Cleansing
Herbs
Herbs are plants you can know. Rosemary, mint, lavender, tea. A common folk map uses them for clearing and blessing. They are not medicine in this lesson, and they are not a test of how witchy you are.
What this is
A leaf, a steam, a sprig on the table, a cup you drink after you close. Scent and simple plant-life as a cue to arrive or leave.
Why it matters
Because a plant from your own kitchen is often more honest than a rare bundle you cannot name. Relationship beats collection.
How to recognise it
You know the plant. You can grow it or buy it without a story. If you are allergic, you pick another method. That is discernment, not failure.
How to use it
A sprig on the table. Steam from a cup. A rinse of hands with a herb in the water if your skin likes it. Do not put fresh plant matter inside a deck. Do not eat a plant you have not identified. This is not a medical claim.
Light
A known plant. A household practice. Scent that belongs to you. Then you look at the cards.
Shadow
Collecting jars. Using herbs instead of rest. Treating a tea as a spell that will skip the work. Taking something from a living tradition as a prop.
Example
Rosemary on the table while you shuffle, then tea after you put the cards away. The herb marked the container. The tea brought you back. No speech required.
Practice
One plant you know
Choose one herb you can actually name. Use it as a cue before or after one card: scent, tea, or a sprig. Write what it did. If you have no herbs, use a piece of fruit or a cup of water and write that ordinary still counts.
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