A Witch's Garden: Lavender


Disclaimer

This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.


Lavender

[Lavender]

Lavender was an ingredient in sixteenth-century Central European love philtres (Rätsch 178).



As a Ward

In Tuscany, lavender was believed to counteract the evil eye (Thiselton-Dyer 69).



Lost?

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A Witch's Garden is copyright 1997-1998 to Shantell Powell.
The preceding botanic illustration is from The Virtual Garden Search Engine, part of the Time Life Electronic Encyclopedia.

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