HoodooQ

The beautiful, sea-blue stone known as aquamarine is an ancient talisman of those devoted to the sea. As I am thoroughly missing the blue ...

The herb known as Grains of Paradise is extremely versatile. Used in hoodoo, Voudon, and Wicca for everything from getting a job to protec...

The herb known as fumitory or earth smoke is most commonly used in modern Wicca and hoodoo as a money-drawing incense. It has a long histo...

Amber, as Scott Cunningham notes in his Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic , is quite possibly the oldest form of adornment in...

Lots of things going on here at chez Pauline so, rather than skip another post, here is some herbal advice from the archives. Enjoy! Net...

The ash tree is a long-standing staple in European folk healing, magick and Wicca. Some of those teachings have rubbed off on hoodoo as we...

We're having a troublesome day here at chez Pauline. It is time to say good-bye to our very old and very sick Saint Bernard, Thor. The...

This time of year there is a lot of talk about peace. Peace on Earth, wishes of peace and, of course, peace in the home. One can imagine a...

Pomegranates are often referred to as a "winter fruit." Nicely wrapped boxes of these beautiful, dusky orbs are often available ...

The weed commonly known in the Americas as boneset has a number of uses and is very popular in those two curiously North American magickal...

The bush known by that curiously magickal name - witch hazel - is quite literally a weed in some climates. During elementary school, when ...

Onions, those common garden vegetables that are a base for so many delicious recipes, are also a well thought of magickal herb. The white ...

Spanish moss which trails in otherworldly tendrils from trees, homes and pretty much anything it can establish itself on in sub-tropical c...

I talked a little bit about sailors' use of tobacco at sea today over at Triple P, so I thought I'd cross-pollinate and talk about...

We've got company coming to chez Pauline this evening so my time is not entirely my own. But I do have a quick herbal not that speaks ...

Today's is the 600th post here at HQ, an accomplishment I am personally quite proud of. So I thought, by way of celebration, I would w...

Though probably not technically an "herb", that's how we are going to treat kelp and that odd form of seaweed know as agar t...

Lemons are probably my favorite citrus fruit. When I was young, I remember eating lemon wedges like you would orange or grapefruit with se...

Galangal is a plant with large, tuberous roots and lacy flowers. It grows like a weed, which it technically is, in mild climates, and is a...

The herb known as Solomon's seal is, it probably goes without saying, named for the Biblical King Solomon. The seal part comes from an...