THE MAGIC OF BITTERSWEET NIGHTSHADE

Any variety of Nightshade can be used to honor the dead or in rituals involving death & the spirit realm, for binding, enchantment, hexing, shapeshifting & transformation.

Traditionally the Bittersweet Nightshade should be gathered/harvested on Samhain when the berries have all turned red.

Nightshade is useful in magick done for Astral projection.
Placed on the body, Bittersweet Nightshade will dispel the memories of old loves & old lovers. It is used to heal a broken heart by either placing some of the dried herb beneath your pillow or carrying it in a sachet on your person. Mix it with Bleeding Heart flowers.

Particularly it is a useful aid to the Law of Attraction. Use when you are working to create energy to draw like energy into your life. It is also used in spells to balance energies & forces, light/dark, male/female, etc. This herb helps in work to find ones connection with all things, release our potential & find our true will.

Nightshade heals from bitter memories & helps in Fae magic.

Hang Bittersweet Nightshade upside down by the entrances of your home to protect your home & yourself from negative energies, magic, spirits & people & misfortune. For its magic to work, however, no one else must ever know where it has been placed.

Nightshade is believed to guard against the evil eye. Farmers used it as a charm around the necks of animals they thought to be under an evil eye.
Nightshade is also used to cleanse anyone, animal, or object of evil or the evil eye. Instead of burning it, try dipping a fresh clipping of Bittersweet Nightshade in spring water or rainwater & flick it onto the people or object you wish to sain.