The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More - Arin Murphy-Hiscock 2017

Fill Your Home with Houseplants
Keep a Green Witch Garden
Walking the Green Path

If growing plants outdoors is impossible in your situation, or if you want green indoors as well as out, try houseplants.

When you bring home a new houseplant, make sure to do a gentle energy purification to help acclimatize it to the energy of your living space. This also removes any negativity that may be clinging to it. You can do this for outdoor plants as well, though it may not be necessary because planting them in the ground helps stabilize and cleanse the energy clinging to them. You can do a gentle purification simply by running your hand over the plant and holding your palm and fingers about 1 to 2 inches away from the foliage. Visualize scooping up any black or smoky energy you see around the plant. Flick your hand as if you were shaking water off it to remove and disperse the negative energy. If you are concerned about the negative energy affecting the energy of your home, purify new plants before you bring them into your house. If you do the purification inside and feel uncomfortable, burn a purifying incense in the room. Remember, you can never remove the basic energy of an object, so don’t worry about removing the positive energy associated with the plant.

To welcome the plant into your home, bless a pitcher of water with a prayer like the following, then use it to water the houseplant:

Spirits of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air,

I ask your blessing on this water.

Endow it with strength, protection, and peace,

And may the plants that drink of it be similarly blessed.

Give your new houseplant as much of this sacred drink as it requires. Use the rest for your current houseplants.

SOME CONSIDERATIONS

Choosing what sorts of houseplants to bring into your home is as important as choosing the plants you grow outdoors. Carefully consider the amount of time and energy you can spare to care for houseplants. Think about the light that fills your living space, the direction from which it comes, and how bright it is. Think about how dry or humid your living space is and the general temperatures. All these things have a great impact upon the plants you can successfully grow where you live. Think, too, about how big your rooms are. Houseplants are limited by their pots, and to grow larger they may need larger containers.

Carefully consider the energy of the plant. How will it fit in and interact with the flow of energy already established in your home? Evaluate the energy by holding your hands over the plant and sensing its energy (see the energy-sensing exercises in Chapter 3). Once you have felt a plant’s energy, you will be able to judge whether it will fit into your home’s energy or not.

Finally, it is important to remember that like all plants, houseplants absorb negative energy. However, because they are potted in a small amount of earth, they cannot transform the energy with the same success that outdoor plants in the ground can. Be kind to your houseplants. Give them an appropriate fertilizer, repot them before it becomes necessary, and purify them regularly. If you neglect them, they will eventually die from the accumulated negativity. If all your houseplants look sickly, this can be a message that it’s time for you to do a complete and thorough house cleansing and purification.