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Guide to Honey Magic

Writer: Fairy Kerry
Fairy Kerry
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Characteristics

  • Production: It is produced primarily by honey bees, especially Apis mellifera.

  • Parts used: Honey, Honeycomb, Beeswax

  • Edible: Honey is an edible natural sweetener. It is composed predominantly of sugars, particularly glucose and fructose.

  • Pet safety: Generally safe for healthy adult dogs and cats in very small quantities, but not necessary in their diets. Its high sugar content means it should only be an occasional treat, and pets with conditions such as diabetes should not be given honey without veterinary guidance. Raw honey also warrants additional caution, particularly for very young or immunocompromised animals.


Associations

  • Element: Earth

  • Planet: Sun

  • Zodiac: Leo, Taurus

  • Gender: Masculine

  • Deities: Aphrodite, Artemis, Demeter, Dionysus, Zeus

  • Flowers: Rose, sunflower, clover, lavender, honeysuckle


Magical Properties


  • Sweetening

  • Love

  • Attraction

  • Happiness

  • Prosperity

  • Abundance

  • Success

  • Friendship

  • Healing

  • Fertility

  • Blessing

  • Passion

  • Protection

  • Binding


History

Honey has been used in magical and religious practices for thousands of years.


In Ancient Egypt, it was offered to the gods and used in temple rituals, funerary practices, and healing.


In Ancient Greece and Rome, honey was used as a sacred offering and was associated with fertility, prosperity, purity, and the gods.


In Celtic and Germanic traditions, bees and honey were connected with fertility, healing, hospitality, wisdom, and the Otherworld, while honey-based mead held ceremonial significance.


In later folk magic, honey became strongly associated with sweetening relationships and attracting favourable circumstances.


Today, Paganism and Wicca commonly use honey in workings for love, attraction, prosperity, abundance, happiness, healing, fertility, blessings, and offerings.


References

American Kennel Club. (n.d.). Can dogs eat honey? AKC. https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-honey/

Aristotle. (2013). History of animals (A. L. Peck, Trans.). Harvard University Press. (Original work published ca. 350 BCE)

Bodenheimer, F. S. (1960). Animals and man in Bible lands. E. J. Brill.

Cunningham, S. (1985). Cunningham’s encyclopedia of magical herbs. Llewellyn Publications.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2009). Bees and their role in forest livelihoods. FAO.

Jones, R. (2013). Honey and healing. International Bee Research Association.

Kritsky, G. (2017). The tears of Re: Beekeeping in ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press.

National Honey Board. (n.d.). Honey. National Honey Board. https://honey.com/

National Research Council. (2006). Nutrient requirements of dogs and cats. National Academies Press.

Ransome, H. M. (1937). The sacred bee in ancient times and folklore. Houghton Mifflin.

Theophrastus. (1916). Enquiry into plants (A. Hort, Trans.). Harvard University Press. (Original work published ca. 300 BCE)

Valerius Flaccus. (1934). Argonautica. Harvard University Press.

Winston, M. L. (1987). The biology of the honey bee. Harvard University Press.

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