Magickal Uses of St. John's Wort

Collect St.John’s Wort during the Summer Solstice, as the peak of his power aligns with the longest period of sunlight in the sky. I believe this is no coincidence, as the symbolism of St. John's Wort as an embodiment of Sun is almost universal. . St. John's Wort is a symbol of borrowing from Sun his purifying, life-&-death-dividing function & symbol of the border, the crossroads of the worlds.
St. John's Wort fills us with solar energy & brings success in all areas of life, he can purify the body & the environment from negative energy & protect against evil spirits.
Cut the St. John's Wort branches so that a few shoots remain. St. John's wort has the ability to remember the pain he has suffered & he may not work with you or you may not find him again the next time. Express gratitude to Mother Nature & to herb for the opportunity to harness his magical properties, apologize for the pain caused by the cutting process.
Dry in a shady, well-ventilated area.
St. John's Wort is reliable & effective protection against negative energies & vibrations. St. John's Wort controls the boundary between worlds. This is clearly felt in the practice of wearing St. John's Wort as a personal talisman or weaving into wreaths: we are on the border, holding a protective charm to avoid getting lost between our own people & strangers.
St. John's Wort is both a protector & a threat, a healer & a suspect of witchcraft. Use in transition rites & solar festivals as a symbol of spiritual purification & mediation between worlds.
To protect yourself from the machinations of enemies & evil spirits, you can place St. John's Wort stem in your shoes, wear around your neck or attach to your hat.
A twig in the pocket acts as a talisman. A twig placed under the threshold will keep an unfriendly person out of the house.
It brings good luck if you put a piece of St.John’s Wort in your shoes.
When St. John's Wort is hung near a window, he protects against lightning strikes, fire & evil spirits. To protect your home from thieves & robbers, attach St. John's Wort stems to your windows in a cross-shaped pattern. For protection against the evil eye, evil spirits & evil forces hang St.John’s Wort around the house, wear on the body or weave into wreaths. A bouquet of St.John’s Wort purifies the home energy & establishes harmonious relations between family members.
Smudging any room with this herb refreshes the energy.
Can be burned to exorcise spirits & demons.
Any part of the herb placed under the head of a bed allows an unmarried woman to see her future husband in a dream.
Unmarried girls can use St.John’s Wort to predict their future marriages. Throw wreath made from St. John's Wort over the houses, if one falls to the ground after rolling down the roof, it means that you could expect a marriage proposal in the coming year. If the wreath remains on the roof, it signifies that you would remain single for the time being.
To predict whether a man loves someone, brake a plant & look at the color of the sap: red means passionate feelings, while other colors indicated coldness & indifference.
Use St. John's Wort in rituals or carry it with you to identify other magis.
With illnesses, go to the woods at night where St. John's Wort is most abundant, sleep surrounded by his beneficial magic.
When suffering from nervous disorders, place a bouquet of St. John's Wort near your bed.

If you decide to use St. John's Wort in your rites & potions, keep in mind that magick always works in both directions.

For a success rite, we will need Yarrow, Salvia & St. John's Wort.
Combine the same amount of dried herbs & ground in a mortar.
Spread a cloth on the table, preferably non-synthetic. Light a wax candle in the center of the table. Slowly pour the herb dust over the flame & say:
"As this herb dust burns down, turns into ashes, so my business will succeed. So be it." Repeat the ritual 3 days in a row, collect the ashes from herbs & put in your pocket.

To protect yourself from evil spirits, hold a few sprigs of St. John's Wort over a fire & then hang them in a hidden place on the wall or under the threshold of your home. This way, anyone with malicious intentions would be unable to enter your home.

Cleansing the energy channels.
To cleanse yourself of negative programs, on a day when Moon is waning, light a wax candle, wait for a minute for the flame to grow taller, hold a branch of St. John's Wort over the flame, only enough to lightly scorch the plant. Immediately start tapping yourself on the left palm with the branch. Then move the broom to the left shoulder, then to the right & finally to the center of the chest. Immediately after that, sharply lower St. John's Wort branch into the water container.
Repeat same way cleansing the lower part of the body, following this pattern: left foot, left knee, right knee, right foot, lower abdomen.
Now repeat again, moving St. John's Wort branch as follows: left palm, solar plexus, right palm, right knee, left knee, right palm.
Wrap a sprig of St. John's Wort & a candle stub in a piece of crumpled paper & take outside the house. After passing three crossroads, throw the bundle away & go back without turning around or talking to anyone.

To attract wealth.
St. John's Wort will strengthen our willpower, increase our endurance & open up new opportunities for increasing our income.
It is best to prepare St. John's Wort powder during the first three days of New Moon. Dry an odd number of branches in advance & on the desired day, rub them into a dust with your hands. Light a wax candle, pour the St. John's wort into a cotton bag & hold it in your right palm over the candle flame at a distance of 20-25 cm from the fire before tying it.
The power of this ritual is based on the combination of Fire & Solar energy. Look at Fire & imagine his energy filling St. John's Wort dust, he will help you hear your heart & develop your intuition. After that, holding the dust in your palms, recite the incantation twelve times:
"I fill it with the power of the Sun, I ignite it with the power of Fire, I open the locked doors, I accept my true wealth. My word is strong. My word is true. As I command, so shall it be."
Then, tightly tie the edges of the pouch with a regular red thread & knot it with five knots. Your personal amulet is ready. St. John's wort attracts wealth into your life due to its ability to accumulate the energy of the Sun.
You need to update the contents of the bag once a year. Do not let other people take your amulet in their hands. Its power is reserved exclusively for you.