Rose Hips whole (Rosa canina)

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Strung on a thread and worn as beads to attract love.
• Added to healing and wellbeing sachets and incense.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Used in Venus incenses and on Venusian altars where whole fruit is wanted.

A Simple Working

• On a Friday, take a needle and red thread.
• Thread seven whole rose hips onto it, one at a time.
• With each hip, name a quality you want in a lover or in your own heart.
• Tie the ends to make a small loop or bracelet.
• Pass it through the smoke of a pink candle.
• Wear it or hang it beside your bed.

Pairs Well With

• Red rose petals: the flower and the fruit worked together in love blends.
• Hibiscus: another red, Venusian flower for love and lust.
• Cinnamon: warms and speeds love work.
• A pink chime candle: for gentle love candle work.

What You Receive

Whole dried rose hips, available in 1 oz, 2 oz and 1 lb.

Origin & Lore

Rosa canina, the dog rose, is a scrambling wild rose of European hedgerows. Its red hips were made into syrups, jams and teas, and children used the hairy seeds inside as itching powder.

During the Second World War, British schoolchildren were sent into the hedgerows to gather wild rose hips, which were made into syrup when citrus fruit couldn’t be shipped in.

The name “dog rose” is often explained by the old belief, recorded by Pliny, that its root was used against the bite of a mad dog. Rose and briar appear across British ballads, growing from the graves of parted lovers and twining together.