Burn to encourage straying lovers to return
Elecampane - Wear to attract love
Forget-Me-Not - Use in love spells and mixtures
Gentian - Add to love baths and sachets
Ginger Root - Use in love spells and mixtures
Grains of Paradise - Use in lust, love, luck, and money spells/mixtures
High John the Conqueror Root - Carry to bring love and success
Jasmine - Add dried flowers to love spells and mixtures
Lady's Mantle - Use in love spells and mixtures
Lavender - Use in love spells and mixtures
Lemon Balm - Use in love spells and mixtures
Lemon Peel - Use in love and fidelity spells and mixtures
Lemon Verbena - Use in love spells and mixtures
Lettuce, Wild - Use in love spells and mixtures
Licorice Root - Use in love/lust mixtures, carry to attract love, use in spells to ensure fidelity
Lily - Serves as antidote to love spells cast on specific people
Madder Root - Use in love spells and mixtures; powdered root can be used as ink for love magic
Mandrake Root - Use in love spells and mixtures
Marjoram - Use in love spells and mixtures
Meadowsweet - Use in love spells and mixtures
Mistletoe - Use with caution, as this is a toxic plant
Mullein - Carry to obtain love from opposite sex
Orange Peel - Add dried peel/seeds to love mixtures
Orris Root - "love-drawing powder," magical name - loveroot; add to sachets, sprinkle on sheets, use in love spells and mixtures
Patchouli - Add to love mixtures and baths
Pea, Butterfly - Use in love spells and mixtures
Peach Blossom - Use in love spells and mixtures
Peppermint - Use in love spells and mixtures
Periwinkle - Use in love spells and mixtures
Pine Bark, White - Use in love spells and mixtures
Plum, Red - Use in love spells and mixtures
Purslane - Use in love spells and mixtures
Raspberry Leaf - Use in love spells and mixtures
Rose Bud - Use in love spells and mixtures
Rose Hips - String and wear as love-attracting beads
Rosemary - Use in lust/love incenses
Sarsaparilla Root - Use in love spells and mixtures
Senna - Use in love spells and mixtures
Skullcap - Use in love spells and mixtures
Spearmint - Use in love spells and mixtures
St. John's Wort - Attracts love
Strawberry Leaf - Use in love spells and mixtures
Thyme - Use in love spells and mixtures
Tormentil - Carry to attract love; do not use internally without professional supervision
Valerian Root - Use in love spells and mixtures
Vervain, Blue - Use in love spells and mixtures
Violet - Mix with lavender for powerful love stimulate that arouses lust
Wormwood - Use in love spells and mixtures
Yarrow - Wear or carry to protect and/or attract love/friends; magical names Seven Years' Love, Thousand Seal
Amber, Baltic (Resin) - Carry/wear to attract love
Amethyst - Carry/wear to attract love
Beryl - Carry/wear to attract love
Chrysocolla - Wear or use in spells to attract love
Emerald - Carry/wear to attract love
Jade - Jadeite and Nephrite - Carry/wear to attract love
Jasper, Kambaba - Improves ability to love and receive love
Kyanite, Blue - Fosters love in all forms
Lazuli, Lapis - Potent fidelity charm; strengthens bond between lovers
Lepidolite - Carry/wear to attract love
Malachite - Wear near heart to expand ability to love and attract love
Moonstone - Carry/wear to attract love
Obsidian, Mahogany - Encourages self-love
Peridot - Attracts love
Quartz, Rose - Engenders self-love, self-compassion, self-forgiveness, and self-acceptance
Rhodochrosite - Carry/wear to attract love
Ruby, Fuschite - Used to attract love on a spiritual level
Stitchtite - Carry/wear to attract love
Thulite - Enhances empathy and encourages love
Topaz - Wear to attract love
Tourmaline, Watermelon - Use in love attraction spells
Turquoise - Use in love attraction spells or to promote marital harmony
Zircon - Carry/wear to attract love
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