Herb Blends I Use In Offerings

[Hitthuginn]

Figured it would be worth sharing "recipes" for herb blends that I use as dry offerings in my keep! All herbs are ground in a mortar and pestle and offered on a platter to the spirit or immortal. I usually acquire my herbs at a local magick shop which has a nice selection available

Fria's Delight
Used for feminine immortals
- 4 parts rose petals
- 3 parts damiana
- 2 parts peppermint
- 1 part lavender

Faery Food
Used for faeries
- 2 parts rose
- 2 parts raspberry or strawberry leaves
- 1 part mistletoe
- 1 part bay leaves or moss

Noble Kingdom
Loved by my camelot faery
- 2 parts rosemary
- 1 part thyme
- 1 part mistletoe
- 1 part cloves

Seductive Djinn
Used for lover spirits
- 2 parts lavender
- 2 parts damiana
- 1 part rose

Forest Gaze
Used for my elves and spirits with strong earthen association
- 4 parts lemongrass
- 2 parts chamomile
- 1 part peppercorns

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Does anyone else here use ground herbs in offerings, and what blends have you experimented with for such purposes?

[Riswan]

Interesting, thanks for sharing. I have not used herbs as offering.

[Seraphina Beryl]

I love working with herbs and resins. My favorite shop has walls filled floor to ceiling of so many kinds. I've made a lot of different blends but mostly from guidance of my companions.
The current blend I am working with was given to me by my ancestors and used for lucid dreams and astral traveling. It's super potent and also protects at the same time. I pour it into offering bowls to my ancestors.

Nymphaea caerulea
Artemisia Vulgaris
Santalum
Origanum
Dictamnus
Achillea Millefolium
Bergamot 2 drops oil dropped onto a piece of raw sandalwood.
I put it in a lace pouch with an apophylite and hold it while meditating or sleeping. My companions have their own bag, but with a kyanite crystal instead. Their bowls have some as well.

I also have a separate pouch with a blend of benzoin resin, Frank and myrhh resin, strawberry pieces and dragons blood resin that my dragons like. It gets placed on a hot coat for offerings.

My fairies have various likes. But the most popular blend they enjoy is a mix of blue cornflower, fennel, Spanish moss, and a tiny bit of honey amber. No burning just offering in a small dish next to honey.

I won't wordwall you with all my blends lol but those are the most loved so far. We always making new ones with different blends.

[Hitthuginn]

Awesome blends Seraphina! I'm happy to be wordwalled about yours; this is the place I wanted to hear about herb blends after all. I need to start using herbs in spellwork as well.

[mcm442]

I was going to make a snarky remark about 'herb blends' we just bought on the Indian reservation--then I looked some of these things up...

Don't... don't light those offerings...

The only thing legit I have to add is for elementals, (air, water) the blends are best served in a bowl of steaming hot water--makes the house smell nice too.

Currently use lavender and blue lotus--but I just ordered jasmine to add. This is a 'keep-wide' / wife appreciated aroma.

[Adair]

Fantastic use of dry herbs, and I love your recipes!

[Umbra_Arcana]

Nice blends @Hitthuginn

I don't remember anything off the top of my head...and I am rubbish at writing things down, but I blend my own loose incenses. I've not done any for a while because I can't burn anything on charcoal in my current home. If I do it will set off all the fire alarms off in this flat and I do not want to annoy my landlord.... I just about get away with burning candles in jars and stick incense (when the window is wide open)

Looking through my herb and resin jars, I use dried juniper berries, red sandalwood, mugwort, chamomile, rose petals, garden sage, and lavender the most.

At the moment, there are a few in my keep that are enjoying sampling my extensive tea collection, especially the more unusual Chinese and Japanese teas.

[Adair]

@Hitthuginn gave my Djinn an offering of rose petals and lavender oil - PHEW! It was a hit

[SilverCross]

Thank you so much for this list! I definitely want to incorporate herbs into offerings!

Now for finding a good supplier of herbs haha. Im thinking online maybe.

[Umbra_Arcana]

Thank you so much for this list! I definitely want to incorporate herbs into offerings!

Now for finding a good supplier of herbs haha. Im thinking online maybe.

I would always recommend trying to grow your own if it's at all possible.

Many culinary herbs which also have magical uses will grow quite happily in pots on a kitchen windowsill. I've got mint, parsley, dill, coriander, oregano, and rosemary growing in pots on mine.