====== Hyssop ======
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latin_names: Hyssopus officinalis
folk_names: Hyssop Herb, Isopo, Ysopo, Yssop
gender_tags: Masculine
planet_tags: Jupiter
element_tags: Fire
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Purification, Protection, Conscious Mind
part_tags: fresh leaves, essential oil
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===== Magical Uses =====

Hyssop is the most widely used purification herb in magic. It is added to baths in sachets, infused and sprinkled on objects or persons to cleanse them, and hung up in the home to purge it of evil and negativity.

===== Aromatherapy =====

Hyssop has long been used in ritual. Temples in ancient Greece were swept with bunches of this herb. Hyssop was deemed to be sacred to the goddesses and gods.

Inhale the sharp, greenly-scented essential oil for purification. Or, sniff sprigs of the fresh herb. Place hyssop in a vase of water and leave in the home to purify it as well.

Because of its associations with religion, the scent of fresh hyssop can be sniffed to heighten spirituality prior to religious rituals of all kinds.

Sniff fresh hyssop to clear your head and to strengthen mental processes.

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Hyssop essential oil is a highly potent form of this herb. It is toxic in large doses. According to the literature, it should not be used by women during pregnancy, or by epileptics. Valnet (see Bibliography) quotes expert sources as saying that this may be the only essential oil capable of producing true epileptic attack. For safety, substitute the fresh herb.
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