Magickal Uses: Protection, Love, Lust, Luck, Wishes, Peace, Healing. Violets are an herb of love and protection. Violet crowns (chaplets) are said to cure headaches, dizziness, bring sleep, and calm anger. Violets are mixed with lavender, apple blossoms, yarrow, and roses in love potions. The leaf is a protecion from all evil.
A hoodoo charm to bring marriage used dried heart-shaped violet leaves and/or sweet-smelling violet flowers, tied in a red bag with pieces of Beth Root (Trillium erectum/Trillium pendulum), along with some magnetic sand and a lodestone.
Violet burned with dried patchouli and sandalwood oil on charcoal are said to assist with astral travel and spirit communication.
Mixed with Lavender, the flowers are a powerful live stimulant and also arouse lust. Custom says that if you pick the first violet of spring your dearest wish will be granted. Violets offers us the virtues of modesty, simplicity, serenity and peace, and they are a source of inspiration and good fortune for women.
Violets have been associated with the death of the young. With periwinkle they are said to bring comfort to a grieving heart and are well suited for planting upon a child’s grave. they are used in rituals of death and dying or placed on the altar when prayers are offered to keep the child’s memory healthy and alive. There is much magick to be had in these simple flowers.
Draws prophetic dreams and visions, stimulates creativity, and promotes peace & tranquility. Violet leaf provides protection from all evil. Violet crowns are said to cure headaches and bring sleep. Carry or give to newly married couples or new baby & mother to bring luck to the bearer. Keep a spray of violets on the altar to enhance night magick. Wear the leaves in a green sachet to help heal wounds and prevent evil spirits from making the wounds worse. Guards against deception and creates an atmosphere of trust and honesty.
According to the Medieval Doctrine of Signatures, every plant was put on this earth by God for the use of Mankind (Genesis 1:29). Thus, the sages of old reckoned, the value of each plant will be revealed to discriminating Herb Doctors by the shape of coloration of the plant itself, its spiritual “signature.” The Violet has long be revered as a sweet-smelling yet humble flower whose leaves are shaped exactly like hearts. We have known many people who place a Violet Leaf in their shoe and wear it that way for seven days in the belief that they will find a new lover. To do a triple-strength job, some folks use three Violet Leaves and wear them for a total of 21 days.
You will receive 2oz of fresh dried violets from my blessed garden
