Protection Magic Correspondences

Herbs
Stones

  • Agrimony - Banish negative spirits/energies; protects against evil, goblins, and poison; reverses spells sent at magician; breaks hexes and sends them back to caster

  • Aloe - Guards against evil influences and prevents household accidents

  • Amaranth (Gomphrena) - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Angelica Root - Often used in exorcism and protection incenses

  • Anise, Star - Often used in meditation and protection incenses

  • Arabic, Gum (Acacia) - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Arrowroot - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Ash Tree Leaves - Leaves scattered to 4 directions protects house/area and often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Balm of Gilead - Carried for protection and/or healing

  • Barberry Root - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Basil - Strewn, protects against malignant spirits; often used in exorcism incenses and purification baths

  • Bay Leaves - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Betony, Wood - Protects soul and body; good for trance-workers; often added to purification and protection incenses and mixtures

  • Bindweed - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Blackberry Leaves - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Blackthorn Leaves - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Bladderwrack - Often used for protection at sea and/or to summon spirits of the sea

  • Blood Root - Carried, averts spells and protects against malignant spirits

  • Boneset - Protects against malignant spirits; often used in exorcisms; often used in cord-cutting spells and mixtures

  • Buckthorn - Protects against all magic when placed near windows/doors

  • Buckwheat - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Burdock Root - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Calamus Root (Sweet Flag) - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Calendula (Marigold) - Protects by cleansing negativity and drawing in positive energy simultaneously

  • Cascara Sagrada - Worn, serves as amulet against malignant magic and spirits

  • Celandine - Often used to escape unwarranted imprisonment and/or entrapment

  • Centaury - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Chrysanthemum - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Cinnamon - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Cleavers - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Clove - Burned, drives away malignant spirits and purifies an area

  • Clover Blossoms, Red - Infusion often used to banish malignant spirits

  • Devil's Claw Root - Often used in protection incenses

  • Dill - Hung over door to protect home

  • Dragon's Blood - Dried resin powerful protector when carried, burned, or strewn

  • Elder Flowers - Protects against attackers both physical and spiritual; can be used to negate any enchantments cast on you; protects home against magic and lightning

  • Elecampane - Carried for protection

  • Fenugreek - Infusion often used to dispel bad luck/provide protection

  • Feverfew - Protects against colds/fevers as well as accidents; prevents accidents where strewn; often added to amulets to ensure safe travel

  • Figwort - Worn, protects against the evil eye

  • Frankincense - Often used in protection spells/mixtures; often used in incenses for exorcism, protection, purification, and consecration

  • Galangal Root - Worn/carried, protects bearer and draws good luck

  • Hazel, Witch - Bark/twigs used for protection

  • Heather - Carried to protect against rape and violent crimes

  • Horehound - Often used in protection spells/mixtures; carried to guard against sorcery; scattered for exorcism; sacred to Egyptian God Heru (Horus)

  • Hyssop - Hung in home for protection

  • Jewelweed - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Lavender - Worn, protects against domestic abuse

  • Lettuce, Wild - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Lily - Protects against evil eye; serves as antidote to love spells on specific people; keeps unwanted visitors from home (keep away from cats)

  • Lotus - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Lungwort - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Madder Root - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Mandrake Root - Protects the home when a whole root is placed on mantle; hung on headboard for protection during sleep; worn to prevent contraction of illness; prevents access by malignant spirits

  • Marjoram - Protective when carried or strewn around home

  • Marshmallow Root - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Mistletoe - Protects against lightning, disease, misfortune of all kinds; burned to banish negativity

  • Mountain Mint, Hoary - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Mugwort - Carried to protect against poison; placed in building, prevents entrance by elves and malignant spirits

  • Mullein - Guards against nightmares; potent safeguard against malignant spirits and magic

  • Mustard Seeds - Sprinkled on doorstep for protection

  • Nettle - Sprinkled around house for protection; worn as amulet for protection; carried with yarrow to allay fear

  • Oregano (Wild Marjoram) - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Orris Root - Protects against evil spirits

  • Osha Root - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Palo Santo - Often used in smoke-cleansing (note: endangered herb)

  • Parsley - Used in purification baths and those to stop all misfortune

  • Pennyroyal - Worn, acts against evil eye and aids in making business deals; kept in home for protection (keep away from pets/children)

  • Peony - Worn, guards body, spirit, and soul; placed in home, protects against malignant spirits

  • Periwinkle - Placed over door to protect home

  • Pine Bark, White - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Plantain - Hung in car to guard against intrusion of evil spirits; piece of root in pocket protects bearers from snakebite

  • Plum, Red - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Purslane - Laid on bed, prevents nightmares; carried, draws luck and keeps evil away

  • Ramps (Wild Leek) - Often used in protection spells/mixtures; often used in exorcisms; similar in action but less potent than garlic

  • Raspberry Leaf - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Rhubarb Root - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Rose Bud - When carried, acts as personal protectant

  • Rosemary - Smoldered to rid a place of negativity; placed beneath pillow to drive away nightmares; hung on porch and doorposts to keep thieves from the house

  • Rowan Bark - Prevents storms from impacting ships and homes against lightning; prevents the dead from haunting places when placed on their graves

  • Safflower Flower - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Sage, Clary - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Self-Heal - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Slippery Elm Bark - Often used in exorcisms; most often used to stop gossip; often used in protection spells/mixtures (avoid if pregnant; can cause miscarriage)

  • Soapwort - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Solomon's Seal Root - Often used in exorcism and protection spells of all kinds; infusion sprinkled in area clears it of evil

  • Speedwell - Often used in protection spells/mixtures; must be used with other herbs and given direction as it is not powerful enough alone

  • Sunflower Seeds - Often used in protection spells/mixtures

  • Tormentil - Guards mediums against permanent possession by spirits

  • Turmeric - Scattered on floor/area for protection

  • Valerian Root - Powdered root used in protective spells/mixtures

  • Vervain, Blue - Often used in protection incenses and protective spells/mixtures

  • Violet - Carried, protects against evil spirits and brings changes in luck and fortune

  • Wintergreen - Sprinkled in home, removes hexes and curses, especially when mixed with mint

  • Wormwood - Hung from rearview mirror, protects vehicle from accidents on treacherous roads

  • Agate, Banded - Worn for protection

  • Agate, Red (Blood) - Provides protective shield that sends fright back to its source

  • Amber, Baltic (Resin) - Worn for protection

  • Amethyst - Protects against thieves

  • Beryl - Worn while on the water for protection against storms; guards against drowning and seasickness

  • Carnelian - Guards against telepathy and those who try to steal thoughts; worn to bed to prevent nightmares; placed in home to guard against lightning and storms

  • Chalcedony, Blue - Wards off psychic attack and negative magic; worn, prevents accidents; anti-nightmare

  • Chrysoprase - Worn for protection

  • Citrine - Worn at night to prevent nightmares; protects the aura - helps repair holes in the aura

  • Coral, Red - Worn, guards against malignant spirits, accidents, violence, and theft; dispels panic and nightmares

  • Emerald - Worn for protection

  • Garnet - Strengthens the aura and protects against malignant spirits; particularly good for protecting against thieves

  • Hematite - Assists with legal protection

  • Jade (Jadeite/Nephrite) - Worn for protection

  • Lazuli, Lapis - Worn for protection

  • Lepidolite - Worn for protection

  • Malachite - Provides psychic protection; travel's guardian stone; powerful for preventing falls

  • Mica - Worn for protection

  • Moonstone - Traveler's protection charm, especially across water

  • Moonstone, Rainbow - Traveler's protection charm, especially across water

  • Obsidian - Worn for protection

  • Obsidian, Apache Tears - Used to deflect negative energy

  • Obsidian, Black - Used to deflect negative energy

  • Obsidian, Mahogany - Ideal for psychic protection and clearing blockages

  • Opal - Promotes protection during astral projection

  • Opal, Owyhee Blue - Psychic protection

  • Peridot - Guards against enchantments, night terrors, illusions, and the evil eye

  • Quartz - Worn for protection

  • Quartz, Aqua Aura - Psychic protection

  • Ruby - Worn, conveys protection against all types of malignant entities, against magical manipulation, and against famine - strengthens psychic defense center; soldier's amulet - guards against wounds in battle; placed in home, guards against storms and negativity

  • Salt - Used for protection

  • Serpentine - Protects against venomous creatures

  • Stitchtite - Spiritual protection, shields emotional body, empath protection

  • Sunstone - Worn for protection

  • Tiger's Eye - Carried for protection against all dangers

  • Tiger Iron - Used for protection

  • Topaz - Protection against astral threats; shields mind from insanity

  • Tourmaline, Black - Protects by repelling - it does not absorb negativity but reflects it; wards against psychic vampires, as it automatically negates/redirects

  • Turquoise - Protects against evil eye, illness, serpents, poison, violence, accidents, malignant spirits; horserider's amulet - protects riders from falling off horses

  • Zircon - Used as spiritual protection amulet

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