Description

Origin & Traditional Use

Mistletoe is an evergreen plant that grows on the branches of trees such as oak and apple. It is hung at Christmas for kissing, and was one of the most sacred plants of the ancient Druids. Its berries are poisonous.

Uses in the Work

Use it for protection, fertility and power. Hang it over the door or in the temple as a ward, place it on the altar at the winter solstice, and carry it as an amulet. It is used in workings to open doors to the otherworld and in rites of death and rebirth. Not for ingestion.

Pairs Well With

White Oak Bark – 1 oz; Hawthorn Berries – 1 oz; Elder Berries – 1 oz

Lore

Pliny describes the Druids cutting mistletoe from the sacred oak with a golden sickle on the sixth day of the moon, catching it in a white cloak. In Norse myth the god Baldur was killed by a dart of mistletoe. Kissing under the mistletoe comes from its old fertility symbolism.

What You Receive

Mistletoe also known as Viscom Album, a member of the sandalwood family. 1oz