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arbutuswitch:

I do. I use my own homemade Saint John’s Wort oil for basically everything, all forms of anointing, drawing sigils, protection, banishing and exorcising. I actually don’t utilize any other oils. It’s the plant I’ve been using the longest in my practice and it’s definitely one of my most used. It grows wild where I live and I gather it around midsummer, as is tradition.

Above everything, Saint John’s Wort is a protection herb, sacred to the sun and the summer months. It’ll keep bad things away. Medieval Christians considered it sacred to Saint John since it bloomed near his feast day (hence, obviously, the name) and the red oil it produces has historically been called “the blood of Christ”. Imbued with these properties, it was believed to repel all sorts of evil and malicious spirits, the evil eye, curses and so on. I have satchels of it hanging over my doors and windows and occasionally add it to banishing incenses or sprinkle dried leaves over food. It’s definitely one of my favourite plants in witchcraft.