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Goth Gardening: Cultivating Black Plants | Dirge Magazine

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plantyhamchuk:

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goodbyemisery:

garbagefingers:

so-calledmooner:

garbagefingers:

I planted black hollyhock and irises this year! 

A+ content important I would also suggest soft goth things such as 

blackbird euphorbia (maybe tender here maybe niagara goths can have u)

black negligee bugbane 

chocoholic bugbane (tbh all bugbane is prolific and spoopy and wonderful)

hellebore black swan maybe also tender?

black truffle cardinal flower

the ever fave heuchera obsidian 

britt marie crawford ligularia FAVE JURASSIC LOOKING BB

and obv purple smokebush for soft goth smoke monster vibes 

thank the dark goddess for you! Saving this post! 

Black pearl pepper is another good one, I can attest that they look really cool in person. Aside from being ornamental, the little peppers are edible, and I think decently hot? I haven’t tasted them though so idk about that part

Black Pearl plants are EXTREMELY drought hardy and the peppers taste great, yes! I love mine even though I’ve given it less than stellar care; I’ve had it for…almost 10 years I think!

These pictures are so cute and so is the article.

Black Mondo grass also.

Also this is a tropical moat places but bat flower/ Tacca chantieri

Bat flower

Goth Gardening: Cultivating Black Plants | Dirge Magazine

The name of the Fairy Queen

coutelier:

So in fact, in traditional English folklore the fairy queen doesn’t really have a name. Names often used are Mab or Titania, which both come from Shakespeare. Queen Mab is mentioned in Romeo & Juliet:

‘O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you.
She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes…

‘ – Romeo & Juliet

And that’s it really. Shakespeare may have been referencing an older folktale, or perhaps Meabh who is a Queen in Irish Mythology, but no one really knows for sure (and Una was the last Queen of the
Daoine Sidhe).

The other name Shakespeare uses is Titania, in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

This is from Roman mythology as a title for the Goddess Diana, a daughter of Titans. In demonology it was often Diana who was said to rule the fairy kingdom:

‘The fourth kind of spirits, which by the Gentiles was called Diana and her wandering court, and amongst us is called Fairy…’ –
Daemonologie

Also from about the same time as Shakespeare (in fact slightly earlier) was Edmund Spenser’s ‘The Faerie Queene’. In which the Queen is named Gloriana. Whereas Shakespeare’s Titania is the wife of Oberon, Gloriana was his daughter (I don’t think they were married, but to be honest I haven’t read it).

50 Simple Charms

wiccanartistry:

  1. Basil at the door, windows, or scattered in the home will increase money.
  2. Lay thorny branches on your doorstep to keep evil from your dwelling.
  3. Eat a pinch of Thyme before bed, and you will have sweet dreams.
  4. Place chips of Cedar wood in a box with some coins to draw money to you.
  5. Carry an Anemone Flower with you to ward against illness.
  6. Hang a bit of Seaweed in the kitchen to ward evil spirits.
  7. Keep a jar of Alfalfa in your cupboards to ensure the prosperity of your house.
  8. Burn Allspice as an incense to draw money or luck to you, as well as speed healing.
  9. Cut an Apple in half, and give one half to your love to ensure a prosperous relationship.
  10. Carry an Avocado pit with you to let your inner beauty shine outwardly. Avocado is also an aphrodisiac.
  11. Strawberries are an aphrodisiac.
  12. Place a piece of cotton in your sugar bowl to draw good luck to your house.
  13. Celery is an aphrodisiac.
  14. Place Almonds in your pocket when you need to find something.
  15. Scatter Chili Peppers around your house to break a curse.
  16. Carrying a packet of strawberry leaves will help ease the pains of pregnancy.
  17. Scatter some sugar to purify a room.
  18. Throw rice into the air to make rain.
  19. Carry a potato in your pocket or purse all winter to ward against colds.
  20. Eat five almonds before consuming alcohol, to lighten the effects of intoxication.
  21. Place a pine branch above your bed to keep illness away.
  22. Chew celery seeds to help you concentrate.
  23. Carry of chunk of dry pineapple in a bag to draw luck to you.
  24. Ask an orange a yes or no question before you eat it, then count the seeds: if the seeds are an even number, the answer is no. If an odd number, yes.
  25. Eat olives to ensure fertility.
  26. Toss Oats out your back door to ensure that your garden or crop will be bountiful.
  27. Eat mustard seed to ensure fertility.
  28. Place Lilacs around your house to rid yourself of unwanted spirits.
  29. Eat Lettuce to drive lustful thoughts from your mind.
  30. Rub a Lettuce leaf over your forehead to help you sleep.
  31. Add Lemon juice to your bathwater for purification.
  32. Eat grapes to increase psychic powers.
  33. Carry a blade of grass to increase your psychic powers.
  34. Smell Dill to get rid of hiccups.
  35. If you place a Dill sachet over your door, those who wish you ill can not enter your home.
  36. Place cotton on an aching tooth, and the pain will ease.
  37. Burn cotton to cause rain.
  38. Place pepper inside a piece of cotton and sew it shut to make a charm to bring back a lost love.
  39. Carry a small onion to protect against venomous animals.
  40. Eat grapes to increase fertility.
  41. Place a sliced onion in the room of an ill person do draw out the sickness.
  42. Place an onion underneath your pillow to have prophetic dreams.
  43. Place morning glory seeds under your bed to cure nightmares.
  44. Walk through the branches of a maple tree to ensure that you will have a long life.
  45. Mix salt and pepper together and scatter it around your house to dispel evil.
  46. Smell Lavender to help you sleep.  (Lavender makes me fall asleep so fast).
  47. Hang a pea pod containing nine peas above the door to draw your future mate to you.
  48. Eat a peach to assist in making a tough decision.
  49. Carry peach wood to lengthen your lifespan.
  50. Carry a walnut to strengthen your heart muscle.