Emotion Potions

a Tea for Lovers

• 1 oz dried and powered  rosehips
• 1 oz dried hibiscus flowers
• ½ oz dried lemon balm
• ½ oz dried peppermint
• ½ oz dried meadowsweet

            Mix all of the above herbs together in a clockwise motion and store in a dark, airtight tin until ready to use. (Note: The dried herbs may be kept for up to a year if stored in a cool dry place. After this time, I recommend that they be discarded or cast into a Sabbat fire as an offering to the spirit of the herbs or to the Pagan deity of your choice.)

            When you are ready to make a brew, put the herbs (two teaspoons per each cup of water) into your favorite teapot. Pour boiling water over the herbs and then place the cover over the teapot. While the tea steeps, recite the following incantation repeatedly for about five minutes as you visualize your intent:

 “Herbal brew of love’s emotion
With intent I fortify.
When two people share this potion
Their love shall intensify.”

            Strain, sweeten with honey or sugar if desired, and then share a cup of this powerful love-inspiring tea with the man or woman who is the object of your desires and affection.

Witches’ Healing Potion

Witches’ potion used for healing
Must be brewed with sincere feeling.

Use the herbs that work the best,
Then let Nature do the rest.

If you need an incantation,
Say these words with exclamation:

“With intent this potion bubbles
For good riddance of health troubles”

Passion Potion

To conjure forth the heat of passion
Any time you feel the need,
Brew a potion in this fashion;

Good results are guaranteed:

In two cups water pure
Simmer ginseng root for one hour.

Keep it covered; do not stir;
Strain and drink for lusty power!

Moon Goddess Potion

When Lady Luna shines above
Full and silver, bright with love,
Witches draw her down for power
At the midnight Witching Hour.

If you desire a potion
To connect you to her motion,
Brew yourself some mugwort tea,
Jasmine blooms or wintergreen;
Drink in ‘neath her sacred rays
As you celebrate her phase.

Dream Potion

For dreams most pleasant as you sleep,
In a cauldron you must steep
Two spoons each for one half-hour:

Chamomile, passionflower,
Valerian, and peony root;
Strain it, but do not dilute.

Drink before you go to bed
With dream pillow ‘neath your head. 

Gypsy Love Herbs

Gypsy women of the past
Used two herbs to make love last:

Rye of Earth, pimento of Fire;
Eaten would insure desire.

Serve to him whose love you crave
And his heart you will enslave.