wortcunning: The knowledgeable use, in witchcraft or Wicca, of magical and secret healing properties of herbs. (The word wort means plant.)

According to Wiccan theory, the phase and zodiacal position of the moon are extremely important considerations in the planting of herbs.

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Baresma (Zend). A plant used by Mobeds (Parsi priests) in the fire- temples, wherein consecrated bundles of it are kept.

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Acacia (Ancient Greek). Innocence; and also a plant used in Freemasonry as a symbol of initiation, immortality, and purity; the tree furnished the sacred Shittim wood of the Hebrews.

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Uttanapad (Sanskrit) [from uttana stretched out + pad foot, progression, permeation]

Often signifies vegetation, the whole range of upward-germinating plants.

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Lotus, Lord of the. A title applied to the various creative gods, as also to the Lords of the Universe of which this plant is the symbol. ("See Lotus".)

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SOMA

The ancient Hindu drink of the Gods made of the climbing plant known as sarcostema viminalis or asclepias acida found in the mountains of Indo-Irania.

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NATURAL FIBER: in reference to clothes, bags, etc; these would be cotton, linen (from flax plant), silk & wool.

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DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES - theory that flowers, herbs, plants and other living things have a unique quality, vibration or signature: e.g. love for a rose. (NAD)

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A brew which is made from the vine Banisteriopsis Caapi. Sections of this vine are boiled with the leaves of a number of other plants, and drinking the brew produces a hallucinogenic effort.

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The notion that all things in the world have a spiritual essence or spirit, including all animals, plants, landforms, bodies of water, and elements.

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HAOMA

Ancient Persian divinity choosing to manifest as a sacred (psychedelic?) plant (similar to, if not the same as) the Hindu soma. Mixed with milk and water it conferred immortality.

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Kunja - a grove or bower; a natural shady retreat with sides and a roof formed mainly by trees and climbing plants.

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Tulasi - a sacred plant whose leaves and blossoms are used by Vaisnavas in the worship of Lord Krsna; a partial expansion of Vrnda-devi.

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atasi flower

linum usitatissimum, flax, a plant with lance-shaped leaves that produces pretty sky blue or violet-blue flowers each spring and summer.

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Flora: Healthful bacteria which are present in various parts of the body, list of plants of a particular place

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Integrative-Ayurvedic Aromatherapy: Combination of aromatherapy and Ayurveda. Its apparent principle is that the makeup of the human body and the physical and energetic matter of plants directly correlate.

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Tulsi:

Tul(a)si: A sacred plant dear to Lord Krishna and worhiped by His devotees. Tulsi is a sacred plant and is worshiped by many Hindus. Many Vishnu temples have a tulsi garden. When food is offered to Lord Vishnu or Krishna, tulsi leaves are put on each preparation offered. Indians generally keep a tulsi tree in front of their house, towards the south-east corner of their house.

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Diktamnon or Diktamnos (Greek) (from diktyon a hunting-net from dikein to throw, caste)

A plant growing in abundance in Greece on Mounts Ida and Dicte, celebrated in classical antiquity for its sedative properties and for its marvelous healing power for wounds. Now applied botanically to Fraxinella, a different plant. The word is connected with Dictynna or Diktynna, an epithet of the lunar Artemis (IU 1:264).

See also DICTYNRA

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Jangama (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root gam to go, move)

Goers, movers; living entities which are self-moving, such as beasts and human beings. Used in contrast with sthavara (fixtures), beings not able to move at will, such as the minerals and plants.

As an adjective, movable or locomotive.

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Psychedelic:

Literally 'revealing mind'. A class of plants and drugs (e.g., peyote, psilocybin, LSD) that can produce florid ASCs. Psychic: A person who exhibits Psi ability (also used as an adjective).

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Avadhuta (Sanskrit) (from ava-dhu to shake off)

Shaken off, dispelled, rejected, as applied to evil spirits or enemies; also applied to plants shaken by the wind. As a noun, one who has shaken off himself worldly feeling and shackling ties. Also one of the six degrees or stages of asceticism.

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Metempsychosis. The progress of the soul from one stage of existence to another. Symbolized as and vulgarly believed to be rebirths in animal bodies. A term generally misunderstood by every class of European and American society, including many scientists. Metempsychosis should apply to animals alone. The kabalistic axiom, "A stone becomes a plant, a plant an animal, an animal a man, a man a spirit, and a spirit a god", receives an explanation in Manu’s Manava-Dharma-Shastra and other Brahmanical books.

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