St John's Wort Cut 2oz (Hypericum perforatum)

• The Midsummer protection herb. Hung over doors and windows to turn harm away.
• Cut and sifted, 2 oz. Ready for charms, sachets, and ritual blends.
• A sun herb. Cunningham seats it under the Sun and the element Fire.
• Ritual use only. Never for ingestion.

• Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort)
• Form: cut and dried herb, 2 oz
• Tradition: Cunningham places it under the Sun and Fire; protection and banishing among its powers
• For spiritual use only; not a supplement, remedy, or food, and not for ingestion. Taken internally it interacts with many medications, which is one more reason this jar stays on the altar.
• Storage: keep sealed in a cool, dark place

Few herbs are as firmly tied to a single day as St John's Wort is to Midsummer. Blooming gold when the sun stands highest, it was gathered on St John's Eve and hung over doors, windows, and holy images to drive off evil, storm, and ill will, a custom recorded across centuries of European folk practice. Cunningham seats it under the Sun and the element Fire and lists protection and banishing among its great workings; old charms also slipped it beneath the pillow for divinatory dreams. Worked into a sachet, a warding charm, or a Midsummer bundle, it brings the high sun's confidence to protective work. The herb does not act on its own; it carries the tradition while the intention is yours.

1. Ward the threshold. Tuck a sprig or sachet above a door or window in the old Midsummer manner.
2. Charm it. Work the cut herb into protective charm bags and warding blends.
3. Mark Midsummer. Add it to solstice workings, the herb's own high day.
4. Store it sealed, cool and dark, between workings.

• Stinging Nettle Leaf Cut, 1 oz: a fierce Mars herb for the same warding jar shelf.
• Mullein Leaf Cut, 1 oz: a protection-and-exorcism companion.
• Black Salt, Fine: a banishing line for the threshold the herb wards.
• Magical Herbalism by Scott Cunningham: the source of these attributions.

What is St John's Wort used for in magic?

Protection and banishing, above all at Midsummer: hung over doors and windows to turn away evil and storm, worked into charms and sachets, and slipped beneath pillows in old dream-divination customs.

Can I take it as a supplement or tea?

No. St John's Wort is known as a supplement elsewhere, but taken internally it interacts seriously with many prescription medications, and that is not what we sell it for. This herb is for ritual use only and is not for ingestion.

Why is it tied to Midsummer?

It blooms gold at the sun's height, around the feast of St John on June 24, and centuries of folk custom gathered it then for the year's protective charms.

How should I store it?

Sealed, cool, and dark. Dried herb keeps well away from heat, light, and moisture.