The Ultimate Vampire Resource and Directory

Purpose: to protect yourself and/or loved ones from all types of harm.



Wear gloves when mixing and using. You will need to combine in a jar or bottle:



2/4's Cup of Spring Water

1 Teaspoon Vervain

2 Tablespoons Sea Salt

2 Tablespoons each of Frankincense and Myrrh



Sprinkle water very lightly around home in discreet places (i.e., in closets) and anoint the bottom of your shoes and those of loved ones. Dispose of remainder immediately after use.

Achillea (Yarrow) - This magical plant could conjure up the Devil or drive him away.



Aconitum (Monkshood, Wolfsbane) - Beautiful summer- and fall-flowering perennials, which contain some of the most powerful poisons in existence.



Artemisia (Mugwort and Wormwood) - Witches used the former to raise spirits from the dead; Mugwort was also used medicinally (to treat epilepsy) and magically (to protect from evil).



Atropa (Belladonna, Deadly Nightshade) - Not a beautiful garden subject and very poisonous but perhaps the plant most associated with witchcraft. Named for Atropos, the Fate who severs the thread of life, Belladonna is also called Devil's Cherries because of the good tasting but potentially fatal shiny black berries it produces.



Campanula Rapunculus (Rampion) - Supposedly grown as a salad plant by the witch in the fairy tale "Rapunzel."



Digitalis (Foxglove) - Other names include Witches' Gloves and Dead Men's Bells.



Sambucus (European Elder) - A magic bush, powerful for or against evil depending upon how it was invoked.



Sempervivum (Houseleek) - Also called Devil's Beard, this plant was believed to protect homes from lightning.



Taxus (Yew) - A symbol of sorrow, Yew could be an ingredient of witch's brew, as Shakespeare's witch in Macbeth reveals when she throws in the cauldron "slips of yew / Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse."



Valeriana (Valerian, Garden Heliotrope) - A witch's aphrodisiac.



Verbascum (Mullein) - Important medicinal planted by monks to ward off evil though some said witches used the dried stalks, dipped in tallow, to light their infamous "Sabbaths."



Verbena (Vervain) - A Druid's plant and used by witches, Vervain is also called Herb of Grace and was believed to guard against snakes and bring good luck.



Vinca (Periwinkle, Myrtle) - Another old medicinal that also deters evil though it was used in magic, hence another of its common names, "Sorcerer's Violet."