Damiana Leaf Cut, 1 oz (Turnera diffusa)

An attraction and love herb. Damiana is a famous love-drawing herb, worked to warm desire and affection between willing partners.

A herb of passion. It is the classic passion herb, added to lust and romance charms and incense.

Visions and the sight. Burned or worked, damiana opens visions, prophetic dreams, and psychic awareness.

• Botanical name: Turnera diffusa (damiana)
• Tradition: a Mesoamerican love and visionary herb
• Form: cut and sifted dried leaf
• Weight: 1 oz
• For spiritual use only; not a food, drug, or supplement, and not for ingestion
• Storage: keep sealed in a cool, dark place

Damiana comes from the warm lands of Mexico and Central America, where it has been worked for centuries as a herb of love and desire, and that is still its most famous magic: it draws love and warms passion, added to attraction charms, romance incense, and lust workings. As with all such work, the honest aim is a willing, mutual spark, warming desire between consenting partners rather than overriding anyone's will. Alongside its love magic, damiana has a quieter, deeper gift as a visionary herb, burned or tucked into dream pillows to open visions, prophetic dreams, and the psychic sight.

That double nature, sensual and visionary at once, gives damiana a warm, drowsy, dreamlike character all its own. Damiana has traditional uses as a tea and a smoke, which is not what we offer it for; Plentiful Earth sells this leaf strictly for ritual and spiritual use, not as a food, drug, or supplement, and it is not for ingestion.

1. Draw love. Add damiana to an attraction charm to warm willing love and desire.
2. Burn as passion incense. Smolder a little over charcoal in a fire-safe dish in a ventilated room, within sight and away from anything flammable, for love and passion work.
3. Open visions. Tuck damiana into a dream pillow for prophetic dreams and visionary sleep.
4. Aid the sight. Add the leaf to a psychic or divination sachet.
5. Store it sealed, in a cool, dark place between workings.

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What is damiana used for in magic?

For love and attraction, warming willing desire; for passion, in lust and romance work; and as a visionary herb, opening prophetic dreams and the psychic sight. A warm, sensual, dreamlike herb from the Americas.

Can I make damiana tea or smoke it?

No. Damiana has traditional uses as a tea and a smoke, but Plentiful Earth sells this leaf strictly for ritual and spiritual use, not as a food, drug, or supplement, and it is not for ingestion. Use it in charms, incense, and dream pillows instead.

How do I use it for love?

Add damiana to an attraction charm or passion incense, naming the willing, mutual love or desire you hope to warm. Keep love work aimed at a consenting partner rather than at overriding anyone's will.

How do I use it for visions?

Tuck damiana into a dream pillow or burn it as incense before divination, asking for the visions or prophetic dreams you seek. Its dreamy, visionary nature is read as opening the psychic sight.

How should I store it?

Keep the cut leaf sealed in a cool, dark place, away from heat and moisture. Dried damiana holds its warmth and scent well when kept dry, so a sealed jar will carry you through many love and visionary workings.