The Linden tree is a tree attached to the weave of life, a plant of true, divine interconnection. The folklore and magic attached to this tree is vast. It’s a plant of holy transformation, a plant of skin turning, closely connected to the mysteries of life and death, and the knowledge gained by the process- a tree that encompassed all genders and none at all. It encompasses both all and nothing. Truly a tree of the witch, who walks between the worlds and experiences all. This is why many use linden flowers as part of divinatory rites, rites of initiation as well as engaging in soul flight.
The Linden Tree in ancient times was often central in many religious activities and legal courts. It’s a plant of truth and justice- not only justice upon the Earth- but also divine justice. Use it in retribution or justice spells where earthly courts may fail you.
The Linden tree, with all of it’s connections to the universe and justice…. Is it any surprise that it’s also closely intertwined with fate? A favoured plant of the fortune tellers past, who used it’s flowers for all matter of divination. They would also sit and commune with the tree, working with the Linden spirits, and in return would get gifts. Linden Trees are a very useful spirit to get to know and work with an animistic understanding.
The Linden is highly sacred to the forest and the wilds. The Linden tree was often seen as a home for the most high spirit in the forest- whether that is a nature spirit, fair folk, or other types of spirit. It’s seen to be the home of the King of the Fair Folk- which ties into the tree’s use in being the centre place of the court. Use this plant if you want to connect to him, or the spirit within the forest.
Linden is also a protector of tombs- so you may use it if you want safe contact to your beloved dead.
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Linden tree flowers are often woven into crowns to bring in love and fertility. These crowns are also used for different festivals, as a symbol of sacredness and wanting prayers to reach the divine. Using linden flowers in a spell or magical working will connect it to divine help.
Offerings are laid infront of the linden for prayers fertility and tranquillity, blessed by Our Lady’s Cloak. At the Pentecost, it’s common in Europe- especially in Romania, for people to gather linden and lay it around the family’s alar space, giving care to dress iconography with it’s beauty. Using Linden to dress statuary in is a beautiful devotional act, and one where you hope to impart some of it’s gifts to those you have chosen to work with. It’s also traditionally gathered on many other holy days, such as Easter and St. Georges Day.
The Linden Tree is one of the few trees that has links to ‘purposeful’ changeling lore. Often people would engage with the tree to deliberately exchange a changeling for a child or vice versa.
Floral liquors are a classic way of working with the fair linden- simply infuse the flowers into an alcohol of your choice. Beautiful to use for washes, waters, and offerings.
The Linden tree is never to be used for mundane purposes- it’s an inherently magical tree. It’s often used for holy fires, such as the Need Fire. Speaking of fire- the other key association with the Linden Tree is that of Dragons. It’s classically a home to dragons- and so is sacred not only to the dragon, but also dragon slayers- as the tree is often the site of their conquest.
Each pack contains 5 tbsp of the herb. The weight varies due to the density of the herb. These are large packs with plenty of uses.
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