Acorn is the fruit of the oak tree.

• botanical information
• history
• magick correspondences and uses
• Goddesses and deities

botanical information:

    Botanical name: Quercus spp., especially Quercus alba (white oak)

    Common name: acorn, oak

    Use the botanical name when ordering seeds (bulbs, etc.) or when looking up information in the library. Common names vary by nation, culture, and region, and sometimes the same common name is applied to different plants.

    Family: Fagales

history:

    History: Barley was first domesticated around 8500 B.C.E. in the Near East. The common diet of Thessaly in the Aceramic Neolithic period (around 6500 B.C.E.) was barley, cattle, oats, and wheat, supplemented by acorns, peas, lentils, peas, pistachios, vetch, and wild olives.

magickal correspondences and uses:

    Magickal substitutions: Rosemary usually may be safely substituted for any herb in magick spells and rituals. Roses may safely be substituted for any flower.

deities associated with acorns:

    The Romans believed that in the Golden Age humans ate acorns and the gods ate walnuts. Walnuts are therefore called Jupiter’s nuts, or Juglans or Jovis glans.

Some herbs may be poisonious under some conditions. Exercise appropriate care.

    Wild gathering: Avoid wild gathering. Some plants are endangered species. Some plants can be toxic just by touch. Even experts can make deadly misidentifications of wild plants. Please grow your own herbs in your own goddess garden (or window boxes).

See also: oak, herbs. and nuts.

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