Rosemary

Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Powers: Protection, Love, Lust, Mental
Powers, Exorcism, Purification, Healing,
Sleep, Youth
Magical Uses: Rosemary, when burned, emits powerful cleansing and
purifying vibrations, and so is smouldered to rid a place of negativity,
especially prior to performing magic. It is one of the oldest incenses.
When placed beneath the pillow rosemary ensures a good sleep and
drives away nightmares. Laid under the bed it protects the sleeper from
all harm. Rosemary is also hung on the porch and doorposts to keep
thieves from the house and is carried to remain healthy. Placed in the
bath it purifies.
A chaplet of rosemary, worn, aids the memory, while the wood,
smelled often, preserves youthfulness. To ensure the latter add a rosemary
infusion to the bath water.
Rosemary has long been used in love and lust incenses and other
mixtures, and healing poppets are stuffed with rosemary to take
advantage of its curative vibrations. Rosemary infusion is used to wash
the hands before healing work, and the leaves mixed with juniper berries
are burned in sickrooms to promote healing.
If you wish to receive knowledge or the answer to a question, burn
rosemary on charcoal and smell its smoke. Rosemary is also grown
to attract elves, and the powdered leaves wrapped in linen cloth and
bound to the right arm dispel depression and make the emotions light
and merry.
Rosemary is generally used as a substitute for frankincense.