Properties of Black Pepper with Recipe for Uncrossing Oil and Spell to Ward Off the Evil Eye

Name: Pepper

Name (Botanical Name): Piper nigrum

Also Know As: Black Pepper

Habitat:  Tropical plan native to India. The plant is propagated by cuttings and grown at the base of trees with a rough, prickly bark to support them. Between three or four years after planting they commence fruiting and their productiveness ends about the fifteenth year. The berries are collected as soon as they turn red and before they are quite ripe; they are then dried in the sun. 

Location: Found in the South India wild, and in Cochin, China. It is also cultivated in East and West Indies, Malay Peninsula, Malay Archipelago, Siam, Malabar, etc. 

Gender: Masculine

Element: Fire

Planet: Mars; in Persian astrological magic, pepper is an ingredient in invoking the planetary influence of Venus for granting one's wishes.  

Deities:

Culinary Properties: As an aromatic, it is the most popular spice in the world.  

Medical Properties: Pepper is a great aide in digestion as it is a stimulant. It helps with focus and with clarifying thoughts. It also lessens anxiety, lifts mild depression, levels hormone-induced mood swings and calms anxiety. Its action as a stimulant is especially evident on the mucous membrane of the rectum, and so it is good for constipation, also on the urinary organs. Externally it is a rubefacient, useful in relaxed conditions of the rectum when prolapsed; sometimes used in place of cubebs for gonorrhea; given in combination with aperients to facilitate their action, and to prevent griping. As a gargle it is valued for relaxed uvula, paralysis of the tongue. It will correct flatulence and nausea. It has also been used to help with vertigo, paralytic and arthritic disorders. It is sometimes added to quinine when the stomach will not respond to quinine alone. It has also been advised in diarrhea, cholera, scarlatina, and in solution for a wash for tinea capititis.

Magickal Properties: Banishing negativity, exorcism, and protection from evil. Burn to rid the home or office of bad vibrations (followed by Sage). Carry with you to ward off jealousy. Aids in summoning courage to face things. Can be used to protect against the evil eye. When worn, frees the mind of envious thoughts. Mixed with salt and scattered about property it dispels evil. Excellent in building protection, strength, confidence and inventiveness. Often incorporated into blends aimed at martial deities, like war gods.   

Warnings: Peppercorns can be used in incense for strength and for warrior alertness, but don’t put too many or the smoke will be irritating!

Recipes: 

Uncrossing Oil

Ingredients:
Essential oil of hyssop
Essential oil of angelica
Essential oil of frankincense
a pinch of sea salt
a pinch of black pepper
a pinch of cayenne pepper
a sprig of rue
a sliver of fresh garlic
a section of broken chain, e.g., from a key-chain or necklace

Add the ingredients to a bottle filled with blended castor oil and jojoba oil. The crucial ingredients are the hyssop and the chain. Add the other ingredients as desired. Essential oil of angelica has photosensitizing properties: if worn on the body, avoid exposure to the sun.

Spell for Warding off the Evil Eye

Ingredients:
Rosemary
Lavender
Black pepper
Cinnamon
Ginger root
6 white candles
One black candle
 This spell should be cast during a new moon phase

First cast a magical circle (hail to the guardians)

Next face the north and sit and meditate

Get up and light your candles clockwise all except for the black.

When you have lighted your white candles, use a white candle to light the black candle.

Then light the mixture of herbs and spices.

Say:

I cast you back, I have no fear
With the speed of wind and the dark of night
May all of your harboring take flight
With the swiftness of the sea
And all the power found in me
As I will so mote it be.

Then in a loud voice say,”I cast you out” 

Blow out the black candle as hard as you can.

Let the mixture burn, then draw an eye on the candle and wrap it in a white cloth and bury it on your property.

Resources: 

Cunningham, Scott. Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. 2012 Woodbury. Twentieth Printing. 1984 Llewellyn Publications

http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/pepper24.html

http://herbalriot.tumblr.com/post/75127102068/magickal-uses-of-black-pepper

http://www.alchemy-works.com/herb_peppercorns.html

http://www.botanical-online.com/english/pepper.htm

http://www.anniesremedy.com/herb_detail45.php