My Most Used Herbal Allies & Their Associations

[@xJadeWolfxx]

You're the first practitioner I've come across that spoke about *ancestral* herbs and plant allies. So I looked at the native ranges of most of the plants that I am growing personally - some of them are new babies and I don't have a relationship with but as they grow our connection will grow too. I found it interesting that most of the plants I grow are from places that my ancestry is linked to or native to my area and since my family has been in this area for at least four if not five generations I think that counts as ancestral. lol. So that was a lovely little pleasant surprise.

[@McMoldys]

I’ve noticed the same for me. The first plant I ever bought was native to the same place as my ancestors. I wasnt able to take care of the plant so I euthanized it by pouring bleach into it at the same time my relationship with my family was taking a nosedive. I felt more guilt and grief than normally expected from a plant dying afterward. The second plant I have now is native to my close friend’s native ancestral land, who I moved in with after leaving my family. I intially got it with the vision of having the new place be its home. Now im thinking those plants represented something else. Very delighted to learn about ancestral plant allies as well.

[@Andy-cu6hb]

A tip for using Agua de Ruda is that you have to load it with some sprigs of rue (fresh or dried) and let it sit and infuse into the alcohol! I've worked at botánicas and those colognes and 'aguas' they sell are all alcohol and fragrance and have little to no actual herb or essence, especially Crusellas brand colonias. They're designed to be loaded with herbs and other ingredients. Another example is the Patchouli Colonia you'll typically find it loaded with Patchouli roots!

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

Thank you so so much! I'll be making my own.

[@rin5457]

hello Frankie, I wanted to share with you my experience with another practice of Italian folklore that isn't that common. (First of all I want to say that I'm Italian so yes, this experience is 100% part of our folklore). Okay so basically when I was around 7/8 y.o. my mom took me to an old woman that used to live near my grandma. This woman used to do a particular practice that they all said was used to "remove the fear" (today I think that it was to remove the malocchio, bad luck, and they just didn't want to tell me to not make me scared). When I went to get this "treatment" she used to make me sit in front of her, then she would take pure alcohol and she would wash my arms, hands, lower legs and feet with it. Then, she would massage it while whispering something (I still don't know what language it was, I asked my mom but she has no idea and I can't ask that lovely woman because she passed away a few years ago). It seemed like she was praying but honestly I'm not sure. Then, all while whispering this sort of prayer, she would pull at my fingers (both of hands and feet). At the end she would massage hands and feet again and then we were done. Thought it was nice to share with you all, let me know if some of you finds something about it!

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@rin5457]

@@ChaoticWitchAunt Thank you for your work🥺🥺

[@sharky6404]

I think that sounds similar to a limpia (cleansing/cleaning) from a curandera. I had a limpia done by a curandera with smoke, prayer, she blew alcohol on my face and feet, an egg was rubbed on me, etc. I had to throw the egg at a crossroads over my shoulder at night without looking back. (not a dirt road thank goodness) She was praying/whispering the entire time.

[@emilyatarot]

As a full spectrum doula and folk practitioner I absolutely love how you added in resources for safe abortions and the misconceptions about harmful herbs being used for abortions. Thank you!! 🖤

[@PatriciaKanavy]

I just started using mugwort for lucid dreaming 2 weeks ago... and it works! I keep a little sachet under my pillow and before I fall asleep, I slowly and deeply inhale the scent and ask for a certain kind of dream experience (happy, lucid, vivid, prophetic, etc.). The first dream was a little too intense, but overall, it's been a great experience.

[@kirstencorby8465]

Cool, I am going to try that. Trying to improve my dream recall and control.

[@SimplyRochelleParanormal]

Hey Frankie!! I JUST wanted to say I ordered Ur book and I am about halfway through NOW!! AND I can say I FREAKING LOVE IT!! I HOPE U DO MORE WRITING GIRL!! UR BOOK IS HONESTLY BEEN ONE OF A KIND THAT ACTUALLY EXPLAINS ALOT AS TO WHERE MOST BOOKS THESE DAY'S ONLY COVER CERTAIN PRACTICING OR RELATED TO A RELIGION!! U SURE NAILED IT GIRL FRIEND!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR WRITING SO IT'S EASILY UNDERSTOOD!! NOW!! I'm almost positive that a Diety is knocking on my door and I really DON'T KNOW HOW to find out WHICH ONE!! Spider's are in places in my house that has never happened before and the Crows!! I'm pretty good at tarot and have ONLY been working with the card's almost a year now. IDK how to use them to TRY and see WHO is reaching out?? I am definitely a Green witch with the ability to SEE and sense spirit's/ghost's, I've been able to do that My entire LIFE. I WANNA say frm the research I have done it just seems like Hecate, but IDK lol and another weird thing is I live in Florida and recently discovered a Nightshade strand growing RITE OUTSIDE MY BACK DOOR!! It has the tiny white bell flower's and is a strand that gets the dark purple berries to it, that frm what I've read, is GREAT for topical creams that help with inflammation in the joint's like arthritis can cause. I find this AFTER I had ordered a packet of Nightshade seed's off of Amazon, only that strand will be purple flowers and good for a sleep aid or sedative. I hope U SEE this AND I HOPE it makes sense!! I'm trying to fit ALL the stuff in that has been going thru my head WITHOUT making a novel of a comment!! Lol I hope Ur having a GREAT week and a GREAT day!! Thanks for Ur time Girl!! MUCH LOVE but seriously Lost in Florida💜🌴🌴💜 Kelli

[@Delphadae]

Did you ever figure out what deity was reaching you, and how you contacted them? (Very recently, through a pendulum reading, ive found out that a deity was trying to contact me..all I know (according to the pendulum reading) is that it's a Norse deity). So I'm curious to know about your experience! C:

[@zodiacemma7154]

I just want to thank you for your videos. I first discovered you in the height of witchtok and that was how I got into witchcraft. With your growth into Italian folk magic, that was a true wake up call for me. I’m not Italian but have a lot of English/potentially Irish genetics in me. You’ve inspired me to take a look into the folk magic of my own ethnic background and my path is flourishing like nothing before. Thank you so much for all that you do and inspire in others!

[@teresastorms3774]

I'm still new to the Craft and I would love to expand my plant/herb knowledge. My favorite plant growing up was from a Vacation Bible School. Not from a religious household, but it was fun for me nonetheless. I loved this plant so much,I named her Mary and had her for probably 10 years. She didn't make it after I moved away from home. I couldn't have plants because cats. My mom kept her going as long as she could. She was a Jerusalem cherry tree. I know basically nothing about them, but I sure loved that sweetheart of a plant! Also,I am fascinated by jade plants, so anything you.could share about those would be awesome! Loved this video a ton, thank you!

[@KaffekanAnna]

Herbs are life! 😍 love working with lavender. It’s like human catnip to me. My rosemary and I get along pretty well too. And the rest of my 50+ indoor plants 😅 Dandelion is another, seasonal, favorite. Going out to pick some today. Not all though because I love her for the bees and also blowing the seedlings. Is she a weed? To some. I’ll happily let her grow in various places of my garden. Now they I think about it it would be fun with an episode on allies that could be considered weeds!

[@lavender1539]

i love dandelion, they’re so pretty!!

[@jennytimelord9689]

The brigid alliance? Did I hear that right? Have to look that up, she is one of my deities💜 I am going to start lighting my RBG candle and hope Roe V Wade isn't overturned but I cannot believe we are even talking about this in 2022! I'm a lesbian but I'm also a SA survivor so I know that CHOICE is important for even those of us who think they won't won't it, we still need it to be there. I am very glad to be gay, considering.

[@dianeaishamonday9125]

There are SA survivors who are prolife as well as LGBTQ folx who are prolife and their arguments are valid. When one considers that PP was founded by a white supremacist and that the entire abortion industry is built on the back of white supremacy, it is in everyone's best interest that Roe be overturned. Best of luck on your healing journey 🤍🤍🤍

[@tiffanycupo3092]

I loveeeeee mugwort! Use her for everything. I see her as protective but more for lucid dreaming and peaceful spirit opening. Smoked, as tea, loose incense, satchel under your pillow etc. Looovvvveeee her

[@meganmakesmagic802]

Thank you for this amazing video, Frankie! An awesome start to a much-anticipated new series! Woo! ❤🌱🍀🌿🍃🌼

[@yixiantx4546]

you are one of the few witches i know of who work with Hydrangea, and i really wanted to ask since I can't find much information of it online: I have been wanting to incorporate hydrangea petals in my practice since forever ago, but have read of its toxicity and possible side effects on the skin. The information that i've read online (pertaining to hydrangea) is often times referring to the root or leaf of the plant, so I would really love to know if you have any information on the petals of the flower (and if I were to incorporate it into an oil). Thank you always for your lovely videos!💗

[@pinkpentacles3748]

Excellent video Frankie I've been trying to bond with trees and plants as well as many different herbs even different types of cannabis buds and figure out which ones I want to incorporate more into my water witchcraft healing work 🙏

[@hopi9761]

I'm so proud of you for advocating for women's rights. I'm a loyal fan now ❤

[@christophermills787]

Thanks frankie!!!!!

[@cassie5096]

i would love to see more protective herbs!! also if you could talk about motherwort that would be awesome!

[@YesterdayAt1200]

This is extremely helpful and just honestly really nice to listen to

[@dragonaquarius7745]

PLEASE I would love a video on herbs you can find at the grocery store!

[@krissr4257]

Thank you! I love hearing about your plant allies! You were the first one I heard the term from and a I love the perspective shift it gives.

[@Surrruh]

Hey Frankie! What is your favorite way of bonding with plant and animal spirits?

[@peachybaby33]

I work with hydrangeas constantly, and I was reading about it one day and read that they're bad omens, and I was just like "...no?" So hearing this from you about protection is so nice bc hydrangeas are so powerful and awesome. I have like... 12 pots of it bc I have a problem 🤣 but I love them all

[@kaylawilliam7893]

This video was great, it really helped my understanding with how to go about forming a animistic bond with plants. Do you think you could do a video about bone throwing?

[@arianaink100]

Drank mint teas and grew them like weeds as a child with tomatoes and beans. Now love mint even more and have had random poisons pop up in my gardens. Sometimes you have to learn how to work and deal with harmful plants just because that’s what may happen in nature! Stay safe tho and try to know your local stuff and invasive species. If you want a substitute for rose, raspberry is very fun. The flowers appear rose like and the fruits can be dried (many seeds) the branches are also super thorny and the leaves themselves have spines, they’re a great tea but it’s important to be careful even with normal safe plants that you may eat often. Good prosperity good protection and like rose their roots grow and spread and pop up new plants so there’s a crawling aspect and acceleration in growing/change. Something to note is that raspberry burns in sunlight and does best shading itself and it’s fruits via its mass of leaves and branches, it’s a gentle yet strong protection that focuses on aiding the self and lends itself to ants mostly, so communal aspects or participation after oneself is situated/supported.

[@christabrewster7516]

Love that prayer plant .my mom had one.

[@angelalong6740]

Thank you Frankie. I learn a lot from your videos. ❤

[@Jazis1337]

Grocery store herbs video please!

[@Ravenovia]

Just to clarify, can you form relationships with herbs you can only really find in their “kitchen herb” form? Cuz for a while now, I’ve found myself being very much drawn to Black Peppercorn. I’m also drawn to Basil and somewhat to Rosemary, but those I know I can grow. Black peppercorn, however, I don’t think I’m in the right climate for the plant to thrive, so I’d only be able to use the kitchen herb.

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

Yes!!! That's totally fine. I use kitchen herbs all the time.

[@Ravenovia]

@@ChaoticWitchAunt Thank you so much!

[@missgonnamissyou]

I’ve been wanting to work with mugwort so badly! I finally got to the point where I was ready to use it….and then found out I was pregnant 😭 now I have to be much more careful with my herbs

[@andromeda1515]

Thank you so much for the conclusion on roe v wade!! I’ll be doing my part in a rally tomorrow, hoping this doesnt happen

[@ninacaradonna4691]

Would you do a video on uncrossing, block buster, and road opening and kind of the difference between them? :)

[@pomegranateandivy9833]

I love these videos. 🙂 I really want to learn more about working with plant and animal spirits. I was thinking about my herbal allies and I think that they are heather, pine and willow, because I remember them so well from my childhood environment, they were kind of everywhere and I still love to see them around and work with them in my witchcraft practice. I also have a few more plants that I love. One of them is Blackthorn, so sad that it doesn't grow in my area. I use mostly the dried flowers, they are awesome. I want to add that I love Rue as a name!! Like if I were living in an English speaking country, I would totally name a kid Rue. So pretty. 😍 Thank you for spreading safe abortion information!! 🙏 Like that's so important these days!!

[@lanternheart]

I'm new to working with plant allies, so it's interesting to see how others work with them! I'd be curious to see a video about protective herbal allies, if that's something you're interested in. For now, onto researching my own babies (three mint plants and a catnip).

[@brookenoreikis9720]

can you talk more about aloe plants? i've been in love with mine.

[@theboldlife]

Hi Frankie, do you have more information on uncrossings? I’ve heard that mentioned but can’t find good info on the subject.

[@kathleenroberts7972]

I have a deep relationship with dandelion and basil due to my Italian nanny. And as far as trees go Birch is my close friend.these go back to childhood and are bound to me.no other way to put it.

[@Grace-kq6vj]

I've dedicated my rose of Jerico to Mother Mary, she seems very happy about that

[@Stormy-14-]

Thank you for your video, thank you👍👍❤️❤️

[@ivyarianrhod]

Frankie, you forgot to put the abortion funds info in the description.

[@Lahentaestamalocha]

Hi, in one of your videos you talked about using your spider plants as wards. I've been trying to find resources online to explain how to do that but was unsuccessful in my search. Is it possible for you to explain the process or give a reference on how to proceed? Thanks!

[@ginjafide3526]

Please herbs you can find at the grocery store, protection and the main herbs to have when you start

[@xeniaungeilla2469]

i can't seem to keep a resurrection rose alive, so i'll ask for a little help if mold grows on her, what can i do? and about the water changes and how much time she should be closed or open, anybody got some info?

[@cassie5096]

thank you for this!!!

[@Thewoodlandwitch]

Loved this!

[@notreallyhere2597]

If you like Italian folk magic and you know Italian, you should read Le magie antiche by Antonio Fernando Bonelli

[@joshuawilliams4620]

pls do a video of herbs you can find at the grocery store

[@tabithaanderson-odonnell8918]

I've always wanted to learn more about herbalism (Reading Plant Witchery rn actually lol) but o struggle so much connecting with plants 😅 its a lot easier for me to work with animals. I do have one plant ally though 😎 smoke her almost everyday

[@ahaanh8456]

You better have done some affirmations in the present tense afterwards for herbalism.

[@katieshaffer209]

Can you talk at all about your experience working with Hades, or do you keep that private? I'm interested in what that is like and how you made contact? Thank you very much for your videos!

[@jennytimelord9689]

I'm having trouble finding a real rue essential oil or extract 😐 I prefer to use essential oils in my practice or dried herbs, never really got into waters because often I can make my own oils and waters with less packaging by utilizing essential oil! Would love to know where you got your tiny bottle of rue I really want a rose of Jericho but they are toxic to cats and my cat loves to snack on plants! Can you keep it in a terrarium or does it need ventilation? I used to use a natural eye drop until I realized belladonna is poisonous (main ingredient). Worked great for allergy eyes 🤷‍♀️ but uesh be careful with "natural" eyedrops Final edit: WHY are you so. Damn. Cute. 🥺

[@blueconlan9180]

Where is the abortion info? I’m not seeing it in the video notes? Also which shop did you get the hand cream from? Thank you for the video.

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

Just added it!

[@RachaelTheFirboldDruid]

What happened to your Run Devil Run video?

[@riverwillis2741]

i work heavily with lavender and she is mmmmm y e s

[@jupesontherun]

damn these plants support me being gay??? good for them,,, Good For Them,,,

[@lily.thewitchshouse]

could you tell us more about your research process?

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

Yes! I planned on filming this video this week.

[@devynlawson9091]

I have a huge question are we allowed to practice during our ‘time of the month’ I’ve always been told no but I some how feel like it’s wrong.

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

I would say it's up to your personal beliefs and opinions. I've always *always* practiced during my time of the month - whether it's spells, meditation, channeling, etc. I often feel like I'm more in touch with my goddess (Diana) when my cycle comes. I don't necessarily treat it as more important than other times in my body, but I don't go out of my way to *not* practice during the period.

[@devynlawson9091]

@@ChaoticWitchAunt I’m so glade you have told me this my mom is also a witch and she told me I can get cursed during my period but one time I did it without her knowledge and found 100$ in a bush the next day I’m not saying it was good luck but I had did a money spell on my period just to test the water and when I found the money I started to question why she told me

[@kirstencorby8465]

Tell us how you "build a relationship" with a plant ally. I can hardly imagine. I have a black thumb. But I don't feel like you can be a real witch without some knowledge of herbs.

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

I have a video on working with plant/animal allies that I believe has been posted!

[@kirstencorby8465]

@@ChaoticWitchAunt Okay, thanks, Frankie, I will look for it.

[@voltinator]

They're made from roots. So are any good for hair growth?

[@jennytimelord9689]

I don't know but I use rosemary essential oil for hair growth. You can do up to 6-8 drops in your shampoo but I prefer to make up equal parts tea tree, cedarwood atlas, lavender, and rosemary. Works great if used at least 2 times a week (every time you wash) - so I just mix it up and keep it in a really tiny dropper bottle in my bathtub. The smaller the bottle, the less likely to break when you drop it 🤣

[@StElla-cs4dh]

Vetiver.....

[@naniaunruh1312]

Algorithm comment!!!!

[@lisetteem3054]

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[@naniaunruh1312]

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