The magical use of Angelica Root in Hoodoo

The use of Angelica root can differ slightly between hoodoo and witchcraft practices, as these are distinct magical traditions with their own unique customs and beliefs.

Here are some general differences in how Angelica root may be used:

1. Hoodoo: In hoodoo, Angelica root is often considered a powerful protective herb used for warding off evil, hexes, and negative energies. It is frequently used in mojo bags, spiritual baths, and floor washes to provide a shield of defense. It is also believed to have the ability to break curses and promote good luck. Hoodoo practitioners may incorporate Angelica root in their spellwork for these specific purposes.
2. Witchcraft: In witchcraft, including various traditions such as Wicca, Angelica root is valued for its purifying and psychic-enhancing properties. It is often used in rituals and spells related to divination, spirit communication, and psychic abilities. Witchcraft practitioners may work with Angelica root to enhance their intuition, promote spiritual growth, and connect with the spirit realm.

While these are general differences, it’s important to note that magical practices can vary significantly among individuals and specific magical traditions. The use of Angelica root may also overlap in certain aspects or be adapted based on personal preferences and beliefs within these magical systems.

Always research and understand the specific practices within the tradition you follow or consult experienced practitioners for guidance.

How do you use Angelica root in conjure magic and southern root work?

Angelica root is a widely used herb in conjure magic and southern root work due to its protective and purifying properties. Here’s a general guide on how to use Angelica root in your practices:

1. 1. Cleansing and Purification: Burn dried Angelica root as incense or use it in herbal baths to cleanse yourself or your space of negative energies.
   2. Protection: Carry a small piece of Angelica root in a mojo bag or place it under your pillow for protection against evil spirits or hexes. Another spirit often petitioned for protection is the Archangel Michael, especially in conjunction with Angelica root or Grains of Paradise.
   3. Warding off Evil: Create a protective boundary by burying Angelica root around your property or placing it in a small pouch near your entrance.
   4. Enhancing Psychic Abilities: Angelica root is believed to enhance intuition and psychic abilities. Use it in spiritual baths or carry it during divination practices.
   5. Breaking Curses: Some believe that Angelica root has the power to break curses. Utilize it in rituals or baths aimed at removing negative influences from your life.
   6. For luck, place in small green pouch (or wrap in green fabric) and carry in your pocket.
   7. Sprinkle in each of the four corners of the house for protection against negativity.
   8. To promote healing, burn on charcoal alone or with other healing herbs such as sandalwood, elder, frankincense, myrrh, vervain or yerba santa.

Angelica Root in a Nutshell…..

Very powerful protection herb – protects against negative energy and attracts positive energy; creates a barrier against negative energy. Use in healing & exorcism incenses; scatter for purification, protection, and uncrossing. Add to incense to promote healing or to the bath to remove curses, hexes, or spells. Also thought to promote temperance. Sprinkle ground herb in the shoes to prevent tiredness and weakness. Sprinkle around the outside perimeter of the home for protection and exorcism. Burn to bring a lost love back to you.

Uses in Witchcraft & Magic:

1. 1. • Creativity
      • Venus Herb

Folk Names:

1. 1. • • Angel Food
        • Archangel
        • Garden Angelica
        • Masterwort
        • Root of the Holy Ghost

Magickal Uses:

Angelica (Angelica archangelica) is known in magickal herbalism as a powerful guardian and healer. It is said to banish negativity and attract positive energy. Angelica grows in tall, blossoming stalks—but typically only the root portion is used

in spellwork. It is said to enhance female power, protect children, ward off evil, and improve health and family matters.

Angelica means angelic and in the places where it grows, it has been revered as a special plant. In Scandanavia, it was used as a shamanic medicine by the indigenous Sami people. In the U.S., various varieties of Angelica were used in rituals and ceremonies by Native American tribes. The Iroquois brewed Angelica root into a tea and sprinkled it about their homes to quiet “rattling” ghosts.

Angelica’s magickal virtues are linked to its robust stature, pleasant aroma, and association with the Archangel Michael. Legend has it that the angel appeared in a dream to a monk, showing him the herb that could cure the plague in Europe. Traditionally, Angelica blooms on the feast of the Apparition of the Archangel Michael, May 8.

Ruled by the Sun and associated with Venus, Angelica is most often used in spells for protection and exorcism. It can be grown in the garden as a protection. Carry the root with you as an amulet. Burn the dried leaves in exorcism rituals.

Burn the powdered root when you want to invoke angels. Because Angelica is a healing herb, you can mix it in bathwater to promote good health. it also removes hexes. Sprinkle around the house to ward off evil or dry dust your body to remove a curse. It is an ingredient in a Hoodoo working known as the Fiery Wall of Protection.

Angelica is also considered lucky, so rub the root between your palms when you gamble or pick your lottery numbers.

1. 1. • • Carry a piece of Angelica root to bring strength and ward off hexes.
        • Put the root in a white mojo bag for protection, or a yellow one for courage.
        • Add the dried root to incenses, floor washes, and baths to break jinxes and purify the home.
        • Use Angelica to consecrate amulets of Archangel Michael and all Solar charms.

Angelica is associated with personal courage, when that courage is based in moral uprightness. Angelica is said to bring blessings of emotional temperance and harmonious home life.

Folklore:

It is the date of the blooming that has been regarded as the source of the plant’s name. The day of Michael the Archangel used to be May 8, and Angelica blooms on that date, hence Angelica archangelica. There is more of Angelica in the folklore, such as the legend that an archangel revealed in a vision that Angelica would cure the plague. In time, Angelica came to be regarded as a simply angelic plant, and was known widely as “The Root of the Holy Ghost.”

The history of Angelica is rooted in prehistoric times and even the passage of centuries couldn’t shake the associations between Angelica and pagan beliefs from the Christian mind. It is altogether possible that the plant acquired its angelic stature in the folklore because of the pagan regard for the plant as an infallible guard against witches and evil spirits, and their spells and enchantments.

Peasants tied Angelica leaves around the necks of their children to protect them from harm, and even the name, when invoked, was supposed to be helpful in a jam.

It is alleged that it is the custom in the lake district of what was once Latvia for country peasants to take part in an annual procession, carrying Angelica stems to sell in the towns. Part of the procession is the chanting of a chorus with words so old that no one knows what they mean. This ritual was an early-summer custom and the words of the chorus have been passed from generation to generation.

Mexicans say that if a girl or young woman has been badly frightened, she should carry a whole Angelica root in a white bag. If she was frightened by a man, add a holy card of the Archangel Michael.

Metaphysical Meanings

1. 1. • • Magnifies: Divine support, wisdom + deeper meaning
        • Dissolves: Apathy, lack of connection, superficiality, surface level perspective

If you are attracted to Angelica, you may be interested in distilling a deeper meaning from everything in life. You may feel tired of things that feel flat or superficial, yearning for a deeper authentic connection to people and a truer intimacy in relationships.

Sometimes we feel safer staying on the surface level in our conversations and experiences. Other times we feel a sense of apathy, disengagement, or worry that there is no greater meaning to the occurrences in our lives. We may fight what happens to us, try to control it or feel hopeless vs. trusting in the wisdom of life.

Angelica magnifies our everyday experience of interconnectedness and deeper meaning woven throughout everything that happens in our lives. It enhances our awareness of benevolent unseen forces and angelic or protective support. It opens up a visceral sense of magic and synchronicity, and a feeling of being fortunate, lucky and grateful. Everything around us feels whimsical and rich with meaning.

We can relinquish control and allow ourselves to trust in the way life unfolds. We have a sense that we are connected to everything and that there is divine support in all our endeavors. We experience a knowingness that we are supported by divine or beneficial good forces and we can ask for assistance or have a relationship with them.

It’s easily found on Amazon, and as I use so much of it, I like to buy in 1-pound bulk bags, which is the best and most affordable way to buy this product. Note that you will be able to use Angelica for multiple purposes and include the elements of witchcraft when you’re baking breads or making a tea with this product.

1. 1. • • USES: The dried, ground root imparts an earthier flavor and can be used in baking breads, cakes, muffins and cookies. It can be combined with licorice root or other herbs in tea blends.
        • FLAVOR: Warm and sweet, similar to carrot or celery with a slight hint of licorice

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