14/10/2025
Next Women's Circle Tuesday 21st of October 🌙
We'll be sitting with Mugwort 🌿 Artemisia Vulgaris
Mugwort has a long history of medicinal and magical use; nowadays it is most commonly used as a digestive stimulant and as a support to the female reproductive system, but for many centuries – even millennia – it was believed to have protective powers and was used to combat witchcraft and ward off evil.
For a plant that is so often written off as a ‘weed’, mugwort holds a remarkably elevated position in herbal folklore; it is said to have been one of nine herbs that were sacred to anglo-saxon tribes, and its many healing properties gave it its ancient name Mater Herbarum, or ‘mother of all herbs’.
Mugwort's use as a medicinal plant has declined in modern times, but there has been a revival of its use as an esoteric herb, especially with those seeking to harness its visionary qualities and experience more lucid dreams.
We'll use Mugwort that I've gathered and dried from my own garden both as a cleansing smudge and as a tea.
