Ritual herbs

Ritual herbs are part of human folklore, preformed in certain moments and with precise procedure, they are present all over the world. Many ritual herbs are powerful and have medicinal properties, others affect the brain and the way the ritual is understood. Herbs are so important, some rituals are meaningless without the herb, in some cultures, the herb is the main attraction, this is often the case when a plant has psychotropic properties that are admired and required for the ritual to take place.

Ritual herbs have been kept away from the eyes of the west for a long time. One simple ritual was disclosed by a Mexican healer in 1956 to two Americans. Their experiences were narrated in Life magazine and a flood of psychic expeditions found their way into the humble house of the healer called Maria Sabina. The Beetles, Peter Townshend, Mick Jagger were some of them. It's said this event started the curiosity of the sixties that ended with severe drug abuse. Even the healer suffered the rejection of her people because she revealed the ancient ritual herbs. Her house was burned and she was cast away forever.

Ritual herbs in wicca use apples for love spells, other rituals will give passage from childhood to womanhood.

Voodoo also uses ritual herbs. Mandrake will reunite a couple or bring a new partner. Other rituals use the herb mace for the same purpose. Bergamont and frankincense are ritual herbs that are used as incense. Bergamont to attract success and to provide more strength in the ritual. Francincess is usually burned before the beginning of any ritual to ensure it's success.

Ritual herbs have traditions of thousands of years, some parts may not make much sense in the beginning, but every aspect has a reason as ancient as the ritual itself. As your knowledge grows and your mind opens up, many steps will help you understand the universe under which the ritual is ruled, the effect every motion has and the reason for determined herbs at certain times, everything will have a reason, sometimes this actions are keys to understand other mysteries. Ancient Aztecs for example, had a ritual Spaniards did not understand, "the flowers in the deer's head" made no sense to them. It was not until a friar hundreds of years after the conquest consumed peyote that he realized the ritual talked about the communion of this plant. The flowers meant the use of peyote and the dear was the Indian god, still revered.