Nettle . . . .
(Utrica dioica) Also known as Ortiga ancha, Stinging Nettle Magickal Uses: Nettle is an ancient herb of protection. Use it to send back the evil or curse by sprinkling it around the home or stuffing a poppet with it or carry in a sachet or amulet. Burn it to avert danger; hold to keep ghosts at bay. Place freshly cut nettles in the sick room to speed recovery. Mexican spiritualists and mystics recommend bathing in it for purification over other herbs. Nettle has even been considered a lust inducing herb because of its carnivorous aura.
One of the traditional rites of consecration for an atheme calls for Nettle to be added to the herbal wash into which the heated blade is plunged. Nettles are associated with the ability to dispel darkness. Taken as a magickal tea, they are not only good for the body but also good for the spirit. In past times it was believed that Nettles were of such healing power, that a fever could be dispelled by plucking a Nettle up by the roots and reciting the name of the sick and also the names of their parents. Combine Nettles with Yarrow to help take heart against deep fears.
Nutmeg . . . .
(Myristica fragrans) See Mace.
	Magical Uses Nutmegs have long been carried as good luck charms, and are strung with star anise and tonka beans for a potent herbal necklace. Burn for prosperity., luck, psychic awareness, fortune, clairvoyance, divination, justice, and meditation. Add ground nutmeg to your candle wax when making candles to burn for prosperity rituals. A spell to ensure your beloved's faithfulness is to take a nutmeg and cut it into four equal parts. Bury the first part in the Earth; throw the second one into the air from a cliff; burn the third section; boil the last quarter in water and drink a sip of the tea. Remove the last quarter from the tea and carry it with you everywhere, even to bed. Your beloved will not fall to another's temptations.
Mace is the outer covering of the nutmeg and is burned to increase psychic powers and to improve the intellect.
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