Folklore, not pharmacology

Every plant here is described the way it appears in the magical and folk traditions of Europe, the Mediterranean world and the Americas: which planet and element it was assigned, what it was carried, burned, hung or bathed with for, and where those attributions come from. The main written sources are named in each entry — the Renaissance correspondence tables, the seventeenth-century herbals, the nineteenth-century folklore collections and the modern references that most practitioners actually own — and where they disagree the entry says so.

What the entries deliberately leave out

Nothing here is medical. The entries contain no dosages, no preparations for drinking or eating, and no claims that a plant treats a condition. Many traditional "magical" plants are toxic to people or animals, so each entry carries a standing note about checking safety separately, and the site-wide disclaimer applies to all of them.

How the entries are organised

Each plant gets a correspondence table (planet, element, day, traditional intentions, part used, substitutes), a section for each traditional use, and a short list of frequently asked questions drawn from what people actually search. Entries link to the candle and ritual guides where a plant is commonly used in a specific practice.