====== Sweetpea ======
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latin_names: Lathyrus odoratus
folk_names: 
gender_tags: 
planet_tags: Venus, Mercury
element_tags: Water, Air
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Friendship, Chastity, Courage, Strength, Happiness
part_tags: fresh flowers
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===== Magical Uses =====

Wearing fresh sweetpea flowers attracts people and causes friendships to develop.

When carried or held in the hand, sweetpea causes all to tell you the truth. Sweetpea also preserves your chastity if placed in the bedroom, and gives courage and strength when worn.

===== Aromatherapy =====

No true sweet pea essential oil is available, so the fresh flowers must be used. But they’re so beautiful and smell so sweet that this is no great strain.

Sniff the flowers to uplift yourself, to transport your consciousness to a slightly higher rung of awareness. The flowers themselves look so cheery that it’s not surprising their fragrance promotes this state within human beings.

Also, with visualization, inhale the delicate scent to gently incline yourself to courage and strength in the face of depression or great adversity. Smell before employment interviews or stressful social situations. Sniff and let the aroma of sweet pea instill confidence within you.

The seeds are available in garden shops everywhere, and some varieties do nicely in small pots. Plant for spring blooms.
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