Plant Witchery: Discover the Sacred Language, Wisdom, and Magic of 200 Plants - Juliet Diaz 2020

Oxalis
A Compendium of Plants

ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES

love, psychic ability, opening the door between realms

Also known as wood sorrel or sour grass, oxalis grows all over the world, particularly in Central America and South Africa. The leaves form into little branching clusters much like clovers, for which they are often mistaken. But their flowers are very different, as they bloom in delicately veined bells. She blooms early in the woodlands, making her a herald of spring.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Oxalis has served as a food source for millennia, and traditionally, various Native American tribes treated mouth ulcers, cramps, fevers, and nausea with her leaves and tubers.

MAGICAL PROPERTIES

Oxalis brings on visions and can help you develop your psychic gifts. If you are able to grow her in your garden, make a space where you can lie on the grass surrounded by her, so that you can meditate or dream in her presence. I wouldn’t suggest snipping her leaves, but if she blooms, you can work with her flowers (asking her permission first!) in spells for truth, love, psychic protection, and amplification. You don’t have to work with them right away—her flowers are so powerful that you can save them in a small jar to use during Full Moon ceremonies, rituals, or spells. She will help you harness that powerful Moon energy, bringing it into your work tenfold.

PLANT WISDOM

When I first started working with oxalis, I was in my teens. Her beautiful wisdom is so penetrating that it came as something of a surprise to me—she is able to tickle the psyche so profoundly that the moment I was in her presence, I went right into a vision. It was incredible. Keeping oxalis in your garden and/or home brings loving energies—not of passion or intimate love, but childlike, joyous love, lighthearted and carefree. It feels like the type of love you experience in the very beginning of a relationship, when you have butterflies fluttering within you.

Invite her into your dreams if you wish to work with the fae—like several other plants, she attracts fairies while also creating a safe boundary for you. Not all the fae are good, so we need to be careful. Oxalis will help you see through to their true intentions.