Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs - Scott Cunningham 1985

Thyme
The Herbs

(Thymus vulgaris) G

Folk Names: Common Thyme, Garden Thyme

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Powers: Health, Healing, Sleep, Psychic Powers, Love, Purification, Courage

Magical Uses: Thyme is burned to attract good health and is also worn for this purpose. It is also used in healing spells.

Placed beneath the pillow, it ensures restful sleep and a pleasant lack of nightmares. Worn, thyme aids in developing psychic powers, and women who wear a sprig of thyme in the hair make themselves irresistible.

Thyme is also a purificatory herb; the Greeks burned it in their temples to purify them and so thyme is often burned prior to magical rituals to cleanse the area. In spring a magical cleansing bath composed of marjoram and thyme is taken to ensure all the sorrows and ills of the past are removed from the person.

Thyme is also carried and smelled to give courage and energy. If you wear it you will be able to see fairies.