See Honey Part 1 ~ History
Gender: Feminine
Element: Fire
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Deities: Ra, Anubis, Osiris, Min, Zeus, Apollo, Demeter, Aphrodite, Melissa, the prophet Mohammad
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Natural pesticide?: No
Poisonous/ Toxic: No
Since the beginning of recorded history, honey has been known to have antiseptic properties. medicinal importance of honey has been documented in the world’s oldest medical literatures, and since the ancient times, it has been known to possess antimicrobial property as well as wound-healing activity. Frequent mention of honey in medicine was made by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Greeks, and Romans. It’s the only cure for some antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Holistic practitioners consider it one of nature’s best all-around remedies.
Honey lacks moisture and bacteria and microorganisms need moisture to survive. Simply put, the organisms that cause things to spoil thrive in water, so they aren’t able to grow in such a thirsty environment. It is also acidic. With an average pH level of 3.5—close to a lemon’s 2.5 pH—any bacteria that manage to grow in the sweet substance will have a hard time surviving in such acidity.
Honey comes in many varieties, depending on the floral source of pollen or nectar gathered and regurgitated by the honey bee upon arrival in the hive. Shop for honey and you’ll see that some are lighter, others are darker. In general, the darker the honey, the better its antibacterial and antioxidant power. there is a MAJOR difference between natural raw unpasteurized honey, and most store bought honey. Most commercial honey has no traces of pollen and lacks beneficial vitamins and enzymes among a host of other natural constituents which are removed due to pasteurization and processing.
Most golden honey you see at your local grocery is dead and far from the health promoting powerhouse of its raw unpasteurized counterpart. Processed honey is not honey at all, and if you desire any kind of health benefits, you should check the label to make sure it is not just high fructose corn syrup and that it is raw and unfiltered.
Phytonutrients are compounds found in plants that help protect the plant from harm. For example, some keep insects away or shield the plant from ultraviolet radiation. The phytonutrients in honey are responsible for its antioxidant properties, as well as its antibacterial and antifungal power. They’re also thought to be the reason raw honey has shown immune-boosting and anticancer benefits. Heavy processing destroys these valuable nutrients.
The medical grade honeys have potent in vitro bactericidal activity against antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing several life-threatening infections to humans. But, there is a large variation in the antimicrobial activity of some natural honeys, which is due to spatial and temporal variation in sources of nectar. Honey’s antibacterial effects were first demonstrated by the Dutch scientist Bernardus Adrianus van Ketel in 1892. Since then, numerous studies have shown that honey has broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, although potency varies widely between different honeys.
Ancient Egyptians found that honey could be used as a natural bandage, smothering it on their cuts, burns, and eyes to fight infection. Honey can actually help treat burns and wounds due to its antibacterial, anti-fungal, and general antiseptic nature. Preliminary evidence suggests that it aids in the healing of partial thickness burns 4–5 days faster than other dressings, and moderate evidence suggests that post-operative infections treated with honey heal faster and with fewer adverse events than with antiseptic and gauze. Use beeswax for burns and insect bites, including bee stings.
Witch Tip: When you find that a fever blister is about to emerge apply raw honey to the area several times a day and before bedtime.
Many suggest that when you move somewhere new, that you should start eating the local honey to help prevent or combat allergies. Some laboratory studies suggest honey has the potential to clear up stuffy noses and ease allergies triggered by pollen. But it’s a bit of a stretch to apply that to all allergies. most allergy sufferers are sensitive to wind-carried pollens like grass and ragweed — the kind not carried by bees and transformed into honey.
Honey is a great natural remedy for coughs and cold symptoms. If you’re suffering from a cold or something going on in the throat or upper airways, getting on board with honey syrup will help fight infection and soothe membranes. In a study that involved 139 children, honey beat out dextromethorphan (a cough suppressant) and diphenhydramine (an antihistamine) in easing nighttime cough in children and improving their sleep. Another study involving 105 children found that buckwheat honey trumped dextromethorphan, a common ingredient in over-the-counter cough medication, in suppressing nighttime coughs. It also works as a cough suppressant.
Witch Tip: How to make cough syrup. Just a few sips of this natural cough syrup will help to soothe a sore throat. The antibacterial properties of honey will help to fight off throat infections. To make a simple cough syrup: Pour 300ml of boiling water into a jug containing a sliced lemon and one tablespoon of organic honey. You may then choose to add an herb that is good at knocking out colds. You can use:
1. Sage- chopped fresh sage helps soothe an aching head.
2. Ginger- grated fresh ginger stimulates circulation
3. Thyme- a spoonful of chopped fresh thyme will fight infection.
Cool, strain, and take a 20ml spoonful 3 times a day.
Witch Tip: For colds/cough, take 1 tbsp honey in lukewarm water mixed with ¼ tsp cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. It is very helpful to cure most chronic coughs, colds, and clear the sinuses.
Even if honey is natural, it is no better than ordinary white or brown sugar for dieters or people with diabetes. A tablespoon of honey, in fact, has more carbohydrates and calories than granulated white or brown sugar. ‘a sugar is a sugar’ when it comes to diabetes. it’s a widespread myth that honey is better for diabetes. Some patients don’t classify honey as a sugar.
Witch Tip: To improve digestion, upon rising, add 1 tablespoon of honey to a 12 oz. glass of lukewarm water. Drink on an empty stomach.
Witch Tip: For bladder infections, take 2 tbsp of cinnamon powder and 1 tsp of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. This destroys the germs in the bladder.
According to research-based reviews on honey, it has been shown to decrease the severity and duration of diarrhea. Honey also promotes increased potassium and water intake, which is particularly helpful when experiencing diarrhea. Research that took place in Lagos, Nigeria suggests that honey has also shown the ability to block the actions of pathogens that commonly cause diarrhea.
Honey will help in muscle building; a teaspoon of raw organic honey after a workout can induce an insulin spike, allowing your muscles to get the most out of the workout. It can be used as a weight loss aid. Honey can cause changes to the metabolism that will help curb sugar cravings. Honey is also an excellent hangover remedy. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and could potentially save one from a heart attack.
With Tip: To aid in weight loss, Drink a cup of honey tea daily. Add:
1 Cup hot water
1 tbsp organic raw honey
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon
Drink this once daily.
OR
1 cup hot water
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp organic raw honey
Drink in the morning on an empty stomach
OR
1 Cup hot water
1 tsp cinnamon
1tbsp organic raw honey
Drink ½ cup in the morning on an empty stomach and ½ cup 45 minutes to an hour after dinner.
Witch Tip: For heart disease, make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder. Put it on toast instead of using jam or butter and eat it regularly for breakfast.
Witch Tip: Honey boosts energy levels, without the insulin surge caused by white sugar.
It is also good for helping with insomnia and promotes relaxation.
Witch Tip: Honey can also help you go to sleep. One or two teaspoons before bed can help you drift off into dreamland.
The secret behind honey’s eternal shelf life is a range of factors. Hydrogen peroxide, acidity and lack of water work together to make this sticky substance last forever.
Bee Symbolism: Productivity, Strong work ethic, peace, community, togetherness, success, overcoming difficulties, providence, sweetness, protection, defense.
Honey Properties: Good fortune, love, fertility, ancestor worship, purification, romance, happiness, success, beauty, healing.
Honey, and beeswax, as well as bees themselves are possibly one of the oldest magical ingredients, used across the globe. Keep some on your altar to remind you that amongst the seemingly overwhelming bitterness of everyday life, that sweetness can be found.
Traditionally, honey jars have been used to promote and invoke kindness, joy, love, good will, and harmony. Though you can use these for many things, a popular choice is to envision yourself as the jar and fill it up so that it may bring your kindness, patience, and love to others. But you can also gift them to couples, bring money to yourself, etc. Put one on your altar or in your kitchen.
Witch Tip: Another method can be to write your intention on a piece of paper. Drop it into the jar and add your herbs and any curios you want. Smother the items in honey and then seal the jar. seal the jar with a white candle and set a tea light on top to burn whenever you want to really amp up the spell inside. Honey jars are meant to be prayed over and worked with daily to make the magic begin and last. You may wish to keep your honey jar on your altar or working space so that you can keep an eye on the candle and pray over it whenever you see fit to do so.
Honey can be used in spells for community and communication, as well as abundance and prosperity. Honey can be used to represent wisdom, because gathering honey from hives can be difficult and painful if done incorrectly so it became a metaphor for obtaining knowledge through pain.
Honey is an appropriate offering for a myriad of ancient gods and spirits. Poured into the ocean and river as an offering to sea and river goddesses like Oshun and Yemaya. Kept on the altar as a link to ancient bee priestesses and honeybee spirit guides. Honey left on outside altars to attract faeries and is used to summon angels and light beings.
It was widely believed in Ancient Egypt that if a witch or a wizard made a beeswax figure of a man and injured or destroyed it, the man himself would suffer or die. In a ceremonial offering known as the “Opening of the Mouth”, priests used special instruments to place honey into the mouth of a statue of a god, or the statue or mummy of a king or other great noble. Certain lines in ancient rituals indicate that the Egyptians may have even believed that the soul of a man (his “ka”, or double; the part which continues after death) took the form of a bee. Another ritual from the Book of “Am-Tuat”, or “the Otherworld”, compares the voices of souls to the hum of bees.
In some forms of Hoodoo and folk magic, honey is used to sweeten someone’s feelings towards you. honey jars are a good way to get started with folk magic. These jars are also known as “sweetening jars,” and can actually contain almost any kind of pure sweetener, such as brown or white sugar, molasses, or syrup. You can make jars for each person you want to sweeten if you’re working more elaborate spells on them, or keep one jar with lots of names in it for general sweetening. You can also make vinegar or “souring” jars, which is a form of hexing. In one traditional spell, honey is poured into a jar or saucer on top of a slip of paper containing the person’s name. A candle is placed in the saucer and burned until it goes out on its own. In another variation, the candle itself is dressed with honey. The sweetening element doesn’t necessarily have to be honey.
Witch Tip: How to Make Your Honey Jar: Gather all your supplies. Cleanse your space and supplies with smudge smoke (or your preferred cleansing method). Write your petition on your piece of parchment. If you’re trying to draw something to you, fold the paper towards you (i.e. money, love, etc.) Speak your intention upon each ingredient and place each in the jar. Lastly pour the honey over all of the ingredients. As you do this, pray to your gods/ancestors/guides for your petition to be sweetened and kept flowing, etc. Visualize your intention coming true. Gently shake your honey jar while praying and visualizing further. Last, speak your intentions/prayers over the tealight candle, light it and place it on top of the honey jar. Let it burn down while praying more. Set the honey jar on your altar or somewhere you’ll see it daily. This is an ongoing working for as long as you need the intention to manifest/continue. Shake the jar gently while praying daily. Burn a tealight daily for 3, 7, or 9 days total to feed the jar’s intentions.
Honey, because of its sticky properties, can be used in magic to hold two things together. Some magical traditions use honey to bind a couple that has a shaky relationship. If you want to do a honey binding on a couple – or even on two friends who are struggling with their friendship – you can use poppets with a layer of honey between them, and then wrapped with a cord. Because honey does not solidify, you can always separate the two poppets later with minimal disruption.
If you do any kitchen magic, honey can come in very handy. Use it in dishes to bring about sweetness, fertility, or prosperity. You can even use honey in rituals as an offering to deity–many goddesses and gods seem to appreciate it.
Healing and cleansing rituals include honey. You can also use a blend of milk and honey to asperge a sacred space if you’re holding ritual outdoors. Add a spoon of honey to a sweetening or cleansing bath ritual to cleanse and sweeten your aura or in a bath scrub for a ritual bath prior to working for love or romance, or anoint a candle with it when you’re doing candle magic.
Include it in spellwork for bringing and keeping two things together. Drip small drops of honey onto or around candles for love and prosperity spells
Take a dose of honey regularly to balance the sacral chakra and fertility. Anoint your third eye with magical honey to dream of your future love.
Some people enjoy infusing herbs and flowers directly into the honey itself. Depending on the herb or flower infused, it will alter the honey magic properties and can be further used for those purposes.
Honey is a diverse magical ingredient which can be used in many spells and will enhance the results. An interesting lore suggests that certain types of honey possess magnified abilities when incorporated in related spells. A Witch can use a certain type of Magic to empower their power, another type to call for love, and another one to banish and protect.
There are many ways to use honey in Magic. There are going to follow several spells using honey. For starters you can use honey to attract what you wish. Angels may be summoned by offering them Honey. Do you want to ask from an Angel to bless you with magical powers? Offer them Lavender Honey. Do you need them to aid you for protection and banishing? Offer them Thyme Honey. Do you need to feel happy and blessed again? Offer them Flower Honey.
Lavender honey: has honey magic properties of relaxation, love, beauty and purification. Lavender honey is the honey of magic. This type of Honey is believed to be extra potent when used in Magic and spells. It is considered a powerful instrument of the Witches and it is also believed to grant Magical Powers to the one who ingests it regularly.
Directions: Add lavender buds to a sterile jar. Drizzle honey over the lavender until fully submerged. Stir the lavender gently as you meditate on your intent. Store in a cupboard and take a spoon daily. Or you can put the honey in a boil safe jar. Place the jar into a pot of hot water that is not boiling. Don’t let the honey boil. Add the lavender and let it heat for a while as you think of your intentions. Once done, take the jar out and store it. Store in the cupboard, take a spoonful daily. For the each subsequent recipe, follow the directions of the lavender honey, but change the lavender for a different ingredient if you are making any of the other infusions.
Lemon balm infused honey: soothes nerves and anxiety and aids in falling asleep; also invokes joy
Rosemary honey: the honey of Love and Beauty. purification, money, love, healing, mental clarity, beauty, prophecy. Rosemary Honey is extra potent when dealing with Beauty and Love spells. Rosemary honey can also be used in healing spells but mostly to heal our inner selves. What causes all this trouble in my life? Rituals employing prophetic dreams and self-healing could be more effective with use of Rosemary Honey.
Mint honey: money, prosperity, cleansing, and love properties; plus mint aids digestion
Thyme honey: the Honey of Courage. Popular in the Mediterranean countries, it is considered to give courage and build self-confidence. Eating Honey from Thyme help us cleanse ourselves from jinxes and strengthens our aura against malevolent attacks. It is also the PERFECT offering for attracting the faery folk to your garden! Thyme is a favorite of fairies as well as honey. Use for protection, confidence, and cleansing.
Rose honey: love, healing, protection, long life
Pine Honey: the honey of Protection. protection, rejuvenation. Pine Honey is a very popular honey all over the World. Pine honey should be used by anyone who feels his or her energy at low levels. Pine’s magic is intense and used for rejuvenation. Moreover Pine will help you not only recharge your “batteries” but also protect you from anyone who wants to vampirize on your powers. Pine Honey should be used when we feel we are under demonic or other psychic attack.
Flower Honey: the honey of Happiness. beauty, love, happiness. Flower honey is honey produced by bees that pollinate the wild fields. In facts it uses any flower available thus Flower Honey is drenched with the power of Spring. Flower honey is perfect when Spring is what need to “happen” in your life. Flower honey helps us get in touch with beauty, love and the child in us! Use Flower Honey in spells for Love, Friendship and Happiness.
Eucalyptus Honey: the honey of Uncrossing. protection, uncrossing, healing. Eucalyptus honey is not that common. However, if found it would be an excellent tool for Healing and Uncrossing spells. It is more powerful than Thyme honey in uncrossing rituals & Pine honey in healing rituals. However, use Pine honey when you are under attack and Thyme honey for general protection. In healing spells start with Pine Honey (if your “energy” hits critical levels) and continue with Eucalyptus as it’s milder but more effective in long-term use.
Sage Honey: healing, protection, soothing
Acacia Honey: the honey of Vital Energy. Acacia’s powers are passing into this Honey and allegedly helps banish insomnia and nightmares as it stops all evil influences. Ingesting Acacia’s honey is believed to restore your Vital Energy which was drained by the Evil Eye or Malevolent attacks.
Manuka Honey: the honey of Healing. It is produced in New Zealand by bees that pollinate the Manuka bush and is considered one of the most unique and beneficial forms of honey in the world. Manuka Honey is used in healing spells of the Maori tribe. You can try to dedicate some Manuka honey to the spirits and angels of Healing.
Many herbs and plants can be dangerous in high doses, such as eucalyptus, do your research before making any infusions especially if taking internally or every day. All infusions can be used in spell work if you prefer not to ingest. Infusions can also be gifted to deities as well and will always be accepted
How can I help save the bees?
DON’T use pesticides in your lawn or garden and encourage your friends, family and neighbors to do the same.
Plant NATIVE flowers, trees, and shrubs. Native flowers and plants aid your local honeybee and other pollinator populations by providing a natural nectar source.
Put a bee bath in your garden for the bees to bathe and drink.
Support your local organic beekeepers, farmers and gardeners in their efforts to save the honeybees.
Instead of having a honeybee hive destroyed – have someone come out and remove it and re-locate it.
Stop cutting down trees that don’t need to be cut down! Bees and other pollinators and wild life need trees too!
Learn more about how to save the bees here!
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