Magical Folkhealing Herbs, Oils, and Recipes for Health, Healing, and Magic

310 Pages·2016·4.09 MB·English

by  DJ Conway

About the Author
A native of the Pacific Northwest, author D. J. Conway has studied the occult
fields for more than thirty-five years. Her quest for knowledge has covered every
aspect of Paganism and Wicca to New Age and Eastern philosophies plus
history, the magical arts, philosophy, customs, mythologies, and folklore. In
1998 she was voted Best Wiccan and New Age author by The Silver Chalice, a
Pagan magazine.
Conway is the author of more than twenty nonfiction books, including Celtic
Magic (Llewellyn), Dancing with Dragons (Llewellyn), Mystical Dragon Magic
(Llewellyn), The Ancient Art of Faery Magick (10 Speed Press), and The Little
Book of Candle Magic (10 Speed Press).
She lives a rather quiet life, with most of her time spent researching and
writing.
D. J. Conway wrote extensive notes in her journal while studying and
performing folk magick with her grandmother. This book contains reproduced
pages from that journal, shown in Conway’s own handwriting, for you to enjoy.
Magical Folkhealing: Herbs, Oils, and
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Dedication
This herbal is dedicated in memory of my grandmother Clara Fern Long née
Corbin and David Hann Sr. Hopefully, people will find it useful in this fast-
running, topsy-turvy, uncertain new century.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Author’s and Publisher’s Note
One:
Introduction to Magical Folkhealing
Two:
Tools Needed for Working with This Herbal
Three:
Ancient Herbalists’ and Apothecary >Symbols
Four:
Ancient Table of Weights and Measures
Five:
Folklore Names of Herbs, Flowers, and Trees
Six:
Weekdays, Planets, and Zodiac Signs
Seven:
Herbs and Trees for Magick and Well-Being
Eight:
Herbal Combinations for Spells
Nine:
Tools Needed for Scented Oils
Ten:
What Exactly Is Aromatherapy?
Eleven:
Oils for Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Matters
Twelve:
Creating Special Atmospheres
Thirteen:
Some Final Words
Fourteen
: Some Books of Interest
Pages from the Herbal
Acknowledgments
This book is also dedicated to others who supported my efforts: Darlene B.,
Mezdulene B., Barb A., Sara Camilli, Michelle V. C., Charles G., Glenn S.,
Harvey L., Judith J., Merren M., my nieces, nephews, and grandson serving in
Kuwait. And to the many encouraging others.
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Author’s and Publisher’s Note
The publisher and author are not responsible for the use and misuse of plants
listed in this book, especially those labeled POISONOUS. With some of these
plants, even touching can have negative effects. The plants are included with
warnings in order to give a more complete study of herbs.
All plants, like all medicines, may be dangerous if used improperly or taken in
excess or for too long a time. Be sure the herbs are fresh and know the strengths
can vary.
We do not endorse or guarantee the curative effects of any of the subjects in
this book.
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One
Introduction
to Magical
Folkhealing
W
hat makes a person who they are is a very complicated question and
path. Our personalities and lives are formed and affected by so many variables:
karma, choices at each step in life, family experiences, genetics, the unexpected
and/or unknowable…perhaps even astrology. No one can say for certain. Even
within a family, very few members have totally the same personality or belief
system. My father and my brother were, and are, very good dowsers, whether for
water, water lines, or underground tanks. However, neither did (or do) believe in
the same things as I do. For certain, we all are influenced more deeply by some
people than by others.
Both sides of my family never considered themselves of any great importance.
They were of very different types of personalities, which confused me but taught
me many things. On my maternal grandparents’ side were two brothers, James
and Elijah John Smith, who married two sisters, Lily and Martha Green. James
and Martha had nine children, while Elijah John and Lily had twelve. I was the
oldest child in my parents’ family of three and a girl with mostly male cousins,
so it was a wild upbringing. The expression “fight or flight” comes to mind.
Both maternal grandparents died by the time I was seven years old. Although
there were a few aunts and uncles who had the gift of premonition, they mostly
chose to ignore it and dismissed it as fantasy for anyone who experienced it.
The paternal side didn’t talk about their psychic experiences and folkhealing
very much either. However, it was very quietly acknowledged within the family.
My paternal grandmother, Clara Fern Long née Corbin, was the joy of my life