found on Atlantic beaches, and the elusive Australian Dioclea hexandra. It is said that a sea heart (also known as fava de Colom) inspired Christopher Columbus to set out in search of lands to the west. Hollowed out seeds were commonly used in Norway and Northern Europe for snuff boxes, match boxes and lockets. Seeds were sometimes cut in half, the contents removed and the woody seed coats hinged together. Sailors carried sea hearts as good luck charms to protect them from sickness and to ward off the evil eye. These beans have been fashioned into all sorts of trinkets and useful objects. They are impervious to salt water, even after floating in the ocean for several years. Sometimes they are found with imprints and lacerations, caused by the teeth of fish and mammals during their voyage. Sea Hearts are produced in huge, hanging bean pods, up to six feet long. Heart shaped beans such as Entada gigas found on northern Atlantic shores, and Entada phaseoloides and rheedii from the southern Pacific. Sea–beans are known as symbols of good luck and longevity. Floating in the sea by the thousands, only the hardiest endure long voyages on ocean currents which may finally bring them to rest on foreign shores. The beans fall from the parent plant, into streams and rivers, to drift with the ocean’s currents until being washed onto a shore thousands of miles from where they once grew. Sea BeansĮxotic to the eye, drift seeds, or “sea–beans” are actually seeds from common trees and vines that grow in the tropics. The Fava bean is for general good luck wishes, and the Tonka bean is for love-drawing wishes. Two legumes are widely utilized in rituals to cause wishes to come true. Tonka beans help in romance, often found in love-drawing mojo hands.Speckled lima beans create networking opportunities.Small red beans provide energy and lust.Red kidney beans represent wisdom, love, and healing.Pinto beans open channels and create action and movement.Pink beans bring confidence and romance.
Navy beans increase strength and determination.Lentils bring peace and financial security.Large lima beans allow expansion and financial growth.Green pigeon beans represent resourcefulness and money.Green split peas are for money or health.Green baby lima beans bring new income.Great northern beans bring discovery and insight they also help to protect plans and keep them secret.Garbanzos (chickpeas) help beat the competition.Fava beans bring power, and make wishes come true.Cranberry (October) beans attract new opportunities.Cow or black-eyed peas bring luck and increase psychic vision.Canary beans bring happiness and success in the arts.
Throw some around the outside of the home if a ghost or poltergeist is bothering you. Use beans to appease the spirits of the dead. There is quite a lot of magick and lore surrounding these little packages of energy. There are also pasture and tree legumes whose leaves and seeds are carried for luck. Many legumes have seeds, called peas or beans, that are lucky.
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