The Big Little Book of Magick

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YARROW Courage; exorcism; strengthens the psychic.


YLANG YLANG This is an oil of love and harmony.


Flowers

Flowers have been used as offerings to deities and
placed at gravesites for millennia, in a wide variety of
cultures. In Rome, when the Lares, or property
guardians, were honored in early December, flowers
were placed at all the boundary stones on a piece of
property. Certain flowers have long been associated with
particular qualities and spiritual meanings. During the
Victorian era, the meanings of flowers changed from
spiritual to romantic symbols. Flower meanings became
a secret code of love, a means of sending nonverbal
messages. Many flowers are also considered to be
magickal herbs, you can use a flower's symbolism to
enhance your altars.


Dreams of flowers in general can mean several things.
To dream of gathering flowers means a delightful
surprise is coming your way. A basket of flowers
portends a wedding or birth, while a wreath of flowers
represents a new love. A garden symbolizes spiritual
blessing. To smell flowers in a dream is a sign you
should grasp an opportunity that will soon present itself.


ALYSSUM This flower symbolizes sweet virtue.


ANEMONE Also known as the windflower from the Greek
anemos (wind), tradition says that Aphrodite created the
blossom in remembrance of her lover Adonis. The
Greeks associated it with Zephyr, god of the west wind,
while the Christians believed it sprang up at the foot of

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