Chronata
keeping with the pungent-smelling herbs...
I love Juniper! there's that wonderful sweet piney scent, that just makes me think of camping, and communing with nature. It is outdoorsy,and relaxing for me...and I like to burn Juniper along with sage in smudges.
Juniper is one of those plants that it is difficult to find the essential oil for. I used to have a source, that has since gone out of business...and so now I hoard the little oil I have left!
I remember a time when Juniper berries were sold in jars along with other herbs and spices in the supermarket. I know my Grandma used to make a pork roast with juniper berries...and they taste so good! Like munching on sweet pine needles!
As far as magickal uses...Gerina Dunwich says that burning a juniper healing candle helps with Neuralgic pains, rhematism, and swellings.
And I know it's not just the ritual uses...It is safe to use Juniper tea as a cold compress to reduce swelling. And I bet it is used in herbal suppliments for the above mentioned things.
Juniper has been a fascination for me since I was small because it shows up in stories.
I had a tiny book called "Juniper" when I was a kid, about a lonely bunny named Juniper who liver inside a sugar egg.
And there's this wonderfully dark Brother's Grimm tale called "the Juniper Tree" about murder, rebirth, and justice. One of my secret favorite fairy tales because there is nothing fluffy about that story!
I have misplaced my book on planetary influences ans herbs, so I will do some more hunting.
Allrighty...your turn!
I love Juniper! there's that wonderful sweet piney scent, that just makes me think of camping, and communing with nature. It is outdoorsy,and relaxing for me...and I like to burn Juniper along with sage in smudges.
Juniper is one of those plants that it is difficult to find the essential oil for. I used to have a source, that has since gone out of business...and so now I hoard the little oil I have left!
I remember a time when Juniper berries were sold in jars along with other herbs and spices in the supermarket. I know my Grandma used to make a pork roast with juniper berries...and they taste so good! Like munching on sweet pine needles!
As far as magickal uses...Gerina Dunwich says that burning a juniper healing candle helps with Neuralgic pains, rhematism, and swellings.
And I know it's not just the ritual uses...It is safe to use Juniper tea as a cold compress to reduce swelling. And I bet it is used in herbal suppliments for the above mentioned things.
Juniper has been a fascination for me since I was small because it shows up in stories.
I had a tiny book called "Juniper" when I was a kid, about a lonely bunny named Juniper who liver inside a sugar egg.
And there's this wonderfully dark Brother's Grimm tale called "the Juniper Tree" about murder, rebirth, and justice. One of my secret favorite fairy tales because there is nothing fluffy about that story!
I have misplaced my book on planetary influences ans herbs, so I will do some more hunting.
Allrighty...your turn!