What do most people do with dried lavender? I’m not looking for random recipes, more interested in the holistic ritual side of it.
I’ve already used some in ritual baths, and I’m thinking about infusing it into a carrier oil or mixing it into homemade wax melts for scenting a room, but I haven’t tried either yet. If you have, I would love to know how strong the scent actually came out (especially with the wax melts, since I’ve heard mixed things).
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Oil infusion is my go-to right now.
It’s super simple. Fill a glass jar 3/4 full of dried buds, cover completely with carrier oil (sweet almond for skin, jojoba for longer shelf life), seal, and let sit in a warm spot for 2-4 weeks. Shake every few days, then strain through cheesecloth. The scent’s pleasant but mild, not essential oil strong. Crush the buds first with a mortar and pestle to release more oils, or add a few drops of lavender EO at the end for punch. For stronger, do a double infusion: strain, then refill with fresh buds.
Ritually, I keep it in an amber bottle on my altar. Dress candles for peace/clarity, dab on my third eye before tarot or scrying (lavender’s Mercury/Air vibes are perfect for mental clarity and communication). Also great for anointing cleansed tools.
Use dried buds only, fresh have moisture and cause mold.
Dried lavender buds in wax look gorgeous, but they’re mostly decorative. They don’t throw much scent on their own. The real scent comes from adding lavender essential oil to melted soy wax. Melt in a double boiler, cool to 65-70°C, stir in 30-40 drops per cup and a half of wax flakes (add too hot and it burns off). Pour into silicone molds, top with buds, and cure for 24 hours.
Wax melts are safer. No flame, buds just float prettily. Skip candles… buds can catch fire as it burns down (ask me how I know).
For ritual, I charge mine on my altar during a new moon with intention, then melt to cleanse or calm a space. Lavender’s great for purification and protection, perfect before workings.
Drop buds straight into heavy room corners too (works well alone). I sometimes mix in rosemary for protection, plus a touch of mica powder for color when melting.
Oh, you can do so much beyond bath for ritual. I stuff small pouches with buds under my pillow for sleep and dreamwork. It boosts psychic awareness dramatically. Spraying the pillow with lavender water works, too. Spray first, meditate on a question before bed, then journal what comes to mind in the morning.
Better results than most of my dream practices, tbh.
I found the magickal properties of lavender really informative. Worth checking out. These people seem to know what they are talking about.
For protection, I like shaping the stems into an X over the door, but whatever shapes work for you will do the magick. Sachets with lavender, quartz, and black salt at entryways work great. Old-school, sprinkle buds along baseboards. It’s a fairy herb that draws Fae to gardens.
If you do spellwork, toss buds into candle flames for peace, love, and divination. I burn some on charcoal before tarot. It calms my mind and sharpens clarity. Tied to Mercury/Air for communication and psychic boosts.
I do a crockpot water bath instead of a cold infusion. You can make it on the same day instead of waiting months to infuse the oil.
It depends. I personally don’t like overpowering scent, and subtlety works better with workcraft.
I usually press dried lavender gently into solid coconut oil and let it sit for a couple of days, then remove the flowers and use the oil as perfume.
I love making wreaths from dried lavender - It’s a perfect decoration. Or bundle it for smoke cleansing, mix buds into homemade candles, sleep spell bottles (those make good gifts).
Do you grow your own? If you have lots of them, try steeping loose buds with Earl Grey tea or baking them into cookies. Worth it if you enjoy the flavor.
Lavender in hot water might be my favorite ritual of all time.
I crush dried lavender really fine, let it sit in all my sinks before cleaning, and the scent just fills the whole bathroom. Cleanse the energy so so well.
I also keep a mason jar of lavender-scented baking soda by my closet.
I stuff small muslin bags with dried buds, slip them inside my pillowcase, and charge them with intent before divination nights. Dream recall has gotten way sharper since I started being consistent about it.
I replace the buds every couple of weeks because they lose their punch pretty fast.
I’ve also been tucking them into the corners of my altar space during readings, and I started doing it almost on a whim. Oh, and when all your lavender loses almost all its scent, don’t toss it. Still works fine as poppet stuffing.
Crush the buds up really fine and roll your dressed spell candles in them before you burn. The lavender crackles a little (smells good though, ngl).
OP is out here sitting on a whole lavender stash and hasn’t even touched protective blends yet… the audacity :blink:
I grind the stem into my homemade black salt with lavender, sea salt, ash, and iron filings. Mortar and pestle the whole thing together until it’s this dark powder. Every new moon, I line my windowsills and doorways with it for warding.
I’m surprised nobody’s brought up the Aura Mist.
Steep a really concentrated lavender brew, strain it, and mix with a splash of witch hazel in a spray bottle. That’s it.
I keep one on my altar and spritz myself and the whole space before any working. It’s more like a reset than a purge, if that makes sense, gentler but still thorough. The smell lingers in a way that kind of anchors the whole ritual for me.
Anyway. Try it out.
Make Moon milk with it. Just make sure yours is food-grade. Lots of recipe variations out there, so you can tweak it however you want.
How about Culinary magic? Grinding it up with sugar for baking is the best way to bring the calming energy to your kitchen and your belly.
I just throw dried lavender in a pot on the stove with some water, let it do its thing, and the whole house ends up smelling incredible. It feels like a genuine cleansing ritual, not forced, just natural. And it’s so much simpler than trying to infuse oils or mess around with wax melts.
I make my bath bags with disposable tea bags, halfway with Epsom salt, and toss in some coconut oil capsules plus dried lavender. Everything dissolves except the flowers, which stay contained in the bag. No fishing pellets out of the drain.
Totally depends on your mood. For me, most of the time, lavender smoke settles everything. Deep peace is the only way I can describe it.
The lavender-infused jojoba oil is absolutely amazing.
Pack a jar full of dried buds, shake it daily in the sun for about 3 weeks, and strain it. Simple. But that scent, steady, earthy, clings for a long time.
I rub it on my wrists and throat before trance work, and it lingers through the whole session.
I burn my dried buds directly on a charcoal disc… loose, incense-style.
especially during my full moon work, and the smoke is way more potent than I expected. Kind of herbal and earthy. The energy shift in the room is immediate, which caught me off guard the first time.