The term "love potion number nine" is thrown around a lot in our culture. There's even a song about it, I think. This fabled drink may actually have originated in hoodoo. Different root workers have different recipes for the love potion, which actually amounts to a simple tea made from nine different ingredients. The caveat with most of these mixtures is that rose petals, catnip and cinnamon must be used in the mixture.
Fresh or dried herbs work equally well so it is entirely up to the person making the tea which way they want to go. The idea of the tea is to draw love or, if it is shared with the loved one, strengthen the bond. Whether the loved one knows what the maker of the tea is up to is entirely open for discussion.
Here's my recipe for the fabled love potion:
A small piece of apple
A small piece of ginger
One rose petal and a pinch each of:
Catnip
Cinnamon
Dill
Rue
Sugar
Wrap all of these ingredients in a square of muslin and tie it up with a long piece of twine to form a teabag. Place your teabag in a cup and pour hot water over it. Add a drop of vanilla or whiskey (your choice, but not both). While you pray/infuse the tea with your intention, allow the mixture to steep for nine minutes.
Remove the teabag and drink the cup down, preferable in nine sips. You should continue to focus on your wish for love while you drink. Dispose of your teabag as you will need to make a new one the next day.
Repeat this ritual nine days/nights in a row, if possible at around the same time each day. Toujours l'amour ~
Header: Evangeline by Christian Schussele via American Gallery
2 comments:
"I just want to love and be loved!", Pauline...
The song "Love Potion No. 9" is a song written in 1959 by Leiber and Stoller Who wrote a lot of Elvis presley's hits in the 50's , amoung others). It was originally performed by The Clovers,who took it to #23 on the US charts that year.
The song describes a man seeking help finding love, so he talks to a Gypsy, who determines through palm reading that he needs "love potion number 9". The potion causes him to fall in love with everything he sees, kissing whatever is in front of him, eventually kissing a cop on the corner, who breaks his bottle of love potion.
In an alternative version of the ending of the Clovers' song, they recorded the lyrics:
"I had so much fun, that I'm going back again,
I wonder what happens with Love Potion Number Ten?"
Hey, Timmy! Way to flesh that out. Well done, and thank you for adding so much to this post.
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