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To exorcise or banish spirits

SOURCE #	PAGE #	Exorcisms, banish spirits
2	6	Elder
2	110, 161	frankincense
2	137-138	Angelica
2	139	asafoetida
2	141	avens
2	142	basil
2	142	bay laurel
2	162	garlic
2	181	nettle
2	187	pennyroyal [POISON]
2	187-188	peony
2	188	pepper
2	193-194	rosemary
2	195-196	rue
2	197	St. John’s Wort
2	199-200	solomon’s seal
2	202-203	tobacco
2	210	yarrow
2	237	hellebore [POISON]

 

To dismiss or destroy manifestations or spirits

SOURCE #	PAGE #	Destroys, dismisses, or banishes manifestations or spirits
2	139	asafoetida
2	162	garlic [Italian]

 

Against negativity, evil, malicious spirits or witches, the Devil, negative energy, spells, curses, hexes, and bad luck.

SOURCE #	PAGE #	Against negativity, evil, bad luck, malevolent spirits, the devil, witchcraft, witches, spells, curses, hexes
2	142	bay laurel
8	24-25	betony
2	146	burdock
2	248	cyclamen
2	245	dill
2	162	garlic [Italian]
7	144-145	juniper
2	113	patchouli
2	114	rue
2	199	snapdragon
2	245, 248	St. John’s wort
2	202	thyme
2	202-203	tobacco
2	245	treoil
2	245	vervain
2	210	yarrow
9	130	wormwood [Russia] [against Rusalka]
9	130	lovage [Russia] [against Rusalka]
10	12	chives [America]
12	2	angelica
12	7	bay
12	28	chives
12	41, 110	dill
12	41	yarrow
12	41, 110	trefoil
12	41, 110	verbena
12	41	rue
12	41	roses
12	57-58	garlic
12	58	mountain ash
12	58	rose
12	97	rosemary
12	99-100	rue
12	110-111	St. John’s wort
12	127-128	yarrow
15	43-44	birch
15	215-217	calabar justice
15	387	sweetgrass (zubrowka)

 

To contact or summon a spirit or for mediumship (channeling a spirit)

SOURCE #	PAGE #	To contact or summon spirits, mediumship, manifest spirits
2	111	lemon grass
2	117	wisteria
2	141	balm of Gilead
2	175	calendula [marigold]
2	209	wormwood
2	239	henbane [POISON]
12	110-111	St. John’s wort

 

To see a ghost or spirit

SOURCE #	PAGE #	To see ghosts or spirits
2	131, 171-172	lavender
2	111	lemon grass
2	115	sandalwood
2	117	wisteria
2	209	wormwood

 

To see faeries (fairies, faery, fairy)

SOURCE #	PAGE #	To see faeries
2	133	wild thyme
2	115	sandalwood
2	116	violet
2	117	wisteria
2	246	oak
10	10	calendula
14	NA	rue
14	NA	ground ivy
14	NA	agrimony
14	NA	maidenhair
14	NA	scotch broom

 

To boost or gain the second sight

SOURCE #	PAGE #	Clairvoyance, visions, prophecy, the sight, second sight
2	136	acacia
8	13-14	acorn, oak
2	108	anise
2	140	ash tree
2	142	bay laurel
2	236	belladonna
2	144	bistort
2	175	calendula [marigold]
2	62	chicory root
2	61, 151	cinnamon
2	62	cinquefoil
2	61	clove
2	64	clover
2	160	eyebright
2	237	fly agaric
2	164	hazel
2	110, 165	heliotrope
2	238-239	Hemp / marijuana
2	239	henbane
2	167-168	honeysuckle
2	61	juniper
2	111	lilac
2	176	mastic
2	64.178, 238	mugwort
2	60-61, 181-182	nutmeg
2	64	orange
2	61, 186-187	patchouli
2	191	poppy
2	192-193	rose
2	64	rosemary
2	115, 196	saffron
2	61, 115	sandalwood
2	200-201	star anise
2	64, 202	thyme
2	209	wormwood
2	64	yarrow
12	7	bay
12	100	rue
14	NA	rue
14	NA	ground ivy
14	NA	agrimony
14	NA	maidenhair
14	NA	scotch broom
15	28	lovage
15	28	rowan
15	115-116	diviner’s sage [POISON]

 

For astral travel, trances, spirit mediumship (channeling a spirit), spirit communication

SOURCE #	PAGE #	For trances, astral travel, spirit medium, spirit communication
2	117	wisteria [POISON]
2	236	belladonna [POISON]
2	237	hellebore [POISON]
2	237	fly agaric [POISON]
2	238	hemlock [POISON]
2	239	foxglove [POISON]
2	239	aconite [POISON]
2	239	water parsnip [POISON]
2	241	sunflower seeds
2	241	parsley
2	241	cinquefoil
2	241	sweet flag
2	241	basil
12	7	bay
12	66-67	hemp, cannabis
12	124-126	wormwood
14	NA	rue
14	NA	silver maple leaves
14	NA	bay laurel (laurel nobilis)
14	NA	camphor
14	NA	morning glory [POISON]
14	NA	sea moonflower / beach moonflower (ipomoea violacea) [POISON]
14	NA	datura [POISON]
14	NA	damiana
14	NA	sweetbay (magnolia virginiana)
14	NA	Snowdrop
14	NA	artemisia douglasiana
14	NA	avocado pit
14	NA	coffee
14	NA	dogbane [POISON]
15	22	ayahuasca [POISON]
15	28	poplar
15	38-41	belladonna [POISON]
15	67-70	cannabis (marijuana)
15	115-116	diviner’s sage [POISON]
15	169-170	psychotria elata [POISON]
15	207-208	leaf of god
15	252	nutmeg
15	273-274	peyote [POISON]
15	283	psilocybin [POISON]
15	384	yopo [POISON]

 

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