Information
Database Group:
Magick
Path in Psi:
Magick
Content Type:
Article
Posted On:
0000-00-00
Edited On:
0000-00-00
Garlic
by Fire_Opal
(Allium Sativum)
Folk Names:
Poor Man's Treacle, Garleac, Garlicke, Clove Garlic
Gender: Hot
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Associated Deities:
Hecate
Parts Used:
Bulb, Flower
Basic Powers:
Protection, Exorcism
Specific Uses:
Take garlic with you on trips over water to prevent drowning. Sailors carry
it with them on board to prevent wreckage of the ship. Peel cloves of the
fresh bulb, and place it in each room when disease threatens. Italians
once bit the herb when evil spirits surrounded them, or when they felt
fearful. Hang up in newly built homes. The flowers are often used to decorate
protective altars. Add to all protective sachets, hang up a "rope" of garlic
in the kitchen. Also, use in exorcisms. mountain climbers carry to keep
fair weather on their expeditions.