There is a long tradition of using plants in magick. For healing rituals, you can place dishes of charged herbs near a bedside in a sickroom or on your healing altar next to a symbol, photograph or the name of the person to be healed. They are also excellent for emotional support and spiritual empowerment. For example, if you get stressed on a journey, you may well benefit from a healing or protective herbal sachet hung as ornamental.
Herbal plants add their strength to almost any kind of ritual and spell. They have a wide variety of uses in magick. You will probably need quite a large supply. Fortunately, herbs are, for the most part, very easy to grow - and very ornamental. If you have a garden you can set aside a small area specifically for cultivating herbs. Alternatively, you can create an indoor garden of herbs grown in pots, so that you have a ready supply of growing energy.
Once picked, all your herbs can be used either fresh, for example on your altar, or dried, in healing sachets and poppets. Each herb has its own natural properties and strengths for offerings and medicinal purposes. If you use allspice for a person with digestive or throat troubles, as a bonus both you and the person can experience a gradual upturn in fortune, one of allspice's magickal meanings.
Most traditional uses of herbal plants apply to physical and emotional ills. They are most commonly applied to people, and even animals of course. You can also use them for spells concerning places, and soothing wounds. Lavender is equally potent in rituals for healing the Earth or reversing the effects of pollution.
In addition to natural properties, you can empower plants by defining their purpose, and adding to their strength. Use an empowerment ritual for herbs to be used in poppets and healing herbal sachets. You can also use charging colour-infused water, particularly effective for adding extra healing power to a pot of herbs to be placed on your healing altar, as a focus for the need of a particular person.
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