Magical Love Herbs of Old Time Hoodoo - Fast Love Spells for Effective Witchcraft

herbal magick flower garden spells for love

Some time ago, I was on vacation and needed to cast some magic spells. Since I didn't have any supplies with me, I had to outsource the work to another professional caster. This caster, however, had a different philosophy from mine. She believed in putting off work to do it 'right' later, while I felt it was better to get things done quickly, even if it was a bit rough.

I don't deny that getting more work doesn't mean the work is better. But you also know the saying, "A stitch in time saves nine." It's about making quick-fixes problems as soon as you see them, to prevent them from getting worse.

Think of it like a plumbing problem. If your bathroom sink is leaking and you don't have the tools to fix it properly, putting a bucket under it and using duct tape is better than doing nothing. Leaving it unfixed would cause water damage and other issues. Similarly, in magic, it's better to do a quick, useful spell rather than waiting and waiting for perfect conditions all while things get worse. This is especially true for love spells. Waiting too long can make reconciliation much harder.

Don't delay your magic spells—get them done as soon as you can!

WHY IS TIME A FACTOR IN LOVE MAGIC?

I often get requests for return lover spells from people who broke up months or even years ago. I'm usually hesitant to take on cases where the breakup happened more than 3 months ago, and rarely do I consider cases over a year old. Recently, a client asked why time is a factor in these spells. It's a great question.

While we can't prove magic scientifically, based on observation, I can say this: Love needs something to build on. Even if someone still has feelings for you, they need a reason to act on them. The more time that passes without contact, the more it feels like trying to make a stranger love you. If your ex has moved on and started a new life, going back to a failed romance doesn't make sense. It's best to act before too much changes.

Think about someone you loved in the past but are over now. Maybe it was a celebrity crush when you were younger. Over time, those feelings fade, and that person no longer impacts your life. If that celebrity suddenly proposed to you now, you'd probably be confused. If a lot of time has passed since you last contacted your ex, they might feel the same way. A sudden rush of affection can work to bring back a lost lover if it's soon after the breakup, but once the decision to leave has settled in, it's much harder to change their mind.

Some herbs and flowers used in love magic can be determined by their folk names. Methods for employing these herbs might typically consist of --

including sprigs worked into bouquets which were presented to a lover
mailing the flowers or leaves along with love letters
taken medicinally as aphrodisiacs.

A partial list of traditional love flowers is as follows:

Heart’s-Ease (Viola tricolor)

Kiss-Me-Quick (Saxifraga umbrosa)

Forget-Me-Not (Ajuga chamaepitys)

True Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis scorpioides)

Love-In-A-Mist (Nigella damascena)

Love-Bind (Clematis vitalba)

Love-Apples (Lycopersicum esculentum)

Love-Ache (Levisticum officinale OR Ligusticum scoticum)

Love-Me (Myosotis palustris)

Lover’s-Links (Umbilicus rupestris)

Lover’s-Pride (Persicaria maculosa)

Lover’s-Steps (Lolium temulentum)

True-Love (Paris quadrifolia)

Lad-Love-Lass (Artemisia abrotanum)

Those familiar with modern conjure formulas may also recognize a few of the names; one can presume that the plants originally were included in their namesake mixtures, or that the concoctions were at least intended to mimic their perfumes. For example, Cristiani’s 1877 book of perfume recipes included the following one for Kiss-Me-Quick:

1 pint extract of jasmine, no. 1 (alcohol scented from first rinsing of jasmine pomade)

½ pint extract of violet, no. 2 (alcohol scented from second rinsing of violet pomade)

½ pint extract of rose, no. 2 (from rose pomade, as above)

¼ pint tincture of vanilla

¼ pint tincture of vetivert

½ pint tincture of orris

¼ pint tincture of musk

1 ounce oil of bergamot

1 dram oil of rose

1 dram oil of cloves

8 ounces rosewater, double

SPECIAL LOVE HERBS BLEND

Sugar

Rose petals

Cinnamon chips

Orange peel

Dill seed

Damiana leaves

Red clover blossoms

Orange flower blossoms

Deerstongue leaves

Mix in approximately equal parts. You may substitute any ingredient with other flowers like lavender or honeysuckle, or with spices like cardamom or ginger, or other herbs like elecampane, violet leaves, or nettle.

Paper-in-Shoe Spells

A popular and very traditional hoodoo spell, often used for any situation where you need to control someone with magic , is the namepaper-in-shoe spell. It's very easy: you write the target's name 3, 7, or 9 times on a paper (depending on intent and who's giving instruction) then fold it up, sometimes after dressing it with oils or powders, then put it in your shoe. This "keeps the person underfoot" or "stomps out the trouble" or any other number of metaphors. I had this work several times over the years. In one instance, I was working for a very unpleasant boss, on a short-term job. It was the last day, and I only had about 3 hours of work left on the project; and I wanted him to up my pay for the day since it almost wasn't worth the trip across town for the amount he was paying me, for only 3 hours. He was very reluctant. So I wrote his name 3 times on a 5-dollar bill he'd given me, and dusted it with Bend Over powder. He paid me what I ...

Spiritual Use of Turpentine in Hoodoo and Witchcraft

I have posted in the past about the use of giving one's bedding a spiritual cleansing from time to time. I recently was laundering my pillows in the same load of laundry as some turpentine-soaked rags, with the result that the pillows emerged from the wash reeking of turpentine. From a magical perspective, this may not be a bad thing. Turpentine is used in old-time hoodoo rituals for purposes such as uncrossing, protection and sometimes as a feed for mojo bags. Its solvent powers and strong odor do indeed suggest a powerful spiritual cleansing agent, and it is still used in some modern day cleaning products on a purely practical level for these same reasons. Old time medicines sometimes included turpentine as a thing to drink, in small doses. A book from the 1850s, The Domestic Medicine Chest , recommends giving it to children in a dose of one teaspoon for killing tapeworm. Relatedly, in old time hoodoo cures for "live things" turpentine might be made into a tea...

The Intranquil Spirit

(EDIT: Up to date information about the Intranquil Sprit can be found in my book The Intranquil Spirit , available on Amazon. This post has some incomplete information which is clarified in the book.) The Intranquility spell is, unfortunately, the first resort of many a rejected lover. In some ways it makes sense -- the more unhappy and forlorn one is about a breakup, the better this idea of making the other partner feel just as much so starts to sound. Unfortunately, this spell is often not well suited to a case. The purpose of the standard Intranquility spell is to have the person be tormented by the spirit until they make contact with you, or whomever the spell is being cast for. This means that if a person is already in good contact with their ex OR if they're one of those people who cannot restrain themselves from initiating contact, then this already is probably not the right spell for that case. If you've had an Intranquility spell cast and you make contac...

Blockbuster, Van Van, Uncrossing, Road Opener -- What's the Difference? What to Use Against Jinxes?

Many hoodoo formulas are related to one another, sometimes very closely. Some formulas, Lovers formula versus Love formula, are just manufacturer specific names for what is essentially the same product (or at least a product meant to get the same result.) Sometimes people wonder, what's the difference between Uncrossing and Van Van ? What's the difference between Road Opener and Blockbuster ? First things first: Road Opener, aka Abre Camino, is not a traditional hoodoo formula, it's a Latin American loaner that has come in relatively recently along with a lot of Santeria and Brujeria practices. This is why it seems to cover the same ground that several other old hoodoo mixtures do. Blockbuster might also be in this same boat, though my evidence on this is less sure -- nonetheless it does seem to be a newer formula, in relative terms ( the word "blockbuster" is only datable to around 1940 ) and often sold with an alternate Spanish name "Arrasa con T...

13 Herb Bath for Curse Removal

13 Herb Bath for curse removal can be made from from any 13 uncrossing and purification herbs. For example, if I needed to fix a batch of 13 herb bath right now based on what I've got in the house, I could mix bay leaves, rue, mint, rosemary, wood betony, sage, verbena, angelica root, white rose petals, lemongrass, lemon peel, agrimony and arnica, and it would suffice well. Other herbs like hyssop, pine needles, juniper leaves, boldo, eucalyptus leaves, mullein, basil, lavender, or marshmallow leaves would be good to use too. By no means complete, here is a list of just a few herbs said to remove a curse or jinx that you can use to make your own 13 Herbs bath: Agrimony Alkanet Angelica Arnica Basil Bay leaves Black Pepper Blessed Thistle Boldo Cayenne Pepper Chives Eucalyptus Garlic Hyssop John the Conqueror Juniper Lavender Lemon Lemongrass Lime Marshmallow leaves Mint Mullein Onion Pine Rosemary Rue Sage Sandalwood Verbena White Rose Petals ...

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