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This Mercury plant loves to travel--it snaps off at the root in a brisk wind and becomes a tumbleweed. It is also associated with Fire in its habit of growing in burned over land and love of the Sun. This makes this magick herb good for healing work, especially after an experience which has burned away old aspects of the personality, old habits, or an old way of life, or after personal transformation (Fire being the element most often associated with transformation). Its abundant seeds are used in traditional Chinese medicine for impotence, in Navaho medicine its branches are used to paint patients during healing ceremonies. These seeds are sold as herbs; they will not germinate. All text on this site © 2004, 2005 Alchemy Works; No reproduction without permission |
Uses in Witchcraft and Magick: Fire Magick |
Fireweed