The Magical Properties of Wood

Wood is a remarkable substance…a gift from nature itself.

Nearly every culture throughout history has attributed magical properties to wood. Some hold one
type of wood to be sacred while others to believe that all wood has magical properties.

Apple
Magical Properties: Indicates choice which must be made between similar and equally
attractive things: fertility, love harmony, beauty and healing magic.
Ash
Magical Properties: Intelligence, wit, communication, knowledge, curiosity. Aids in communication and
learning. The wood of poets and scholars. Promotes love and health and protects against unwanted change.
Birch
Magical Properties: Patience, organization, leadership skills, diligence, loyalty and the calming of emotions.
Allows one to create, to exert willpower and achieve positive results. Excellent for wealth, luck, and goals.
Cedar
Magical Properties: Communication, information, protection and preservation. Aids in feeling at home with one’s spirituality.
Cherry
Magical Properties: An extremely earth-centric wood and has very grounded energy. Very level-headed and
non-impulsive. Helps to see the here and now, think clearly, and act upon rationality rather than emotion.
Chestnut
Magical Properties: Possesses healing powers and has magical properties that bring success and love.
Cypress
Magical Properties: Cypress can be used for healing and longevity and is said to provide comfort and protection.
Dogwood
Magical Properties: Wishes, secrets, loyalty and protection. The fire of passion, desire and will. Associated with
fertility and sexual attraction, happiness and comfort.
Elm
Magical Properties: Endurance, fertility, and horticulture. Adds stability, grounding and focus.
Majestic and expansive, rooted and wise.
Lilac
Magical Properties: Is good for dealing with romance, love, and passion. Excellent for intellect, communication
and mental concentration. Enhances sexual pleasure and provides protection during travel.
Mahogany
Magical Properties: Very focused on fertility and growing. Also enhances intuition, strengthening bonds with blood relatives.
Maple
Magical Properties: Used primarily for spiritual healing and is also a travelers wood. Allows one to focus
in on the choices in any situation, eliminating luck and chance. It enhances intellectual pursuits and learning.
Oak
Magical Properties: Truth, steadfast knowledge, protection. An excellent healing wood that helps
center the mind. Helps promote observation and intuition.
Osage Orange
Magical Properties: Named after the Osage tribe of the Great Plains region, this wood was used for bows
and other items. It is extremely spiritual in nature and aids in the pursuit of goals and passions.
Pear
Magical Properties: Best used for healing, especially for those with a passion to heal. It brings
creativity, inspiring energy to the home. Represents money and prosperity.
Purpleheart
Magical Properties: Enhances energy dealing with creativity and knowledge. Best dealing with health issues
and especially useful in eradicating negative energies that create strife in the home.
Walnut
Magical Properties: “Introspective.” It is not for those with flights of fancy, but rather for those who
seek to explore his or her own personal energy and the “here and now.”
Zebrawood
Magical Properties: Moon, love, luck, wisdom, creativity and beauty. An excellent tool in
dealing with love magic and anything relating to feminine energy or the moon.