Garlic’s magical properties are steeped in delicious recipes and a long tradition of healing and mysticism. Historically, garlic’s intense, but delicious, energy has made it one of the most popular herbs for protection and good health.
This savory bulb’s culinary uses are endless, so it can also be found in almost every pantry around the world.
In fact, this herb is so deeply ingrained in our psyche that we often think of or perform small rituals pulled from old folklore all the time.
Do these small superstitions mean there’s a little Witch in all of us? We think so!
Italian Witches use garlic to ward off hexes, curses, and the common cold. Kitchen Witches use the herb for protection, similar to how onions are used.
It’s safe to say that the old “string garlic behind the door to ward away Witches” doesn’t work.
Instead, witches use this bulb for that same protection magic, against actual evil spirits and people, harmful energies, and illness. It’s one of my favorite witchcraft herbs, though I’m Italian so it checks out.
As for warding off vampires with garlic? We have a theory from relatively recent history.
Many illnesses, such as tuberculosis (consumption), were believed to be the work of a vampire. People used to garlic ward away the vampires that were apparently wiping out full families in one night.
We now know that tuberculosis is a bacterial respiratory infection and garlic’s antimicrobial properties helped kill the bacteria.
Whole garlic bulbs and cloves of garlic can be made into charms. Crushed, sliced, and minced garlic can be used in magical edibles, such as potions, soups, sauces, and roasts.
Used the dried powder in sachet bags, spell bottles, jar spells, and more. Focus on your magical intent and visualize your goal as if it’s already happened while you work with the herb.
Garlic’s magical correspondences include protection from illness, warding off the evil eye, reversing curses, stopping gossip, providing long life, and giving spells a good power boost.
Eat garlic to help regulate blood sugar, reduce high blood pressure, slow the hardening of the arteries, and help reduce fat buildup in the liver.
Our complete Materia Magicka contains everything you need to know to work with garlic in spells, rituals, and healings.
What are some of your favorite ways to use this herb in your magickal working?
Let us know in the comments below!
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