Artemisia Vulgaris also known as Mugwort is green with purplish stems growing as big as six feet tall or as small as three feet. Mugwort has grayish feather like leaves and can appear as quite bushy.
This plant tends to grow in sunny spots among weeds or in places where soil has been turned over. Mugwort blooms from July to September and is native to Asia and Europe.
When harvesting and preserving Mugwort it is best to hang some upside down in a shady place to dry right before the plant has gone to flower.
Mugwort is great to use in wreath making or for garlands to hang around your home as a symbol of protection keeping unwanted energies at a distance and can be used as kindling in a fire during a midsummer night to provide protection throughout the year; also to help repel insects. Mugwort works well as an infusion for an all purpose house cleaner or to clean divination tools and its stems can provide as magic wands.
It was used to flavor beer before hops and is known for having a pungent taste profile but works exceptionally well to season meat, fish or game and is commonly used in Asian rice cakes and was used to season geese in Germany as a Christmas tradition.
The first time I encountered Mugwort I was working for a friend in his retail store and a woman came in carrying an arm full of bundles she just wrapped. She excitedly gave me one and suggested I smoke it or make tea to enhance my dreams. That evening my sister, best friend and I rolled some in a joint and delighted in the flavorful smoke medicine of Mugwort. While in my sleep state shortly after I experienced one of the most beautiful dream visions I will always remember.
In my dream I was lucid and in control, unlike most dream experiences I was having at the time. This dream led me to the ocean cloaked in the darkness of night where suddenly before me an orange moon. Bright and brilliant like I had never seen before. The vibrancy and feel of the moon along with my connection to my surroundings was breathtaking, three dimensional and psychedelic. The moon was gargantuan. The largest I had ever seen and it seemed so much closer than ever before, almost within reach. I felt a surge of peace cascade over me as I basked in the orange glow.
The dream seemed profound but simpler than I had expected from what was communicated to me about the intensity of lucidity and psychedelia that occurred for the women that had originally gifted me the bundle. Yet, when I did some research on Mugwort I came to discover just how magical this plant truly is. It is known to create multi dimensional states of consciousness, induce prophetic dreams and allow your mind to receive divine messages.
Not only was the dream I had higher dimensional and profound but Mugwort for ages has been associated with the Goddess Hecate, commonly known as the Goddess of the Moon. Hecate is a goddess of Greek mythology who was capable of both good and evil. She was especially associated with witchcraft, doorways, and creatures of the night such as hell-hounds and ghosts. Mugwort has also been associated with High Priestess and Goddess of wild animals and the hunt Diana known to the Romans as Goddess Artemis daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo as she who gives life or death to women during labor. The dream was an utterly powerful one in which I was connected to the moon lore entwined within it. So lovely.
Mugwort is considered a feminine plant that can represent earth or air signs such as Libra or Taurus.
To connect with this wondrous plant you can find it in the Aura oil- Artemesia, Chamomile and Lavendula listed for sale in my shop in which I intentionally spelled ArteMEsia to help us connect with our own sense of femininity and to feel protection from within. This oil also contains Chamomile for energy in adversity and Lavender for internal serenity with a sense of devotion to our elegant selves.
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