Name: Nepeta cataria
Toxicity: not known
Common Names: Catnip, Catmint
Continent: Eurasia
Habitat: VI
Applicable Plant Components: herb, flower
Sanctificational
Invitatory
Convocational
Psychical
Harmonical
Pacificatory
Reconciliatory
Reversional
Theurgical
Amoristic: with rose petals
Vulnerary
Sanguinary
Plenitudinal
Ecstatic
Affixal
Resurgent
Anecdotal: Nepeta is Skunk Medicine. Leaves are often used as bookmarks in sacred texts because it is a formidable repellent against insects, mice and meddlesome spirits that wreak havoc to books, homes, lives and gardens. Grown near homes or hung in bundles attract benevolent spirits like those that bring good luck, beauty and happiness. Nepeta can be used as smoke, smudge or steam for these reasons as well. It can further be mixed with Rosa petals to create sachets and potions for love. The spirit within Nepeta is invoked to address spiritual pain that has impaired sleep, destroyed personal shields of protection or interfered with self-expression. It is a fine incarnant for resolving related endopsychic wounds including those caused by genetous events. Nepeta has excellent exorcismal properties when spiritual obstructions are the result of parasitic, malevolent spirits. All of these attributes are tied intrinsically to the ebb and flow of sacred cycles. Harmonious observation to them requires practitioners to remain attuned to cyclical magic and appropriate timing when handling Nepeta.