Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs - Scott Cunningham 1985

Poppy
The Herbs

(Papaver spp.) What is commonly available: G; What is illegal: X

Folk Names: Blind Buff, Blindeyes, Headaches, Head Waak

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Moon

Element: Water

Deities: Hypnos, Demeter

Powers: Fertility, Love, Sleep, Money, Luck, Invisibility

Magical Uses: Poppy seeds and flowers are used in mixtures designed to aid sleep. They are also eaten or carried to promote fertility and to attract luck and money. At one time poppy seed heads were gilded and worn as talismans to draw wealth.

The seeds are also added to food to induce love, or are used in love sachets.

If you wish to know the answer to a question, write it in blue ink on a piece of white paper. Place this inside a poppy seed pod and put this beneath your pillow. The answer will appear in a dream.

Soak poppy seeds in wine for fifteen days. Then drink the wine each day for five days while fasting. According to tradition you will be able to make yourself invisible at will.