Milk Thistle Seed, Whole (Silybum marianum)

Milk Thistle is an herb of protection and vitality. Milk Thistle Seeds are good for promoting strength, protection and healing, attracting good energy and dispelling negativity and gloom.

A bowlful of Thistle Seeds placed in a room strengthens the spirits and renews vitality. One seed may be carried for added strength and energy. Carrying the seed also invokes protective energies.

Milk Thistle offers protection when grown in the garden. There is lore that suggests throwing them into a fire will deflect lightning away from your home. Also growing it in a garden near the house is supposed to assist in warding off thieves. Grown by the door in the ground or a pot is supposed to ward your doorstep against evil.

If you feel you have workings or hexes against you, wearing a garment made from Milk Thistle will break any spell. Poppets are also stuffed with milk Thistle seeds to break spells. Keep a few seeds by the opening of your domicile to prevent negative energies from seeking you out.

Use Milk Thistle whole or ground in healing spells and anti depression workings. It is said that when a man carries one he becomes a better lover.

There is a tradition of using Milk Thistle for divination. Bring a pot of water to a boil and then add the Milk Thistle. Allow to boil for a few minutes. Remove the pot from the heat, sit next to the pot and begin to enter a trance or meditative state. As the steam rises, you will receive answers to your questions. The session ends when the steam stops rising.